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Vol. XVI N0. 21

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A Cheap Money Retrospect.
Tliose of our readers who have
followed the
upon cheap money experiments
which have appeared in this de-
partment of The Cenutury during
the past eight months. cannot fail
to have observed that we have‘
arranged the order of the series;
upon a cumulative plan. We be-
gan in March last with a plain
exposition of the iinperative need 2
on the part of the people of this
country of a clear conviction that .
no money except the best was,-
worth the having, and that “cheap l
money.” in any and all forms, is}

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a delusion from which all people,
should pray to be delivered. I

From this we passed to a histor- l
ical survey of the more notable’
of the many experiments which
have been made in various couI1- §
tries and times to improve the con- 
dition of States and nations by[
making money cheap and plenti- }
ful. We purpose now to recapi- l
tulate briefly the chief points inl
this survey in order that the fulli
moral force of its teaching may,‘
not be missed. :
We should say, perhaps, at the}
outset that no formal reply hasl
been made to numerous letters}
that have come to us questioning‘
in one way or another statements
which had been advanced in some I
of the earlier articles of the
series. for the reason that all the
objections raised by these letters;
have been most effectively‘
answered by subsequent articles.
For example. when objection was
made that we took too emphatic
ground in favor of the best money
and too extreme ground against
"cheap money." it seemed to us,
better to show by human experi-
ence that our position was the
the only safe or tenable one than
to argue that it‘ must be so. So
with other objections that the
first historical cases which we
cited covered only a part of the
problems of our own country to- M
day. We preferred to answerl
these by giving further citations;
which did cover the points of the

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greater part of the State debt,

‘at the close of the exhausting‘ .
‘recall the experience of other

‘of what would be the outcome

:experience of one apply to the

{purpose in wishing for it was to
‘ be able to borrow money from it
on their land, and. wishing to
borrow, they.of course were not
able to lend. The capitalists
‘would not put their money into
it because its avowed object was
to injure them by lowering the
rate of interest and lessening the
demand for existing money. The
result was complete failure to
establish the bank.

Passing from this failure of
1096, we took upa notable at-
tempt which was made in Rhode
Island about a century later to

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institution, which should lend
money on land as security. and

pledge the faith of the State "for.

it redeniption. We showed that
from the outset this experiment

was a failure: that the money.

which the State declared to be a
legal tender for public and private ;
debts never circulated at par. but;
was depreciated from its first is-;
sue: that it paralyzed the indus-
tries and commerce of the State:
that the whole power of the State
Government was not sufficient to
make it circulate at par; thatit
led to the repudiation of the

giving to Rhode Island the name
of "Rogues Island" throughout
the land: that it dropped steadily
during the three years of the
bank’s existence till one dollar in
coin was worth fifteen of the
Land Bank issue, and that the
end was a collapse of credit and
business so complete that years
were required for the State to
recover from it.

was in press. and the article upon
the Argentine experience had

been completed, we found in the and while nearly or quite all ofsomc-. man who

“Buenos Ayres Standard"

from which we quote the follow-
ing passages:
The calamity brought on France

complete food. they leave nearly
or quite their value in the manure.

in very many cases more or less
of them can be used. either when
it is quite an item to make. save

Saws of articles establish a Land Bank as a State]

by John Law was the most‘ and apply all of’ the nianure
tremendous that can be imagined; possible. or where there is a good
it has no paralled in history ex- ‘ supply of rough feed that it is
cept the present crisis in Buenos desired to feed out to the liest
Ayres. But in many respects advantage.
Law's crisis was less disastrous And by int-reusing the quantity
than that which has now com- of animal manure. the necessity
menccd in our city. the outcome of purchasingand using commer-
of which nobody can venture to cial fertilizers will be greatly rc-
predict. duced. During the winter is the
If Argentine statesinen really best tiinctomakeandsaveuianure
believe that they can issue notes as well as to haul out and
at will. they will find that they apply it, and when there is a
are sadly mistaken. We must good supply ofrouglincss. it will
come. some day, to a grand wind— be found a good plan to purchase
up, and the convulsion that must oil meal and bran and feed in
ensue will eclipse anything be- connection with the roughness,
fore seen in the world. Men and: lessening the quantity of grain
women will go mad in the streetsqfnecessai-y to keep in a good,‘
and no government will be able; thrifty condition and at the same '
to face the hurricane of populari time increasing the value of the,
indignation.  manure.

ollars. and my debt is caiicelled.
If he does not need it. I find
does. and by

an the feed necessary for the stock ~ means of currency or note make
editorial article upon John Law should be grown on the farm. yct < his

need satify my crc(litoi'.
Again. the (lol)l<)i' gives his
‘conirnodity to the creditor by
Inca-nsof a third party lllt€‘,l‘0.\’l&‘(l
only in nicetiiig his own wants.
The fact is that borrowing and
lending pertains to every kind of
commodity. and ('lll'l'(‘ll('V .'s‘(',‘l‘\’¢*.\
in this respect. as every wlicrc
else. to transl'er property and
claims. A scarcity of lll()llt‘_\'
usually nicaiis simply that few
1)('()1)lUlld\'t' pi'¢)pm‘ty of any kind
to lend. while the VVt)lll(l-l)e-
borrowers are many. and gives
no indication of the amount of
(.'lll‘l't‘.ll('y in use. A single rumor
may cliang<- from plenty to
scarcity by making owiic-rs of
any property afraid to loan. A
single year of prosperity inay
make the lenders plenty and the-
borrowers few. because all have-
surplus wealth. Borrowed money
means simply borrowed wealth.

‘ measured in terms of the currency.

Criticism was made upon our
citation of the Rhode Island ex— '
periment that it was attempted
in a small and struggling State, E

Revolutionary Vi/ar, and that it
could not be taken as a criterion

were the United States Govern-
ment to go into the business of
loaning money on land. It was
argued that the wealth of this
mighty and prosperous nation
was so great, as compared with
the resources of Rhode Island.
that any attempt to make the

other was absurd. As an answer
to this objection we cited the
famous John Law experiment in
France in 1718. This was the
Rhode Island principle applied to
a great nation. and, as a basis
for its operation, the entire prop-
erty of the nation was brought
into the bank and used as security
for its loans. Law's idea was to

‘ Michigan‘s

problem not reached by the first. 3 h3V'9 all Fmllce its 3- m0l‘t'ga-ge-

Tlie first historical experiinentl and he carried out the idea to its;
recalled by us was that of the, fullest extent. Our readers have,
English Land Bank of 1t39t‘>. This‘1l0'0 forgotten the details of his.
was the most formidable project 931)‘-’1'im9nt as W9 We 59'“ them-
ever broached for the establish- l f01‘th in The Century -E01‘ J U13’ -‘
ment upon private capital of a ;' only LW0 Years were 11903533-1'.Y

bank which should lend money;
on land as security. The Govern- I
ment granted a charter on condi-

tion of the requisite amount of

for him to lead the nation ata
headlong gallop to overwhelming
disaster, in which all credit was
destroyed, all industrial values

capital being subscribed. and thefllinedv and €Ve1‘)’thll1g except
King Subscribed 55000 as an i landed property left worthless.

example to the nation; but be- i
yond that the Government was
in no way indentified with the
bank. The subscription-books
were opened with entire confi-
dence that the necessary £1,300, -
000 would be obtained within a. few
days. At the end of the period
allowed for raising it only £2100
had been subscribed by the en-
tire nation. It was thus shown
that private capital was not eager
to enter into the business of lend-
ing money on land. The country
gentlemen, who had been eager
for the establishment of the bank,
were not in position to sbscribe

Finally, lest some critics might
say that all these unsuccessful
attempts had been made in times
long past, and under different
economic and industrial and com-
mercial conditions from those
which obtain in our own time,
we took up the case of the Ar-
gentine Republic, giving in much
detail the efforts of that country
to obtain prosperity under the
same system of finance that had
failed in Rhode Island and in
France. That it was the same
system was recognized in Buenos
Ayres by sound financial thinkers,

to its capital, since their sole

s

who opposed its adption. After
our article on Law’s experiment

We cannot resist the wish to}

Now is a good time to he look-

but not in currency.----By Pres.

send all our shinplaster advocates § ing after the supply of feed for 3 Fairchild. in Industrialist.

to Venice, to end their days inlthe winter. If secured and stored‘
It is onlyjwhere it can be kept dry it will?

obscurity. like Law.
fair to Law’s memory to say that;

keep in good condition. It

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Big Prizes for Live Stock.
, Chief Buchanan of the Worlds

he admitted the error of hisican be fed to all kinds of stock?Columbian Exposition Live Stock

theories before his death. andi
regarded shinplasters as

with benefit to the animals as

lDepartment has sent out about

a ,' well as to the manure heap. It i 3,000 copies of the livestock pre-

calamity of the greatest magni- ;‘ pays to feed liberally. yet at the 1 mium list to the various fair and

tude.

In the September gimmber of:
'1‘he..Century we shod'£'y.l that the’
sub—treasury scheme of the;
Farmers‘ Alliance was more dan- 1
gerous than Law‘s, because the’
money which it called for would .
be issued upon a far less certain
and stable foundation of values
than his plan provided. In future A

numbers of The (‘entury we may;
States and governments for the?
purpose of showing still more’
plainly that human experience
has been uniform in this matter.
experience with ‘
“wildcat banks" between.l83T and ‘
1843 is very instructive. and we
shall make it the subject of our
next article. Like every other
cheap money experiment which
has been made, it ended in disas-
ter. In every case the final result'
has been ruin. and the wider the
field of trial, the more desolating
has been the calamity. The Ar-
gentine Republic believed itself
an exceptional nation. rich and
powerful enough to change this
unbroken current of human ex-
perience; but its people know
now how terribly mistaken they

lessen the cost of wintering as
much as possible audat the same
time add to the value of the
manui-e.——N. .I. Shepherd, in
Farmers‘ Journal. Eldon. Mo.
-30>)

“Borrowing Money.“

From the fact that money
forms the basis of calculation for
all notes and mortgages. people
often assuine that these certifi-
cates of indebtedness actually
represent an equal amount. of
lawful money passed from lender
to borrower. This is by no
means true. Most notes repres-
ent debts for other property than
money, and there is little relation
between the quantity of notes and
currency in the ordinary loans of

* a country.

When A borrows a farm of B
with the expectation of returning
the farm itself at the end of five
years, he pays rent for its use.
and returns the farm in as good
condition as when he received it.
But when he takes the farm with
; the hope of improving it, he
promises only to return, at the
end of five years. an equivalent
in value to what he received, and

were. We do not believe it poss-
ible that the American people

will ever be capable of such folly. ‘

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Feeding for Manure.

While it is always an item to
secure as large a quantity of
manure as possible, at the same
time it is rarely good economy to
increase the quantity at the ex-
pense of the quality. Manure
from stock that are wintered on
wheat straw or corn fodder, with
little or no shelter, is of little
value as compared with that from
stock that are well sheltered and
are fed on grain, bran and oil
meal, with good hay. In very
many instances farmers are using
more or less commercial fertilizers
in order to secure good yields
with their crops. By purchasing
and using some materials like
bran and oil meal in connection
with the rough feed like straw
and -fodder, not only can the
quantity, but the quality of the
manure be increased. One ad-
vantage with both of these ma-

terials is that in addition to adding
to the value or making a more

his contract takes the form of a

,‘ same time it is good economy to I breeders’ associations of the coun-

try. and is receiving responses
which show that the live stock
exhibit at the Exposition will be
jsomething tremendous. Besides
‘the large premiums otfered by
ithe Exposition for a live stock
exhibit. all the various breetlei-s‘
associations are offeriiig large-
prizes. notably for shorthorns.
Herefords and .lei'seys. As an
evidence of the \\'i(lespi‘4*2L(l in-
teresl. taken in the live stock
show. A. l<J..'\Iai1sel. of Shrop-
shire. England, offers at prize of
‘>3.'>t)() for the best Anierican-bred
Shropshire rain. The state of
5 Illinois offers ‘-SJ.(),0()t) in premiums
.for live stock: the Clydesdale
fhorse breeders offer $.'i,()0O extra
gprizes; the cattle associations
loffer extra prizes as follows: Gal-
lloway, $1-‘~3l,()()(); shorthorn. $f3,0t)():
1 Hereford. $.'>,U()(): Jersey. 3310.000.
l and Holstein, i~‘](),(ll)0. The swine.
isheep and dog breeders also offer
§ext—ra money prizes. The money
!prizes to be paid for live stock
{will amount to $;’;';(). 001) or more.
lwhich. of course. includes the
rsum of $l;'i().0()() voted by the Ex-
Iposition company for premiums
3in that department. The Expo-
sition buildings for the accom-

§ note. with interest instead of rent "}‘:.’d“tiOn M “W Stwk Wm mwr
for its use. and dollars instead of A t’ ‘my aCws' < . ._.

%acres, to estimate the debt. His In his paper in the November
7110“? is Said t0 11193-11 b01'1'0Wed number of the North American
.m0ney» butit actually means a Review the Hon. R. P. Porter.
borrowed farm.

true of all notes given at
purchase of houses. stock, goods.
machinery, clothing. provisions,
etc. We actually borrow currency
only when we cannot find a per-
son able and willing to lend us
the farm or other article we wish
to use; and then it serves simply
to transfer property from one who
is unable and willing. The result
is exactly the same as if the
lender of currency had bought
the farm and lent it, only the
borrower is agent for the
purchaser. Indeed, the great
bulk of so-called borrowed money
involves no money at all. except
in the terms of the note.

In the final settlement of these
debts, currency may be used or
not, according to circumstances.
If my creditor needs the stock
and grain I have" accumulated.
he takes that at market price in

The Same lS;Superintendent of the Census.

presents some fresh facts and
figures relating to  mortgage
indebtedness of individuals and
,private corporations throughout
ithe United States.
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Ayer‘s Pills. being convenient, effica-
cious, and safe, are the best cathartic,
wliether on land or sea, in city or coun-
try. For constipation, sick headache,
indigestion, and torpid liver, they never
fail. Try a box of them; they are sugar-

coated.
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Orange 00., Vt.

Aug. 27th, 1891. Mr. O. W.
Ingersoll, Dear Sir:—Received
your color cards; I am a house
painter by trade and have used a-
great many different kinds of
paint. but have never found any
paint that works as well and lasts
as long as Ingersoll Liquid
Rubber Paint. Yours truly.

CHAS. G. LONGEE.
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TI-IE} G-BANG-E VISITOR.

Leaving the Farm.

So. William, we must go to town, and l--ave the ‘I t1‘l(,‘tS. III 3. Vliazy DOI. Ollly IO Sup‘ \l5 enlarged and 

dear old place.
Your hair is gray, your form is bent, and wrinkled
is your face;
And when I stand before the glass to put tny col-
lar on.
I scarce can see to pin it straight, my sight is so
near gone.
The children say we're growing old—too old for
such hard work;
And Daniel he will take the place~you know he's
not a shirk~—
And that young wife of his, I think, is smart as a
queen be;
She's light of foot. and light of heart. and good to
you and me.
They're sure to keep the fartu in shape, and not
let things run down;
lint I‘tu afraid we'll never be content to livz: in
[DWI].

You know since Mary marrit-d we‘ve been there
on and off,

And once 1 st=.tyed a month or more, the spring I
had that cough.

Mary was good and loving. and ha-r husband he
was kind:

But I got so tired and llOIl)(.‘>~l!‘l( I fearerl I‘d lost-
my mind.

It wasn't lark of company— Hfrlllt‘ one was always
tllert-~

You know that folks who liv¢- in town llit\t' lots of
time to spurt-.

The church was vex y llztnrly, and I liltt-rl ll}!-
prz-acllcr. too:

;'tn:l I (l*IltIl:ll all th(- Int-1-,tings— \-:l1.'nt t-lsr: had I
to do’
liutol|.' I long:-d to limit tlu- cows come lowing

down the lane,

And to hear the lmrscs cllatnping as tht-y atc thi-
golden grain:

And to ht.-ar the proud hr-ns clucking, and thc
tnothcr turkeys z-all~ —

The pleasant music of the farm. I did so miss it all.
And I longed to sec my garden, and Iltt: apple trees
in bloom.

And to pull the clover blossoms and breathe their
sweet perfume;

And, Williatn, you'll be like me; you l'l(:L1I not
laugh or frown,

for you‘ll|never be contented to settle: down in
town.

just think about it, William; it‘s forty years and
more

Since you and I together left old Ohio‘s shore.

I mind as if 'twere yesterday. my mother’s tear-
wet face,

The firm clasp of my father‘s hand, my sisters
warm embrace:

And oh! I never shall forget how the prairie, wide
and vast.

Stretched out before me, when you said, “ \Ve-ll,
dear, hert-‘s home at last,”

The words seemed such a mockery, I-\'llt:I't.' nothing
looked like home.

The very clouds set-med farther oil, and higher
heaven's dome.

Now as I look around me on the fields of waving
corn.

The orchard and the nieadoxv, the farm-ltousc and
the barn.

All the past cotnt-s up before mc, I can see the
cabin small,

The little low-rooft-d cabin. that hart lyhr-ld us all.

And the lonely, lontly prairie, with not a house-
in sight;

Ah! the tears that wet my pillow when you tho'(
I slept at night.

