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A GOOD ED l'(‘.l'l'I0.\'

In the Reach of Every Young Man.

For thirty-five years industrious
and faithful young men have been
paying all their own expenses
while getting a thorough education
at the Michigan State Agricultural
College. The education obtained
here fits men for practical life.
About forty per cent of the gradi1-
ates become farmers, in which bus-
iness they win good success. Since
the mechanical course was intro-
duced some become mechanics.
And here they have success
for there is a demand for really
educated mechanics. Some grad-

uates become civil engineers,‘
some merchants, some teach-=
ers. some lawyers, some work-

ers in the experiment stations in
the ditiierent states. As a rule
they succeed well in
business they take up, for their
trainiiig at the Agricultural Col-
lege gives them "the practical}
touch.”

The course of education here:
includes thorough training in al-i
gebra, geometry, trigonometry and l
surveying; in English grammar,
rhetoric, composition and litera-
ture; in chemistry, natural phil-
osophy, botany, anatomy, physiol-
ogy, zoology, entomology, geology,
veterinary, in drawing, in history,
political economy, the laws of
right conduct, and the laws of
right thinking. The mechanical
students, instead of some of the
sciences above mentioned, give
more attention to mathematics,
including the calculus and its ap-
plications, and the strength of ma-
terials. heat, machine design, me-
chanics, etc. The professors and
instructors are well-trained men,
earnest in their work, and have the
enthusiasm in their work which
rouses enthusiasm in their stu-
dents.

In addition to the training of
the class-room, the lecture-room
an(l the laboratory, students have
the manual training of the farm, the
stables. the garden, the orchard,
and the wood-shop and iron shop.
The farm has under the plow
about three hundred acres, which
are now getting into good condi-
tion; it has all needful stables for
stock of every kind, it is Well sup-
plied with different breeds of cat-
tle, sheep and swine. Such topics
as fertilizers, general farming,
breeding and feeding stock are
taught by men who have had suc-
cess in their work. About one
hundred and fifty acres are devot-
ed to vegetable garden, fruit gard-
en, orchards, lawns and groves, in
which all vegetables and fruits
adapted to our soil and climate are
tested and grown, and where are
found many of the plants and trees
that will grow in this climate. A
thoroughly equipped forcing house
gives facility for more delicate ex-
perimental work.

That the training given fits men
for good work is proven by the
fact that twenty-six states of the
Union have obtained graduates of
this college for presidents and pro-
fessors in agricultural colleges, and
Workers in experiment stations; and
that distant Australia took one of
our graduates for director of agri-
culture to organize colleges and
experiment stations; and another
was called to Brazil for a similar
purpose.

The mechanical department
trains men to do work in wood and
iron, so that when they have fin-
ished the course they can readily
pick up any trade in which such
work is demanded. The class room
instruction and the shop work go
forward under the same profess-

ors; both are practical, both try to months’ school. For this teachin
wed the trained brain to the train- the young men receive from $25 to

whatever 3

ed hand. The shops are supplied
, with engines, latlies, planers‘with
all tools and machines needed for
such work. The equipment of the
shops has cost more than -.*,'10.000.
The equipment 11o"v owned by
the College for all branches of its
educational and practical work is
large and excellent. The agricul-
tural laboratory, built with an ap-
propriation made by the legisla-
ihlll'L‘ in 1889, gives to the profess-
or of agriculture a lecture-room,
work-rooins and offices of the most
‘superior kind. and all fields, sta-
ybles, barns, stock and imple-
jinents are a. part of his laboratory
iequipinent. The horticultural la-
boratory was built in IVVHH, with
:lIIOI1(‘_V given by the legislature. It
was planned and built with the
practical needs of the €l:"p.-‘tI'i]1l¢‘Ili
‘in view. and in connection with ilic

forcing-liouse, gardens, orchards.iainiuation.

lawns and groves, enables the the-

iture to be taught with
The chemical laboratory is one of
thebest in the west. The beauti-j
ful botanical laboratory was burn-‘l
ed more than two years ago, butf
the State legislature has appropri-‘gt
ated $10,000 to build a new oner
meantime the work of this de-
partment goes forward in anothe;
building. The veterinary labora-
tory gives every facility for veteri-
nary work. The zoological labor-
atory and museum enable instruc-
tion to be carried on by the best
modern methods. The physical
laboratory has much valuable ap-
paratus for the lecture table, and
its rooms and apparatus for expe-
rimental work have recently been
improved and increased. The li-
brary has about 143,000 volumes.
The reading room receives regu-
larly a large number of the lead-
ing papers, magazines and scien-
tific journals.

The farm. the buildings and a
large part of the equipment of the
college have been procured through
the generosity of the State of Mich-
igan. They have cost about $450,-
000. A part of the equipment has
been bought with proceeds of
grants from the national govern-
ment. The salaries of professors
and instructors are now paid from
these national grants. Having this
assistance from state and nation,
the college is able to offer its in-
valuable facilities at very small
cost to students. Students from
Michigan pay no tuition. The
amount paid for the rent of a
warmed room scarcely more than;
covers the cost of warming. A
student’s expenses are mainly for
text-books. board and clothes. One
who exercises a wise economy can
make his expenses come within]
$175 a year. Somewhat more than.
this is desirable, but many students
get along with less. Every year
since the college was organized
some of the students who stand
among the first in ability and
honor have paid their entire ex-
penses by their own labor. This
is made possible because the labor
done by students on the farm and
in the gardens receives a small
money compensation, and by the
arrangement of the college terms
which enables a qualified student
to teach a district school for a win-
ter term of three or four months.
An industrious student can earn by
his labor at the college, during the
school year, $45. The college year
begins the last of August, and the

first term extends to the middle of poses; first, for acquired mental
November, when the long vacation culture, a disposition of the mind
begins, and lasts fourteen weeks, that will enable it to think clearly,
until the last of February. By a profoundly and correctly upon the
various subjects with which it may
at the close of the fall term and at have to deal; secondly, to acquire
the opening of the spring term a knowledge, that is, such an ac-
quaintance with facts and princi-
g ples as will enable us to make use
of them in the practical work of

short absence from college duties

qualified student can teach a four

“THE FA RJI ER I S OF J1 ( )RE (,'0.\'iS'E(gl'E.\'C'E TH A N THE FA

I.ANSIi\’(l. iiiciiicir, ArGL='sr

, .
33-30 a month, depending on their
town ability as teachers and the
.ability of the schools to pay. Not
f a few grarliintes who are now pros-
'perous farmers or business men,
fsuccessful teachers or workers in
¢(‘.\’p€l'lH](:‘1llZ stations, influential col-
. lcge professors or ‘presidents. have
iin this way "put themselves
 through college." It requires some
§" grit,” but it has frequently been
jdone. Some of the best students
Eare doing it today.

i For admission to the freshman
lclass the applicant must pass an
.e.\'amination in 1‘€"r1(llI1U‘, spelling.
ipenmanship. gcograpliy, grainmar
land arithmetic. (‘rraduates of all
i reputable high scli( ols are admitted

lto the freshman class without c_\'-N‘

jamination. All _vo’-.ng men having
teachers’ (‘<‘1‘tlllCJlll":- are admitted
‘ to the freshman class without c_\'-
Some of those having
_high school diplomas or first or

ories and the )I'£L(‘tl(,‘() of a<rricul-‘second «rrade ccrtii‘icates take ad-
?‘ T b . - v
success. 3 vanced standing in some studies by

passing an examiiatioii in those
studies.

Sometimes young men past eight-
een years of age who have had but
small cliance to go to school and
who cannot pass the entrance ex-

amination would yet be greatlyl

benefited by attending at the col-
lege to study special branches. It
has been determined to admit such
without examination, at ‘the begin-
ning of the fall t€r:_I‘:l";t0 study such
branches as thoy"c-all profitabl
pursue. In case they should final-
ly decide to remain and graduate
they can take the entrance exam-
ination at a later date.

Women are admitted to all col-
lege duties and privileges except
rooms, manual training and mili-
tary drill. The state has built no
dormitory for women. There is :1
chance for a very few to get rooms
with the families of professors or
otlier college employés. As the
number of women in attendance is
necessarily very small it has as yet
been impossible for the college to
develop for them any system of
labor.

At the beginning of the fall term,
Aug. 22, 1892, a preparatory class
will be organized in advanced
arithmetic, grammar and history.
These studies will continue during
the fall term. Students in this
class must attend some public
school during our long winter vaca-
tion and take the algebra and ad-
vanced grammar studied by the
freshmen during the fall term, and
on returning to college at the be-
ginning of the spring term pass an

examination in these studies. They ‘

can then go on with the regular
freshman class. The preparatory
class will be taught only for the
fall term.

The next college year begins
August 22, 1892, at 8 P. M. For
catalogues giving full statement as
to course, admission, expenses, etc.,
address the president, 0. Clute.

[This article, in circular form, has been

sent to a large number of farmers in the
state. But we publish it in hopes that

many who would not otherwise see itl H , - . ‘ . -
may be persuaded thereby to Send their 1 see at once that theic is no study , banks.

‘which will help more to open our

sons to the Agricultural College.——ED.]

BOTANY

The Mental and Spiritual Culture and
its study.

[Extract from an address delivered by President
Cluteat the laying of the corner stone of the new
botanical laboratory at the Agricultural College.)

A study is pursued for two pur-

life. An idea too generally pre-
vails that if one wishes to get. a
severe mental discipline, power of
clear and careful thought. he must
study either the ancient languages
or matheinatics; and a great war
has l)ccI1 in progress for many
years between the ad\'ocatcs of the
(‘lil>‘SlCS and the advocates of math-
cnuitics, as to which is l)t stadaptcd
to give the mind sound discipline.
I am willing to grant that both
‘are valuable for this purpose, but
the classics and mathematics by no
;means c.\'haust the catalogue of
,disciplinary studies. Science. in
_‘its various departments, opens
‘fields fully as valuable for this
1 purpose.
Sonic of the objects of education
are to cultivate the memory, and
‘to discipline the powers of obser-
‘Villlflll. and the judgment. The
stud_v of almost any of the natural
sciences. take for instance that of

‘botany, is well calculated to give‘

these kinds of discipline. The
;n1cniory is improved by being
lsystcniatically used. In the study
‘of botany it is so used to a great
lcxtent. There are the different
_;‘parts of the plant in their ditfeicnt
imodilications and many relations:
there is the beautiful system of
classification by which we may
descend from the great. vegetable
kingdom through the different
classes, families, orders, genera and
species, to any individual plant we

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side; there is the multitude of
plants which we may find in the

all these afford abundant exercise ;
for the memory. and exercise of
the best kind.

To cultivate the powers of ob-
servation they also must be exer-
cised. The need of this cultivation
is apparent, if we will but observe
how many people go through the
world with their eyes apparently
shut. They see but little of what
is going on in the world of matter
or the world of man.

How, then, shall the powers of
observation be best cultivated?
Evidently not only by studying
Greek and reading old myths about
gods and goddesses; nor by
pouring only over intricate math-
ematical problems, but by leading
ing students to an observation of
nature and of man. Any of the
natural sciences will cultivate the
powers of observation in a remark-
able degree. The study of botany
at once leads us into the multiplied
forms of life in the vegetable world,
and bids us carefully observe them.
A botanist must continually use
his eye. He must observe form,
size, color, fragrance, number; he?
must be acute in the discrimination j
of minute differences, and in the
!detecting of obscure points of re-
gsemblance; he must notice the
 locality and soil in which particu-

llar plants grow, and the different‘

{times at which they reach their

i several stages of growth. You will

eyes, to make us see the things
that are going on in the world
around us than that of botany.
By the education of the judg-
ment, I mean the cultivating of

able us to compare carefully differ-
ent facts that we may meet, and to
come to well grounded conclusions
concerning them. There is no de-
partment of education that has
been so much neglected as this,
and we see the lamentable results
in the foolish judgment so often
made by many in business and‘
religion, in social life and politics.

The Wildest theories concerning

all these will get numerous adher-

ents, simply because men do not

those powers of the mind that en-l

 

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come to reasonable judgment con-
cerning them. Listen to the talk
in any community about lucky and
unlucky days. about such :1 day of
the month orof the year being a
key to the wcatlicr for the month
or the year. about the cluinge-s of
the moon inllucncing the wcatlier
and the _-_:rowth ot'crops; look at the
immense sale which the dangerous
compounds known as patent medi-
cines have attained; consider the
unfounded zissuinptions on which
men will base their political actions
or their religious lwlicfs. and then
tell me if the cultivation of the
judgment is not of the utmost ini-
portuncc.

In this education of the judg-
ment the study of botany is Mile of
the greatest helpers. ,\ botanist
must form jlulgincnts at cvcry step
of his investigations. Should any
of llicscjiulgiiu-nts prove o.-rroin-ous
he is led into cndlc.-"s [)t‘l'1)lf‘XlllI'5
and inistakcs. hence he is lauglit.
‘to be careful in his jiulgim-nts. to

be sure that he sees clearly the
, fact in hand,aiul its relation to other
facts, and so that he has a reason-
i1tl)lc ground for tho jiidgnients at
,'which he arrives.
‘ Botany is good as a means of
icultivating the spiritual facilities.
'All true science is truly religious,
for it seeks to know the truth con-
cerning man and nature and the
honest search for truth in any di-
rection is religious. Science and

"ma have ‘a.*l.hei'ed from the wa -' rcllulun on rlit to -*0 hand in hand
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cordial co-workers for the benefit
of humanity. The book of (lod’s

gardens and fields, the woods and word as it comes to us through
swamps of almost any locality prophets and
where we may chance to dwell;—— i certainly valuable for our religious

apostles of old, is

‘ culture. The book of God’s works,
ithat lics open all about us in'mat-
‘tcr and in man. is also valuable to
‘aid in our spiritual growth. \Vo
‘ought carefully to rend the revela-
‘tioiis that came through the inspir-
jcd souls of Hebrew sccrs and
itiallilcan peasants; we ouglit also
to read the revelations from the
flowers, full of fragrance and of
beauty; flowers which are surely
visible expressions of the thoughts
of God.

The study of Botany generates a
profound respect for law, for im-
mutable eternal principles. and for
the orderly sequence of events. A
study of plants leads to the convic-
tion that nothing comes to pass by
chance or caprice, but that every
thing is done by law as unchange-
able as the everlastinghills. \\'hen
any thinker has arrived at this
point he is inevitably led to ask,
how came those laws into existence,
how were they establislicdi’ In
answering those questions he is
led at once to the law of laws. the
great First Cause. The reverent
student cannot fail to be led to a
profound confidence in the law, to
l a reverent obedience to that cause,
i to a sincere worship of the Infinite
, Intelligence from which all proceed.
,‘It is well for us to ponder the les-
sons of God’s care and love that
; have sounded down through the
ages from Sinai and from J ordon’s
It were well, also, if we
 would consider how every blade of
lgrass, beaded with the morning
jdew, is a sure witness that God is
{with us now; that every harvest
ltime, as it pours into our hands its
wealth of fruit,‘ teaches God’s care
and love for every creature that he
has made. Botany regarded in
this light and pursued in this
spirit, becomes a powerful aid in
religious culture.

 

The Midsummer Holiday CENTURY
will contain a number of complete
stories. including "The Philosophy of
Relative Existences,” a ghost story which
is said to reverse some of the old tradi-
tions, by Frank R. Stockton, and “The
Colonel’s Last Campaign,” by the
author of “Mr. Cutting, the Night Ed-
itor,” and with illustrations by Charles
Dana Gibson.

  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
  
 
  
  

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THE GBANG,n,vIs1ToR.

AUGUST 1, 1892.

Field and Sfock .

S"l'lt.\ \\'Bl-IIKRY (-'IH)Wl.V(-‘v.

llill (‘ulture Vs. Matted Rows.

'1‘. T. I.1'o.\'.

This (piestion has long been. and
even yet is considered an open one.
with the p1'epondcrance of belief
la1'gely in favor of the latter, if we
may judge from the basis of popu-
lar practice. although the circum-
stance is a notable one. that its
correctness is questioned by many
of the best and most successful
Cultivators.

As a step toward a solution of
tlie above problem. the writer in
the spring of 1890, planted Ill)
varieties of strawberries, twenty-
four plants of each variety. Thesa-
werc severally divided in two plats
of twelve plants eacli; all receiving
the same treatment. in every par-
ticular. except that all runners
were persistently removed from the
first dozen of each variety, while
the rcniaining dozen was allowed
to form a matted row in the usual
manner.

The whole was well cultivated
and kept thoroughly clean through-
out the season and the following
spring; a mulch having been ap-
plied in early winter and removed
the following spring to make way
for cultivation.

\Vlien ripe, the product of each
dozen plants was picked separately.
weighed. and the weight i11 ounces
recorded and dated; thus giving.
in each case, the length of the
picking season, and the weight of
tlie entire crop of each variety.
from hills and from matted row
separately. under conditions prac-
tically identical, aside from
systems of management.

' Res :1 I fs.

()f l28 varieties only twenty
yielded the larger amount in mat-
ted rows; while 108 produced more
largely in hills.

