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“TIIE ‘AI-.’i'lI1*]R IS OF i'|[()RE ('().\'SE(,)(.'E- ‘CE THA"“THE FARJI, AND SHO('1.[) I-IE FIIi’S’I’ [J[l’Ii’()I'EI)."

fOL.XVH,N0.9.

WOOL AND THE TARIFF.

From the standpoint of a Wool-
Grower Who is a Free-'l'rader.

HON. ENOS GOODRICH.

In addressing myself to the read-
ers of the GRAN('vE Visrroi: on the
subject of the Tariff on \Vool I
wish to be permitted to speak in
terms sufliciently emphatic not to
be misunderstood. I will, therefore,
premise by saying that I am radi-
cally and permanently opposed to
the principle of taxation by tariff.
And why? Because it is unequal,
unfair and unjust—because it is
dishonest and wicked. It exempts
the rich iiian’s millions, and taxes
the poor man’s poverty. It spares
the nabob in the brown stone pal-
ace, and goes forth along the streets
and lanes of the city, and seeks
out the cottages of the poor of the
land, to wring the bread from the
squalid victimsof wretcliedness and
toil. Under its influence million-
aires are multiplying in the cities
of our land in a ratio never before.

LiNnxe.MHHa§AN.Miri,
,

pended in guarding the vital iiiter-
ests of the country‘?

But we must not forget that
wool, the everlasting subject of the
politicians liarangue, was to coii-
stitute the subject of our discourse.
And now, let no man assert that I
am an enemy to the sheep, for I
shall indignaiitly deny the charge;
for during a life long farm experi-
ence I have always made sheep and

,wool cardinal items in the (liver-

sitied business of the farm. I
;was interested in one of the first,

if not the very first of importations
;of blooded sheep into Genesee
;,co_unty; when, in 1848, in company
jwith t)he veiierated_ Rowland Perry
;Z1‘11(l Ilaul (J.lI)8.V11S(?;11, 1bot(h1long
; since L eceaser , an( ar es 1. ier-
fson, still living in Flint, I visited
§Livingston county in the State of
lNew York, and brought home a.
choice draft of Merino sheep from
{some of the best flocks of the
;E1npirc state. And from that date
lpiitil ltliits Itliavte .1l(-3Vt(*i1‘ at} any
l!11]l(S111e1‘s 11 ies ‘.
‘ Bllil I d)oii’t for fliat relason proljlibge
fto let sheep worship blind my vis-

ll()l1 to all the other vital interests

known in the history of the world. Efof the country. But let us size
Scarcely a city of ten thousand iii- ; up this sheep business, and see

 

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habitants can be found in our land  what it amouiits to, anyway.

without its iiiillioiiaire.
“Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a
ilrey.
Where wealth accumulates, and men
decay.”
Such was the verdict of one of the
world’s most beautiful poets before

\ i_I was born, and such will be the,

inevitable verdict of fate after I
am dead.

And which of all my readers can
conipreliend the magnitiide of even
a single million of dollars? For
one moment let. us stand in awe-
struck contemplation.
ty independent farmer who is worth
his ten thousand dollars; and yet
one hundred just such farmers
must be taxe(l under the tariff sys-
tem iii order to exempt from direct

taxation one of Vanderbilt’s mill-v

ions. Such is simply and without
exaggeration the daily operation of
the whole tariff system.
And why should the
stand eternally at the
of Congress bleating for pro-
tection? In the days of the
Bible the sheep was represented
as being “dumb before its shear-
ers,” but such is not the sheep of
modern politics. Ever since I can
remember the halls of Congress
have echoed and rcsounded to the
bleating of the sheep. For sixty
years the tarifl’ has engrossed more
of the time of Congress, and cost
the country more money, in special
legislation, than any other subject,
and I might almost say more than
all other subjects combined. No
matter what bills may come up
for action, these stereotyped and
threadbare tariff speeches must first
be heard. Our ships may be dash-
ing upon the rocks of our great
northern lakes, and our sailors be
perishing for want of life-saving
stations, but a river and harbor
bill must be staved off for a few
more long-winded speeches on the
tarifi.‘ Our great lakes, whose
gigantic commerce far exceeds our
entire interest on all the oceans
of the world demandsa ship canal
to tide water. Time and again
money enough has been lying idle
and useless in the public treasury
to have built such a‘ canal five
times over; and yet we have it
not. Canada has her ship canal,
and when our buncomb patriots
get us into a. war with Great Brit-
ain about a few seal skins, our
lakes will be filled with British
men-of-war while our statesmen are
fooling away their time over the
tariff. Where then will be our
boasted commerce of the lakes?
Would not a little of this ever-
lasting tariff wind be better ex-

sheep
doors

 

It is a pret-V

Not wishing to weary the reader
5with an array of tedious columns
;of figiii'es I will briefly state in
‘round numbers, that according to
;the latest and most reliable statis-
} tics, the stock interests of our coun-
I, try srbf tantially, arvioirit to about
two and' a half billions of dollars-
\DJ¢‘ltl(* up substantially as follows;
lNeat cattle, one billion; horses and
imules, one billion; hogs, two liuii-
‘dred and twenty or two hundred
aiidtweiity-five millions; sheep, one
liundred millions, etc. It would
1take nine times all the sheep of the
country to equal in value the neat
cattle. It would take ten times
the sheep to equal our horses and
mules, and more than twice our
sheep to equal our hogs - and that
after 75 years of persistent foster-
ing and protection on the part of
the government.

It takes, in round numbers, not
far from six hundred million pounds
of wool a year to clothe the Ameri-
can people; and after all this 75
years of pampering our sheep have
failed to meet our wants; and half
our wool must still be imported
from other lands. Much of it
comes from the extreme opposite
side of the globe,—and right here
I wish to ask the American wool
grower if the people of Australia
can live by growing wool and
freighting it half way around the
globe, and paying to our gov-
ernment eleven cents a pound for
the privilege of selling it in our
markets, how is it that the busi-
ness is so unprofitable to us? The
idea, upon the veryface of it is
preposterous. IVe can raise a beef,
that bears no fleece upon its back,
in competition with the whole out-
side world, zcithouf protection.

It is the recorded testimony of
English agriculturists, as far back
as I can remember, backed up and
corroborated by the best of Ameri-
can experience, that mutton can
be grown cheaper, pound for pound,
than any other meat—and yet it
brings the highest price in market
«while the sheep brings (what
no other domestic animal does),a
rich fleece of wool each year——and
yet, after all this our sheep men
(sometimes) claim that it don’t
pay to raise wool. I say sometimes,
for the claims of sheep men them-
selves have been very inconsistent
on this subject. When they want
more protection then “ the sheep in-
dustry is languishing,” and “wool
growing don’t pay”—but when they
wish to sell buck lambs at a hun-
dred dollars a head, then the sheep

business is one of the best in the

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world. I think it was one Mr.
Shakespeare W  said something
about “Consiste2,gf;y” being a jewel

, .
BUT LET Us sE3.“\\'ii.A.’r l’li0TE(.‘-‘ .
“ lthe buyer will throw out half of

TION COSTS TBEKWOUL Gli()\\'l£R.”

Some time since the American
Free Trade League published a
, pamphlet, showizfg “ \Vhat Protec-
; tion costs the farmer.” But as all
Ffarmers are not vgxil growers I will
‘now present a fez tfigures, showing
-what protection, costs the wool
grower. I have tong thought that
the unmitigated éelfisliness of wool
growers on this’ protection ques-
tion must be obvious to every
reflective person.i§ But if the wool
grower has no sy’ pathy for others

more left for hi __elf. Before me
lies “Statistical fAbstract of the
United States f’ 1890,” and on
its 25th page I fig a statement of
duties collected 2 11 wool for the

and ending wi 1890, showing
that there were lffsollecterl on raw
wool , _ _ _ , _ _ _ _ -_ i...
()ii maiiufactur§ of

wool _ _ _ _ _ _ _-

414,058,913

-mu!

Total - -  .  -‘7S481,£)66,593
Now, without wearying the
reader with fra_ ions, I assuiiie
that 40 per cent  our population
are agriculturalistl, and that about
one-half of that Eipumber are pro-
ducing woolethfi 20 per cent, be-
ing one-fifwijt '‘"the American
peoplz, !!I:'z._;' .3 ’ ”~

   

."“..,'..,(;».|4‘1“lI.|.l\'.'\L1L)fJ\:A"1)e wool.
growers, though one-half of that
number produce no more than they
consume, and consequently are not
benefited by the tariff. It has

“for the greatest good of the
greatest number. ” VVliat becomes

population who choose to engage
in the production of wool‘?

becomes necessary for logicians to
resort to argzmzenis to the man.
And so Messrs. VVool Growers,

sixteen years you have paid one-
fifth part of this $482,966,593,
which is no less than $96,393,318
for your protection on wool. Now
the value of all the sheep in our
country is a trifle over a hundred
million dollars, being about one-
twenty-fourth part of all the stock
of the country. So that we, my
brother wool growers, have paid
out of our own pockets, for wool
protection alone, nearly as
much as would buy all the sheep
in the land, while the whole
American people have paid more
than enough to buy all these sheep
four times over.

But fortunate indeed would be
the wool grower if this were all
the tariff costs him, for in fact it
is but a small fraction. Before
me lies the tariff law of 1890,
known as the McKinley law——
which tells us that we are taxed on
472 different articles, all, or nearly
all of which the farmer pays, for
the sake of his protection on wool.
Human genius has been
exhausted to find objects of tariff
taxation, from the pencil with
which We write to the glass that
lights our windows, and the soap
that washes our hands to the skin
of a jackass. Over two hundred
million dollars are yearly taken
from the American people by this
tariff tax; and they bid us be
thankful that we are a protected
people. A great cackling is made
about protection on eggs; and eggs
are worth more in Canada today
than they are on this side. Our

I potatoes too are

it is fair to pre fume he has the,

16 years comm "cing with 1875,

I892.

protected at
tweiity-live cents a bushel, and
now when my neighbors take their
potatoes to the Ifostoria market-

: built up at the expense of another.
and all revenues shall be limited to

wu0naNo.me.

‘ ,
‘ernment and held for actual settlers

" only.

6. That one industry shall not be

them as culls, and for the balance, 4 the necessary expenses of the state

if they are extra nice,
17 cents a bushel.

It is thus that the promise of
wealth by protection laws is ever

he will pay

the hope. ”

Every intelligent person knows
that these millions which the
foreign importer pays on his wools,
woolens and other commodities are
added to the price of the goods,
and in the end the consumer pays
them.

But the protection orator talks
long aii(l loud to make us believe
that at some time, and in some
manner, through some unknown
subterranean channel these millions
will all flow back to us with ac-
cumulated interest, and there is no

,knowing how rich we shall all be.
lBut the fact is, they don’t come
$07,907,680 =

back. And while the farmer
groans beneath the burden he
looks out and sees that the nabobs
of our land are growing richer at
a ratio hitherto unknown in the

;or nation, honestly and economic-
éally administered, and that all
J(ll1tv‘i9S on the necessaries of life be
labolished.

“Kept to the ear, but broken to?

) 7. \Ve favor the suppression of
the liquor traffic for beverage pur-
poses.

8. \\'e demand a pcrdiem pension
for all honorably discharged union
soldiers and sailors.

9. A graduated income tax.

10. \Ve demand universal suff-
rage, equal pay for equal service,
and that all under the age of six-
teen be removed from the treadmill
to the school-room. '

11. VVe demand that the system
employing convicts in any of our
penal institutions in any industry

ftliat enters into competition with
g free labor be abolished.

1;’. ‘V0 demand that all c-lectioii
days tlirougliout the state be made
compulsory holidays with a pen-
alty attached for violating the same.

13. That we as rcpreseiit:itiVcs

of the People-‘s Party of i\Il(‘lll;_{Et.Il,

often been (theoretically) asserted?
that our government is conducted .

of this beautiful theory if the‘,
government is to be run for the;
benefit of a decimal fraction of its‘

please take notice that in those-

world’s history. No fact is better
known, than that the rich of our
country are growing richer, and
the poor growing poorer. And I
hold the rulers of our country
responsible for it.

Take the farmers of our country
as 2 class, n1: one win deny that
they are industrious. A few who

are endowed with extraordinar V _ , _
yscribed by Prof. John Milne as

powers of body and mind attain
success, but the great majority toil
on through life’t um.-easing jour-
ney, until the eveuing of life finds
them under more or less enibarrass
meiit ~ discouraged and disliearten-
ed in mind if not in a condition of
absolute want and dispair. A vast
deal has been said and written
upon the subject of the farmers

‘depression, and still the farmer is

But, to the “Argumentum Adi
Hominem,” for when argumentsi
based upon general principles will ‘
not be appreciated it sometimes:

groping in the dark upon the sub-
ject. But it certainly needs no
very profound reflection to deni-
onstrate to the reasoning mind,
that if it were possible to sweep
away our whole tariff system, and
substitute in its stead a system of
direct taxation, wherein every one
would be required to contribute to
the support of the Goveriiment
according to his means, it would
be much better for the farmer, and
the laboring man. \Vhile _I am
prepared to admit that this _de-
pression is the result of a combina-
tion of causes, the greatest and
chief of all these causes is the
tariff.
Fosforia, fllich.

PEOPLE'S PARTY

 

PLAT FORM.

The following is the platform of
the People’s Party:

1. The abolition of national banks
as banks of issue, and that the gov-
ernment shall issue a full legal
tender currency direct to the peo-
ple, based upon lands or its prod-
ucts, and at a tax not to exceed two
per cent per annum.

2. That the amount of the circu-
lating medium be increased to not
less than fifty dollars per capita._

3. The free and unlimited coin-
age of silver.

4. The abolition of all monopo-
lies, trusts and combines and the
most rigid state and national control
of all corporations in the interests
of the people, and that all railroad,
telegraph, telephone, and express
lines that cannot be so controlled
shall be owned by the government.

5. The repurchase of lands held
by foreign syndicates and that all
lands held by grant to railroads
and other corporations in excess of
such as is actually used and needed
by them, be retained by the gov-

the state.

do hereby indorse and will use
every exertion to carry into effect
the eight hour workday in the
mines, factories and W0l'l(Sll0pb’ of

 

(TRIOUS EFI-‘l‘lC'l'S OF
EA RTHQUAKE.

.-\.\'

Some striking features are de-

markiiig the recent. destructive
‘earthquake in -lapan, by which
nearly h',00() pt-rsoiis were killed
and at least ~fl,t)()t) houses were
.levcled. The inovenieiifs of the
‘ waves were horizontal, and a defect
:of the seismograph was noticed in
‘its failure to record anything of
them except the “dip.” In many
1 places so called “foreign” buildings
3 of brick and stone fell in heaps of
ruin, between Japanese buildings
yet standing. Cotton mills have
fallen in, while their tall brick
chimneys have been whipped off at
about half their height. I'Iuge
cast-iron columns, which, unlike
chimneys, are uniform in sectioii,
tact-ing as piers for railway bridges,
have been cut in two near the base.
In some instances these have been
.snapped into pieces much as we
might snap a carrot, and the frag-
ments thrown down upon the
shingle beaches of the rivers.
' The greatest efforts appear to have
been exerted where masonry piers
carrying two hundred foot
girders over lengths of eighteen
hundred feet have been cut in two
and then danced and twisted over
their solid foundations to a consid-
erable distance froin their true
positions.

These piers have a sectional
area of twenty-six by ten feet, and
are from thirty to fifty feet in height
Embankments have been spread
outward or shot away, brick arches
have fallen between their abut-
merits, while the railway line itself
has been bent into a series of
snakelike folds and hummocked
into waves. Here and there a
temple has escaped destruction,
partly perhaps on account of the
quality of materials employed in
its construction, but also in conse-
quence of the multiplicity of joints
which come between the roof and
the supporting columns. At these
joints there has been a basket-like
yeilding, and the interstice of the
roof has not, therefore, acted with
its whole force in tending to rupt-
ure its supports.——Popular Science
Zlfonthly for May.

 

Sir Edward Rollitt’s wcman suffrage
bill was defeated in the British house of
commons by a vote of 175 to 152.


    

 

E

‘vita, .- ._._ ‘

2

“Elicia and siociigf f

l)E“'BERRIES.

“Within the last few years several
varieties of dewberries have come
into more or less prominence. The
greatest dilfeieiice-‘
exist as to their merits, an(l no sys-

tematic attempt has been made to.
determine their peculiarities and?
This account eii- ‘
_3of adaptation is large.

values. * *"
deavors to collect and sift what-

ever evidence may exist concerning‘ . ,
iappears to be variable, and many.
‘of the plants are worthless.

the dewberries, and to put on
record so much of the histories and
varietal peculiarities as the author
has been able to obtain.” The bo-

tanical relations of the different‘
species of dewberries are discussed I

and a history and description of
the twelve varieties which have
been introduced to cultivation are

given, with illustrations of plants:

and fruit. Reference is made to

articles on the dewberry by thej
author in the A nzcrzcmi. (z'(ir([nn‘

for November, 1H‘.)0, and February, 3
1891. The following summary is‘
taken from the bulletin: ,

1. The cultivated dewberriesi
represent two distinct species of:
Rubus or brarnble, and two well-,%
marked botanical varieties. It is
tlierefore reasonable to expect that
different managements may be re-
quired in the different classes, or
at least that various results will be
obtained from their cultivation.