Yes. it‘s true we soon had neigltbors; and how
homclike it did seem,
\\‘hen of evenings, from our doorway, we could
see their candles gleam.
Looking ‘round upon the prairie, where we watt‘h'd
that lonely night,
Now from many a friendly window shine the earth
stats clear and bright.
But no beacon to the sailor, hotnt.-ward bound
upon the sea,
Ever shone with nrightcr lustre than that twink-
ling light to me.
Then the children kept on coming ‘till the small
house overfiowed,
And their childish love and laughter helped us all
along our road;
How we toiled, both late and early, and how
through all our days
The dear God blessed and prospered us; to Him
be all the praise;
Then when we built the new house. what happy
times we had.
Peace and plenty dwelt among us, and the days
were short and glad-
I know we had our trials, crops would fail and
sickness come,
And before death’s awful presence we have bowed
in anguish dumb;
But we comforted each other, for we said. “ His
word is sttre,"
Though we walk amid the shadows, still “His
promises endure."
Now the shadows all are lifted, we are in sweet
“Beulah land,"
And His presence is about us, we can feel His
guiding hand,
It is hard to leave the farm—but the children are
all grown-
As we were when just we wedded, you and 1 are
now alone.
But oh! the difference to us! then our lives had
just begun,
And our life-work lay before us,; now ottr life-
work's almost done.
\Vh_v, the sun is setting, William: how fast the
days go by,
See those clouds of blue and critnson lying on the
western sky.
This world is very beautiful; sometimes it seems
to me
I can hardly bear to leave it; and then, clear, when
lsee
How feeble I atn getting, I feel ready quite to go.
The children do not need me, and you'll come
soon I know.
Low spirited? Ah, no, I'm not. “He doeth all
things well,"
And happy and God-fearing the children round
us dwell.
.-\nd1'm ready for the flitting, like the leaves in
autumn brown~
But I'tn afraid we'll never be content to live in
town.
——Mrs. E. V. Wilson, in Chicago Inter-Ocean.

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Mail Delivery in Rural Districts.

_ Almost from the beginning of
his term as Postmaster-General,
Mr. Wanamaker has felt that
with the liberal additions to the
cities, the extension of the ser-
vice into the country was per-
haps being neglected. He early
conceived the idea, therefore, of
furnishing the free delivery ser-

5 . .
IVICQ to villages and farming dts- I

ply the inhabitants of these com
munities with the best postal
service. but to cause little or no
expense to the Department in the
end. He secured from the last
Congress an appropriation of
$10,000 with which to try this
_free delivery experiment. This
money was to be spent as in the
case of the money appropriated‘
for the regular carrier service of;
cities and towns: but the Post- M
maste1'—Gene1'a-lwas allowed great 1
freedom in the selection of the ;
communities to be served and in ‘
the methods to be pursued.

He promptly began the selec-
tion of villages and farming dis-
tricts upon the application of the:
inhabitants of these communi- '
ties. The nature of the service
was not generally known. and it
was not until after members of
Congress had been requested to-
name certain communities which T
they dcsirotl to receive the bcne— ‘
fits of the experiment that the.
gtotal of 310.000 was finally dis-
bursed. Thc sum used in cachi
community was something overl
$200. It is now seen that the ex- 1
pcrimcnt might have been ap-
plied to a larger range of commu-
nities and might in general.
therefore. been made more nearly
a. complete success. if it had been
possible to regulate the sums ex-
pended according to the different
sizes of the communities.

But with the means at his com-
mand, and with the prescribed
methods set down, the Post-
master-General went to work to
put the experiment in effect. The :
post-masters at the different places
where carriers have been put on
have watched the operations of
the experiment closely, and have
from time to time reported their
successes to the Postoliice De-
partment. In the 40 or more
towns where the experiment has
been in operation. it is found that
the revenues of the offices have
been greatly increased. and that
while in some cases they have
not entirely met the expenditure.
yet in every case the receipts
have been greatly increased. and
it is believed that, on the whole.
the total of extra. income from
the whole number of towns will
almost, if not quite. equal the
total expenditure of $10,000. In
many of the places the experi-
ment has only been on trial for it
few months. and consequently its
full benefits to the people served.
and hence its full revenue-pro
ducing power cannot be fully
calculated.

The Postmaste-1'—Genera-l is now
about to examine the reports from
all the communities, for the pur-
pose of digesting them and of
making his recommendation to
Congress. He has steadily be-
lieved all along that a principle
would be discovered in these ex-
periments by which, when a. cer-
tain area. and at certain popula-
tion to be served are taken into
account. a. certain increase to the
postal revenue in that community
may be counted upon with almost
mathematical certainty. The
principle, if it can be discovered
and set forth clearly, can easily
be seen to be susceptible of form-
ing the basis of a- regular mathe-
matical scheme. by which, when
it is known what certain areas
and population are. Congress may
confidently appropriate money to
be expended in the right propor-
tion. on the reasonable certainty
that the increases in revenue will 3
almost if not quite make up I
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Habit.

At the Geneva. New York.
Dairy School. Prof. Roberts de-
livered a. lecture on “ Habit.” an
extract from which is published
by “Hoa.rd's Da.iryman." and is
as follows:

There are two forces that push
and force us to do a. thing. viz.:
mental power and foods. A cow
has got into the habit of giving
but 3,000 pounds of milk a. year,
and refuses to increase the yield.
The sharp. intelligent dairyman
uses force and compels her to in-
crease the flow to 5,000 to 6,000
pounds. I can increase the size
of my hand in ten minutes sim-
ply by slapping it; of course,
when I cease. it will return to‘its
natural shape; but we may in-
crease the size of a. muscle by ex-
ercising it. An animal is actual-
ly smaller when cold than when
warm Get the calf into the habit

}figlitm's—- -nothing else.

‘ if need be.

food. as by so doing its stomach
digestive ,
power increased. The Germans}
far exceed us in this direction‘
because they begin with the
child. giving it coarse, but healthy
and nutritious foods. It used to
be an old saying of a horse: "He
is a. good one, because he can
take his dinner with him." Get
the cow in the habit when she
first comes in milk of converting
her food into butter fat instead
of animal fat. and be sure you
get into the habit of feeding and
milking your cows at regular
stated hours: also of keeping the
cow comfortable and quiet. as.
when she is in that condition.
having been well and properly
fed. she will lie down. chew the
cud and secrete milk. (‘lot into
the habit. also. of giving her ac-
cess to all the salt and pure water‘
she will take. If I turn 1ny cows
out daily to hook one another
and fight around a straw stack.
at the some time brooding from
them. I shall soon have a herd of
So then.
keep the cow quiet. (let into the
habit of specific order i11 all farm
work. Injudicious feeding will

iget the cow into the habit of put-

ting on to her ribs that which
should go into the milk pail. Get
the cow into the habit of work-
ing the yca-r through. I have to
do it. and a cow is no better than
I am. Get her into the habit of
drinking 3. plenty of pure. sweet
water: 84 or more per cent. of her
milk is composed of it. therefore.
she must have plenty of it. A
man has lived forty days on a.
ration of water alone. He could
not have lived nine days on dry
food alone. Sometimes a cow
will not go after water if too far
or the weather is too cold or too
hot. Get her out of that
habit. In short, get her out of
all bad habits and into good ones;
and yourself in the same way
also.

—<O>-f

Breaking the Colt.

On Senator Stanford's stock
farm in California colts are never
“br0ken." When they are tlireo
days old. grooms begin to handle
them gently. No harsli word is
even SI)0li..§‘!‘l in their hearing and
they soon learn to regard men as
their friends and cease to be
afrziid of them. Their training
for the troting track begins very
gradually when they are six
months old, and unless they are
naturally vicious, which is rare-
ly the case, they never have to
be broken. One can hardly be-
gin 3. colts education too early:
the longer it is postponed the
harder is the job. and the more
patience is required. Early or
late. patience is of the first im-
portance. Remember that the
horse is naturally a. slow-think-
ing animal. He will learn to do
as you wish if you will only be
patient, patient, patient. until
he fully understands what is
wanted of him. Never bustle
around a colt as if you were in a.
desperate hurry; you will only
make him more nervous by so do-
ing. Petting is almost always
better than whipping. If you
neglected him till he is say three
years old before haltering him.
some force may be necessary in
order to make him understand
that you are master and that he
is to be subject to your will. but
teach him this as quietly as possi-
ble.

After teaching him the bit.
work over him for several days
before attempting to drive him.
First show him the harness; let
him smell of it and look it over;
then put it upon him and let it
remain until he realizes that it
does him no harm-—severa.l hours
Before he is driven
he shouldbe led an hour every
day for a. week, and when first
driven should never be yanked
by the lines. Before being hitch-
ed to any wheeled rig. he should
be taught to draw by the whiffle-
tree and to draw many things of
which he is likely to be after-
ward afraid. He should be ac-
customed from the firstto wild
sights, like buffalo robes. open
umbrellas, blanketed cattle, loco-
motives, steam rollers and what-
ever will be likely to arouse his
fears. During this time he
should be quietly but gently led
up to the objects of his fear and
shown how harmless they are.

After two weeks of such “fuss-
ing.“ as the impatient may call
it, the farmers colt may be har

of eating a. large amount of coarse

nessed with an old horse to a

NOV. 1, l89l

lumber wagon and driven around?
for a time. He should be drivenf
daily. or at least three or four3
times per week. and when in
training with the older horse.
should be driven many times on
the crowded street, after he has
acquired enough self-confidence
so that his driver can prevent in-
jury to the property of others.

There is no better fastening
for a colt than a broad strap
around the neck. which niay be
secured by a heavy buckle. and a
ring to which is attachetl a half-
inch rope or astrap to match the
neck strap. This should be firm-
ly wrapped about the post when
he is tied. An old post likely to
be broken down or pulled up,
should not under any circum-
stances be used for tying. as
once led to fear the object to
which he is tied. it will be diffi-
cult aftcrw2u‘d to get him to
stand quietly. The use of extra
conimon-sense is tum-v fI‘(*q1u'I1l-
, ly called upon in the handling of
icolts than in the roaring of all
other farm animals combined. —
Furxn and Home.

- . ,-, _

The Truth About Hog Butter.

Henry Tttlcott. a-ssistatit dairy
and food commissioner of Ohio.
recently madea thorough inspec-
tion of a big bogus but-tor factory
at Pittsburg, where his official
position was not suspected. He
declares that the claim that only
the best and purest of fats are
used in these factories is an
absolute falsehood. He saw in
the vats refuse from slaughter-
houses that was covered with
dirt and filth. Some of it was
caul fat, daubed and covered with
manure evidently from broken in-
testines. Yet this nasty stuff is
worked up and sold for human
food in opposition to clean. honest
butter! Mr. Talcott concludes
(and no wonder) that the profes-
sors and chemists who praise the
"purity" of oleo so highly are
badly duped. the factories being
put upon “dress pa1'ade“wl1cn-
ever they are expected to visit.
tl1e1n.—4Farm and Home.

-— —<oo— --~

Concert Music by Telephone.

I once spent a large share of
the night with a telephone opera.-
tor at Worcester. and know that
there are many pleasant things
connected with the business.
Generally after 1:.’ o’clock the
calls are few and far between.
coming chiefly from the news-
papers and doctors. It is the
custom of some of the operators
to make the circuit of several
places and tell funny stories.

The pleasantest part of it is
when Worcester, Fall River,
Boston, Springfield. Providence
and New York are connected by
the long distance wire. Most of
the boys of these places are
musicians. The operator in
Providence plays the banjo. the
Worcester operator at harmonica.
and generally the others sing.
Some tune will be started by the
players and the others will sing.
To appreciate the effect. one
must have a transmitter close to
his ear. The music will sound
as clear as though it were in the
same room. It is at very hard
thing for a. person to believe un-
less he has heard it.—Boston
Evening Record.

:4. c———~— «

More Mails and Free Delivery.

One of the most prominent
reasons why the farmer should
have his mail delivered daily at
his door. is that he is justly en-
titled to such service. He pays
a greater proportionate tax than
the dweller in the city, and is
therefore entitled to. at least.
equal mail facilities. Why should
I be compelled to drive daily
four miles. going and returning.
for my mail, while my city friends.
paying less taxes than I, and
having far less mail than I, have
the postman daily at their doors‘?

Another prominent reason is
that such service would remove
one of the great objections to a
home in the country. The farmer,
and the farmers family of today.
are mainly refined and educated
people, to Whom the daily news-
paper is almost a. necessity. To
keep abreast with the times; to
know what is going on in the
world, is becoming as essential
to them as the food they eat or the
clothes they wear. Such a. mail
service would be a mighty agency
in keeping the young people con-
tented on the farm, and building

up and briglitcning agricultural
life.

Our farming classes are
awakening: our farmers are reach -
ing a higher level. both socially
and as business men. To our
most successful men, who manage
their farms on the same careful
business system that the merchant
or manufactttrer applies to the
management of his store or his
mttnufactory. the prompt receipt
of their mail is a matter of great.
importance. They must kccp in-
formed at any reasonable cost. of
the state of the world's market,
even if they are forced to spend
valuable time to do so. Tin-
prcsont systctn is certainly an
unfair discrimination.-~—(.‘l1arles
Pierson Augur.

—- -—<o>—— . -
Fall or Spring Planting.

In the fall I would plant. t1'ct~.<
and vines south of Lutitutlc 43}:
also north of that line. hurd_v
.sl1.'1.th- l'1‘¢*t‘S and vines that can he-
t'o\'¢*1'«*tl root and brztnclt. Tlu-y
hm-otno t-sI:1l)li.sl1c(l in their new
location: the ground is settled
and firm: and tlu-y start earlier
in their first st-:t.~;ot1‘s growth and
ur<,-st1'oi1ge1' and better ripened
for their first winter. In tho
North fruit ll‘(}(‘S should be plant-
ed in the spring. The natural
way is to loan the trees well to
the south. so that the sun‘s 1'ays
will not lutve so strong a focus on
the body of the tree. Prune oil‘
the limbs on the north side and let
them grow longest on the south
side, so as to maintain a lc,-,a.niug
toward the south. Encourage 11
low-growing top, as the limbs
serve to shade the tree and pre-
vent sun scald. Plant on high
ground. where there is 3. good
circulation of air on the north
side of a hill. For artificial pro-
tcction. lath woven together with
wire is good, also two boards
na-ilcd together like ti trough will
accomplish the satno purpose.
Use wliichevcr is cheapest.

As diversified farming is best.
it is all right for it further to
plant several acres of orclizml.
The following would be 0. medium-
sizcd fruit orcliardz of coursc i1
can be halved or doubled. zu-.co1'd-
ing to the size of the farm or
family: 100 apples, IL’ (3llL‘I‘l'l(?S.
‘_".'> goosoborrics. 200 bl2t('l{l)(‘l'-
rics. 1'.’ plums, l'_’1')(*'d.-(:ll(*.s'. 2;’: cur-
rants, I000 strawberries, 1;’ pears.
L’-l grapes. ‘_’00 red 1'nspl)ot'1'ics.
.‘.’()0 black 1'11-:~31)l’)(}l‘I‘l(‘.S. But don't
forget to give the orcliurd the-
satne intelligent care. both as re-
gards growing the trees and
marketing the fruit. that you
would give to other hranclics of
farming. Farmers fail as much
in making fruit look nice and in-
viting when putting it on thr-
market as in caring for the or-
chard. Those who are near
town can market all kinds of
small fruit to advantage. if they
will learn how. A nice article in
a neat package always sells well.
Fruit cannot be taken to market
in good condition in a lumber
wag0n.—J. J. M. Underwood.
Wabasha county, Minn.

In cutting wood land. shall we
cut all the wood. or cut the trees
off no smaller than a given size?
Some argue that by cutting off
all the trees a. more uniform
growth and consequently better
wood is secured. On the other
hand it is claimed that many
years in time are lost by cleaning
out the smaller growth. Many
lumbermen cut nothing below
the size of six inches. and state
that by so doing the same ground
can be cut over every 1-1 years.
When the land is wholly cleaned
it required from 30 to (50 years to
get a. desirable growth. Taking
into account the fact that there
are so many waste places making
no profitable return. it seems sur-
prising that farmers do not fully
appreciate that with a small out-
lay of time and capital these lands
could be made to pay a good
profit in a. few years’ time. The
thinning process could be begun
after a. short period, and those
farmers and landholders who be-
gin first will be the ones to reap
the most profit.

._._..,.__
Grange Melodies.

Address Secretary National
Grange, Washington, D. C.

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per dozen, postage paid, $4.00;
half—dozen, postage paid, $2.00.
Or the purchaser to pay freight
or express, per dozen. $3.50; per
hundred, $27.00; per ha.lfrhun—
dred $13.75.


 

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As in Vision.

II] were told that I must die to-tnorrow-~
That the next sun

Which sinks should beat me past all {car and

sorrow

For any one.

All the fight fought, and all the journey throuilh.
What should I do?

I do not think that I should shrink or falter,
But just go on

Doing lny work, nor change. nor Seek to alter
Aught that is gone;

But rise, and tnove. and love. and slnile and pray
For one more tltiy.

And, lying down at night for it last sleeping,
Say in that car

\\'hi<:ll ll:lrkt.~lls t~vt.-r, “ I.ortl. within tlly ktwpitlg.
llow slloulcl I fezll"

Alld when to-nlorrow brings llII'(' nearer stlll,
Do thou tlly will I "

I lnigllt not SIt:£‘[) for :lwt-; but pl:.'tz:l-fill. tender.
My soul \'.‘I)lIlII lil:

All the night long, and when the IIIOIIIlIlL{ splentlor
Flaslletl o'er tht: sk_\'.

