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THE GRAQQE VISITOR.

beyond his own control. to de-
velop into a bright. sound. plump
berry. Any other course must
simply result in a lower average
price and rob the producer of

.choice wheat of a portion of his

co|mnuniz:ations. .'l'l\'(‘l tisiiig busi-

anil discontinued at expiration. unless rcnexvecl. .

A. C. GLIDDEN, Editor,
P.-iw P.-\\V. MICH.

“The Miller in his Relation to the

Farmer.”
Pap»-r reatl lwfori: the Millers‘ (‘oiiw-Iilirvn at
l..insing, .\li<:|l., by C.  Dc l\'oo, of llolluntl.|

The miller‘s vocation is one
that brings him in such close re-
lation to the farmer that their
mutual obligations and oppor-.

tunities for mutual advancement, 1

necessarily become and are, well‘
worthy of the closest study. and
this applies to every stage of,
farming and milling, from the‘
sowing of seed to the marketing
of the finished product. In this‘
short paper I will not pretend to
do more than touch upon a few
salient points. trusting to your
discussion and criticism to elabor- V
ate them. and what I say willl
have reference particularly to]
that cereal which is the millersf
and farmers‘ main-stay, viz,‘
wheat.

Beginning with the Seed‘ it,only the cleaned wheat. While

should be the milleris aim to pro-
cu1'e for the farmers for experi-
ment and trial, varieties of Wheat
that promise to be adapted to
their soil and climatic conditions,
and to give satisfactory results
in yield and quality. for the latter
element as fixing the price, must
not be lost sight of or sacrificed en-
tirely to the question of yield. In
many instances important benefit
is derived merely from a change
of the same variety to another
kind of soil or to another section
of the state, and in enabling the
farmer to make such changes and
experiments. the miller should
volunteer his aid by procuring
the seed wheat and selling it at
care cost. His reward will come
when the golden grain is poured
into his bins in increased quantity
and of higher milling value. Our
Michigan farmers have at present
very generally settled upon the
several varieties of white wheat
and long-berried red, and these
are all well calculated to main-
tain the present high standard of
Michigan flour. Fultz has gen-
erally and deservedly fallen into
disuse, experience proving it im-
satisfactory both to the farmer
and miller.

In order to encourage wheat--
growing. it must be rendered pro-
fitable. Otherwise the farmer
will naturally seek more remuner-
ative employment. The miller
can aid in this by paying in his
own locality the highest price
that current market conditions
will allow. without the interven-
tion of any middleman to lessen
the price to the farmer, but deal-
ing direct with the latter.

As remarked in another con-
nection, the question of price is
closely and inseparably connected
with that of quality. To any un-
prejudiced mind, it is plain that
a distinction should be made be-
tween wheat and wheat; that the
careful. pains-taking farmer,
who, by judicious selection or
cleaning of seed wheat and elim-
ination of the growing crop, of
cockle, rye and other foreign
seeds, grows clean wheat, or pro-
perty cleans it before marketing.
should receive a higher price than
he who brings to the mill a mix-
ture of wheat. rye, cockle and
what not. or whose crop has un-

I particular

fortunately failed, from causes

just reward.

How then shall this question of
quality be determined? By the
exercise solely of the buyers judg-
ment in viewing the wheat. or.
shall he be aided by agrain tester?
This innocent little brass bucket
has been the target of much
abuse. though why this should
be so I have never been able to
see. The _rrrain-tester is certainly
made with the utmost care and
precision. and is an unvarying
and absolute quantity. It asks
not whether the farmer has more
wheat to sell. whether he comes,
from the neighborhood of some
other mill or buyer. or whether’

* his wheat is from the same field.

as a previous lot. but simply‘
passes upon the merits of the,
wheat offered. and
treats the big farmer and the,

 little farmer: the rich and the,
lpoor. alike, and I believe, justly. 3
f It must be regarded as an import— =

ant aid in properly judging wheat.
In some localities mills are using?
separators to clean the wheat be- 
fore weighing and return to the;
farmer the screenings, buying‘

I can not speak of this method
from personal experience. it cer- ,
tainly seems to be a very fair one, ’
and should find favor, both with
the farmer and the miller.

It is unnecessary. I believe, to_
speak to the members of the as-?
sociation of the necessity and ,
wisdom (setting aside for the '
moment those higher motives
which should actuate every man
in dealing with his fellow-men). 

PAW PAW. }IICH., .-\l'(1'l'.\"l‘ 

what the exchange rates.
might be a fair rate at one mill is
not necessarily so at another.
The quality and value of the flour
may not be the same.

In olden times. when mills
were few and far between. there
might be some plausible reason
for the fixing the miller's profit
by legal enactment; but at present
there is no more reason or equity
in fixing the miller‘s profit
by legal enactment: but at pres-
ent there is no more reason or
equity in fixing the millerswages
than in fixing the price of a heifer.
a bushel of wheat or acarpentens
day's work by law. The miller
should certainly receive a reason-
able compensation for his labor
and invested capital. That this
has been none too great in recent
years. you. gentlemen. and his-
tory can testify.
modern improvement has coin-

pelled us to expend the savings.

of years i11 continually remodel-
ing our mills. or fall hopelessly
behind and out of the race. and

who can say that we have yet;

reached a resting point? Pres-

ent indications point to a contrary *

conclusion.

The present movement among ‘

farmers toward mutual associa-
tion is an excellent one and I ven-
ture. is to predict will eventually
result in much good. The orig-
inators of such movements are
frequently actuated on by mo-
tives of personal  a*:dize-
ments. and seek to appeal to a
popular prejudice rather than to
the higher instincts. but even-
tually the better minds and higher
motives in such associations gain
the ascendency. the "profession-
al" workman and farmer drops in-
to the background and the actual
one takes his place in directing

The march of I

of treating with exact and even. i the affairs of the association. No
handed justice every farmer that‘ upheaval of society is threatened.

\Vhat an explanation or re-int-<l,v. Such

a cm11'se is the only honorable
and manly one. \\'l1il«- to cherish
a grudge or seek to poison the
minds of others is cowardly and
mean. Such frankness will do
much to make the relations of
two classes. whose interests are
as closely identical as those of
the farmer and the miller. as they
should be and naturally are.
cordial and friendly.
{ O >
Concerning Clover Tubercules

H. W. Conn has reviewd in the
official publication of the office
of experiment stations at \Vasl1-

ington all the existing literature.

regarding the nitrogen gathering
tuberculcs of the lcguminous
plants. Thus far he has not tak- I
.en up the subject of nitrogen .
-gathering, but will do so later.
: Meanwliile we give his conclus-

;ions as to what has been ascer-
; tained about the origin and struc- .
‘ture of these mysterious root
tubercles as follows: It may?
seem strange that there should‘
: bea difference of opinion on mere
matters of fact. but the differ-
,ences are explained by the diffi-
iculties of observation. The
tubercles grow naturally under

ground. Laurent alone having
had much success with water
culture. They are opaque, and

ca-n therefore only be studied by
tearing them to pieces or by cutt-
ing sections of them. The organ-
isms which pi oducz; clzanges are
microscopic. and it is therefore
impossible to watch their action
on the root cells. The only
method of observation is by ex-
amining a large number of tuber-
cles in different stages of growth.
and in this way important points
are sure to be missed. Differences
in results of observation as wide
as above sketched are. therefore,

‘generated forms. but

Whole Nuinber 375

upon them. (legenerate into the
bacteroids. They 1ll‘w subsequent.-
ly absorbed by the plant and in-
corporated into the substance.
serving therefor as food. Th.-
view held by Frank differs f1‘()lll
this essentially in its explanation
of the filaments and bacteroids.
The filaments are said to be a
mixture of the plant protoplasn.
and bacteria. They are produced
by the plant and serve to conduct
the infectious matter into the
midst of the root. The bacteroids
are also products of the plant.
plasma. and not distinct organ

isms. Their absorption does not.
therefore. especially help the-
plant. The third view. that of

Ward and Laurent. regards tin-
infection organism not as a

;bacterium. but as a low fungus.
Isomewhat closely related to the
yeasts.

The filament is really a.
mycelial growth of the organism.

: and the bacteria arises from it by

budding. The bacteroids are
thus distinct organisms——not de-
normal
growths. None of these views
would regard the tubercle organ-
ism as true parasites on the plant.
since the plant is not injured by
them. but is probably directly
benefited. The association is
rather to be regarded as an in-
stance of symbiosis. an associa-
tion of two organisms together
in such a way that each receives:
benefit from the other. The
plant is probably benefited in
gaining nitrogen, and the infect-
ing organism is benefited in
gaining a brood pouch for its
development.
90> —
Making it Rain

The United States Boardof Ag-
riculture proposes to make it rain
in the arid southwest. and to se-

cure this result have engaged

Comes to our mp1s, but in thiS;The stern commonsense of the

Connection 1 wish to allude to and  farmer can be trusted to demand *

deprecate the practice Wvhich pl-e. l d01Iad'S tllat are “'0l'Ih One hun-

vails in some localities. of paying
any bonus or premium to the
farmer who has a large lot of
wheat to sell. Let there be a‘
price, as high as market condi-
tions will warrant. and let that
and no more be paid to the man
that has a thousand bushels to
sell. as well as to him who has
only ten. It is wheat that we
are after and the ten bushels are
worth as much as the thousand.
as far as it goes. and probably
the grower of the small lot needs
the full price more than his
bigger neighbor.
The farmers of our respective’
neighborhoods are. or should be.
among our best flour customers,
and in this connection I wish to
touch upon a practice once so1ne- 
whatp1'evalent, but now. Ibelieve. I
obsolete. viz. giving the farmers a 3
little lower grade of flour than
that put up for the merchant
grade. The grower of the wheat
should receive in exchange for it
the best straight grade of flour
that his grain will produce, unles
he. from choice and for the sakes
of quantity at the expense of
quality, desires a lower grade.
Certainly no man is better en-
titled to count in his bill of fare
the best products of the soil than
the tiller of it. As to the quantity
of flour and offal that shall be
given in exchange for a bushel
of wheat, that can safely be left
to be fixed by the free and un-
trammeled competition that exists
between the numerous mills found
throughout the state in more than
sufficient numbers. The farmer
should have the benefit of the
fact that his flour trade is a strict-
ly cash one, but local conditions
must. of necessity, affect some-

dred cents in payment for his pro-
ducts and not a debased coin.
His integrity rebukes the idea of
paying his debts in any other
manner. Demagogues will fail
in any attempt to make him look
upon the miller or merchant as
his natural enemy.

The conditions of modern civili-
zation lead to the mutual depend-
ence of different classes upon each
other while each class strives to

perfect itself in its own particular ‘

vocation. "Live and let live" is
an adage that does not lose truth
and force as time rolls on.
interests of the farmer and miller,
being so closely identical, they
should work hand in hand to
secure relief from onerous and
burdensome high tariff legislation
on their purchases. while their
products are practically on a free
trade basis. and will continue to
be, so long as this country has a
surplus of grain and flour for ex-
port.

Reciprocity with countries con-
suming our agricultural products
should be favored and demanded,
while the interest of our manu-
facturing centers that furnish a
home market should not be lost
sight of. It is an axiom with
me that unless I can do business
with a man pleasantly and agree-
ably to both parties. I would
much prefer not to do business
with him at all. To promote
mutually pleasant relations it is
necessary that there should be
cordiality and frankness. If.
therefore, we have any grievance
against our farmer neighbor, let
us go to him and frankly speak
it out, and if he has any griev-
ance, real or imagined. against
us, let him not hesitate to call for

The ,

not surprising. Taking all of
these observations together we
may conclude that our present-
knowledge of the nature of these
tubercles is somewhat as follows:
They are not normal products
of the plant. but are in all cases
produced by infection from some
organisms which exist in the soil
and attach themselves to the
young root. Their presence in
the root tissue stimulates the
root cells to active growth and a
mass of new tissue is formed
around the growing organisms.
This tissue forms the tubercle
and confines the infectious action
within narrow limits. The
tubercle is thus a sort of gall.
The study of the development of
this gall shows three somewhatl

distinct stages. First there ap-‘
‘ pears a branching filament which
‘, grows among the cells of the ,
,root and which soon stimulatesl
: an active growth of the root ‘
5 cells. A little later, after the
i tubercle is formed. the central
cells become filled with the bodies
called bacteroids. Lastly the
bacteroids of the central cells are
absorbed by the plant and the
tubercle becomes empty. These
facts are agreed upon by all. In
regard to the significance of these
facts there are three distinct
opinions. The first is that of
Hrazmowski, who calls the organ-
ism which produces the infection
a bacterium, and claims that the
branching filaments are simply
colonies of bacteria inclosed in a
membrane of their own manufac-
ture, for their protection against
the injurious action of the plant
tissue. The filaments swell with
the multiplication of the bacteria
till they burst. The bacteria
then coming into contact with the
plant tissue and no longer being
able to grow, owing to the injur-

ious influence of the plant plasma

special experts in bombardment.
They are to arrange a series of

-explosions above the earth's sur-

face by means of balloons charg-
ed with oxygen and hydrogen, and
in all ways an effort will be made
to make the conditions such as oc-
cur at the time of a severe battle.

The plan of campaign and the
apparatus is in the charge of Gen-
eral Dryenforth. who recently
explained the plan of campaign
in this way: "Going to some ac-
cessible point where there is
plenty of room, I will endeavor
to have a front of from two to
three miles in extent and having
several lines of fire at a depth of
from half a mile to a mile. At in-
tervals corresponding with what
would be the positions of artil-
lery orintrenched troops. I will
have the balloons,the most ex-
pensive element of the outfit.

At proper distances from these.
front and rear. I propose to send
up the kites, carrying in suitable
receptacles such as rubber, oiled
silk. or balloon-fabric bags, var-
ious explosives, and again in
front and rear and latterally I
propose to have vessels in the
nature of mortars, for firing oth-
er explosives. The vessels may
be bell shaped and buried in the
ground with their mouths out.
whereby the earth will supply re-
quisite lateral resistance and ob-
viate the necessity of hooping

I propose to keep up the row
for several days." There are
about as many as 100 balloons
and they will have a diameter of
from twelve to twenty feet. Each
will produce 600 cubic feet of ox-
ygen in an hour. They are the
invention of Prof. Carl E. Myers.
the aeronaut. When the bom-

bardment is completed it is con-
fidently expected that there will
be copious showers and great
good result.

 


 

TI-I]-Ii G-IR..A.IbTC=i-El VISITOR.

The All-Kind Mother.

Lo. whatever is at hand

ls full meet for the demand;
Nature ofttimes giveth best

VVhen she scemeth chariest.

She hath shapen shower and sun
To the need of every one—
Summer bland and winter drear.
Dimpled pool and frozen mere.
All thou lackest she hath still,
Near my finding and thy fill.
Yield her fullest faith. and she
Will endow thee royally.

Loveless weed and lily fair

She attendeth, here and there-—
Kindly to the wccd as to

The lorn lily reared with dew.
liach to her hath us‘: as Ila-.1!‘

A!-. the other; an thou cle-ar

Thy cloycd scnscs thou ma_v'st see
Haply all the tuvstcry.

Thou shalt see lllc lily ;.’¢:1

lts divincst blossom: ya.-t

Shall the \vecd's tip bloom no loss
\‘\‘ith thc soiig-l:ird's glut-izilticss.
Thou art poor or thou art lltllk —
Never lightest nmttcr \\'lll!',ll,

All the glad gold oi lll(' nut:-n.

All lltc silver‘ of tho tnouzl,

She doth lavisll on thct-, \\'llllvt
Thou witliholrlcst any -milc

Uf thy gr:-titudc to hot,

l‘vZi!~l:l‘ uscd than ll\l1l"l'.
.Sh.'txnr;l1t-on lil(‘l‘Jlllll Ill(~1l\"l‘l\
.\U[llt¢r[>:trti(1Il, with hot chm k,
And bowcd head, and l-riiummg 1-5:-s.
At hcr mcrr-iful ".»'tri.st-2"

—-Iruues \\'hitc,omh Rilt _v, in C«,mur_\'.

-—-v-< o >-

A True Dog Story.

In the year of la? the steam-
ship Swallow left the Cape of
Good Hope. bound for England
— “for home." the passengers. all
English, called it. Among them
was a lady with a child two years
old and a nurse. The lady had
also brought with her a huge
handsome Newfoundland dog.

The voyage had lasted six days.
Noland was visible, and the is-
land of St. Helena would be the
nearest point. The day was a
beautiful one, with a soft breeze
blowing. and the sun shining
down brightly on the shining
waters. A large and gay company
of the passengers were assembled
on deck: merry groups of young
men and girls had clustered to-
gether; now and then a merry
laugh rang out. or some one sung
a gay little snatch of song. when
suddenly the mirth of all was
silenced by the loud and piercing
scream of a woman.

A nurse who had been holding
a child in her arms at the side of
the vessel had lost her hold V of
the leaping restless little one. and
it had fallen overboard into the
sea-—into the wide Atlantic. The
poor woman. in her despair.
would have flung herself after
her charge had not strong hands
held her back. But sooner than
it can be written down. something
ran swiftly past her: there was a
leap over the vessel's side. a
splash into the waters and then
Nerds black head appeared above
the waters. holding the child in
his mouth.

The engines were stopped as
soon as possible. but by that time
the dog was far behind in the
wake of the vessel. A boat was
quickly lowcrcd. the ship's sur-
geon. takinghis placcinit. order-
ed the sailors to pull for their
lives. One could just make out
on the leaping. dancing waves
the dog's black head. holding
something scarlet in his mouth.
The child had on a little jacket
of scarlet cloth. and it gleamed
likea speck of fire on the dark
blue waves.

The mother of the child stands
on thedeck, her eyes strained
anxiously after the boat, and the
black spot upon the waves still
holding firmly to the little scarlet
point. How long the time seems!
The boat seems fairly to creep.
though it speeds over the waves
as it sped never before.

Sometimes a billow higher
than its fellows hides for a
moment dog and child from the
anxious. straining eyes. One can
almost hear the watchers’ hearts
then throb with fear lest the
waters may have swallowed them
up. But t-he boat comes nearer
and nearer, near enough at last to
allow of the surgeon's reaching
over and lifting the child out of
the dog's mouth. then a sailors
strong arm pulls Nero into the
boat, and the men row swiftly to
the ship.

“Alive‘?“ is shouted from every
lip as the boat comes within hail
of the steamer; and as the answer
comes back, "Alive!” a “thank
God!” breaks from every heart.
Then the boat comes up to the
ship’s side. A hundred hands are
stretched out to help the brave
dog on board, and “Good Nero,”
* ‘Brave’ Udog, ” ‘ ‘Good fellow”
resound on every side. But Nero
ignores the praise showered so

in
E up to the child‘s mother, and
,with a wag of his dripping tall.
llooks up into her face with his
lbig. faithful brown eyes. It was
as if he said “It is all right: I
have brought her back quite safe. "

The motherdrops on her knees
on the deck. and taking his shag-
gy head in both hands. kisses his
Wet face again and again. the
tears pouring down her face in a.
stream. There is indeed not a
dry eye on board. One old sail-
or stands near with tears running
down his weather-beaten brown
face, all the while unconscious he
is weeping.

lVell. as one can imagine. Nero
was for the rest of the voyage
the pot and hero of the whole

ship. Ho bore his honors with
quiot. modest dignity. It was
curious. howcvcr. to son how

from that timcon ho madc him-
self the scntincl and body guard
of the child he had savcd. Ho
always placcd himsclf at tho Sl(.li'
of the chair of any pcrson in
wliosc arms slto was. his cycs
watching cvcry movc she made.
Somctimcs shc would be laid on
the dock. with Nero only to watch
her. and if inclincd to crccp out
of bounds. Not-ifs tccth. fastcnod
firmly in the skirt of her frock.
promptly drew her back. It
was as though he thought. "I
have been lucky enough. Miss
Baby, to save you once from a
watery grave. but as I may not
be so lucky again. I shall take
care you don't take any unneces-
sary risks in the future."