2. The botanical types to which
the cultivated dewberries belong
are these: (1) The Northern dew-
berry ( Rubus crmrulcnsis); to this
type belong the Windom, Lucretia
Sister and Greer; (u) the Lucretia‘
subtype (var. 'ro1'ibm:cus), com-
prising the Lucretia; (/2) the Bar-
tel subtype (var. invisus); to this
belong Bartel or Mammoth, Gen-
eral Grant and Never Fail. (2)
Southern dewberry (Rubus tri'm'(1.-
lis); here belong Fairfax, Manatee, g
Bauer and VVilson VVhite.

3. The dewbcrries are distin- 
guished from the blackberries by,

1 for the best success.
of opinion ‘

iinence are \Vindom, Lucretia, Bar-
tel and Manatee.

‘J. The Windom possesses prom-
ise for the Northwest, of which it
is a native. It has not yet been
tested to any extent elsewhere. It
appears to demand partial shade}

10. The Lucretia has been found
to be a desirable and profitable ~
fruit in many places over a large
extent of territory. and it is there-'
fore safe to conclude that its range
Many, Y
li0We\'ci‘, have failed with it. It,

It is,‘
seriously attacked by anthracnose,
and by a branible rust. '

11. Bartel has found great favor 1
with some growers in the west, ’
from Wlisconsin to Nebraska. It7
has not succeeded well in the east
so far. Some of the variety known ;

Ethan
_‘should not be more than one or

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

MAY 1, 1892.

be pinched at three to four feet
‘high. This will cause a stocky
growth, forming perfect little trees

.which produce immense crops if
properly cared for.

A much less
number of canes should be allowed
for fruiting than of raspberries,

as they are of much more spread-

ing habit.
Both blackberries and red rasp-

,'berries may profitably be kept in

narrow rows or drill form, rather
in distinct hills. Drills

two canes in width, with the canes
not less than six to twelve inches
apart in the row.

Sf. Lon is, Jlfich.

 

ARSENITES.

J. N. STEABNS.

I was probably the first, both in

'1 THE F.-’lR)[ER’S VEGETABLE
(i‘rAl{l)EN.

- H. I’. G.

, As soon as the ground can be

worked in the spring. beets may
be sown. In the farmer’s garden
the saving of ground is not of so
jmuch importance as the saving of
Ilabor in the care of the crops. The
rows of beets may be three feet
apart, giving plenty of room for
ithe cultivator. It is well to sow
iseed of several varieties, though
}but a small space need be given
I to the early maturing sorts. Egyp-
ltian is a good variety to sow‘ for

learly use. Bassano is excellent for
igreens. Blood Turnip is a good

 second early sort, and Long Smooth
Blood, is excellent for winter use.

feature in connection with the Per-
cheron breed is that almost ninety
per cent are grey in color, the re-
mainder being generally (lark
chestnut or black.———1)r. Grunge in
Spcculiim.

WIIEAT [N OHIO.

\Vithin 20 years the the area an-
nually sown to wheat in Ohio has
increased from an average of 1,000,-
000 acres during the eighth to
2,300,000 acres during the ninth
decade. This area represents 12
per cent of the area in farms witli-
in the State, but several counties
are sowing annually 18 to ‘Z0 and
even ‘.35 per cent of their farm
land to wheat. * * * The time
,may come when the average of the
entire State will equal the present

. . .
‘boll he Seed rather flmm-l’ m"1=average of Suininit county, which

as Maininoth appears to be identi- f Kahmazoo and Van Buren C,—,un_1'
CH1 Willl B31‘l€’l- lties, to practice spraying on fruit

12. Manatee is probably valua- 1‘ trees, I first procured a°\Vhitmanl
bl“ £01‘ the S0uths and it ”PP“31'S:p1imp, as that was considered thel

5after the plants are well up thin?

to six inches apart.

How few farmers have an aspar- 3
agus bed! There is perhaps no‘
vegetable in our garden that will.

means a total average productioii

‘of about (30 million bushels, or

bread for 12inillioniiiouths. * * *
It would seem that the profit-

to be tlieiiiost useful form of Rulms j best at that time_ I was SO fully 3 supply so 131-ge an amount Of food 3
lsatistied with the beneficial results,  fmm 3 5111"“ Sllace 35 “5P‘”‘“§»'“S- T

2‘rivia.li's yet tested.

13. Since this paper was written ~»
roots of two new dewberries, Ska-
git Chief and Belle of \Vashington,
have been received from Avon,
VVasliington. The varieties are
not yet introduced and their botan-
ical features have not been studied.
—L. H. B(u'Ic]/ in New York Cor-
nell Slulfon Bu]/I-fin A70. 34, as
rre])(irfczl in lirpt-i'i'7'izei1f Station
R('(30)'4[.

 

l’l{l.’NlN(i'r ItASI’l§l'IRI{IES
BLACKBERRI ES.

AND

H. OSCAR KELLEY.

B l(ic_kccips.

This is a subject upon which
fruit growers are somewhat divid-
ed. Our experience, however,
would lead us to belive that all un-
pruned canes should be atten(led
to at once. Pruning may be done
at any time after severe freezing
is past, but not before, as injury to

that some four years ago I pur-
chased the best pump I could find
for the purpose. And here let me
say to your readers_. that this is
quite important, as I have seen
many trees badly injured by pumps
that throw the solution too much
in streams. It should be so coi1-
structed that the solution goes
into the tree in a fine mist as in
the appearance of a fog.

A few dollars in cost is of no
account, so you have the best.

The work of fighting injurious
insects and fungi, is mainly pre-
ventative. aiid the old saying, “ An
ounce of prevention is worth more
than a pound of cure ” is more than
true in this case. Thus the great
importance of “ getting there” first.
In fact in every case of failure in
the use of the arsenites, that has
come to my knowledge on investi-

gation, I have found the enemy t the ground 15 h3V'9l‘-‘d-
 you have to do is to keep the weeds .
1 have just been reading 5, {ML {and grass out and let the roots till;

got there first.

‘Most farmers have an idea tliatit
takes a large amount of work to
prepare an asparagus bed, and that
one must wait a long time before
the stalks can be gathered. Pre-
paring the bed is quite simple,
and though it takes two or three
years for a bedto get well started,
it will last a lifetime without
replanting. Good two year plants
can be obtained from the seeds-
men for one dollar a liundred, and

ply a large family with asparagus.
To set out the plants, manure the
land quite heavily and plow under,
then take a shovel plow and mark
out furrows three to four feet apart
and six or eight inches deep. Set
the plants in the rows about two
feet apart, and have the part from
which the stalk starts four to six
‘inches beneath the surface when
Now all

50 to 75 plants are enough to sup- »

3. true t1‘8ill11.$-' habits Cymose ‘mdjtlie ends of the freshly exposed
few-fl0W61'9d i11fl"1'e-‘>"59hC9v and the  canes is liable to be the result; as
l1fllJit0f l31"’l)3.‘-s’3l7h1i—§ hy mhahs Ofiwould also be the case were they
“tips-” Like the hh’~Chh“”,‘eS "1h_‘l'? pruned in the autumn, especially if
raspberries, they bear their f1'111t"they are ,,tta(.ked by the cane
upon canes of last year’s growtli,;fumj,.uS_
and these Canes die _0T .lJ‘3C0m9 Weak i All new canes should’ be pinched
after the)’ ham frlhted '-l_-lhefiy arelat two to three feet high at time
PT0P3gtm‘d by 11193115 of “hps ‘hldiof growth, and all laterals should
root c11tti11gS- . ,  be allowed to remain until spring,
4. T119 P60111131" lnerlhs 9f theifor the above mentioned reasons.§
dewberries as cultivated fruits aresIn the sp1.iug an pmq-31 shoots;
t'flFli110SS, 131‘?-11‘ SiZ9~ ?1t"‘1'”_Ct1V"'~’ ‘_ll)‘lshould be pruned to twelve to‘
P39331139» ‘hhl the has‘? Wlhh Whh’h eighteen inches, and all trimmings
filmy 0311 he P1'0t9‘5t‘*‘l lh Whlteh {consigned to the brush pile for

5. The peculiar demerits of the 5 cwlnatioll, as an aid in p,.eve,,tin,_,,

letin from the U, S_ Agricultural  up the space between the rows and
Department, and in giving (lii‘ec-lPl3~ht'5- Th“ f‘-’h0W1hz‘a’ S,P1'111i-§3ltt‘1'
tioiis for using the bordeaux mixt-‘W119 SHOW 15 Olly Cut "ll the t0P-5_
uro to head off leaf blight, scablflhd 3PPl_y 11 ‘-.',’<_)0<l_ dresslllg 0l
and rot in the fruit, directs us to,lm311111'8§ f0Tk this 1117 b€‘111t-5 (‘are-

spray just as tl,-£3 In-.395 commencelful not to injure the roots. Rake
bjossoming vfyimetzjhink it im_lofi" the bed and keep cle-n for

portant to begin still earlier oii,'3110th‘31'SeaS0_11- The 59001 X931‘
plums, pears and grapes-_ I 3 the plants will bear some cutting;
sprayed my plums and pears b9_jI'ell1€"1Db€I' I1) Cut  Stalks $5168.11
fore they Showed any bbssoms,  whet-her tlieyrarc large eiiougii for
completely covering the branchesfhse "1' hot; hhe l'hh"l I931’ Y0“
and body so they looked blue, then , 05511 Cut (l“1t‘~‘ h}1'f—§9lY, but tl_1€‘ htftl
f0]_1O“ved  “vitll later Sprayjylgsiwlll not be at Its b(‘.‘St ulltll the
(after the fruit had Set) adding-‘l()11I'i-ll or fifth year. In the fall
one pound of 151.15 green’ to from when the stalks turn yellow cut

dewberries are failure of the flow- §
ers to set, formation of nubbins,°
and difliculty of picking the fruit. ‘
There is no positive method known
by which the first two difficulties,
can be overcome, and the causes of‘
them are unknown, but there is
reason to believe that pruning and
thinning of the canes will tend to
make the plant productive. The
labor and unpleasantness of pick-
ing may be avoided by training the
plants on a rack or trellis and by
keeping them well pruned. _ .

6. Various methods of training
and cultivation are advised, but the
plants are generally set at about
the same distance as blackberries
(3 by 7 01- -L by 7 feet) and the
canes are allowed to lie upon the
ground, being headed in when they
reach about three feet in length.
A mulch of straw beneath the
canes keeps the berries clean and
renders picking more pleasant, A
wire trellis like a grape trellis or
various styles of racks may be ‘used
upon which to tie the fruiting
canes, and for amateur cultivation,
at least, some such upright train-
ing seems to be advisable. Only
four to six fruiting canes should be
allowed to the plant. Some varie-
ties, particularly VVindom_ and
Bartel, appear to do best if the
fruit is shaded.

7. Twelve varieties of dewberry
have been named and more or less
disseminated during the last twenty
years. Of these, four _(omitting
the Mammoth) have gained more
or less prominence, and are found
to possess decided merits in certain
places. This is a fair proportion
of good varieties to inferior ones,
as indicated by the annals of other
fruits.

8. Many persons have found
dewberry culture to be profitable.
This is evidence that the fruit is an
acquisition. But it has not yet
found general favor, and it is prob-
able that it will never become as

the spread of fiingous diseases and
insect pests. This may be done
quite early, before the rush of
spring work. No more than four
to six good strong canes should be
left to each hill for fruiting. All
bearing canes should be removed
as soon as the crop is harvested so
they will not absorb the moisture
and impair the vitality of the root.
Piiiching at one foot high is recom-
mended by soiiie growers, thereby
dispensing with the trellis. “Te
have never had experience in this.
However, our outline for experi-;

mental work in this direction atj

200 to 250 gallons of the solution.
This was done as often as it was,
found to have been washed off by ‘
the rains. The result was, no
rotten plums, not a basket out of
2,500, while those about us who
did not spray lost heavily by rot;
and not a leaf dropped from blight.

If this will prove as effectual
every year in preventing leaf
blight and rot, this one item is
worth more to the State of Mich-
igan than all the experimental
stations of the United States have
cost.

The bordeaux mixture is now

our test ;_rrounds in coming years Emade as follows:  pounds sul-
is: iphate of copper _and four pounds

First, Planting rows five feet 1 Stone 111116 to 40 gallons Water.
apart, two feet apart in the row,j;The copper should be pulverized;
training to a single cane and pinch i and ‘Chen a few gallons of hot water
ing at one foot high ; ditto, pinchingl turned 011, as it Will dissolve much

gt-hem off, and in the spring give

a good dressing of manure. Gon-
tinue this treatment and your bed
will last for years and supply an
amount of food that will repay a
liundred-fold the labor spent in
its preparation and care.

 

THE PE RCHERON.

Leaving the domains of Great
Britain and crossing the channel
into France we find the Percheron
of today making great claims as a
draught horse. This breed takes
its name from the province of La
Perche, a district embracing four
departments, situated to the south-
west of Paris. It is on record that
France was invaded by the Sara-
cens (an Arabian tribe) as far back

‘as A. D. 732 in vast numbers (300,-

at two feet high; ditto, pinching‘
at three feet high;

Second, Planting six feet by
three feet, pinching at one, two
and three feet high, with three to
four canes in the hill;

Third, Planting eight by four
feet, pinching at one, two and three
feet high, with two to eight canes
in the hill; notes from all of which
experiments we hope to furnish
readers of the Visrroa from time
to time.

Red Raspberries.

On account of the suckering
habit of most of the red varieties,
they should receive close attention.
All young plants, not needed for
fruiting, should be treated the same
as weeds. Too many canes
should not be allowed for fruit-
ing, if size and economy at
harvest time are objects, and all
tops of canes killed by frost should
be pruned to green wood. Bear-
ing canes should be removed as
soon as the crop is harvested the
same as blackberries.

Blackberries.
These produce much more stocky

popular as the blackberry. The

varieties which enjoy most prom-

more readily. Slack the lime and
strain through some coarse mate-
rial.

For codling moth, spray as soon
as blossoms begin in the fall, and
again in about ten days. The more
thoroughly it is done the better
the fruit.

The arsenites may be used much
stronger, without injury to the foli-
age if used with the bordeaux
mixture. All solutions should be
kept well stirred.

Kalamazoo, Mi'c}i.

 

A German inventor has devised
a means of producing a light
superior in strength to either
oil or eleciricity. It is by means
of air driven through pumice-stone,
the latter having been impregnated
with benzine. The benzine gas
thus obtained is then carried
through a fine magnesium powder,
and proceeds upward through a
pipe to be consumed in a small
flame of a claimed 400,000 candle-
power. The apparatus consists of
a blast engine for driving the air
through the pumice, and a number
of other accessories, all of which

canes than raspberries and may

take up but a small space.—Eng-
lish Mechaizic.

000 strong) but they suffered the

are thought to have produced the
starting point of this famous breed.
The French government in time
being attracted by the superiority
of these animals, at once encour-
aged the breeding of them by es-
tablishing government haras where
the greatest pains were taken in
the selection of the best, and under
favorable circumstances and care-
ful breeding from generation to
generation, a noble animal was in
time developed, but as time wore
on and railroads supplanted the
post coach, a demand for a heavier
class of horse sprang up, and the
mind of the French breeder was
turned in the direction of increased
size. This was done principally
by introducing the blood of the
heavier Norman and Flemish
horse; for proof that the cross suc-
ceeded remarkably well we have
only to visit the horse shows of this
country and we will soon find mag-
nificent animals of the draught
type. A somewhat remarkable

most disastrous defeat at the hands ,
of the French, who took possession '
of their horses among other things, ;
and these when crossed with the‘
heavier mares already in France _

able culture of wheat on the steep
hillsides of Southern Ohio is a hope-
, less undertaking: that the great
=problem before the wheat grower
of the central belt of counties is
. winterkilling. A problem which
V may be partially solved by under-
drainage and the intelligent use of
clover and inaiiures: and that in the
northern counties climatic influ-
ences are more generally favorable
to wheat culture than elsewliere in
3 the State.

These statistics indicate that the
wheat crops of Ohio have been
, slightly increased by the use of
jcoinniercial fertilizers, but it ap-
! pears that the average cost of this

Y

gincrease has equaled its market

1 value, and that a general improve-
finent in the methods of agricul-
it-ure has contributed more largely
?to the increase of Ohio’s wheat

crops than the use of purchased
I fertility.—[Jul/efiii ()/iio Sfru‘i'()n.

 

HORSES WOR'l'H A I:'0l{'l‘l'l\'l‘..