I tlllllk that I could SIIIIIP. 4‘4)lIIll rzlllllly 5'-1|)‘.
"It is His tlay."

lint if a wonrlrolls IIJIIHI frolu thl: blur» ymltlcr
Ilolzl out .1 srloll

On \vhi<‘h my lif:- was WI‘Il,ilII1IIVVI[lI\\",lIIlltfI'
I‘I('IIf*I(I IlIII‘Illl

To .1 IUII|.{ t:clltlliy‘s ("I-III its lIl}'\iIl‘ (‘I4-W,

\VII$ll should I do’
\\'ll.'it roulrl I do. 0 lllt-sst-«I (itlirlt: .'lIItl I\I.'lstt-l,
()llIl‘I tllzlll this.
Still to go on as now, not ?~lfI\\‘t‘I, I.'Is!<*I',

Nor foal’ to nttss
Tllt- luml. ztltllongll so \'l'I_\' long it In.-.
\\'llilt: lt‘(I Ivy tllvv’
Sit-p il_\ step, fctzlillg thou art (‘lose lI(‘*»IlIl‘ 'II)I:,
Altllougll llllsvn-III
Tlllollgll thorns. tllrougll IIO\\'I'I s, \VlI(:lItI'I‘ tt-lllpt-st
hide thcc.
()r II(',.'l\'t:IIS SDIPIIC,
.\s:;lll'¢-,tl thy f;:itllI'ulness raullot I){‘!I'&I)‘,
l\'(ll' love dc-Cay.
I may not know, lny (ind; no hand re\'e.'llt-tll
Thy counsel's wisr;
Along tlle path no deepening shadow stcaletll-,
No voice replies
To all lny questioning thoughts, tbc tillle to tell,
And it is well.
Let me keep on abiding and uufcaring
Thy will always,
Through a long century's ripe fruition
Or 21 short day's.
Thou canst not conle too soon; and I can wait.
If thou come late.
--Susan Coolidge.
,,____.4->,- ,.,, , ,
The Other Side of the Question——
How the Proposed Sub-Trea.s-
ury Plan Would Work.

The best statement yet made
of the sub-treasury scheme, ap-
peared in the Century Magazine
for September. Probably only
1 per cent of our readers have
seenit and it is therefore reprint-
ed here, so that they can read
both sides:

.The warehouse managers. who
are to decide upon the market
price of the produce, would, in
nearly all instances, be appoint-

lfor it in the open market.

other products there would be
similar expenses,, which would
raise the interest on deposits of
them to nearly or quite the same
limits. The rate of interest,
therefore, is not low enough to
be beneficial to farmers who
hope by this means to pay off
existing debts at legal rates of

interest. What a farmer would
receive would be a loan
for one year from the gov-

ernment at the rate of S) to 10
per cent of a sum amounting to
four-fifths of the total value of
his crop paid to him in money of
uncertain value. For the re-
maining fifth hc would receive a
certificate whose value would de-
pend entirely upon what he got
No
buyer would ever offer lliln the
full price as fixed by the ware-
house manager, for there would be
many uncertainties about the
crop's rcdcrnption to make the
ct-rtificates a safe invcsttncnt for
anybody. They could only be
nt-gotiatcd at a heavy discount
at best. and in many instances
would scarcely be negotiable at
all.

I f warehouses were established.
there would be a tendency among
all farmers seeking an immediate
lnarltet. to put tllcir produce into
them. One of the advocates of
the scheme estimated before a
committee of the Senate that the
deposits would be so large as to
require an addition of one thous-
and millions of dollars to the
currency in January and Febru-
ary of each year. This flood of
currency, all of which would be
based upon uncertain and vary-
ing bases of valuation. would be
accompanied by another flood of
certificates of deposit. The gov-
ernment would turn out these
notes and certificates, and their
receivers would at once put them
in circulation. Their value would
depend entirely upon the popu-
lar estimate which should be
made of their purchasing power.

The fact that the notes had been

declared a legal tender would not
add a particle to their value.

The people would make their
own estimate of the prospect for

the fulfillment of the promise

upon which they were based. and
that estimate would fix their
value.

VVhat would be the prospect for

ed through pojmcaj influence’ ‘this promise to be fully'kept? If

capable '3

which is tantamount to saying
that they would have little ex-
pert knowledge of the duties
which they were to perform.
These men would have absolute
power to decide upon the sums
which the government was to ad-
vance 80 per cent.
for example,

or prejudiced. or malicious man.
can anyone estimate the evil and
injustice of which he might be
He could overrate the
produce of all his political and
personal friends, and underrate
that of all his enemies or rivals.
and there would be no appeal
from his decisions.
possibility of having a just and

There are.
11 full grades of
cotton. and about as many half
grades, and there are about 30
grades of wheat.
must decide. not merely the grade,
but the price as it is fixed in the
markets of the world at the time.
If he is an honest man and fairly
capable, the opportunity for seri-
ous blunders would be very great.
If he is a dishonest, or ignorant.

The manager

uniform basis for the 80 per cent

prices went down after the de-
posit, the produce would be left
there till the very end of the year
and sold for what it would bring.
The effect of throwing a great
mass of produce upon the market
at one time would be to lower
still further the price. and the
result would be a great loss to
the government which must be
made good by taxation. As the
farmers of the country pay about
half of the taxes they would thus
have to pay half of the cost of
their own folly. From the nature
of the case a falling—ofi.’ in value
would be almost inevitable, for
speculators and purchasers would
be interested in waiting for a
forced sale, being thus certain of
buying at a lower price. In case
there should be a general raise
after deposit. the chances would
be that the farmers most in need
of profiting by it would have
parted with their notes as soon
as received, in payment of their
deposit certificates at the first
opportunity. 'Whatever raise
there might be therefore, would

advance in all the warehouses, or go to the ad"a‘nt3J8e of the 5PeC“la'

even in one of them, would from
the outside throw fatal doubt
upon the value both of the treas-
ury notes and of the certificates

tors in certificates.
As for the depreciated value of

the notes issued in such volume,

cent.

value.

of deposit. giving them at once
depreciated and uncertain
standard.

The farmers who are misled
into favoring the scheme think
that they would receive at once
a loan of 80 per cent of the full
value of their crop at only 1 per
Warehousing, insurance,
and other expenses for cotton,
for example, are usually be-
tween 8 and9 per cent of its
This would have to be
paid to the government,
would bring the interest up to 9
or 10 per cent.

there can be no doubt upon that
point. It would be fiat money of
a more worthless kind than any
which has hitherto been issued.
It would be more worth-
less than the land—bank money of
Rhode Island, because that was
based upon the land of the state.
It would be more worthless than
that of John Law's bank in France,
for that was based upon all the
property of France. It would be
more Worthless than that of the
Argentine Republic, for that was
based upon all the landed pro-
perty of the nation. In all of

On Wheat and

these instances the fiat money

was declared to be a legal tender
and to be payable for public and
private debts. In all of them it
was issued for a tertnof years.
Butthis Warehousedepositmoney
is based upon nothing except the
arbitrary judgments of an irre-
sponsible body of political ap-
pointees as to the value of pro-
ducts a year hence. and it is to

be destroyed at the end of the"i

l
year. Nobody would ever con- I
sent to take it at its face value in 1
payment of a debt. or in paymentl
for goods, and it would be con-l
fined. as the Rhode Island paper,‘
money Was. almost entirely to ,
transactions among its original
holders. It would enormously l
inflate prices in the communities,’
in which it circulated. atld thus,
make dearer everything that thc
farmer had to buy. But it would I
never be received elsewhere ex— I
ceptatadiscount. alld consequent— ‘
ly would have no ctlect in raising
the price of the products of the
farmer. which have to be sold in l
the markets of the world. Then. ‘
too. teach period of enormous ill-
llation would be followed by 21 -'
period of sudden and almost.‘
paralyzing contraction, for at the
end of each year all the notes ~
and certificates must be des-
troycd.

-- --—<-cog

The Coming Prosperity.

The financial situation in this’
country is now somewhat pecu-
liar. There isa great deal of
money changing hands and the
people and not the banks are
gettingit. Last spring Europe;
needed gold. Her banks’ reserves '
were drawn down below the
safety point and the leading
financial journals were urging
that means be taken to get a
larger supply of money as a basis
of the extensive lines of credit
already out. Nothing was done.
however, until the Baring collapse
made it absolutely necessary to
get money. Then the bank of
France came to the rescue of the
bank of England and a financial
panic of the first magnitude was
averted. But it was necessary
to get money from abroad andf
American securities were dumped 2
on the market to such an extent
that between seventy and eighty
lnillions in gold was sent from
this country to Europe.

This money came very largely
from the United States Treasury.
which parted with its gold to buy
outstanding bonds and to antici-
pate interest. For a time this
action reduced to a very small
sum the available surplus in the
treasury. but the receipts have
been sufiicient to retire nearly
20,000,000 in bonds when they
became due, and there is no
further apprehension.

The abundant harvests in this
country and the failure of the
European crops came at a time
to restore to us the money which
had been sent abroad: but the
imported money instead of going
back into the treasury. or even
into the New York banks, has
been paid directly to the farmers
for breadstuffs and other farm
products. The custom house
figures printed froln month to
month in the Tribune show that
the people of this state have been
getting about four times as much
money for farm products as they
received a year ago. This money
has been used by them to pay off
mortgages and bank loans, and
the farmers are now in good
shape.

The money thus released by
the farmers, together with their
renewed ability to buy, is already
having the effect of affording the
country merchants the opportun-
ity to increase their stocks; and
gradually the cash will begin to
flow to New York and other
money centers, Where its stimulus
to the trade of the country will
be more pronounced.

Meanwhile, there is now piled
up in New York a vast quantity
of stocks and bonds which have
no sale. The great railroads
would be glad to extend their
lines or to purchase new equip-
ment; cities are anxious to make
public improvements; and large
businesses of all kinds are seek-

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GRANGE VISITOR. Paw Paw. Mich.

ing capital which is not
available.
This state of things cannot last
much longer. This lnone-y which
the abundant harvests have set Ill

motion will soon begin to S(*(3l{

.,v<>I

lprofitable employment. and then

business will boom. There is at
present every indication that the
United States is on the eve of the
greatest prosperity this country
has ever known. All that is now
needed is to keep the currency
so stable in value that every
dollar in circulation will be the
equivalent in purchasing value
of every other dollar. This done.
the development will be rapid
and heathy and the reaction from
the boom will not be severe. But
an unstable currency would add
a hazard to business, would en-
gender an unhealthy develop-
ment. and would be followed by
a depression that would involve
years of bitter liquidation.—-—Dc-
troit Tribune.

The Boom in the Northwest.

The way-backs who are still
deceiving themselves into the
belief that times are no better
for farmers, should stop their
croaking and read the papers.
A farmer in Iowa sold lti.'l()
bushels of wheat froln 40 acres
of land for $10.75 more than he
paid for the land. J. W. Loft-
house of Kelso, N. D.. paid $13100
for his farm last year, and this
year. sold his 5000 bushels of
No. 1 hard wheat from I43 acres
for $4500. The St Paul Pioneer
Press investigation puts the ad-
vance in farm values in the North-
west at  to >310 per acre. aggre-
gating over "‘_’00.000,000 or more
than the value of the wheat crop.
These are facts that talk.~Farm
and Home.

-~--%oo—--—- -

It is said women can forgivcl
don a breach of etiquette. That
is rather strongly put. but un-
doubtedly many women are more
ready to excuse serious faults
than little errors in manners. Do
you remember (Jolley Cibber‘s
saying about a hole or a darn in
the stocking? "A hole is an ac-
cident of the moment, but adarn
is premeditated poverty." So a
fault may be the result of a mo-
mentary impulse. when impolite-
ness comes from selfishness or
low breeding. Women do not
admire What is low.
~~— <—&+o———+--~

Stiffen Your Spinal Column.

“Are you a. Patron of Hus-
bandry? Do you believe in, and
practice, its principles‘? If so,
why not make your faith known
to the world. Get up and tell
the members of the Order, tell
the world that you are an active,
earnest and willing member of
the Order that knows no North,
no East, no West. no South.
Don't put your light under a
bushel. Be for a measure or

against it; be a live Patron or
don’t be a Patron; be as willing
to work for the Grange and ex

crimes easier than they can par- l

tend its illllllcllcv as you_ are to
enjoy its bcllclits alld accept its
profits. (Io toward the front.
not to gain notoriety or })l:l('t‘.
but to be reatly to defotld all that
is pure and right. and to zlssail
all that dishonest, inlpllrc and
wrong. You can afford to In»
positive: you can afford to be sin-
cere. No man is entitled to con-
fidence, sympathy or help who
rides the top rail of the fence and
waits for some one else to lead
the way. If you are wrong. jump
clear over the fence and get on
the right side. Don't falter atld
dally between right and duty on
the one side and error and public
approval on the other side. Take
,your stand for the Order that
speaks out for the rights of the
millions who eat their bread in
the sweat of the brow. ‘Dare to
do right, dare to be true.’ and if
you are a Patron of Husbandry.
[say so."-—E. W. Davis. Master
,-’Ca.lifornia State Grange, in Pa-
lcific Rural Press.

l —<O>—

,lThe Grange and Partisan Politics.

I In the past we were c'nal'ge,d

l\Vlll1 adding partisan politics.
lsays A. .1. Rose. Mastol- of the
Texas State Grange. in his an-
nual address beforc that body.
In the present we are denounced
because we refuse to use the
Order for such purposes. Once
too political, now not enough so.
I have studied the interests of
the farmers closely for the‘ past
seventeen years and the relation
that necessarily exists between
them and other vocations. and
can arrive at but one conclusion.
which is. that the Grange. in its
declared purposes and organic
law, has not gone too far into pol-
itics. and yet has gone as far as
it should, its work on this line:
bcing to educate its lnetnbers to
understand all political questions
and tlicir eliect upon the best in-
lterests of the country. but leav-
I ing them as free to act with the
‘ party of their choice as they were
before they became nlcmbcrs.

— -—<¢->-- -~

No danger can ever result from
farmers. when they inform them
selves of political affairs and vote
according to their honest convic-
tions. It is only when designing
men. who have failed everywhere.
become farmers for revenue only
and think they see in organized
farmers an opportunity for fame
or pelf, that these organizations
are perverted. Real farmers do
not work this mischief, but being
unused to the tricks of the poli-
tician. are used as tools to do the
dirty work with. Sooner or later
the farlners will discover their
error, and then the day of reck-
oning comes. This is history.
and its teachings should be re-
spected. The evils of which
farmers complain. must be
remedied, and farmers alone can
do the work; those who would
use farmers’ votes to feather their
own nests never will do aught to
bring relief.—Farmers Friend.

 


4

THE G-RANGE VISITOR.

NOV. 1. 1891

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

Published on the Isl and i5ih of every month.

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To Subscribers.

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for one. The bank will take the
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wish it continued. a prompt re-
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coming and save us the trouble of
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Send the names of your friends
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to receive sample copies.

"{3} ~—~--———-

$rong Meat Wanted.

The Grange has. through all
its quarter of a century of pro-
gress. maintained a conservative.
considerate position on all the
questions coming up for discuss-
ion, in which farmers have a com-
mon. as well as a special interest.
Its course has been commended
by the popular judgment. Its
Declaration of Purposes. indeed.
command this conservative
course. as a few extracts from it
will show:

“We shall earnestly endeavor
to suppress personal, local, sec
tional and national prejudices. all
unhealthy rivalry. all selfish am-
bition."

“In our noble order there is no
communism. no agrarianism."

“We are not enemies to capital.
but we oppose the tyranny of mo-
nopoly. We long to see the an-
tagonism of capital and labor re-
moved by common consent, and
by an enlightened statesmanship
Worthy of the nineteenth centu-

H

ry.

"We desire only self-protec-
tion. and the protection of every
true interest of our land, by le-
gitimate profits.”

“We desire justly distributed
burdens and justly distributed
power.

It would now be a calamity to
the order, to allow radical and
extreme views of finance to dom-
inate it. The National Grange
is soon to assemble at Spring
field, Ohio. in a state where level
headed ideas prevail—in a cli-
mate that does not nourish chi-
merical schemes—and this ses-
sion should purge itself of the
taint of the “two per cent. land
loan" scheme, injected into the
financial report of last year. and
express its views upon the finan-
cial policy of the government in
a manner that shall not echo a
theory that has proved false and
fatal in practice in every experi-
ment.