The following are the compara-
tive results in a few of the more
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Matted . ,
NW‘ Hlllb.
. ()unce<.  Ounces.
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Boiler Wood __________________ __ 141 261
Bubach .\'o. 5 _ ,____ 131 201
Bright Inla__ ,___ _ 102 149
Crawford __ ,,._, :36 19
Crescent ,_ __ T0 102
(fumberlanrl ,___ _ RU {Ox
Duncan____ ____, 57 110
, , , , , _ _ 83 13%

. . 503 l 303

_______ __, flu ' 7::

, ...... .. .l 102 l nu

_ __  _ l an - -2
Gem [of I\'e':1rin:.,J . _ i, 135! 174
Great Pacific ,._   1341' 212
Haverland _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , , , , _ _ _ __ lllti L'|I3
Kentucky __, , _ ____ ___ , X1 -13
Governor IIl)(U"tl_, , ,,________ 101 I3“-
lllanchester __ , _ .._ _ 1'19 11H
Martha _ HT. 1357
Miami 77 17>?»
Michel T3 J-’l'_’
Miner 5'1!) 71
Moor ._ .33 137
Mrs. ( l 11‘.I 1‘l
Ohio (‘enteimial 72! 12:;
Parker Etirle . _ _ , ,, 27:5 224)
Pearl... , '73 1|}!
Safie ___ _>____ {M 13;’.
Saun([(x,r_:_ _____,____,”_ fix Istl
Shust/er‘s (iem ________ __ '75! 102
Staymzm No. 1 ________ __ 77 15:‘)
Staymau No. 2 ________ ,_ 6-t l 129
Yick_____.,,.,______., 100 J 137
Wartield No. 2 __,_ . 10:‘) 93
ilson 73' ‘N

Vviuast.;‘Z('Ti}£.{.3}{i};1iiI .2 _____ ,3

VVhile. in both cases the plants
were thoroughly cultivated and by
no means highly manured. no sep-
arate accounts of labor applied to
each was possible. Still it is not
believed that the labor of managing
hills was essentially greater than

in matted rows; while the fruits‘

were larger and therefore more

rapidly picked, as well as finer in

appearance. ~
South Haven.

EVAPORATI.\'(u‘r I-‘R UIT.

L. B. RICE.

It would be impossible for me to
treat the subject fully in all its
bearings in a single article such as
you could alford space in your
paper. For this reason I will con-
fine what I have to say at this
time to the “Farmers Steam
Evaporator.” Another time, if
desired, I may take up another
branch of the subject. I say
“Farmers Steam Evaporator” not
that I mean that it is different from
any other steam evaporator, but
that it should be owned by the
farmer towork up his own apples.
Heretofore it has been the custom
for some enterprising man in a
neighborhood to erect an evapora-
tor at a. central point, and then buy
his apples at the lowest possible
figure and work them up. But I
think that the day has gone by

the .

when fortunes are to be made in
that way. Farmers are beginning
to want their share of the profits
and ask more for the apples, while
pri<Os for the fruit when evapor-
ated liave ruled very low for some
time. I believe that the margin
of gain such as it is should go to
theifarmer. But the farmer will
say that he has all that he can do
and he don't believe that the cull
apples are worth being botliered
with. so he selects out the best of
them for barrelling. being very
careful to work in all of the poor
ones that he can in the middle of
the l)HI'1‘el, and the rest he lets go
to waste. In this way he loses
about 54) per cent of his crop.
Now true economy dcniands that
everything that is raised on the
farm be utili'/.ed in some manner.
and it is only by such strict. econ-
omy that the farmer can make
nioney. I"irst l will try and show
something of the value of the c11ll
apples and then how they may be
used without adding very 1nucl1 to
to the care and work on the farm
or drawing on his finances.

An orchard of’ Zoo bearing trees
on a farm should produce I300
bushels of good fair apples. lis-
timating the culls at Stlper cent of
all it will give 1500 bushels of culls.
The average of winter apples will
make  pounds of good evaporated
fruit per bushel. Some varieties

‘will make more 11p to as high'as 9

pounds for (‘rolden Itussets, but
we will call the average (5 pounds
and will place the average price at
ti cents per pound so as to be within
bounds all around. This will give
‘.l.()l)() pounds of white apples worth
Silt) with 352-ll) worth of skins and
cores. giving :1 total of S-Kill.
smallest sized steam evaporator that
it would be profitable to run would
‘use 75 bushels of apples and waste
3per day. this would accommodate

better put in one that would use
‘ltltlbusliels of apples and waste
per day and accommodate twelve
such farmers, and this would give

$63,840 to divide among them; about l
one-fifth of this would be required,

.for expenses, giving a good fair
Iannual saving after deducting all
I expenses.

i In the evaporating districts of
; western New York there is not an
‘orchard but the waste fruit is
evaporated and generally on the

farm. Their orchards average very 3,

much larger than in any other part
of the country and the amount

brought into a neighborhood or

township from this source in a
good year 1S simply enormous.
Divide :1 township into small

farms and multiply the number of‘

farms by our estimated product of‘
one orcliard. that is -.*3Ttl and you
will be able to form some est-iniate
of the value of that portion of the.
farm crop that now goes to waste.
Having proved the value of these
apples. I will now say a word about‘
how to get an evaporator without.
drawing on yourself for funds that
you have already made your plans
to use in another direction. If
you have an old mill in the neigh- l
borhood with a good boiler. the-
‘ work is very

The‘

four such farms. or what would be‘

have made no allowance for the
value of your apples in the orchard.
This is because we started out with
the proposition that they were
Witllullt-'\'a111e in the market. and
we have been turning this waste
product into the evaporator.

Perhaps it would be well to say
one word of caution. There
are a good many varieties of steam
evaporators, and probably not more
than one or two of them will rank
as strictly first class. the others are
medium or worthless.

A word in relation to cost. Of
course I cannot give a schedule of
prices. but with your building and
boiler in place. you will find that
one with capacity of 7:3 to 201)
bushels per day with waste. will
cost from $600 to -‘$1,000.

Another time. if you should wish
it, I will try and give you a descrip-
tion of one of tliese evaporators, or
of a cheap, dry air evaporator of 10
to 15 bushels capacity for small or-
(shards.

Persons who want to investigate
further with a view to building
and wish to ask any further ques-
tions, I will do the best that I can to
answer them providing they en-
close stamps.

Port Huron.

 

GRAl)l.\'l;‘r 1:‘ RAIN.

The .’l[1'cln'g(m Furnzcr has taken
up the cudgel against the system
of grading grain in vogue at the

Detroit Board of Trade. No
doubt the dissatisfaction of the

Former expresses the feelings of
many wheat growers. \Ve wrote
to Mr. Geo. M. Lane, Secretary of
the Detroit Board of Trade, inti-
mating that complaints had been
made and suggesting that he indi-
cate the arguments favoring the
present methods. We‘are pleased
to publish his very courteous
replies. If, however. there is cause
for dissatisfaction. we should be
{glad to have it expressed through
ithese columns. We want both
asides to have a “ show.”

Detroit, I|IL'c.h., July 15, 18’.’)2.

 argument or extended explanation.
jthat surplus products of grain can-
i not be freely moved and the iden-

 tity of original blocks or purchases  they are made, I know of no better

 be pv'eserve(l.c»';‘_.3,lIe!1ce the necessity
;of the establishment of the system
"of grades and grading.

2. Grades must be established
for each market or district which
are adapted to the kinds and va-

ter wheat markets must have have
‘grades for winter wheat handled

and spring wheat markets those,

for spring wln-at.
3. Large central receiving and
distributing points handling the
same varieties of grain should have
substantiallly the same grades and
} descriptions of grades. This uni-
: formity should exist that tliere may
be no unnecessary barriers to the
movement of grain: that there be

qualities and descriptions of the

lsame cereal, and that millers and] regularity.

the trade generally may at all times
be reasonably sure of securing

rieties of grain handled, vi’/.., win- ,

ably is true. But I do not think
it arises from dissatisfaction with
the _r/cn€’i'ol S_'ljSl‘t‘)II. for it is utterly
impossible to handle and move
large blocks of grain. or the sur-
plus grain products of the country
in any other way than by the es-
tablishment of grades. the inspec-
tion of grain. and the placing of
the graiii with other of the saun-
kind and quality. where it is to be
moved. (lenerally dissatisfaction.
and consequently complaints, arise
when the farmer or the seller
thinks his wheat or grain is up to
grade. and if is no/. according to
the judgment of experienced in-
spcctors. The former may be and
doubtless is sincere and honest in
his opinion, but of course self in-
terest is an influential factor in his
judgment, while that of the in-
spector is supposed to be impar-
tial, and generally is. and is also
the opinion of an expert. Hence
complaints in such cases are gen-
erally unan.'~:werable. and I do not
know as they can be avoided so
long as human nature is what it is.
Inspectors occupy a different posi-
tion. and being human sometimes
err. but so far as my experience
‘extends they do the best they can.
land as well as anyone else would
lin their position.
l Doubtless the modern device of
l“mixing” grain gives rise to com-
plaints in some cases. But this
mixing is not done in “public” ele-
‘ vators, but by pi'1't,.-rite parties upon
‘their own premises. At least this
. is the fact so far as my knowledge
lextends. It is done more or less
by farmers. by millers. and by
lgrain buyers, and while this n1ix-
ling is not always injurious to the
gtrade and to be condemned, there
jis no doubt it sometimes leads to
‘tlis1'ep11tal)le and dishonest prac-
‘tices. \Vith us inspectors are es-
pecially instructed to be careful
I and on the alert when grain is re-
ceived which gives evidence of
‘having been doctored or mixed.
~ and that it be graded upon its real
lmerits. and not what is expected
tor desired by the owner. On the

I. Every one must see, without  whole I do not see how the present.

lsystem of handling grain can be
j much improved. As to the reason-
iableness of the complaints. or why

3 way to find out their cause than to
, ask the next man you hear com-
i plaining why he does so. And
then judge as to the remedy that
, should be made. if one is possible
or practicable.

 

SHEEP IN SELVIRII-Ill.

\\'e are asked. "Do sheep need
care in su111me1".”’ Indeed they do
if they are to do well. It is true
that if there is an abundance ofgrass
in the pasture they will not need
any other feed. In addition to the
l feed the flesh needs water. and
‘fresh, clear water at that. If
‘ there is no running water or water
. supplied by tanks from the well, it

lfair competing markets for lll{(‘]_\\'lll be absolutely necessary that

l the water be pumped with great
The best plan we
ihave found, writes Geo. ‘V. Frank-
llin, in “Rural Life.” is to have the

much simplified. ggrades of uniform quality in which  tanks always filled by means of a

Next ascertain the estimated horse ever market he may choose to deal. l float from a supply tank in which

power of your boiler (not the en-5
gine), send to some expert and find l
how many bushels of apples the 
steam capacity of the boiler will?
evaporate in 24 hours. multiply E
this by 94) days, the time that an;
evaporator is usually run; this will
give you a fair estimate of what‘
you can handle in the season.
N ext go around among your neigh- ‘
bors and see how many of their or--
chards will be required to produce
that number of bushels, and then
get them to join with you and put
in an evaporator. Make a con-
tract with some responsible man,
who builds evaporators, to put one
iii of the required capacity, say 75
to 200 bushels per day, to put it
in. make his connections on the
boiler, and have it ready to start
on the 15th day of September.
\Vhen you know that your evapor-
ator is all right and will do the
work claimed for it. and do it well,
settle with the builder, and give
him your joint notes for 30, 60 and
90 days. Before the end of the
month sell your stock on hand, pay
your first note and all of your run-
ning expenses, and so on as each
successive note comes due. V\'ith
good management and a fair
price for your fruit, at the end of
the season your evaporator will
have been paid for, all of your run-
ning expenses paid and you should
have a fair bank account. In this

Also that farmers or sellers may
know to which market it is for their
interest to ship their cereals. This

uniformity, so far as I know, gen-

erally prevails.

-L. At all such central points, like '
l Detroit, Toledo, Chicago, Duluth, ‘
etc, where such systems of grades.
and grading prevail, experienced:

grain inspectors are employed, sub-

l fresh water is pumped directly
‘ whenever the wind is blowing.
1 Before we hadthis arrangement we
pumped the water at noon of each
day and found it quite a task, and
the sheep were always ready for a
drink. A shade should be furnish-

,'This fly will bother the flock and

ed for them to escape the heat and
the sheep gad lly (oestrus oris). *

the case may be. After they are
shorn they should be permitted to
come into the barn out of the sun
or the storms. and in many
instances it is wise to bring them
in, if they fail to do so of their
o\vn accord. As soon as the heat
and the biting of the ewes have
driven the ticks from their short
wool into the long. inviting wool
of the lambs, it will be advisable
to dip them in some decoction
which will kill the ticks. Tobacco
dip will do if nothing better is at
hand. Horns and toes must be
looked after that the former do not
chafe the heads of the sheep and
form a sore for the invitation of
maggots, and that the latter do not
get too long and cause the sheep
to go lame. Saw out the former
and pare the latter away. ln the
latter part of the summer it will
be necessary to turn the rams away
into a place of safety. unless it is
desired to have winter lambs. If
not well cared for they will fall
away in flesh and if not closely
conlined they will become brcaehy.
Provide a. salt box for the sheep to
be salted in, and smear tar on the
sides of the trough in such a way
that the sheep will smear their own
noses when licking the salt. This
will repel the gad fly. Although
beneficial it is not necessary when
the sheep have access to the shade.
Summer care means "look after the
sheep." See to their wants: if
one is lame, you will know it: if
hoven, you can give relief in time
to save its life, perhaps. ‘Ye like
the association of our sheep and
every evening take a stroll in the
sheep pasture to see them and
see the lambs play "hop, skip and
jump.“

 

l‘I.\'(1‘LlSll l'.\S'l'l'l{l-IS.

In an address before the Illinois
Da1r_vmcn’s Association. Hon .\or-
man J. Colman gave the following

description of the way pastures
are managed 111 lCngla.11<l: "Tliey

have the finest pastures there the
s1n1 ever shone on. The grass is
thicker, I was going to say, than_
the hair on it dog’s back. There is
always moisture there. and they
feed their stock well. They buy
our linseed and cotton seed meal
by the ton, by the 100 tons. to feed
their cattle. and say they get two
resultswfirst. they get value receiv-
ed in milk and fat and in the
growth of their animals; second, as
a fertilizer in the droppings of
their animals. I11 pastures where
they were fattening cattle. I saw
tubs filled up two or three times a
week with linseed or cotton seed
meal. so that the animals could go
andhelp themselves whenever they
felt like it and it was good both for
the pasture and the animals. ‘That
is one reason why I have been so
l(*tt1'I1t‘Sl11l. champion of the dairy,
‘because it keeps our farms in
I heart. in line of fertility. It is not
‘robbing and debilitating them as
}the. general system of farming is.
:Last year over -$'5lt)(),0U0,l)U0 of
fertilizers in the shape of food
were taken from our farms and
.carried abroad to enrich that
‘country at the expense of our
, own."
l
J Example and character teach as
,words never can. Words unsus-
tained by deeds and with no char-
acter behind them are empty and
f powerless.

Education is to be lead out. and
that system of instruction and

ject a11d responsible to duly au-ldeposit its eggs in the nostrils of discipline which does not bring

thorized and oflicial bodies. These
inspectors are under bonds faith-
fully and impartially to perform
their duties to the best of their
ability and judgment; but their
decisions are subject to appeal, re-
consideration and revision when-
ever not satisfactory to owners of
the grain inspected. All grain
going into elevators for the use of
the market is thus carefully in-
spected, variety, cleanliness,
weight, color, etc, being factors
that govern in the grading of the
grain. All grain of the same grade
goes into bins set apart for such
grades. It is then moved wl1en-
ever wanted as graded grain, all
original identity, of course, being
lost in the grading.

In reply to a second letter again
stating that complaints still arise
against the system, we received the
following:

Detroit. Mich., July 19, 18.92.

You speak of “complaints” being

statement you will notice that I

made. This is possible, and prob-

the sheep during the summer.
which, when hatched out, crawl
up the nostrils into the recesses
outside the brain cavity and in
the upper regions of the nasal
cavity, and cause the sheep
to act very strangely at times.
This little fly does not like the
shade and will not bother the sheep
so much if they get into the shade.
They will feed in the morning and
evening and when the heat rises
they will repair to the shade if
they have access to it. Then there
is still another trouble in the
summer which must have the atten-
tion of the shepherd. It is watch-
ing for the maggot that gets into
parts of the wool which is allowed
to get filthy or wet. A close watch
for this pest must be had, for it
will be there before the shepherd
is aware of it unless a close watch
of the flock is maintained. At
Shearing the sheep should be
examined as to age, condition of
fleece and other characteristics,
and marked for sale or retention as

out and develop what is within
does not deserve the name of edu-
cation

A Connecticut farmer kept an
, account of the small fruit grown
on half an acre of ground and used
by his family last year. He fig-
ured on the fruit at market rates
and found it amounted to $365, or
more than $700 per acre.

If uplands cannot yield so much
bulk of grass as the moister low-
,lands, it is so much sweeter and
‘ more nutritious in most cases as to
justify keeping them covered with
grassy growth, except while being
lused for some other crop, never
leaving them lie ba.re.—N. Y.
Tribune.

“Are any of the colors discernible
to the touch?” asked the school-
teacher. “I have often felt blue,”
replied the boy at the head of the
class.


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)1 AN

l'FACTl'RER OF

IN(i‘rEI{SOLL’S LIQUID RUBBER PAINT.

Ten Thousand P. of H. and

Farmers testify they are Best and

Cheapest. \Vi<rTr-; cs AI\'l) 5.-\\'l~; Mo.\'r;v.

AINT’

Cheap, lmlcstriictililc Paints for
BARNS AND 0l"I‘B['lLIIl.V(v‘S.

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

ORKS

Beautiful Sziiiiple (‘olor (‘unis and Book

of Instruction — — l"l{El-I.

\\'e (iuzirzmtec Satisl'actio11.

E
Death has removed from Silver
Lake Grange No. (324, Bro. G. H.
\Vigl1tinan.

iro. O. B. Stillman. of Alaiedon
Grange So. 289, died July 1. 189;’,
aged 037 years.
member of the Graiige.