When the steamer reached her
destination, Nero received a reg-
ular ovation as he was leaving
the vessel. Some one cried.
“Three cheers for Nero!" and
they were given with awill. And
“Good by, Nero." “Good by.
good dog.” resounded from every
side. Every one crowded around
to give him a pat on the head as

all these demonstrations he co uld.

faithful brown eyes.
close to the nurses side,
anxiously watched his

charges arrival on dry land.

his
lived.
he died of old age. with his shag-
gy. gray head resting on the
knee of the child (a woman now)
that he had saved. His grave is
in an English church yard. in
consecrated ground. He lies in
the burial plot of the family to
which he belonged. His grave
is markcd by a fair white stonc.
on which is cngraved:
Sacred to the memory of Nero.
l'ait.hfulcst of dogs.

His portrait hangs ovcr tho
chimney piece of an English
drawing room. beneath which
sits. in a low arm chair. a fair-
haired girl. who often looks up
to Ncros portrait as she tells the
talc of how he sprang into the
waters of the Atlantic occan af-

ter hcr. and held her up until
help ca-me.—~Harper‘s Young

Folks.

.¢-> ,

Horses that Sell.

is a place for every good horse at
a fair price. but I find it is much
easier to find a place for some good
horses than for others. For in-
stance. if one has a good sized,
nice looking. sound and safe,
gentleman‘s driver that can trot
in three or three and a half
minutes, it is not a hard matter
to find a place for him at the
price generally asked for that
kind. say $250 to $350. Or if one
has a trotter that can go three
times in 2:30 and is a sire of race
horses. it isn't a hard m atter to find
a customer for him or her at a
good stiff price, say $1000 to $2000,
according to age. size, soundness,
etc. But when one has a horse
that can trot about 2:40, and no
faster, and is valued at from $500
to $700. it is often quite a hard
matter to find a place for him at
what-ever he ought to bring, be
he ever so good a horse indivi-
dually.

When a man buys a horse for
speed he wants extreme speed
and nothing slower than 2:30 will
do. A 2:40 horse is but little

better than a three minute horse
for the road. When a horse is
fit and ready for the market and
the owner is ready to sell, then
let him sell for what. some good
customer will give, and then try
again on another one.

An if

he trotted down the plank. To

of course. only reply with his
plumy tail and a twinkle of his
He kept-
and
little

He was taken to the home of

littlé mistrclss. where‘ he
loved and honored, until

Vile often hear it said that there

and there is quite a stir aboutl
him, and you are offered all you
‘ask. don't get scared and go up
so high that no one will buy. but}
take the offer if it is a fair one.
If you don't. ten chances to one
the horse gets out of fix in some
way before you have another otfer,
and no one will buy at any price.
Unless a horse is something ex-
traordinary in some respects it is
no use to put a fancy price on
him and expect to sell for cash.
—A. T. MAXIM. in Horse and
Stable.
-4 - C-'7

Recuperating Horses.

The afte1'-harvest breathing
spell will soon be hero and many
of the farm horses will rcccivc a
well-carncd rest. \Vhil(,- it is un-
doubtcdly l)ost to keep tcatns
busy the year round at moderatc
work, the rush of cultivation a.nd 1
harvesting of crops in ccrtain
scasons makcs the labor of
liors<,-.s so hard that a brcathing
s )(3ll is ncccssarv in orde-r to
riectipcrato. This rt’-st should
be allowed in a generous way and
everything should be done to
make the horse as comfortablo as
possible. The pa-sturcs should bo
bountiful and pure water should
be within easy reach. Good shade
is another rcquisitc to comfort.
Salt should be given at regular
intervals or be placed in the
shape of rock salt within reach.
With all things favorable horses
will recuperate in a short time.
while under unfavorable circum-
stances a rest of no matter what
length will do but little or no
good. Along with the horses
the owners should take a breath-
ing spell and enjoy themselves 
all honest. hard-working men
have a right to (10.

—< 0 >*

More Cows on Less Acres.

As land rises in price in the
more thickly settled portions of
the country. dairymcn have to
adopt new methods in keeping
cows, or else move on to cheaper
land. Most of them do not past-
ure their cows as formerly but
feed them in summer as well as
in winter. By soiling cattle.
three titrxgs as many may be kept
on t’l1ehs...ne number of acres 
to let them pasture over it. Rye
is good for an early soiling crop.
then clover. oats. corn. prickloy
comfrey and other crops may be
used in their season. In early
spring. cows may be turncd out
for awhile while the grass is
fresh. but they should be brought
up and have additional food when
it gt-ts tough and scarcc. Also
in the fall. when the rains have
startcd tho grass. tlioy should bo
pasturcd again for awhilo. Cmvs
should not bo allowcd to shrinki
any in thcir milk b<>,l‘oro bcgin-
ning to soil them. but tho llow
should be kept up to tho fullost
amount as long as possible. The
silo comcs in here as a grt-at fac-
tor. for many crops can bc cnsil-
agcd and fed at any time of the

year.
— --—-<—O—~>’—- ——-
Strawberries.
In the spring I plant the

ground in sweet corn, rows about
three feet and nine inches apart.
I cultivate the corn thoroughly.
so as to have the ground in fine
tilth. In August I plant the
spaces in the corn rows in straw-
berries, two plants to a space.
each plant nine inches from cen-
ter of corn hih, which will make
the plants eighteen inches apart
in the row. The corn shades the .
plants and helps them to get a
start. Cultivate well, keep off
the runners and keep them in
hills. The first year mulch in
winter. The second year they
will spread some in rows. but- do
not let them spread between
rows. I do not depend on them
for a crop the third year. as I
have another patch by that time.
But if I do not need the ground
I let them stand. Though some-
what matted they will produce a
good many berries.
- - ——<o>— -—---

The cheapest and most pro-
fitable way that we know to har-
vest a crop of rye is to turn on it
hogs with good bone and muscle
-—fall pigs that have had the
spring and early summer on
clover. If grass is plenty in the
rye they will do finely. Rye
should be straw—broken or mash-
ed down. that the grain may be
softened by lying on the ground.
This softening assists digestion

very much.

AUGUST l, 1891

rofuselyonhimzhe trots sedately  the animal acts particularly well  Western Farmers Start a Move to‘

Down the Speculators in
Grain.

Legislation for the amelioration
of the lot of the farmer being too
slow. it is proposed to adopt
heroic measures for the saving
Of the $100,000,000 a. year claim}
ed to be wrested frotn the farin-
ers by spcculativc manipulation
of values. The greatest compe-
titor of the farmer is the specu-
lator. and his competition is not
at all fair. because he sells what
he has not got and can sell un-
limited quantities. while the
farmer has no more-. to otfcr than
naturc grants to him.

The farmer is told that it is

best for him to sell as quickly as
possible. that flit-1's: is a supt-ra-
bundanco of whcat. that Europu

will pay no tuorc and that if tho:

lluitcd Statics will not .\'(‘ll ll.
Europczms will buy it of othcr

lcouiitrics. who would bc glad 1')

havo tho trade-.

Now tlu-1'4-t-ottics in tho swin-
dlc. lndiais llll‘. only country
that has any wln-at to soil to lin-
ropc. namcly. about thirty mil-
lion buslu,-ls 1)(,‘l‘ your. All that
they have to sparc is sltippcd or
contractod for long l)cfo1'0 our
crop comes into tho markut. and
supplies only a small portion of
tho 1l4.0()0.000 bushols yoarly
imported by England alonc.
Pooplc talking about Egypt. Ar-
gentine Ropublic. Australia. ctc..
as competitors with American
wheat are either ignorant.
or lie. for all these countries to-
gether have not enough surplus
for export to Europe to feed it
for three days.

The European crops are worse
than they ever have been, and
the reserves are exhausted. The
home consumption has increased
with the population. and is cer-
tainlyovcr 3;')0,000.000 bushels,
probably 2-lti0.000.000. which
leaves us l40.000.000 for export.
During the last ten years we ox-
portcd l‘_’T.000.()()() yearly. in
average. of which Europe 1'c.cciv-
ed l()T,()()().000 and the VVcst In-
dies and South America 20.()()(),-
000. This year we may have
13-l,000.000 more to spare. which.
however. will go to South Amor-
ica on account of the reciprocity
treaties. and Europe will have
the average quantity of about
107,000,000 bushels. and no more.
as we have no reserves to draw
upon. ’

This would make both ends
nioot if Europe had a good aver-
age crop. but Europe has not a
good average crop. in fact it has
thc worst crop failnro of tho con-
tury. Yet. in spitc of tlicsc pho-
nominally favorable conditions.
tltcrc is danger: but if our crop
rushcs into tho markct right at’-
tor ll1ll‘\'(*.~‘.l. thcrc is tho daugcr
that most of it will l1a\'(- boon
sacrificed bt-forc tho sp<-culation
or low priccs is broken. It is.
ll()\\'(‘\'Ol'. morc than probablo
that aftcr tho bulk of the farm-
crs’ harvest is in thc clcvators.
the spcculator would come to tho
conclusion that in view of the
situation he would give  a
bushel.

-—<o}

Look Out for a. Drop.

A great many who have gone
into the business of breeding
trotters will soon find themselves
on the wrong side of the fence,
so far financial matters are con-
cerned. Too many people em-
barked in the business when it
was on the boom. just as they
did when Jersey cattle were sell-
ing for tens of thousands of dollars
and everybody thought that all
that was necessary tomake money
was to buy a herd of them. and
begin breeding. It will be this
way in the trotting horse business,
except that a horse cannot pro-
duce any commodity as makable
as butter, and therefor really a
luxury. Of course there will al-
ways be a legitimate market for
the light-harness horse. but men
who think they are going to
make money after starting out,
by paying thousands of dollars
for a stallion, and having brood-
mares worth from $1000 to 55000
are almost certain to be mistaken.
A good many men have made
money by breeding trotters. but
almost without exception they
have started in a modest way and
developed the colts by their own
horses and their own mares. In
other words they have made the
blood they owned fashionable, or
at least helped to do so, and in
this way have greatly enhanced

:tl1c yaluc of their goods without.
‘ putting themselves to a great ex-
-pense in doing so. The market
;for trotters will always be fairly
.good. and at rcasonsable prices
:for stallions and broodmares.
3 there need be no occasion to con-
jduct trotting-horse farms at a
lloss. but at the boom prices that
lhavc been paid for stallions and
‘mares during the last three or
four years. there is certainly no
l chance to conduct‘ breeding farms.
.111 a lcgitimatc manner and make-
iany considcrablc amount of
’lll(>ll("V out of thvtn.---»Tl1¢,- New
1. York Sportsman.
‘ 01}

Young Meat the Cheapest.

Whilv l ll). (Ii. purl; ];1;1L\’ hp
madc with L", lbs. of dry food in
a pig wt-ighing 100 to 170 lbs. at
six tmmtlis old. four limos as
‘much food is in-wdcd to product-
21 lb. of lwvf during tho st-cond
iye-arot' :t.s1<~cr's lit‘:-. Smnn of
tho most sm-cussftil l":-will-1's in
‘lilo (‘Ulll1ll"\' agrcc that no protit
:(‘2llll)(‘lll£l«l<‘ll1in-1'l'1llVl¢‘l'2l>l(‘('l'
is if» ,\'o.ars old. lwc1l1l.s<‘ thc cost
‘of production iticn-asos rapidly
i\\'lll1ll1t'_1.:'l'()\\'ll1 of tho animal.
‘Tho food of support is :1 llI‘1l\'l(‘l'

*taxon a fl-ctlcr 3-II) niontlis old
than on om» only '_’.'». Sim-rs that
have been well carcd for until

two ycarsold may wt-igh 1'.’ to 1?»
cwt. and tho bu-ct" carcass S(,‘\'t‘l1
or nine timcs tho wcight of tho
marketable llog has to bc sup-
ported. Many fa-rmors food stocrs
to three years old or ovcr that do
not attain to more than 14 to 115
cwt. This shows how great is
the loss sustained from tho food
of support during the third year.
The food required to make 1 lb.
of beef makes 5 to (3 lbs. of pork
if fcd during the first six months
of the life of tho hog.—».l'au1cs
Cheesman. I

_ ...,.-.4->._.._ ., I

A Hopeful View for Wheat.

In a somcwliat lcugthy article
in anothcr part of this papcr.
from the Cincinnati Prico Cur-
rent. it will be semi that our well
posted and lcvcl-ltoa-(lc<l oxchango
is rather sanguine concerning
the future of tho whcat market.
It goes over the field most thor-
oughly. and on apparently good
grounds comes to the conclusion
that there is nothing in the situa-
tion warranting the oxpcctati()n
of serious further rcduction in
prices: while indications arc not
wanting that tho market of the
ensuing year should average at
least as strong as tho one of thc
past your. with chanc:-s slightly
in favor of llll1)l'()\'('.Ill('lll. Vt'c
givc tho opinion of tho I’. (‘,. for
just what it may bo worth. rc-
mombcring at lilo natno limo that
this country has no higher au-
thority on tho subjcct in (1Ll<*.s‘~
ll()ll.—- Stockman ti’; I“Z'.l‘lllI‘l'.

-<o>—-

Probably in no country in tho
world is the.-ro to be found a state
of intcllcctual advancement
among the peoplc who cultivate
the soil. equal to that which cxists
among our American farmers.
Some causes of this are manifest.
The tiller of European soil seldom
owns his land. and it requires
constant vigilance and unremit-
ting toil on the part of himself
and his whole family to pay rents
and make both ends meet. leave
no time to gratify any but physical
appetites. On the other hand,
our American farmers are mainly
gentlemen of comparative leisure.
who till their own land and carry
on agricultural industries with as
much ease and far less worriment
of mind than our city men con-
duct their business. The farm-
ers’ sons and daughters have all
the educational advantages that
are to be had in our entire coun-
try, and it ‘is long since a. well-
established fact that the ablest
and most successful business men
to be found in our cities are the
sons of farmers. Pick out of any
city one hundred young people.
select an equal number of the
same age from among the sons
and daughters of our intelligent
farmers, and we will guarantee
as to the latter, minds better filled
with general information. The
chief reason of this is that the
latter spend their evenings in
storing their minds with useful
knowledge, While the former
Waste their time in various fash-
ionable forms of amusement.
where the highest intellectual
achievement is to be well up in
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The American Farmers‘ Chance.

There probably never was a
time in the history of our coun-
try when the farmers were so
deeply stirred up as now. The
dissatisfaction which is so appa-
rent everywhere has no doubt
sufficient cause. Our farmers
are not a fanciful people. They
know when they are hurt as well
as other men. They are quite as
wisein guessing what hurts them
as any other class of citizens;
though. like others. they are
liable to mistake as i'eg:ii'ds
causes. for causes are always
less obvious than results. In the
midst of all the cliaiiges of the
current century, social. political.
and intellectual, these inntations
are inevitable; and farmers must
share in them with the rest of
our people.

The men who have conic iiat-
urally to places at the lioad of
what is called the fariners‘ move-
ment are of two distinct classes
------tho shrewd. thinking farmer,
more or less infornied by read-
ing. and the political spirits who
are always awake to chances for
llieir own advzuiccnicnl. through
the popular favor. The latter.
thongli shrewd in their way, are
iiidil'lei'eiit to prin<riple.s. and aim
to advocate. simply as znlvocates,
what seems to be the ideas most
prevalent among those to whose
political favor they aspire. We
find men of both these classes
among those who come conspic-
ulonsly to the surface in these
uprisings. In the ideas and pur
poses brought to the front the
first named are honest and intel-
ligent, and may be profitably
reasoned with. Reason can only
be wasted on the others. VVhat
are the facts about the American
farmer? He has a broad. fertile.
well-watered and generally salu-
brions territory offered to his in-
dustry, under the best govern-
ment and the freest conditions
everoifered to humanity in the
history of the world. He is him-
self the most numerous and
therefore theoretically the con—
trolling elemcnt in constructing
and operating the government
under which he lives. His coun-
try. of which he is so large a
part. is and has been so woiider-
fully prosperous as to draw to it
increasing streams of iniiiiigra-
tion from the other side of the
Atlantic—tlie seat of that civili-
zation of which he himself is a
product. At the end of a cen-
tury of unequaled. of almost un-
imaginable progress and pros-
perity, we find these American
farmers deeply dissatisfied with
their condition relative to men of
other occupations. and hear them
raise their voices clamorously
for relief.

As usual with mankind. they
turn their eyes outward. rather
than inward. in Search of the
seat of their troubles. and they
find men ready to encourage
them in so doing—1nen who are
seeking personal advancement
and gain, andwhose trade it is to
profit by all popular disturbances.
By far the most sensible leaders
in the present agitation have
arisen among the farmers them-
selves: and these are the men
who already are learning the
truth of things faster than the
rank and file and thus they are
in danger of losing their leader-
ship in favor of the mere dema-
gogues, who neither know nor
care for anything but office. In
this slough many popular move-
ments have been smothered be-
fore and may be again.

Now let us cooly consider some
leading facts. We farmers have
substantially had our own way
with the soil of the continent, to
get what we could out of it. Mil-
lions have practically had their
farms given to them, and iron
highways built for them, on
which to transport their crops
and supplies. They might have
built the latter, as their common
roads are built, by taxation; but
they preferred to offer encour-
agements to distant capital to do
it for them; and this. even with
the opening it gave for abuses,
was probably the best under the
circumstances.

Now. being so circumstanced
and equipped. the farmers find
life still hard, and riches yet be-
yond their immediate reach.
They think they can find a rem-
edy in political action; and in
wise political action it is quite
likely they may succeed. But
in seeking their own good they
are in imminent danger of being
made use of by scheniers for the
latter's gain. and to their own
dis(-oiiifiture. Strict governiiieir

tal control of the meaiis of trans- ;
portation they have a right to:
demand. All the money that;
can be coined from the precious;
metals our hills yield they may 
rightly ask for. Tliese arc the.
n<,-cessary instrnmentalities of1
every industry. _\lii<:li better
roads than they ever 1)().~‘.S(!.s'sc-(ll
they liave a right to tax the‘
whole coiiimnnity to build. for,
tli<-irbettei' access to the locall
niarkets. lint. above all tliese‘
so needful elianges. what is more l
needed by the Aim--i‘i(-aii fariner
today hanbeller instruction in
their owiibiisiiiess‘: Tln-y found‘
this great virgin continent ma-‘
111111-(l 1'i'l~(-livtlie -\lliiif_;'lii,\’. I()ll_.‘_"'
enough niiead for them to open?
up lionies ‘for tlieniselves and’
their families upon it. They;
\vere led to think this fertility:
inexliaustible. They now soel
tlieiiiselves inistaken. The free:
crcaiii has been mostly skimmedl
from American soil. Hereafteri
successful farming here must?
have something beside main
strength and awkwardness at its.

disposal. It demands knowledge. 3
and knowledge comes by thej
study of our surroundings. a-iidly
out of the experience so gained. ,
The coming generations demand 

instruction.

our recent census! They, on;
this new. fresh continent. aver-i
age less than half the yield oft
the old farms of Europe andl
Asia! Witlioutdenying our pub- 
lic grievances, which we may set!
right at once with our ballots. ‘
our greatest trouble arises from’
ignorance of our trade: and inl
this direction lies the improve-i
ment of the condition of the;
American farmer. Let us all do 
our best to learn our trade. andl
teach it to our Cl1ll(I1'01l.~—T. H. i
Hoskins. in Stockinan and Farm- V
er.

{0}-

The Grange as an Educator. l

The position of the Grange is‘
being better understood than
ever before. and conservative *
farmers and men of other occu- ‘
pations acknowledge its value as 1
an instrument for benefiting the
agricultural classes. Farmers,
have needs that should be attend-
ed to. but so long as they them-
selves fail to look out for their
own interests no one else will do
it for them. hence. the need of‘
organization. Again. the farm
ers are not all agreed as to what
is best for them. and they only
can come to an understanding by 1
discussions and consideration. 
In a wellregulated organization. I
such as the Grange. the farmer
can discuss the regulation of pol-
itics to agriculture. not from a ,
partizan, but from a business l
standpoint. Such discussion not 
only enlightens the parties con— I
cerned, but shows that all ques
tions have more than one side.
That conservatism has been the
result is shown by the very gen-
eral change of views as to the
necessity for reform in the tariff.
finance, silver money question,
railroad tariffs, and other ques-
tions of like character of great
importance to farmers and labor-
ing classes generally.