If the National Grange should
follow the teachings of the finan-
cial report of the Michigan State
Grange of last year. its state-
ments would be listened to with
respect. but so long as it pro-
jects through the press reiterated
arguments favoring Greenback-
ism and other soft money falla-
cies, its claim to be nonpartisan

looks a little gauzy. Give us

strong meat or- be silent.
—A -—4—¢o'o——-~—— --
Financial Gymnastics

The Lecturer of the National
Grange is employed to edit a
kind of “Bureau of Information“
for the order. It is apet scheme

of his. and he has for years suc- Ecial fledglings at the meetings ofl

ceeded in inducing the manage-Efarmers. is getting to be stale
ment of the lecture fund to placeifood. School girls who know
a considerable sum of money atunothing of the rules of versifica-
hisdisposalforthispurpose. Theition, write "poems" upon “Au-
“leaflets" he edits he sends outftumn." and gravely and serious-
tothe various Grange papers. ll)’ request 3 COPY Of the Paper
who are expected. contrarytothelwhen published. because they
general practice with such mat- think they have written some-
ter. to give him personal credit‘thing meritorious. The two
for the copy. Taking advantagelexamples are akin. both in the
of this liberty. he injects intoyopinion of their authors andin the
them doctrines pecuiiar to him- fiestimate of the matter by com-
self and his guild, giving themlpetent authority. New electrical
the quasi stamp of authority, ‘:(liScove1‘ies. and the solving of
and thus proselytes in the mostgintrir,-ate financial problems are
fanatical manner for adherentsi;nOt blundered upon by tyros.
to his peculiar views. Our read- lWhile farmers make excellent

, . I |. . .M‘_"’   ,

Articlesaperson cannot wear~ joice with pardonable pride at
products one cannot ea.t_piCtm-es  the record of its achievements in
that do not please the individuauthe past, at its noble position at

. . ‘ ‘ . ' d to 0‘lor ' in the
eye—are all superfluous and to.1”5*”” an .1-'* 5 ‘ j
be disposed Of. The person “'hO{bI‘lgl1l'. and pI‘OI1'llSlI)=, prospects

of its future.
by reason of physical powers. Do not let this anniversary go
and who has arrived at suitablelby without an entertainment in
age. or who has been a i-esident5e"°"y Grange that You will 1'0"
lmember with pleasure for years

oftheco t*f~th ' 2»
un r3 01 9 reqmredgto come. Devote yourselves to

term of years. yet W110 has l10t;it with a will. for this Order has
that other essential requisite for}done for us a work which can
citizenship—the ability to readjnever perish.

and unde,.Stand__Sh0u1d not be; Now is the time to lay out your

allowed to attempt the ex0r(_iset\\'()rk and lliL\'0rtllll0 to make it
I‘hcn do not for-

_ _ _ _ ,what you wish.

of this function for which he islgm yam. m,,i?,_,hbm.. who has 31,
unhtted. It is not to he (:()lllll0(l;l'(':l(ly boeii the recipient of so
upon as certain that he will selll_l11\1<‘ll Of the beiicfits of the
the Vote ho Cannot USO for mm_ ; ‘.ii‘uiige lllllll(‘ll(.‘(‘ and yet unmiiid-

ers have not had the "privilege"
of perusing much of this pre-
cious budget of knowledge for
obvious reasons. The last leaf-
let is a sample—the burden of
his song. Here is apart of it:

l.A.\'l) .\io:\'Ev——-—.\1oiii~: I\l().\'l-IY FOR

THE }’E0l’I.l£.

This question of land as a ba-
sis for the issue of the money of
the country has been discussed
and adopted by other farmers‘ or-
ganizations. It is also being
talked over in the various maga-
zines and papers of the country.
From the discussion and differ-
ences of opinion “the truth will
be arrived at.“

In addition to much other good
evidence as to the soundness of
the proposition and various proofs
that the plan is not a theory, but
is already. and has been, in suc-
cessful practice for many years.
a few more plain pointers are
here presented.

One might suppose that the
“pointers" alluded to were taken
from the columns of the Century
Magazine. a few of which we
present on the first page of this
number: but. instead. he copies
a paper published in the North
American Review for August.
from the pen of Hon. Sylvester

Pennoyer, of Oregon. on "The!

New Political Party.“ in which
the land loan scheme and new
issue of paper money form the
ground work of the argument for
its organization and support.
Thus the National Grange be-
comes by indirection the nursing
mother of the new party. and its
working head the propagandist
of its principles. Through the
year this acrobat of finance has
been posing in his various roles.
wherever a Grange paper would
string a rope for his performance.

As a result of his teachings,
the most ridiculous doctrines
come to the front in the corres-
pondence of some of them. as
boys are always playing ‘*circus"
as an echo of the big show. Here
is asample from the last issue
of one of these papers:

Money is a creature of law.
Strictly speaking, it is based on
law. Nothing is money save
what is made such by law.

Its true function is to pass from
hand to hand and pay debts.

It should be furnished free,but
is procured at the peoples ex-
pense. to serve all as a tool of
trade.

Both gold and silver should be
demonetized and put upon the
market—upon their own merits-
as commodities (the same as iron
or lead).

The government should issue
a sufficient per capita of full legal
tender paper money direct to the
people. establish government
savings banks and loan offices at
two per cent... and abolish inter-
est between man and man on
money loans. by making it a fel-
ony to take interest.

GET THERE 

This "Moses“ doubtless re-

ceived his affiatus from t-he“burn- l

ing bush" planted by the lecture
fund referred to; but he, like his
famous prototype, will get no
farther than the “Pisgah” of his
present position. His “promised
land” is too remote and visionary
for him to "get there," even by
the help of the National Grange
Lecturer.

This resolving by callow finan- .

jurors. they are not advocates.
inor capable of expounding the
law. Fariiiers have been sitting
jin the Grange jury box listening
§to the harangues of all the
lcliques who want a decision in
ytheir favor. and their verdict is
against “land money" and kind-
lred follies. and they expect the
}case to be closed when the ver-
idiot is rendered.

I

1 Educational Qualification for
‘ Voters.

Every person of mature years
has expressed himself with more
or less fervor upon this trite
theme. and, what is quite pecu-
liar regarding the question, is
the fact that nearly every one fa-
vors an educational qualification
as an abstract principle. but
there are different views upon the
point of the degree of attain-
ment required to fit an individual
to become a voter.

It is a good time, in a year
when no elections are held in the
state. to discuss this important
question. Politics cannot enter
into the argument to influence or
cloud the vital points at issue
land a fair examination is more
likely to be made.

Objection to an educational
test for voters will come from the
cities and larger towns, because
every political roustabout can
manufacture an adverse feeling
in opposition. out of the infer-
ence that it is a scheme to give
the learned an opportunity toop-
press the unlearned. Universal
suffrage is sustained by the senti-
ment of universal liberty in this
country. acting upon the theory
that the former is a sequence or
completing factor of the other.
But our government has learned
that there can be no universal
liberty of action, and has re-
stricted the freedom of action of
certain classes from the fact of
their state or condition. Persons
are denied entrance at our ports
who have not certain necessary
qualifications for becoming good
citizens. If persons are landed
who were not fitted to become
useful citizens for various causes,
in their native land, they are
sent back again. The whole Chi-
nese population is barred, be-
; cause of their unfitness to become
‘ good citizens of our republic.

There is precedent enough, and
we need not allude to specific
cases. to sustain a law to exclude
from the privilege of the elective
franchise all persons whose ina-
bility or incapacity unfits them
to understand and determine for
themselves the questions at issue
before the people and which are
to be settled by intelligent action
‘before the ballot box, Such a
provision might be construed as
a species of intellectual oppres-
sion, but the tyranny of ignor-
ance is a greater evil. and gov-
ernment sooner or later must
take cognizance of it.

The inability to read and intel-
ligently comprehend the under-
lying principles of our govern-
ment, and consequently to form
an intelligent opinion for them-
selves, perverts the act of voting
int-o a purchasable. commodity,

self. but the fair presuniption is
that he will. or. what is equival-‘

out to it. vote as another dictates. j
thus giving that other man more.
power at an election than lie is-
entitled to in fairness and equity. 5
The ignorant voter is a constziiit *
menace to a republican form of;
government. and he must some-i
time be restrained by law.

MO}-

The Agricultural College au-
thorities are contemplating Zl-
plan for “college extension" in
country places~that is. to bring
some of the things taught there
to classes near their homeswhere
instruction can be given by com-
petent authority, and studies can
be prosecuted and directed by
trained men. In the next issue
of the Visitor we hope to have
an outline of the work presented,
with some of the advantages of
such a course of instruction.
Granges will be asked to do some
pioneer work in‘ the matter. and
will be expected to become es-
pecially interested in the experi-
ments. This hint is given only
as a foreshadowing of what may
be looked for in the fut-ure.

_ . +-,..

In another column will be
found the communication from
the Worthy State Lecturer upon
the importance of fitly celebrat-
ing the twenty-fifth anniversary
of the birth of our order. Why
would not this be a good time to
infuse new life into some of the
slumbering organizations. and
start anew into a vigorous win-
ter campaign‘? A thousand new
members might be added to the
Grange on this fourth day of De-
cember. and the representatives
from the several counties go to
Lansing the next week to report
the glad tidings to the State
Grange. Isn't it Worth attempt-
ing‘?

Please Notice.

Michigan State Grange. Secre-
tary’s Office, Marcellus. Oct. 26,
189l.— Not all Secretaries of
county conventions have report-
ed names of representatives to
the State Grange to me. Will
they kindly do so at once?

I am furnishing the new song
book. “Grange Melodies," at $4
per dozen. or $2 per half dozen.

The supply of National Grange
Choir“ not yet being exhausted.
if any Granges wish to replenish
their number, they may be had
for 30 cents apiece. or $3 per doz-
en, until gone. Fraternally.

JE1\'NIl~j BL'EI.l..

Michigan State Grange Lec-
turers Oflice. Novi. Nov. ‘)6. ‘91.

Brothers and Sisters :——-It is
well known to all of you that
Dec. 4th. 1891. is the twenty-fifth
anniversary of our Order. That,
despite the oft—repeated prophe-
cy for many years that “It is a
mushroom and will soon vanish,"
etc.. it liveth and yet holds many
of its founders, true as ever.
within the circle. and fondly
cherishes the memory of those
who have “loosed hands" to join
the circle of loved ones above.
It is standing firm upon the foun-
dations which they laid so well,
and is steadily working out the
problem of aiding. educating and
elevating the farming people. in
accordance with the principles
they devised, continually grow-
ing stronger and spreading Wider.
It is Very proper that we should
celebrate that day. There is no

Patron who does not feel to re-

lul of the obligatioiis of _‘_'.'l‘1lll~
tude and respect which they 0\\'('
the ()i'der.

\\'orth_v l.ecI1ii'cs: This is cer-
tainly your (lay. too. (‘all your
lie-lpcrs and give ii prograiii cal-
culated to win. Tliis will. as pol-
iticians sziy. lie the opening of the
winter cziinpziigii. and l trust you
will rally as iiever before: and
we will expect to hear how well
you have perl'ornied the pzirt us-
sigiied you.

I§2irnc.stly aiid frziteriial1__v.

A. J. Ciiosiw. .li<..
I1. S. G. M.

Reduced Railroad Fare to the Na-
tional Grange Meeting.

Arrangeinents have been inude
with the “COIltl'2Ll Traffic Asso-
ciation." by which all delegates
and visiting members attending
the National Grange meeting, to
be held in Springfield. ()hio.coiii-
inencing on the lltli of Novem-
ber next, and passing over their
lines of road and those of "all
other Passenger Associations eo-
operating with them." can secure
passage to Springfield and return
for one and one third fare for the
roiiiid trip on the certificate plan.
When purchasing a ticket. take a
certificate from the ticket agent.
showing that you have paid full
fare to Springfield. I)l‘(‘:~'»(}lll'. that
to the Se(‘.l‘0l-ll1‘_Y of the National
Grange at Springfield. who will
certify thereon to your attend-
ance at that meeting. On pi-c»
senting that certificate to the
ticket agent at Springfield. l1(-,
will sell you a return ticket for
continuous passage over same
line for one third fare,
provided, that the ticket was dated
not more than three days before
the date of the meeting of the
National Grange, nor more than
three days after the commence-
ment of the meeting, and is pre-
sented within three days after
the adjournment."

By order of the Executive
Committee N. G. P. of H.

.1. J. W00l)MAN. Sec.

Paw Paw. Mich.. Oct. :.’2,1H‘.H.

It is not generally understood
that the Railway Association of
Michigan does not co-operate with
the other traffic associations in
giving excursion rates upon the
certificate plan, as the following
communication will show, and
consequently all Michigan people
who desire to secure the reduced
rates provided for in the above
circular must purchase tickets
and take the certificates at the
first station across the state line
in Ohio or Indiana.

J. J. WooDMAN.

Railway Association of Michi-
gan—Passenger Dep‘t-—0fiice of
the Sec'y. Detroit. Oct. 24th. '91.

J. J. Woodman, Esq. Paw Paw.
Mich. —Dear Sir:—I have your
favor of 21st inst. with refereiic.e
to the annual meeting of the Pat-
rons of Husbandry, and will have
to advise you that this Associa-
tion does not grant reduced rates
on the certificate plan. The only
rates that would be available for
the occasion are party rates up to
the gateways of Michigan terri-
tory, which are as follows:

“For parties originating at one
point, ticketed to the same des-
tination. of ten or more and less
than fifty, two cents per mile in
each direction for the round trip.
For parties of fifty or more. un-
der the saine conditions, one and
one-half cent per mile. or one
fare for the round trlp; tickets
good going only on date of sale
and limited for return within five
days. Also. one-way party rates
for parties of ten or more travel-
ing together on one ticket, of two
cents per mile per capita. tickets
good going only on date of sale."

- Yours respectfully,

R. E. DOWNING.


NOV. 1, 1891

THE G-BANG-E VISITOR. 

The Grange in Public Life. iholds the bread. If farmers at i We must avoid all partisan dis- 1 strolls through the poultry shed,
Although the primary objectlat this time will only display cnssion. or controversy, in the;

of the Grange is the advancement’
of the interests of agriculture,
yet it must be admitted that the
achievement of this object alone
cannot place the farmer in a po-
sition before the public which he
can and should occupy. Although
largely in the majority in almost
all legislative and social associa-
tions, the leadership is too fre-
quently placed in the hands of
those who have no interest in
common with the farmer——men
who too often are inclined to feel
that the representatives from the
rural districts are like clay in the
potter's hands, ready and willing
to be moulded to such purposes
as their futile brain and unscru-
pulous mind may suggest.

In general intelligence, in good
sound common-sense, in a fair un-
derstanding of all questions of
public policy and in the ability
to form opinions the adoption of
which will be for the public good.
the average farmer is the peer of
any one with whom he may be
associated. If, then, he is pos-
sessed of all these essential qual-
ifications, why cannot he lead in
all matters of a public nature as
well as to transfer the leadership
to others? Is it not because. he
lacks confidence in himself?

Is it not a fact that those who
formulate and develop ideas of
public policy are those who are
not directly interested in agricul-
ture, and that the farmer, when
they are presented to him, wakes
rneekly up and adopts and incor-
porates them into the governing
methods of society?

The trouble is not that we have
no remedy. but that we are too
reluctant about applying it. The
Grange, as at present organized.
and as it ought to be conducted.
is the Moses which is to lead us
out of the wilderness of inactiv-
ity and indifference and elevate
the farmer. But high attain-
ments cannot be reached without
work. Each and every member
of the Grange must do his or her
part of the work in hand. The
Grange, in order to act as a re-
medial agent. must be preemi-
uently an educator. and its influ-
ence will be felt in the propor-
tion that the members develop a

"staying" qualities, they will.
beyond all possible contingencies,
realize fair prices for grain.

The price may not go to the
extreme limit suggested by the
sanguine, but they will and must
advance. Will the farmer secure
that advanced price, or give it
to the speculator I This is a
time when "haste makes waste."
Not one bushel of wheat should
be sold for less than $1.00 per
bushel. It should bring more;
it would be the fault of the
farmerif it brings less.

Good times for the farmer will
not end this year; the worlds sur-
plus will be exhausted and next
years crops will be demanded as
soon as ready for the market. and
we may confidently expect that
the phenomenal production of
cereals. and farm products of the
past few years.

again outstrip consumption. A ;
good demand forour products will M

insure good prices and fair profits
to farmers.

The money thus received will
part of it be used to pay debts:
the rest should be carefully in-
vested and the farmer should
have learned from past exper-
ience to “pay as you go." This
policy strictly adhered to, will
make the farmer a “king" in his
own dominion; and he can look
with undisturbed complacency
upon the despondent speculator.
who has heretofore lived upon
the “sweat of the farmer's face.”

Now only have we reason to
congratulate ourselves upon
better prices for our produce,
but we are also to be congratulat-
ed that the dollars thus received
will buy more farm and family
supplies than ever before in the
recollection of the “oldest inhab-
itant." With such conditions
surrounding the farmer. it occurs
to me that we should no longer
disparage our calling. but accept
with thankfulness the bright
present, and more hopeful future.

We need not, because of present
favorable circumstances, lose in-
terest in the public questions
which are being discussed by our
people. No one is more anxious
for good government than the
farmer. No one will receive

capacity for thoughtful consider- greater iT1l“1'.Y from 3 mistaken

ation of questions of public im-
portance. It is not enough that
we attend the stated meetings of
the Grange~we must become
active participants in all its ex-
ercises.

One great object of the Grange
should be to encourage all efforts
which will tend to place the
farmer upon an equal footing
with those whom heretofore he
has been following. Let earnest
effort be made in this direction
and it will not be long before the
farmer will take his stand as the
peer of any class. To this end
great effort should be made to
encourage the young to give ex-
pression to their thoughts upon
all questions of public import-
ance and. above all, to be self-
reliant: Whatever influence the
Grange may exert in public af-
fairs. its fraternal relations never
should be lost sight of: these
should be kept sacred and invio—
late.-«D. Lyman, Conn.