Men of wealth do not now hesi-
tate to pay twenty-five thousand
‘dollars for a yearling colt without
"any record if it has the right ped-
i igree. lVhile for horses with great
,' records, Robert Bonner and other
glovers of horse flesh will pay from
E fifty to one hundred thousand dol-
 lars. Mr. Bonner, although oppos-
led to racing, paid forty-five thous-
.‘and dollars for “ Sunol " the race
7 horse.
. The men who own valuable
jhorses pay great salaries to the
men who train their animals for
 them. These men are hardly ever
§ away from their charges; in a way
{they sleep and eat with them.
 They study every mood. Jaines
1 Rowe, who has trained many of
fthe greatest horses that this coun-
jtry has ever produced, told me a
§SllOI't time ago that a finely bred,
rthoroughly trained horse is as
lsensitive as an intelligent child,
‘appreciating kindness, and either
sliirkiiig or sulking under ill usage.
The race horse known as “ Tenny,”
one of the speediest but most vari-
able tempered aniinals ever seen in
America ——had to be handled with
the most exquisite care. and his
every mood had to be studied;
even then he would sulk at the
critical point in a great race for no
apparent reason, and lose to an in-
ferior horse through sheer ill tem-
pei'.vFosfc1' Cou.tes in L(uli'cs'
Home Joziriml.

 

STOCK Fl-ZED I NG.

These are results in stock feeding
Qby Prof. Sanborn of the Utah
l Experiment Station:

 I. Horses wearing blankets be-
Eneath their harness in the day and
Eblanketed in the stables at night
ldid not hold their weight as well
as those without blankets. .

II. Cattle with blankets in the
stable did not thrive as well as
those without blankets.

The above facts do not determine
whether blanketing in the open air
would result unfavorably.

III. Cattle in yards surrounded
by high wind breaks did as well or
better for the very favorable win-
ter of 1890-1, and are out of accord
with former results to be reported
for the winter of 1891~2.

IV. Steers turned out daily and
those kept in loose box-stalls did
better than those tied up, indicating
that exercise or liberty is beneficial.

V. Cattle eat more when in the
open air than when confined. On
these points we are gathering more
information.

 


_ no means overdrawn; and the ques-

MAY 1, 1892.

TIIE GRANGE VISITOR.

ATRONS’

}IANl'FACT[7I{]-JR OF

ING EI{S()LL’S LIQITII) It ITBBER PAINT.
Ten Thousand P. of H. and Farmers testify they are Best and

A STARYED l’l'BLIC ()I‘I‘ICE.

Are our law-niakers abreast with
the educators, or do our educators
fail to assert their rights in de-
manding the support of congress
necessary to uphold the dignity of
the educational bureau and to com-
mand the respect of business men,
as well as of educators of our own
and foreign nations?

Something is radically wrong.
The government at Washington‘
pretends to sustain a Bureau of
Public Instruction; the senators
and congressmen avail themselves
of every opportunity to boast of
our public schools with patriotic
fervor. VVe all praise the school
system of our great and glorious‘
country, and what is more, we
applaud our statesmen for it.

Do they deserve it? Let us visit
the Bureau of Public Instruction
at Illashington and see “what we
can see.” M

We must be pardoned at the out-
set for having some conception of
what the United States Bureau of
Education should consist, as the:
representative of a great nation,
whose very foundation is built
upon the public school system.

Ytie expect to find a large, well
equipped department of public ser-
vice; one that will vie with the
Army and Navy Department, the
Treasury Department. or the De-
partment of the Interior. \Ye
fancy to ourselves a large coinnio-
dioiis structure, filled with busy
clerks gathering and compiling
systematic records of the educa-
tional atfairs of the United States.

\Yliat do we find? An old rook-
ery with rickety stairways, dirty
rooms crowded like an old junk
shop, a few over-worked clerks-
scanty office furniture and some
dust-covered records complete the
outfit. “Te soon learn that a ll1llll—'§
ber of valuable manuscripts remain I
unpublished for lack of fund.-. The
annual report for 1888 has just ap-i
peared. This means that the (iiiiiiiul 
report appears flu-(>0 years late,l
which makes it almost wortliless}
for public use. ‘;

At sight of all this we are disen- ‘
chanted, and in disgust we trace
our steps to the Army and Navy‘
Department. When we contem-
plate‘ this grand structure, with
its numberless coiiiniodious office:
rooms and well clad clerks, and the I
fact that our government expendsl
millions of dollars to maintain an
army and navy, our thoughts un-
wittingly run to the Chilian affair;
again, our mind drifts to the Garca
bandit.

VVe go the Department of Agri-
culture, where we note the contrast
between that oflice and the oflice
of Public Instruction. The man
of agriculture sits in a commodious,
parlor-like sanctum; the man of.
education sits in a garret; the man
of agriculture drinks his ice-water
out of a silver pitcher; the man of
education uses a tin dipper; the
man of agriculture toasts his feet
on a steam register; the man of
education hugs an old stove; the
man of agriculture is surrounded
with electric buttons and other
modern conveniences; the man of
education counts his iiik-stand and
pen the most pretentious articles
in his complement.

The comparative pictures are by

tions that suggest themselves to us
will be at once plain to every one:
Is not the Department of Educa-
tion of a great republic as import-
ant as that of -any phase of civil
government? \Vhen foreign na-
tions consider this their most im-
portant department why should
not we? Why should the Army
and Navy Department be placed in
a marvel of architectural beauty
While the Department of Education
is placed in a tumble-down White
Chapel rookery?

Who is to blame? Is it the
Commissioner of Public Instruc-
tion or is it the House of Repre-
sentatives? Has the Commissioner
insisted upon the proper equipment
of his department, or has the com-
mittee on education been (leaf to
appeals?

Before educators from every na-

have been added to our list.
have two meetings each month and
, a good attendance.

tion in the world come to visit us,

 

Cheapest. \Vi>.i'ri-". cs AND SAVE MONEY.

in 1893, we should have a Depart-
ment of Education at \Yasliington
which shall be an indication of the
pride every true American citizen
feels for our free school system.
There is something wrong, and
we direct the attention of every
member of congress to this state of
affairs. \Ye insist that the Depart-

* merit of Education has been treated

in a miserly way, and that the dig-
nity and honor of this government
is at stake. \Ye earnestly direct
the attention of our statesmen to
this state of affairs. The cause
deserves it, and the honor and in-
tegrity of this country demands it.

‘ v—-»—l mcricrm School l>’0m'«l J on rnal.

FROM SYL\'ANI.\, OHIO.

As I have not seen anything in
the VISITOR from \Yorking Grange
500 for a long time a few words
from me may not be out of place
at this time.

Our secretary’s last quarterly
report showed 77 members in good
standing. ‘Ye hold our meetings
in the afternoon on the first an(l
third Saturdays of each month. It

1 matters but little how bad the roads

or weather we always have a good
attendance, seldom less than forty.
Our meetings are very interesting
aii(l instructive, consisting of reci-
tations, music, select readings, and
usually a question for (llS('.1ISSlOI].
Our Grange has just purchased
two dozen new Grange Melodies,
and we think them just splendid.
lVc are constantly adding to our
numbers, and still there‘s room for
more. '1‘. (l. UIIANDLER.
I’. O., S_i/li'((izz'u, O.

 

'|‘lll‘I l\'.\'I‘I0.\'.-\ L ll[Eli'l‘Il\'G.

Paw Paw. MicH., April ‘.35, 1892.
Concord, I\. H., has been selected

 the place for holding the next

meeting of the National Grange.
J. J. WoomiAN.
Sec]/.  Com. N. G'., P. of H.

E 1 l€'n\vizUR<i, MioiI., April 25, 1802.

't "i.'i"o .:

((1 or S 1 ‘P Y
1 en berg beiiter Grange, B0.

(395, organized last June with 31

, charter members is in a prosperous
. condition.

FO11I't98I1 IIBVV IIIBITIDG‘/I‘S

‘V9

One of the charter members has
been removed from our midst by

the hand of death, otherwise our
I ranks have not been broken.

Our literary work consists of
recitations, select reading, discus-
sions and general remarks.

The installation of officers for
this year took place January 28,
Bro. S. W. Breece acting as install-
ing otficer, and the following ofli-
cers were duly installed: ‘V. M.,
Frank Rumsey; Overseer, Delbert
Stevenson: Lecturer, Ellen Rum-
sey; Steward, Charles Wheeler;
Chaplain, Mrs. H. Babcock; Treas-
urer, A. P. Beeman; Secretary,
Carrie L. Poe; Gate keeper, A.
Irving; Ceres, Mrs. A. Akerly;
Pomona, Louvisa Poe; Flora, Mrs.
Addie Stover; Lady Assistant Stew-
ard, Mrs. Liina Dodge; Assistant
Steward, \Villiam Dodge.

Yours fraternally,
Mas. ELLEN RUMSEY,
Lecturer‘.

The capital stock of the Bell
Telephone Company has been in-
creased from $15,000,000 to $17,
500,000. The company has in use
612,407 instruments, and has 180,
391 miles of wire on poles, 14,954
on buildings, and 70,334 miles
under ground, a total of 265,679
miles.

 

EXPERIENCE TEACHES.

CABELL Co., W. Va., April 11, ’92.
M120. W. Ingersoll:

DEAR SIR—Having had exten-
sive experience in the paint trade,
I can cheerfully recommend» the
Ingersoll Liguid Rubber Paints
as being ahead of any known to me.
I painted a house some time ago,
and in passing it the other day I
saw it looked just as nice as the
hour when I left of painting.

Fraternally yours,
W. B. MELTON.
[See Adv. Ingersoll’s Liquid Rub-
ber Pa.ints.—Ed.j

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OFFICE: 243 Plymouth St., Brooklyn. N. Y.

; Ikan sell for eighteen hundred and;
' thirty-nine dollars, a pallas, a sweet and l

E pensive retirement, lokated on the virgin
l banks ov the Hudson, kontaining 8.3
‘acres. The land is luxuriously divided
I by the hand of uatur and art. into
I pastor and tillage. into plain and deklivi-
i into stern abruptuess, and the
E dallianse of moss-tufted IIl€.‘(ld€I'l streams
l ov sparkling gladness (thick with trout)
ldanse through this wilderness ov buty,
‘Lew the low musik ov the kricket and
grasshopper. The evergreen sighs az the
l evening zephir tlits through its shadowy
buzzum, and the aspen trembles like the
luv—smitten harte ov a damsell. Fruits
, ov the tropicks, in golden buty, melt on
the bows, and the bees go heavy and
sweet from the fields to their garnering
hives. The manshun iz ov Parian mar-
ble, the porch iz a single diamond, set
with rubiz and the mother ov pearl; the
floors are ov rosewood, and ceilings are
more butiful than the starry vault of
heavin. Hot and cold water bubbles and
squirts in evry apartment, and nothing is
wanting that a. poet could pra for, or art
could portray. The stables are worthy
the steeds of Nimrod or the studs ov
Akilles, and its henery waz bilt expressly
for the birds of paradice; while somber
in the distance, like the cave ov a hermit,
glimpses are caught ov the dorg—house.
Here poets hav cum and warbled their
laze——-here skulptors hav cut, here paint-
ers hav robbed the scene ov dreamy
landskapes, and here the philosopher
diskovered the stun, which made him
the alkimist ov natur.

Nex northward ov this thing ov buty,
sleeps the residence and domain ov the
Duke John Smith, while southward, and
nearer the spice-breathing tropicks, may
be seen the barronial villy ov Earl Brown,
and the Duchess, VVidder Betsy Stevens.
\Yalls ov primitilf rock; laid in Roman

and downward, the eye cathes far away
the niagesta and slow grander ov the
Hudson. As the young moon hangs like
a cutting of silver from the blu brest ov
the ski, an angel may be seen each
night dansing with golden tiptoes on the
green. (N. Ii. This angel goes with the
place.)
>k*>l<

It is well known that John A. Logan,
who was a member of Congress at the
time the war began, left \Vashington
when he saw there was going to be a
fight, and, seizing "“ musket, walked all
the way to B'.'.l?_~'3(.‘.;ii, where he arrived
just in time to take part in the battle.

He had on a swallow-tail coat, but he
stood up to the rack as long as anybody
did. He was back in Washington next
morning, agood deal out of breath, and
was telling his fellow Congressmen all
about it.

“\Vho gave you this account of the
fight?” ask a member from the north
woods of New York.

“Why, I was there myself,” said
Logan. The New Yorker had not evi-
dently heard the news, for he seemed a
little mystified, and asked, as if wishing
to solve the mystery of Logan's speedy
reappearance, “Are the cars running?”

“ No,” said Logan, “ the cars ain’t run-
ning, but every other blank thing in the
State of Virginia is, as near as I could
find out. ”—C'hicag0 Herald.

>l<*=lc

“Dot boy of mine ish going to make
a goot business-man,” said Mr. Beck-
stein. “Yesterday I told him I was
going to leave all my broberty to him
ven I died, und vat you s’pose he say
to dot?” “I don’t know. Mr. Beck-
stein.” “ Vell, he say he vill throw off
5 per cent for spot cast. ’’——Detroit Free

Press.

>l=*>l<

A little girl who had been set at a
table for dinner, apart from the family
as a punishment, said grace as follows:
“O Lord I thank thee, that thou pre-
parest a table before me in the presence
of my enemies.” She ate with the
family after that.

>l<
*>l<

“ Woman feels where man thinks.”
Yes and that’s what makes the man pre-
maturely bald.—Richmond Recorder.

**=l<

“ I am laying uptreasures in heaven. ”
as the widower remarked after burying
his fourth wife.——New York Herald.

***

A deaf mute is always ready to take a
hand in conversation.——Puck.

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at the above low rates. This machine is made
after the latest models of the Singer machines.
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The utmost care is exercised in the selection of
the metals used. and only the very best utility is
purchased. E(1(‘ll macliine is thorouoz ily well
made and is fitted with the utmost nicoty and
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inspector to go out of the shops until it has been
fully tested and proved to do perfect work. and
to run lightly and Without noise.

The (lIllC1\gUSlIla.'l’l‘ Machine has ii. very import-
ant iiiiproveinent. in :1 Loose liulzuice Wheel, so
constructed as to permit winding bobbins with-
out reinovini.: the work from the machine.

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hardened, and is finished in a superior style. It
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THE GRANGE VISITOR.

MAY 1, 1892.

THE GRANGE VlSl'l‘0R

Published on the 1st and 15th of every month.

Kenyon L. l‘.n1tci-lie-.l<l, Editor and filanager,
LA‘.\'Sli\'(}, Ml(.‘H.,

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1 May, ’92.
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Or perhaps you have been over-
looked and it may be we have
given you one paper too many. It
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15 April, ’92.

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the rest of this year and all of next
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here is an opportunity for you to
come to the help of your paper.
\Ve are not at all overstating the
niatter when we say that every
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‘the \'isIT0R. Now either by per-
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itions to place the VISITOR in every
ifamily, this can be done. ‘Vill
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inot see that in some way all mem- ‘
ibers of the Order shall have the;
: paper come to their homes‘? Take .
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you can. You will not have the
same opportunity again for getting
the paper so cheaply. ,
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 further by inducing a neighbor, not
ta Patron, to subscribe for the VISI-
 TOR for the rest of this year. It will 1
 cost liimbut a“ quarter.” and surely 
 you can recommend the paper to;
-him as worth that much! This:

lwill not take much of your time?
4 . . '
‘and you will in the end reap the,
lbcnefit. You can not help us again
l

1 more than you can during this
fvery month of May.

FREE ll'OOL AGAIIV.
The article on the first page by‘
 Hoii. Enos Goodrich is in no sense:
ja reply to Mr. Rich’s article of two;
?weeks ago, but is a presentation off
‘the free trade side of the issue, by;
la firm believer of that side.

2
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i
l

l citizens.

Now such men become
responsible for crime whenever by
their efforts they could in any
measure prevent crime. They do
not think of that, however. They
place the responsibility on the
bad men. They cry “ring,” an<l
“muddy politics,” and “boss” and
expatiate on the terrible wicked-
ness of modern city government.
They are right in a measure, but
why don’t Ilzcjj “boss” and organize
a “ring” and put up honest men
and elect them‘? The history of

nearly every large city in the coun-

try Sll()WS a period of wicked II1lS-T

irule that finally became uncndur-N

able; the good people rose in re-
volt and put a stop to it. If they

‘can do it once, why caii’t they do

it perpetually‘? They can if they
will. One great trouble has been
that the voters remain loyal to party.
tecognizing that, the politicians
of the majority party learn to put‘
up for office anything that bearsi
the semblance of a man. confident;
of success. Things go from badl
to worse until all good citizens ir- 
respective of party determine on a 
change. It is made and things 

on well for a time. Gradually?

apathy takes hold of the voters. a}

presidential campaign is in the;

‘near future; they vote straight for:
 party’s sake and ere long matters
. are no better than before.

i
Such a;
cycle of events is inevitable so long 1
as national issues dominate in E
municipal elections. Then tool
when the evil thrive the good feel}
that they are alone, that there are;

‘ And why 2’

tie authoress would profit by a

study of the Grange as it exists to-

day. As a matter of fact, the pure-
ly business side of the farmer‘s

jlifc has not occupied the exclu-

sive attention of our Order.

iIt suflices to say that whatever
,it advocated in that line “it per-

formed.” But did it decline? Yes.
Simply because its
novelty and push attracted to its
fold numbers of constitutional mal-
contents and curiosity seekers, who
when they discovered that reforin
is not a matter of weeks and
months, but of years; not a matter
of revolution but of educ ition. be-
took themselves in disappointment
to some other scheme that proin-
ised earlicr success. Reviving from

‘the natural discouragement that
the loss of numbers

the I
Grange at last finds itself on a sub-
stantial foundation. Not only that
but there are abundant evidences
of healthy growth.