These questions are such as of
course can be argued at great
length, but should be done dis-
passionately, quietly, and with a
desire to find exactly how the
question affects those who debate
it.

The Grange has shown that
such discussion can be carried
on without engendering bad
blood or ill feeling, and by its
instrumentality. the education of
the farmer on this and other is-
sues is steadily progressing. It.

however, does not advance radi-

cal means or absurd possibilities.
but goes on, quietly and steadily,
trying to reach its goal in amelio-
rating the wrongs and oppres-
sions that have been placed upon
the farmers by class legislation.
in the interest of wealth and mo-
nopoly. Let every conservative
farmer in America join this grand
organization. and aid in its great
educational and material woi-k.—
Fariii and Fireside.
—< o—>—
.\Ior.i.\'i-2. July 13-}.
dren's Day was observed in M0-
liiie (Srange hall. A goodly

number of the children met with ,

and entertained us with some
very good recitations. songs and
instriimental music.
the time was very
spent and enjoyed by all.

We also have to report an ice.
i-reaiii social in the place of a

feast for 4th degree inembers_

whicli. it is needless to say. was
well attended by llie inenibers of
the order and their r-liildreii. for
when was the invitation for ice

(‘I'(‘:1III ever made in vain. not by

the patrons of .\loline (lrange.
n'.i_v verily.

The motion to
llll'('t‘ weeks was
carried.

zid_ioiirn for
uiiaiiiiiionsly
This has been our cus-

tom for the past few years and, 
as after“

we find it works well.
the harvest is gatliered in all can

meet with renewed zeal and feel1

that with the rest has come new

inspiration and new impulses for’:
ywork in our order. and hope to

do more in the future for the

iwelfare of the toiler.

All are in a good working spir-
it and the best of feeling prevails.
Mus. E. L. ()u'ro.\'. Reporter.

coo

Bishop Waterson. in going for

L001‘: at the “"91" l the partisan press, strikes right
3-519 Of 0111' C1'0l’5- ‘*5 1'el’01't9d In ifrom the shoulder. and inflicts a* T‘

well-merited
says:

"One of the pests today is the
partisan organ. It defends its
party. right or wrong. It sup-
presses the truth: ‘fit misrepre-

castigation. He

_ sents its opponents~whenever it

expects thereby to benefit its
own party. It juggles with its
own moral sense. It confuses
the public conception of recti-
tude. It does the devil's own
work by misleading conscience.
by making the worse appear the
better i'easoii, by deceiving the

3 simple, by caluniniating the good. l
?lt prefers to be victorious rather l
party 1

than right. It esteenis
success above the public welfare.
It puts the triumph of its faction
before the prosperity of the na-
tion. It degrades the meaning
of patriotism, and trains its fol-
lowers to be unworthy citizens of
the Republic."
Comparative value of Phosphates.
For many years past the use of
commercial fertilizers has been
on the increase, notwithstanding
the fact that many farmers are
aware that they are often misled
and induced to use inferior grades
highly recommended only by
those directly interested. Too
much care can not be taken in
selecting grades composed prin-
cipally of raw animal matter,
which are adapted to all soils.
seasons and crops. Many farm-
ers consult their own interest by
forming clubs and buying high
grade aininoniated bone phos-
phates at prices ranging from 
to $30 per ton. All who are in-
terested should address at once
(inclosing six cents to cover post-
age) to C. E. Rick, general agent,
Fairview. Pa., who will take
pleasure in mailing a valuable
treatise on Fertilizers. Whole-
sale prices to agents. Samples.
etc. One general agent wanted
in each county. 75

99%....

 

H. C. Payne, special Commiss-
ioner to Mexico, says that coun-

try will probably appropriate at

the start $750,000 for the repres-
entation at the Exposition. and
that it will most likely increase
the amount to $2,000,000 later on.

Mexico voted $400,000 at the start
for the Paris Exposition. and
spent $1,300,000 before it got
through. Great enthusiasm is

manifested over the Chicago Ex-

pfisiton, and Mexico will certainly

excel all previous efforts.

1.*<.$lli—Clii1-I

We think’
profitably ‘

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THE G-HANG-E VISITOR.

AUGUST 1, 1891

5  f anv reform which is dealthe papers. Now the VISITOR is
THE GRANGE Visiioii.-““ ° J I

manded by farmers. and that he intended to be clean in both its

Publislied on the isi and i5th of every monih.
A T50 CENTS PER /l.V.\'L'_«l[.
A. C. GLII)I)E.\'. Editor and Manager.

PAVV PAVV, MICH.

?Remiti.enci-s should be by Registered Letter,
Money Order or Draft.

BI;-.iTed.a: th—e‘Post-VOflice lat l;awVPaw, Mich. as
Second Class Matter.

To Subscribers.

Send money when possible by
either postal note or money order.
We prefer a dollor bill for two
subscribers. to 50 cents in stamps
for one. The bank will take the
dollar,but they refuse the stamps.

VVe shall send the paper only
so long as it is paid for. ' If you
wish it continued. a prompt re-
newal will keep it constantly
coming and save us the trouble of
making the changes. If numbers
fail to reach you. or your post-
office address is changed. notify
us at once and we will gladly send
another number and make the(lc-
sired change. Packages of papers
will be sent to all who desire
them for distribution.

Send the names of your friends
on a postal card when you desire
to receive sample copies.

A Farmers‘ Party.

One of the cardinal principles
of the Grange is, as an order. to
keep aloof from all entangling
political alliances. If a new
party is formed. the Grange as
a Grange is not in it. This is not
saying that farmers should have
no part in political affairs. There
is every reason to urge why
they should be interested,and be-
come active as individuals in
forming and educating the polit-
cal sentiment of every communi-
ty and district in which they are
in the majority: but the Grange
cannot urge its members to ally
themselves with a distinctive po-
litical organization. They must
be left to the leadings of their
own judgment as to what party
t.hey offer their allegiance, and
in which they will labor for the
best good of all.

The new party now seeking the
favor of farmers had its incep-
tion under conditions quite dif-
ferent from those existing in our
state. It could not have enlisted
a sufficient number here to have
warranted an organization. Some
of its tenets are quite too absurd
also to command the respect of
thinking men. A farmers’ party
is indeed no more to be commend-
ed than a mechanics’ or lawyers’
party.

This new movement will doubt-
less enlist and inspire a fervor or
zeal for “our side," if it is well
nursed. as it probably will be. by
its "advocates” who are interest-
ed in becoming “the people's de-
fenders.” There is a spirit of
vandalism existing among a class
of men who are anxious to be
tearing down structures built by
“the other fellows.” This man-
ifested itself last fall in the elec-
tions, and last Winter in the va-
rious legislatures. An upheaval
in politics is frequently health-
ful, but it is doubtful if farmers
have improved their condition by
any of the successes which were
attributed to their combinations.
There is such a dead weight of
floaters that must be carried by
every new movement that has an
apparent chance of success. that
it is foredoomed to failure if not
to shame. Already a lot of un-
used and unappreciated material
—a sort of “waste” left out in
the distribution of party favors-
has turned up to become appar-
ently “the head of the corner"
in this new party which is being
built.

We believe the independent
voter, found in every party, is
the most potent factor in the suc-

can do more as a member in one

of the two great political partiesl

than he can by attempting to
form a new one. A man of in-
fluence who is known to split his
ticket on occasion. will be heard
and his suggestions be heeded in

_ his own party: but let him step

out and join a new one, he has
by that much added to the
strength of the bad element in
the party he has left. and thrown
away his own identity and use

fulness in the new. The Grange
is the Alma Mater of the inde-
pendent voter. He is bred and
educated there. and the influence
for good to the farmer coming
from it, is more than ever can be
expected from this new party.
The Grange has something to
point to with pride. in the. re-
forms affecting the farmer. Its
legislative committee at Washing-
ton is consulted on many of the
public questions that come up
for debate in congress, and their
counsel is heeded and their judg-
ment commended. They reflect
the sentiment of farmers of all
parties upon important measures
affecting their interests. The
new party's demands. on the
contrary, are unreasonable in
many particulars, and their ad-
vocacy of them can only result
in forfeiting the respect of those
whose influence would carry
weight in an emergency. There
is a combined effort evidently
being made to “shoo" the whole
flock of farmers into the new
pasture. It is well to look the
fellows over who are doing the
whooping. and ask for their cre-

dentials.
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Holding Wheat for Higher Prices

The commercial papers are
very much exercised over the at-
tempt which is being made by
western farmers to induce wheat
growers to hold their wheat in
their own granaries for a time to
note its effect on the price.

Speculators have been selling
this year's product for future de-
livery at a price lower than farm-
ers are willing to take. They
predicate their expectations of
getting the wheat upon the usual
course pursued by farmers—tliat
of hauling the grain from the ma-
chine to the e.levators,where it is
“in sight." and practically in
speculators hands. In advocacy
of the farmers‘ side, the Visitor
advises farmers to wait and see
how these speculators will man-
age when delivery day approach-
es and no wheat "in sight." If
reports as to the great deficency
of grain in Europe are to be re-
lied upon, our surplus will be
needed before the end of the year,
and we should be glad for once,
to see farmers get the benefit of
the advance in price which must
come if they keep their wheat in
their own hands. Speculators
are anxious to have them sell
early for obvious reasons. They
are able to do almost anything
with prices once the wheat is in
their hands. They can boom the
price or depress it; but if the
wheat is kept out of the market
they are powerless to influence
the current of value, which must
be upward until the wheat re-
sponds to the call. If 50 per
cent of the usual volume of wheat
is held on the farms through
August and September, farmers
will then be “looking backward”
toward dollar wheat and forward
for still better prices.

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Our Advertising Columns.

We are recieving inquiries re-
garding many of the articles ad-
vertised in the VISITOR. showing
that farmers are suspicious and
wary of schemers who intrude

themselves into notice through

reading and in its advertising
columns. No snide catch-penny
affair is allowed to beckon to our
readers through its columns.
The sewing Machines have been
sent to all parts of the state with
universal satisfaction. Three of
the Arthur Wood buggies have
been sold. and the purchasers are
more than pleased. There is no
risk in sending us the money for
either of these articles.

The Dowagiac Shoe Drill is
another of the excellent imple-
ments advertised. We have used
one for several years. and know
their value as compared to many
of the others in constant use.
Their sale is constantly increas-
ing through their real merit for
Michigan soil. They draw easily.
will work well on rough as well
as on smooth land. and leave
the surface in the proper shape
for the growing grain. We ad
vise all of our readers who ex-
pect to purchase a drill to send
for a Dowagiac Shoe.

__ ___.,,_,. _
Worthy Master Brigham at Is-
land Park.

The Worthy Master of the
National Grange is to speak in
the great Auditorium at Rome
City, on the G. R. & I. R. R., 22
miles south of Sturgis. Mich., on
Wednesday, August 12, at 2:30
p. in.

Island Park Assembly has been
organized 13 years, and is becom-
ing more and more popular year
by year. The opening day this
season is on July 29th. and every
day on until Farmers‘ Day. Aug.
12th, there will be lectures. and
entertainments of various kinds,
to fill the two weeks full of in-
tellectual and physical enjoy-
ment.

Island Park is a beautiful place
worth going, to see. It is an Is-
land of 15 acres in the widest
part of a lake four miles long.
It is a summer resort of great
beauty. and added to this feature
is the fact that the programs in-
clude some of the best talent in
the lecture field, Among the
attractions this year are Bishop
1. W. Joyce. Robert McIntyre.
Chaplain McCabe. Dr. D. H.
Moore. Dr. J. C. Hartzell. Rev.
Sam Small. J. DeWitt Miller.
Chancellor J. F. Spence. Prof.
A. A. Graham, Pres. J. D. P.
John. of De Pauw University,
and others. with C01. J. H.
Brigham to close the two weeks
festival.

Farmers. especially in the
southern part of the state, ought
to arrange to spend a few days
at Island Park. It is close at
hand, and a first class entertain-
ment is provided for every day
of the assembly session.

Round trip tickets, including
admission to the grounds, will be
sold at the following rates for
the places named on the G. R. & I.
R. R: Grand Rapids, $3.20;
Plainwell, $2.10; Kalamazoo.
$1.75; Mendon, $1.10, and Stur

gis, 90 cents.
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Grange Festivals.

During the month of August
will occur many of the annual
pic-nic festivals of the order.
This is the time to proselyte for
new blood that is needed in every
Grange. Don‘t horse - shed
or button hole people, as though
it were something to be ashamed
of; but confront the crowd and
ask them why they don't join the
Grange. It is an order with
something to point to, and some-
thing to work for that is tangible.
It is the universally conceded
force that has set farmers to the
fore, and it has not outlived its
usefulness in that direction by a
century or so. There are neigh-
borhoods and individuals who

need its uplifting. educating in-,1
fiuence. where nothing will serve ‘
so good a purpose. Other orders _
of farmers have pandered to the 
selfishness or the prejudices and;
passions of the people and have _‘
left them more selfish and moref
clannish than before. The Grange :
would lift them up above the ‘j
plane of the mere nioney—getter:
or politician. into a realm of good i

We give below information to
our readers which we hope many
of them will take advantage of.
Send a postal for yourself and
not for your neighbor. A per-
sonal application for the bulletin
is required. Temperature. rain-
fall and the effect of each on the
growing crops are given in the
bulletin.

By direction of the chief of the

citizenship where the one can§U. S. VVeather Bureau, this bul-

minister to the farmer-S success  letin Will be sent to all farmers

and the other to his honor. The
Grange would first enlarge the
farmer for his position, rather
than fit the position to the farmer.
It has succeeded grandly it its
purpose. Look at some of the
men as examples. Compare them
with those whose positions have

iwho desire a copy of the same
lfree. It is the desire of this of-
ifice to have this bulletin iii the
lhands of every progressive farm-
er. that its benefits may be more
lwide spread and the information
ldistributed. better understood.
land for that purpose the bulletin
jwill be sent to all who apply for
:it. All persons who receive the

been Shrunk on them 1;},-9 the tire lbulletiii will please spread the

to an old wheel; how they rattle
and wobble in service.
Grange is a large manufacturing {
establishment rather than a re-
pair shop. It keeps the market
supplied with first-class goods
and the quality from deteriorat-
ing. Every farmer should be a
stock holder in the concern.

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Capital Grange of North Lan-
sing lias published its list of
members with P. 0. address, on a
neat card-board folder. for the
use of its members and for dis-
tribution to business men. An
advertisement appears on the
fourth page which presumably
pays for the entire job. The
Visitor would like to have pigeon
holed in the office a list from
every Grange in the state. We
frequently desire to send copies
of the paper to such members as
are not on the list of subscribers.
Two thirds of the members will
subscribe again when their time
expires. We are “going for" that
other third. All they want is
waking up to their duty and
privilege. The Visitor doesn't
come with any apology for the
intrusion. it is bound to “get
there" or know why. We should
like to have its friends shove it
under the noses of the delinquents
and shame them into service for
the order to which they belong.
If every Grange will furnish us a
list. we will get it before the eyes
of them all in due time.

, n. . > .
visitor and Weekly Free Press.
We will send the Visitor and

Detroit Weekly Free Press for
the remainder of the year for 45
cents beginning Aug. 1st. This
is five months or 30 papers, for
just a cent and a half each. Try
this combination on your friend
and see if it won‘t “fetch" him.

In the July 1st number of the
Visitor we urged the duty upon
farmers of sending to the Chica-
go News agency an invitation to
some of the poor children of Chi-
cago to come to the farms for a
few weeks‘ outing. To-day we
saw four of these happy waifs set
off from the day express at De-
catur. They had captured our
end of the car by their happy an-
ticipation long before their sta-
tion was reached. They were a
pair of girls and a pair of boys,
bright, eager and, it must be con-
fessed. a little "wild." They had
that premature sagacity so com-
mon to city-bred children, but
there was a wan pallor to their
countenances— a lack-luster ex-
pression that was almost pathetic.
Four weeks of romping in the
fields will add freshness to the
complexion. tenseness to the
flabby muscles, and transform
them from weak hot-house plants
to rampant running vines.

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The phenomenal success of Ayei-’s
Sarsaparilla started into existence a
host of competitors. This of course,
was to be expected; but the effect has

been to demeiistmtc the superior merits
of Dr. Ayer’s preparation oy a constant-

ly increasing demand for it.

The  N.

[information to all their friends.
Address all applications. to
B. Conger. Lansing, Mich.
lVe have just received ll0llC(‘
that the annual wheat meeting of
the Volinia Farmers‘ Club will
be held at Volinia Town Hall on
Wednesday, Aug. 19th. Hon. J.
J. Woodman has been invited to
address the meeting. These

meetings have become an impor-
tant institution for Southwestern
Michigan, and the prominent
farmers for miles around make a
point of attending them. Sain-
ples of grain in the straw as well
as clean are shown. prospects for
markets considered. and many in-
teresting questions presented for
discussion.
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Estimating the Crops.

It is not to be wondered at that
men have such widely divergent
and often distorted views about
agricultural crop prospects. It
is seldom that two men of even
wide observation view this sub-
ject from exactly the same staiid—
point. The vast breadth of the
ground to be gone over, and the
numberless affecting causes to be
taken into consideration, render
the work of prognosticating the
crop yields one of the most ~un-
certain in which men can engage.
This being true. it is almost a
wonder that there is even such
an approach to uniformity in pre-
diction as there is. It turns out.
however. that in the main the
partial guess-work which largely
marks the work of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture in this line
is verified with sufficient approx-
imation to make it in some sense
a reliable guide; and at the same
time it will be found. taking one
year with another. that govern-
ment prognosticatioiis and those
of well-posted private individuals
run with wonderful similarity in
the same lines. The average man
who looks into these matters does
so from a neighbor hood, district
or state standpoint. Realizing
that there is a wonderful yield or
failure in his own vicinity, it is
hard to realize that this may be
so entirely overcome by different
conditions elsewhere as to out no
figure whatever in the national
yield. It is only by making due
allowance for things of this kind
that statisticians of the broadest
gauge are able to offer figures
which are of any use to the pub-
lic; but that they really do so is
evidence that crop-guessing, even
in its present undeveloped condi-
tion, has been reduced to some-
thing of a science.——Stockman
and Farmer.

Threshing is in progress in our
Vicinity. and wheat is yielding
fully up to the predictions of
farmers. The estimate of the
Secretary of State will probably
not vary much from the actual
output, and will be about 25, 000. -
0(lO bushels. It must be borne in
mind, however, that any varia-
tion from the norm al, either above
or below, is likely to be exagger_
a_ted. If crops are good. the es.
timates will exceed the final fig.
pres, and if_ poor they will go be-

°W' _M1Ch1g&I1 this year has a
bountiful wheat crop of excellent
9“3jhFy. and farmers need to be
judicious in marketing it to get
the benefit which is their due.

 

Len  Grange Au

. ' 9 g- 6.
1S tobe addressed by ason Wood-
illagl. Notice of meeting came at
.33 m0me11j3. but place of meet-
mg was omitted.

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TI-IE G-RANG-E VISITOR.

5

Chronic Grumblers.

vThere have.been pests from
time immemorial —— from the lo-
Eusts of Egypt and the toads and
irogs of Er1n‘s green isle down
to the potato bug, curculio and
wheat midge of to-day, but none
of them are more destructive to
peace and good will on earth
than that human pest, the chron-
ic grumbler. The world is full
of them. You will find them
everywhere, and you have no re-
dress~you have got to put up
with them. You cannot go to
work with Paris green to destroy
them. as we do with some of the
other pests: they have got to be
endured. There is one singular
feature about the malady: Some
have it in the worst form, and
are not conscious they have even
one ‘symptom. I suppose all pro-
fessions have their share of these
plagues, but it would seem as if
the profession of farming had
rather more than its share. The
farmers seem to have been going
through a period of depression,
out now prices and prospects
have an upward tendency. which
should give them a rest from
grumbling. But they will not
rest. Grumbling is their hobby
and they are bound to ride it.
The cry now is that frosts and
drouth have injured the wheat:
which is true in many instances.
but what is the use of gru nbling?
Don't grunt and growl over the
things that are immutable. Sub-
mit gracefully and quietly. The
world has little love for one who
is always whining and finding
fault with conditions that he can-
not change. All such are too
eager for wealth, and they can-
not brook obstacles with pa-
tience.