Office of Master of National
Grange. P. of H., Delto, 0.,
Sept. 30. 1891. I desire to con-
gratulate the members of our
Order, and farmers generally.
upon the brighter future for
Agriculture in the United States.

A bountiful harvest has been
garnered. The prospect for good
prices for our surplus was never
better. As the crops are market-
ed a large amount of money will
be put in circulation in the rural
districts. and “hard times" will
give place to better times, for all
of which we should be devoutly
thankful to the "Giver of all
good." Every farmer should
turn the year's crops to the best
possible advantage, and thus
realize an -‘honest share for wife
and home of what the harvest
yields."

Farmers should not be deceived
or bullied by those who desre to
secure possession of the product
of the year's labor at‘prices which
will permit the buyer to realize
exorbitant profits. There is an
almost unpreceedented shortage
in the staple food products of
Europe. Our surplus, although
large, will all be required. “The
people must be fed, and Heaven
gives the power to the hand that

 

policy. Farmers should there-
fore study and examine thoughly
every proposed change of law or
policy, We cannot afford to
trust implicitly in the wisdom of
political leaders. Where there
is a direct issue. one side at least
must be the wrong side. It is
our duty to discover the wrong
side of every issue, and antagon-
ize it vigorously, even if it be-
comes necessary to sever rela-
tions that are valued. We should
not act hastily however, nor be
unduly influenced by men who
talk more than they think. We
should listen to all who seem
honest and earnest. but
We must learn to seperate the
wheat from the chaff.

Every farmer understands that
no matter how large his pile of
wheat may be, the pile of chaff
is much the largest. Many pro-
phets. heretofore unheard of, are
now making a very great noise.
Some of them may be False
Prophets, talking for profit. I
trust that if there be such. they
will find no following in our
Order. The political campaign
upon which the people are enter-
ing in several of the States is
likely to be a heated one. and
while the temptation to say harsh
things of those who differ with
us. is often great. I hope that we
shall be able to overcome such
temptations. remembering that

will not soon ':

Grange hall, and take no action
as an order, for or against any
-political party or candidate. As
findividuals, we can do our whole
Tduty, without in any way com-
ipromising the Order. Any one

who urges partisan action. either
:does not understand our princi-
iples, or is willing to sacrifice
:them for some selfish purpose.
{Of such beware. We should not
forget in the heat of the cam-
‘paign. that ours is a social or-
‘ ganization, and every effort
I should be made to cultivate pleas-
ant social relations. a fraternal
‘feeling. and a patriotism that

rises far above more partisanship.
.Remember our motto: “In essen-
‘tials. Unity: in non-essentials,

Liberty: in all things. Charity.
1 J. H. Bltlul-I.-XM.
“Master. National Grange. P. of H.
— C3}

Farmer Jones Moralizes.

Farmer Jones dot-sn't often
.lllO1‘itllZG. but occasionally he has
‘an experience that makes him re-
lflect. until he is ready toexclaim.
illl the words of Holy Writ: “Van-
ity of vanities. all is vanity!"

The latest cause which pro-
duced the moralizing effect was
the local “agricultural fair“—by
courtesy “so-called. Jones at-
tended the fair, and his experi-
ence caused the fit of moralizing.

The first “agricultural pro-
duct” Jones observed on entering
the grounds was a stand well
supplied with peanuts, pop corn.
and various “soft drinks," with
others not so soft. that a well-
regulated wink would bring forth.

These don't detain Jones, for
he is a “proliib,” so he saunters
on to the next place. That proves
to be the “merry-go-round,which
does a land office business. hence
might be classed as agricultural.
Jones is pleased with the show.
but don‘t learn much about suc-
cessful farming from it. so passes
on and is invited to throw some
harness rings over some nickel
canes, standing heads up, so the
victim of misplaced confidence.
who trusts in skill or luck, suc-
ceeds about one time in ten at-
tempts. hence pays 50 cents for a
five—cent cane. Hardly agricul-
tural. is it? And Jones passes
on to the next, but its of the
same stamp, only cheap knives
take the place of canes. A wheel
of fortune next arrests the stroll
of our rural friend. and the crisp
bills of large denomination look
tempting. Too tempting they
prove to the crowd from the ru-
ral districts who eagerly invest
their spare change in the vain
hope of securing the coveted
wealth.

The next attraction proves to
be a barrel of sweet cider retail-
ed at five cents a glass, but the
retailer is the village saloon
keeper, who understands the
profits arising from purchasing
by the barrel and selling by the
glass. Jones has plenty of cider
at home, so he crowds his way
on and emerges from the press
to find himself near the cattle
sheds; there he can saunter at
will with none to jostle him—only
the judges (who are making
haste that they may see the next
race) and a few curious women
and children from the city who
come to see a real live cow that
gives pure milk, but they have
some doubts about its being the
kind their milkman keeps.

Suddenly Jones realizes that
he is alone. and looks around to
find the grounds, except the
places he first visited, deserted:
but looking further he discovers
ia dense crowd bordering the race
‘track, so he hastens to see what

: theplant might use for food except
and goes back to see the next the sand itself. it was carefully
race. That done. he thinks he'll washed with water and then
view the attractions of fioralfheated It was put into glass
hall. but discovers that nine~§jars, water was added and minute
tenths of the space is given upiquantit-ies of chemical salts were
to the merchants to display their = dissolved in it. Dwarf peas.
wares and sell their groceries. iplanted in this sand, grew to :1.
Jones paused to wonder why it;height of eight feet. while peas
should be so. and why this largelof the same kind. planted by a
hall should not be given up toiskilful gardener in the rich soil
agricultural products and domes- i of a garden close by. reached a
tie manufactures. or else the height of only four feet.

name of the society changed.

Jones at last discovers where
the fruits, grains, vegetables and
various products of the farm are
jumbled together until they re;
semble a Dutch stew, minus the!
cooking. The display is really
creditable. but the space so lim-
ited that the articles are crowded
and so are the people who try to
view them. as Jones discovered
to his sorrow when a two liund
red pound banker trod on his
pet corn.

Jones discovers that the display
of agricultural implements con-
sists principally of light car-
riages. and as he has arrived at
the conclusion that it don't pay
to buy them for the hired man to
hang around, he resolutely re-
fuses to become interested in
them. even when the hired man
and his oldest son call his atten-
tion to the fine finish and new
styles, so the hired man discon-
solately hunts up his bride, and
the two stroll about eating pea-
nuts and wondering why Jones
is so stingy.

Night finds Jones tired and his
corn sore. as he wends his way
to his team, only to find some
one has taken his whip and cush-
ions. Later the hired man comes
home with a broken carriage
wheel (Jones’ carriage) that some
one has run into while the hired
man was displaying the speed of
Jones’ best horse.

The next day, after Jones gets
anew whip, new cushions. and
pays for fixing the wheel, he
comes to the conclusion that “ag-
ricultural fairs" may be a good
thing. but that. they come high.

Jones thinks there should be :1
reform in the manner of conduct-
ingihe fairs. but as he isn't a
progressive farmer. he may be
mistaken. A. L.

Eaton Rapids.

- --—4o>—v -

WAsHiN(‘.'roN, D. (7., Oct. 15),
1H$J1—Ei>. VISITOR: In accord-
ance with the provisions of its
constitution and the resolution
adopted at the session of 1890 the
‘_‘5th session of the National
Grange of the Patrons of Hus-
bandry will be held in the city of
Springfield, Ohio. commencing
on “the first Wednesday after
the second Wednesday in Novem-
ber." (l1thproximo,)at 11 o'clock
a. in. The sessions of the Grange
will be held in the new city hall.

Accommodations for the Na-
tional Grange have been secured
at t-he Arcade hotel, at the fol-
lowing rates: For persons shar-
ing rooms where two or more
beds are, $2 per day. Single
room. occupied by man and wife.
or two persons.  per day each.
Single room. occupied by one
person.  per day. Heating and
lights included in each and all of
these prices.

_ ,_ < . ._, ,

The following we clip from the
Cincinnati Grange Bulletin re-
garding the reception which is
to be tcnderotl to members and
visitors to the National (lrango
at Springfield:

The liig-hearted l)usiiis-ss int-n
and all classes of citizens of
Sp1‘ing‘ficld will give the National
and State (Rranges such a cordial
ro<-option as will leave no doubt
as to the gciiuiiieness of their
well known hospitality. The
board of trrulo have appointed a
coiniiiittee to set-iire the large
warcroonis of the East St. shops.
where will be hold an exposition
of every kind of iiiacliinery made
in Springfield. the sanie to bi‘
open free, day and night. to all
visitors during the entire session
of the Grange. This step has
been taken in thoughtful consid-
eration of saving steps and time
to their guests.

Everything is being done to
make this joint session of the Na-
tional and State G ranges a meni-
orable occasion, and the Patron
who fails to participate will iiiiss
an opportunity which may never
come again. Let the Order of
Patrons of Husbandry take pos-
session of hospitable Springfield
on the lltli of November and hold
it until the close of the sessions,
and prove by their usual good
conduct and appreciation that
they can be as welcome guests as
the good people of Springfield
will be generous. iioblo-liearted
hosts.

~ C O G
How I'M (In-or Pl-“\'ll' .‘. .\l;iii.'il foi (‘o-opt-i'.’ii-its
By ll(:l‘lH‘I'l .\lj.'iick. 352 pages; 3; illn-iration~..
()(‘l.'I\‘()', prim-, Si._',o. .’\'4:w Y--ik The ()i.'ingi-
jnxld ('o., 52 and 3.; l.1lf.’l}'(*ll(‘ ])l2I(’l'.

This book describes the how
rather than the wherefore of co-
operation. In other words. it
tells just how to co-operate. that
is, how to manage a co-operative
store. farm. factory. co-operative
dairying. banking and fire insur-
ance. and cooperative farmers‘
and women’s exchanges for both
buying and selling. The direc-
tions given are based. not on the-
ory, but on the actual experience
of successful co-operative enter-
prises in all parts of the United
States. a full list of which is giv-
en in the appendix. The book is
a revelation as to the extent and
success of co-operative work in
this country. while its value is
heightened by being confined to
practical directions and details
for organizing and operating (:0-
operative enterprises of all kinds.
These directions are based on suc-
cessful co-operators, who save 6
to 1;": per cent on all they have to
buy, and make an extra profit of
from 5 to 20 per cent on all -they
have to sell. The character and
usefulness of the book coinmciid

The Secretary expects to be in

Springfield on Monday. a. iii..i

Nov. 9th.
By order of the Executive Com-
mittee. JOHN 'l‘1m1in.r:.

Sec'y National Graiigc.
-4 -—< 0 >—- —

Notes from the Century Co.

Prof. W O. Atwater. of Wesley I

an University. contributes an
article to 1.he forthcoming No-
vember Century on “The Food-

it to the attention of all men and
. women who desire to better their
condition. It makes co-operaiioii
la ])l'ZL('.l.l(5£1-l reality. rather than a
.tl1e01'otical‘ possibility.

<0}-

i
Branch C‘-ountyl_’omoii:i(1r:uigo
{held a meeting Oct. 1.") at llatavia
Grange hall. Thoiigh the day
was rainy. with one (:X('(‘.])1iuI).
§every (lrange in the county was
lrepresentcd. The reports froin

difference of opinion is no crime. ;attraction is there displayed. He

I am writing this circular for a ; arrives-in time to see half-a-dozen
two-fold purpose.— First, to say , foaming horses, with heads
a few words of good cheer to the ‘I drawn up as high as possible,
farmer who has been in hard , rush past, and Jones climbs on

lines in the past, and Second, to
urge our members to guard well
their utterances in the campaign.
It is well known that every exist-
ing party has followers in our
ranks. Also, that there are those
who earnestly favor the forma-
tion of still another party. All
this is entirely proper, but none
in their zeal for that in which
they believe. question the honesty
of purpose to those who differ
with them. Let the contest be
marked with earnestness, but
not with bitterness. The man
who loses his temper, and resorts
to personal abuse, generally does
so because he lacks arguments
to sustain his cause.

the fence to cheer with the rest.
The winning horse is at once the
center of attraction, and Jones.
who prides himself on being a
good judge of horses, becomes
so excited he bets several dollars
and watches with feverish anx-
iety the next two heats, only to
learn with sorrow that his fast
horse is the last one in the race.
Jones is sadder, but wiser.

With feelings of disgust Jones
hunts up the pens where the
swine root and eat, but his
thoughts don’t run on the price
of pork, or the comparative val-
ues of different breeds. Thus he
can walk on, glancing into each
pen: takes a peep at the sheep;

supply of the Fut,u1~e" E11,.) fu=_,«1 1,si1bordinate Graiigcs showed that
in a series which will liavv es- i U10 (‘il‘3T1.‘%”0S in “Will?-1,1 ‘?‘”ml.Y
pecial ‘value to f9_1-mm-_.;_ The T are upon a solid foundation. The
.w1-jter 139119‘-es mm the d0(;[1-jn(§ * hearts of all prcseiitwcro touched
of 1\1a1thug._th3_t, the time win j and saddened as the death of the
come when there vvil] not be food ‘‘ “Y()l‘tlly St(éVVZll'(l. All)Ql‘t  R()t*,.
enough f01- th9huma11]'ace_ Owing was announced. and the memori-
to the theory that population in- 3111 0-X‘3I“<_-‘i585 C0T1<ll"-‘$011 by "10
creases in a geometric-a1 and food. 1 Worthy Lecturer were but a fit-
supply in an arithmetical ratio—- i ting tribute to his inemory. _ In
is one which need give the world 5, ‘the ilfmmoon ‘he WW1-hy 1400'
no uneasiness, Owing to the great l turer took the meeting in charge

advances that are being made in
chemistry.

Science has shown what are
essential factors in vegetable

production. and plants can now’

be grown in water or in sand by
adding the proper chemicals.
Prof. Atwater gives the result of
an interesting experiment recent-
ly made in his laboratory. Sea-
sand was brought from the shore

of Long Island Sound. To divest
of every possible inaterial which

and executed a varied and inter-
esting literary program. Excel-
lent music was furnished by the
3Batavia Grange c.hoir. Every
'one went home feeling that it
was worthy the effort even of rid-
ing for miles in the storm to at-
tend such a meeting.
CARRIE L. FISKE, Sec.

-—v——¢o

A faded and discolored heard is un-

tidy and a misfortune. It may be pre-

vcntcil by using Buckiiigliaiirs Dye for
tho Wliiske1's, a never failing remedy.

 


F‘.-‘ti’?-“r. '

NOV, l, 1891

Sabics’ Department.

TI-IE G-RANGE VISITOR.

stimulate the historian such as
‘has not since been spread before

-‘any class of writers.

November. J;

Lingering fretwork of russet and crimson.
Soft tones of gray in the sea and the sky;
Rondels from bluebird and throstle and swallow,
As toward the jessamine thickets they fly;
Loud-chanting torrents, encrusted with carmine
Hung from the boughs like a deluge of flame;
Golden-crowned gorse and imperial asters.
Yielding their bloom to the frost‘: ruthless
claim,
Dark lines of storm birds; pellucid rain fringes;
Passionate songs from the deep. pulsing wind;
Weird. witching ‘ugues from the pines and the
cedars.
Chorals upraiscd, front the billows cmbrined—-
Mystic November! 0 brief intcrtnezzo,
Set, the year's glory and dying, between;
Leading us into. by rich modulations,
Silence and sleep and l)ecctnber's pale sheen!
——Hclen Chase. in American Magazine.
-<¢ >—~--v- «

The Ministry of Autumn.

Through graceful forest arches, hung
\Vith gold and ctimson drapery,

The SllI]bt,'£tlllS slant, and wild birds flit.
And sing their farewell melody.

Pu-ni-atli our t‘.:Il't:lt:s’S, loitering lIt:Jl(l
The dead lI:2|\'(:.s rustle on the giound.

W'liile here and thcte beside our path
Only a few late flowets are found.

Thc inst-,s sweet of summer time
Lic dead. Tlit:ywitl1cit~.tl long ago,

As litany a prospect onct: so btight
Can now but faded outlines show

Yet. in these pr-nsivc antutnn hours.
VVhilt- mt-n1'ry takcs a lingering \'lt.'V.',

Regret not. though the blight hath fallen
Ali]-tc on hopes and toscs, too.

For therc arc: hours of deeper joy
Than those that wear (ht: early sh: en,
Tht.-re are $rJlllt'llIll(3s' that only light
The leaves that air: no long!-r gm.-cit.

The Romans approximated in
history alone their Greek mod-
els. The natural life of the R0-
mans was, for a time. such as to
interest and develop the spirited
historian; but as the empire de-
clined history failed.

the activity of the old world was
making history. many eminent
recorders of it were developed—
Italians. Frenchmen and Dutch-
men; but after the thirty year's
war history almost disappeared
for a century and a half. and
when again revived its distin-
guishing features were changed.

The new style of history has.
to a great extent, qualities and
aims opposite to those of their
predecessors; literary form is
somcwhatignorcd. but it is la-
borious in rescarcli and recog-
nizes the fact that the tnasses. in
their relations to each other, are
subjcct to influcnccs that pro-
duce evolution and growth the
sanic as are found in other forms
of life.

Paiustaking. exact and truth-
fuli and valuable for these quali-
ties. yet what future student will
find therein that subtle cha1'm we
tncct with in the olden chronicles?