And then—the “mission of the
Grange ended I’ " (‘an any one

gilV€,

say of an organization that puslwd
and passed the idea for an agri-
cultural departnieiit; that is in the
very van —in the front mind you -
in demanding pure food legislation,
in decrying ganibling in food pro-
ducts, in asking for free rural mail
delivery; an organization founded
for social and moral advaiiceiiient;
an order practically exliibiting the
equality of the. se_\'cs—-ucaii any one
say that such a body has perforincd
its mission 2’

No! Only when the cupidity of

lh0P9 0111'T95de1'-S Will P3)’ 9SP9Cia1lSt> that unorganized purity isgity; when ,, p€.,.f(.Cf1y i,,t(.11ig,.,,t‘

gattentioii to these two articles, for;
j this wool question will be heard ofl
‘rlater. Those who have not a copy ,
 of the VISITOR containing l\Ir. i
I Rich’s articles can have it by send- 
 iiig us two two-ceiit stamps. A

J TO THE SECRETARIES. I
 Will you not see that in some,
l .

{Way every family in your Grange;

,-‘has the VISITOR for this year andj
inext, or at least for the rest of tliisi
 yerir‘? Please push things at once
Sec that the matter comes up at]
: your next meeting.
 put off at all. If you need sample‘
fcopies, send for them at once.

If your Grange can put in about
, 10 or 20 copies of the Visrron into.

Don’t let it be

trampled upon by organized im-
purity.

Eternal vigilance is the price of
municipal purity.

 

POLI TIC.-1L ED l 'CA TION.

( )ne of the liealthicst signs of
the times is the fact that the college
men of the count:,1_',._,are becoming
intensely iiiterestcd ‘iii the study
of political and economic problems.

1Harvard and Yale have organized?

a joint political debate. The Uni-

‘ versity of Michigan is securing the
- fiiiest orators in the land to talk
An etfort. is being made:

politics.
to organize the colleges of the state

‘for the study of the “issues” of

fballot shall elect a perfectly capa-~
E ble legislative body that shall devise ‘
llaws of approximately perfect jus-

itice; when education is universal ;.
1when the farnicr is honored with
_iOlll€I‘S of his worth; when purity,
1 freedom, justice, charity, culture,
;are the characteristics of all our;
i people and color all our laws --then 
 will the mission of the Grange;
Ibo ended. And not till then willl
we be content to be told by lit/era-,
ry aspirants that our work is done. l

(‘0I\'Gl€ ESS.

The Senate committee decided.
to increase the Grand Haven:
‘harbor appropriation from $lt),0O0-

.from it more than the other.

. jectively

jof mcii.
:press it by raising or dcprcssiiig

China. unless it appears that said
person is a subject or citizen of
some other country, in which case,
they be I't‘n10\'E'(l to such country,
unless said country dciiinnds a tax,
in Which case the person will be
removed to China. Any Chinese
arrested under the provisions of
this act shall be adjudged unlaw-
fully to be within the lliiited
States, unless such person shall
establish by afl‘irmative proof his
lawful right to remain. Any per-
son oiicc convicted mid once re-
moved, who shall subsequently be
convicted of like otfense, shall be
imprisoned at hard labor. not ex-
ceeding six months. and thereafter
removed from the United States,
as hereafter provided.

\\'.\(u‘z HS AND LABOR.

It is astonishing how We accept
as true the thing to which we have
been accustomed. lt would appear
that anything will come to be re-
garded as right simply by the force
of custoin.

In the present case the error has
been in the assumption that labor
is simply a commodity of the
inarkct. As a matter of fact it is
no such thing. Labor is a part of
the laborer. lt is himself in action.
lt. is impossible to conceive it as
separated from him. To buy labor
is to buy :1 part of the laborer: that
is, a part of a man not all of him,
but a part. To regard labor as a
product, to sell it and to buy it,
are acts so nearly akin to the sale
and purchase of human beings as
to give us 21 sliuddcrl Labor enters
into every product, just as capital
enters into it. They combine in
it. You cannot witlidrnw the one
You

cannot sell the labor out of it any

‘V6,. _ _ _ 1 more than you can sell the capital
[none of the faithful remaining. 3 men is Overcome by their 1mm,m_

out of it. \Vagc-liirc presupposes
that labor is a mere product; that

'it is a thing which may be ob-

coiisidered, handled,
bought and sold as any other form
of value. A inoment’s right think-
ing will show how utterly at
variance with the truth this is.
Labor does not logically or

* ritrhtl obe Y an of the laws which
:1 . u 0
govern comniodities and material

products. Labor can obey the law
of supply and demand only in the
sninc sense and in the same degree
that men obey it. You can deal in
labor by dealing in men. You can
iiiakc it abundant or scarce by pro-
ducing an al)11ii(laii(-c or a scarcity
You can iaisc it or de-

mon. You can corner it by comer-
ing men. Labor is in a word an
attribute of man which can be
torn from him only with his life.

» .. . . tl l2‘. Tl' '* ,ltl'g.? .”‘£ -‘  -. -. .' .,'.  '-
lare not Patrons’ it will help the ' ' b A hl ' b  Ongressmfln Belknap has re-lsaine manner ‘is one iurchascs and
‘Order and the paper and will cost l Countly ecome thoroflg ylm 119‘ iC91"9d I’£0’Pf‘St'S {Tim fa“ till‘? 11"l1"‘.l'  “S matelijll ( 01 A L ' 5

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ibut a little if the whole Grannreiwl 1 19 ne(e.Sg1 y am Hi’ 1 eims llvnpers 0 ‘ram p‘ ~  ‘1 The W1 '8-S SH‘-111«1111S11“l11‘3(l free

e vote ti defeat certain iiovis ons .t, Y

, ncss of certain reforms, a rlorious. ’ ' I _ ‘ ;

_ . - , to 1 (T 1 1 (7 f
____j_____ Lbeais the expense. . 1 . ‘.of the Paddock pure food bill. I “l)0I‘. 11% l’91011D9( t” ll“ ‘ls?’ 0
, E day W111 “aw” for “S3 “ml thlsi . , . _ 1l('()I11].)0tll'.lGll'—'l}he age of strife and

OUR OFFERS.  ‘P1"3P51'atl0n will Come only byl Represenmtlve btout ultmduvm brutal conflict betwccii man and
We call the attention of all our}

study ; a resolution looking toward an «
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DR. PARKHURSTS IVORK.

. . ' the market places of the
_ . '  ”‘,.(n . ‘V 1 , ymaii in
Residents of the rural districts ’1nHbh’°rm0n of rentals pan )y

T} G . t 1 t _, g ) ._‘world. The age of competition is
18 range ammo le 00 en ‘ the 3-50‘ erument and by ml‘ pubhLt(leSlZ11l€(l to pass like the other ages

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issue of the VISITOR. VVe are anx- i scarcely realize the prevalence ofgthusiastic in studying all sides oflto we Ben Te1e1)h0ne mOnOpo1y_
ions to have our subscription llSl?l,CI‘lI11€ in cities. i

grow during the month of May, 1
and surely the offers made are suffi- 1,
cient inducement to those not now!
taking the paper to subscribe.

TO OUR READERS.

We want to ask a favor of each
reader of the VISITOR. Will you
not secure one subscriber to the
VISITOR for us‘? We are offering
the paper for the balance of the
year for 25 cents. You must have
some neighbor who does not take
the paper. Can you not induce him
to subscribe “a quarter’s worth?”
Please ask him the first time you
see him. Guarantee that he will
get the worth of his money. Ask
him to give us a trial. You don’t
know how much help you will be
to us in this way. More than that
you will be doing a turn for your-
self at the same time, for the larger
our list the more we can put in of
time and money towards making
the paper superior to its standing
now. And you will get the benefit.
Please don’t delay, for we need your

help.

 

TO THE PATRONS.
We are offering the VISITOR at

a very low figure. Have you read
our offers for May? 20 cents for:

They read of
corruption among city officials and
congratulate themselves on their
residence in the country. They
visit the city and see the guilding.
the attraction, the business, and
the sunshine of the city. They do
not see the shadow, the misery, the
pollution. To such the results of
the work of Dr. Parkhurst of New
York in visiting dens of infamy
incognito, and in employing men
to hunt out specific instances of
law breaking, come as revelations.
Truly the work and word of every
good man in the country is needed
to-day for the cause of truth in
whatever form it appears.

 

IUUNICIPAL CRIME.

Many good citizens, especially in
cities, lament‘ that crime thrives
and that unprincipled men occupy
the offices which are for the very
purpose of preventing and punish-
ing crime. They pray for good
government, expecting God to
sweep away the places of vice, to
close the saloons and to enforce
human law. But they absent

themselves from voting, and what is
worse, from the primaries. Either
they are afraid of the wire pullers

fthat. have preceded it. Even now

all questions, and especially in get- 3
ting the younger people in the 3
Order interested. It is the great;
commendable feature of the Grange A
that it fearlessly grapples with 
every problem that appears, seeks,
to find the truth, cost what it may 
of self-esteem or sacrifice of former 7
beliefs, and when the truth seems
to have been discovered, demands
the immediate reform necessary, no
matter what politician must fall, or
what party cringe. This is the
birthriglit of a freeman that he can
think what he believes is the truth 1
and vote for conscience sake. Any
man who dare do this is of our kin
whether he be enrolled with us or
not. Any man in the Grange who
dare not do it is no true Patron.

 

OUR ]l[IS'S'ION ENDED?

Annie L. Diggs, in the April Are-
mi, in an article landing the Far-
mer’s Alliance, thus disposes of the
Grange movement and its labors:
“ The Grange, as a forerunner and
a preparation for a larger scope of
thought touching the problems and
maladjustments of the business
side of agriculture, had performed
its mission and declined.”

or they forget their obligations as

We have no quarrel with the Al-

Tlie publication in the Congres-'
sional Record of matter purporting '
to be the speeches of members butl
in reality extracts from various

ooks and papers, aroused con-
siderable iiitercst in the House.
The practice will be stopped.

A resolution was agreed to,
directing the committee on agri-
culture and forestry to ascertai_n
and report the causes of agri-
cultural depression;
ticularly whether the reports of
the department of agriculture on
the distribution and consumption

_of such products has anything to

do with the depression.

It was resolved by the Senate,§

that the Secretary of State be re-
quested to obtain through our
consuls, or otherwise, such informa-
tion as he can concerning the use
of electricity as a power in the
propulsion of farm machinery and
implements and in the propagation
and growth of plants in foreign
countries, and report the same to
the Senate.

The Senate passed the Chinese
exclusion bill after amendment
that quite modifies the House bill.
The bill as passed continues in
force all laws now in force pro-
hibiting and regulating the coming
into the country of Chinese for ten
years. Any Chinese person, or
person of Chinese descent, when
convicted under said laws, shall be

liance; we do think our enthusias-

humanity.
I necessity

removed from the United States to

it wants and staggers away! The
age of humanity is to succeed the
age of speculative contention
among the nations. The system
of wage-hire cannot endure the
light and actinism of the age of
i That age must of
recognize the equal
rights of all producers in all the

* products of all labor.

The animosity of capital and

, , _‘labor depends for its force upon
dud PM 5the fact of competition, and on the

determination expressed in the
false dictum of political economy

‘that labor is a commodity to be

bought and sold. The new age
shall bring with it new ideas, new
interpretations, and in particular
new adjustments between accumu-
lated labor which is capital-and
the current labor of men. Each

shall have equal claims upon all
products, all values, all the objects
of desire, all the means of happi-
ness; that is, equal claims pro-
portional to the parts which labor
and capital have contributed. Co-
operations shall supervene in the
place of that cruel system which
has bartered and sold the labor of
human beings as though it were an
objective material product. N 0
problem today is more important
than that of a safe and easy trans-
ference of society from the wage
system of industry to the system
of peaceable and universal co-
operations.-—John Clark Ridpath
in San Francisco Occident.


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MAY 1, 1892.

THE GRANGE V ISITOR.

5

INGRAM POMONA.

Ingham county Pomona Grange

‘an oration on “I Don’t Care.” further incoming of this race orjfor transferring to her our com-

He showed the result of careless- the return of those who shall ;H1€‘I'C(" with China.

ness and of giving up too soon.
A song closed the program of a

voluntarily leave. _
‘Va would have this nation fol-~

\Vhy have we not this prejudice
against the Japanese‘? They are

met with Bunker Hill Grange at very interesting Pomona Grange. low nature’s laws and integrate aiiicrcasiiig among us. No objec-

Fitchburg, Friday and Saturday,
April 15 and 16.

Grange called in open session
with Worthy Master R. L. Hewitt
in the chair.

After the opening exercises we
listened to a short welcome address
by Bro. Whellon of Bunker Hill
Grange, and a response by G. H.
Proctor, the Master-elect of Pomo-
na Grange. The brothers spoke
of the Grange and its influence in
forming the laws of the State and
Nation. These were followed by
others who indorsed the sentiments

J. H. F. l\II'LLETT,
Lecturer.

 

FROM SOME RECENT‘ SPEECHES

IN C0.\'GRl‘lSS.

Representative Covert of N. Y.
said concerning the Naval Appro-
priation Bill: The people may be
trusted to resent any attempt to
make improper provision in this
regard. A wide difference exists
between extravagance on one hand
‘ and miserable penuriousness on the
other. An invisible telegraphy
goes out among the people, telling

higher type of our civilization, one I
more distinct, special, more Amer-
ican, and would protect its evolu-%
tion from all danger. real or
threatened. “ie would first take
care of ourselves, recognizing that
in so doing we Were making our‘
“greatest contributions to the wel-
fare of humanity.” ,
j In other words, Mr. President,
iwe would not permit the purity
and sweetness of our national
waters to be contaminated or pol-
luted by the mingling of its pure
. streams with the impure from any

>

tion is made to them. “'hy is it
that we do not have greater restric-
tions on immigration from all the
other countries of the world‘? Be-
cause we want their labor; we want
them to help develop our indus-
tries, our resources. This is a new

country where labor is desired.‘

If, as I verily believe from the
discussion we have had. these
Chinese laborers are a threat. a
danger to our institutions locally
wherever they settle, we have al-
ready stopped the current of iinini-
gration, and there is no danger of

ing to the value of the property
left by the intestate, and according
to the degree of affinity subsisting
between the deceased and his i1ear-
est kiiisinan. \\'hile not prepared
to limit absolutely the aniount
each relative may receive by he-
quest. as was proposed by the Illi-
nois commission,the right of esclieat
might be exercised over all prop-
erty wliere there is no ncarly relat-
ed inlieritor. These taxes should
be supplemented by a corporation
tax, which should be as nearly as
possible apportioned to the true
net profits of the company.

An exemption of personal prop-
crty from taxation would result in
little, if any, increase of the exist-
ing burdens upon rcal estate. The

of the speakers. Bro. Aiigell of th ‘h t H d f H V ‘source whatsoever. We would first it now. Every year, and year by added ‘security and profitableness
Felts Grange said we could make em “ it 19 1199 S 0 19 80“ use of them whatever portion we year, it will diminish more and of busiiicss. as well as the coiise-

the Grange influence felt much
more if we all stood by our legis-
lators and let them know that we
were in earnest. This sympathy

spoken of by several of the broth-
ers. After a recitation by Mrs.
Dewey the Grange closed with a
song from the choir.

As this was our first meeting
since election of officers the even-
ing session was partly devoted to
the installation, after which Bro.
Hewitt gave us a short talk on the
Grange, in which he dwelt par-
ticularly on the Grange as a social
order. Young people crave society.
Here-they find it and its influence
is wholly good. The Grange then
opened in form in the fourth
degree for the transaction of busi-
ness. Reports from the Granges
of the county for the most part,
showed everything in good run-
ning order. Cedar Grange, which
for several years has been inactive,
was reported as in a good lively
condition with 23 members already
and prospects for more.

Saturday the Grange was called
with VVorthy Master G. H. Proc-
tor in the chair. Bro. Stevens of
Alaiedon read a paper on the Sugar
Beet for Michigan. He gave first
a short history of the beet and its

.ernment are, and behind the sug-
~ gest-ions of the Secretary, looking
to the proper rehabilitation of the
navy and enforcing these sugges-

congress is pledged to economy,
seemingly forgetting that the
truest economy consists in wise
provision for averting disaster.

overburdened with taxation.

The gentleman from Georgia
( Mr. Vifatson) has drawn a pathe-
tic picture of the wants and neces-
sities of the peoplein some sections
of the south and west. These
conditions, however they may have
arisen, whether from overproduc-
tion or overprotection, or from
whatever other cause, are local
only, and the matter is foreign to
this discussion.
heartily and earnestly with the
:€lOq116l113 gentleman from Georgia
‘in the advocacy of all measures
which shall tend to cure these
conditions and to prevent their re-
currence. \Vant and pestilence
are not the experiences in any large

land today, but the reverse of
these conditions exists in almost
every section of the republic.
Heaven’s sunshine has streamed
idown upon our soil. Heaven’s
dews have moistened it. An abund-

We are told that our people are:

I shall join most;

measure of the people of this:

irequire an(l then permit them to
?flow on and to the fullest extent.
3 possible purify the noxious streams
jlof less fortunate conditions.