Bro. Joseph T. Ma-Daid, past
Master, and for many years Treas-
urer of Liberty (‘rraiige No. 391,

suffered a sun stroke July 13th and ,

He

died after a few hours illness.
leaves a wife and four cliildren.

Steplien Decatur Beliliiig, known 3
familiarly as “Uncle Kate’. died‘
He was;

at .\'orth Star July 11th.
a cliarter member of Liberty
Grange No. 391, served 3 years in

('0. “H.” lst Mich. Light ArtillerV,:’

and was one of the most faithful of
l’atrons.
:—
THE liillA.V(1'rE AND THE 'I'.\I{II"l".

The position of the Grange as
an organization upon the question
of the tariff. is often inquired
about, often niisuiiileistootl, and
sometimes niisreprcsenti-il.

-\.< a party qiu-st ion the ('rraiige
takes no part in the disciissioii. It
has iiever attenipted to make all
its iiieiiilii-1's p1'otectio1i<.-sts, neiflii-i‘
has it advocated “free trade."

And yet the (lra1igi- has a Tariff
policy.

What is that policy?

It is the principle of equality as
found in the Declaratioii of .l]1(lL‘-
peiuleiice. and guarntecd to us in
the Constitution: that ALL (‘ITIZE.\’s
SHALL BE EQl';\L l5El"()1lE THE LAW.

The very essence of all Grange
measures for the relief of agricul-
ture, is to day. and always has been
that old principle of our forefathers
—equality—equality before trans-
portation laws; equality before tax
laws; equality before finance laws;
equality before Tariff laws.

Hence the Grange has unitedly
insisted that all Tariff laws shall
“protect” the product of the farm
as well as the product of the fac-
tory.

The grange opposed the tariff of

the "l\Iills 1.111," because it placed‘

thirty-three articles produced upon
American farms upon the free list
to start with, and the average tariff
for fariners in the whole bill was
less than one-half the average tariff
it gave the manufacturers.

The Grange Tariff plank is
“Tariff for all or tariff for none:
equality before the law.”

Interested parties—maufacturers
and otl1ers—have for a number of
years been trying to amend the
tariff laws so as to provide "free
raw material,” at the same time
that they asked high tariff on the
goods made from the so called,
"raw materials.” Farmers have
not asked for this “free raw ma-
terial” legislation, but the Grange
has persistently and constantly said,
If free wool, then free cloth, free
blankets, free carpets and free
everything made from wool.”

The bill lately passed by the
house of representatives placing
wool on the free list entirely ignor-
ed the rights of the farmer guaran-
teed under the constitution, and
the Grange will never endorse such
action while a single cent of duty
remains upon manufactured wool.
Wool is not a “raw material.”
‘V001 is a completed, manu-
factured, article for the farmer, the
result of his investment of labor
and capital, and it should stand
equal before the tariff law with
woolen goods. The Grange ulti-
matum is, if you take all tariffs
from the farmer’s product of Wool,
then take all tariffs from the man-
ufacturers’ product of Woolen
goods: or, if you have a. protective
tariff, however small, on the woolen
goods, then have an equal protec-
tive tarifi on the wool. The ques-
tion is not high or low tariff, free
trade or protection, republican
or democratic policy. It is the
question of right, justice and
equality before the law, belong-
ing to every American citizen.
The same proposition is involved
in free potatoes, free hides, free
barley and free other farm pro-

He was a charter,

ducts, which we 2l1‘u told are
“coniiiig." But iiitcicsto,-<1 parties
may rest assured that the farniers
. in their great national organi'/.a-
tion. the graiige. are in no sen.--‘e
divided. on this plain proposition
iof right, equity and fairness.
A few figures as to the farn1er.s'
i manufactured produt-t—wool: The
lproduct he “makes.” The farmers
(lown South always call it “iiiakiiig”
a crop. "How many bales of cot-
ton did you niake‘.”'
barrels of corn (lid you I1i:ike'."'
(:‘t(‘., etc.
(‘apital invested in woolen mills is

well pl'(>t4'¢"[t‘(l by the-tariil‘. If the,

the free wool bill lately passed by
the house of representatives had
become a law, capital inv-.-sted in
sheep farms. buildings. sheep and
wool would have no protection.

i and all their einploycs 6*I1}.;Ei'_"t*(l. in I;

l making woolen goods.

3 701141‘ farmers produce upwards ofi
i’ClllU.1)t)ll,lllill pounds of wool annual-I

ly. Capital invested in barns
and equipinciits, -‘.'1llh’,‘.llll.‘_’llll capi-
tal invested in sheep. >‘l24.Uli‘2 Till}
v— total capital,$5Z€2.33~l2.$lllli. l\iiiii-
bcrof flocks and tlockniasters in
the United States, 1,l):3ll,‘.lll0: nun-.-
ber of men eniployed by flock-
iiiasters,l()5,U()ll- total number of
men in wool industry. 1,l‘.l7i.‘.llll_J.
Value of wool proihict annually.
-.‘.'75,(l‘iU,(lllll: value of slicep sold
annually for pelts and food. -$2(l,-
f0ill),l)Ul} —-total. >’tl.3,(l()ll,llllll.
As an "iiulustry” the
iwho is interested has

}into cloth.

This is the position of the
Grange on the Tariff, and this rule
and measure can be applied—Aand
will be-——to all other farm products.

The Grange taks no backward
steps.

Fraternally.
MORTIMER “VHITEHEAD.

 

THE .V.\Tl0.VAIi Gl{A.\'(1‘rI‘J.
i0FFI('E UF MASTEII THE NATIONAL
(‘xRAI\'GE. P. OF 11., J. H. BRIG-

HA.\I. MASTEIE.

l Delta, 0., July 20, 1H.’)2.
} The following committees have
lbeen appointed to serve at the

next session of the National Grange,
[P. of H., to be held in Concord.
‘ New Hampshire. Some of the sub-
jects to be considered will require
much thought and investigation,
and the announcements are made
at this time to afford ample oppor-
;tunity'for full thought and inves-

tigation by the committees having
such matters in charge. I have
assumed that the special commit-
tek appointed to consider all mat-
ters relating to national finance
would be continued, and have
therefore appointed members of
said committee.

It has occurred to me that an
investment and loan association
can be formed within our Order,
which may render an important
service to those who desire to make
safe investments at reasonable
rates of interest. And also to those
who must, for some years to come,
be borrowers.

The building and loan associa-
tions in cities and villages are
great blessings to those who desire
to secure homes and have not the
means to do so. These associa-
tions also furnish safe investment
for the savings of all who have
money to loan.

I believe it is feasible to adapt
this system to the needs of the
farmer who would like to secure
or save a home for himself and fam-
ily, and I have therefore appoint-
ed a committee to consider this
subject, examine the methods of
such associations and report re-
sults to the next session of the
National Grange.

I am thoroughly convinced that
it is possible for farmers to “ help
themselves” along this line. I
have appointed an indefatigable
worker as chairman, with an able
corps of assistants, and have also
named an Advisory Committee to
confer with the regular committee.

Iam aware of the fact that we

“How many .

There are about four times as:
I many farmersengagcd 111 “niakiiig" .
;wool as there are manufacturers:

farmer
an equal:
yright to “protection” as has hisg
,fellow-citizen who makes the wool ‘

have many good thinkers in our
ranks who liave not lieen mam,-(1 as 
IIl1‘Illll€‘I'S of either coiiiiiiittee. but r
they are invited and ur_<_red to .<(‘llll
to the cliairman of this committee. 1
(Geo. A. Bowen, \\'oo-lstock. ~
(‘onn. J. any siiggé-stioiis in regai-ill
to the siibject that they would like l
‘the committee to consider.

expect to make the enterprise a; .
siiccessz a help for those who lived E 3

help and a feature of our Urileri
which will commend it to the i
farmers who wish something prac- :
ticablc from an UI';_.f:‘ll1lZ«'llll)ll. ;

I appeal to every inembcr oi’,
these <,-oniniittees and every mem-,
ber ofour Order to do their utmost i
to make the next session of the-i
National Gi':iiigi,~ the most import-:
ant and useful gathering of farmers
that ever asseinbli-d in this or any
other country.

J. H. B1:i<'.ii_x.\i. l

i J[rI.-/cr .\'(r//oiial /:'i'rrri;/ii.
ConLm1'HI?cs for .S'c.s'.s'ion, of Ix‘/;‘.
ll'onzcii‘.s' ll"o/‘Ir I'll the (:'i'(17ig/it Mrs.
L. A. Hawkins, chairniaii: Mrs. H. H.
\\'oodniaii. Mr. . ’

(.')wlr*:/[I'rt[.\~ 
I). W. \\'orkin~,r, 0.

lower). .‘vlr.~‘. E. l’. V ‘on.

ff!‘//VI‘ of I-'iI.~I‘iI<=:.\‘ l). L. llussell.
r-li;iiriiiaii: N. J. lill(‘lit‘l(l(‘l'. T. ll. Kim-
lirougli, Mrs. J. C. iiiggiiis, Mrs. M. L.
liliolic.

I)ir‘i.x‘/on, of [.«r(mi~ —Av:i H. l’agc.
chair nan: l'}hner ll. llowe, lliraiii ll2i\\'l<~
ins. .\lr.~;. M:igg'ie .\lar.~:, .\lrs. T H. Kim-
l,il‘U|lL“ll.

l’Irli/iwll/on—( 1. A. liowen, r,-h:iii'zii:iii:
l'i. \\’. Davis. A. .\l. llelclier. Alias. .\. l’. ;
lleardoii, .\lr:~‘. \'\'. ll. Nelson.

C'lu[iii.x-«tilt! (:'i‘i«'i‘rruc4‘.s-——A. l’. lie:ii‘-
don. l‘llZlll‘nl1lDZ W. H. .\'elson, Jaiiies A.

   

ll. Knott, cliairmuii:
'. Hall, Mrs. (‘. l‘).

  

in, 

' liull, Mrs. J. Statesir. Mrs. H. liiii-‘sell.
1):irmuiil Hrriiig/v'.s'— J. M. Tlioiiipsoii,
chairman; \\'. (,‘hurcliiJl, U. H. ll;ill,.\lrs.
N. J. Bachelder, Mrs. J. B. Long. ‘
, .-lccuzm.I.s'~H. M. Murray, cliairmnn;
3 Thos. Mars, Aaron Jones, Mrs. Mary E.
f Page, Mrs. Patience Hunt.
Jlileuge and Per1)[cm—.\l. ll. Hunt,
4 chairman; X. X. Chartters, Elmer D.
'Howe, Mrs. M. L. Davis, Mrs. A. Jones.

Fincmce~John C. Higgins, chairman;
J. D. Clardy, James A. Bull, Mrs. S. G.

Knott, Mrs. Lizzie B. Nasser.

Digcst~A. M. Belcher; chairman;
C. H. Knott, D. W. \Vorking, Mrs. A. F.
Clardy, Mrs. A Jones.

Ritual—John Statesir, chairman; E.
VV. Davis, \V. Churchill, Mrs. Maggie
Mars. Mrs. N. J. Baclielder.

Coizstitution and By-Lau-svJ. D.

, Clardy, chairman; R. P. Boise, N. J.
Bachelder, Mrs. M. J. Thompson, Mrs. D.
W. Working.

Co«'ipcratz'on—lIiram Hawkins, chair-
man; A. P. Iteardon, H. M. Murray, Mrs.
li. ‘N. Chartters, Mrs. M. J. Belcher.

I.’csolutio1zs—Thos. Mars, chairman;
J. C. Higgins, J. B. Long, Mrs. L. A.
; Hawkins, Mrs. Vt’. Churchill.

Good of the ()2-(lei-«S. H. Ellis, chair-
man; Aaron Jones, R. P. Boise, Mrs. E.
C. Gifford, Mrs. A. F. Clardy.

Foreign. Rclati‘ons——\V. R-. Williams
chairman; S. L. Wilson, J. E. Blackford
Mrs. M. L. Davis, Mrs. E. M. Hall.

EducatL'on—Alpha Messer, chairman;
J. M. Thompson, VV. lt. W'illiams, Mrs.
H. M. Murray, Mrs. R. P. Boise.

Transportationaw. C. Gifford, chair-
man; J. E. Blackford, A. Messer, Mrs.
Patience Hunt, Mrs. J. G. Bull. ,

Agriculture—John B. Long, chair—,
man; Ava E. Page, W’. C. Gifford, Mrs. R.
J. Ellis, Mrs. E. D. Howe.

Special Committee on National Fi-
ncmces—S. L. Wilson, chairman; Thos.
Mars, J. M. Thompson, A. Messer, J. C.
Higgins.

Special Committee P. of H. Invest-
ment and Loan Associatz'on——Geo. A.
Bowen, chairman; E. W. Davis, 0. E.
Hall, J. D. Clardy, W. C. Gifford, J. B.
Long, Aaron Jones, N. J. Bachelder, A.
P. Reardon.

Advisory Committee to Aliove—F. M.
McDowell, chairman: Leonard Rhone, C.
G. Luce, James Draper, Fred Robie, J. J.
VVoodman, X. X. Chartters.

 

IONIA POJIONA.

Berlin Center Grange N 0. 272
had the pleasure of entertaining
the Ionia County Pomona Grange
the 16th of June.

At noon the members arrived
with their baskets well filled, and
after partaking of a bountiful feast
the‘ meeting was called to order by
Bro. L. J. Barnard, as the master
failed to meet with us.

South Boston Grange was well
represented by Bro. J. English and
and wife, Bro. D. English, Wife
and daughter, Bro. Freeman and
daughter. They reported their
Grange alive and growing.

Banner Grange, Bro. Inman and
wife, Sisters Delia and Della Hall.
They reported in excellent condi-
tion and were to have that evening
a debate on the question. Resolved
that “Women have greater men-
tal abilities than men.”

Orange Grange was represented

by Bro. Goodwin and wife, and

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Sister E. R. \Villiams,~—reportedl
their Grange was small but were
bound to hold the “fort” thinking
there would be a harvest in the
near future for them.

Berlin Center Grange 1'cp01'tcd
as being alive and i11 a flourishing
condition.

“The History of ('hristopher
Columbus” was the first on the
program. Different ones were
called on, the worthy secretary
gave quite a lengthy history of him
by refreshing his memory on the
past history of (‘olumbus.

The sisters were called on to
relate what they had learned of
Mrs. Christopher (.‘olumbus. They
had not found that there was much
said about her. The lecturer had
a sketch of her life, which said she
was a Well educated and brilliant
Woman who was constantly urging
her husband on in the path which
finally brought him to the goal
with which we are so familiar.

It would seem gracious and a
most fitting thing that Mrs. Colum-
bus’ memory receive some trib-
ute upon the forthcoming occa-
sion “The \Vorld’s Fair.”

The question, “Should agricul-
ture be brought into our common
schools,” brought out quite a discus-
sion and took up the remainder of
the time.

As the labors of the day were
then completed the Grange closed to
meet with Woodard Lake Grange.

Mas. L-. J. BARNABD,
Lecturer

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THE GRANGE VISITOR.

THE GRANGE VISITOR

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

Kenyon L. liiitterficlul. l-Zilitor and .\laua:eI',
LANSING. .\lI(,‘H..

Towhom all_ exclianges. coininunications. adver-
tising business and siibscriptions should be
sent.

TERMS‘ 50 Cents a Year, 25 Cents for Six
Muntlis. S_nhscriptinn_s payable in advaiice.
and discontinued at expiration, unless renewed.

@‘Remittances should be by Registered Letter,

oney Order or Dra .

 

Entered at the Postotiice at Lansing, )lich.. as
Second Class Matter.

Don’t forget to report to the
VISITOR what you are doing.

 

Do you remember of better liay-
ing weather than we had this year?

 

If your boy wants an education
look over the Agricultural College
before you decide where to send
him, and be very careful before
you decide notto send him aiiy-
where.

 

The subject of road improvement ‘
has been made a national one by
the action of Mr. Mandcrson in in-,1
trodiicing a resolution to create a;
National highway coininission.

I THE STATE FAIR. icreased volume of business goes
1 Numerous inquiries for premium 3to aggravate the evil of class dis-
lists come to the Secretary of the * tinctions. But in the main it must
Fair from live stock breeders of be true that this report is a good
other States. The live stock e:~:- index of the general prosperity of
liibit promises to be a large one. the country. Conditions are such

Arraiigemeiits have been made that most classes are influenced in
with the Lansing bicycle club for some degree by the general state
exhibition races during the Fair of business. “'9 trust the past
which are expected to call in a year is but the begining of a revi-
large number of the best riders val whose effect will be felt espe-
froiii all over the State as well as cially by the farmers of our land.
Cliicago and elsewhere. 7

 

HOMESTEAD.
, \Vhile the church is preaching
. Sabbath by Sabbath the gospel of
" Had Andrew Carnegie, Mr. ’ 5
. ‘ - - l '. t ' f - ' - v A -
Frick. and their conspirators been 019’ ? “O Ones dutch fit Cafh
. killed instead of their honest'work- ‘0th€‘1' S tlrlroat and hate 1'e1.‘s’_“S 311'
nian or even the thugs of Pinker- preme. I'lie1'e isnt a particle of
ton. the general public goo(]l ,vvoul;l (.hm.it,y or of kindliness 01. of mercy
1]:a"e.b€1e[“ iijitter Conseneh -5 ' Lin the attitude of either party to
outs - cm or. . . . ,

\\'e quote the above from an ilthfi Shlke Ialt 1_I"fne:Fmd' IL“?
avowed “ anti-phitocratic” organ? )‘ 1'3‘ 9S_ :90 9 3 _"1-lusdce ‘mf 99:‘ 1
1 .md one supposedly ,1 friend of the ‘ has a ditierent idea of what justice
j,,bO,.ing m,m_ But Such foolishnneaiis. Cariiegie has the force of
and cr1'7niiz(Ll utterances will not 1 wealth; the Strmers haw the force
gain friends. It is not true and it j 9f 0_r‘c§9v1t11Z?t_1011-1 F1119 0119 b€‘11"“'f‘S
is diabolical. It is this sort of ‘ «lustlce 0 muse f ‘ emands Cermm

ONE IVA)’ TU ARBITRATEU)

Italk that hinders the settlement of I "’dm'fiOnS in my to 1“b0"erS' the

- r _ iother contends not only for 8.
Nearly every newspaper has S0m(,_  the labor question. The rancorous.

thing to say on the subject. ‘Ye
are bound to get better roads, and
that right early.