(‘omtc has said that “tlie most

The time of cztlmt.-st happiness,
\‘\/hcn pt.-:t(.c reigns in the ait',
ls whcn the tipc and golden sltcavt.-s
Stand hound upon thc hillsidt: fail.
\.Vhilc through the soft and hazy light
That shimmt.-ts 0\'(tl wood and hill,
Tlu:lamlsr:tpt- lu\'L:ly¥\'ltcI1lltc Slllli'.:
Of summer shone, is lovely still.
' The bright pristmttic coloring
Glcatus through a tnellow atlnosphr-re
A chastened radiance rests upon
The brilliance of the dying yu-ar.
Rt-grct not that the joys have fled
lly parted summer fondly cltctislic-(l,
Their beautiful retncttibrance keep.
But be content tho’ they have petishcd.
Find. in the autumn's whispers sweet,
Find, in her peaceful ministry.
The calm, the restful quietudc
That she has treasured up for thee.

—~[llustrated Christian \Veckly.
— - ~ -~-——<+}—--

History.

This word. without any de-
scriptive adjectives attaching
thereto. has. since the time of
Herodotus. by whom it was first
used. been applied to a descrip-
tion of man in all his varied re-
lat-ions——religious. moral. com-
mercial. political and literary. 
far as these are the result of gen-
eral influences extending to
masses of men. The two princi-
pal divisions. sacred and profane.
are subdivided into natural. phil-
osophical and personal.

History. in its comprehensive
and broad sense. has been grad-
ually evolved frotn ancient tra-
dition. aad many men of later
times have labored long and faith-
fully to discover the dividing line
betwcen the two, and found it
very difficult to determine at
what point authentic history be-
gan.

Primitive man has no history.
Long years passed of which no
knowledge could be had but
through tradition. Some claim
the beginning of history to have
been the records of the Old Test-
ament. while others name other
times and works.

It is said that early historians
were never painstaking regard-
ing facts. but that a good story
was told in an impressive man-
ner and appreciated for itself.

Thcancicnt was the artistic
style and much attention was
paid to the manner as well as
matter: dignity of language and
perfection of literary form were
sought after.

The growth of actual knowl-
edge and the substitution of the
political for the heroic sentiment.
lead to a more careful and scru-
tinizing style without an entire
sacrifice of the artistic. This
style retained favor until com-
paratively recent dates.

The Greeks were masters in
the artistic style of history;
their appreciation of proportion,
harmony and grace, was shown
in their works of history as well
as in any of their arts.

Certain epochs are favorable
to great historians, as certain
developments are always pro-
duced by certain surroundings
and influences.

Well may the Greeks have
been favored as historians, for
they enjoyed exceptional advan-
tages. That collection of small
states so full of activity in polit-
ical life, so many wars, brief al-
liances and revolutions,furnished
a mass of interesting material to

important facts in history are
tlic best known and the least de-
pendent on tninutcncss of detail
for their true appreciation.
History has an ethical as well
as a documcntary side.
and verse. important as they arc.
are sometimes a little oppress-
ive. The most
knowledge of authorities will
not give a dull man insight into
character. Old historians were
strong where their successors
are weak, and the converse.
They aimed chiefly at portraiture
and succeeded. Amid a crowd

of errors on smaller matters,
they would catch the true expres-
sion of a physiognomy and hit
off the salient points of a char-
acter with an insight and success
which subsequent inquiry is often
unable to modify.

But modern men of research.
of the school of skeptics, and.
undervaluing all but the best es-
tablished facts. have been delv-
ing among old time lore and with
relentless energy cast shadows
of uncertainty where they could
not totally destroy.

What idols have they not cast
down! What a wealth of ro-
mance have they not swept away!

Even modern history escapes
not the relentless touch of some
of these vandals. What modi-

cutn of appeal to the finer sensi-
bilities of mankind it clianccs to
ptisscss. they clutch with greedy
fit1gct‘_.s‘ to destroy.

But is not theirs a thankless
task? Who, for example, wishes
to be told there was no Pocahon-
tas? Or if her existence be ac-
knowledged, that she was too re-
tiring and prosaic a maiden to
have adopted the tragic and im-
passioned manner ascribed to
her. of pleading for the life of
that member of the large Smith
family whose name was John‘?

Who cares to have the ancient
tales of chivalry and romance

attacked by heartless critics?
and be told of each fair. entranc-
ing scene that it was but an em-
bellishment from the teemingnn-
agination of some romancer who
was posing, for the notice, as
historian?

Too deeply have they searclicd
with the prying probe of criti-
cism!

We are happier. far, with our
old beliefs which may prove in-
spirations. for the spirit of emu-
lation is rife.

"What mortal man has done
mortal man may do.” If his
ideals are high; if he deems his
models worthy of following. he
will be spurred to noble effort,
and may reach heights he ne'er
would gain but for the incentive
of shining examples. M.

o

Woman's Work.

 

 

When the National Grange
saw fit to create a department.
known as Woman’s Work, in the
Grange, and gave it in special
charge of the sisters, we should
strive to make it an honor to our-

selves and to the National Grange.
It is true, the work has not taken
root and prospered as we would
have liked or desired that it
should, and is yet but a bud com-

pared to what it will be when the

In the sixteenth century when!

Chapter

exhaustive

flower is full grown. I think it
is not front a lack of interest
that the work makes haste slow- .
ly. but frotn a lack of knowledge‘
of whatisexpectedof us. Sisters, ;
it is not some great work thatl
fwe are asked to perform, but’
isimply the filling in of little de-
]tails of our Order, aside from the
-‘regular routine.
l Reforms must move slowly in
; the Grange. as well as elsewhere,
land several years ago. when the
ibrothers, discouraged. began to
fdrop from the ranks because
ltheir coffers were not running
,over it was the sisters who. stead-
;fast in the faith, took firm hold
j and held many a Grange together
luntil brighter days shed cheer-
ging light over the Order. There
;are doubtless a great many new
‘Grangcs. and no doubt some Old
ones. not yet supplied with the
-necessary pzu-aphernalia for thc
{conferring of the dog1‘ccs. Here!
‘is a work for the committee to‘
attend to at once. You will find
.that it will add greatly to the in-
terest. and the admonitions and.
injunctions the candidates receive,-l
from each officer will become
more fixed in their minds. Visit
ithc sick in your Grange. Show
_1 them that you arc it sister indeed
‘as well as in name. There may
be some in your vicinity who
‘would like to join. but are timid
‘about coming unuskcd. Make it
}a point to ask all to join us to
1VVllOlll it will be a bcncfit to them.
:as \\'(‘.ll as to our Order. There
,niay be some of our members
‘that have not attended the meet-
; lugs for some reason. Visit them
land induce them to attend more
(regularly. as it is by regular at-
ltendance that the interest is
l kept up and the Grange flourishes.
Sisters. take hold of this work in
deep earnest, for it is the only
organization where woman meets
. man on equal footing. For there,
lunlike the political arena, we
are not obliged to stay at home
you election day, but actually com-
Ipete for the different offices. In

 

that we also have the the advant-
age over the brothers. as some
ofiices in the Grange cannot be
filled by the brothers. while all
can be filled by the sisters.
Quoting from National Grange
choir:
“May heaven the glad day hasten,
‘When in a fratertrnal hand,
\’Vt: may number in our Order
I All who till this smiling land,
I As a mighty host with banners.
I Peat‘,efttl victories will we gain,
I Moved by right's resistless purpose,
; Held by lovc's electric chain."
‘ «Mrs. Ida Shuler. in Farm:-rs liiiend.
" <o > -
‘E Nerves.
[ When a woman plans to do too
lmuch in one da ', and Nets dis-
; _ _ .3 o
‘satisfied with herself and all her
ifamil because she does not Get
y to

‘through with it all in that time.
ynerves are usually at the bottom
‘of it.
i When a naturally good-natured
little mother begins to grow irri-
itable, and cannot hear the noise
,'of the children's laughter, and
'jumps with fright if the door
bangs. it is likely to be a case of
, "The Nerves," and when she
itells the little ones that she is
vtoo tired to answer questions. and
can't have them )laying around
ithe kitchen. and: hurilies them '
out of it before tiey ave time
;to argue over it a bit,1it1is a clear
case, for even the on dren un-
‘iderstood it. and agree among
, themselves that mzuntna is ‘ 'cross"
‘to-day and has got "tlie nervous"
fprctty bad. and carry off" their!
gtrcasures and their troubles to
lmore remote quarters.
; l\'ow if that little mother and all 4
her sister housekeepers who are l
{troubled with this disease will
;‘take a bit of advice from one who
it has had considerable practice and
‘experience with similar ‘cases.
;she will seat herself occasionally
through the day in the most com-
fortable chair she possesses,
lthrow her head against the back
of it, relax every tired and strain-
ed muscle in her body until head.
arms and legs hung off from her
like dead—weights, and sit there

 

for fifteen minutes, which will
do her more good than all ‘comes
that by and by the doctors are
going to prescribe for her.

Let her follow up this idea,
varying it occasionally with a:
glance through the latest
magazine at the time when she
feels most tired and hurried. and
she may save herself consider-
able sufiering and unhappiness
later on, as well as general dis-
comfort and anxiety for her fam-
ily.—A Sister Physician.

.__?__.____._._._

What Matters 1:? E
l
\\'hat matters it, my Cllrlollsf-l‘lt‘Il1i.V\'llt’l'€ilt‘\
()ur l:c.'tvenly harbor and our land at rt-st’
\Vhether it be beyond the azure skitg,
Orin some lower world. God knoweth best.
It offers safetv from our cares. and so
\‘v’hat matters whether it be high or low
It offers rest; what more should mortals know.’

Rest frotn the weariness of burdened days.
Of bitter longings and of evil hours.
Of duties leading us through darkened wavs
And into efiorts far beyond our powers, 1
Of dark temptations into secret sin,
01' constant labor. earth's poor gauds to win
Of spirits deafened by strife and din.

It matters nothing as to when or where
Vl/e find the haven and the welcome home;
Let curious doubt give place to trusting pray:-r,
And no weak soul through speculation roam.
VVe seek for scaled up secrets. hidden things;
inough for us if on eternal wings
Vile reach the country of those better things.
Vex not thy spirit, Uh, aspiring man!
But livc thy days as carnest workers must;
Nor try to pierce through God's tti_vstt~ti-ms plan
\Vhirh ubligatcs thee to a life of trust.
Sonic day. .\'(tlIlt‘¥\'i]t,'l‘t‘. while rountlcss ages toll.
Thy hungry llt'.ll’( shall (‘0ln}>Ttfl|t‘ll(l the whole.
Thc xcil he pgutcd for thy lllllllivtflll soul.
- J. lid_g'ir jt-tics.
--- - -<¢o— -— ---——-~

Keep the Girls on the Farm.

Urators have shouted them-
selves hoarse. and volumes have
l)f’(‘ll written. on the subject.
"Keep the boys on the farm."
Even poets have descended. un-
twisted their souls. and let fly
some touching sentiments in the
same channel. But all down
through these years ll1el‘t_‘, has
not been heard one solitary. with-
ered yip about keeping the girls
on the farm. No wonder the
girls have left. Such continued
public ignoring is an abundant
reason. Recently, however, wri-
ters ltave awoke to the import-
ance of having a few girls scat-
tered about in rural communi-
ties. They have become so lib-
eral. in fact, as to actually ac-
knowledge. in genuine print. that
farmers’ wives and daughters con-
tribute more than one-half (just
a shade more) to the success of
a farmers‘ business. It is also
admitted that in the life of a coun-
tr girl there is less variety,
more drudgery, than for a coun-
try boy.

The daily routine of dishes.
mops. beds. etc., resembles mo-
notony. To keep the girls on
the farm. therefore, diversity is
one of the questions to be con-
sidered. Julia Allyn writes the

culty consists in the perfortners
being unable to keep their risible
faculties under control. Tin-
thing is ludicrous in the extreme.
and to face an audience bubbling
over with merriment, and keep
in time and tune. is by no means
an easy task. if especially one of
the bassos is seized with a sudden
desire to sneeze. This. of course.
means a burst of laughter from
the fair notes, and false chords
as well. A few rehearsals, how-
ever, are sufficient to get the
singers well in hand.

So far. in England. the choruses
have been highly appreciated.
and have been in great demand
among hostesses. who are in
search of some new idea. ’cr-
haps the most ludicrous part of
the whole-pcrformancc is a peep
bchind the scctui-s. as thc decapi-
tated forms of thosc taking part
are clcvatcd at different stage-s
on the platform. —- Ex. T

-1 O }—

Dainty, But Sensible.

\Vl1uta delightful pcrson on.-
is who can be both dainty and
sensible. Tltcrc is thc tluitity
woman who scciiis to be for flu-
purpose of living l)t‘Zlllllflli and
attractivv by her dainty tlrcss
nndpolishcd manners. Stu-l1 is
the typical l“rcnch woman :11-
tircd in her l':tultl4-ss C()Hlllllli-
and liigli-lu-ch-d sliocs. or tin-
llt‘l'()lll(* of some pleasing .s‘i.()l‘_\'.
They are rcul band box spcci
mcns. who look prctty. act prcI,-
ty. and talk pretty: but of prac-
tical lifc and useful labor. tlu,-y
know nothing. Thcn tlu-rc is
the strictly st-nsiblc woman. who
sees only the stern realities oz‘
life. To hcr. the world is a.
place of work, rather than pk-as
ure. She is a good housekeeper,
and keeps everything scrupu-
lously neat. She understands
the art of cooking; but puts
things on the table in a generous,
wholesale way, as though her
only object was that people-
should have enough to eat. Tile.-
one with a delicate appetite-,
would probably be alarmed at
the thick slices of bread and
large pieces of meat. She docs
not think of arranging things in
the most delicate and appetizing

American Agriculturist:
Flowers are always in demand.
If some of the common wild
flowers. generally to a great de-
gree unknown in cities, were
found at a fashionable florist's.
high prices would be paid for
them. The fields and woods
abound in them, and if neatly
arranged with ferns. leaves, and
vines they would cotnmand a
ready sale. Many other occupa-
tions open to the girls might be
mentioned, such as raising cana-
ries and keeping bees. which
could be carried on together with
their household duties. The idea
of earning something is usually
the bait which allures the coun-

way. It was bread and meat,
just the same. and one way of
serving was just as good as an-
other—so she thought.

The dainty sensible woman is
the happy combination of the
two. She not only knows how
to work, but makes her work a.
pleasure rather than a drudgery.
She can even wash dishes and
clean lamp chimneys as daintily
and with as much care as though
she were arranging a bouquet of
flowers. Everything of a l'9ill1('(l
and delicate nature is a source of
great delight to her, though she
is not forgetful of the most com-
mon comforts of life. Her tea
table is a real picture in itself :

try maiden to the shops and fac-
tories and the evil influences of
crowded city life. Cannot more
varied industries be held out as
inducements by which "our girls"
in their quiet country homes may
become selfsupportitig and con-
sequently more contented.»—Ex.

— --——o+>———~

she knows how to prepare and
arrange each dish in the most
appetizing and attractive way:
burnt potatoes and soggy bread
are articles which never find
their way to her table. In what-
ever work she does. she leaves
the impress of refinement and
delicacy.

Singing Entertainment.

Society is always starting some i
new game. and the last invention
is one that causes quite as much
aniusomcnt  did Mrs. Jarley's
wax works. The inventor is a
lady, and it was first attempted
at her house in Gloucestorsliire.
England. The performers range =
themselves upon a small platform.
or rather. some on the platform
and some on the floor. and the
dozen heads of differed shape.
size and make, appear. as if hung
in mid-air. This idea has been
christened the “anthropophone, "
and it is simple to a degree.

A large framework is erected,
and covered with white calico.
Across this five strips of black
material are sewn, representing
the lines of the musical staff.
these being about eight inches
apart. The sign of the clef is
then added and lines to indicate
the stem of each note. There are
holes in this strip, placed at vari-
ous distances, and through these
holes pass the faces of the per-
formers. The female performers
stand on a raised platform, be-
hind the framework, while the
male stand on the floor. A mu-
sical instrument is played and
each performer has to follow as

his turn comes. The chief diffi-

With more sensible dainty
women. work would cease to be
a drudgery, and happiness would
be found in every household.
Ruth T. Stokes.

€ 0 } -
Some Things About Women.

A woman never forgets the
people who speak well of her
husband or praise her baby.

The first thing a woman no-
tices about a man is the color of
his eyes. She next looks to see
whether he blacks his boots.

Nearly every woman would
rather have you think well of her
mind than of her biscuit.

Ninety-nine women out of a.
hundred will eat up every cold
thing in the house before they
will begin to cook for themselves,
when there are no men folks
around.

When a woman gets to where
she no longer takes an interest
in a love story preparations for
her funeral might about as well
begin.

It is plain that the devil is
afraid of woman by the way he
has always fought against her.

As long as there are mothers
on earth God will have somebody
to help Him try to tell the world
what love is.—-Ram’s Horn.


'I'I-IE}

C3-Ei.A.1\T G-E

K]

NOV. 1,1891

VISITOR.

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Nearly a million households use it
as a reference book.

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

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Sent only upon

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receipt of 15 cents
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

(Jilin-rs National Grange.