Aman's true wealth is meas-
ured by the good he does in this
world to his fellow man. If you
have nothing else to give. give

‘cheerful words, encouragement

and due credit for honest effort.
To many, a little praise is a great
incentive and aids much in the
developemeut of good resolu-
tions. It is sunshine to them; it
warms and inspires. Never give
adulation to any one because he
possesses more of this world's
goods than you do.

There seems to be such a spirit
of discontent among the farming
class. especially the young men.
Why is it? The song has been
sung for so long that farming
don't pay. If it rains the wheat
will rust, and if it. don't rain there
will be no wheat. and in the long
run farmers are having a terri-
bly tough time of it. anyway.
Hasn't this grumbling something
to do with it?

If people would school them-
selves to submit to the inevitable
—to scatter sunshine and exer-
cise patience with the faults of
others-—it would bring heaven a
little nearer to this mundane
sphere. Mutual tolerence and
forbearance is a secret of happi-
ness, and an unconscious influ-
ence emanates from people prac-
ticing them. that will encourage
and assist many a one who is fast
traveling to that land “where
congregations ne'er break up,
and Sabbaths have no end.” Ex-
tend to the living the hand of
friendship. They can well dis-
pense with your tears at their
graves.

But I have digressed.

Farmers meet, and by mutual
interchange of thought and meth-
ods learn much. But how much
of this knowledge do they put to
practical use? We have heard
the benefits of tiling thoroughly
discussed, yet comparatively few
use it. Many fields in the spring
could be cultivated earlier by its
use, instead of waiting for the
land to become dry enough _by
the slow process of evaporation
to just “mud in” the crop. Of
course the mud bakes and the
yield is light. Then they grum-
ble and ascribe it to ill luck.
when the fault is their own. Had
they properly drained the wet
places, the condition of the soil
would have been favorable to
early cultivation and the results
would have been better. Too
many times this IS the_ way It
goes. Slight your part in farm-
ing and trust to luck for aboun-
tiful yield, and you W111 be 5-15"
appointed every time. ”“AS Ye
sow. so shall ye reap. . That
which is worth having will cost
an effort to secure. For

uwe,-e every hill a precious mine
And golden all the mountains,

Were all the riversfed with Wine
By tireless fountains:

"Life would be ravislied of its zest
And shorn of its ambition,

And sink into the dreatnless rt-st
Of inanition.

"1'P!h€ hrr-ad stairs that value rears
Stand motives beck'ning earthward.

To summon men to iiolilcr spheres
And lead them worthward."

A good many chronic gruni-
blers will buy everything that
comes along. whether they can
afford it or not. Always getting
things “on time"— never think-
ing there will come a pay day. I
knew one man——of course he lives
many miles from here—to buy a
fanning mill. when the only thing
he ever raised was potatoes. and

ing to think it would ever come
due. Of course he eventually lost
his farm. and all through such
unwise transactions. The gov-
ernment is now paying him $72
per month. and he grumbles be-
cause it isn't more. Some grum-
ble about things that when you
come to apply the test to them-
selves they will bolt the track, as
was the case with one farmer not
a thousand miles from here who
joined the Patrons of Industry.
and thought it a grand thing be-
cause he could buy his goods ten
per cent cheaper than those out-
side the order. But when the
subject came up for discussion
in one of their meetings to lessen
the rate of interest farmers were
paying on mortgages, he couldn't
endorse that. as he was one of
the lucky farmers who were loan-
ing money at a high rate of in-
terest, so he concluded it wasn't
such a good thing for the farmer
as he was at first led to believe.
and he dropped out. The ten per
cent discount he got on the goods
bought at retail was but a drop
in the bucket as compared with
the ten per cent he was drawing
on mortgages he owned.

There is too much of the spirit
of selfishness for the world's own
good.

My object is to show that farm-
ers are no better, no worse, than
any other class. and that all are
after the mighty dollar. A suc-
cessful farmer‘s life is not what
is called "a soft snap." but hard
work and plenty of it; and it
sometimes requires eternal vigi-
lance to raise a crop. especially
if it is potatoes and the bugs are
tliick——which is generally the
case. But when crops are as
bountiful as they were last sea-
son and the prospects so good
for the present. it makes our
hearts bright with hope. and we
feel like exclaiming:

“Let the wealthy rejoice~
Roll in splendor and stnie~~

\‘\’L- t-yivy lll(‘lll not, we declare it:

\\'e eat our own lainli,
(bur (‘lll(‘.k(‘Tl and llfllll,

\’\7c shear our own fleece and we \\'t;(ll' it.
“'0 have lawns, we have bowers,
\\'e have fruits, \vc liave flowers,

The lurk is our morning ail:ii'iiit-i;
So jolly boys now,

Here's God speed to the plow,

Long life and success to the fariner."
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The Best Farm Crop.

Fathers V and mothers, stop
grumbling about the miserable
lives you lead; teach the boys the
beauties surrounding them on
every hand and which are inac-
cessible to the city dweller, says
the “Rural New Yorker". Tell
the boy that the old hard head
buried beneath the surface and
which brought his team up stand-
ing with' the plow handles jam-
ming his own ribs is a strangerin
the land, a "lost rock". which has
strayed far from its native ledge,
perhaps hundreds of miles away;
that the cobblestones. bowlders.
etc., were all brought by the
same mighty glacial force un-
known ages since. Show them
that the different strata in the
familiar gravel bed are as an op-
on book to the geologist, record-
ing the history of their formation
long ago. Call their attention to
the curious things to be learned
about the familiar weeds, the in-
sect pests,the feathered friends
and foes, the animals that prey
upon the crops; in short, get their
eyes open to what is about them.
But, you say, you are not capable
of doing this? More's the pity.
But get them books and encour-
age them. Don't scold if Johnnie
is spending his time in examin-
ing a curious stone. He may not
do so much work to-day, but,
rightly guided, his life may be
vastly more successful. The boys
and girls are the best farm crop;
let every farmer make the most

of them. O _

The best and surest dye to color the
beard brown or black, as may be desir-
ed, is Buckinghanrs Dye for the Whis-
' kers. It never fails-

gave his note for it. never seem~|

The Forest Glade.

\\‘hen the dim evening shades pervade
The tangled copse. the dusky glade.

The voices of the solemn night
Harmonious swell, as falls the light.

The cawing crows. slow-winged home,
R1,-echo in the falling gloom,

The cooing of the cushat dove,

\Vith plaintive sound pervades the grove,
The inissal thrush its soul of song

Pours from the thicket shrill and long.
The whip~poor-will resumes its hymn,

In wayside hedges. thick and dim.

The fern owl spins its buzzing wheel,
The white moths from their coverts steal,
The cricket chirps its little drum.

The beetle sounds its drowsy hum.

The rabbit and the skulking hare,

That love the night. come forth to share
Thc dewy clovcr of the ground,
Regardless of the horn and hound.

'Tis a fair spot, a lovely scene,

\‘Vith a vale and stream and woods hguv.-Con’
Yonder along the upward hill

The sheep flocks browse and roam at will.
The cattle o'er the int-ndows Swtwp,
\\’herc grow the givisses, fctlock deep.
The clover llt'l(lS in swaths are laid

liy mower with his swinging blade,

\\'hil¢.- down the winding. dusty road
(‘rceps the big wziguii with its load,
\Vliile llllllgl‘.‘(l notes of toil and play
l\'(']0lC(.‘ the night and chzirin the day.

~12-‘zinc MCLL-llnii. in Turf. Field and Ftlflll.
—--—-tot-
Farmer J ones’ Harvesting.

Harvesting to-day is but cliilds
play to what it was twenty-five
years ago. What pleasant(?)
recollections the harvest days call
up of the times when we swung
an old cradle for ten hours under
a broiling July sun, until every
bone and muscle in our body ached
with the strain put upon it. We
might go back still farther, to
the days when the reaping-hook
was used, but the cradle is as far
back on the road of toil as we
care to contemplate.

What old farmer does not grow
warm at the thought of harvest-
ing his broad acres of waved
grain in the “good old way?"
Old ways are very pleasant to
look back upon—niuch pleasanter
than to look forward to. in many
cases.

In the good old days of the
cradle and hand rake, Jones was
careful to get every head of grain;
and later. when the reaper came
into use, the old cradle was still
on duty each season to cut a path
around the field for the machine.
and about trees and stumps. and
thus gather up the fragments. that
nothing be lost.

What a changer" Now. when
Jones’ wheat is ripe enough to
cut. he usually drives his binder
to the field of a neighbor who
does not own a machine. but who
believes in having his grain cut
when it is ripe enough, and the
Jones wheat must bide its time.

The cradle is no longer disturb-
ed. but gathers rust iinheeded, or
is looked upon with contempt. as
a thing of the past. and no longer
of use. Much like an old farmer.
bent and weakened by years of
t-oil. no longer able to keep up
with the march of progress, he
is thrust aside by the busy, rush-
ing sons of to-day as useless—an
incumbrance that cannot be got
rid of, hence must be endured.
What sad thoughts must be those
of an old man who looks upon
the cradle he swung in years
gone by. and compares it to him-
self—both old, cast aside for-
gotten.

The harvest field is no longer
the arena for the display of
brawn and endurance. The time
was whan a man gloried in his
ability to "bush” his fellows, and
many men have kept up as long
as they Were able to stagger
along rather than endure the dis-
grace of defeat and the ridicule
of their fellows. Happily, those
days are past. Health is too
precious to be trifled with in such
a senseless way. Men have
grown wiser. It is better to bear
contempt that is soon over than
to endure life long ills.

Harvesting might be made still
easier by a little fore-thought, as
can nearly all kinds of labor. The
man who puts things off until the
last moment is always in a
rush—and always behind with
his work. It don‘t pay. That
man is most successful and takes
life easiest who crowds his work
instead of letting it crowd him.

Here is a field of wheat left un-
til it is dead ripe. It must be out
with a rush. The teams are near-
ly exhausted—no matter, the
wheat must be cut, so with a rush
they go at it, and get several
acres down, then up comes a
storm, and before it can be put
in the shock it is soaked to the
center of the bund1es—-more work
added, and time lost, Wheat wet.
da.maged—farmer conviced that
farming don’t pay.

Here is another farmer who
goes into his field as soon as it ism
ripe enough to cut. Gets it done;
and dried before the storm.
Threshes it from the shock. and

thus saves one handling. and
secures all in good shape. No

rush. no vexation. no worn out
teams or tempers. and aman con-
vinced that farming does pay.
VVhich way is best? Which rule
do you follow?

There are lots of J oneses' who
make life a burden to theniselves.
their families. and the dumb
brutes they own. just by the lack
of a little foresight. Don‘t for-
get that it pays to think. and
plan. A. L.

Eaton Rapids.

Slamming the Door.

A suggestive little squibwitli a
moral is going the rounds of the
papers. Bessie and \Villi<- over-
hear a quarrel between their pa-
rents. "Which of them is got-
ting the worst of it‘."' asks Bes-
sie. "I don't know yet." answers
VVillie. “I am just waiting to lwar
which of them will slam the door
going out." VVillie had found a
better and more universal lost of
human frailty than he knew. The
man who gets the worst of it usu-
ally slams the door. To “get
mad" is not only a sign of weak-
ness. it is a sign of defeat as
well. The successful person can
afford to keep his temper and
wait for time to vindicate his
course. Some people slam the
door in the newspaper with a
vicious. ill-tempered article. It
helps our cause not one whit.
but indicates that they have had
recourse to a defeated nian’s last
resort—an ill-natured fling. Oth-
ers metaphorically slam the door
of the church. They get angry
with a brother member. call him
names. provoke a quarrel. and
perhaps a serious. division re-
sults. The nian who has a good
cause can afford to be patient.
He can meet his opponents argu-
ments, if it is worth while. or he
can let them go for old FZLi.ll("1'
Time to bury in oblivion. He is
not greatly rufiled or annoyed
even by slander or abuse. for he
knows that a barking dog is esti-
mated accurately at his true val-
ue in ‘this practical world. and
that the best poultice for wounds
caused by hard words is silence.
Nothing is gained by slamming
the door. The angry man for-
gets that his opponent's fingers
are not in the crack of the door.
and that the sound neitlier hurts
him. nor destroys his 2ii'giii1ioiits.
nor heals the pain he has llllll('i,-
ed, but only seems to make the
slaminer ridiculous and lll(ll('21lt‘S
that he is worsted in the t-ombal.
#Golden rule.

C O >

Not Blamable on Any One Thing.

There are two extretnos in the
positions assumed by fnriiiors
respecting the causes of the de-
pression which has given them
so much’ trouble for a number of
years past. One class of men
would attribute everytliing to
evils which are to be overcome
by legislation: the other blames
it all upon business methods in
vogue among agriculturists. and
over-production of crops of many
kinds during the period in ques-
tion. The fact of the case is that
neither is altogether right nor
altogether wrong. There are mil-
itating evils against agricultural
prosperity which legislation can
correct. At the same time there
has been over-production in some
lines sufiicient to render some
specialties absolutely unpro-
fitable no niatter what laws might
be adopted. It is also true that
business methods have had much
to do with placing many farmers
in the unfortunate position they
now occupy. Those who recog-
nize that all of these things have
operated together to bring about
a condition which is somewhat
complicated, are on the right track
to an adequate and fair solution
of the problem which so many
are now trying in vain to solve.

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North Carolina. to South Carolina.

Buncombe County, N. C..
June ‘_’3d, 1891.

I used this paint some years
ago, and found it better than any
mixed paints I am acquainted
with, or any other as for that
matter. This concern sells us at
full wholesale prices. A word to
the wise is sufficient.

T. HALE WEAVER.

See adv. Patrons’ Paint Works.

The New Commandment of the
State.

The state has already passed
its cold. hard. lI‘Ol1-pl2ll(‘(.l arms
between the parent and the off-
spring. and is daily dragging and
forcing them asunder. The old
moral law may say, “Honor your
father and mother." etc.. etc.,
but the state says. on the coiitrary:
"Leave your mother ill and uii-
tended whilst you attend to your
own education; and summon your
father to be fined and imprisoned
if he dare lay a hand on you
when you disgrace and deride
him." The other day a working-
man in London was sentenced to
a fortnight‘s imprisonment with
hard labor. because. being justly
angry with his little girl for dis-
obeying his orders and staying
out night after nightin tht-strect.<,
he struck hertwico with ti leather
strap. and she was “sliglitly
bi'uiscd." The man asked por-
tinontly what was the world com-
ing to if a parent might not cor-
rect his child as he thought fit.
\Vliat can be the relations of this
fatlier and daughter when ho
leaves the prison to which she
sent hiin? What autliority can
he have in her sight? What
obedience will he be able to exact.
from her? The bruises from the
strap would soon pass away, but
the rupture, by the sentence of
of the tribunal, of parental and
filial ties can never be healed.
The moral injury done to the girl
by this interference of the state
is irreparable, ineffaceable. The
state has practically told her that
disobedience is no ofieritre, and
has allowed her to be the accuser
and jailer of one who, by anotlier
canon of law, is said to be set in
authority over her both by God
and lllitll.-—"Th(§ State as an Ini-
moral Teacher," by Ouida, in
North American Review for July.

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Live Up to the Rules.

A man, who is a Patron and it
(lrange officer, remarked to mo
recently that he was ht-t-oiriing
tired of the (lrango and similar
organizations, for there was too
much red tape about them. This
remark. perhaps, voices the opiii-
ion of many. But nothing can be
accoinplislied without system.
The laws of God and the laws of
nature teach this on every hand.
Every organr/.ation must have
some system. some general laws.
which bind the S<*pilil‘Zll.('. parts
into one perfect whole. No or-
gani'/.atioii caii exist without sotim
constitution or by-laws. be they
more or less, as the oct-zisioii may
dt-iiiand. "By iiiany the-so suino
l'(:;_',‘lll1lll()llS are thought iiiitwt-.t~.s.-
sary red tape. The Patrons oi’
H11sl)uiidi'y is an organi'/.ation not
ovei'burdt-netl with regulations.
(‘leiu-.i'iil principles and laws llll-
doi'lie tho organi'/.ation as a whole
and czicli State and Subordinate
(}range is allowed to regulate its
specific rules to suit itself. pro-
vided only that they are not in
opposition to the general declar-
ations of the order. Eacli indi-
vidual Graiige has its code of by-
laws. Look them over and see if
they are not all right. Read them
carefully to learn if they are in
hiirmony with the principles and
laws of the order. When you are
satisfied that they are all right,
then live up to them. Stand by
them to a man. Let none be set
aside just to suit the circumstan-
ces. for once, for it will be much
easier, as time goes on, to ignore
them entirely. It is just as easy
to do a thing right as wrong—~~
much easier, for then it is done
for all time. and we know it takes
much longer to right a wrong
than to do it right at first. If in
your by-laws there is one which
is pi'a-ctically a dead letter, have
it repealed at once. Letrus have
no rule we don't try to abide by.
Right here let us not make a mis-
take. and regulate our by-laws
down to our standard so we can
keep them easily. Rather set a
high ideal and live up to it. Be
sure you are right and then go
aliead.—Mrs. Anna H. Terry,
Berkshire county, Mass.

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TI-IE G-IRAN (3-E VISITOR.

Sabies’ Department.

In An Old Garden.

W'ecrls run riot where lilies grew,

Stately and lovely and pure as truth.
In the old. dead days when the garden knew

The beauty that blesses the time of youth.
Nettles creep to the crumbling sill.

And briars climb where the rose once bloomed,
But a clump of rue holds its tenure still.

And remembers the beauty that fate has doomed.

Moss grows thick on the path where trod
The feet of youth in the days gone by.

And the feet of those who were nearing God,
And the time to lay work down and die.

I wonder if ever, on moonlit nights.
Ghostly footfalls. through mold and moss.

Come and go where the old delights
01' life and loving gave place to loss?

Lovers liave walked here. hand in hand.

Here, by this dying tree. was tolrl
A story Swccter to understand

Than the tales of all poets. youiig 0!’ old.
\Vhcri: is the lover who told his lf)\'t‘:

\Vll(‘l‘(: is the iiiairlen wlinsr: lips lll: kissed?
Ah! but thc grave grass grows ahovr

Tlio.st- who no Ioiiizci arc iiioiiriicil or iiiissi-zl.

Poor iilal ;.-.~.i'rlt-ii of (ll'7l(l IlI‘llL'lllS.
lli‘|lll|(t‘fl I l-\lll)\\' you .'ii‘c. night ziiiil :l:i_'»',

The giill fioin the st-.i. in its l3lll1l\ViIl'!l flinlits,
lliiiis oi tliw l"Il'(‘! yiuirs that Il4'.\\' 2l\\'.'|}.

Iivi r and i--.1-i’ whil<- ll4:lIl4'S spri-ail
(}\.'t r tl)(' In-rls \\'ll('l'l' llll: lilii-s gr:-x-:,

You think of the past and long sinci ilnziirl,
Aiiil tliz: lJk.'.'|lll}' :iiiil lniglitiicss Klimt Ull(‘t: you

l.iici.v.

Your ht-.'ii't is triii-i iliriu lII'.’ll'l~ of llll‘ll.
() poor olil griiilcii. for llll’ll friigwi:
Th:-y lriiry tli<-ii 4l('.'I4l ;iii<l go on .'lL['llll.
Aiitl liti- lizis rooiii for but biii-t" iv-girl.
lliit _\0ii iiioiiin fllI(‘\.'( l' for lost ilvliglits.
You L{Ilt'\’l' lor llllt In-;iiity that ('Ivlllll llhl last.
.'\llll l .~li‘iit- _\oiii soriow on lUll('.\(lllll‘ iiights.
\\'h« ii iii;.' iii-:iit ii-iii¢:iiihi-is its !i;ipp_\ p isi.
— I.lplllllI'i-lt's f\l.ii4.izinc.
4 - >

Have We Lived Before?