3 a name among the civilized nations .
 of the earth that we do not deserve. i
i The United States has never until 
;now in its intercourse violated,
jthe terms of a treaty so far as I3
know. I do not think that im-
‘put-ation or charge has ever been
made against the American people.
Our treaties are like other laws
liable to be repealed; yet we have
not violated them, and here we
propose by wholesale to violate
them. 3
Now, sir, it is the duty of the
Committee on Foreign Relations to ‘
look to this part of the law especi-f
ally, because we are compelled
constantly, in the negotiation of‘
treaties and in passing upon
treaties with all the nations of the
world, to see whether the terms we
are exacting are reasonable. “let
require stipulations from them in
the clearest terms, and we would
enforce those stipulations, cost
what it might; but here it is pro-
posed to strike down all these
treaties, to banish all these people
lpractically, because they will all
1 have to go, and for what? Because,
lforsooth, pi'olia‘:l_‘, 150,000 China-

i

more, until no doubt, under the
operation of existing laws and the
laws which will be extended by
our amendment to this bill. we

I think under the circiiinstaiices, -

therefore, for our honor. for the
safety of our people. for the safety
of our comnierce, and in consider-
ation of the example that we set to
other nations, all we ought to do is
to continue the policy which has
been going on in harmony with the
Cliincse government. Let us do
what we agreed to do. that is,
whenever we propose to pass a law,
send the proposed law to the
authorities of China and ask them
to confer with us about it.

This bill does not deal with
American citizens. It deals with
(.ll]1I)(‘Se who have no allegiance to
our country. \Ve are bound by

obligations of honor and duty to:

pay the same regard to the rights
and interests of foreigners who
have their homes here amongst us,
as to our own people. \Vhy should
we rush in here, merely for a bar-
rcn danger, break down our dip-
lomatic relations. and drive away
whatever Chinese we have here

among us merely to prevent a pos-

sible injury to the Pacific coast for
a short time, a danger which has
already been avei ted and turned

quent attraction of new capital,
would react upon the value of real
estate, and from this added value a
greater tax might be obtained, ac-

would have more influence tl18.nj€i1OnS’h:1fre1 thde demands, of tlie}; jshall probably get rid of this mass; 1 coinpanied, perhaps, even by a re-
money. _ . follllg‘ 11  _pr,(fi5reSs1le pref?) 8  not a large mass, but this consider- ‘ duction of the rate.

After a song by the choir Sister 0 t‘ 15’ re?“ ’ Rf‘ 1 1‘-3 Presfifla 10“; sE‘.\'ATOR sHi3ii.\IA‘.\' ON THE sA.\iE. able mass of undesirable popula-‘ In the system here outlined, the
Della Wlright favored us with an of the S*:‘tet)-Y.”  1e.re_pP_b&Cbmay; _ ' tion, and we probably shall llftV’€‘-H.it(‘I)1[)t has been made to reach,
interesting essay on “Moral , fe.1 moi‘ s“r11{0usdy unto "9 7.3  Mr. President, is it right for us Chinese of a higher type amongst through the agency of national,
Beauty.” A short discussion f<)l-: 5“ “re ffiffla :3’ eqluf‘ e.pr0‘ lstlon f by one fell blow to strike at tl1eS9:11S, better fitted to rcpresciit their state. and iminicipal taxation, all

‘Y lowed in which the work of noble 0339-D 9 Ctllell 113:"1“C(l“1It31m‘t’n  . ltreaties? If we do so. we shall get people. classes and conditions of men.

women in Christian societies was ut gen ' emen 9 “S 1a tug This combination of a national

tax on consuinptioii. a state tax on
income, and a local tax on a certain
form of rcalized wealth, should
not be regarded as a coiiiproiiiise
bctwecn good and bad taxation, or
as a crazy quilt of financial
sclicincs, but as a system of checks
and coinpcnsations dcinandcd by
American conditions.

‘While thc component parts of
this tax system may not be indi-
vidually equal. the coinbination of
a regressive national tax, :1 parti-
ally progressive state tax and a
proportional inunicip:il tax, cannot
but be a vast iinprovcnieiitover the
present confused system of Amer-
ican taxation. ————lVr/lit-r .l. W03/7.
p1'1':c essay] in Public ()}n':iion.

The latest hen story comes from
Montana, where a miner claims to

: have found $10 worth of gold mig-

gets in a heirs crop. He at once
bought 50 chickens. turned them
out to pick up gold and Ill of
them yicldcd $3873 l='nfortunately
we can’t all live in Montana, yet a
white Leghorn hen that lays 200
eggs :1 year, cachonc of which sclls

d9V‘310Pme11t- Then he gave 30333 . 1 £11 1 d . .‘‘;men are living in servile labor aside. 3~t_3 C‘-"11tS Yi“l‘lS E-{Old 9110“é='h V’
of the results of the experiments ant remu} ‘as 0 Owe“ 3“ It lfigainong 65,000,000 of people, with a =~‘111'fvtl10“"91'il§5‘*111”11- _ M8113’ l1“11S
made in Michigan. These results,n.Ot' the tune to t.8‘1.{e despondenticertaintv that theycan not increase .\ SYSTI-).V[ 0|-‘ 'l‘.\.\A'[‘H).\'. l1«'l\'9 (l0l1<‘ “NW [3'’''“/ N“-7"
although flattering, were apt tolvlews of the condlmons that Sm'luiider the existing law, and with l”'o1'/ccr.

deceive, as the cost of cultivation
of those yielding the highest amount-
of sugar was so high that they
could not be sold at a profit.
Those raised far apart grow larger,

5 round us.
‘_ But the picture of distress as
{outlined by the gentleman from

Georgia would be as nothing in
,comparison with the situation if

fthe actual fact proveii that in the
; only place where we have authentic
. information they have diniiiiished.
I say if there is ever an occasion

: for violating a treaty it ought to be

Tlic nearest approach to equality
will result from a co-ordination of
the systems of federal, state and
local taxation, in order by this
compensatory method to minimize

It’ You \\':int to Go

to any point in Michigan. or from any-
where in Michigan to any point in the
lilast, South or \Vest, you will almost
invariably find the direct route to be

but have less silf-mi‘ in them tliuniour def“”S"l"SS Sea masts We1'e.foi- some great cause. \Vhen ourinjustice. The number of such the Michiuml C6IItriI1»WlW>'6 mllnemu-‘i

.. . .34.-

those planted 18 inches apart.

Mr. Butterfield in his speech
on the “Agricultural College and
the Practical Farmer” spoke of the
experiments made by the College
that have been of so much benefit
to the farmers in general. The
experiments which were failures as
far as results were concerned are
important, because they show what
we cannot do. A lively discussion
followed in which many valuable
experiments were spoken of which
have saved the farmers of Miclii-
gan many times what the College
has cost. Mr. Butterfield denies
the charge made against the pro-
fessors of the College that they
induce the students to leave the
farm. The College has among its
graduates nearly as large a per
cent of farmers as medical colleges
have doctors. If one in ten became
farmers it would pay.

After a recitation by Nellie Call,
Bro. Butterfield talked a few
moments about the Visiroii. The
Grange then closed with a song
and proceeded to stow away a
portion of the bountiful dinner set
for us by Bunker Hill Grange.

The afternoon session opened
with a song by Bunker Hill Grange
and a recitation by Pierce Proc-
tor of White Oak, entitled “ Sun-
shine; if there is none, make it.”
Bro. Hewitt then gave a most
interesting talk on “ Current Eco-
nomic Topics.” He dwelt on the
supreme importance of the tem-
perance question, but feared that it
would be relegated to the rear in
the coming campaign. He spoke
also of the tariff and silver issues,
which of course are to be talked
of so much this autumn.

Sister ‘V. C. Post of VVhite
Oak Grange, read an essay on
“Love in Homes,” dwelling on
the beauty of such love, and dep-
recating the life in some homes
of our land. Bro. W. A. Olds of
Alaiedon Grange, followed with

 

‘ ravaged by the iron ships of some
, foreign and possibly inferior power.
iThe gentleman from Ohio (Mr.
Honk), who preceded me, seeks

to convey the impression that be-

iio need for an increase of its naval
force. The argument is sugges-
tive of a giant throwing aside his
arms and exposing himself reck-
lessly to the lances of an army of
inferior men.

 

SENATOR FELTON ON THE (.‘HI.\'ESE
EXCLUSION BILL.

From whence emanates this senti-
ment of opposition to their exclu-
sion? Can it be possible that in
this land of intelligence and plenty
that this opposition should be iii-
stigated by the sordid motives of a
few that prefer immediate gain to
the perpetuity of our civilization
and institutions, the peace and

people?
commercial standpoint?
me inform those
patriots, with a lively appreciation
of their own interests, that they
know nothing of the character of
this race. The Chinese do not now
nor will they purchase from any
source anything whatsoever that
they can do without; they will
purchase from the cheapest source;
they will sell to us all they have,
if we will pay for it, for the reason
that_they are confronted with con-
ditions that compel them to do so.
To do otherwise would mean their
starvation.

Mr. President, the people of the
Pacific coast do not desire to mal-
treat, to persecute, or to deport the
Chinese now within our borders.
They recognize their rights under
the treaty to remain and enjoy
them until they voluntarily leave,
and hence do not desire to inter-
fere with them. But we would
and will, if possible, prevent the

cause this country is strong and»
powerful in other respects there is .

l . . . . . .
4 national life or existence or civili-

l sibly violate a treaty according to 3 system most strongly appeals to us
, international law, because, after as practicable and equitable.
rall, every nation must decide for it- i In the system to be here advo-

self, and its own safety and theicated the revenue of the federal
preservation of its civilization must l
be its supreme law.

fore, if our territory, our civiliza-lthat of the states by taxes on iii-

prosperity of the masses of our;
Is this objection from a‘
If so, leti
higli-minded }

threatened by any foreign power,
would fight to the last gasp. 

These Cliinamen may not fight?
with us. They are not a warlike;

Christian nations are. \Ve do not1
fear them, but for the very reason ;
that we do not fear their physicali
power we ought to fear the moral 7
power that they have a right to‘
exercise over our action. 

.\Ve have made these treatiesl
,W1tl1 them; we have recognizedl
;‘them as among the treaty-makings
jpowers of the world. \Ve, with
the civilized nations of Europe,
forced them into that position,
and now, sir, it would be uninaiily,
it would be unjust, it would be 1111- ,
American for us to violate those?
treaties and break them down
without stronger cause than we
have here today.

Mr. President, after makingl
these remarks, I scarcely think it’
worth while to go into the other
branch of this question, the money
question. the question of com-
merce, stated in the telegram
read by the senator from Maine,
(Mr. Frye). I have had laid upon *
my table since I commenced speak-
ing, a_ statement showing that we
have imports from China of $19,
UO0,QO0 worth. There is a trade.
You break off all diplomatic and
consular relations with those peo-
ple and that trade will flow into
other channels just as sure as fate.
There is no doubt about it. Eager
rivals would be glad to have us
adopt this policy. Great Britain

levied on real estate.
other taxes, such as those on coni-

niissioiis, auctions, dogs, lotteries,;
' < ‘ - . .

race in the sense that the modern etc., etc., may also be levied as ie- E directly by and in full view of the colos-
occasion;

strictive
demands.

The great obstacle to the suc-
cessful levy of an income tax is

1I1(3HS11l‘€S, 3.S

the difficulty of properly estimat-5

ing the incomes of the nicrcantile
and commercial classes. This ob-
stacle necessitates a resort to a
publication of tax returns. under

to loose prestige and credit by
understating his income.

be progressive or proportional has
been freely discussed.

American States and Cities,” the
possibility of raising a revenue al-
most equal to the present by a one
per cent tax on incomes. It is per-
haps safe to say that a rate of two
per cent would be amply sufficient
in the eastern states, and one of
two and one-lialf or three per cent
would suflice in the poorer western
states.

The large returns from the in-
heritance tax in New York and
Pennsylvania show the possibility
of making it an important auxil-
iary of the state income tax. This

lwould return us a vote of thanks

tax should be progressive accord-

‘coinbinatioiis of existing methods.
3 zatioii is in peril, then we may pos- ’ is considerable, but the following’

\Ve, there-ltoms duties and internal taxcsflilllmllflity from

the belief that a merchant will fear‘

\Vhether the income tax should ‘

\Vhile‘
Montesquieu, Gustav Colin, and.
others favor a progressive tax, the 5
i American people would not easily .
be reconciled to any other than aj
proportional income tax with an?
exemption of the smaller incomes. 
Dr. Ely shows in his “Taxation of

branch lines traverse the State in every
direction. and whose great main line is
_ “The Niagara Falls lioiito,” between
‘ Chicago and Detroit. and New York,
‘i Boston and the East.

1 No railroad runs finer or faster trains,
l is more solidly constructed and vigilantly
I operated, so that its time schedules can

government is to be raised by cus- 1 be depended upon. and ii reniarkable

serious accident is
;ser-.ured.

No other road runs directly by and in

tion, or our institutions were  comes, iiiheritances, and corpora-  full View of N,,,g,,m p,,11S,when,,,t Falls
; tloiis, While local taxes are to be ‘ View) its day trains stop five minutes to
N11Iner[)uS , give passengers the most comprehensive

:view of the Falls and River that is
l afforded from any single point.
No other road from the East runs

sal buildings of the \Vorld's Columbiail
gExposition, and enters Chicago along
=the beautiful lake front to its depot,
, within a few minutes walk or ride
of the principal hotels and business
houses of the World's Fair City.
‘ No other road has a finer or more com—
. plete through car system, running to all
points upon its own line and to points
beyond—i‘ew York, Boston, Cincinnati,
St. Louis, Duluth, San Francisco.
For any special information desired,
address JOSEPH S. HALL. Michigan Pas-
senger Agent, Jackson, Mich. (tf)

May

  Offer
No. 1
The

Grange ,
Visitor

From now unfil

Jan. 1, 1893
For 25 (its

See Offer No. 2


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THE GRANGE VISITOR.

MAY 1, 1892..

Ladies’ Department.

[For the \'isi'ros.]
Whiitlféifl Home? Is it made with house and
8 I

n .
With fields that are broad, or with mansions
grand?
Something that will shelter us from sun and
rain?

Somewhere to work, and wait. and pass to earth
again?

Ah no! A home is where the wearied heart finds
rest,

Where we hear sweet words, that comfort and
cheer when depresse _ _ _
Where cur affections are linked, as with a silken

c n
And uevei' changing love is given for love again.
The place may be a palace, or it may be a cottage

are, _
If loge and confidence have found a dwelling
t ere.
But if selfishness and strife supremely reign, .
Though a palace, it would be a home in riotlung
but the name.

Our chilz.lhood’s dear home, how softened the
one, .
The lips do voice when our tender thoughts we

OWD

Of_a mother’s love, and a father's fostering care.

With] brothers kind, and sisters dear, we used to ,
s iare.

But years have flown and we will gather no more, ‘
Till we wander in spirit to that far away shore, '
And the curtain is lifted in that realm of_light,
And our home eternal is revealed to our sight.

But a home far dearer than our childhood‘s home,

Is the one that was made, and treasured as our
own;

Where in life’s early summer, as husband and

W e, '
Witpfhands and hearts united, we began 8. new ‘
i e.

Where we shared life's burdens from the world :
Ella-ft. 1
Andhin the strength of true love we kept a glad ,
eart, ‘
Where our children were welcomed as a measure 
of bliss, . _ _ ,
Or their memory reminds us of a long lingering ‘i
ss. ;
For happy homes will not wail, the fatal arrow 
will , . 1 . 2
And chrzajrished hopes oft are blighted, crushed and 
dea ,
But the gems in love's crown are too bright for 
the tomb, . . _ _ g
And the flowers of pure affection will in eternity ,
oom. ‘

We have but a dim shadow of the value of}
our home. 5
Until death’s hush and silence has over it been ‘i
thrown; :
VVe do not know the strength of love until We've l
felt the test, ,
Of vacant chair, of silent voice, and of dear one ,
laid to rest. 3

We should so live that when this home life has '
ended;
That with its sorrow, love and joy have always
under , .
And though some flaws we find, yet in our earthly V

.,y‘ ;

A forctasto we may have of that home for which
we pray.

\Ve can live, and breathe. and pass from this ‘
stage of life,

And honor, fame, and riches may be gathered in
the strife;

Andietour lives will only be but the poorest
(lross,

Too great the sacrifice, if home and love has been
the cost.

John Howard Payne ocnned the sweetest song of

oiiio,

Himsn-lfa loin-ly wan<lcrer,ever his sad lot to:
lioxiioless roam,

In those sivnet words he breathed the longing of
his heart,

And oft, when heard by friendless one, tears ,
uabiddcn start. f

Home Sweet lI<niie, thoniemory of a peaceful l
happy hcartli,

Though a lowly, humble one, is the dearest of all '

earth, ;
And it should be our aim, one worth our best}
endeavor, '
To make Home and lleaveii so near akin, they'll _‘
blend as one forever. '
M as. SAMUEL BUSKIRK.