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Curr’. Kn-:1-1-.11-—A. E. I-’At}I<.' ._Applcto1i City. Mo.
GER!-ZS MRS. J. H. l3l<l(;llA.\‘l__..__Delta. Ohio.
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LA1n'Ass"1Sri-:\v‘1)-MRS. . 5. I)()L'GI.ASS.....
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I-lxei-utive Committee.
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LE()I\'ARI) RHONE ._ ‘ nter Hall. Peiisylvania.
 X. CIiARTIl<2l\'S.  ..l'1't:(k-ricltsburg. Virginia
lfomniittee on \l'oman‘s ‘Work in the
(ii-anze.
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MRS II. II. \V(l()l)MAN ,Paw Paw. Mich.
MRS. ELI’/.'lll;‘TlI RL'S. . . .. ' '
Olin-c-rs Michigan State Grange.

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—M. T. C()I.l'I __. ....I’;ilni_vra.
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ii. N. TBS . . _ . _ _. ..,._,I\Ioli1ic.
GEO. ll. ll(>l<T()N.  .. ....l“1uit Ridge.
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jl£.\'.\ll-2II5l'I-LI.I. 1' """"‘°‘°‘.   M:i1'c<-llus
(£4-nernl Deputies.
Hon. C, (3. I.llCt‘. . .. .... .. .... .. . . . ..C0ldwatcr
Ilmi. J. J. Wuodinan.  . . 1"lW Paw
J. T. Cobb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Sclioolcraft
Jason \Vuo<lin.'ii1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Paw Paw
Mary A. Mayo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..l5attlcCreek.
special lleputh-1-1.
A. Luther‘ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .,Barr_v Co.
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R. V. Clark . . . . . .. liuchaiian. Bcrrien “
T. F. Rotlgurs.  . .. . . Ravenna. Muskegon "

Isaac A. West . . . . . .. North Brancli, Lapeer “
Jaiiies \Villia1ns.... . . . . ..Eastp0i‘t. Aiitriiii “
Ruben Alwzird . . . . . . . . . ..Huds01iville, Ottawa “
\V1n. Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . .CliarIev0ix. Charlevoix “
Conunittee on \!'oninu’u “'01-k in
the Grange.

 

Mrs. A. Gunnison _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , _ _ __Nortli Lansing.
Mrs. J. C. Goiild____ Paw Paw.
Mrs. A. D. MeRae .............. ..Traverse City.

Revised List of Grange Supplies.
Kept in the Oflice of Sec'y oi the

Michigan State Grange

And sent out post-paid on receipt of Cash
Order. over the Seal 0! a Subordinate
Grange, and the signature of its
Master or Secretary.

Porcelain ballot marbles, per hundred ...... .4 75
Secretary's ledger ........................... .. 1 00
Secretary’s record .......................... ._ 1 O0
Treasurer's orders, bound, per hundred ..... .. 50
Secretary's receipts for dues, “ ........ .. 50
Treasurer's “ ........................... . . 50
Applications for membership, per 100 ....... . . 50
Withdrawal cards, per dozen ................ .. 25
Dimitfl, in envelopes, per dozen _____________ _. 25
By-Laws of the State Grange, single copies, 10c;

per d0zeu.... ...............................
“ Glad Echoes," with music, single copies 250;

per dozen ................................. .. '
The National Grange Choir, single copy 400;

per dozen.... __............................. 4
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plies.
Address, MISS J ENNIE BUELL,
Sec’y 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 assimilation and
thus converts feed into muscle. milk and {at 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 fgrm,
buying a barrel at a time."

It is manufactured by Dr. L. 0berlioltzer’s Sons
& C0., Phcenixville, Pa, and sold at

Wholesale Prices--viz;

Barrels—a0ibs in bulk, 71/,0 per pound.
Boxes — 60ibs “ “ 8c “ “
“ 30lbs—5‘lb pack. 10c.

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THORNTON BARNES, N0. 241 North
Water St.,Philadelpliia, Pa.

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FRUIT

Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad.
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SI.-epiiiu cars, Grand ltzipids to Chii'.a1,5n, on No. 4.
Sh-ep1'i11.5 curs, Gruinl Rapid»-1 to (lin-
ciniiziti, on No. 6.
Nos. 5 and ti daily south of Grand Rapids.
All other trains daily except Siiiitlay.
C. Ila I1t)(lK\V()()I),
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WEST MICHIGAN R’Y_

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1 Just Away.
1 .

 I rannot say. and I will not say

I That he is (It.'.’l(I--IIL‘ is Just away!

;\Vith D. cheery smile. and a wave of the hand,

5 He has wzindcred into an iinkiiown land.

And left us dreaming how v(-r_vf:1ir

It needs must be. since he lingers there.

And you--0 _v0ti. who the wildest _V(:alll

For the old-time step and the glad return.-
Think of llllll, faring on. as dear

In the love 1»! There as the love of Here:

And loyal still. as he gave the blows

Of his warrior strength to his country's foe s,-—
Mild a11dge—1itle:, as he was bravr,-,
\\'lit:i1tl1l: swt-1-test love: of his lilit: he KIM!‘

To simple thi1igs———VVhcre the viulc-ts grew

Pure as the 1‘}t~s they v\'1-relilu-111-iltu.

The t<i1;r'l;1;s of his ha1iul- ll2l\'l‘. stiayi-«I

As rc\e1'I-1itl_v as his lips ll.t\'4‘ pr.i}¢ ll.
VVh»-11thr-little-I-iuwnilirnshtlzail1.ir~l.lycI:i1iz,-ll

\\:1s xiv-a1 toliiinastlié:i11r»<:lti111:l~ir1i

Anti hr piiiw-l:1s izmr-li:i<:linanin 141111

A \\'lI1lllllfl lit/Ilt_\’-I1t‘t. v.<-1 \v11'1i1.iin.
Thinl-' of l1i:::sti'1l.'1~ tln-<;1111:‘. I ~:«j.:
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J 'J1|IIl1‘S‘\\'IlIl"UIIlIlI{Ill':-'.
‘ < or 9

Lincoln and the Portrait Painters.

Th:-. our-stioii of looks (l(-p()l1tl-
i('tl in lliiicoliiis 1-ass: \'e1'y Illll(‘ll
upon his moods. The lzi1’g<.-
f1';iniew01'k of his feutiires was
,L‘l't'2llly modified by the emotions
which controlled them. The most
delicate touch of the painter oft-
en wholly cliunges the expression
of ti portrait: his inability to find
that one needed niaster touch
causes the ever-recurring wreck
of an artist's fondest hopes. In
21 countenance of strong lines and
rugged masses like Lincoln's, the
lift of an eyebrow, the curve of a
lip, the flash of an eye. the move-
ments of prominent muscles cre-
ated a much wider facial play
than in rounded immobile coun-
tenances. Lincoln's features
were the despair of every artist
who undertook his portrait. The
writer saw nearly a. dozen. one
after another, soon after the first
nomination to the presidency, at-
tempt the task. They put into
their pictures the large rugged
features, and strong prominent
lines: they made measurements
to obtain exa-ct proportions; they
“petrified" some single look, but
the picture reiiiaiiied htird and
cold. Even before these paint-
ings were finished it was plain to
see they were unsatisfactory to
the artists tliemselves‘. and much
more so to the intimate friends
of the man: this was not he who
smiled. spoke, laughed.cha.1-med.
The picture was to the man as
the grain of sand to the moun-
tain. as the dead to the living.
Graphic art was powerless be-
fore a face that moved through 21
thousand delicate gradations of
line and contour, light and shade.
sparkle of the eye and curve of
the lip. in the long gamut of ex-
pression from grave to gay. and
back again from the rollicking
jollity of laughter to that serious.
far-away look that with prophet-
ic intuitions beheld the awful pan-
orama of war, and heard the cry
of oppression and suffering.
There are many pictures of Lin-
coln; there is no portrait of him.
In his case there was such a dif-
ference between the hard literal
shell of the physical man, and
the fine ideal fibre, temper, and
aspiration of his spirit; the ex-
tremes were so far apart that no
photograph or painting of the
former could render even an ap-
proximated representation of the
la.tter.—“Lincoln‘s Personal Ap-
pearance.” by J. G. Nicolay; in
the October Century.
. . . _...._ _
The Bread of the Tropics.

It is safe to say that in Jamaica
alone. whence we derive nearly
one-third of our banana supply,
the waste mounts up into the
hundreds of thousands of bunches
each year, though less than one-
tenth of the available banana
land is yet under cultivation.
Bunches that are undersized, or
that contain a certain proportion
of undeveloped “fingers,” are
rigorously cast out by the buy-
ers, and at many of the ports
these may be had for the asking,
or at a. purely nominal price. The
writer has often seen such, and
bunches that were too far ad-
vanced in the ripening process to
stand shipping, left on the wharf
after 13. vessels departure,wit;h no
one anxious to claim them, the
supply of rejected fruit being so
far in excess of the needs of the
immediate community, nearly all
of whom were themselves bana-
na producers.

Yet, as Von Humboldt; has es-
timated, 33 lbs. of wheat and 99
lbs. of potatoes require the same
space of ground as will produce

H.000 lbs. of bananas. and tlirec
{good sized bananas contains as
‘much nutriment as a 14 oz. loaf
of bread. so great is the ability
of this "tree of Paradise." Jlus-u
-./mrculexim-(I. to extract the great-
est amount of vitalizing material
from ground and sun and rain.
It has well been said that this
whole tropical region is "the
land where the rare old alchemist,
the sun. packs earth's most dell-
cate and fragrant essences in
most attractive shapes." And of
the banana another author has
written: “They really save more
labor than steam, giving the
greatest amount of food from a
given piece of ground with tlie
least labor."

This "l)l‘(32ltl of the ll'(>])l(‘.<."
however. while it will \\‘lll1Slilll(l
so mll(‘ll lizindling as is 1'eq11i1‘<,-(l
to get it to our ll()l‘lll(‘l‘ll 111211'k<-is.
by iiieaiis of our most perfw-t
inethotls of rapid f1‘(-iglil. tl0liv<~1'_v.
ll. systeiii at Jll'(}St,‘lll i1npo.ss"1blr- in
any other ('ou1iti'y. is not .s'11fli—
ciciitly iiiipe.1'i.-zlialile to witlislzintl
21- much l()ll§,"(3l‘ series of ship-
ments. At presr,-111 the 111119-1111-
vored baiizmzis are almost illi-
known in no1'the1'n l‘Ill1't)pt.‘2 not
because their excellciict: is unzip-
prot-izite<l. but simply l)c(':u1s0
the fruit is of necessity too 1011;:
by the way to 1‘(Pil(ill those coun-
tries in it inarketable (-ondition.
So it comes that two lines of in-
ventions lllL\‘lI1_2‘ to do with banzina
culture are sorely needed in the
West Indies, where with them
the banana output would soon be
doubled. and in timcmight easily
be multiplied tenfold. These are
a dcsiccating process and 11. flour
or meal making process. The
former is at present most in de-
mand, and wherever one travels
in the banana-producing l‘(3§§l()I]S,
from Deinerara to British Hon-
duras. from Colon to Saniunu
Bay. the cry will be liea_1'd at
every large plzintutioii, "Oh! if
some one would only invent and
perfect a. drying or 1)l'CSUl‘\'lllfI
process that could be depemletl
on." The 1112111 or men who (-2111
put liefore tlmbanuiizi ;:1~owe1's
of tho \V'es't. Indies, who svntl
over‘ -‘54.0()(),UUU worlli of this fruit
to the United States cacli yr-111'.
any syslexn wliicli will do fo1'bai1-
anas what is l1()W(l()l10 for the fig,
the grape. or the coi'i11tli,co11i-
monly known as dried “<'111*rants":
01' who can su(-.(,-cod in t1'e'.iti11f_§
that fruit as well as pear-lies. zip-
ricots. and prunellas now are,
will find himself the possessor of
a wealtl‘i-producing invention.
And the same may be safely pre-
dicted of any systein which will
succeed in putting into the meal
01' flour state a fa.'11' portion of the
marvelous sustaining and nour-
ishing powers which make the
banana the king among fruits
The improvements which this
century has seen, tliat lead up
from the crude mandioca meal
of the Brazilian native to the
beautiful pearl tapioca of com-
merce, have developed for the
cassava, Jllanihot utilissiuza, afor-
eigii consumption which now runs
high into the millions of dollars
annually. The same period has
seen the crude black cacao
of the Caribees and not‘thern
South America develop into the
chocolate. breakfast cocoa. and
broma of to-day. and now the
Th(‘0bI'()7Il(L vavcw vies with coffee
in yielding nourishment and pro-
ducing wealth in many couritries.
So may it be with the banana. if
inventive skill will but turn its
attention in that direction. - Sci-
entific American.

Manners and Morals.
“Behavior is the mirror of the soul."

It may be said of inanners as
of dress, they do not make :1
man’s morals. but they show
What they are. One's nianners
are the outward visible sign of
the real man. and though one
may havea surface politeness,
like other veneers, it rubs off in
daily wear.

All rules of politeness have
their start in consideration for
others, either as acourtesy or as
a. mark of deference from the
younger no the elder. the strong-
er to the weaker. Even the lift-
ing of the hat sprung from this
spirit, and dates back to the days
of tournaments when knights
lifted their helmets before plung-
ing into the fray. No thorough-
ly selfish person can be truly po-
lite, because politeness means
regarding the feelings of others;
it is truly loving your neighbor
better than yourself. Do you

frise to give your (30lllf()l’t1ll)lC
:('ll{llI‘ to your older? You have
idone just what good breeding
‘and unselfishness required. Do
lyou hide your sorrows and keep
in cheerful face. however you may
=feel’.’ Is it not unselfisliiiess
which bids you do your best for
others that they may not be sad-
dened by your gloom‘! A truly
polite person. even as conven-
tionality names politeness. has
little time to care for herown
comfort. Dr. Holmes says.
“(loud breeding is surface Chris-
tianity." and Mrs. Sigrourney
bea1's testimony in tliese words:
"Politeiiess is like an :ii1'c11sl1-
ion. though there be lll)tlllll,L" in
it. yet it eases the _Jt)ll.\‘ oi‘ the
world woiiderfully." l)i<-keiis
and ()lllt‘1‘ t1'zivel«-1's liuve l)()l'llt,*
witiiess to the lack of (‘ivilily
displayed on our sti'<~ets‘. and
lll()ll_L"ll iiizniy of the l'll(ll‘ll(‘.\'.\'t‘.\‘
of fifty year's ago have v:111i.sl1etl.
tlwro are eiimigzli left. Tlit-1'0
S('(‘.YllS to be an iiiipiw-ssioii :1111on_;
:1 ('t‘l‘l{llll class of 1111-11 that rude-
iiess is‘ sir‘:-ngtli and 1-ivility w¢-;1k-
ness. 'l‘l1eyl'o1‘gvt. or p1'ol)1\l>l_v
they never hezird. that in tho.
Will's‘, the “dzui(ly" 1'egi11u~1its
have done the best. tiglitirig. .-
man is no less a man bec'.i11s<.- his
\\'zi_vs‘ are polisliml. The fact that
lit‘. uses his fork in I)l‘0f(‘l'(*ll('(* to
his knife in fer.-ding liiinsell. does‘
not show him either a. morail or
physical coward. though soine
men seem to think it does.

In this country, where all
places of honor are open to the
ones who strive for them. there
should be the same desire for the
polish to fit high stations as there
is for iritellectual fitness. 'l‘liei-o.
is absolutely no excuse today for
union being rough or uncouth.
and if one is‘, he should not lay
his unpopular-ity to any other
cause than the right 0110 «his
boorishness. But. he will give
evcry 1'cus()n for it except that.
People with brusqiie. unpolishetl
wziysurc not pleasant <-o1np:m-
ions‘. They always ask (1111-.s‘—
tinn.-'. when they Hl'lOl'll(l be silotil.
and see that to which they slimild
be blind. Unless one is :l(‘(‘u.~‘-
tonietl to it. it is very (ll.-il,‘,:l'(‘l‘1l.--
blo to see one turn Ii kriifr: into :L
shovel. (lootl r11zi1inc1's(eos't only
zitteiitioii and 1)l'Zl.('tl('0. and they
do more for 0110's aclvant-aeiiwiit
in social and business life than
any one tliing. l’opula1' girls
and men have often had little
money, often not much 011111-11-
tion, but they have always had
pltxisaiit, civil ways of SJ)(,'0(:ll
and action.

Do you ask where one gets rm‘-
thority for l)(?ll2L\'l()1".’ Ask on
what autliority one decides that
Iis pi‘efei'able to 1. Some peo-
ple think whitch is better than
which. In manners‘ as in lan
guage the ziut-hority comes from
custom in best places. and the
two styles of manners and of use
of language are apt to be found
as companions, though there is
sonietimes one well learned in
books who is poorly taught in
civilities. There are many lit-
tle fancies in behavior which stay
too short a. time to be dignified
as nizinners, but in the main
points an unselfish, observing
man or woman will not be found
lzickiiig.