{un- Sziiiiiiir-3' iiioriiiiig l \\"lU‘.l|t‘ll Ill!’ \ill'lll iiiisi.
Pi l\.':]i'lIil rlyv vi ll} l’livi-liiis‘ siil-tli~ l!(.‘.'|l!l

Isivi .- p up ihc iiioiiiiiaiii 5lll“>. iiiiiil lll('_\' l'\l“" il
'l'lit higlii.--i pi-;il\s; \\'llt‘ll lo. El ti.ii>~i~-iii gli-.:iiil

iii‘ liullt. i-~spl«:iiil<-iit loi a lllIIlll!‘lll, shoiii,

Iinrl p.ih il: iiiic~:ii'tlily. \'.'I‘,.Z|lf'. iiiikiiowii.
.\llIllll\l£1llK,illltlllfllllll} i-rstwliili- |H‘.ll'('llll soul.
I felt. loisor-tli. sti';iiig< l':iiii‘ii's iliioh Illlll ioll
Tiiiiiiiliiioiis, gloiioiis. liiigc and high Jlllll \'.i.si,
\V.'i.s it :i gliiiiiiia-i fioni Illl iiiikiiowii past‘
.-\i.-,.'iiii ill high iiooiitidc on liiisy sticct

Iill‘»' l \\'il.l(‘ll(‘(l the liiirryiiig Cl()\\'ll swi-op by.
C.'in-Ii:-ss :iiitl lirippy: IN‘-Ird their lllfl‘(ll('~S ft-t-t
And iii;ii'kc:l lll(‘llll£‘|'(tll(,‘ff each t-.'i;:¢:i‘ cyi:

(if [lI(l!~(' who passed; when lo. oiirc lllUl'l'

I ll(‘Illil. as froiii some fzii‘-oft. iiiy-stir‘ slioic,

A \'()I(‘(', .1 word. No)‘. Call it what you will.
Yct in its tones I felt again the thrill

Of soiiiirtliiiig past. iiidciinitc and dim.

\\’.is it 2i l'('lllllllhC(£llCL‘ from the vzist llzis Bet-ii?
And ()ll(‘.(,' ;igaiii. at twilight's witcliing hour,

In an old tcinplc stained and dark and grim,

I licziril the i‘lioristci‘s. unseen. oiitpoiir.

In swc-ct flllll soleinii notes the vesper hyiiiii:
\\’licn siiilrlcii, iii the organ's iiioiiriifiil swell,
Thcrt: tliiohbcd a low, weird strain. a mystic spell
Of sound faiiiiliai‘ and yet strziiigc and queer.
lfiilikr to iiiiisic of the iiiiiiidane split-rt-;

It St‘L‘lll(‘(l to speak of ages gone hcforc.

\\'.is it an echo from a forgotten shore?

—E. If. l’.iil~.ci'.
_-_._<-.__ _ ,,

Friendship.

I<‘i-icndship has been called a
fine art. but the designation is, I
think. most inaccurate. Skill in
any art involves labor. study.
dclicatc inanipulatioii. and a spe-
cial aptitude. without which all
labor is in vain. Art docs not
i1ccossai'il y dcniand any moral
quality. It is a gift which has
been possessed in an exalted dc-
grcc by men whose characters
were far from noble. Friend-
ship. on the other hand. belongs
more to the heart than to the lI1-
tellect. and it may exist between
those whose taste and faculties
are widely different. Often it is
a growth the cause of which is
not explicable; at other times
the attachment may be sudden.
like falling in love; but a sudden
friendship. especially among
young people. is likely to go
down in the storms of life. leav-
ing not a wreck behind.

The love of friends is most so-
curc when it has been ccmcntcd
by sacrifice. and it is generally
warmest on the side of the one
who makes the sacrifice. Truly
does the son of Sirach say that.
' A faithful friend is the medicine
of life": and assuredly there is
no more fatal poison than a false
one! A young person should be
cautioned against a rash friend-
ship: but. when once assured that
the choice of a friend is wise. he
should adopt the counsel of Pol-
onius, and “grapple him to his
soul with hooks of steel."

Innumerable are the wise
things that have been said, and
may still be said, about friend-
ship; but there is a terrible dan-
ger of growing dull and com-
monplace in sounding its virtues.

Friendship is a. topic dear to

the schoolboy essayist. and it is
one still more beloved by his sis-
ter. In the young days of life
every David has his J onathan.
every Damon his Pythias. We
swear eternal fidelity, and mean
to be faithful. There is no sor-
row to a warm hearted youth
equal to the grief he feels on
finding his friend neglectful or
insincere.

-affections more widely.

ijiiilgiiic-iitol.’ tho inziii.

As we grow older we grow
iiiorc callous, and dispense our
Love
steps in to interfere with friend-
ship. and marriage breaks many
a tie. The probability is that
the boy who was ready to give
all he possessed to his friend at
sixteen will grudge him a dollar
note at twenty—six. while the girl
who sheds bitter tears on part-
ing with “the sweetest creature
in the world" will find some years
later that the dress and manners
of her school idol are altogether
intolerable.

Friendship is a delicate thing,
and has even been known to
wither on the appearance ofa
clumsily cut coat or a tasteless
(lross. Happily there is a friend-
ship that grows stronger with
ago. and is fortified by obstaclz.-s.
Many a beautiful instance of it is
l‘(,‘('()l‘(l(,’.(l in literature». and thc
potrts. truo to the noblest in-
Sl.lll('l.S of our iiaturo. have crown-
(,‘(l it with l_l'l(‘ll'1)l'2llS(). Tho limi-
or we-. yield to it is evident from
tho <-ontr-iiipi fi-lt, for Uni! who
has provcn a faitlilcss f'ri<-nd.
Thc qiii-stion has often been rais-
cil \\'lli-l.ll(‘l.' there can bc a close
fi'ii,-iidsliip l)()l\\'t‘0l’l man and
wonian without love; but Slll'(‘l_V
this (ti-pcmls ciitiroly on tho cir-
(-iiiiistaiici-s of the caste: men and
\\’l)llli‘l1 who liavc passcd the hey-
day of youth. and «eiijoy the fa-
miliarity of ('losi- iicqiiiiiiitiiiicc.
will oftcii provw tho host of
t'i'i<-nds. Thu large-i' syiiipatliy

son. who. by the way. sets a
high value upon this kind of
l,'riciidship. used to say that. con-
sitli-.rii1g the iinccrtainty of life.
anian should keep his friend-
ships iii repair. which is surely
not an easy thing to do. After a
certain age it is difficult to gain
now friends. and if a feeling of
fellowship is contracted there is
seldom much warmth in it.
Johnson who wrote an ode on
friendship calls it——
“Tlic iioblc iiiind's delight and priilc.
To men and angels only give-ii."

- ~4—<-0-}—» —
Keeping Rooms Cool.

Sonic little ignorance prevails
at times. as to the simplest and
most practical means of main tain
ing an atmosphere in our rooms.
which, while being fresh and pure.
shall also be cool. Many people
are too apt to think that the best
way to effect their object is to
keep doors and windows wide
open. and so create a thorough
draft through rooms and
passages; whereas the very con-
trary method is the wisest: for it
should bc rcinoinborcd that the
original rise in the toinperatuic
takos place out of doors, not in-
doors. and that consequently the
longer the external air can be ex-
cluded; the longer will that in
the house remain unchanged.

It is an old axiom. and one
founded on fact. that what keeps
out cold keeps out heat; and as
our houses are mainly construct-
ed with a view to protecting us
from that sort of weather of
which \vo have the m0st—cold.
there is no reason why with care.
we should not make our thick
walls and solid fittings equally
available to protect us as effec-
tually from a sirocco as from a
cold northeaster.

This. however. can only be
done by going upon the same
principle with both. namely. by
shutting them out. Therefore,
before the rays of the inid-suni-
incr sun become at all vertical. we
should carefully exclude the outer
air. and draw down the blinds.
Outside blinds are necessary for
the perfect accomplishment of
our object. for we know that it is
a great point to prevent the glass
getting hot; indeed when it has
once done so it is almost imposs-
ible to bring down the tempera-
ture of a room as low as would
have been the case had the window
been protected early in the morn-
ing.

Of course I am speaking of that
side of the house which faces
south or west, the other sides re-
quire comparitively little consid-
eration. except the rooms at the
top, where the effect of the sun
on the roof will always make it-
self disagreeably felt, and the
top story is, therefore, always
the most difficult to keep cool.

Whether absolute darkness in
itself has any real influence in
assisting the maintenance of a
low temperature. or whether we
only fancy it has, from the pleas-

ant relief it affords after the
glare of intense sunlight. does

not signify; but certain it is. un- ‘E
less you keep a room dark you}
cannot keep it cool. althoughg
there may be no actual rays of}
the sun penetrating it; and if the

housewife will bear this simple

fact in mind. she will have taken
the first steps towards keeping
her rooms cool. Directly. how-

ever. the sun begins to decline.

air may be let in on the northern
and eastern side of the house.

and when the orb of day is once
below the horizon. and until it is
high again in the heavens. doors
and windows should be set freely
open. When it is possible tliey
should be kept open all night.

If rooms are properly ventilated
at night there can be no reason
why they should bocoiiie iinpli~as-
antly stuffy diiriiig the day.
cspi,-i-ially if a little wliolesonic
scoiit be evapoi'iz<3(l:iii tlioiii. and
they be (li!('()l‘ill¢-(l with a fair pro-
portion of flow:-rs s-itlicr growing
or cut. Aiiyway. tho gmzit sci,-i'ct
of l{i3(‘plllf_I rooiiis cool \\'ll(,‘ll a
t.ropii_,-al sun is shining is to do as
is done in the» topic: and to do this
the housewife iiiusi shiif. up he-r
castle as tiglit.ly as if she were
l)csicgc(l by an (‘ll!‘lil_\'. and not
open ll(‘l' windows until the sun
hasrt-tii'<-dfoi'tlii-iiiglit. .\i’J'l«Zl.l..-\
S. in .D(.‘lll0l‘(‘.\l.

. , g , .,.

Two VVonieii Journalists.
(hie of tho l<-zidiiig ag'i'i<'iiltiii‘zil

,\\‘()(,‘l(llt,'S of" N4-w l‘lll§."l1ll1(l is to-
of the \\'Uli]illl corrci-ts tho coldi-rl

Dr. .lohn—'

day. as it lius lJt‘(‘ll for st-v<~i".il
y<>2ii's. alniost t'X(‘lll>'l\'L‘l__Y (‘(lll(‘(l
by a woiiian who ('()llllll('ll('(:(l hm‘
jouriialistic (':ll't)(,‘l'
itciiisof ll(Jlllt‘ iicws to a loczil
weekly. Froiii this small begin-
ning she imbibed an zinibitioii to
succeed in _iouriialisiii. until to-
day she has attained a siiccess
which is a pride to her friends.

On another widely known.
popular and siiccessfiil agricul-
tural weekly in Boston. one of
the principle departincnts is en-
tirely in charge of a woman. who
administers its affairs with so
great ability that it has contri-
buted very largely to the success
achieved by the publication. and
given her a most enviable stand-
ing in the professioii.

And yet. neitlier of these woin-
on has “unsoxed herself." They
are modest. unassuming women.
with strong doiiiest-ic tastes, to
whom home  the dearest andinost
sacred spot on earth. niadc even
more dear and sacred by the
contrast; it brings by their coii-
tact with the great outside. hust-
ling. bustling world.

Those who for one motive or
anothcr are setting their faces
against the spirit of tho ago.
which carries with it the advai1cc-
ment of women along the line of
an extended and extending area
of added responsibility. useful-
ness and honor, are but waging a
useless combat. not to employ a
harsher term. against the inevi-
table. There are certain clearly
defined laws which cannot be set
aside; and one of these is the
law of progression.«~Milford.
Mass. Journal.

——-if->3

A Pathetic Prayer.

The fishermen of Brittany. so
the story goes. are woii’t to utter
this simple prayer when they
launch their boats upon the deep:

“Keep me. my God; my boat
is so small and thy ocean is so
wide."

How touchingly beautiful the
words and the thought! Might
not the sziiiie petition be uttered
with as much directness every
morning and evening of our
daily life: "Keep me. my God:
keep me from the perils and
and temptations that throng
around me as I go about my
daily duties. ‘My boat is so
sina1l’——I am so weak. so help-
less. so prone to wander, so for-
getful of thy loving kindness! I
am tossed to and fro at the mer-
cy of the world; I am buffeted
about by sharp adversity and
driven before the storms of grief
and sorrow. Except thou -dost
keep me I must perish. Keep
me. my God. for ‘Thy ocean is
so wide’——the journey is so long,
and the days and years are so
many. In Thee, O Lord, do I
put my trust. Deliver me in
Thy righteousness.”

Most people think that a ru-
mor is like a} subscription—list.
Every time it comes to them they
add something to it and pass it

along to the next.

Setting the Table.

\\’i ittr*n tortliv l{iii'.'il Press by (‘:irrit- I-.. l\'ul‘lllSUll }

The setting of the table seeiiisj
to follow so naturally after the 1
dish-washing that we shall beg}
leave to follow after with such l
hints as may help one inexperi- 3
enced. as knowledge in this direc- j
tion does not spring spontaneous i
ly when needed. Observation of ‘

ject-1esson. but somehow many
are like a lady whomlheard reply
to this remark the other day:
"Did you notice how prettily
Mrs. Lat-.y‘s tea-table was set
yestei-day'."' “Not how
set. I know it looked pretty. but
I'm sure I couldn't tell you a thing
there was on it. (‘X(‘0pt that there

people as tlir-so never l(.‘2ll‘l] by

by st,-ndiiig ,

ol)se1'v:itioii:they must liave. rules
ito go by land tlic-re are iiiany
lsui-lil.

3 l*‘irst. you iiiust have a good.
-firin table. lll('ll good. if not so
jvcry llllt‘. table lll1t‘ll. well
f ironed. A soft blankct. Illll(l(' of
=ll(i‘2l\',\'(‘()ll1)I1llllllllfll. to put under
Ethv table-cloth. adds greatly to
ithu l'l(‘ll look of the liiivii. and
‘also S4'l'\'t‘S to ])1'Ol<’(‘l the table
ifl‘(')lll the hot (lislivs. If any hot
;l'oo<l is to ho .\'t‘l'VI‘tl by the 1ii'tls-
‘tor of’ the liouso-. tho ]llill‘.‘.\‘.lI1il(lt‘
jwariii iii the hot closet of lllt‘
jstovv. slioiilil bc ]Ilil(‘l'(l in a pili-
j‘dii'<-vtlyiii troiit, of his pliict-.
‘with tho food 2ll‘l'llllg‘U(l at the
’.l‘l'(>lll of tliwsw. Lay tho proper
Iniiiiibo-i'ot' ])lll('i*.s‘. and if lllt‘I'('
arc to bu giii-sis, :ll'l.':lllf_“¢" for
tho-in tho iiiosi i-oiiil‘ortabli-seats.
both in rr.-lation to wziriiitli and
the logs of tho» l11l)h>_ which are
;:ilwuy.s in soiiic-body’s way. l’l:1i-0
‘tho knifc-. fork and soup spoon.
with the tli'iiikiiig-glass. at the
right. the napkin at the loft, and
the butter plate in front of the
center of plate. or where it will
stand when S(‘1'\'(,’(l. If individu-
al salts are used. tliesc should
stand by the tiny butter-plates.
The tiny pats of butter. now
made for this purpose. should be
placed upon the table before the
meal is called. That saves one
troublosoine dishing and passing
during the meal: but there
should be a dish of butter upon
the table from which to replenish
these. If the lady of the house
is to pour the cof’fei,- or tea. the
cups and saiiccrs and teapotwith
the sugar-bowl. croain-jiig and
spoon-holder should occupy a
tray set in front of lierplato.
'I‘caslic should pour and pass
clear. leaving eacli person to sea-
son his own. (fofft-c is so iiiuch
l)t‘ll(,‘I' poured upon the crcziiii
and sugar. plzit-oil first in each
cup. that it S()(;‘lllS butter to find
out each pt-rson‘s tastc bi-fore
pouring it out. At one end of
the table should be placed a tray
or plate. containing bread or
rolls. with perhaps a second
plate of brown bread. In the
middle of one side. the dish of
butter. with one of pickles and a
small castor. They have made
us put aside our large, handsome
castors. to save for our grand-
children. I guess; but Dame
Fashion says we musn't use
them any more at present. and we
have had to obey. If there are
side dishes of vegetables to be
dished. they should be placed
with the small dishes beside the
plate of the one who is to dish
tlicin. always keeping the bal-
aiice of the arrangement sym-
metrical. This is an ordinary
dinner-tablo we are disciissing;
with elaborate diiine1's.etc.. of
course the plans must be studied
out on the spot. A pitcher of
water with a small number of
glasses on a tray may find room
on the table. usually at the right
of the master of the house. but
on a small side table is quite as
appropriate. The soup should
always be served and removed
before the fruit and vegetables
are brought on. Hot food should
be served very hot. and cold food
very cold. In waiting on table,
pass the dishes over the right
shoulder. After the meats and
vegetables are done with, which
is properly called the second
course, if soup has been served,
remove them and brush your ta-
ble free from crumbs and soil be-
fore bringing the dessert or hav-
ing it brought for the mistress
of the house to serve from her
place.

The house mistress will likely
find it easiest to dish her pie or
pudding at the table, and send
around the sauce in a boat,or the

it was .-

were flowers in the (-eiitor." Such 1

AUGUST 1. 1891

dish. if the pic happens to be
miiicc or apple. At a table of
this sort. it is always the proper
thing to fold your napkin. and if
you found it in a ring. to return
it to the sainc-. and to leave your
fork or spoon lying on your plate.
- -—<o->———----~-
A More Simple Diet.
It would be instructive. and

the tables of others is a good ob- 'P91'haPS 3l3Tming- if 0119 Could

know how many gems of litera-
ture or art. how many great in-
ventions that would have aided
the world. and how many beauti-
ful music compositions have been
lost to us. becaiise the men and
‘women who could have created
‘them were not in a clear mental
icondition. in some auspicious
hour. because of iiiipropcr diet.
That one can be iiicapacitatod
for L'X(‘t‘ll0Ill lll(‘l1lill work bo-
‘('11l1.s‘t‘()f an iiitligi,-stililc lii'cakfa.st
or diiinur. niust be patent to ovu-
ry brain worki-i'. Tlioiisaiiils of
teat-livi's have felt this (lt‘pl'(‘S.\'lI1_‘_"
woiglit upon their 1l1(‘l1Iill pow
ors. while their classes l1il\'t'
"diuggcil" in coiiscqiii-iicc. \Vllt'l1
thcy iniglit ll:l\'i‘l)l't)1l_£§l1l vivacity
and i-ntliusiasiii to their work.
and pi-rliaps ll1l\'(' ilroppi-(l an
idea into soiiiu voiitlifiil mind
that would lia\'«~ borne rich fruit.
\\'i'itvi's. lawy-~i's and 1)l'l‘d.(‘ll('l'.s'
all ll2l\'1‘ tlw .\'illIl('€‘X1)('l'l(‘ll('t‘.
l’iissiiig froiii tho ill i~l‘l‘i-cts of
iiiipropi-i' food on tho iiii-iitiii
zit-ii\'iiii-s of brain woi'l<crs to thi-
tloiiii-stic life-ol' tho lI()lllt'. it is
1H‘l'l.lli1’lll, to iiiquirc how lllll('ll of’
the fault finding. the ill llilllll'i‘tl
(‘l'lll(‘l.\'lll. lllu sliarp words and
iiiorosc looks that are >'()l1l(‘llllll,'>
sci-ii and ll(‘lll'(l. may not he (luv
to llli‘, i-t'l'i,_=<‘t which an U\'t‘l' bur-
doni-il stoiiiach has upon the dis-
position. It is possibh- for Satan
-to ciitor into the human being in
itlic form of a 1)l(}('(.‘ of rich pin.
=though he is not coiiimonly
ithought of in this guise. Thi-
gsayiiig that one should “eat ‘to
llive" ought to be dIll(5ll(l(‘(l so as
;to convey the idea that om-
;should not only eat to live. but
ito think and to be pleasant. It
‘seems to be the custoiii of th()s'+'
jwho cat—and this in(:lu(l0s (ll1lI.§'
ia large class—-to give proiiii-
;nonce rather to those things
‘which they specially enjoy than
lto food that will nourisli both
ibrain and brawn. This must be
E apparent to those who think about
lit. and I am writing this to gut
jyou "to think about it"--- not be»-
Ecaiise I think the proposition
incods to bc provcd.
j 'l‘lici'e are nuiiiorous cxainplvs
‘of clear-braincd worki-rs in our
iday who arc living. thinkiiig and
l1)lL*Ll.Slll;,'\\'llll(éssi*:s to lllt‘, \'£llllv-
lof’ simplicity indict. aiiiongwliou:
,,()livcr \Vi-iidi-ll Holiiws is a nota-
.blc (‘Xlllll1)l(!. Siniplc food will
giiot niakc poets. orators or _L;‘l't‘it'.
jinvciitors of us. but it will help
us to use to the best advaiitugi'-
the abilitii-s which we have.
Wiznn Dox.\'i-:i.i..