 

The editor expects to be at Far-
mer’s day August 9. and to iii-
dulgc in a short vacation after that
event. If you have any inatter
that you want to appear in the
issue of August 15, and can not
get it here by August 15, please
mail to Robert Smith a Co., Lan-
sing, with a special request to pub-
lisli in the issue mentioned.

Jennie Buell, State Secretary,
sends the following as a last word:

My last texts for Bay View notes A
are:

1st. Patrons go in companies as
far as possible.

2d. \Vear a Graiige badge or pin
that all may know you are of the
Order.
, .;n't'-l‘y repoit--,n-omiscs success
for our day.

 

JENNIE BFELL.

 

Don’t you think we are a good
prophet? You remeniber we said
during the rainy season that the
griiinbler would soon have reason
to “change his tune." Hasn't he
though? He hasn’t said much
about the weather lately, but has

feelings of both sides must be;
buried, and the genuine manhood
of both must be aroused to the
common purpose of achieving that
which is not only just, but that
which is merciful, tender. charita-
ible, huiiiane, in the settlement of-.
‘E the matters at issue.

 

THE LESSON OF TIIE STRIKE.

The eyes of the nation are riveted
upon Homestead. The nation’s
heart pulsates more quickly at
each scene in the dramatic story.
Its brain would solve, if it could,
the great problem thus vividly re-
called. And here is the lesson of
the strike. The questioirof the
future, nay, the question of the
hour, is not the taritf, not silver,
but labor. If the present system
of labor in the best one, men must
be taught that it is the best and
taught how to exercise their rights
under that system. If a new
industrial organization is impera-
tive, the sooner men realize it and
seek to establish it, the better.
Cooperation, communism, social-
ism. and other theroics. have their!
advocates. The whole matter}
needs ventilation.

just "sawed \\'OO( .” or 1‘€lil]L‘I'i
gathered his hay and wheat.

has been too busy to say anything.
But couldn’t- we have just a little
rain now, please ‘P

 

Say, aren’t you going to Bay
View‘? VVhatl not going? Now
see here, brother, doii’t you know
that it will do you “lots” of good‘?
Don’t you know that you will be a
better man, a better citizen, yes. a
better farmer for going? And
then don’t you think that the tired
wife might enjoy it? Hasn’t had
such a trip since the honeymoon,
has she‘? Well now just you say
to her-—after you have read the
VISITOR all througli—“\Vife,let’s
go up to Bay View to our Farmers’
Day, and stay a few days and rest
a bit.” Are you afraid she will
say yes?

‘V6 received a letter from Bro.
Henry Voorheis of Traverse City,
in which he says:

“I send a specimen of our
Grange talk at our meetings which
my wife reports for our local paper
and which is gladly printed. It has
two thousand subscribers. I think
it not only advertises our Grange
but those of our members who
cannot attend always thus learn by
reading this paper what is said in
the Grange.”

The enclosure is a column report
of the Grange meeting. We agree
with the brother that this method is
an admirable one and would recom-
mend that each subordinateGrange,
aswell as the Pomona, have its meet-
ings promptly reported to the local

The attention;
of the l)l‘Sl; brain of the country;
must be turned to this question},

The industrial world
is restive. There must be cause.
for it. Capital and labor do not’
yet understand each other. \Vhy
not‘? Let nien open their eyes to
the facts and not dally with lesser
questions while the brawny arm of
labor knocks at the party councils
for admission to present its claims.

is attained.

 

A PROSPEROUS YEAR.

\Ve quote the following from a
daily paper of July 2:

R. G. Dun & Company’s \Veckly
Review of Trade says: A fiscal
year never matched in the whole
history of the country, in volume
of industrial production, in magni-
tude of domestic exchanges, or in
foreign trade, has just closed. The
imports for the year have been
about $833,000,000, the increase at
New York in J une over last year
being about 18 per cent. Exports
from New York in June gained
15.4 per cent and the aggregate
for the year has been about $1,027,-
000,000. Railroad earnings have
been the largest in any year thus
far and clearings in June the lar-
gest ever known in that month, ex-
ceeding last year 8 per cent and
for the whole year the largest ever
known outside New York. Fail-
ures for the half year have been
5,503, against 6,074 in 1891, and
liabilities $52,000,000 against $92,-
000,000, and on the whole about
the smallest for five years.

This disposes in part of the
“calamity wail” of certain mal-
contents. We say “in part” be-
cause it is possible that there may
exist depressed classes even in the

paper.

midst of plenty and that the in-

inaiiitenance of the rate of wages
but proposes to dictate to the com-

‘ pany as to whom it shall employ.

So far as we can judge from the
statements made in the press, the
workmen seem to have, in a meas-
ure. the wrong side. The brutal
attack on the surrendered Pinker-
tons does not gain friends for the
strikers. The fact that they object
to the employiiient of iioii-uiiion
men will not help their cause in
the eyes of many.

The strike at Homestead can be
made the ground of studying the
entire labor problem. (Questions
concerning the rights of capital
such as, Shall the employer engage
whom he chooses‘? Can he pay
such wages as he deems best?
Must he arbitrate with labor
unions? Shall he treat the laborer
as a partner? N.-1‘]l(l. questions con-
cerning labor. its rights to organize
to force the employer to engage
only members of its organixatioii,
to keep wages at a proper, just and
decent level. all of these questions
arise here. And these questions
must be studied and settled by an
intelligent people.

 

GIVE HIM A CIJANCE.
(7‘onsidcrable space in this issue

H9 ; until some satisfactory conclusion 1 Of the VISITOR 15 "CC'11l3l9d by arti‘

cles relating to the education of
the farmer’s son and to the Agri-
cultural College. It is at this sea-
son that itmust be decided whether
or no the boy shall go to college
and where he shall attend. It
rarely pays to force a boy into go-
ing away to college, or to send him
there merely to “brace him up.”
But education is a solemn duty
that parents owe their children. A
father is bound to give his boy the
very best chance it is possible for
liiin to afiord. And indeed in these
days of inexpensive schools, any
stroiig-limbed and clear-braiiied
fellow, with a little help and en-
couragement from home can put
himself through college. And in
nearly every case he is a better
and stronger man for his education.
No matter if _he makes no more
dollars in life; even if he has to be
content with fewer of the world’s
goods he has a more satisfactory
outlook upon life and rarely regrets
the course he has taken.

\Ve want to put in a plea for the
Agricultural College. The farmers
of Michigan do not fully appreciate
the advantages this school offers
their sons. There ought to be 500
students in attendance. There
ought to be more boys come from
the farms who intend to prepare
themselves to go back to the farms.
Let your boy have a year at the
College if he can’t take two, or two
years, if he can’t finish. Once he
sees the advantages of the place he
will hesitate at leaving before grad-

uation. The Agricultural College
is for the farmers of Michigan.
Aren’t you going to stand by it‘?
The glory of a college is not in its
fine buildings and elegant equip-
ment, not in its learned faculty,

‘ but in the men it sends forth. This

college has graduated noble men
who have taken and are taking
high positions in many walks of
life. And there are 500 braiiiy
young men of eighteen years of
age, readers of this paper, who
ought to be studying at this college
before another year comes round.

Parents, give your boys the best
chance you can. Boys. remember
that cultivated brains is the crop
that has the biggest market value.

 

TIIE PLATF(,)I{J[S.

As a convenience for reference
and as a sort of index to the plat-
forms, and also as an incentive to
the further study and comparison
of the crecds of the various politi-
cal parties, we present an outline
of the several 1)l&tf01'lllS, together
with someslight comparisons ofour
own. This is only suggestive and

does not pretend to be complete,‘
but we trust may be serviceable in .

the further study of these impor-
tant political documents.

THE l{El’UBLI('AN PARTY

platform runs about as follows:

1. Favors the levy of import:

duties equal to the difference be-
tween wages at home and abroad.

2. Favorsreciprocity.

 Favors bi-metallisni and the
L‘(1l1Ell value of every dollar of what-
ever nature.

1‘. Favors a “ free ballot and fair
count.”

5. Denounces soutlierii outrages.

(3. Favors legislation to protect
railroad employés.

7. Expresses sympathy for the
Russian Jews and the Irisli.

8. Favors;a strong foreign policy.

9. Favors liberty of press and
of conscience.

10. Opposes monopoly.

11. Favors free mail delivery
and one cent letter postage.

12. Believes in civil service re-
form.

13. Favors government control
of the Nicaragua canal.

14. Favors adinission of terri-
tories.

15. Favors the ccssion of arid
lands to the several states and
territories.

10. Favors governnient support
of the Coluinbian exposition.

17. Sympathixes with temperance
movenients.

lb‘. Favors liberal pensions.

THE l)l£M0(.‘RATIC PARTY
platform, briefly stated, is as fol-
lows:

1. Denounces federal control of
elections. '

2. Maintains the unconstitution-
ality of a tariff for any other pur-
pose than revenue.

 Denounces the McKinley bill
as injurious.

4. Denounces the reciprocity
policy of the Republicans.

7). Believes in the restoration of
public lands to the people.

(3. Believes in bi-metallism.

7. Favors civil service reform
and denounces the power of federal
patronage in conventions. _

8. Favors astrong foreign policy.

9. Expresses sympathy for Rus-
sian exiles and for the Irish peas-
ants.

10. Denounces miscellaneousim-
migration.

11. Promises pension legislation.

12. Favors river and harbor im-
provement and government control
of the Nicaragua canal.

13. Will support the IVorld’s
Fair.

14. Believes in free common
schools and denounces compulsory
education.

15. Favors admission of terri-
tories.

16. Favors protection of railway
employés. _

17. Denounces contract convict
labor, the sweating system, and all
sumptuary laws.

THE PROHIBITION PARTY

platform declares in these terms:

1. Believes in the entire suppres-
sion of the liquor tratfic by state
and federal law.

2. Favors equal sutfrage for men

and women.

AUGUST 1, 1892.

3. Favors increase in volume of
the curreiicy.

4. Favors tariff only as a de-
feiise against unfair duties of
foreign governments; believes the
federal reveiiue should be raised
on what men possess rather than on
what they consiime.

5. Believes in governnient regul-
ation of railroads and other corpor-
ations.

ti. Denounces indiscriiniiiate im-
migration and favors an exten-
sion of the time of i-csideiice for
iiaturalizatioii.

7. Declares against alien owner-
ship of land.

8. Is against mob law.

‘J. Favors securing to all of Sun-
day as a rest day.

10. Belle“-S in arbitration.

11. Denounces S[)c(‘11l£1tlOll.~'.

1;’. Favors I)o'Ils‘lOI)S.

13. Is a friend of the school.

' 14. Arraigns the old pai'tics for
dallying with unin.iportant issiies
at the expense of great questions.

THE I’lCOl’l.I‘I-H l’.\l\"l‘Y
platform has for its main points:

1. Issue of a ciiri'eiicy without
the aid of banks and its distribution
.at a small tax.

2. Free coinage
(silver.
‘ 3. An amount of money equal to
 pcr capita.
, -1. A graduated income tax.
3 5. Against a protective policy.
1 (3. Favoring postal savings banks
g 7. Governinciit ownership of
l

of gold and

:railroads and telegraph and tele-
: phone lines.
1 8. Against alien owiicrship of
‘land and recession of large grants
, to the people.
1 The chief issiics pres:-iited by
the two leading pai'tio-s are iirst,
: federal control of electioiis. S(‘(‘1)l1(l.,
1 the ltaritf. The :[i(‘I)lll)llC2lll party
believes in federal control of elec-
j tions and a tariff levied on imports
lcompeting with our goods, to an
jainount equal to the difference in
 the price of labor in this country
;and abroad. The l)eiiiocratic
party believes in leaving the ques-
jtion of a fair ballot to the states
itliemselves,and in imposing a tariff
{with no other view than raising a
revenue. On the question of elec-
tions the other parties are silent
.In regard to the tariti’ the Prohi-
ibition party declares practically
against the protective system. c.\:-
, ccpt as it may be used as a defense
against f()1'Ul;_L'l1(llSCI'lIlllll1ltllJll. and
‘opposes a tariif for revenue. The
?1’cople"s party says that revciiiies
should be limited to govcrninciital
5 expenses.

In regard to iinaiiccs the two

great parties declare practically
ialike. Both of the otlicrs favor an
lincrease in the vohinie of the cur-
ireiicy, and the Pcopli-‘s party ad-
ivocates free coinage.
. Aside from these questions the
§'I{-epublicaii and l)eiiioci'atic plat-
ifO1‘1llS do not contain any striking
ideflnite declarations of policy
 which represents general principles
Lof government. The Pi-oliibition
icreed is especially sigiialized by
 its liquor plank, its suffrage plank,
lits tariif plank referred to above,
and its Sunday plank. The chief
policies that characterize the Peo-
ple’s party doctrine are abolition of
nationals banks and the forming
of a sub-treasiiry or an equivalent
scheme, free coinage. graduated
income tax, and government own-
ership of railroads, etc.

VVe trust this comparison is just,
and that it will help our readers to
distinguish the characteristics of
the platforms of the four parties.

 

Consumptive—“Yes, the doctor says I
won’t live six months if I stay here Is
your section of Florida healthy?”
Florida Man.-“Healthy ? Half the peo-
ple down there want to sell out and
come north.” "Eh? Why? Tired of
life.”

Her Idea of it.—Maudie’s papa is night
editor on a newspaper——a fact which
Maudie apparently hasn’t learned; for,
when some one asked her a few days ago
what her father did for a living, she re-
plied: “I div it up. I dess he’s a burg-
lar, ’tause he’s out all night.”

A——“Why have you thrashed your
son so uninercifully ?” Peasant——“Be.
cause he dreamed last night that he won
500 marks in the lottery and then went
and spent every cent of it on a bicycle.”

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THE GRANGE visrron.

5

SHOULD THE \VORD’S FAIR BE
OPEN SUNDAY!

This question is one that until
within the past few years could
not have been raised. It would

have gone without saying it should I

be closed.

The fact that the question is;
now a debatable one. and that the E

selves on one side or the other is
very significant as showing the
drift of public sentiment towards
more liberal views of Sunday and
Sunday observance.

\Vhen a question apparently set-
tled long ago, suddenly assumes an
importance that interests every
one, and a moral revolution, as it
were, breaks out in opposition to
an order of things having the pres-
tige of age and hitherto unquest-
ioned authority, it is evidence of a
cause too deep seated and radical
to be silently ignored or superfici- ,
ally considered. 

It has come up for a scttleiiieiit. }
and a right and final determination I
can only be expected at the end of?
an exhausti"e struggle which shall 3
sift the right and wrong. And,
when the smoke of conflict rises,;
the clear light of judgment and}
reason will crown the victor—~a1_
concensus of popular convictionsj
will be had which will exalt the}
truth and establish the right. 

The proposition of opening the}
world’s fair Sunday is the “casns?
belli ” in this case. but is in fact 
but a test case of principles of far’
more importance than the fair it-;
self, among which are the ques-i
tions of personal liberty; of the‘
authority of the Bible; whether re- ’
ligious creeds should be fixed or
progressive; as to the right and
duty of the government to discrim-
inate in favor or against any re-
ligious creed or belief; and the
proper course to emaiicipate rea-
son from the tyranny of custom
and superstition.

The decision of the question
before us will give direction to
popular sentiment on all these,
points, and it seems a duty for all?
lovers of humanity to use their in-
fluence, according to their convic-
tions, that it may be such as to
elevate, purify and make happier;
the human race. '

At the gate of the world’s fairt
stand arrayed in opposing ranks:
the orthodox and the liberal, thel
Christian against the infidel, faitlil
against reason, spiritual submis-,
sion to creed against absolute free- 1
dom of thought and conscience?
Bar the gates ye soldiers of the.
cross, and defend them to the last! ,
They are the outer portals to the;
christian citadel, which will crum-T,
ble before the invading horde if,
they are lost! l

Now to the onset. liberals! Shout 
“Make way for liberty,” and force;
the gates and fling them wide open.
and let in the sweet sunlight of;
reason and progress to dispel the:
clouds of fear and superstition thati
have so long overcast the race! Y
The fight is now on. God help
the right!

The first argument that naturally ,
presents itself to the mind against‘
closing the fair Sunday is that in
Chicago and for several hundred
miles around it would debar from
going thousands of working people
who need every dollar they can
earn and can not afford to lose a
single day’s wages.

Their burdens are heavy, their
pleasures few. \Vould it not be an
unchristian, almost a satanic act to
willfully shut the gates on the
only day that they could go, and
exclude them from a scene of mag-
nificence and splendor, of wonders
and delights, the vision of which
would follow them as a pleasant
memory and brighten all their
lives.

Shall we speak the word that
shall add to the burdens and sacri-
fices or lessen the advantages and
pleasures of the poor? “There in
the teachings of any religion or
the natural promptings of the
human heart can warrant be found
for such a malicious act‘? Certain-
ly not in the gospel of him who
said, “ Do unto others as ye would
that they should do to you.” .