 

A LEAF Fllfllll LIFE.

1 lent my love a book one day:
She brought it back, I laid it by;

Twas little either had to say—
She was so strange and I so shy.

But yet we loved indifferent things-
The sprouting buds, the birds in tune.

And Time stood still and vvreatlied his wings,
With rosy links from June to June.

For her, what task to dare or do?
What peril tenipt? What hardships bear?
But with her—.»\hl she never knew
My heart and what was hidden there.‘

And she, with me so cold and coy,
Seemed like a maid bereft of sense;

But in the crowd all life and joy,
And full of blushing iinpudcnce.

She marriedI—well, a woman needs
A mate, her life and love to share-
And little cares sprang up like weeds,
And played around her elbow-chair.

And years rolled by, but I, content,
Trimmed my own lamp. and kept it bright,
Till age’s touch my hair hesprent
With rays and gleams of silver light.

And then it chanced, I took the book
Which she perused in days gone by,
And as I read such passion shook
My soul! I needs must curse or cry.

For here and there her love was writ
in old, half-faded peucil~signs,
As if she yielded—bit by bit—-
Her heart in dots and underlines.
Ah! silvered fool; too late you look;
I knew it; let me here record
This maxim: Lend no girl a book
Unless you read it afterward.
—FredcriL‘L' swartwout Cozzens.

TH E llIESSA(1i I.

I was lonely one soft spring evening,
And I thought of her I loved best.

I longed to send her a message
Up to her Haven of Rest.

Up in the glistening cloudland,
Ear, far away from my tear.

I was vain to speak to my darling,
For I knew she could not hear.

But I breathed in the heart of a rose.
The message, all sweet and clear,

And the incense of heaven wafted
My heart's voice up to her ear.

While asleep in the dead of midnight,
Like the dew of l:leaven’s own brewing,
I felt her breath and the breath of the rose

Upon my cheek, soft, cooing.

The evening winds a-flying into the space beyond,

Blissfully sighing, dying at the foot of the
angel's throne,

Had (pierced the awful darkness,
An found my darling's home.
—MiiRai1Eizi'i‘A ARLINA HAMM, in Bangor Com-

mercial.

MORAL BEAUTY.
[Read at Ingham Co., Pomona Grange.]

All persons possess in a. greater
or less degree of perfection, that
delicate and sensitive faculty by
which We are enabled to detect and
appreciate the beautiful. Although
the idea of beauty is always the
same, whatever may be the object
by which it is awakened, we are
conscious that our emotions are of
ahigher nature when we contem-

the meadows, its banks

peace and prosperity.
scene we contemplate in silence,‘
‘the emotions which its beauty

' the Gospel.

plate the beauties of the moral
world than they are when we con-
template those of the physical
world. “Te see before us a. rich
natural landscape glowing in the
summer sunlight; in the foreground
are verdant meadows, with cattle
scattered here and there quietly
grazing or resting in the cool shade
of the trees; the grass is swayed to
and fro by the gentle breeze that
waffs to us the sweet perfume of
flowers. A little to one side is a
range of hills with a mcrry little
stream tumbling down the side,

forming miniature cataracts, then‘

noisily pursuing its way across
fringed
with shrubs and willows,
almost hidden by the dense foliage
isa little rustic l)ri<l;_{c, and over
in the distance, nestled among a

‘clump of trees, may be seen a cot-

tage that with its surroundings
bears unmistakable evidence of
Such a

awakens within us is too deep for
words; but what are these emotions

when compared with those awaken- 

ed by the beautiful acts of a moral
and responsible being?

\Vhen we think of the noble,
generous and self sacrificing char-
acter of such an one as Lafayette,
who, actuated by the principles of
liberty and justice, left his native
land where he might have lived in
case and luxury, enjoying those
privileges to which his rank en-
titled him, and came to fight and
if necessary to die for the cause of
American freedom, our emotions
far surpass any that we are capable
of experiencing by the contempla-
tion of physical beauty. ‘Vs
admire such conduct because it
shows to us the beauty of the
ruling‘ principle of the life, how

‘ the desire to do right has control-

led all the inotivcs and impulses
of the heart, and how its better
qualities have been cultivated by
cxcrcisiiig them until they have

‘c.\'pandcd into that genuine love to

God and man that manifests itself
in actions.

Actions are the truest test of
moral worth. How often do we see
those who by their coiiversation or
writing would appear to be exam-
ples of the liighest moral attain-
iiie1it,but, alas! they are wolves in
shecps’ clothing, their actions be-
tray them and expose the degraded
condition of their morals. But

: the persons in whom the attributes
,of moral beauty are

combined,
apply tlicmselves with equal zeal
to all the duties of life.

They are at home in any sphere,

‘in joy or sorrow, in prosperity or

adversity. Their moral character
manifests itself and shines with
undiminished brightness, while
they always exhibit that calm,
trusting spirit that shows the meek
and lowly heart and a firm faith in
God and readiness to do his Will.
Such persons are a blessing to
mankind, loving their neighbor as
themselves. They do not licsitate to
go to the lowest places or to enter
the darkest dens of vice if by so
doing they can in any way alleviate
the conditions of their fellow beings
or can impart to them something of
the blessings arising from a. knowl-
edge of the light and liberty of
It is to them that the
poor and needy look for sympathy
and aid. They are the joy of afllic-
tion and balm of sorrow. \Vhen we
look at such lives and see the noble-
ness of purpose and purity of in-
tentions which animate all their
actions. we can but feel that moral

. beauty is the highest type of beauty;

nor do we wonder that it receives
something of the reverence that is
due to the Supreme Being, or that
God smiles upon it and signifies his
approval by bestowing his bless-
ings.

The influence for good which
such lives have upon all with whom
they come in contact eternity alone
can measure; it is to be seen in the
respect and defference which they
receive from all men in all con-
ditions of society, in the eagerness
with which their opinions upon all
subjects are sought and in the
secret resolve of their acquaint-
ances to elevate their own charac-
ter to such a. high standard of
virtue.

How beautiful is the softening
and elevating influence illustrated
in the life of that pupil of Florence
Nightingale, Agnes Jones, who in
early youth developed those ster-
ling traits of character that gave to
her after life such an indisputable
charm. She lived for her poor
neighbors and became their friend

vvhilc ,

in trouble, their physician and kind
spiritual adviser and teacher. She
was made lady superintendent of
that sink of immorality and vice,
the Liverpool workhouse. and after
three years of ceaseless toil became
amartyr to the cause she had es-
poused. It was by work the most
self sacrificing known on earth that
she was enabled to reduce one of
the most disorderly hospital popu-
lations in the world to something
like Christian discipline. She suc-
ceeded in taming that which is
more untamable than the lion.

But if moral beauty when seen
in imperfect lieiiigs is so admirable,
‘ what must be the beauty of its
Author and what love and admira-
ltion should he receive. If a single
iact of justice deserves our venera-
ftion what should be the veneration
,'given to Him, who from the begin-
,‘ing has in all things administered
j infallible justice.

" Leslie, Mich.
* DELLA WRIGH'r.

 

lr.u.sL' S'l‘AND.\Rl)S or ECONOMY.

Mrs. Glegg’s habit of economy,
gin making a sharp distinction be-
l tween the sacred and the secular in
, reserving her “best front” for Sun-
days, is one that has many follow-

,» ers, even to the point of getting the Q
; greatest satisfaction in the thought 2

3 of the surprise that will be created
,'after ones demise by finding “how
i much more beautiful were the laces
’ found in the right-hand drawer of

ever worn.” Mrs. Glegg’s princi-

ten o’clock in the morning, until
which time society is not supposed
‘to make its appearance. is one that
has many defeiidcrs. The familiar

not counted as worthy of the honor
of even this fourth-rate decoration.
To be sure, the Mrs. Gleggs of the
5 present time have changed the

; kind of “front” worn in the hoursi

 when society is supposed to stay at
3, home. Hair has given place to
1 paper, the unfurled locks l)cing re-
 served for the outside world. This
1 habit of economy might not be un-
derstood by Mrs. Glegg, as her
“fronts” represented so many good
English shillings and pence, while
the “fronts” of «ts:-laj,‘ in their pre-
sentable condition represent ex-
penditure of time. “Anything good
enough for home,” still finds its fol-
lowers, who have the same sense of
justice to their own “kin” as coii-
trolled that most worthy woman.
It is one of the most puzzling
facts with which the observing
have to deal, this C11Si‘/011111 or l1a1l1)lt
of l3l1011“'l1l) in so many omes, t at
the poiircst, the most worn-out
garments the house affords are good
enough for mornings, unless one is
going ou% btut it (is 11I1I(11€C:’1S]Sfl1‘y to
appear et er resse an an
economy of time and purse will
justify. Nor does the economy
stop at morning hours. Curl papers

the afternoon; and even dinner,
when every member of the family
returns more or less jaded and worn
by the expenditure of nervous
force during the day, is not con-
sidered of enough importance for
the mistress of the house to make
special effort to appear at her best.
Many husbands, too loyal to
acknowledge it, have been startled
from their dream of perfection far
more by this carelessness than by
revelations as to temper or ignor-
ance on the part of the women
whom they had chosen as home-
makers. Nor does this economy
confine itself to things that cost
dollars and cents. Frequently
good manners, the sweetness that
attracts the outside world, the bril-
liancy that entertains it, are care-
fully laid aside until the outside
world makes a. demand; and this,
not because of a. lack of love. It is
due largely to the example that is
laid before us in childhood; these
false standards have unconsciously
been part of our education. Is it
not strange that our economic the-
ories are applied so often to those
whose happiness is more important
to us, or should be more important
than our own? Is it not because
we do not realize the unconscious
influence exerted on others? _ We
have frequently quoted the remark
that to be well dressed affords a
moral support not equaled by the
consolations of religion. One might
go a little further and say that
there are times when a. well dressed
body, whether of man or woman,
carries with it an uplifting force

her wardrobe than any she had?

ple in the matter of reserving her»
“fourth best front” until half—past,

Mr. Glewcr in too man homes is‘
‘of: Y

are frequently retained, unless the‘
wearer is going out, until late inl

that exerts greater influence than a
well balanced soul, because one is
visible, and has immediate effects,
the other is invisible, and its power
depends on time; one is revealed
to the eye, the other to fhe pre-
ception.

In reply to a remark made by a
woman, that she was weak enough
to long for beauty, or for money

, enough to always dress and appear
at her best, a very wise woman said:
“Every woman should feel that
way, for certainly every thought-
ful wonian knows the power that
lies in beauty. To wish to bea11y-
thing else than always at onc‘s best
physically is, from my standpoint.
a moral defect, and a woman who

1 treats the matter flippantly, or who

expresses the opinion that appear-
ance has no weight, shows a lack

,of preception that, in my mind,

,st—rongly approaches moral stagna-

tion.’

: Certainly those who study life
‘in the home know that the sweet-
est homes, the homes that send out
‘the best equipped men and women,
jare not those where there has been
3an economy in the expression of

‘ affection, an economy in the matter .

of clothes at the expense of beauty.
«The poorest economy that can be
practiced in any home is that which
reserves for the outside world the
aesthetics of life. A woman may
stand at the head of her home, a
pattern of morality, and be so tire-
;some and so unresponsive that
‘wickedness is a relief. A home
presided over by a woman of strong
moral purpose, whose hair is neg-
lected, and whose garments carry
out the effect of the head, influences
 without the velvet glove, and loses

‘ half of the power which belongs to ‘

it. The woman who is always
dressed to hold the eyes of those
within her home may lack tremend-
ious will-power, but wields that
: power which has governed tlironcs.
‘A woman may not be beautiful,
3 but there are few women who may
not make prominent, with a little
care in the matter of toilet, certain
attractive powers; and it pays to be
I the most attractive woman that the
‘members of your household ever
meet. lllrs. Grlcgg’s “fourth best
front” was a tremendous bar to the
development of family affcction.—~
C/c ristirin Un ion.

A Heinz INCIDENT.

Forbearing one another in love;
perhaps there is no other one of
Paul’s injunctions on which more
happiness of family life depends,
or one which is in greater danger
of being neglected. Even in fam-
ilies of loving and unselfish chil-
ldren it is so easy to allow little an-
lnoyances to provoke thoughtless
: words, quickly forgotten it may be
1 but leaving their trace in one way
3 at least—by making it easier to give
way to the hasty reply on the next
provocation.

Such an incident as the one fol-
lowing ought not to be an excep-

I tional one:

In a large New England town in
ahome of culture and refinement,
a dinner was to be given to a small
but very select company. I11 this
' home were two daughters, a maiden
of fifteen, and the pet and darling
of two or three years. For a week
previous to the time appointed, the
elder sister had employed all her
leasure moments in painting for
each guest a menu, whose delicate
tracery of flower and vine were
beautiful in design, and executed
with true artistic skill.

All were completed on the day
before the gathering, and it was
with much pleasure that she placed
them on the mantle in the dining-
room ready for the morrow.

Later in the day, coming sudden-
ly into the room, there on the
carpet, radiant with happiness, sat
the baby, and the bright bits of
color around her showed all too
plainly her occupation for the last
hour. Not one had escaped the
destruction of her tiny hands.

One moment the girl stood taking
it all in; then, running hastily off
for an instant to wash away the
tears which would come, she came
back, and catching the little one up
in her arms, she covered her face
with kisses, saying, as soon as she
had let her go. “Darling little sis-
ter, she shall not know What trouble
she has made for me.”——C'anadian
Home Journal.

Leprosy has become a terrible
scourge in Columbia, South Amer-
ica, there being from 50,000 to
100,000 cases in a. population of
4,000,000.

“BE.lUT[F['[. G.-\Tl'IS AJAR."

It is noticeable, in the reports of
the Ford eulogics. that several of
the speakers took occasion to point
to the glories and the beauties of
thoughts of iinniorfality. And the
occasion on which the eulogies were
pronounced, was fitting for tho ex-
pression of such thoughts and
likely to call tl1€‘ll1 forth. \Vith the
going out of such 8. life as that of
the man in whose memory yester-
day‘s tributes were spoken, there
come thoughts which bear the im-
press of certainty that, somehow,
soiiiewlierc. soinctiinc, that life
must and will find a field for the
fulfillment of work uncomplcfed
liere, for the developnient of power
so manifestly beyond the require-
ments of temporal opportunities,
for the exercise of the very genius
of usefulness for which life has
given no adequate field. Whatever
may be thc shrine at which man
may worship, and even though the
knee bow at no altar, the soul looks
forward to an existence in whose
now undiscovered mysteries the
very mysteries of the present life
shall be solved. It is no tcaching
jof theology. no result of mental or
spiritual training, which gives to
T the soul a coiiscioiisiicss of its own
fcontiiiued existence. Mental train-
ging may fortify that consciousness
lwith logic, and spiritual training
;may give specific direction to the
;soul’s yeai'i1i1igs, but the con-
} sciousiiess and the ycarniiigs are a
,‘part of the soul itself, ever lifting
,= the spirit toward the “ undiscovered
icountry” which it will one day
j enter “ through the bczuitiful gates
:ajur.”~Gr(u1d Rupitls Ilmnm-rat.

 

'l‘H0l'HH'l‘S.

lVhcn the act of reflection lakes
,placc in the mind, when We
‘look at ourselves in the light
, of thought, we discov:-r that our life
 enibosomed in beauty. Bi,-hin(l
us, as we go, all tliiiigs assume pleas-
iing forms, as clouds do afar off.
[Not only things familiar and stale,
:but even the tragic and terrible are
{comely as they take thcir place in
the pictures of memory.

Every man sccs that he is that
middle point whereof everything
‘may be affirmed and denied with
equal reason. He is old, he is
young, he is very wisc, he is alto-
igether ignorant-. He bears and
feels what you say of the scraphim,
and of the tin pedler. There is no
permanent wise man except in the
‘Efigment of the stoics. We side
with the hero, as we read or paint,
against the coward and robber; but
we have been ourselves that coward
and robber, and shall be again, not
in the low circumstance, but in
comparison with the grandcurs pos-
sible to the soul.

Each man has his own vocation.
The talent is the call. There is
one direction in which all space is
open to him. He has faculties
silently inviting him thither
to endless exertion. He is like 8.
ship in a river, he runs against
obstructions on every side but one;
on that all obstruction is taken
away and lie sweeps serenely over
(J‘rod’s depths into an infliiite sea.

No man can learn what he has
not preparation for learning, how-
ever near to his eyes is the object.
, A chemist may tell his most prec-
ious secrets to a carpenter, and he
shall never be the wiser,—vthe
secrets he would not utter to a
chemist for an estate. God screens
; us evermore from premature ideas.
Our eyes are holden that we cannot
see things that stare us in the face,
until the hour arrives when the
mind is ripened; then we behold
them, and the time when we saw
them not is like 3. dream.