C - }
Antiquity of Earrings.

Earrings have been worn from
time immemorial. VVhile exca-
vating the riiins of ancient
'{‘hebes archeologists brought to
light sculptured remains bearing
representations of these articles.
Ancient writers make frequent
mention of these decorations and
state that in early days they were
worn by both sexes. From tll(‘
Every earliest time the male Asia-
ftics wore them. The Bible tells
I us that Abraham presented his
1 sons wife with a pair of earrings.
'2Lll(l. historians rclato that Alex-
landcr the Great. when he invad-
led India. found them suspended
in the ears of the Babylonians.

Among the ancient oriental na-
tions. with the exception of the
Hebrews. men and women wore-
them, the latter considering that
they should be reserved for the
sole use of the gentler sex. Ho-
mer makes mention of this meth-
od of adornment in his descrip-
tion of statues representing sev-
eral of the mythological deities.

ity for the statement that they
were worn by all the males re-
siding in the Euphrates prov-
inces.—Detroit Free Press.

If a woman was as careful in
selecting a husband to match her
disposition as she is in selecting
a dress to match her complexion.
there would be fewer unhappy
marriages than there are.
prevented
paste simple
It preserves

Toothache mayAbe
by using for tooth
flour of sulphur.

cheese daintily grated on a pretty

the gums and prevents decay.

 

and the great J iivenal is author-.

  

 


5,“

   

AUGUST 1,1891

THE

(3-I-'t’..A.1Q'C3-IE3 VISITOR-

7

“ THE Bcvans’ Gcinl.”

Nearly a million households use it
as a reference book.

A million purchasers learning how
to make {our dollars do the work of

five.

Sent only upon receipt of 15 cents

in stamps to pay the postage.

(550

pages, 3o,ooo quotations, weight two

pounds.)

M()N'l‘G().\ll'ZIt\' \\'.-\ 1(1) Jo (T0,,

in in ii’. _‘iiLi‘.lL_'ltl) .~\i.-c.'iuv_-,

(‘iiii-/-.i.i>.

OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

flflil-t-ri~' .\'uti0nal (ii-ange.

f\l.-tsri-'.i< —J. ll. lil<l(}ll.\.\l......... .l)l'li.’I. Ohio.
/.)\'r:ksi~:l-.i( -llll\';\.\l ll.-\\\'l\'INS.ll;i\\'kin\\ill:-.Al;i
I.l-.(:1L'Iu.I< .\l()l\‘TlI\ll£l\' \\/lilTl‘Illli.-‘tI)_.... 
i(ii.‘i‘ Q St. N. \\’., \V;i'.~'.liiiii;toii,l).(j-

S'ri-:wAiiii-- l-J. W. I).-\\'lS. Saiiixi Rosa. (,';ililorni:i.
. ss‘T S1‘:-.\\‘Ai<i)-~ 0. l‘ ll.~\l.l . . . . . ..l’;iwni:«:. .'\'«:li.
~ ‘ _. tludo, '1‘: .

l’(~nii Van, N. Y.
, , , asliiiigtoii. l).C.
(1/t'i‘i-: Kr:i~:i’r:i<—--A. Ii. I’.-\(}l£ .,Appli:toii City. Mo.
Ci~:Ri-:s~l\ll<S. J. H. lil(l(}llA.\l..__..l)clta. Ohio.
}'oMo.~:A— MRS. J. M. Tll()Z\ll’SON.__._Joliet. lll.
Fi.okA---ltlks. J. Ii. BAll.l-LY._.._Coii¢:li;itta. Miss.
L.AuYA2as"i’STi-;w'n MRS. N. ll. I)()l.'GLASS_....
Sherborn. Mass.

I-lxecutivr Committee.

  

        
 
 

   

  

Si-

 

J. J. WO0l)‘.\iAN .... . . . . .... . Paw Paw, Micliigziii.
LE ‘ Cciitoi llall. Pl.‘llS}'l\'?|iliil.
X. X. CHAl\‘TIl£RS . . . . ..l°i‘<-<lci'icksliiirg. Virginia :

Committee on “'oman'u \\‘ork in the
Grange.
MRS. L. A. HAVVKINS . . . . ..Hawkins\'ille. Ala.
MRS. ll. ll. VVUODMA . . . . . ._Paw Paw, Mirth.
MRS. ELlZ‘BliTll Rt‘-SSl<.I.I.. Vziiiconvcr, \V:i.sli.
01111-.¢-rid Mic-higan State Grange. '
Mas-i'i-;i<-—'l‘ll()S. i\lAl(S......_._.,l'lt3rri(:ll Centre.

 

  

   
   
   
 

0vi~:i<si-:r;i(4M. T. CO .L . . . . . . . . . . . . ..l-’2Iliiiyra.
LECTURI-.R—A. J. CROSBY JR. ...._Novi
Sn-;\vAiii)--—A. P. Gl(AY.... .. .. .. Ai‘cliic.
Ass'T S'ri~:wAi<iiA\V. ii. ‘T()Cl\ll\L.v.. . Cliclsca.
Ciiai-i.Ai.~.'~Jl\'0. 1:‘. PASSMOl(li ._...._.l<‘|usliiiu.;
'fRr:.\suRr.k --E. A. S'l'l(().' i..... .VlCl\'Sblll't{.
Si-:ci<i;1’Ai<r—-Jl~ll’\‘i\'ll£ lll L

CIATI-. l\'i~.i-.i~i~.i<-—(}E(). L. l\
.C0ld\\';itcr

C!-.Kl-:5 —.‘\ll\’S. \'V. 1*). VVl<l(iliT..._
Po.-mi:sA~-I\ll{S. V\’. C. STl'ART.._ .l*‘ieeinont.
FL<ii<A--—I\l RS. (1. C. l’U()l\’I\lA;‘\i __ __ _ llnttlc Cl'l.‘t‘l'i.

L. A. STr;\vAi<nAi\ll{S. W’. E. S'l‘()CKlNG (‘.li¢:lsi.-:1.
I-Executive Fomnnittm-..

J. G. RA. SDI-ILL, Cliii . _ _ _ _ _ _.
.>\’l” ._

   

ll. 1). PL ...... ... ...\'psilaiiti
r.\V. Rlil)l'l " _M.tp|e Rapids
H, H. DRESSER .. . . . . . . .. ..l.itL‘lIficltl,
J. (3. A. l5Ul(RlNG'l‘()I\'.. ‘ “"\‘nscola.
E. N. l‘l‘\TEC_.. .. __.l\l0linc.

GEO. ii.‘ ll()l{'l‘(.)N . . . . . _ _ . . _ _'_'_'_i5.-nit Ridge.
THUS MARS. 0 , ,_ ,- ‘\ ____lli:ri'ii-ii CL‘lll(‘l"
]l£1\"i\'llil3L'l~1LL9'}“\ 0“‘“". _______ ._ .\lzirci.-lliis

General Deputies.

 
  
   
  
   
   
 
 

 

lion. C. (2. l.u(:L- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..(‘.oldw.'itcr
lion.   \\'oodiii2tii.  ..  .. ‘aw P.'i\v.
J. T. Crihli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S(‘lio0lci‘.'il't.
_lasoii \’\’oodiii;iii, . . . . . . . . . . . . ..l’;iw Paw.
I\lai'y A. I\l.i_\'o. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..i‘l2lll.lL‘ Cl‘t.‘t‘l-(.

nl In-|uItiei-‘.

..  ..Jniit-s‘, C«l\~a "
t'.i>ld\\'.'it«-i'. l‘il(tl|{‘ll "
. li‘ui'li.'iii;iii, liI'llli'll “
...|\'.i\'i-iiii:i, .\lll\‘l\'l';;t)Il “
xwltlliil1tlll‘ll,l_.1tJ)('L'l’ "
l£' 'l.]IUll. Aiitiiiii “
lxiiht-rt .\.l\\'.'~.i'tl. .. . llii<lson\’illc, Utt:it\.i "
'\\"iii. Cl.'ii'k . . . . . . . . . . . ..Cli:ti‘l(:\'uix, Cli:ti‘lt:\'oi.\’ “
(‘nmrnitu-0 on “'nn|u.n'.~‘ \\’0I'k in
the 1-‘: l'Illl:.‘.'|‘.
Mrs. A. (‘xiiniiisoii . . . . .. .._...._.Nortli Lztiisiiig.
.\ll\. J. C. (.oiilil..__ _..P(lV\' Paw.
.\lrs. A. l). I\lcl\‘.ic . . . . . _ . _ . _ . . . _ _.Ti‘nvci‘se City.

   
 

Revised List of Grange Supplies.
Kept in the Otlice of So-c'y of the

Michigan State Grange

And sent out post-paid on receipt of Cash
Order. over the Seal of a Subordinate
Grange, and the signature of its
Master or Secretary.

Porcelain ballot marbles, per hundred ______ ..$ 75

    
  
   

Secretary's ledger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. 1 00
Secretary's record ................... .. . 1 00
Treasurer‘s orders, bound, per hundred. . 1 00

Secretary's receipts for dues, “ _ ._ i 50

Treasurer's “ . _ _ _ _ . . _ _ _ . . . . . . _ . ._ 50
Applications for membership, per 100.. 50
Withdrawal cards, per dozen ....... _ . 25

Dimits, in envelopes, per dozen .... __ . . . .
By-Laws of the State Grange, single copies, 100;
per dozen ................................. . . '75
“ Glad Echoes," with music, single copies 25c;
per dozen ................................. . . 3 0
The National Grange Choir, single copy 40c;
per dozen ................................. .. 4 00
Rituals, 7th edition (with combined decrees). . 25
u at u .4 u u per doz Q 75
“ fifth degree, set of nine, .......... .. 1 80

   
   

Notice to delinquent members, per 100 40
American Manual of Parliamentary Law. 50
Digest of Laws and Rulings ........ _. 25

Roll books ......................... .. 15
Patrons’ badges (in lots of 15 or more). 25
Ofiicers‘ badges ...................... .. . 50
Sample package coooperative literature . . . . . . . . 18

Write for prices on working tools, staff inount—

ings, seals, ballot boxes and any other grange sup-_

plies.
Address, MISS JENNIE BUELL,

Sec’); Michigan State Grange,
Marcellus, Mich.

GERMAN
HORSE AND COW POWDER

Is of the highest value of horses, cattle, hogs, and
poultry. It assists digestion and asiiiinilation and
thus converts feed into muscle, milk and fat which
otherwise would be wasted.

MORTIMER WHITEHEAD

Says: “German Horse and Cow Powder pays many
times its cost in keeping all kinds of farm stock in
good health. I have used it for years on my farm,
buying a barrel at a time."

It is manufactured by Dr. L. Oberholtzer‘s Sons
& 00., Phcenixville, Pa, and sold at

Wholesale Prices‘--viz:

Barrels—201bs in'bu-l'k, 71/zc per pound.
Boxes — 60‘lbs “ “ 8c “ “
“ 30lbs—l5‘lb pack. 10c. “

By ALBERT STEGEMAN, Al1egan,Mlch.
THORNTON BARNES, No. 241 North
Water St.,Philadelphia, Pa.

(9. It. A’ I. l{.\ll. R().\l).

 

   

lfl-Ii. I, 1H‘.l1.—(‘:-iiIi':il .\'t:iiiil:ii~<l 'l‘iiu<-.'
mii.\'u .\‘(u('l'll. -V°-1-.-“"- “ 7'3"“ 7
“  '” ' "W ’ ' "" iii.-‘\i.V.\ilA ‘P-.”.\lV. A--i\ili
Clllvllllltall  . . :7 .-i I4 50
lticliiiioiid . . . . . . . . . . . .. H“ 4” 11 397- i
' ll’. M. .i. .\_i.,
Fort \\u_\'nn- , _ _ _ . . _ _ _.ar A. .\l.- ‘.5 UK! d Uzi ,
~ ‘~ iv 2 in :5 25 ‘ 1.; O5
l-ialiiiiiazoo _ _ . . . . . . ..ar 3 45 i 5 Su , '7 no ill 55
-- l\' 5 55 ‘ 7 20 -12 on
Grand IilApl(l.~'.. .....ar‘ 5 15 7 45 ‘ an 20  2 15
“ “ IV: 1 H5 10 30 ‘I130 , 5 U0
’ P. .\l. A. .‘ . . ‘,
Cadillac . . . _ . . . . . . . . . .. ll 30 2
Traverse Cit  I 1 5r
Petoskq-y  _ _ . _ _ _ . . H l ) I 4‘.
Mackinaw .. l l 7
GOING soitrii. ‘.3"° 2*“
' ‘ ””‘ li5.“.\'i'. ii ' A A A A ‘ ' ' ' ' ‘ ' ' ' ”
Mackinaw cm ....... .. ‘, N 45
Petoskey. . . . ,1U 05
Traverse City ... L 4
,A DI.
Cadillac _ . . . . . . . . . . . . ..  '2 00 . '1
Grand Rapids . . . . . . ..ar , ti 00 {I0 L
“ “ iv; '7 ()0 :11
Kalamazoo . . . . . . . . . ..ar ‘, 8 45 12 1
“ lv, H 5:: ‘;A.
Fort Wayne . . . _ . . . _ __ni- 31‘) 25
“ “ l\’ '1’.' 45
ltichiiioiid . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3 55
Cincinnati . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7 00
P. M.

 

Nos. 5 and (1 daily between Graiid ltapidu and (lin-
cinnati.
Nos. ‘.2 aii(l 35 carries through chair cars lie-
twevii (iriind Rapids and Ciiiciiiiiati.
No. 15 carries sleeper. Grand Rapids to Mackin-
aw.
No.11 carries throuigh sleeper, Grand Rapids and
Cincinnati.
No. ‘.IT,going north, leaves at Kiilauiazoo 7 10p. in.
No. tlhl. going south, arrives at Kaliiiiiazoo1‘.!05 p. in.
C. L. LOCK \V()t)I),
G. I’. is T. Ag't, Grand ltapids.
E. BAKER, Agent, Kiiluinazoo.

In Iitfq-rt Jiinv ‘3l,'t)l

CH ICAGO &
W EST .\llCHl(%A.\’ R’Y_

F;:\‘oriii: route; to lllt' Siiiiiincr rust-in of
.\<\i'tht-iii I\lii‘lii;1;iii.

 

   
   
 

  

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ll;ii'if-ml. l.x..   . . . . . .  i ,5: .~.i«_v
llnlhiiiil. .'\i' . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ‘ 3 no i, i2]
(il'.lll(i llI'x\'('ll_......... ..  = _g,i;i-m.\l, [) is
.\1ii~l\::,'-iii . .  l,; If, at N] 05.’:
('.i.inil l\‘;li»iil\..-\i.  ..  V; <,:s (iii.
K‘-i.m<i lx’-wills  ,5 ,lH:,Il ;;5
'.\'r\\'.ij,i.;u,,,,,_ _ , (if; in}; 53:
iii‘ l\.ipi«ls .\ in [ii 1;
l.ii«lini;iivii.  , H u, 5.. . 3...’.
i\l.'tlll\ll‘t'.\l.l .\I..‘t‘ l\'.li_.... iui: l.I.‘(i
'l‘i‘;l\ii.~.«' Cll)'..*\l' . . . . . . . . . . . . .. iusu (lllll i: -,5

l’ .\l .\ Kl l‘ .\l
l’ .\l l’ .\l .\ .\l
ll.’irtf<:rd. Lv _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . . , , , , , , _ , __ 12 in 2 Sq 2 ,3
lit-ntoii Harbor. Ar . . . . . . . . ._ . X2 4 =31 _; :\ 1 5..
St. Joscph._ i: 5:.‘ 3 5, g 15
Ni-i\'l{iitl;tln 1 i ;si 415 _i go
I\licliip,nii'L'iiy  zii‘ 43, 50;‘
Cliir:i;,'o. Ar . . . . . _ _ _ _ _ . . _ . . . . . . . _ 3 55 (i gt» 7 mg
I’ .\l l’ :\l A M

I 32 I’ )I.—rias l‘i'c¢-(‘li:iir (‘ar to (;r:ind Rup-
ids. (’(‘l!llll'ClillE with 5:23 I’. .'\l. Fret. Chair Car to
Maiiistci-.

_d9'‘ 02 I‘ .1!-~\‘V.'i;_I,iici liiitfet Car to Giniid Rap-
l

s.

12 10 A NI-—Frce Chair Car to Chiczzgo,

2 59 I‘ )l—Wagiiui' lliittct Car to Chicago.

VVagncr Sleeping Cars on lli‘{lll trains to Chica-
go and Grand Rapids.

GEO DE HAVEN, Gcn'l Pass'r Agent.

on
active person to sell
oods 340 a. Month to distribute circulars Salary pajd

onthly. Sample of our goods and contract tree.

mi 100. r to k to. w . .
NION suiiiiliiir (‘¥)e.'2%.¢§ 213" iiieviea si."cFiii

 

BETTFR THAN A GOLD
No Capital needed!

HELP
WANTE D! ;“;.°...2.: "%".f.i‘.?.f::.?‘5 “s‘l‘":.?.

l)lil\'TR, Minis-rrzxs, lii<ic.i-ir I\rlr;N and LAD]!-ZS
wanted in every Town and County. No exper-
ience needed. Credit given if desired. Be early
this time and secure first choice of exclusive
territory on this grand l\'i~:w l‘li>()K.

DON'T BE AN OSTRICHE \\"Rl’l‘l-I AND oi-2r
I-‘l.'l.L IN]-‘t)K!\lA’l'l0N AND soi.in l~‘A(‘TS Al:tIL'T

FOOTPRINTS OF THE
WORLD’S HISTORY.

By ‘Vin. S. Bryan and John Clark Ritlpi-ttli.
TAE VVoiu.i) Cl-‘.LEl5RA’l‘l-ID }lis1‘i>kiA.\'s.

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l

The Little Bird Tells.

lz's <tran[-gt: how little boys‘ mothers
Can mid it all out as they do.
if a fuller docs aiiytliiiig naughty,
or says anything that‘s not true!
They'll look at you just a iiionieiii,
Till your heart in your bosom w.t.ll.-.
And then they know all aboni it—
For it little bird tellst

.\c.w where the little bird comes from.
Dr -.v‘i.ei'e ihi: little bird goes.

If lick: covered with beautiful ivluiiiage.
(Jr black as the king of the crows‘.

ll his voice is as hoarse as the inn.-ii'=,
<)r Clt'IIl'£iSlllf:llll)1lllt.; bells,

lkiiow not; but this 1 am sure of—~

A little bird tells!