Every Sunday there will be in
Chicago a multitude of sojourners
who did not come to go to church
or Sunday school, but to see the
fair. Thousands of them, the boys
and young men who have left their
distant homes with a father’s bless-
ing and a. dear mother’s kiss upon
their lips. They are noble, manly
fellows, the pride of the home, the

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Zunsuspecting, but thoughtless, pas-  toms and inclinations, rather than
isionate, pleasure-loving, as youth  mulishly oblige them to submit to
‘is ever. Dare the fathers and  what seem to them, at least, his
mothers assume the responsibilityZdisagreeable and foolish whims‘?
of asking that the world’s fair, con-  Having by the terms of the invi-
taining as it will many of the most l tation made them_ C0-partiiers, as it
wonderful. grand and beautiful i were, in the exhibit, would it not
"works of God and man, the sightzbe very impolite to rlicfaic (whi-

yating emotions, should be shut 3. ity of our own citizens‘?
1 against their boys and that they be 3‘

éof the horde of fiends, both malelconferences and other sources ask-

: and female, that infest the city and 2 ing that the fair be closed on Sun- i

lpreside in the gilded saloon, thelday, or that appropriations be

fbrothel and the gambling liell?tdenied it except upon that condi-
j\Vho would take the fearfulit-ion. Now a mere casual study of
‘chances that, in the time they were i the situation will show that con-

{idling away outside the gates, they 1, gress has no jurisdiction over the i

:might be approached with a skill tease further than as relates to the
tand tact that would deceive theigovernment exhibit; and to adopt
; very elect and be led away and de- g the higliwaymaifs demand “ yield
.bauched. Would we not do welllor I take your life.” would be as
ito recall the words of the Greatluiiwarranted in the government as

of which must till the soul witlifirarily regulations repugnant to,
}the most inspiring. pure. and ele- ‘ other nations as well as to a niajor- ,
whole people are arraying them-.~ ~
, Congress is being flooded with
iturned over to the tender mercieslpetitions from Various religious,

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isuperior civilization, where all
:shall be free. equal, and fearless;
gand hasten the day when in all the
tworld there shall be no nobility
;but that of worth. and no ruler
fsuperior to the people, save the
,‘Ruler of the Universe.

A. W. H.\YDON.
Deccdur. '

Sl'.\'lI.\\' ('LOSl.\'(i.
The Fair Should be Closed

The following is an abstract from
a sermon (l8llVt‘l'9(l by Rev. H. S.
‘Jordan of Lansing:

" ‘Bemenibcr the Sabbath day to
‘keep it holy,’ is a command that
, was given many thousand years
ago. and it has never been annull-
ed. The ten commandments forni
3 the basis of our American Sabbatli

_tells his guests that it is contrary

Ehibits on that day and that he had

hope of the land, pure, guileless,

Master; " Lead us not into tempt- ,
ation but deliver us from evil.” and 1

to reflect that for purity and inno-*,
cence there could be few safer j congress as a religious question it -fouiid sound during this long pe-

places than the midst of this great *
fair.

\Vould not the consideration due
to foreign guests forbid the closing
of the \Vorld.s Fair Sunday '3
Uncle Sam is going to have com-
pany. He has invited all his
"sisters and his cousins and his
aunts” to come and see him, and
as they have not had a real good
family visit since the time of the
flood or the tower of Babel, he has
suggested that they bring with
them the most beautiful and excel-
lent things in nature and art that
their countries afford, so that when
ranged alongside the others all
may compare and see who has the
best country and the greatest
people. \Vell, suppose the guests
all come and Uncle Sam welcomes
them to the immense buildings
and lovely grounds he has prepar-
ed for their reception, and tells
them to put their paintings and
statuary in the art gallery and
their machines in the tool house
and their stock in the barns and to
“come right in and make themselves
to hum.” All goes off nicely till
Sunday morning when Uncle Sam

to his religion to look at their ex-

to go to church and would like to
have them go too. But some pagan
speaking for the rest says, “No,
thanks, we do not care to go, but
don’t let us interfere with your
observing the day as you think
best. It is no more than right
that everyone should have that
privilege. \Ve will just stroll

about and look over this great show
while you are gone.”

"Aliem,yes”jnothing of the foreign world, by Lord’s day.

as it is unbecoming in those that and civilization. No human law
asked that it be done. In view of t has ever gone beyond them and
the fact that this has come before that which has been tested and

has no right to close the govern-griod cannot be displaced even in
ment exhibit even, or in any way , this age of progi'ess. \Vith all our
designate how the Sabbath Sl1&ll.flLl\'aI1C€!11e1lt we have never dis-
be observed at the lVorld’s Fair or  covered a new morality or philoso-
any where else for that matter. tphy of morals that can supersede
The first amendment to the con-l01' destroy Wllflt God has gi\'<:'I1 as
stitutioii provides that “Coiigressjthe fundamental eleinents of pri-
shall make no law respecting antvate and national prosperity.

establishment of religion, or pro-it "Commerce may invent new
liibiting the free exercise thereof.” 1 forms of commercial activity. but

1 opmeiit. more perfect manhood and i

A conditions.

lsity,

moral and holy souls studying
God’s handiwork under proper
Perhaps the nine-
teenth psalm was written on a
Sabbath afternoon while David
was visiting some stock fair.
l)oubtless Hrs. Adanis wrote
‘Nearer. my God. to thee,’ while at
some museum. Men are not edu-
cated and refined by violating one

3of Gods fundamental coinniands."’

 

WHY BOYS LE.\\'E TIIE I".\R.VI.

“i. H. Johnson. Di-iiisoii Univer-
Greeii\'ille, Hhio. writes
Orange Jmltl Frzrmcr: It was my

good fortune to be the son of a
farmer, and among ditfereiit ele-

ments of my early educatioii I

, value not lightly the regular read-

ing of the agricultural journal you

‘then publislicd——[: T/14' .-1 Iiicriwlil

.~lgrI'cIr/[IIrisll. it gave inc H high
ideal of what farming should lie,
and helped to stimulate the desire
for knowledge which lctl me to

seek a regular college education.

3his divorce from the farm.

\\'hen this was secured. l naturally
fell into the profession of tcacliiiig.
andtliisbrouglit before nietl1cques-
tioii whether college cducation for
the farnier's boy incans iii-cessarily
I do
believe that it does. 1 am every
year more firmly convinced that

:the only way to stop the exodus

If congress should close the fairtno new form can ever destroy that

on Sunday the government would 3 old commandment. 'Tlioii shalt not
descend from the neutral position i steal.’
where this amendment places itand i Sabbath day.
commit itself to a discrimination'mand despite the demands of the
in favor of the orthodox Christianiage. God foresaw the needs of
churches, and such an act wouldgevery age and gave commands ac-
do much to establish their religion, f cordiiigly. yet by some men’s
and would be unconstitutional. as  actions they say that God has been
it would be also on the groundisurprised by the wisdom of the

that it would interfere with the re- gnineteelltll ce11t111'y.”
ligioii of others. l

, At this point the speaker gave a
In plain terms the situation is l brief but eloquent outline of the

this: About 48 millions of people ;achieve1nents of America. and how
in the United States do not belong ,3 that in 1893 the progress of the
to any church. About 16 millions j World Would be
do. The great majority of the 1 Chicago.

former believe in setting aside one l
day in seven as a day of rest froni§hibits there are two great moral
their customary labors and avoca: % <111€‘Sti0I1S
tions, and are willing to accord to 1 greatestof earth’s pageants. One of;
everyone his riglit to spend thegthese is the Sale Of l1itOXlCat1l1g>
day as he deems best so long aslliquors within the iiiclosure. If

"Aside from the question of ex-

coiiiiected with this

So with the keeping of the .
It stands as a com- ‘

of the veryflower of the farniing
population from farm life, is to
make a general inovcnient in favor
of lil)ci‘l1l education for fariner’s
children.

The farnier’s child is born with

‘just as 11111(‘l1 brain. just as much

capacity for mental development,
as any other. Added to this. his
inheritance and early training
give him. on the average. a better
basis for such developnient. In
this day of railways. tclegraphs
and newspapers he sees what is

‘going on around him, he feels the

exhibited at ,

inspiration of the intellectual life
of the age, and he craves a part in
it. If he cannot have it on the

”‘f8.1‘111 he will seek it elsewln,-i'e.
‘unless the stress of circumstances

prevent. As one who grew to

imanliood on a farm. let me say to

his method of observance does not the S8.l0011S must be opened to show i

interfere with the ‘rights of others. l the exhibits of iiquors, then we, by '1
The great majority of church t the law of consistency, should put?

members believe in observing it in [ a small penitentiary there.

others the privilege of observing ‘ liquor stand side by side and thus
it in any other way. And the one-  give the nations a striking lesson
fourth call upon congress to en-tin cause and effect.

dorse their claim and restrict the? "The second moral question is

rights of the three-fourtlis, sayinglthe opening of the fair on the

says Uncle Sam, “but don‘t you lCl0Sl11_<_{' the fair on Sunday, as they , stitiited by God and men must re-

allow anyone else to look at such?

,know, it is contrary to my creed to  desire.

l spect His will. The men who ‘de-
Tlie object of this amendinenti maiid the opening say, first, it is

tlllll.‘-CS Sunday. I l1&\'e to lock up , was to free the state from all con-  for the benefit of the woi'kingnia_n.
the horse barn and the cattle sheds ‘ trol by the church and to assure to ‘ These men all at once S(:‘l‘l[1 to be

and the tool house and the artljevery citizen absolute religiouslstricken with a wonderfitl love forj
galleries and everything and take 5 freedom, and any attempt to secure  the workingman.
the keys to church with me.” and i an enactment that, directly or in-,

the astonished pagan says, “\\'hy
how is this? \Vhose show is this
anyway? You don’t say that we
can’t even look at the jewels and

pictures and statues and ten t.hou- *

sand other things that we brought
here ourselves and that belong to
us?” “Oh no,” says Uncle Sam “it

would not be right to do it your

know. The Bible says we must
observe the Sabbath day and keep
it holy.” “But” says the pagan.
“who is going to desecrate the
Sabbath? Is there anything un-
holy in looking at this collection of
the most wonderful and beautiful
things ever made by God or man?
And as to your Bible”, says the now
irate heathen, “we have no object-
ions to your believing it and con-
forming to its ceremonies, but
where did you get the right to in-
sist that others who do not believe
it should conform to them also‘?
And what will we all do while you
observe your Sabbath, if you shut
up the house and carry off the
keys?” “Why,” says Uncle Sam,
“you can sit on the front steps or
go down into the parks if you will
‘keep off the grass’ and amuse
yourselves till I get around.” And
as he departs the unregenerate
heathen swears by Buddha,
Brahma, Confucius or Zoroaster,
as the case may be, that he never
heard of that way of entertaining
company before, and adds “Hurrah
boys lets go down and paint the
town red!” '

In all seriousness, does not com-
mon courtesy demand of the host
that he consult the tastes and
wishes of his ests and sacrifice
temporarily, i need be, his cus-

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l
l

Over

Let!
a certain manner defined by their  the whisky and a drun.kard’s family
belief and are unwilling to allowiand all forms of evil caused by

the mothers and fathers who read
this paper: Give your children. both
boys and girls. the best education
you can afford. Encourage them
to read and study from their earli-
est years. Prove to them in your
homes that a farn1er’s house may
be supplied with good books, good
magazines and good newspapers.
just as well as the house of a

ipreaclicr or a college professor.

The Sabbath was iii- ‘

against? _ ‘
this plea stands the fact of tlielamoiig farmers of giving thebestof

Teach them there is as much room
for use of the best traincd intel-
lect on the farm as anywhere else,
that the highest education they can
get will be none too high for use in
solving the problems of successful
agriculture. If there is any one
thing more ('1-1'tH.l1l than another

?to produce a race of discoiite-nted

and unsuccessful tillers of the soil,
it is the practice so coinnion

directly, subverts the fundamental  workingmeii themselves petitioning  Utlllcutlfillfll &<lV'H1ltf1g*‘S 1“ “I089 0f

theory of the republic, or hedgeslagainst the opening.

(his petitionltheir sons whom they intend for

in the rights of any citizen, merits ; has came from the brotherhood of l professimlitl lift‘, find 1)11‘f'Ci11g Off

sure, stern and swift rebuke from Q locomotive engineers, opei‘atiiig on
every lover of the country. i 420 railroad divisions. Again. itis

. . . . - l . . ‘
Our coming exhibition will not ; said the workingman cannot afford,

be simply afair, not alone an ex-yto lose wages and the expense.

position, but also a celebration oflThat is beautiful sympathy, but‘

the greatest event in the world’sithere is no sense in it. It is
history, when viewed as to itslstrange that these very men who
effects upon the progress of the i cry out so loudly forget hi_ni on all
race. And the greatest good we other occasions. If a mill needs
can do to the world, by the fair,
is to show it the blessings of free-
dom—tlie grand advantages, the
glorious opportunities of a land
that has emancipated itself from
the domination of kings and aris-

own expense. Fourth of July and
other holidays the dear worki1ig-
man is given a holiday at his own
expense. There seems to be a
heavenly sympathy for the work-
tocrats; where the people are sub- ingman at his own expense._ It is
ject to no laws but those of their not the workingman but his half
own making, and whose officers dollars they want. _

are their servants not their rulers. “Second reason given, Chicago
If the VVorld’s Fair is opened Sun- can’t take care of the visitors.
day it will proclaim that, even as The fair must be open to give the
we defied and threw oif the yoke people a place to go. If you close
of regal despotism, as we purified the fair they will pass the time at
our land from the stain and dis- thesaloons. Senator Palmer spoke
grace of human slavery, so we are against allowing the Sunday clos-
freeing our minds from the tyranny ing clause in the appropriation bill,

of creeds and priests, and hold because the laws of the state of-

Illinois were sufficient to guard it,
and should the exposition be closed
only accountable to our own con- the people would flock to the
sciences and our God fdr a right saloons. When asked if the laws
use of the Sabbath and all other of Illinois did not prohitit the sale
days. Then with still greater of liquor on Sunday he set down.
fitness may Liberty claim this of It’s not Chicago, nor the hotels;
all lands her chosen home. Then it’s money is the trouble.

may her statue at the entrance of “Third reason, it will educate.
New York harbor, the gift of our That there will be an education in
sister republic, shine with more the fair no one disputes, but not on
resplendent beauty and higher bear Sunday. You cannot educate
aloft the brightly shining torch of morals by doing wrong. The
wisdom to light the pathway of the theory that to behold nature leads
nations to a plane of higher deve1- up to na.ture’s God is limited to

ourselves independent of religious
dictation from any source whatever;

repair, the men are laid off at their‘

‘ with a mere common school educa-
T tion the one intended for the farm.
Better would it be that every one
of them should lea.ve the farm, and
that it should pass out of the fam-
ily altogether than that one son
should be uiiiiccessarily denied the
privilege of developing the facul-
ties with which Providence has
endowed him. Farmers must
cease to throw discredit upon their
iown profession in this way. if they
‘ wish for the respect to which it is
justly entitled. It is a noble oc-
cupation, and the homes of its vo-
taries should be such that noble
minded youths will not have any
desire to leave them.

PATENT DISCUSSION.

Justice Cox, of the U. S. circuit court
of the northern district of New York has
handed down a decision sustaining the
Dederick hay press power patents Nos.
341,559 and 415,029. P. K. Dedrick,
complainant against the so called Victor
hay press, George Ertel, of Quincy, Ill.,
defendant, whereby the double acting
toggle joint power and link connection
with the link connection as used in the
Victor hay press is held to infringe both
of the said Dederick patents.

 

BEST AXD CHEAPEST.

Sus uehanna Co., Pa., June 22, 1892.
MR. DITORI I have used the Inger-
soll paints, manufactured _in Brooklyn,
N. Y., the inside and outside as well as
the roofing paints, for many years past,
and think they are the best and cheap-
est in the market. Respectful} ,
R. M. ELA'ITo
(See adv. Ingersoll’s Liquid Rubber
Paints. )

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~ THE siv1iA1;rcE:‘visrTor:.

THE HARP 01" CALEDONIA.

Harp of tilie North! that monldering long hast

nn
On the witch-elm that shades St. Fillan's spring,
And down the fitful breeze thy numbers flung.
1 ill envious ivy did around the cling,
Mufliing with verdant ringlet every string,-
O, iniiistrel Harp, still must thine accents
,, .

ee .
,Mid rustling leaves and fountains murmuring,
Still must thy sweeter sounds their silence keep,
Nor bid a warrior smile. nor teach a maid to
Weep.

Not thus. in ancient days of (‘aledon.
Was thy voice mute among the festal crowd.
When lay of hopeless love, or glory won.
Arouscd the fearful or subdued the proud.
At each according pause was heard aloud
Thine ardent, syniphony snblinie and highf
Fair dames and crested cl1ief1- attention bowed:
For still the burtht,-11 of thy ininstrelsy
Was Kni;:htl1ood‘s 1lau11tl(~s1'-1 deed. and Be-aiit_v's
inatcliless A-_v-:-.

0 wake once inoref how rude soe‘er the hand
That ventures o‘e,r tl1_v1nagic maze to stray;
0 ‘mike once inorel thoiigli scarce my skill coni-
inand
Some feeble echoing of thine r-arlier lay;
Thougli linrsh and faint, and soon to die away,
And all nnwortliy of thy noblcr strain.
Yet. if one lieart. throb higher at its sway,
The wizard note lias not bet,-11 toiiclu.-d in vain,
Then silent he no inoref linchnntrr-ss, 'wake
again!
—\'corl.