Human character does cvermore
publish itself. It will not be con-
cealed. It hates darkness——it rushes
into the light. The most fugitive
deed and word, the mere air of
doing a thing, the intimated pur-
pose, expresses character. If you
act you show character; if you sit
still you show it; if you sleep you
show it. You think because you
have spoken nothing when others
spoke, and have given no opinion
on the times, on the church, on

slavery, on the college, on parties
and persons that your verdict is
still expected with curiosity as a
reserved wisdom. Far otherwise;
your silence answers very loud.
You have no oracle to utter, and
your fellow men have learned that
you cannot help them; for oracles
speak. Doth not wisdom cry, and
understanding put forth her voice?
Spiritual Laws.——Emerson.

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CEiiESvi\lHH. J. ll. Bltl(lliAM ,_,_l)c-lta. Ohio
PoM<)NA»~—lllRS. J. M. Tll()lll’S().V,Juliet. lll.
FLoiiA—MRS. J. ll. BA]LEY..(‘on«-hntta, Miss.
LADY .\ss"r S"ri.:w"i)—-MRS. N. 1;. I)()U(z'liA.s., ,,

Sherboru, Mass.

Executive Committee.

J. J. VVOODM.-XN _________ __Paw Paw, Michigan

LEONAR1) RH()NE._(‘.«-nter Hall. Pennsylvania
X. X. CH.-XHTIERS .__Fredericskburg, Virginia

Committee on Woman’s :Work in the
range.

MRS. L. A. H.-\VVKINS_,.__llaxvkinsvillc, Ala.

MRS. ll. ll. W()()l)MAN.._I’aw Paw, Michigan

MRS. l;‘LlZ.-\B‘T}{ RUSSEl_iL,\‘zLncouver, Wash.

Oificers Michigan State Grange.
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H. D, Pl..—\T'l‘. , . _ . . , . . ._ ,, Ypsilanti
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H. H. IJRESSER.

H. H. Hl‘.\DS _

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E0. B. HORTO. ____Fi-uit Ridge
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Marcellus

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Mary A. Ma_vo..

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_ North Branch, Lapeer (Younty
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Wm. Clark ______ _.(‘harlevoix, Charlevoix County
Committee on Woman's .Work‘in the
Grange.
Mrs. Mary A. Mayo ................ ..Battle (‘reek
Mrs. Mary Sherwood Hinds __..Stanton
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PIN WORMS IN HORSES.

HUNDREDS OF THEM’. e

BoswsLi., Ind., Oct. 13, 1800.
Mr. G. G. Steketee:~Your Hog Cholera Cure. of
which I led two boxes to a yearling colt, brought hun-
dreds of pin worms and smaller red ones from her.
WILLIS ROBISUN.

medicine. [
l

N k lot ‘I: the only sure remedy for 3
°‘°“m ‘mm 3‘ ‘could make complete growth, tlnit

P,-icc, soc, per package, C-oc. by mail, 3 packages ;
$1.50 by express, prepaid. If your druggist has not 1

worms in Hogs, H0!'ses,_Slieep, Dogsor lfowls.
Every package warranted if used as per direczions.

got it send direct to the proprietor. U-E0. (.1.
!~"l'lCl\l<1Tl<IE, Grand Rapids, M win.
I LH.-\Ll.Kl\l}E£ ALL UTIIER HUG CHOLERA Rsunnias.
Cured His Colts and Sheep.
Jlelcflc, S. 1)., Nov. 0', low].

Ms. STEKETEE: Dear Si:--1 send you $1.50 for i -

which send me three packages of your llog (‘ho-
lera (‘ure. 1 have used it on colts and sheep and
am well pleased with your medicine.

Yours truly, A. D. BELL.

 and In effect Jan. 3, "J2
West Michigan ’y

Favorite route to the suiiiiner resorts of North-
ern Michigan.

     
         

   

l’.  l P. )1. ' A. )1.
Hartford. Lv . . . . , . . . . _ , , , . . _. l 26 I . ( ’ l :i :7
Holland, Ar  2  : 9 -.* I 5 (N)
Grand Haven, _ H 44 =10 13 . 6 IN

Muskcgon ____ _, _, 4 15 .10 -15 ,’ (5 .'
Grand Rapids, Ar :4 55 ’IU 10 ti 10
Grand Rapids, L , 2') l7  l '7 25
Nevvaygrg ..... .. , u 49 i 3 7.2
Big Rapids. , 8 15  l 10 4:’:
Ludiiigton  , 9 50 t l 2 00
Munistee. via M  10 22 2 I 12 20
Traverse(‘.ity, Ar _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , _,l10 :39 1 5 12 .15
Elk Rapids, Ar ______________  59 ' J 1 4:.
1-‘. M l P. M.
‘ .M.- . ‘ A. )1.
Hartford. Lv ________________ ,_jii 3: ‘ z 12
Benton Harbor, .\r _______ __ _‘12 10 l ' 2 50
St. Just.-ph.___.__,,_,__,_,____.l P. M.[' 31:”)
New Buffalo ______________ ._ _i 1 4;‘; l : 4 30
Michigan (Yity _ _ _ . _ _ _ . , _ __  ‘J. 11 5 07
Chicago, Ar __________________ __* 3 55 . 7 0:3
_ P M. P. M.l A. Ill.

1 :26 p. m. —— Has Free (‘hair Car to Grand
Rapids. connecting with 5:17 P. M. Free (,‘hair(‘ar
to Manistce.

8:06 p. iii.—\\'agner Buffet (‘ar to G’d Rapids.

11:32 a. ni.—Free(7h;iir (‘ar to (Thicago.

l :55 p. iiI.—Waguer Buffet (‘ar to Chicago.

VVagner Sleeping (Jars on night trains to Chica-
go and Grand Rapids.

GEO. DE HAVEN, Gcn‘l I’ass’i'Agt.

GRAND RAPIDS and
Indiana Railroad
Dec. 13, '91.—Central Standard Time.

iioixii NORTH.

 

     
  

 

P. M. A. M. 1*.
(lincinnati, Lv _____________ A, 8 10 5
Richmond ____..___,,___ 2 20 10 55 11

P. M. A. M.

Fort Wayne, Ar ______ ,. 6 00 1 15 3 U5 _,,__
Fort Wayne, Lv ____________ __ 2 35 3 -45 8 0,’.
Kalamazoo, Ar ________ __ A. M. 6 ()5 7 00 11 50
Kalamazoo, Lv _______ __ 3 45 6 2:’) 7 20 12 10
Grand |x’8.p_ids, Ar ..... _. . 1:3 8 10 9 20 2, 00
Grand Rapids, Lv .... _. 7 0:3 10 30 ll 30 4 15

A. M. A. M. P. M.
Cadillac____ ___________ __ i1 00 2 15 4 15 9 10
Traverse City _________ ._ , 6 : 10 45
Petoskey ____________ _ . 8 1», M,
Mackinaw, Ar ........ __ 9

GOING SOUTH.

   

P. M. A. M. P. M.
Mackinaw City, Lv.____ 7 20 7 15 2 00 ____ __
Petoskey..._..,_._ _. 9 10 9 05 3 10 ____ __
Traverse City . _ . _ _ _ _ , , _ _ _ _ _ __ 10 -15 4 15 ____ __
A. Iii. P. M.
Cadillac ______________ ,. 2 25 1 25 6 45 ____ __
(5 20 5 80 10 40 ____ ._
7 00 6 00 11 (F) A 00
8 50 8 00 12 30 3 40
8 55 8 05 . _ _ _ ,. 3 45
12 40 ll 50 A. M. '7 15
1 00 12 10 5 45
_ 4 20 3 40 9 15
Cincinnati, Ar ________ __ 7 U0 6 55 12 01
P. M. A. M. P. M. P. M.

Sleeping cars for Petoskey and Mackinaw on

No. 3 from Grand Rapids.

NSlieping cars, Grand Rapids to Chicago, on
0. .

Nslgeping cars, Grand Rapids to Cincinnati, on
O

Nod. 1. 4. 5 and 6 daily south of Grand Rapids.
All other trains daily except Sunday.
. . . . ‘t, ‘ ' i.
G P & TQKL. L(Ct)CK¥Vg0D(,l
E. BAKER, Agent, Kaiamaioo. mm ap‘ °

Saw and Grist. Mill. 4 B.P.
sand larger. Catalo ue tree.
DeLOACll Hulda 00., At ants, 0|.

 

the German Agricultural chemists

; useless.
Sheis doing splendidly. we believe it to bee good  ists used the word essential in a

- iunquestionable, but it is equally
‘ true that their use is often without

lfiollege and Station.

FERTILIZERS FOR l’OT.»\'I‘()l'IS.

» The Kentucky Experiment Sta-
‘ tion'at Lexington reports the effect
of commercial fertilizers on pota-
toes as follows: The plats were

one-tenth acre in size——the seed

used was northern grown Early

Rose, cut into halves, and placed

cut side down fourteen inches apart
‘in the row. Rows three feet apart.

After the ground was well prepared
‘with plowing and harrowing, the
‘rows were marked out with a small
fplow. Fertilizer was scattered in
[the rows by hand. and afterwards
lslightly mixed with dirt. Fertili-
lzer was applied and potatoes

planted. The potatoes were culti-
,. vated five times. The largest yield
lwas obtained from the use of
[nitrate of soda, 160 pounds; acid

lblack, 320 pounds; muriate of pot-.

lash, 160 pounds; the whole costing
gat the rate of $13.85 per acre,
lyielding 210 bushels as compared
lwith plat with no fertilizer of 113
5 bushels.
,derived from the use of 160 pounds?
.‘per acre of muriafe of potash alone,
;at a cost of $4.80 per acre, in-
,‘(3l'(-‘8.Slllg the value of the crop,§
.}$28.4() per acre, or a profit of}
{$23.40. Nitrate of soda showed al
gloss.

 

.('O.\l.\lO.\' S.\L'l‘ IN .\GRlCl'L'l‘URE.

“ \Vliat benefit from refuse salt;
‘on light sandy soil‘? Is it a fertile 
, fertilizer? Does it destroy worms 1”’ i

Reed (}'i1‘y, illich.

. There have been more discus-
sion and less argument about the
* uses of common salt in agriculture
fthan upon any other subjects con-
nected with farm economy. “lien I

showed that soda was not essential
for plant growth most writers.
assumed that it must therefore be
But the German chem-

very restricted sense. If plants

is grow from seed and produce
perfect seed, in the absence of any‘
isubstance, such substance was
‘considered l1ll€SS(‘Ill?l8l; but if the

plant uniformly liecarne unhealthy :

and failed to inake-. complete gi'owtli I

jin the absence of any material,
such substance was essential. The
.question whether the substance
wvould increase the amount or‘
value of the crop did not enter
,-into this discussion. The only.
lquestion was whether the plant‘
~ without this substance could make,
‘complete growth and perpetuate
‘its species. In this restricted
3SOIlS(* the salts of soda are not.
iesscntial. In the same sense the‘
plow and zhe harrow are not essen-
tial on the farm, for crops can be;
raised without them. 
But the farmer takes no interest}
in such narrow and restricted}
questions. He wants to know!
whether a given substance willl
increase his crop and improve its;
value. The question whether com- 3
mon salt is beneficial is much?
more important than the inquiryl
whether it is essential.

make complete growth without‘
the use of soda, yet it is always
present in plants grown under
natural conditions, and this fact‘

requires some explanation by those :
who consider it useless as well as:
unessential. That sods. salts, es-
pecially common salt are often
beneficial when used as manure is

any appareiit benefit. The benefit
is explained by Storer by the pow-
er of salt ‘to set free other materials
in the soil by chemical exchange,
such as potash and magnesia.
More than fifty years ago, Liebig
suggested that one base may re-
place another in the plant, That
potash may in part be replaced by
lime or soda, and magnesia may be
replaced by lime. This doctrine
of replacement of bases by other
basic substances is now generally
abondoned by agricultural chem-
ists. But recent experiments in
Germany by Atterberg and VVag-
ner revive the question whether
partial replacement of potash by
soda is possible, and by this means
an explanation ofiered of the bene-
fits of soda salts as manure. The
experiments of Atterberg were
made on an_ artificial soil of quartz
sand to which solutions of nutri-
tive materials were added in known
quantity, and the influence of a.
variation of the quality of nutri-

.i.J.i;. 1.],

,is often very beneficial.

,repi'esents Netherland Statesniain,

tive salts could be determined in‘
the growth of the crop. The nu-
tritive materials employed were
pliosphate of potash. sulphate of
magnesia, and nitrates of potash.
soda, and lime. Duplicate crops
of black Tartarian oats were grown.
Different amounts of potash were.
replaced by like amounts of soda
in one series, and of lime in the
other series. but this lime series}
received no soda. \\'ith a pro- :
gressive witlidrawal of potash and
substitution of soda and lime in its
place, there was a progressive «le-
crease of crop, but this diminution
was much less where the deficien-
cy of potash was supplied by soda
. than when it was replaced by lime.
But if the potash could not be re- v
placed by soda, any more than by
lime. then the decrease would be
the same in both series, and should
. be in proportion to the diminished
‘ supply of potash.

The follmviiig table presents the V
;results in a clear and instructive
‘ fornlt
‘ Yiclrl of oats urifli. i‘rn‘_I1z'7ig Rup[:li('.~* of [Ill/Il.\"l.

Ilie (Ir'jicicncy of pofusli living siqip[i'wI in l,‘IlI"L~

But tllt‘ II1OSi’, profit Vvfls  ('(l.s‘(‘ 11:1!/L corrcspmirlim) runoilnf of ,<U.'lIL. in vol-

unm. 2, mid of film , column 3.

i H

Quantity of potash siipplled in
each experliiieiii, in graiiis.

 

   

_ , , _ , , , _ _ _ _ A _ , , _ _ _ , , , ,_ llil‘ I35

, _ _ , _ , _ , _ _ _ _ , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ,, H0 133
____________ , , 1:n i ii:

_____________ _, 1:4: 11! 1

‘ _ _ _ _ _ V _ _ _ _ _ V , A __ 133 Ill.‘-<
‘ no , w

1 -

These results show that soda 
may fill a very iniportaiit function 
in case of a (,leficiency of potash?
and that it cannot be regarded as a l
useless plant constituent. ,

Salt is found frequently of great [
benefit to the barley crop, and,
sonietiines to wheat. It seems to’
be of no service to clover. The‘
kind of soil makes 3. niarked dif- 
ference in regard to its use. Heavy J
uiidrained clays receive little or no Q
benefit. The very light sands:
especially when deficient in vcgeta- 7
ble matter show no benefit from:
the use of salt. This was ch-arly‘

gsliown on the jack pine lands at

the Experimental Fa1'ni in Gray-I
ling. But if sandy soils are well‘
supplied with lime and have plenty ‘
of vegetable mould, the use of salt;
If tlici
salt is combined with its own bulk ‘
of wood ashes, the benefit is

. _grcate1'.

If applicd in sufficient quantity
salt will kill most plants, but it
takes a heavy dose. 1 have seen‘

lgrass and oven trees killed by

strong brine poured on the ground.
Salt will kill worms if applied in

,jS1ll'l‘lL‘lt‘llt qiiaiitity, but it will kill
5 the crops in the same (lose.

It is.
not the proper remedy for worms;
in the soil. §

For manurial purposes a barrel of 
salt to the acre is sufficient. The‘
refuse salt is as good as the best}

refined salt for agriculturall
purposes. R. C. KEDZIE. 1,
l

HOLS'l‘l*llNS. i

The College has ‘added the fol-l

stein-Friesian stock to its her(l.,l
A bull, 50% of whose bloodl

,winner of bull and progeny prize;

at the New York state fair last‘
fall, also sire of sweepstakes bulll
and sweepstakes cow at the same,‘
fair, and a bull thought by many
to be the best sire of fine quality
Holsteins in America; 25%, the
blood of Clothilde 3d, whose
progeny are proving among the
best of the granddaughters of old
Clothilde; 12:1‘/0, the blood of
Artis, a bull pronounced by
the inspector of the North Hol-
land herd book, to be the best
and most perfect animal recorded
in that book; 12§—%,’_the blood of
Princesje with record of 4,110
pounds in two months. Also fe-
males in calf to Paul DeKol, son
of Pauline Paul whose butter
record of 1,153 lbs. 15: ozs., is the
largest ever made by any cow of
any breed, and grandson of DeKol
2d with the largest percentage of
butter to a given amount of milk
of any Holstein (best test, 9.29 lbs.
milk to one pound butter).

The bull was purchased of
Smiths & Powell, Syracuse, N. 
and the heifers of T. G. Yeomans
& Sons, \Valworth, N. Y.

New York’s saloons, if placed
side by side, would have 3. frontage
of fifteen miles.

THE FAIR BOOK .—\GE.\'T.