'l l.t‘ iimiiivnt you think a tllil‘.;.' isirkn ii.
The iiio;ni:ni you do It thiiit: hail.

Or .'lm:i'y. or siillr-ii. or llilliritll,
(2:-t only, or >t'.ipirl. or mad.

or ti-asr a dcrir l)ll ilicr or .~,i.~i:-r—-
'l‘li:it iii~:;ini }'«".ll’ !~¢‘llit'lICt' ill: 1»:

  

."\llil tl.< \'\llUll‘ to in:tiniii.i in It ll . .1 '
'l‘l..x'. litiir hiid ti ll~!

-.'i.. in ihw lit ;-ilis it :i ('li',~'.!.

. r» n«;li.:<l_i ~e-.-~ hut .'. ill‘/.l‘~n'_

my lw- all .tl’lll" in .'i ri ll.ii.

‘ ll inn} lw i-ll (hi twp mt tl-<- ll‘iil'~"I

  

3‘. ;; ;1;.,;. l.. 1;:1_liL‘Il‘.li'(illYlllH‘~i:iI;zi_
H: l,lil in lill‘ -.\i.. «l~ unil the: {ii lit
NH ;:. ill! ii ‘.\iii ll"\t‘l' ii il.'lJIJit i1.-.

'l'hi !iiii-- l-iid i..Jl-I

.\ii-1 :hi- i iely ti
ls {mi-i to lu- sziiv ulmi tr. ~ .~. ~
Suit it xuiii’ l2l('l\ .iiiil _\'tIlll i.ini‘iv -.
.\.'.iii-  :\«il:l’ “ink and }i Ill iilu}:
lm l:"ll(.'~l. lH‘i>l1l‘v‘t'. Jtllfl lwl-Liiiiilg.
liv ;.'i iitl-: and lm.iiii.', its \\'¢-ll,
.‘\llIi1lll‘il:.(it1I’(:lI l.lllL'il ill llll'>llilil‘~
'l'hi- littlc liird tells!
- -.-‘~.tluiii.i (:()ll\lilllll<ill.
._< o >— -
The Little Red Schoolhouse.
lluw plziinly I S(‘l‘ iliroiigli thz: vista t'.\(I‘lltlt'(i,
l"roin .\l.'tiilioo-l's (‘lL'.'tl' licigliis to the mystical
rill,
\\'lit-iire the R'l\‘l'l' of Childhood its Clllllllltl dc-
SC(‘Il(i(‘(l~—
The little red sclioollioiisc that stood on the hill.

ntii'..':iir’n- ii: -: ii iii: l.

\\'ithin, the Hill!‘ dcsks
riidcr--—
The platform on which stood the throne of our
queen;
No \'l(‘.W was COll)pl(‘lt1 that did not include lIt‘l”-~
Thzit gcntlcst of tyrants the world has c‘<-.r seen.

and the benches Still

How slit: lovi-d us, and how. when she plcnsr-d,
she would scold us;
\\'iih our bliiiidc-rs and lollies how p.’l[lt.'llll)'
lmrr;
In our ;zi'it.-fs. to her hcziit how slit,-‘ii fondly un-
told us,
And. ziguiii, ll.\l' lll(' rod till we

Slir tuiigzlii us uritliiiiciir, l(‘2l(iillL:. ziiid writiiig.
And, ilElX'(i('Sl of all. ll'lt'li to tcacli us to spell;

l’roiiu»tioii!~: and inrrits .~li<- lllfttlt‘ élll-lIl\'lllllt.',
And !~’[Illl'l'(‘ti our aiiibitinii in dci-ds to (:Xt'(_'l.

silt-iiilyf swore}

lint the little l't:(l sclioolliiiiisc we \\‘L'lll to in child-
ll()l\ll
liad ;itti'.'i(‘ii(iiis siirpzissiiig all those the lioohs
).:.'l'\'l’l
\\'¢- reim:iiihr»r our playiiizites. the walks llll’OllL{ll
the wildwood
\ViIllll1t‘Ell'llll(l(\\'tl lo\'i:Il._wlio lllzltltt us. her
slaves!
VVh.'it ‘‘fun'’ we all had on the cold. winter morn-
iiigs
\\'lit-ii, booted and lllllllitti.
scliool:
And hitched our sinall sleds. iininindfiil of \\‘.’ll’ll-
illt1S,
Tu tlii: .<wift;,ili<liii_u, .KlL'l;,’ll~~—lil‘:()iI('}'ill;( llH‘I1ll(‘.

we startt-d for

.'\nv.l how :l(I:.(ill?'r wc \\'l‘lt:\\'l1<'ll tht- :~priI1;;ti«lc'. i<--

tiiiiii:ii,:.
liriiliulut thv swims’ of tilt‘ liii‘<‘.~. with thi: l-In»
\’iilll.\ «-1 him.
Aiiil Ill!‘ tll|l~tIl'tlHIll' spurts \\liii h. Itli \\'t ;ii‘iiio -5»
.~piii'iiiiiL'.
\\'< ]il.'|}t‘<i .it't< r \t‘llUtIl iill lll-‘ Ni;.;l1t rziiigglzi Ill:
ll:l'.'I

()\l\iKil|~4il i(i_\'i1iisli:iilviwi«l l-_\'<miii\‘.'
U1 l.o\i-. lhni km-\'.' iuiiliilig f‘.l\(‘ Lin.
:\l-llll§_'_ (lll'1llfl'

i'~ i..ii’

(ill lliipv, llllll saw only th: fllllllwrllll‘ lUllIIvi'l(t\\'
Aiid Fziiih. wliich l>clil.\<.-il that things lll'l: what
they >'t‘L‘lll;
\'i- L{ll|(l1lt ii our ll(‘.'ll'l..\'. tlH' olxl xi usts i‘:-ii:-\'.'iii;.'.
As agriiii with the raptiirn-.01‘ lioyliood tlicytlirill.
l£‘i:iius when. in l.ilt-‘.~; iiiui‘iiiix;.i_. our tasks still
piirsiiiiig,
\Vc were happy and free, at the school on the
hill!
—ll¢:iiry G. Spaiildiiig, in N. Y. Mail and Express.
—< o >—

Friends after a. Fight.

A fine Newfoundland dog and
a inastiff had a fight over 3. bone,
or some other trifling matter.
They were fighting on a bridge
and, being mad with rage, as is
often the case, over they went
into the water.

The banks were so high that
they were forced to swim some
distance before they came to a
landing-place. It was very easy
for the Newfoundland dog; he
was as much at home in the wa-
ter as a. seal. But not so with
poor Bruce. He struggled and
tried his best to swim, but made
little headway.

Old Bravo, the Newfoundland.
had reached the land and turned
to look at his old enemy. He
saw plainly that his strength was
failing and that he was likely to
drown. So what should he do
butplunge in, seize him gently
by the collar, and keeping his
nose above water. tow him safely
into port.

It was curious to see the dogs
look at each other as soon as
they shook their wet coats. Their
glances said plainly as words,
“We will never quarrel any
more.”

Some boys and girls might
learn a very wholesome moral
lesson from this story of the two
dogs.

 The Needs of Country Life.
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Practical education is iicedcd
gll’1 the country as well as in the
lcity. writes Grace Dod_<__re iii Lip-
ipencotfs. There has been too
lmuch brain culture in the past
5 with too little sense development
land mind training. With all up-
i portunitics for objective teacliing
land manual trainiiig. but little of
,it has come to the country. and
yet the boys and girls there need
this traiiiiiig as much as ('llll(ll‘(‘Il
in Cl‘O\\'(l(_*tl city tcncnioiits. Suc-
accssful cx1wi"irrim1t:s in tlioso di-
rections are l)t*ll);_' niadi- in inuiiy
'(,'()l1llll‘y llt‘l,‘_!'ill)Ol'lI()0(l.\'. (lroups
of ladies are iii'.ii.i}_riii'u1iii}_r molt’-
iiig. czii-puiitryziiiil (‘lZl'\'>ll1t)(l(‘llll§_"
wliissi-s and .\‘i,*ll(llll_1I to the cities
for ti-iii-lioi's. In tlii-so iii-i}_rlilmi'-
lmods l)()‘\'.\‘ who t*X]i(‘(‘l¢‘(l to liv-
‘cniiin ('li‘l‘l\'.\' and ill ('()ll.\'4'l1lll‘ll(’1'
‘to l<‘2t\'t‘ ll1(‘ll' huiiii-.s for <'il_\'
§_honrdiiig-liousos urv l,)i‘('()llllll_‘_I
;llll]Il'6‘.\'.\'(’(l with tho llll(‘l‘l'\l us
=w«~ll zigs1lic\':iliiool"tools. (Zirls
.ui'i- vii_lo_\'iii_s: lv-ssiiiis in lh\'_£_"l1‘lli‘
‘itlltl the f‘llt'llIl.<ll‘_\' of food. us
{well as ])l'ZU‘ll(‘Itl (l(‘lllf)ll.\‘ll'2lll(>11.\‘
;ofcoolr'iii§_§. Si-wiii<_ri.s:ilsogrm\'-
in;:iiioi'o tllltl lll()1'<* iii1wi~ostiii}.:.
ziiiiltlio _\'ouii;r _L"ll‘l.\' uppri-t-l:i1«-
doiii}_r with the l(*:ll‘Illll_‘_“. 'l‘:iln.-.
for (‘X1llll1ilf‘. two in-l_i_rlilmi'lmnil.s
on the Hudson. near New Yoi-lr.
In one it literary 2is.sor-izitioii was
Sll1l‘t4’Ll u tow y<_-zirs ago by sonn-
lzidlcs. Tliero secincd but few
people urouiid who could or
would iitilizc 21 litei-'.iry or 11-11(1-
iiig room. but soon maiiy lll('ll
and boys giltll0I'(’,(l nightly. A
sewing school was sturtcil for
Satiirdays upon strict business
principles and within it month
was overcrowded. It was hard
to tell where the hundred or
more girls came from. but they
were there. eager to learn. A
boys‘ class for modeling and ('1tI‘-
pcntry started. then it cooking
class for girls. and all were suc-
cessful. Monthly ciitc1'tainiiiciit.s
were held. when an 21(lllllSSl0Il foo
of 10 cents was cliziijarertl. and the

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rooms were (-rowdetl. In the
other ll€‘lg'l1l)()l‘h()()(l 1)l'lt(:l.l(‘i1l

(:l'.issc.s have also started and are
all crowded. In this small set-
tlcment are now being hi;-ld three
weekly cooking classes for dif-
ferent groups of girls. two lit-l',g‘9
sewing classes. it dressiiialriiig
course and boys‘ carpcntiy
classes.
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The Present Use of Aluminum.

At present most of our
Aluiiiiiium is iised for famcy
zirticlcs. to take lll(’,1)lil(‘f‘ of (let'-
iiiaii-sil\'ci‘ and plated bi‘zis.s for
pliiqiii-s. iiiuti-li-box:-s. i-loi-l<-c'.is<1.s
2lll(ltL 1lioiisziiul-:iiid-ons- :ii'Il<-lws
of :tlll{i- lldllll'(‘. Soiiu»ol' it is
1llS()ll.\‘('(l its l'1‘(‘(‘1ll2l(‘l¢‘S to hold
Zt(‘ll.lllldl(‘tl wutoirs. the iiiotzil
liialiig viitiiw-ly llll:ll,llt(‘l\'C‘(l by
1_‘llllt‘l' lllll'l(‘. or siilpliiiric zicitls.
At thi-lzistiiit-<~tli1g'ol'tli<.a;\iiii-ri-
can liistitiiti- of .\llIllll_‘_f l£ii_;‘liii-i-its
zit \V:i.sl1'iii}_g'toii. the Lise of
Aluiiiinuin for liousc.-lioltl iitoiisils.
in llllltfté of tiiiiiisd. <-oppcr and
§."I'2tl1ll() \\'2ll’(*, was (list-nsscil. and
the general \'(:‘l'(llCt was that
Aluminum was by far p1‘efcr'.i.ble
for this purpose. for. unlike
other metals. it is not uttzickcd
by acid and contains no poison-
ous ingredients deleterious to
health. In fact. several gentle-
men stated the interesting fact
that many of the ills of the human
system that were attributed to
other causes were due to nothiiig
more than the poisonous salts of
antimony. arsenic. lead and cop-
per, that go into the food from
the vessels used in cooking and
cunning.

The chief hindrance to the use
of Aluminum is its cost. which at
present is, we believe. about have
that of silver by weight; but an
ounce of Aluminum will go as far
as two or three ounces of silver
in the making of domestic ware
on occount of its lightness and
strength. If made on a larger
scale it could probably be pro-
duced more cheaply.

First Farmer—“You can take
ten pounds for that cow?" Sec-
ond Farmer—“Can't do it. ” “But
yesterday you told me you'd sell
her for ten pounds." "I know,
but I’ll have to back out.”
“Wl1at’s the matter‘.*‘’ “You see.
the cow belongs to my wife. and
she says she will sob herself into
hysterics if I sell her. It would
break her heart.” “All right;
it’s no purchase.” “I say!”
“Well, what is it?” “Make it
twelve pound ten and let her sob.”
—London Dairy.

Why Some Men Do Not Succeed.

Two of the iiiost. siicc-e.s.sfitl

men on the North Aiiici'icziii con-
ltiiicnt were recently uslreil the
question, "\Vhat are the causes
of poverty‘.’" One replied, “lg-
norance and inczipzit-,it_v." The
other said that the prevzilciit
cause is: “The number of young
men who are wanting in decisioii
and fixity of purpose. if they
get into it }__;'0od place at the start
they slmuld stick to it. l{l1()\\'ll1;I
that by 1)t‘l‘St!\'(‘I‘t.‘l'l(.‘t‘. lll(l1l$ll'}'
uiitl ability. they win proiiintioii
in duo ci>iii'.so as \"d(‘2tllL‘l(*.\‘ ()(‘(.'lll'.
lliit tliigv sec or hi-or of soiiiv one
iiizilriiig u fortuiic in Wall .st1'<-ct.
H1‘ in 1'aiiicliiiig.:. or iii lllllllll_‘_’”. uiid
:iwz1_\' tlu-_\f gt) to ll'_\' lll(‘ll‘ liu-lc.
\\'licn they lose. its tlu-y do in
,iiiii<»t_v-iiiiu- i-zisi-s out of it hun-
§tll'l‘tl. that is illt‘ (‘lid of llwin:
%lll('_\'(‘1lll lll‘\'(,*l' settle down to oi‘-
iilliiziry 'ziy.~' of v:ii'iiiiij_: zi l'i\'iii}_:‘
l:il'ti,-i- that. and lll1‘ll' da-st-i-iil is
‘i':ipi<l." This l'(".l.\'()ll hits tliu
liiuil .\'(llllll'(‘ on the lI=‘:l<l. (in
l\\'lu~i'u you will. we find iii--ii who
‘i-oiiiiiiuiici-il liliiiiiitls-1' lllv iiinst
l'u\'oi'2ilili-ciiw-iiiiistiiiii-4-s. but \\'l1n
ziru sucli i-oiiipli,-to llmiiu-i:il
l'wi'i-clr.s that lllt‘l‘t‘ is but lllllv
hope for theirrt-l'oi'iii:tlioii. 'l'lu-y
iiiziy be honest and l1‘llllH‘l".lll‘2
they may ('\'<‘ll ]H).<>'t‘S>2 iizitiirul
ability of ‘.1 l1i}_:h oi'(lci'. but l2l('l\'-
ing: in .~'.tczitliiio.s.s of piirpo.so. they
will ll(,‘\'(‘l‘ Sll(:(‘(.‘(‘(l. llzid tlioy
siitticieiit will force to stick to
one thing. no iiizittcr how disu-
g‘t'(.‘(?ltl)l(: it iiiiglit be at lll'Sl..
were they contciit to zi(l\'aiico
slowly. they would liztvo no i'«-u.~2-
on now to talk of the ‘'luck‘‘ of
those who have puslicd l'oi'wz1i‘d
into the front ranks.

Another caiisc of povc1'l_v is
thclack of Self-(10nll(l()n('(". Mziiiy
incii seem to have no fziltli in
theiiiselvcs. cons-zeqiieiitly iigz1.~'.-
:soi'ti\'o.i1o.s's. no lll(l(',p0ll(l('Yl('(‘. no
pluck and no push. Thi-y uri-
u-frziid to stand up and speak for
ll'lt‘,lllS£*l\'(‘S. [)1‘(‘ft3l‘lll,‘.’,‘ to loziii on
otlioixs. Tlicy zii‘czil'i'zLi(l to inziko
uii liivi-stiiieiit. ln-cziiiso of tho
po.s.sil)ili1y of failiii'o; tlugv urn
zifmiil to tell what they ('1lll do.
as they iiiight iiiuko uu i~i'roi' in
doing it: they .'1i'i.- (-owzirds in
every sense of the word. 'l‘l1i.<.
is often the result of ozu'l_y ti':iiii—
iiig. A boy, iiaturally timid. is
kept in the l)ll.(‘.l{_£:l'0l1ll(l.~‘.() por-
sisteiitly. and his llllSlZtlv\'(‘S are so
.scvo1'cl_y ci'iticiso(l, that his _<_:ro\\'s
up into an oiitircly iisvli-ss mun.
Push and tixity of piirpuso will
ulwiiys bring: it ltlI'€lSlll'(‘ of .siii--
_c<-ss. St. Loiiis .\l'illi:r.

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llow inuny 1‘l'l'(il'S :'.i-4- -':ll.(*l.\'
.vii.scoii(-c-(1 in i-pi;;‘i':i.iiil lluw
éinziny iii:icciii'ii-ii-s. hull" \'lu\\'.s.
flfiilsw \'l1‘\\'.‘s'lll1(l untrullis. ill'l‘ :i<--
jcopli,-(l by lllfl \\'m'l<l us \'t‘l'lilt‘.\'
S()l('l_\'i)(*('tlll>‘(', tlia-y urn v:<pi'i>.ssud
l'oli<'itoiisl_y! Soiiio l'.:ipp,\' upl-
iioss of ]_Jlll'ZlS(§, .<.oiiic (lZlY.7.llll_$_'.'
slit-mi of l‘ll(‘l()l’l(‘. soiiu-, iiitigiwul
ussot-i:itioii. or swim: ll'1lll('lllf,5
l(‘ltitl'lll oi‘ l'iill-\'ow<-h-ll \'(fl‘l)itl ou-

phoiiy. swelling zniil .si}_;liiii}_r
llll‘0ll_i;‘ll it soiit.eiic<: to +-xliulc»

f_',‘l'{l.Ildl_y at its close, often so-
cures not only loiiggievity. but
(:1‘e(llt to a thought. wliicli. ll‘ ox-
pi'e.sscd in c0lo1'less: turiiis would
be scout-ed at as a palpable falsi-
ty.
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Young men as a rule need dis-
cipline. and it is it good thin}: for
at youngster to be “knocked
about" in the world, though his
soft hearted parents iiiay not
think so. All youths, or, if not
all. certainly nineteen-twentietlis
of the sum total. enter life with
it surplusage of selfconccit. The
sooner they are relieved of it the
better. If. in measuring them-
selves with wiser, older and more
experienced men they discover it
is unwarranted and get rid of it
gracefully of their own accord.
well and good; if not. it is desii--
able for their own sakes that it
be knocked out of them.

. , ,_<..,._

A boy whose parents are mak
ing a sacrifice to send him to col-
lege or technical school takes it
long step towards independence.
and wins the respect of the com-
munity. by doing in vacation
whatsoever his hands find to do.
Such boys may be seen in this
city every summer. at work on
the street cars or in the stores.
The invariable comment is “Sen-
sible young man; he will suc-
ceed.” It is a. pitiful day in a.
boy’s career when the fear of
aristocratic friends spoil him for
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The-it ii!» 9" H‘Cl:liIr'flii k1tl”l‘.llliLIl'\'l"‘-WI’;
A liznui '-Ali1ll‘)\(‘ll.I the-,4; id ;ii.d pin:

 
    

And if hut .«'itHiii, UI liigv-i to:
I tell _v' .is’ shall t:l‘ifi\1.'l' i‘llfl‘.‘.l'tt -

Aflrr Ill’: lu,rl_v has g'lIIl:l1l(ll'-"}i}——
Yea. all! r the world has ])‘d5.\|‘ll "'.'.'I1:v'.