(1'R.\_\'(-Eli 'l'l‘I.Vl[’l1E.

The other day a roll of circulars
came to our address and I shall
mail one to the secretary of every
Grange in Michigan. These I wish
read in the Grange. and you will
see the object and plan of work.
Talk the matter over.——ca11vass it
thoroughly.
tion the source from which it eman-
ates, and then decide upon a plan
of action.

\\'hci1 in Cliicago recently we
stood and gazed upon the beautiful
structure recently built by the \\'.
C. T. U. of the United States. and

as we admired its massive walls. its 1

beautiful ai'cl1itectiii'e. and thought
of all that it stood for, we most
seriously wished that those at the
head of Graiige atfairs might see a
way clear for the ercctioii of :1
Graiige Teniple. This was before
we knew that any such pla11 had
been thought of. and now here
scciiis to be a plan wliere \\'0l111‘ll11!~3
work may be utilized. And will
some one tell me where it can
not be?

Let each (‘rraiige form its own
plans, and, after these plans have
been well inatured. act.

tion, dear friends, [at it be (6 frcc
will Q[]"erz’7zg. Let no one feel that

Take into (‘OllSl(l(%I‘El—;

;funds raised. It should not be
?less than three stories high, with
‘first and second stories fitted up
for stores and offices. and the
third for the Grange hall. All the
first and second floors not needed
for the National Grange offices
can be rented, and will bring in a 1
handsome income to the ()rder.
The National Grange, at Spring-
field, Ohio, session 1501, reaffirmed
its former action msession of 1890
--in reference to building the
(‘rrangc Temple.

HOW TH I’1_\lSl£ THIS .\IH.\'EY.

The duty to raise the money, l)y ‘

action of the National (1 range, has
been assigned to the brave and
zealoiis sisters of our noble Order,
and the entire work placed in the
hands of the committees on
\Vo111:ii1’s Work.

A.\' .»\J'l'E.-XI. BY THE :<.xT1o.\‘_ii. (.‘().\l-

.\1i'i"ri-11:.

Dear sisters. shall we accept’ the
trust and assuine the responsible
duties assigned us? Do we hear
the aiiswcriiig echo coming back?
Yes, from the heart of every true

l’at1‘oi1, with an earnest determi-;

nation that shall shrink from no

mice,” our Giniige Temple shall
be completed and dedicated to
‘the “Patrons of H1isl)i111d1'y” as a
monument to future generations,

to the honor and glory of the"

"(—l1':1i1_-'__, .
‘Vt: are asked to raise $30,000.
This may set‘-in a vast u1idei‘taki1ig.
and so it would be to us as i11di-
\ iduals, but when we consider the
iiiagiiitude of our national ()i'g:i11-
iZ21il0ll.illf‘>‘llIl] asked for seems
quite iiisigiiifit-aiit. W111‘-11 we
behold the eoininodious and beauti-
ful l>iiildi11g's ereeted by ofhe-1'
oi'ga11izatio11s for their use. and
note with what zeal they labor to
perpetuate their iianie and fame,
‘should not this inspire us with re-
newed e11crg_v and deteriiiination
, in this great work of ours? Is not
our cause as just. our faith as

;Order as grand and glorious as
l

E any association outside the church 1
l of God? 1

duty in this great understanding, ‘
until by “jolt//, /zopc ((7111 j)(’l‘S(}'l,'(‘I'—'

Plelse bear a W Id (f mhorh lstrong. our motives as pure, our’
: ‘)' ) *.' «-2

thropy, your patriotism, and your

love for our Order and your calling.

The Temple, when erected, will.
not only add dignity and character 3

to our ()rder, but will reflect honor

and credit to our National calling.

as an agricultural people.

Let us. therefore, hope that

‘every Grange, and every member

of our Order, will give with cl1cer-
ful hearts and willing hands to aid
in erecting an Agricultural Temple,
which will be an enduriiig monu-
ment to the honor and glory of our
grand Order and to the Aniericaii
fariner.
Frateriially,
Mizs. L. A. I‘IA\\'I{I.\'S,
Mus. H. H. Wooi1.\1.i.\‘,
Mizs. E RL‘ssi;1..
Com 1121'/fcc.

P. S. -Correspoiideiice solicited.

All west of the Rocky Jlountains
to Mrs.  I’1L's.~<1-11., P. H. Van-
couver, \\'asli.

All New lingland, Northern and
‘Vt‘Si(*l'Il States to Mrs. H. H.
\\'oOi>.\i.x.\:, P. O. Paw Paw, Mich.

Middle andSoi1tlicr11 Htates to
Mrs. L. A. H.1w1;i.\‘s, P. O. Hawk-
insville, Ala.

 

THE W001) PILE.

Tliisliot summer time when every ‘

zthing upon the farm dciiiaiids our
earnest efl"oi'ts. the farmer’s wife is ‘
obliged to spend a good part of her

, time in the kitchen. She may
have good help and even if she has
the thrifty liousewife must know
things are going. loul{lI]_L;' carefully
after the details. plaiiiiing her own
work with :1 self-interest no one
else can have.

If the fariiier himself has been
foreliaiided the back yard or bet-
ter the wood house. will show long

Iraiiks of dry wood carefully stored
for tll(‘h‘t‘{1HI)lliS use. Wewent into
:1 11eigl1boi'"s the other day. It was
after two o'clock and her kitchen
was likeafui'11ace tho" we could see
nothiiig cookiiigsavc the disliwatcr.

The back yard showed that the
: husband had provided wood liber-

jzilly and with a liberal hand she‘

1 was feeding the stove with it.

i N ow there may be some days in

the week when it may be necessary
lto have a fire after dinner but we

ends will. with the cobs from the
feed boxes. last us for our kitchen
fire nearly all summer.

Generally more heat is wasted
by having all the drafts open and
drawing the heat up the pipe than
would, with closed drafts, cook a
meal.
fire for cooking and a cooler kit-
chen than with the stove roari 11g.

met-s15 _1,' 1892

In the home relations there
should be the same motives of
{mutual co-operation. \Vere every
‘young man and young woman i11-
tending to join in that solemn com
pact that is to last until death
comes to break the tie thoroughly

Beside you have :1 better iiiculcated with the idea that this

co-piirtiiersliip was a subject so
broad 111 its issin-s,:111d that the

 

Now we keep just one girl who weel or woe of each other was at
helps with the work. (.‘re11erally on stake. they would ver_v ca1'cfiilly
Tuesdays the cupboards on the study each otlicrs inethods and
farm are much like Mother Hub- assertaiii whether they would be
bard's. and there must be baking iiiiitually £lLfl't‘(‘tl in habits and
done. If I bake, the girl will go tastes to bri11g into their home-
to ironiiig as soon as there is the that harmony so frequeiitly found
enough to heat. the irons. I get \\'Hl1llIl:_[.
the breakfast. do my baking. and, \\'on1ei1aretot-oftei1tr:1i1i1-d from
if we are not hi11dcred,by half- their early girlhood that they are
past niiicour baking is d0i1e.disl1--s \\'t'2ll{(‘l' vessels and that tl1e one
washed and ironing linished. cliosen as their life part11ei'sl1ould,

This is the day we have baked in a 111--asurc. bear all the biirdens
beans. lye make them ready over and aiixieties that come to then).
night. pzirboiling them when we How often dowe read in the _-;ei1-
boil the tea kettle. and they are ti111ent:1l stories of the day of sonic
soon ready for the oven in the fatlieror l1u.~:b:111dwho.inontli iiftei’
nioriiiiig. The bean pot takes but inoiith bears about him a cloud of
little room in the oven, we can do financialtrouble. carefully sl1ield-
our other baking at the sanic time. ing his family from any iiitiination
and after everythiiig is out save of the cause of his dispoiideney.
the beans. these. if the drafts are wl1e11 if his partner were to be

‘properly set, will finish cooking made :1 sliarer of the burden she
, with two sticks of wood.

niiglit, by 1'etre11cl1111ent. by her

I presume some of you will say. counsel and her courage, aid in
“She  a stingy old wife, 11ot much gniiliiig their bark out from the
work to do and saves every stick of deep waters of bankruptcy. Hlie
wood to take to town to sell." I was 11ot intended to be a111cre1io11-
would not wish to be stingy. but l entity in the honie. The p1-osperi-
do believe in being saving. \\'e tyofit rests largely in her keeping.
have about forty acres in our wood Men soiiietiines feel a li tle cliary
lot, a family of seven three l1ii11- oftakiiigadviee of a wonian, but
gi'yboysa111o11g the nuinber and if they are blest with :1 horse that
ltlUI)l'lt.lt1 niyself on a well spread is :1 kicker they often find what
table. 11ot lavisli, but eiioiigli good. eanit be eurcd must be endured,
well cooked food to keep us all in and if a wife quietly but llI'll!l_V in-
good health and that is palatable sists upon her ri«_;l1ts she will even-

to eat. tiially g:-1111 them.
I save the wood for two reasoiisz \\ o111:i11 tod.=i_v holds :1 power
To s)a1'etl1c<'ood 11ia11i11‘1l1eent- over the destiiiies of iiatioiis. The
3'3

ting of it and to save lieatiiig up iniiigled thouglit and :1spiratioi1s
the liouse. of ourwives and 111otl1e1'sz11-e t':1lling
An old adage says. "h'parii1;_-; like dew over the great pulsiiig.
makes pleiity." and by taking :1 throbbing world. and time will
little pains in thesparing we have show its inlliieiice i11 iipliftiiig
dry wood the year around. huinaiiity. It is especially «111 the
L. J. l’. ‘farin that a wife should fa1niliar7.o-

herself with every foot of their

 

'l‘H0l'(1}lI’l'S.

land. aseertaiii what crops pay best.
She should inform herself of the

A T10bie life: L'1'0Wi1€‘(i Wiiii i1@- exact ainount of their mutual i11-

there is any compulsion about it. , , . . . . g . V N _
Let it be given i0ViDgiY, Cileerfully, l prg1S1;efI,1),.l,:r,111Si,,t§,fi%lfi::§1,:gC:f E11111‘:  think with proper management I roic death, rises above and 0l1tl1\ es ; come, am] know the ,.xpen(1mm_.S

f,.ee1y_ I ‘ _ _ gtliey are few. Tf_ElIefa1‘1I1€‘1‘1SWlV9fl]l the pride and pomp and glory ofilnecessal-y to “my on f,]1ei1' },usi_
‘Vhen We -renlenlber What the  trust’ confided to us! 111 laborlng 110‘ had to  trhelr Wood  Would l  Inlghtlest empire Of the earth. yness. I have &Ske(1“'i\'(-S thy pl-ice

Grange has done for us fmmersv lP‘31'P9liuaie and hand down to th“ I some of them be more saving of it. t I w0u1drath91- be beaten in Rigllt  paid for some little article pur-

Wives how it has been the one levertiatest genera-t_i0n the graiidest-lIt has to be furnished by hard lthan succeed in “'1-0ng_ jchascd, and have been met with
that has raised us out of the ,.utSjm05i ‘3°i1S*‘1'V'ai1V'e and best Orgimmllabor and every cord of it wouldl I f 1 _ f 1 Y | E Hvthe reply “oh I don’t know, I
ee apm °1111(e1i1e1e1011C'e O1l11evcr pay attention to prices.”

. V iization ever yriven to man for tliel1,,.i,,., from one dollar and fift 1
of the habits of years’ “hat a1i’911€*iii Of tire farmer, his family lceiitsi to two dollars per cord 011111191110-Y t11§1’11b11°11‘:11[,1i}111' ‘tI11:Ve_ft11111ee€,H<)w could a. woman know the
ltiie malikets iiesid‘-15 the "91'y 8i'93t1a ragga 01 111 '18 5 we “1 011 jstate of her husband’s tinaiices, or

source foi education it has been to I, and ms Calhng. _ .
laiiiloyaiice Of li‘1~"in‘o’ the ii0iiS9lfe(11mg that I may 0110 mm 8‘ S3" 1 when to leave off uiiiicccssary ex-

us, what a boon for the develop-I
meiit of the best powers that wol PLAN OF ‘YORK-

_ 1 J , . - - . ute for I know not what possi- _ , j _, _ _, 
P055955: how it has really made 115 l ‘Ye suggest that in order to i 11-eifiiii up from mommg “null bilitiics may be buttoned up under I 1)L-illseii" {At i dill mi“ Clomm-11
better wives mothers and citizens,«‘ 1‘. H 1 - k f - ‘ ‘ 0 t} 1  1113 ' . . l 1 ' . . “ 1‘ 1 t 1“ Qt 1”‘ 11 11“1"11 t 1“1" 1”
’ - =e(i1111.1‘e 11 “O11 O 13181110 11' Some will say burn a "flSOl1I1(‘1 11SCO‘1t' sti-en<rtli
iet 115 try and aid» eacii by 0iii'1requi1'ed fund that each subor-1 ’ ° ' ' " '

mite, this Grange Temple. sacred
to the memory of the Grange that
we love. l\.lAll1’ A. Miro.

 

W0.\IA.\'S WORK.

Cil‘(3lllal‘}:1!‘0lllill(‘ National Coi11n1it-
tee on Woman's Work in the
(irange.

The National Grange, at its
session in 1890, at Atlanta, Ga.,
adopted a resolution appropriating
$20,000 out of its permanent fund,
to be used in the erection ofa
“Grange Temple,” as a home for
the Order of Patrons of Husbai1-
dry, in the city of Washington.
This sum to be available when the
further sum of $30,000 shall have
been raised by voluntary contri-
bution.

OBJECT OF THE TEMPLE.

The object of the Grange Temple
is to establish permanent head-
quarters for the Order in the capi-
tal city of our country, with a

,dinate Grange send up one dollar
{for car:/1 member and two dollars
ifor the lyortliy Master.

l There are various ways by which
jthe money can be raised. N 0 one
l plan would be practicable through-

lout so vast a country as ours and

lamong a class of people so differ-
‘Eently situated. We would suggest
; individual subscriptions first.
lShould this fail to raise the dollar
1 per member let other devices be
t resorted to in the way of entertain-
,’ ments, suppers. experience meet-
‘ ings in which each one is encourag-
1 ed to tell how the dollar was earn-

led, or by any other plan deemed

l
1
1

g advisible by each sub-committee.
l Each member of the National
-‘Grange, who has experienced the
ldelights of our annual sessions,
«,will be expected, and should be
,willing, to give, say $10, for each
lbrother and five dollars for each
5sister, who is an officer or voting
‘member.

“BRICK Books”

lstove then you can regulate it asl
you choose. Now I will own up, I

;am awfully afraid of gasoline and
1 have said I would not have one in

my house. Some of us are not
able to buy one and having a
pretty good kitchen stove feel that
we must use it.

If the bread is kneaded up when
set at night it may be baked by
eight o’clock in the morning. If
fruit is to be canned let it be made
ready over night and then cooke
when the bread is baking. If jelly
is to be made boil up your fruit
when the tea kettle is boiling for
supper; hang over an earthen jar
to drain through the night and you
can easily make the jelly while you
are washing the breakfast dishes.
Make your dessert as soon as your
breakfast is over and put it away
in the ice chest ready for dinner.

But the ironing, there is where
it eats up the wood pile. I will
tell you of a plan we have at our
house; we are blessed with a small

boy, one of the kind that is scarce, 1

I must do something to keep my . T‘1}Ltll(,‘l‘S and mothers. educate

ltlioughts fresh and growing. I"

tyour children to study the best

fdrcad nothing so much as f.'1llii1g,11ietl1ods of producing crops. cul-
: into a rut and feeling myself be- 1 tivate in them a love of the beauti-

l coming a fossil.

The worst days of darkness
through which I have ever passed
have been greatly alleviated by
throwing myself with all my energy
into some work relating to others

This public life is a weary,wearing
one, that leaves one but little time
for that quiet reflection which is
so necessary to keep up a growth
and vigor of Christian character.
But; I hope I have lost none of my
desire to be a true man, and keep
ever before me the character of the
great Nazarene.

If the power to do hard work is
not talent, it is the best possible
substitute for it.

For the noblest man that lives
there still remains a conflict.

Every character is the joint prod-
uct of nature and nurture.

§ful, and firmly fix in their minds

,1 that they are not to be iiiditfereiit
to the prosperity of the home but
mustlcarn to share its burdens and

j responsibilites.

j‘ Mns. H. B. PRATT

1

l

; HOW T0 MANAGE A WIFE.

l Dr. Charles F. Dee-ms. a clergy-
l man of New York City, has lately
:won a $20 gold piece offered for
ltlie best article 011 “HoW to
lManage a \Vife.” This is the arti-
lcle:

i “Manage!” VVhat is that! Does
lit mean to control? \Ve manage
la horse. ‘V0 use our superior
lhuman intellect to control and
{ gude his superior physical strength,
lso as to obtain the best results.
 But a wife is not a horse. \Vhen

ttwo persons are well married, the

 -t bl d d‘ 1 U f 1 b 1 t - - , f h M 1 _ lwife is superior to the husband in
1 z::..:..::.*:...:;:‘i:.1°:,:..;:1....:1  ::;:...P::P::i .§.‘.’§.§;f“2f; .11.; 21.1: .;::s:.?:;1:.°S:.::i. ,,;;;;g;>t gm stand as  ow many  as   srperier
, committees, offices, _ store rooms which contributors write their We have four work horses; they  y' lto 11e1111°111e1s' If 1111pi.’111eSS 15
», and vaults for the National Grange, names and address and the amount are fed ten ears of corn, each three . Greet idea? t1'3~"9i Siowiya and  to be 1119. IGS11111 of the 11111011’ . the

where its records and property can contributed. These bricks when times a day. Now this same small i01' 3 time 110159195-Siy~ 111511 11115111653 of 1119 1111S111111(1 15. 11°
;. be safely kept and preserved. filled should be sent with the boy who, by the way, if he does Throughout the Whole Web of manage hlmselfr 5° 351° keep 111111‘


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Also suitable rooms and conven-
iences for a Grange press, where a
National Grange organ can be
published and the printing of our
Order can be done when its inter-
ests demand it. In other words, it
is proposed to build a. “Grange
Home,” where all members of the
Order and its committees visiting

the capital can meet to consult,

upon questions relating to the in-
terests of the Order and agricul-
ture generally; and have suitable
rooms and access to the Grange

records, and books of reference l fully received and due credit given.

from the public libraries.
The size,

  

architectural design, ers of our great American Union,
finish and beauty of the temple shall this Agricultural Temple be
will depend upon the amount of built? We appealto your philan-

money to the Secretary of the
National Grange at Washington
city from time to time and receipts
taken therefor.