“flint on earth is a man to do
when he is l)esie}_:e<l by a. female
book a_x_,rciit'.’ If the book agent
is a mule biped we all know just
what to do in order to “get shut"
of him as they say south of )Ie.son
and Dixon's line, and we are even
justified in going so far as to eject
him from our presence with force
and arms in case he tarrics too
long: but when the canvasser (I
believe that is the desigiiation the
dear creatures prefer) happens to
be 8. women and particularly if she
is fair to look upon. what is a man
to do if he do:-sii‘t want to buy her
book? “re can't be rude to 9.
woman, even if she peddles books,
profanity is out of the question,
and, so, I for one am at a sad loss
to know the proper way of indicat-
ing to a female book ageiit that
neither she nor her wares are
wanted around. The ii'i'esistible
female book agent. according to
my way of looking at it,  she who
appears before you in widow’s
\\'(‘t'(l>', a pmisive little smile lurk-
ing around the <-orners of her
mouth. a helpless. appcaliiig, sort

of liewihlercil cxpressioii in the

liquid depths of llt‘l‘ great brown
eyes. Then if she is equipped
with that “ext-ellciif thing in
woinan," a t(‘ll(l(‘l', soft. cooing
voice. as IllllSl(‘ill as the silvery
cascade that splaslics from rock to
rock in inountain gleii, why. then.

‘y011l1ll_L;‘lli as well siirreinler first

as last, for the stars have ordaiiietl

-?that you will take pity on this
:.s'tl'l('l{(‘ll dear who is compelled to

sell books for a living and put
your naine down for one copy of
“Mississippi .\l(‘Il.ll(l(‘l'lllgS, ” “The
(‘are and Cultivation of (‘truss-

,lioppers"" or some other equally

valuable work. If. liowever, the
book agciit cliaiir-es to be it _:_;aunt.
V'lSfl§.{(’(l, soinewliat vciiei'a.bl«- and
decitledly iiiiuttracf ive spinstcr, you
may escape investing any of your
hard earned dollars, and this is the
way to do it: Greet the aiiciciit
(lame affably, listen to her attun-
tively, and then tell her that you
would likw to have her witness an
exhibition of your troup of ti iined
mice, which you will order i'.rned
loose in the room. ’l.‘Zl.l-‘t‘ my
wor(l for if, the book a_<_;ent ‘vll be
out of the biiiioiiig and down IlV'€.
fliglits of stairs before you cuii get
out of your cli:iii'.——li‘iw' 1’)'('.s‘.s'.

 

.V[EXI(‘.\ N HO'I‘l<ILS.

All hlcxicaii hotels are on the
“ l1llll‘0])(‘f1l1 plan " -— o1'(l(*1‘ what you
want, and take what you can get.
You can get all you want. gein-rally.
and if you like ii WH.I‘lll meal you
will not be (lisappointed 2l.ll_\'Wl1(‘I‘(‘
in Mexico unless tlicre is ii short
crop of pepper. Boston has a rep-
utation for beans, but the frijolcs
(freeliolies), the beans of Mexico,
would make a Bostonian deny his
town, if that were possible, at least
from a bean stantlpoiiif. There is
no butter in Mexico ——tliat is but-
ter as Aniericans understand it; a
pale lubricator is manufactured,
generally from goats’ milk, which,

L

with the ailrlitioii of a little salt,
makes a better substitute than some

lvhfle it is true that P1311155 1113)’  lowing valuable thoroughbred Hol-  W“ g"t in this ('0‘mtry‘ Coffee is

pure and geiierally well made.

It doesn’t take long to get used
to Mexican cooking and then you
like it.

Your room has it single iron
bedstead,——an(l itinay have springs,
nit oftener the mattress rests on
planks ————what carpeiiters would call
“inch st1ifi”’——but its clean, and if
it is in the hot country will have a
snowy white mosquito bar, and the
linen is fresh. The bed is never
made up till the guest arrives.
Candles are furnished and towels,
but no soap; and you must buy
your own matches. A traveler said:
“ Mexico has two advantages, good
climate and good matches.” The
climate is free, but you must pay for
the matches. Mexico matches light
at both ends, and if a native asks
for a light, he will always return
the unused end, with thanks.

Edward Everett Hale makes
these rules for those who desire to
live long: 1. Never do anything
yourself which you can get another
to do for you. 2. Never trouble
yourself as to who will get the
credit for what is done. 3. Never
work after three o’clock in the
afternoon. 4. Sleep ten hours out
of every twenty-four.

It is stated that one-fourth of
Scotland is owned by thirteen
persons.

 


 

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THE. GRANGE VISITOR.

MAY 1, 1892.

Notices of Meefings.

HILLSDALE COUNTY POMONA.

Hillsdale county Pomona Grange
will hold its next meeting with
Moscow Grange, May 5, 1892,
beginning at 10 o’clock sharp. A
good program is being prepared for
the occasion. All fourth degree
members are cordially invited to
come and help to make this meet-
ing a success.

Mrs. E. D. NoKi5s,
Lecturer.

VAN BUREN COUNTY POMONA.

Van Buren county. Pomona
Grange will meet with Covert
Grange, Thursday, May 5, 1892, at
10 o’clock A. M. A good program
is prepared with a special view
towards helping Covert Grange.
An open session in afternoon.

C. E. Ronissox,

Lecturer.

BRANCH COUNTY POMUNA.

There will be a meeting of
Branch county Pomona Grange at
Union Grange hall, Thursday,
May 19, 1892. The morning ses-
sion will be devoted to the usual
business and a good program is

being arranged for the afternoon.

' CARRIE L. FISKE.
Secretary.

TH E I’ARMER.

 

, Delivered at the College April 27.

When God commanded that mag
should eat bread by the sweat 0
his brow, he intended that all men
should earn a living in some honest
an(l honorable way. He did not
mean that the honest tiller of the
soil should be the slave of all the
nation, bear its burdens, while its
favorites loll in peace and luxury.
Such has been the case in the past.
but We are happy to say that at this
age there is a gleam of hope for
the o ressed.

It lI1)1I3.)S been the custom in the
past for the farmer to be imposed
upon by a certain class of sharks
in som ,-what the same way that the
freshnien are imposed upon by the
sophomore; they take it as a hered-
itar ii rht.

.PZrliagps the cause of this impo-
sition was due to the fact that the
farmer was uneducated, hence un-
refined.

The city people have some very
strange ideas about the farmer.
They are illustrated very well in
the fuiin a Jers.

Tliese,yliIdvviever, will soon be ob-
literated. The great facilities for
education are increasing so rapidly
that when the coming generation
manage the handles of the plow,
they will put in a very respectable
and intellitrent a earance.

But witli the Il§El)I'Cll of education
appears a tendency for the country
boy to leave the farm. It has no
attraction for him. He finds no
“rapture in the pathless woods,”
nor does he “Oh, for a logge in
some vast wilderness, some ound-
less contiguity of shade.” This is
because he is educated away from
the farm instead of toward it. His
training is along the line of litera-
ture and mathematics, and from
this he wanders off into law, medi-
cine, trade or something of that
sort. Yet, surrounded as he is by
thousands of the wonders of nature,
he sees not one of them, while if
his education was directed in the
line of science he would find both
pleasure and opportunity for study
in the fields and lawns about his
home.

How can the student he directed
along this line? VVe have an ‘in-
stitution capable of accomplishing
this, known as the Agricultural
College. Good work has been done
along this line, by farmers’ insti-
tutes. But by this means only a
limited number is reached, and as
a rule these are of an older class of
men who do not like to take up
new ideas. This suggests to me a
man trying to sweeten a river by
pouring sugar in the mouth of the
stream. The plficedto commence is

he fountain ea .
at Itf a man is to be a successful
farmer he must not wait until he is
25 or 30 years old before _he gets
any idea of agriculture aside from
the empirical rules he inherits
from his forefathers. He must be-
gin early and study all sides of the
question, and prepare for the
higher education he is to get at
agricultural colleges and farmers’
institutes. He must understand
the elementary points of botany,
chemistry, entomology, Z0'0l°8Y,

etc., before he can fully un-
derstand the scientific lectures.
Most farmers a few years ago

seers and knew as much about
:the terms used by the speaker as a
common school boy does about
Greek. Only a few Weeks ago a
prominent institute lecturer told of
ya man who came to him at one of
§the institutes with a sure method
lof killing Canada tliistles, which
consisted of cutting them down in
a certain time of the moon.

, Now, such dense ignorance as
lthis must be destroyed by educat-
iing the rising generation in a
scientific way.

The great problem is, how can

‘we get at all the children of the
land? It is true it is a great ques-
tion, one that England has been
%dealing with for some time.
g The English method is to send
lteachers into the rural districts
l who give a short course of lectures
,-on some subject, and at the end of
‘the term give a certificate of pro-
ficiency to those who pass the ex-
amination. As a result a promi-
nent writer on agriculture says:
“The boys of today write better
articles on agricultural subjects
than old men did 20 years ago.”

Now, such a method as this
could be carried on in this country.
Our college could act as a center,
and send out men to organize
natural history societies, and give
lectures on agricultural subjects.
Besides this they might assign
reading in certain books on some
kindred subject. And, as an in-
ducenieiit to get the boys to study,
return them their money they paid
for the book in case they pass:
This would remove the difficulty of
the boy having to buy his books,
which is the great drawback to
universal reading on the farm.

Another question might arise,
where would we get our teachers‘?
1 lVc have a large number of grad-
‘guates from our agricultural col-

went to institutes as mere sight-=

1 NEWS NOTES.
I

MICHIGAN.
Flint City Mills burned, loss $35,000.

, Hon. John Spoon of Ottawa county
-dead.

I
l

: Keeley gold cure hospital at Port
Huron.

‘ Gov. McKinley is to bein Ann Arbor
3 May 17.

5 Traverse City sends $285 to Russian,

sufferers.

State convention of people’s party in
Lansing, June 16.

Geo. T. Campbell of Kansas, Y. M. C. A.
Secretary at Owosso.

Royal Arcanum held State convention
at Lansing, April 19-20.

Auditor General Stone will not be a
candidate for re-election.

Parson Arney of Saranac wants to
resign preaching for a season.

The stock and mortgages of building
& loan associations must be assessed.

Young Russell Tyler of Grand Rapids
drowned in Grand river while yachting.

Grand river valley horticultural
society will exhibit at the VVorld‘s Fair.

The famous “whaleback” barge No.
101, the first of the kind built sunk in
Detroit river.

Bay View is to have some noted
specialists in economic and science, for
this summer.

Albert Blanding died at Agricultural
College; complication of measles and
heart trouble.

Supreme court decides railroads must
protect employee from injury in all
possible ways.

Attorney General Ellis holds that
endowment funds of colleges, when in
form of real estate, must be taxed.

Detroit board of health and the State
Board of Health have a tiff over investi-
gation of dangerous diseases in Detroit.

Fourteenth annual State encampment
of G. A. R. held in Ann Arbor, April 19-
20. C01. H. S. Dean of Ann Arbor elected
commander.

Seven vessel companies of Detroit must
pay $150,000 of city taxes which they
tried to evade by removing their head-
quarters to Hamtramck.

 

NATIONAL.

E leges every year, why not give them
employment through the winter;
‘months, and thus make some use:
lof the iiistriictioii given them? 1

This will cost a great deal, it is;
true, but what is the cost compared ;
with the results and benefits we;
would get from it? §

If this were done you would see i
thousands of students here wheie
we have liiiii(lreds now. You would
see our Agricultural College rise
Eabove all others in usefulness and
lpopularity. You would see farm-
3 ing the foremost business of our
 <-ountry. You would see the farmer
lthe happiest and most prosperous
lclass in our broad land

C. M. (‘o.\'NER,
Agricultural (,‘()lIr’gc.

THE FlItS'l‘ A)[ERICA.\' FLAG.

 

The first American flag that was
saluted by any foreign nation is
owned by Mrs. H. R. P. Stafford,
of Cottage City, Mass. The flag
has thirteen stripes and twelve
stars. The patriotic ladies of
Philadelphia, presented it to John
Paul J ones,wliose name has become
famous for the successful victories
he gained for America. It floated
from the mast of the Bon Homme
Richard in its engagement withthe
English vessel Serapis, and was
shot away andfell into the water.
Mr. James Bayard Stafford, father
of Mrs. Stafford’s husband, a lien-
tenant, jumped into the water and
saved it from an untimely fate.
He was wounded by a British
sword and disabled for life. After
the war was over the flag was pre-
seiited to him for meritorious ser-
vice. Three thousand dollars has
been offered for these old “ stars
and stripes.” It was exhibited at
the Centennial by Lietenant Staff-
ord’s daughter. At the inaugura-
tion of President Harrison it was
carried in the procession.—Congrc-
g(u.‘ionalist.

The good steer is not alone the
product of good feeding and care
but of good breeding. The well
bred steer has a form that will
command a cent a pound more than
the illy-formed native steer. This
not only warrants, but even de-
mands, the infusion of good blood
into our native stock.

The cow that will produce ten
pounds of butter per week costs
no more for care, and perhaps but
little more for feed, and the care
of the milk is no more, than for
the cow that will produce seven
pounds; but at the end of the year
the difference will be a matter of
fair profit, or perhaps a loss. Let

Indiana democrats declare for Cleve-
land.

Hon. Alexander MacKenzie of Canada
dead.

Mrs. President Harrison is much im-
proved.

Herr Most, the famous anarchist is at
large again.

Charles H. Reed, the counsel for Gui-
teau, is dead. “ 

Amelia B. Edwards, the famous
Egyptologist is dead.

\Vin. Astor is dead. His fortune is
estimated at $40,000,000.

Ranchmen and " Rustlers " are having
serious trouble in Wyoming.

There is probability of a national
silver convention at an early day.

Another mine accident. This time
near Pottsville, Pa. Several lives lost.

It is said that 40.000 persons made a
rush for Oklahoma lands just opened to
settlers.

An earthquake in California shakes up
her peaceful inhabitants; no severe
damage.

Fifty—two persons injured in a fire in a
Philadelphia theatre; none seriously
however.

Thousands make a mad rush for land
in South Dakota, on the opening of the
Sisseton reservation for settlement.

Chauncey M. Depew thinks woman
suffrage will ultimately win. though not
till the women themselves are educated
up to its advantages.

Forty thousand people attended the
laying of the corner-stone of the Grant
monument in New York. President
Harrison and Chauncey M. Depew made
eloquent addresses.

Coates & Co.’s tin plate mill in Balti-
more begin the manufacture of tin
plate, employing 250 men. The output
will be from 1,500 to 1,800 boxes a week
of an average of 110 pounds each.

Emancipation day was celebrated in
VVashington by a parade of colored citi-
zens, headed by troop K of the ninth cav-
alry, which was reviewed by the presi-
dent from the portico of the executive
mansion.

The oflicials of the national farmers’
alliance are fearful that politics is to
disrupt the order, and recognizing that a
critical time is at hand, call a con-
vention of state oficials at Birmingham,
Ala, May 3.

FOREIGN.

At Charleroi 30,000 miners employed
in that district will hold a meeting to
agitate the questions of shorter hours
and more pay.

It is expected that 2,000,000 people will
take part in the processions in France on
May day. No trouble is anticipated, al-
ghough the authorities will be prepared

or it.

The French ‘minister of justice has
ordered the prefects to forbid priests to
criticise the laws or acts of the govern-
ment and to report any disturbances in
the churches.

It is now announced that the pope will
appoint a commission charged with pre-
paring a plan whereby the Vatican will
be oflicially represented at the World’s

farmers ponder on these things.

Columbian Exposition. It is not improb-

iable thata subsidy will be granted byl
the Vatican.

_ The Brazilian government has ordered

its consuls abroad to refuse to despatch

vessels for Matto Grosso, which state

has declared its independence of the‘
‘ Brazilian republic.

‘ A Rio Janeiro dispatch states that i
, twenty—eight radicals who were sup- ,
. posed to have participated in the recent ‘
1 disturbances have been exiled and eight- f
1 een others imprisoned. l

The body of William Astor was em-A
balmed in Paris. Funeral services were 5
in the American Episcopal church. The :‘
body will be conveyed to New York on «
the steamer Labourgogne, which sails
from Havre, the 30th. :

Snow continues to fall throughout ,
England, and the weather is very cold.:
There will be a great loss for grain and 
fruit growers. The weather in the north- E
ern part of France is also reported to be l
severe and damage to early crops is an- ‘.
ticipated. 3

Masses of Russian emigrants are 
gathered at the German frontier and are ‘
anxiously waiting for a chance to gain an
entrance into the country. Much sick-
ness exists, and it is reported that
spotted typhus has broken out among.
them. Deaths daily occur by the score.
The strictest orders have been given to
the frontier guards to allow none of the
pmigrants to pass beyond the forbidden

me.

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At this season of the year we be-
gin to soak the corn for the horses.
There are several reasons for so
doing. The horse likes it better
it is more easily masticated and
hence better digested; the horses
will sweat less than when fed dry
corn. The corn should soak twelve
hours, but not longer, and the water
should be changed every day.—
National Stockmrm and Farnwr.

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of the Challe e variety, grown from our seed.
This new ing originated in 1888 and has
proved to be the best in quality. largest in size
and most prolific in yield of any potato in present
cultivation. For only 25cts. we will sand 20
good strong eyes of this choice variety, and our
special catalogue of Seed Potatoes.

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Marietta, Onandsgo Co.. N. Y.

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Rheumatism, Scrofiila, Eczema.
and Inflammation of the Eyes
cured. Address.

DR. W. H. ROSS,

Grand Rapids, Mich-