 

The luiigei I live and the iuriiv: I set,-
Of the s:i'L1ggle of souls toward the lit igliis
:ibu'.'i:.
The \1r0ll:_’l'i' this truth conies lltrlll" to lll(‘Z
That the Liiivcrsc rests on the slioulrlers of I-/\ i-.
A love so liiuiili:~:s'. di:('p and broarl.
That lll(‘Xl have reuaineil it and riilli-cl it God.
And iiotliiiig that ever was born oi ('V‘iJl\'(:(l.
.\'othlug cirzzited by light or f-'>ri:i:.
l5ut deep in its systeui there lies ('ll>\’I)l\'1'll
A shining drop from the Great Lu‘-c Soiiicc:
A shining drop that shall live for ape-—
Though kingdoms may peiish and stars decay.

——ElI:i \\'lit-Irler \k’ilcox.
' ‘—€$€- 7*

A New Grange.
Coicixv. July 27.
En. \'isi'i'oi::
As I have not seen any corres-
pondence from Corey Grange for

some time. I write to say that.

No. 201 still lives. 1nov<>s and has
a being at (lorey.

‘Ne purcliase salt. plaster. oil-
meal. binder twine and other sup
plies through the Order. and are
well satisfied with the result.

Newberg Center Grange No.
00.’: has just been organized with
a membership of 31. and others

are knocking for admission. Thiy
new Grange is well otiicered and '

bids fair to become a flourishing
organization. I have recently se-
cured seven subscribers for the
Visitor from the membership.

I). H. P()L'I\'1). Deputy.

‘ —<o-c———-— --

-Eii. Visiroit. Om-i~. again the
time has come for the report» of
our Grange. and it has falli‘-n to
me to prepare the statement. The
members are working faithfully
for the good of the Order. The
lariners are reaping the reward
of their care in the harvest fields.
Although busy times. degree
work still continues. A harvest
festival was enjoyed by many
last Saturday evening. The
poem " {rain and lireeches" was
sent by request for publication.
Wishing the Grange success in
all their undertakings, I will
close. Ceres. Lawrenc-e.July 23.

_ . __.-.____ ..
How One Farmer Makes Money.

Do you belong to that class who
had  soon sell a man a poor
cow for a good one. or a rouge
for an orderly one. as not? Bah!
You ought to outgrow this. Could
not you respect yourself more
and would you not be better re-
spected by your neighbors if you
were never guilty of such an
irregularity‘:' A friend of mine
invariably sells an animal on its
merits when he sells (everything
else. in fact. also). He will not
even wait to be asked. Is this
cow breach y? or. can you warrant
the horse sound? He will 
My price is so niuch. I put it at
this low figure because the cow
will take down fences. If you
want the horse at such a price
take him along. You will find
he has the lieaves. Of course
you don't expect to buy a sound
horse as fine as this one for any
such money. And he never has
ditlicultyindisposingofanything.
People know him as an upright
man and always find things as he
represents them. He says. "1
made up my mind as a young
man that I could not afford to
equivocate. and this even when I
left out the question of morals.
Jockeying is not my business. I
make my money by farming."
Would there were more like him.

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The Common House Fly.

The common house lly does
not. in the ordinary sense of the
word, migrate. though. of course.
individuals of the species fre-
quently travel long distances.
The remarkable fecundity of the
lly is quite sufiicent to account
for its numbers during the early
summer. A few individuals. in
the torpid state. survive even the
coldest winter, and with the first
warm days of summer lay their
eggs. When deposited under
favorable conditions these are
hatched in from 12 to 2-1 hours
and in 12 days the worm changes
into a nymph and in 10 days more
into a. perfect fly. A fly will lay
four times during the summer,
about 80 eggs each time, and
careful calculations have demon-
strated that the descendants of a
single insect may, from the 1st
of June to the end of September,
exceed 2,000,000. Were it not
for bats, insect-eating birds and
the innumerable microscopic par-
asites with which the fly is par-
ticularly afilicted there would be
no worse pest than the fly.

 Notices of lllcctings.

There  no place in this world
i for malcontents. If they make
' ‘ their way at all. it is by pushing
1 l5‘:I'1‘l£*1l CW 1"01110n'v1 G1"<111.‘-,-"—‘v I and elbowing their fellows. But
iwill hold its next meeting with me Wm-1d Opens its arms to 111..
I  Il‘iJ.l)0l' Gl'llHg(). 1\.l1gl1S1 1'I"Ih. “(I-heel-ful man_ He receives a C01-.

vTl1l-"W111 l)‘-‘ 5i1'lC11.Yi1 P'dl1"’n5' dial welcome wherever he goes.

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lI'I10<:1iI1;,'. arid the I'I1<:I1ll‘)f31'-" Of ill‘: Good nature and moroseness are.
1011101’ fife In\'116d ‘L0 b0 l>1'**S‘3T1T- l)oth infectious. and this is the‘
-lemeinber. .\It. Tabor bids yml reason why people count the one.

Zl~l1WG1C0m0. land avoid the other. in the so-

 Fl01'Cl'lCC H2tI'l\\'£‘ll. Of   5p'1pit5_ “'h(i1-eas a brief asgocia.
H"P‘5 ("l'3~l1z‘-(*3: M15 W- L- K3119 Of tion with a gloomy man over
i.it,‘lllOl1 H&1'i)()l'. and GOO. P1. CD11‘ l Iyotvers us “vjth depl-Qg5i()n_——_{1n_
lniugham of Pearl. ()Lll‘_Illllllllg.St()1‘i3l{eepQl‘.
I interests will be discussed. led by I
Hon. Levi Sparks; and our fishy
and game laws. led by Ellen}
Clark. The cause and preven- ‘
tion of smut in wheat will be dis- ‘_
CllS.~f(*(l as a general topic. 5

In view of recent developments ‘
in the milling iudi1sti',_v. the geii- ‘
eral llll+)l'(,‘.Sl. inanil'ested in our 1
fish and game laws. and the hust— ;
ling among farmers on accountl , _
of the appearance of smut in the Ayer S Sarsaparllla
wheat crop. we anticipate a very
interesting meeting. 1. A cure

Tliere will be no public ses-3 is sure to fonow

sion. Good music. (Some. .
R. v. Ci..\1<i<. Lecturer. the '°°'5'?*°"*
use of this

, medicine. ‘
Hillsdale (Jouuty Grange will‘ H

hold its next meeting with? as, cured others

Fayette Grange. August 13th. A » Wm ¢""’e Y0“-

good prograin can be expected. '_-..  -

Tea and coffee will be furnished. I Q T ,-

l\Iusi(: by Tf1&lJ,\7(fl.l,(é (‘ri'aii{;e. All‘:  '3': 

fourth degree members are es-

pecially invited to attend. i
1:. W. l<‘i-ii-:i;.\i.»\..\', Master. ; ELFFEEDER,

*°* r ‘  ’l\°DRLP-K-DEnE=\Icr§§§Ce-

The Van Buren (Jo. Pomona: 2° DEDERICWS w°RKS’M' Y’N'Y‘

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U range will hold its next meeting I
at Keeler Center Thursday, Aug. i  IN
12:. with the following program: l

10 a-. m.~sReports from subor—  
dinate tlranges and suggestions;
for the good of the order.  

li’ m.—Picnic dinner. ‘ '

J:30:I{ecita‘tiiOn  bars‘ A'  ‘in nvs best l'l i he (‘lies 1' I ‘oi ct'v-
Hayden. Hamilton. Paper.  §‘Cll(l)f‘)l‘SI, rvziiilrlnarls xtiiiiltillEil‘l<(-:iSr:Il:c-]l’1i:lii‘ zituliali_ii(Ii
A- Wildeyi Paw PaW- PiLI>€1‘— ;7‘i’.'I.‘§{.2§’li3.';‘1‘i.'.’ilI§i‘L‘£‘§ Iilll.lift1ifllz.Jil§i‘{fall§§§lllI75
“Home and its Surroundi_ngs”~ 5v“H"°v- 3' W. HOPKINSZ77
H- Place: LaW1'enCe- Recltatlons i\l'l‘. PI.l<).'iS.-XNT. Isabella Co., .\iicli.
Mrs. M. D. Buskirk. Paw Paw.

Paper— ' ‘ Sheep Husbandry"-C.
B. Charles. Bangor. Recitation,
Mrs. C. H. Kemp. Hartford.

Subject for discussion: "The
Organization of Farmers.” Dis-
cussion to be Opened by Oscar
McGowan. of Hamilton.

Music will be furnished by Mrs.
M. D. Buskirk and Mrs. C. H.
Butler. of Paw Paw. ‘

All fourth degree members are
cordially invited to be present.

Mus. J. M. FISK.
Lecturer.

IR  I S M

neuralgia,

and sciatica

can always be
successfully treated
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Al\'NIIAli .IlIPORTATI()NS.

Aui-tion Sale uf(‘hoi(-i- Breeililig and Slmw
.\'l[lNH’.\‘Il I RE .\Hl£El', Sept. 29, 189].

   

W ‘I “It: shall keep the best blood of this the best
breed of .\luiion Sheep coiistaiitly on sale.
Both 5(‘\r*s i'i'o1ii 4 mos to :3 yrs old.

Died-~ At his home in Ply-
iIi)iouftl1 on 101-ltrlljay, July 1l.fI{.i._1Ol<3Addy-ess, THE wu_1_Qws,

ur ee. a wor y mem er 0 41- .
vonia Grange No. 26?-4. He was Paw Paw’ M'ch'

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a kind husband. a loving father. ‘ ” ’ ' ’ . ' ’ '
, -- - ,, , , I"ll.~i.
an obliging neighboi and worthy FOR LADIES ONLY.1,...‘,‘,‘.,,€-‘..'{:,.f.','H
MKS J. A. n'INS.\L-\N -X Ct). :26 liivi-i‘ $1., (?lll(.‘A(z'(), ILL
BAG, ROPE AN D TWIN E MAN U FACTORY.
Fzictoricz-2
l§i'.'iu¢:li Utiici-s and Salesrooius     St‘:
iirl (Lliauihi-is St.. New York.

Extra Iilissiaii Ht-nip.-—Tliis twine is without doubt llil‘ lll't~i in thi- iuaikct. In-in}: inure uni‘
of ti,-stiiiioiiials we have i'eccivi~d being the lM'Sl proof of its \.'Itlllt' Length, 555 feet to 1 lb. lln-zikiiig
Sllillll go to loo poiiiids.
l’nsse-.siiig all the i"ll.'il'£l(‘lt!l‘l$1lC>'iUfllle (extra Riissinii, and lH‘ll‘.‘.: tar .\'ll[7€‘.l'l1\l‘IU any Standziril }.Iixed.
Sisal. or any similar twine in the iiiarkct, including most of the so-«:.illed iuaiiilla. Lcngtli. 5:511:-I

India HeIn1I.—Ainoiig India or jute (wines. our India lleiup has no equal It is iiiade in
precisely the same way and has the seine style of finish as our Riissiaii 'I‘wiiies‘, which renders any ac-
where ordinany Jute Twine is used. For strength and uniformity it ccrtaiiily stands far above all its
coiiipetitors. one of our friends eiithiisiastically writing. “The India beats them all." Length. 500

Cl tlZ(.‘I1. l‘G5I)QCted  3:11. *(!<'i‘i>t. that cost im'B»'I.00. -Y :1 lillmwr -\'l|H’5<l 1'01‘-"U(‘I‘l|lI|.
CORN EXCHANG E
Pliiladclpliia, I’:i , lialtiiuoie, Md.
Old Corn lixcliaiige, liziltiiiiore. 
i'ni'ui in sin-iigtli and iwciiiicss than pure ui:iuill:i. .\Iost people lIl'('il‘l tlu- Riissiiiii. the gieiii nuuilii-i’
lhlssiiui H1-nip ".\Iixi-il."-——.\Iadc to inert the di-.ui;iiid for R (‘ll(‘.'I[) yet siioiig. !'\'t'll l\\‘Illl‘.
to 1 lb, llreakiug strain, So to ice pounds.
cuniulation of lint in the needle and cutting disc impossible. th .nr,-r ht-iug II coniinon complaint
feet to I lb. Breaking strain 70 to 85 lbs.

Fortlpiclpast two years our Binder Twines have been used almost exclusively by Granxes in this
and alljollllllpl States. the many tcstiinonials we have received being the best proof of their value.
\’Vi'ite for prices and samples.

Mixed Russian, 8 1-2 c. per lb. Extra India, 7 1-2 e. per lb.

‘ii. RQALTREAD PJWER

_ _ “ “ d" 1:‘ boxes. dust proof oil c pg
AN D heavy siglliillzgufta. perfect automatic spged

ovaruor. light, niuums. Ample room for
 , .  fargest horses. Can belt bwkwutdu or for-
_.. 1! a_, V”/,\\ wuda The has: power for running our
-' ”“" ‘  Ainerlcun :1; Hero Grinding Mills.
Hero Ensilnge G: Fodder Cutters.
 Qvhgfiasézlf-Feed Corp Shellera
" Peck’s‘}'{‘;I:I;'iI;):?;§§:'o:I‘lIi:’a Attach-
"‘ mem. etc. We also hue the
BEST LEVEL TREAD POWER MADE.
It. will pay you to send for our handsome Illustrated Catalogue and reduced prices of those celeb?!-ted goodl.
AI’l’LPJTON 1VIA.N,UFACTUIIING CO.. 19 S0. Canal St... CHICAGO. 11111-

  

FAYETTE NORMAL l‘.l‘.ll.'§“.§l.l.l.:

No saloons: Fu|lll||lIll!lliri l‘Xl'.OI_lI‘ll[ ; ‘pure _asi-i0('iatioii.=i. Tiiachers are specialists. Normal. (iUllllIl8l'l‘liIl,
Scicntitiit. sliortliaiiil._Typ<~-writing, luliwutiiiiiiiry and Miisiciil ilepurtiueuta in iulilition to regular rolls-gr
courses. $27 pays tuition. lboilftl and rooiu-rent for lu weeks. Addi'es:i J. 1-}. Duilds, l’!'L'!lLl8l.|t, I iiyetti-, 0.

THE  VISITOR.

Valuiible l’1ll"31'5 will be P1'*7’- 1 ciety of a i-lieei‘i'ul person we be—§
S<:I1t0(1 by MP5. J. H. ROXCO and couie unconsciously elevated inl

   
 

AUGUST l. l89i

%ALABASTll\lE%

THE TIME TF{|ED]0cND BEfXUT|FUls C=30ftTlj\lG
FOR W]°€l_LS AND esisipies.

}°cLABAST|NE IS Uj\ll_=>lKE fclsls OT]-IER W}°cLL C‘30j°cTlj‘lGS.

It is recouinieuded by Haiiitariaiis and is not dept-uili-ut upon glue
for its ‘il(.ll]F.‘Sl\'(,*l1i".<..s‘.

l

Walls can be decorateil with Alaliastiiio in am’ (l(“_!'l't‘i‘ of elabora-
r tion. froui plain tinting. plain tinting with stencil ornamen-
I tations. to the most (‘lZll)Ol'Z\it‘ ‘.'i-vsco. and (l('(‘(bl'1lllll£I in relief‘.
1' ‘i',.-.- , . ., .1 ,, , ,~ -
I‘ 11101 (Iii its (an bi piodiu id foi inc siiuie iuono-_\ v. ith ;\l1lbi,l.\'lll;t‘
than with wall pzlpi-1'.
lfieud for E1l'il(‘l4‘ take-u Iroiu the report of the ,\Iii-liigiiii State l‘iH1ll'.l.
of Health. entitled " Hziiii‘i;ir_v Walls and (‘i-iliugs." t'()lltlt‘llll‘.~
. ing wall paper and sliowiiig the evil rt-siilts following its us.-.
We will also send fl'('t‘, on applii-atioii. a set of color:-ll tl<‘.\'l‘_fll?~'
showing how walls and ceiliiigs mav be Llt‘(‘()1‘1iIi\il with ;\‘l_;i,
hastine and the stencils we niaiuifactiiri-.
MAKE NO .\Ilh"l‘.-\I{E.
Purcliasi- no other wall coating tiiaii .-\I.AB_—\.\"l‘l.\'IC. put up in
  ‘
paper pat-liagi-s and props-rly laliulled.

:\I2lllllItl('llll‘t‘(l only by

]°(‘l._AB]°(‘STl_N E GOM Pf>cNY,
GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.

DOWAGIAC SHOE DRI.

 

Ian snihl Ll Emu.

This was the first SHOE DRILL iiiaiiiifzirtiired. and the [ll('\'l‘llI I’l“.Rl-'l~ZCTl:I> DRILL is th-- l"'~, ilt
of 22 years’ t:l(pt’l‘lHllCl‘ and study to obtain the most pt-i't'e<*i (lt‘\'l(‘t‘ for foiiuiiig, Illlll covi-ring drill l'::i'
rows. As .1 result of this study and {5Kpel’lL'IlCt' we now (‘oiitiili-iitly place lit,-loi’t~ the public

The Liglitest Draft llrill,
The Most Siniple. Practical and Efl'ective Drill,
and the Most lliiralile Drill
In the iiiarkei. It 'lfJF‘N' not clog: it does not turn up ~;od.~‘.; it does put the giziin in at ('l‘t‘ll (leptl._- on
all soils. and it pleases i~\L*i'ylioil3.
Srml /4» lHIll'.lliI.H' Nlllllf ]II.’[I.l. I'U.fur I'rI(r/log/Hi, I'M/N, 'l'i.~'[i'i:ium‘rI".s'
ruzi/1/rir'r'.~'.

 

_4:_

A3390 BUG

Here is the opportunity you have bet-i1 looking for. A stylisli,
durable top buggy. painted in lead and oil. no dip finish. The
buggy has been thoroughly l(‘Sl(‘(l for over ten years on all kinds
of roads and in all kinds 01' servici-. Its easy riding qualities and
adaptability to roads has been fully deiiionstrated.

The demand for a good side-spring buggy has been gradually
growing for several years. and there have been several new springs
put on the market in consequence. The niostof these have proved
failures. the construction being such that there was no chance for
the side—spring to lengthen when loaded, hence the motion was
short and sharp, or the gear was thrown out of “trae-k." In the
"Wolverine” these objections are avoided. There are four springs
which are put together in such manner that each is allowed full
play without straining any part of the gear. It has a wrought
iron fifth wheel. clip'kingbolt, and a double reach. Every bugg,
should have a well braced reach to make it keep in “track.”

The GRANGE VISITOR has made arrangements with the manu-
facturer. Arthur Wood, of Grand Rapids. to sell to subscribers to
this paper the above buggy at a price within the reach of every
farmer who needs a buggy. We have examined every part of the
works. and stake the reputation of the VISITOR on the good quali-
ties of every job. A two-horse tW0—seated wagon with three
springs, just right to take the family to church. for $55.00-

Hear what those say who have used them:

After using one two years. Dr. H. H. Power, of Saranac, writes as follows: “There is nothing [0
compare with the ‘Wolverine’ for ease, comfort and durability,"

COLDWATER. Mich.. April 24th, i89i~—Some years ago I purchased two single buggies of Arthur
Wood. of Grand Rapids, and found them to be strong and durable. They have been in use eight or
ten years. and have proved to be satisfactory in all respects. CYRUS G. LUCE.

PAW PAW. May 1st, 189i—In 1875 I purchased an open buggy of Arthur VVood. It has been in con-
stant use since and promises several years service. I have now ordered one of the Wolverine top
buggies on the reputation they sustain for excellence. workmanship and durability. J. C. GOULD.

Send the money to the editor of this paper, and the buggy will
be sent direct from the factory.