It is important that every mem-
ber of the Order contribute some-
thing to this Temple fund and
have their names inscribed upon
the “Roll of Honor” and placed in
the archives of the Temple, to be
[ preserved until its walls shall
I crumble into dust.

1 All contributtons from persons
outside of our Order will be thank-

Patrons of Husbandry and farm-

hate to bring wood .is a dear
little fellow, will go with a basket
and bring in those fifty cobs three
times a day, and with just a. few
sticks of wood you will be surpris-
ed how much you can cook with
them, they make a. quick hot fire
and are soon out.

We had a “claring-up” time this
spring. All old boards, pieces of
lumber, Chips, an old machine or
two that was worn out was piled
together and at odd times were
worked up by the men into fire
wood.

Now, while I do not believe
there was more rubbish around
our premises than the average
farmer’s, still thiarpile of odds and

national existence we trace the
golden thread of human progress
toward a higher and better estate.
—Gcirficlu'.

WOMAN IN _THE HOME.

(Read at Traverse District Pomona.)

Every man of business who is
about to embark in some enter-
prise and wishes to associate him-
self with a partner will select one
who has combined all of those
qualities of character that will in-
sure a successful termination; one
whose tact and sound judgment
will co-operate with and assist him
in keeping their financial affairs

in the tide of ‘prosperity.

self always his wife’s respectful
friend, always her tender lover,
always her equal partner, always
her superior protector. This will
necessarly stimulate the wife to be
always an admiring friend, always
an affectionate sweetheart, always
a thrifty housewife, always a con-
fiding ward. And this will so react
upon the husband that his love for
his wife will grow so as to make it
easy for the husband, with all his
faults, to bear with all the infirmi-
ties of his “one and only” wife.

There has never been a. time
when a man could be a seven-day-
in-the- week Christian without
having trouble with the devil.


exam; ' crib-*

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and thus converts food into muscle, milk and fat
which otherwise would be wasted.
MORTIMER VVHITEHEAD Says ; “Ger-
man Horse and Cow Powder pays many times its
cost in keeping all kinds of farm stock in good
health. I have used it for years on my farm, buy-
in a barrel at a time.”
t is manufactured by Dr. L. Obei-holtzer’s Sons
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NSl<-coping cars, Grand Rapids to (‘hicago, on
1'0. -1.

‘Isles.-ping cars, Grand Rapids to Cincinnati, on
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Nos. 1 and 4 daily south of Grand Rapids. Nos.
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.-Hw'l{lCl'L'l‘l'R.\L STATIONS.
Details oi‘ liiforiiiatioii Fiirnislicd to
I-':irmer.< iii the Md World.

The European expcriineiit sta-
tions are ahead of our own, because
they liave been longer in operation.
and so have become more firmly cs-
tablished. They have had much
more aid from thc _S.},'O\'('2'I1I1l(*1lT, and,
as an educatioiial factor, are re}_:aril-
ed in the same light as the scliools.
their value liaving been as practi-

i cally deinoiistratcd. A Sll1f_§lt'.lllllS—
tration will suffice to show their
iisefiilness. Tens of thousands of
German farmers carry in their
pockets 8. little book called the
"Farn1crs’ Alinanac,” which con-
tains the coiir-eiitmtcd product of
applied farm scicncc. Beside the
tl)lI);_;‘S common in such books. cal-
('ll(lfll', iiicmormi<l:1, ciisli {1(‘('()l11llH.
etc.. tlicrc aro blanks for the iiaini-s
of workincn, their work and wag_;cs.
forms for 1'e_-._:ist,e1'iii_-_-' cows. and
tlieir daily and weekly yield of
milk, and for other stock. Uthcr
fornis are for keeping accoiint with
each field on the farm, its size,
crop. manure. sccd, product. etc.
Then come series of

brief space an amount of informa-‘

tioii that is almost marvelous. One
table gives the amount of S(‘€‘.(l by
‘weight or measure. under a Prus-
sian acre or hectare, brozulcast or
in drills or hills for each of ninety-
five different kinds of crops.
Al1(ill1e1';;'l\'(3S wliat thcy call in
Gerniaiiy fair yields—lici'c they
would be l8,1’f.;t,‘ yields ———with dura-
tion of the f_{(‘1'l11lI1Ell3lI]§.§ power of
sceds. period of the growth of tlic
plants. and what corresponds in
(lrerinaii weiglits and measures to
weight of a biislicl or bulk for
<-very 100 pounds of the dil'l'erciit
kinds of produce. F urtlier on are
tables of inixtui-es for grass seeds
for different soils and purposes,

‘ ,i1111ll1l)e1' of plants an acre. valua-

tion of seeds, etc. Other tables
are those of the chemical composi-
tion of plants, fe1'tilizei's, fectliiig
stuffs, fodder rations, human food
and even of the whole bodies of
animals.
If a farmer \\lslli?a to find how
much plant food he has removed
from his ficld in a hay crop of five
tons, he turns to a “table for cal-
ciilatiiig the cxliaiistion and enrich-
ment of the soil.” and finds that
the five tons of hay would contiiiii
about 155 pounds of iiitro_<__:en. 131:3
,pounds of potash, eight and onc-
half pounds of liiiic, and forty-oiic
pounds of phosphoric acid. Tho
coiiiposition of nearly 200 kinds of
y__;'i'a.<scs, _«.;'i'2iiiis, straws, root crops.
ct-c.. is §_;;ivei1 in this table. In
()1‘tl('1' to calculate how much plant
food is given back to the soil with
a ggiveii amount of manure. tlicrc is
§ another table, in which is £_:‘l\‘(‘1l

{the average composition of 1203

Jmanurcs and fertilizing materials.
iTherc are also tables of the coin-
 position of feeding stiiffs and fod-

Ij der rations. which show at ii glance 
ghow many pounds of the valuable;

gfood ingredientseprotein, carbo-
iliydrates and fats——there are in
they, corn, straw. cornstalks, bran,
ioil meal and about 250 other ma-
 terials which (:‘rernia1:i farmers feed
l their stock.

With these tables of feeding
standards. which tell the amount

of each of these ingredients that;
will make a fair daily ration for:

oxen at rest in the stall, of oxen at
3 work, milch cows, young cattle, and
i so on. VVe have gone at length iii-
5 to this description, because we
want something of the same sort
in this country. We have all this
information, but it is scattered
about, and is not readily available
for the farmer. lVhy cannot our
experiment station do good service
by collating and publishing such a
pamphlet or bulletin and distrib-
uting it gratis among our farmers?
—J. R. EVANS, in Grand Rapids
Democrat.

 

U. S. JULY CROP REPORT.

CORN.~—Tl1e July returns show
the acreage of corn, as compared
with the actual area of last year, to
be 95.6 per cent. The
reduction of area is not
equally distributed August 1.
It has mainly been confined to the
great corn-producing regions of the
Ohio, Upper Mississippi, and Mis-
souri valleys. In these districts
the falling off is much heavier than
the general average above given,

tables »
and stateniciits, which compress 111 i

every 1,000 pounds live weight of‘

the loss "here having been in a‘
measure offset by an increased

acreage in the Atlantic states and

in the south. (,ll.\'tI‘lL't.< in which

corn is not a prominent crop.

This decrease has l)t’(‘ll in a nicas-
urc offset by an iiicreziscil acrca;.:c
in the south. wlicrc a portion of
last years cotton brcadtli has becii
}._{l\‘ell to corn. In the eh,-vcii cot-
ton states the p1'(:‘St’lll corn :ici‘ca;_:c.
compared with that of last year,
107.5. This inakcs a large iiic1'cas<-
in the tlf._{}_{l‘t‘gEltt‘ area of that soc-
tion, biit it should be borne in
mind that the yield per acre in the
surplus States, Wlll,‘l‘t‘ tlic t'1l'("il is
rediiccd, is much lai'gc1*tliai1 in the
south, where it  iiicrc:ised.
Last year the yield of the first
iiaincd iivcingeil 32.8 biislicls, Wlllll‘
in the latter it was only 10.8
bushels.

The coiiditioii of tho crop  rc-
tiiriii-d at H1.l. This is lllo lo\\'cst
July a\'ei'a_I_;c 0,\‘<‘1' l'('p()l'l(‘(l by this
dcp:irtiiiciit. As in the case of
¥l(‘1'(‘2lg(‘tll(’ ti}_:11i‘cs are lows-st iii
the states of lfll'f_.’,‘t‘ prodiictioii. The
poor coiiditioii is the result of i-.\'—
cessivc rainfall, \Vllll‘ll (ll‘l¢'ly(‘(l
plaiitiiig, prevented proper cultiva-
tion, and resulted in floods and
overflows over large areas of
bottom lands.

\\'11I§.\’l‘.—— The (.‘()Il(llll( )1] of
‘winter wheat is reported at H‘.l,tS,
against 88.3 on June 1. Tho aver-
age in July, 1891, was 913.2, and in
July. 1H'5)0, 70.2. Condition is
quite high in all Sections wlicro
the crop is }_5rowii, cxccpt 111
Ohio. Micliigaii, Indisiiia, \Viscon-
sin. and Missouri. The month of
June was mainly favorable.

S1)I'lIl;_{ wlicat declined (llll'lllf_E llll‘
month from 02.33 on June 1 to 90.0
on July 1. The a\'(-rage in July,‘
1-5'91. \vas‘.t-1.1. The principal de-
cline was in Wisconsin, on account
of cxcessivc rain‘, in Nebraska the
result of hot, dry weatlicr in June,
following an iiiiiisiially wet spi*iii_<_;,
and in \V8.sllln;_{tO1l and ()1'Oj_{Oll.
where it vms injiircd by hot, dryj
wcatlicr diiriiig the closiiig days of
thc month.

The condition of all wheat on‘

* July 1 is $10.0, agaiiist 80.7 in June 3

and 95.5 in July of last year.
OATs.——Tl1c low condition of oats

re orted in June 88.5 has been
7 7

furtlier reduced duriiig the month,

. and thc present returii, 87.2, is the:

lowest July condition ever reported
with one exception. The averages
are lowest in tlic States of large
production, _<_{cnerally the result of
an uiifavorable season for seeding:
and too niuch rain diiriii5_; the peri-
od of growtli. In 1800, whcn the
crop was one of the p()o1'c.s't 1-V01‘
llfl1‘\‘(‘Sl-etl, thc July condition was
81.13.

i"."1\II,\‘()l: (Ti-.‘iii«‘.A1..\‘. — Thu condi-
tion of rye sli_i__;litly iiiipriivcd dur-
lll}_flllE‘111()lllll and now staiiils at
92.8. while barley at 02.0 slioivs
practically the same condition as
in June.

I’O'l‘A'i‘OI?.'.x'.——'_l‘l1e acreage is rc-
turnod at 01.2 per cent of the large
area of last year. In the South,
Where the breadth of cotton has been A
shortened. a considerable increase.
in the area devoted to this crop has 
been made; but in the Nmv Eng—l
land and Wvestcrn states. where,
the largest yield is obtained and
the bulk of crop is ;_:rown, tlierc is
‘a considerable dccrcase. The con-=
;dition of this crop is almost invar-
3 ibly high in July. as the vicissitudes
* incident to its growth are met with
‘later. The present return. 90.0, '
however, is low. The lowest ever?
‘ before reported was in 1800. when

v it stood at 91.7. This poor con-
3 dition is the result of too much 1
Erainfall in the districts where thcj
i great portion of the crop is grown.
‘ EXPORTS or CORN.——I)111'ing the
past year the Department of Agri-
culture has been represented in a
number of European countries by
a special agent charged with the
duty of urging the use abroad of
Indian corn as human food. Last
month 3. statement from German
official sources was presented in this
report, showing the heavy increase
in our shipments to that country
as the result of this effort. The
trade returns of the fiscal year just
ended also bear witness to the ef-
fective work which has been done
upon this line. During the twelve
months ending J une 30, 1892, We
shipped 73,768,672 bushels of corn,
valued at $40,623,517, against 30,
768,213, bushels, valued at $17,652,
687, during the preceding year.

A comparison of the trade of
the pastx si months, however,

will show more forcibly the
results which have been ac-
complished. From January 1,

 

   

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to June 30, 1802, ‘ we sold 5:'i,;'i:'34,
173 bushels. valued at $2‘J,058.532.
a<_{iiii1st1],ti‘.l9,l‘.lI'l l)ii.~'l1cl.~‘. \'zil11cil
at $7,791.82-3 for tho saiiic ])l'l'l0(l
of the pi'evioiis year. Another
gi';itify'ii1g fact is to be noted.
Hci'ctoforo when our shipiiiciits of
corn abroad h:i\'e l)('t‘ll l2ll')_L'(‘ it has
l)(‘(‘ll soldiit 21 low price. Thus in
l‘5lll. thc only year in which c.\'-
ports werc as lar;_:e as tlio.<i- of the
past S9'flSOll. the £l\'('I‘&l_J(‘ price was
only 41.7. \\‘l1llt‘ the a\'ci‘zigc price
rccciveil for the sliipine-iits of 1592
was 33.1 cents per biislicl.

 

Tllli ('l.0\‘lIl{-lHH)'l‘ lllllll-Ill.
\'. ll. 1..

;\lthou;_rli for )'(‘tll‘S woll-kiiown
iii (lciiiiaiiy mid othcr parts of
liiirope. this iiiscct did not make
its El[)})(‘:’ti'all('t‘ in tho ll1lll(‘l,l States
until lH7«‘~‘, \\'l1(‘ll tho clover crop of
Il0l'll1W(‘.-'ol(‘l‘lI Ni-w York siitl}-1'erl
.s'ci'ioiisly froiii its attacks. Siiicc
that time it lins vloiic coiisi<ln-rzilili-
d2iiii:i}_;c to Wt‘:-il(‘l‘iI crop.-s.

Tllc f:tI1lll_\' to \\‘l1li‘li ll lwl<ii)}_;,~;
is not a léLl'}_{(‘ one \\'ll(‘ll 4-onipzircd
with otlici'.~'. of thc saiiic ordcr, al-
tliougli l‘t‘})l'(,‘.<t‘lil(‘(l by iiiiincrous
species, coimiioiily known as bark
liectlcs, from their habit of tunnel-
ing just l)(‘ll(‘Z1lll thc bark of tho
trecs.

  

The bcctlc in its various stages
is rcpiescntcd in the cut, (I show-
11lf.[ the affected plant, I; the _«_:rub

or more correctly. the larva. which

is the first stage from the cgg, c
the pups or sccond sta_<_{c, and cl
the iiiiagii or niature insect.

1)urin_«__§ the winter it liibcriiates,
usually as a iiiiitiirc form. In
early SI)1‘l11_L§ the fcinalc borcs into
the crown of the plant, and di-posits
a few 05.5.55, usually livc or six.
Tlicsosooii hatch and the young
lii.l‘\'2l‘f(,’(,‘(l at first on tho tciidcr
])()1‘ll()IlS(»ftll(* crown, but finally
work down. i-oiiiplctcly tuiiiicling
tho main roots.

No very i-llcctive i‘i-iiiodics for
this pcst arc yvt known. Prob-
ably the best, liowovcr. would bc
to plow tho crop under as soon as
the insects are (liscovcrcd to be at
work, and grow no more clover for
a time.

V.-\ lil'l'I 01" Sll.A(£E.

From an experiment in feeding
corn silage in coniparison with dry
corn fodder the following conclu-
sions are reached:

1. A daily ration of four pounds
of hay and st-\'c11 pounds of grain
feed, with corn silage or field-cured
fodder corn ml I1/iilum, foil to twen-

ity cows duriire; sixtccii weeks pro-

duccd a total ‘quantity of 10,813
pounds of milk during the silage

period, and 19,801 pounds of milk
 durin_<.; the fodder corn period.

2. \Vhen we consider the areas
of land from which the silage and

:fodder corn are obtained, we find

that the silage would have pro-
duced 243 pounds more milk per
acre than the dry fodder, or the
equivalent of 12 pounds of butter.
This is a gain ofa little more than
three per cent in favor of the
silage.

BERLIN CENTER.

The contest ended with the
brothers having the ice cream and
cake to furnish which was done
with promptness and we had a very
pleasant feast. We expect to have
a fourth degree feast soon. \Ve
think these contests and feasts are
what We need to refresh and invig-
orate the body. The Grange is an
educator and we think these seasons
of enjoyment profitable.

LECTURER.

There are people in every church
who stop believing the Bible the
minute they look at a dollar.


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THE GRANGE VISITOR.

AUGUST 1, 1892

N0‘I'icc.s of Meetings.

VAN BIIBEN POMONA.

The next Pomona will be held
with Hamilton Grange, August 4,
1802, at 10 o’clock A. M.

Music, Business and Reports.