Laxncss in nice ways leads to
CiL1‘(‘.l(‘SSr10Ss in small thi1'1.<_:s. and
(‘1Ll'Ql£.‘SSIl0SS in small tliirigs leads

to (-aielessness in great. It leads
to laxity in principles. Hzitiiizili

More said: "Small habits well
.pui's'ued betimcs may reach the
(ligiiity of crimes," and Dickens,

in that criticisin of the citizens of
the United States which could
not be forgiven because it was
so true, said tliese words. which
are worthy of close attention:
"The mass of your couniryiiicii
begiii by stubbornly 11c§_;lect~i1if_-:
little social 0bsci‘va1iccs, which
have nothing to do with gentili-
ty. custom, usage. government
01' country, but are acts of coin-

nion, decent. natural, human po-
liteness. You abet them in this
by resenting all attacks upon
their social offenses as if they
were a beautiful national fea-
ture. From disregarding small
obligations they come in regular
course to disregarding great ones,
and so refuse to pay their debts.
What they may do, or what they
may refuse to do next, I don‘t
know; but any man may see, if
he will, that it will be something
following in natural succession.
and a part of one great growth,
which is rotten at the root.‘'—
Massachusetts Plowman.


ms

8

Notices of llicetings.

Pomona. Grange.

The annual meeting of the Van
Buren County Pomona Grange
will be held with Lawrence
Grange Nov. 12th.

The morning session will be
devoted to reports from the offi-
cers of the Grange. from Subor
dinate Granges and special com-
mittees.

The officers for the coming
year will be elected and installed
in the afternoon.

Music, recitations and papers

have been prepared to make the .

meeting of interest to all.

Every 4th degree member in
the county should attend this.
the most important meeting of
the year.

MRS. J. M. Fisk.

Lecturer.
——< O }—

Coldwater, Micli.. Oct. lS).—~The
next meeting of Branch County
Pomona Grange will be held
with Gilead Grange on Thurs-
day, Nov. 5. 1891. The welcome
will be given by A. R. Bonney.
after which papers by A. L.
Smith, A. A. Vanderbilt. Mrs. E.
A. Horton. and others. will be
presented on topics of interest
to all. Recitations and music for
spice. ’\V.u.i..~.ci«; E. Wiei(;ii'i‘.
Lecturer.

Ed. Visitor: Superior Grange
No. (EH will entertain V\'ashtenaw
County Pomona Grange. Satur-
day, I\'ov. 14th. A good program
will be prepared for the occasion.
Fourth degree members are cor-
dially invited to attend.

Mus. C. S. S..\vi.i-zs.
Secrtary.
Rockford. Oct. 1S).—A special
. meeting of Kent County Pomona
Grange Wlll be held at Whitney-
ville Grange Hall. Nov. 11th, at
10 o'clock a. in.
Mics. Rom‘. DOCKERAY.
Secretary.

. ,_-_A-,_-,. _,
DE'l‘ROl'1‘. Oct. 19. '91.

Ed. Visitor; Paw Paw: Owing
to the enormous yield of grain in
Northern Minnesota and Dakota
this season. and consequently the
unusual demand for harvest
hands, the Great Northern Rail»
way Line will transport from St.
Paul, Minneapolis. Duluth and
Superior. threshing outfits in car
loads. at the current Class “A"
rate. passing not to exceed ten
men free in charge of each car
load. Such shipment. as well its
the ten men. will be returned free
to the points of shipments from
which they started on the Great

Nortliern Railway Line. upon
proper ideiititicatioii that thi-

men are the sanie as origiiially
accoiiipaiiied the shipment-. and
that the threshing outfit is the
same as originally forwarded.
and no change in ownership hav-
ing occiii'reI(l.

Shipments of horses and uiules
in any quantity for use with
threshing outfits (‘including men
in charge. as provided for in
rules of live stock contracts.) will
be transported at current tariff
rates. and returned free to orig-
inal points of shipment. under
same conditions as threshing 0iit-
tits. except that parties in charge
will be furnished only such trans-
portation as they may be entitled
to under contracts which they
hold. ‘

There is ii. very heavy demand
for harvest hands. at good wages.

’arties should address D. W. H.
Morelaiid. Michigan Flit. & Pass.
.»\gt.. Detroit. Mich.

These special rates will expire
Dec. 3-5 . ‘Ell. if not sooner can-
celed. Very truly yours,

D. W. H. l\IORELAl\'I).

L——q.»o-(I——~~ ~ —~

Alfalfa‘ Farming at the Foot of
the Rockies.

As the time approaches for the
World‘s Fair greater interest is
being felt in the marvellous City
of the Lakes. The Cosmopoli-
tan Magazine has devoted 28
pages of the November number
to a most interesting and exhaust-
ive article upon Chicago from the
pen of the famous novelist, Col.
Charles King. An article upon
Alfalfa Farming in this number,
is by John Brisben Walker, who.
as the result of ten years spent
in the saddle, in direct superin-
tendence of his farm “Berkeley.”
one of the largest Alfalfa farms
in Colorado. gives the reader
much valuable information in re-
gard to the irrigation and curing
of the Wonderful plant which is

 

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THE G-BANG-E VISITOR.

ldestined to become one of the%

most valuable

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products of the‘
Very curiously.

United States.

‘but little attention has ever been

given in the magazines to the
frightful tragedies of the Roman,
Amphitheatre. which was car-3
ried on through centuries. and in 5
which the lives of hundreds of;
thousands were sacrificed. C. i
Osbourne Ward. whose book?
"The Ancient Lowly" last year
excited much attention. and who
has made this subject his life
work. gives an article in the No-
vember Cosmopolitan on the
“Massacres of the Roman Amphi-
theatre." and the article is illus-
trated by drawings by Dan
Beard, and from famous paint-
ings. covering pages of history
which will hold the reader's
closestattention. (Cosiiiopolitan
Publishing Co.. Madison Square.
New York. Price :33 cents.)
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The great l)r. B()t‘l'll:l:l\'u li-ft three
dirm-lioiis for pi'i-st-i'\'iiig the he:ilLli—
kc-i-p the feet \‘\':ll'lll. the hczid cool, and
the bowels open. Had he practised in
our dziy. he iniglit lizivc udili-d: and
purify the blood with .-\_\‘ei"s .\':ii's:ip.'i-
ring; for he i'ci't:iinly would coiisidi-1' it
the hi-st.

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The general passenger agents
of twenty of the railroads enter-
ing Chicago have organized a-
special association for the deter-
mination of excursion rates to
the Exposition and for arranging
facilities for caring for the enor-
mous crowds of visitors to the
World‘s l<‘iiir.

-{ O T’

The student labor department
of the Michigan Agricultural
College is going for the editor of
a Michigan Agricultural weekly.
who has suggested that the farm
department is a failure. They
declare that "nearly every stud-
ent on the f'clI'l'11 takes an interest
in his work and is anxious to
see his experiment a success."-—
Detroit Journal.

FOR SCROFULA

scrofulous humor
in the blood,
ulcers, catarrh, and
consumption,

use

Ayer’s Sarsaparilla

The most
economical,

safe, speedy, and
effective of all
blood-purifiers. *

Has Cured Others

will cure you.

PAW PAW

 

I. W. VAN FOSSEN,

A1 llii: l‘.-\\V l’A\V Hl~1RAl.l) (JFI-‘l(_‘l-2. (‘,0ll[ll’lllt'S
to do all kiiids of }()l<l l’RlNTl.\'(j. surh as Ad-
ilress and (‘.:ill Cards. Biisiiiess. Ball and \Vcd-
ding (lirds. liiivi-loprs. Hldlll-\ Notes. Urdcrs, kc-
reipis and Lllicrhs. Lnhi-ls, l’osii>rs. (jirriilzirs.
Stairsigiis. Sclinol lllaiiks. l.l‘lIl'l lleads. Noti-
ill is. Bill llcads. Stiiti-iiiciiis. l’i'oi:i.iiiis. Dodg-
ers. and illl Coi'.iIiiei<‘i.il Priiiiiii-.(.
l’l‘l(‘( as low as Cdll be ailonlitil with gouil woi k.
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(liticc. third story brick. rornei .\l.iin Jlllll K:il.i~

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Re-edited and Reset from (‘over to (‘over.
A HAN D, INVESTM ENT
or every I‘flfllll_V and Scliool.
Work of revision occupied ova r 10 years.
More than 100 editoria luhorers employed. ‘
5 Critical examination invited. Geltho Best.
; Sold by all Booksellers. Pamphlet free.
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‘ late and coiiiparatively WO!'llllP£~’.‘-F Pditiun iii’
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for good health cums all chronic diseases.

Rev. A. Albm, D.D.. Cticu, N. Y., writes: “ One
of the gmauastbonnlto mlnkindln modern days."
Inflnltol better thxn the Hall System. Halt’ tho
price. nd for testimonials.

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Readers of The Visitor.

 

Elgiii, Hampdeii or Waltliain Movement
IN A

DUEBER GOLD CASE.

(}'Iuz/‘(uzfeerl to be just as
‘/'01;/'¢*.s-(’7itr,*(/.

ll:-low we Show far siiiiilcs of the \«V'z'lK{‘llf‘S'
we ottcr to rezidcrs of the \'i.si1'oi< exclu-
sively. The ii-piitaiion of this paprir is
sucli lllill rm one in llt't‘(l of a good wnicli
should licsiiuie to send llll‘ iimiiey for cue-
uf [llt:~,I' \\'(ll(’il{'\'. The Editor carries our-
of them cw.-iy day. and it [Il0V(‘3 t'l1lil'l:l_\‘
reliable, is .'i splendidly iiindc w.'it<:li. and
sells Xt,‘.'l(lll}' on the lll.'ll‘l\’(tK for sew-ml dol-
lars iiioie tlirui the prim‘ at which they .'ii'e
hi-re ottcii-d.

 

No. i. (}cnlleiiian's \Va(cli. in karat Diieber
gnldhuniing case. guaranteed to last 20 years;
Hainpden. Elgin or \.‘l.'altliain; 9 jewels; stem wind
and set.

Price with Visitor one year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320 on

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ing c:isc, gii.'ii'ain(-ed to last 2o years; l'l}llll[)d(‘llv
lilgin or V\"altli.'iiii; 7 jewels; sir,-iii wind .'lll(l sci.

Price with \'isiior one _ve.'ir . . . . . . . . .. . ....Sih‘ no
Sziiiie with io siihscriheizs at 50c. E:2lCll and . its 00

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.\'o. V;. Nickel case “l.on,v-: l<li';iiir-li": szu-iii iviud
and set; i-xacilr like cui
Price wiih \'i>.iior one _\‘(‘:ll. .. . . . . S4 oo
S€ln14'\\‘itll_< $llllSCIlbPl'S 3150C. each and. .. 3 oo
This makes :1 good watch for boys atleiiding
school, and is reported to keep good time.
CASH MUST ACCOMPANY THE ()RDliR.
Treat yourself to that watch you have long de-
sired. or iuzike _\our friend a Christina: present.
Address.

GRANGE VISITOR,
PA\V PAW. .\iicii.

Farmers’ Wholesale Supply

M:-ii‘s Solid Kipliuois _ , . _ _ _ A , , , _ _ A N 

Cools, Wizips, Sacqucs, .llllSllllS, CilllC0tS, lil2llllit’lS, Laces. Flowers, llllllltllb

House,

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Boots, Shoes, Rubbers, Clothing, Hats.
Caps, Dry Goods. _I-Iosiery, Underwear.
Dress Goods, Notions, Mi11inery,etc.,

VVHICH \\'l-I SELL AT Till‘;

Lowest Market Wholesale Prices.

Send for our Catalogue and Price List. We will

mail it Free to any address.
BOOTS AND SHOES.

CLOTHING.

‘ .\I«-n's \\'i l\lI'4l Suits

  
   

 

 

    
   
 

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‘l"’ l’_lC3_VY C31.‘ ll“"l*- - . . . . .. -lo ('.i~siiiu-ii- Siiiis. ‘ - ,
do Solid Grain l*lout<..,  . ,_ do i‘},,.,,-;.,, 5,,;,\__ H   ; (_
do do Plow Shoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. l 2:) do l-im- .-\ll Wm»! Suits . . . . . . . . ., ,.
““ ‘if’ Br°g‘”’5 - - - ~ - * - V V V ~ A -- ’ "‘ ‘l“ l‘lt'*\'- (‘I'll-~<'u:i-i-' Suits... - .
do l_l~- .xCalf Shoes. r .7 do Eicwllilxi-\'|1\(§ ___________ ,_ , C.
do l"lll¢‘(.z1lf Shoes__,___ ___ _ , V _ _ __ I 75 .1” (‘“,,,,”_,de pdms K V
do Solid Grain Plow Shoes . . . . . .. . . i ‘.7 do je-an Pants... 

l<luys' Solid Kip limits _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. , 75 (1.. All “ynol pa ‘ 
do Solid Split l£oots.. 1 5o do Overalls .. T ,
do Solid lirnliillls , , , _ , ,, g5 do Jumpe,-s__‘_r I '
do‘ Solid f ;ilf Sl](I(-\ , V _ _ _ _ _ ‘ _ _ _ _ . _ __ 1 29 do Saline‘ (~_,h\”””‘_(-,Ml>

l..Ullv‘\ Si-lid ( Jill l'.iiI::oii Slim-<_ ,  37 do C3!~‘\illll>‘l(- (‘units

do ill‘Il.\')‘(il.'llll liiilloii hliocs 

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do SolidC.1lf I..'ice Slim-s... . .. 2,‘ do tiliiiithillti ()\‘t'l1’U.ll\ I -
do t'loih Flaiiiirl Lined l.:ic(- Sllrlrs . l)‘» .1” <‘.i:iv Mixml l)\(-r(w-;”\ ‘A .,,
du l‘lll(‘l)Ul1gUl1|liLllliili Slime». , i :3 Hints‘ \\iXIl'\K1‘(l Sims iitn i.‘~ \i~ I i ii)
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5l7"‘51’)7"- - -- - In do tlisxiiiicii»(He-iin.n~. [\(tr]‘1\]s ...,
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(‘0K§hT~; rill sun llliuk ll.'u« __ , , ,,.’
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Towels, etc, all at Lowest illilllitl llliolesale Prices.
SEND FOR CATALOGUE, SENT FREE.
ll"n_flI/ all on/e'I'.~', «rm! .x'//1‘/; on ,.‘H rlzrl/s‘ Iinu‘, ll’/I4‘); or:/wrs IIT1‘ .¢i'_(/7;m/ /»2/ /./n (/flit» ~ ;
ruul /wiring .\'('II/, or u-4’ rz//oz/' It .~*pi'r'iI1/ rlz'.~'wo7n1f of .7 pwr run! for (‘rm//.
h'I:'.\'lI IN 1711']: UI{1I1'.'I.‘.\'. ‘

A. R. HANO & BRO.

117 and 119 N. 8th StS., PHILADELPHIA. PA.

rALABASTINEaé

THE TIME TR|ED]°cND BEf>cUTlFUls G30_;°cTl]\lG
FOR W]°cLLS AND GEII.-:lj\lGS.

fl-LABASTINE IS Uj\ll9lKE fli-I.-zls OT]-HER W]°cLL GOftTlNGS.

It is recoiimieiirled by Sanitarians and is not (l£‘I)t‘ll(l('lll. upon glue

for its adliesiveness.

l.Valls can be decorate-<1 with Alabastine in any «legree of elabora-

tion. from plain tinting. plain tinting with stencil ornamen-
tzitioits. to the most elaborate fresco. and decorating in relief.

Finer effects can be produced for the same money with Alabastin»;

than with wall paper.

Send for article taken from the report of the Michigan State Board

of Health, entitled “Sanitary Walls and Ceilings."condeinn-
ing wallpaper and showing the evil results following its use.

We will also send free. on application, a set of colored designs

showing how walls and ceilings may be decorated with Ala
bastine and the stencils we manufacture.

MAKE NO MISTAKE.
, ,  » ’  Purchase no other wall coating than ALABASTINE.
' '3 2  

put up in
paper packages and properly labelled.

Manufactured only by

]°vLAB]°rSTl_|\lE GOM P'i°cNY,
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

3"’ I READ POWER
the
. -AND- E215:‘lfiziliif.:'£.§{‘,‘i.‘:;s2i?é‘'...fif$’.;’.i.‘32’.332?
._ (L

overnor, lght. running. Ample room for
.~. .~ . / .  fargast horses. Can be t backwards or for-
 warda The best power for running on
 American dz Hero Grinding Mills.
Hero Ensilnne an Fodder (tuners-
Clglef Self-Feed Corn Slneller.
 “find Saws. Drag Saws,
l’eck’n Hnnklnr &§Iu-Illna Allurin-
"'— lncnt. etc. We also have the
BEST LEVEL THEAD POWER MADE.

lt Will my you to send for our handsome Illululkd Ontnlocua and reduced prices of then oelebntod goods.
. APPLETON MANUFACTURING CO.. 19 So. Canal St.. CHICAGO. ILL

  

300 IMPORTED SHROPSHIRES

_ Silk F Elva] die. Onrln VIII
- l Z§#-"ii'£‘.‘” sir.-i=.°:... .-r

Personally selected from such famous flocks
as T. S. M1N'roN's and]. Bowiziv-_[o.\'i-zs.

CHOICE YEARLING RAMS

For best flocks and

- “C '93.
FAnEns§.?.l'i3l"e‘3"«'.~‘..'i5“"‘:"‘"
Dclnlclglllh 00.. iiianu. Ga.

FOUNDATION FLOCK EWES,
Equal to the best in England. a specialty.

THE WILLOWS, PAW PAW, MICHIGAN.

I-latch chickens by steam.‘
IMPROVED EXCELSIOB INCUBATOB
Willdoihfhonunduln CD6?-

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