Paper, “Patience,” Mrs. Amos
Dopp.

Open Session l:Il0 P. M.

Discussion. " Resubiiiissioii of
Local Option in Van Buren
county,” led by -I. G. Parkliurst.

Recitation, Mabel Parks.

Paper, “Fun on the Farm,” C.
ll’. Reynolds. Paw Paw.

Paper, “ \Vheat- Growing.”

Recitations and music will be»
interspersed. ‘

All farmers are invited to attend I
in afternoon. -

C. E. ROBiNs0.\', Lecturer. 3

 

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IO.\'I.\ POMONA. I

Ionia County Grange will meeti
next with \Voodward Lake Grange. A
The following are the questions:

1. \\'hat is the proper study of
niankind?

2. \Vliich of the three men are;
the most valuable to the commu-,
nity, the man of projects. the;
man of resources. or the man of §
imagiiiatioiis? l

3. The iinancial condition of the 1
farmer, as shown by his failuresi
and success. F

4. How much will an extral
good farm, with extra good farm—l
ing, yield per cent on the capital ‘
invested.

3. The influence of rural life on 5
the physical development of thei
fariner. 3

ii. The iiitlueiice of rural life on f
the mental developinent of the ‘
farmer. _

7. Agricultural fairs, their scope 3
and iniproveiiient. 1

H. In reality. what are you fai'in- l
ing for? 3

5). How much of the farniei"s
business ought the wife to know?

10. The best way to put up straw-
berries to have them keep.

11 How to care for calla lillies
to have them blossom.

12. VVhich is the most profita-
ble to raise, fowls for market or
those which produce the most eggs
for market?

 

BARRY POMONA.

Regular meeting of the Barry
Co. Pomona Grange P. of H. will
meet with Glass Ccreek Grange on
Friday, August 26. 1892. Following
is the program:

l‘IOI‘11lIl}Dg" session, 10 a_. in. sharp,
opens in the fifth degree for
minutes of previous meeting and
such other degree work as may
come before the nieeting. Opened
in the fourth degree at 11 oclock a.
m.~diiiiier 12 ni.

Afternoon sesion open to the
puéilic at} hatllf paéit 2 oclock p. in.

._on«r )y ie ranrre.

Addiiass of welcomizz Bro. IVill
Otis, master of Glass Creek Grange.

Response Bro. George Sefiield.

, lllusic, 0

Paper, subject: “Should \Vomen
work less and read more,” Sister
Hellen Brainard.

“Are farmers Organizations
necessary or desirable,” Bro. John
Dawson.

Recitation, Sister Jennie Brain-
ard.

flfusic.
Paper, “Economy in Farm
management,” Bro. Chas. New-
land.

Recitation, Sister Mattie Slaw-_
son. I
Essay, “Our Boys and Girls,” ‘
Sister John Dawson.

111 usic.

Recitation, Sister Ora Newland.

Question box, from which many
questions of interest to all will be
called out by the Lecturer.

Fifth degree meeting in the
evening at 7.30 for conferring the
fifth degree. Let every member
come and have a good time.

GEORGE R. Rowsaa,
Cozmfy Lecturer.

NEWAYGO POMONA.

Arrangements have been made
with C01. J. H. Brigham, Master
of the National Grange, to address
the next meeting of N ewaygo '
County Pomona Grange, No. 11, at
Fremont, on Saturday, August 6th,
and the date of the meeting hasi
been changed to Friday and Sat—i
urday, August 5th and 6th, for that 
purpose. l

The following is the regular pro- l
gram: . f

Opening song, Fremont Grange.

“ The needvof a better education
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Haskins, Master of Pomona Grange.  resigned *9 30091315 1-116 P°BiPi0D Of P!‘0f68- 
as The Lectureras Hour H W W 3%!‘ of Pplitical Science in the Wisconsin ;
’ ‘ ’ E orma .

Carter and W’ C‘ Stuart. A General Mil 'll be was t t th i
M'M’M St t. . ‘WW1 Pnaei
“fi:;c(’1in£:8:I_ fglgéy V335‘ which state encampment at Island Lake August

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, , g 22. to assist in the review.
Wpreferable 35 5”}, °.°,‘?“P3t1°’,‘ f“ The Supreme Court has decided that
leisure moments, _ Sister 3. E.

_ the apportionment act of 1801 is uncon-
Lewls. stitutional as also that of 183:’). Unless
Song-_ Sister ])_ )[a1]O1-y_ the legislature were called for extra sess-
..IS.",'h(._,.(, an‘. ,,.,.)(),1 1.635,)“ why ion to prepare a new apportionment.
Hhio wool should bring a better

the state senators and representatives

_ . . would have to be elected under the act
priee than llii.-liigaii wool of the
same gi-aile? If so, is it not possi-

of 1851. It is expected. however. that
the legislature will have a special session
ble for the Grange to establish a “b"“t‘\”g“st 1”-
grade of its own?” S. V. \Valker‘T_ fn 1‘ G J h
r « icers are as o ows: ‘or overnor, o n
an‘(‘l’IllieHSe2fe1tfli.riiy"s \Vork.” )Irs.l$' Rich’ °fJLa3)-6°’ Colmt-yi for L191”
Bell “_hite . l oieruor, . VV ight Giddings, of Vi ex-
“Country Roads,” Clark Finnie. lW- J0ChiID» Of M«'1r<lUeW9 COUDW; 1'01"‘

Recitation Lora Smith ,[Treasurer, Joseph F. Hambitaer, ofi
“The Potato Crop.” Ed Clark I§l..‘Z.‘.’.’i’.1.‘§°"xi‘3T’“’3ii.’i‘..ii.’§, A.§’:d‘i:’.§.§L‘ii‘.‘.’.§3‘li
lC011llt«y; for Attorney General, (lerritt=
3 J. Diekema. of Ottawa county; for Com-

Republican nominations for State of-

“ Gambling in Farm Products,”
L. Reynaldt.

“ The young people in
Grange,” Sister Phoebe Hall.

Recitation, John Bunnell.

; Berry, of‘ Otsego county; for Superin-
: tendent of Public Instruction, H. R. Pat-
tengill, of Ingham county: for member

l ford county; for Secretary of State, John '

Tl-IE AUGUST BIAGAZINES.

I_.iPi>ixcorT’s has a very interesting
article on “The Newspaper of the Fut-
ure,” by John A. Cockerill, besides the

- usual amount of other high class matter.

Tm: COSMOI’0LlTA.\'. The strong gen-
eral articles in this leading magazine
are "The (‘onvention at .\liiineapoli.~',"
by Murat II:ilstead;"Tlie Caiises of Evo-
lution." by St. George _\liv;irt: and the
serial by Henry James. entitled ".Ier.~:e_v
Villas."

In the .\'oi:i‘ii A_\ii:i:ii',\.\' Ri».\'ii:w, ..\'en~ T

ator Blorgan speaks of "Party Conven-
tions," and Ex-Speaker Reed dilutes on
“Two Congresses (,‘ontrasted."
the other noted articles is “Thomas
Paine," by Col. Rob't. G. Ingersoll.

Tin: Ai:i:.~'.-i is unusually full of splen-
did reading matter. “\\'omen's Clubs"

and “The Pending Presidential Cam-

paign" are two interesting series. A rti-
cles by Mary A. Livormore and Frances
E. Willard will attract wide attention.

the l niissioner State Land Oflice, J0hI1 G.  This uuuiber is one of the very best of

this admirable magazine.

Among ,

“ \Vhat is the cost of the toolsi
and inachiiiery necessary to be kept f
on an 250 acre farm? How long‘
will they last and how should they;
be cared for when not in use‘.’’’%
James Caldwell. ‘

The fifth degree will be con-,.
fcrred iii the eveiiing. The dayi
meeting will be public. All are
invited to attend. E

A. L. SCoi‘T, Lecturer.

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CROP Bl'LLI'lTIN. 1.
1)i:'i‘iioi'r, July 26, 1892. 
lN'07'flz.ci'u C'Ull)1Il'('.S‘—~Tll(+ pasty
week has been all that could be de- 
sired for crops and haying, which:
is now well advanced. and the cropl
being secured in fine condition.§
(‘oi'n, oats, and potatoes need more
rain. Apples, plums, and other
fruits looking finely. *

(j'cnlral Co1mI‘iws~Tlie past
week has been hot and dry, and
very favorable for wheat harvest
which is well along, being nearly
all cut and partly secured.

A few more fine days will secure
wheat in fine condition. Thresh-
ing will begin next week. Hay-
ing has progressed rapidly and is a
heavy crop.

In Allegaii county hay is all cut
and secured in fine condition. In
St. Clair county the hail storm of
the 15th inst. , did more damage
than was at first reported, destroy-
ing buckwheat and badly injuring
peas. tomatoes, cabbage, and other
garden products. It however took
a narrow strip of territory, and
therefore the damage was not
great. Hail on the 22d. did
slight damage to crops in Sanilac
county. More rain is needed for
all growing crops, notably corn
and potatoes.

S01/llulrn Conn/z'csATlie weather ,
during the past seven days has been l
especially fine for haying and har- '
vesting, which is nearly over in
most counties and the crops secured
in fine order. Threshing has be-
gun in some counties and a gcod
yield reported. Oats are heavy
and ripening. The catch of clover
in some localities was excellent,
and prospects good for a large
yield of clover seed. Corn, beans,
and potatoes need more cultivation
than they are getting. Rain is
greatly needed, especially on clay
ground, where corn seems to be ata
stand still. Apples, peaches, pears,
and plums in Kalamazoo county,
are reported a light crop.

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NEWS .\'0'l‘l-IS.

MICHIGAN.

Severe storms on the lakes the middle
of July.

Immense fire in Bay City. Loss nearly
$1,000,000.

Michigan State Bar Association met in
Grand Rapids.

J. Henry Sipley, a prominent Lansing
citizen, is dead.

Democratic state convention at Grand
Rapids August 17.

There is to be a large condensed milk
factory at Howell.

The National Baptist Young People's
Union met in Detroit.

Prof. VVm. H. Brooks of the State
Normal school is dead.

The Michigan Woman’s Press Associa-
tion gathered at Bay View.

The labor men will have an extensive
parade in Lansing on September 5.

The people in the burned district of
Bay City are much in need of assistance.

Four men were instantly killed in an
explosion of a saw mill boiler near Gay-
lord.

Dr. C. R. Henderson of Detroit, will
accept a professorship in the Chicago
University.

Secretary Hewitt, ‘of the Michigan
World’s Fair educational committee has

Board of Education, E. A.Wilson, of

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NATII LVAL.
Terrible heat all over the country.
Mrs. Harrison continues to improve.
51,000 wheelmeii gather in \Vashington.

Mrs. Rose Terry Cooke, the authoress, 3

is dead.

There were :30 deaths from heat in
Chicago July 27.

Cleveland and Stevenson were oll‘iciall_v ;

notified of their nomination.

Beautiful auroras have again been.‘

witnessed all over the country.

Another Colliery explosion, this time‘

at Pottsville, Pa.

lives.

Ten men lose their

The League of .\inerican \\'heelnien.

urge Congress to take immediate action
in behalf of good i'ou«!s.

Cruiser No. 12 t<;liri.-‘tened the Coluiii» _

biai, has been laiiiii.-lied. It is the most
destructive war ship afloat.

The Alva, Vaiidorbilt's famous yacht,
was run down and sunk, and the passen-
gers and crew barely escaped.

(Jen. Ben Butler has been secured by
the Homestead strikers as their attorney
in the legal fight that is expected.

October 21, the 100th aiiniversiay of
the discovery of America, has been pro-
claimed by the Presidenta legal holiday.

The steamship city of Paris, made the
voyage froinQueenstown to New York in
5 days, 15 hours, and 58 minutes, beating
the record by 33_minutes.

Thomas A. Carter, of Montana, is
chairman of the National Republican
committee and VVin. F. Harrity, of Penn-
sylvania, chairman of the National Dem-
ocratic committee.

Manager Frick, of the Carnegie works,
was assassinated by an anarchist and
seriously but not fatally wounded. The
deed is not the outcome of feeling on the

part of the strikers.

George Shiras, Jr., of Pennsylvania,
has been named by President Harrison

 

FOREIGN.

Madame Patti will soon make a fare-

well tour of the United States.

Pasteur, the fnnious scientist, is seri-

ously ill with what is said to be cholera.

VVhat is purported to be cholera,

though called cholerine, has broken out
in Paris.

It is stated that small pox has come

to add to the horrors of the Russian
famine.

It is claimed that the condition of the

English farmers has not been so bad in
50 years as now.

The Liberal majority in Parliament
will be small and will be largely depend-

ent upon the Irisli vote.

Prof. Garner is about to print a die-

tionary containing the “words" used by
monkeys, and their equivalents in En-
glish.

The Island of Sangir, in the Malay
Archipeligo, is reported as entirely de-
stroyed by a volcanic eruption. and the
destruction of over 2,000 of the popula-
tion.

CONGRESS.

The anti—option bill is not likely to
pass this session.

Judge Chipman introduced a resolu-
tion asking for retaliation to Canada by
imposing tolls upon Canadian vessels
passing through the St. Clair canal.

The Senate and inter-state commerce
commission have agreed upon a bill re-
quiring the use of automatic couplers
and power brakes on the inter-state
railroad trafiic.

The bill to appropriate $5,000,000 for
the World’s fair was defeated in the
house by a vote of 122 to 110. There
has been about a week of wrangling over
it since, with no results.

The special investigating committee
concerning the trouble at Homestead
listened to the Pinkerton side of the
story. It was not complimentary to the
usual spirit and actions of strikers.

The senate passed amendments to the
World’s Fair appropriation bills. provid-
ing that the fair must be closed Sundays

and that liquor’ shall not be sold upon
the grounds.
rescinded.

The latter was afterwards

    

i Do you . Root
Drink Beer?

SOLD AND ENJOYED EVERYWHERE.

l Stonny One can hardly expect ti
‘ _ take even ii \veek‘s vacation
l Vacatlon without one or two stormy

I days ——and the qiiestioii
‘Days arises how to pass such
jMade times pleasantly. In the
, Pleasant country or mountains where

reading cannot be easily ob-
l tained, time hangs heavily. This all may
3 be avoided if you will take the precau-
ltion to procure a package of \V.\vr:iii.v
l\IAG.izil\'i~:s. Each copy has from ten to
fifteen short, clean and interesting com-
plete stories (none continued), Notes of
Travel, Items of Interest, Jokes, etc.,
besides a page of music. They are not
like a book that one has to read for
hours, but are entertaining for ten
minutes or a day and can be caught
‘up at any time. VVe have a few odd
back numbers that we will sell in
bundles of twenty-live for $1.00, post-
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4 amount of reading in
‘twenty-five cent novels Wavefly
i for less than $10.00. Send Magazine

live cents for a sam-
_ple, read it carefully and Boston
lyoii will order a bundle. M355

as associate justice of the Supreme Court. 1
He is an eminent and learned lawyer,
though he has never held an ollice.

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People’s °f,
. Lansing
Savings Mich

Bank .1.

Capital, $150,000.00

\V.  REAL, President
A. A. \VILBL'R, [Vice President
C. H. OSBi\ND,“_‘ Cashier

\\'c Tl‘:|ll>1lC[ ll gciicrlil liiinking lHl.\lllL‘S.\'. P:i_\'
imcrest on time (lepiisits. If you li.'i\'i_- :iiiy bunk-
iiig l1ll.\’iI1L5.\\ come and see us.

A BOON TO AGl{I('.ULTURE

We have the variety that is tested and ucc_l1-
mated. “We offer pedigr_ee seed, crop of"£|:£ in-
spected and guaranteed in sealed bags. For the
Scarlet (llover Bulletin, No. 16. of tho Delaware
Agricultural Experiment Station, circulars,
prices. etc., address the growers.

The Delzuvare Fruit lixc-hange
S_iM’L H, DERBY, Sec’y “Wiotlsltle, 1):-.law:u'e

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l Evidently D. S. Morgan A; Co., of Brock- ——

port, N. Y., believed in calling things by
their right names when they designated
the implement manufactured by them
for cultivating the soil, the “Spading
Harrow.” This word spading, which
was first applied by D. S. Morgan & C0--
means a great deal, used in connection
with the word hurrow. You may ex-
haust Webster and Worcester and it
still be true that “The half has never
been told.” The spades dig up as well
as pulverize the ground; but we will not
attempt a description of the work done
by this tool; a trial of it is necessary to
convince you of the wonders it will ac-
complish in the soil. Are you a Dealer ‘.’
Would you like to control in your ‘sec-
tion a novelty in the implement line?
Then add to your stock of agricultural
implements the Morgan Spading Har-
row. Are you a farmer? Would you
convert your farm into a Garden ? Then
invest in the Morgan Spsding Harrow.

  

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State
Fair

to be held on its grounds at

lensing, September 12.13. ll. 15. ii
A The .\lichig;iii State Fair is the
 Pcoplelx‘ Fair. it works solely for the
iagriciiliiirai and iiidiistrizil iiitercsts of
ltiie state. The Forty-Foiirth Aiiiiuril
fiFair proiiiiscs to lie the best of all.
,jLARcE PREMIUMS

iGREAT svzcm ATTRACTIONS 1%.
_jREnucED RATES on ALL RAILRUADS

17 The best gipiiiids iii the state. Ex-
llll‘lli‘\I‘S ziiid visitors will receive e\'er_v
attcntioii. it will pziy C\'CI'_\' rczidci‘ of
THE (3ieANoE \'isi’roi< to zlllclhl the
f;iii‘ this year.

A If you \\’iSll to i;‘.\’l]ll‘li .\c’Ili.l ;i crud
ito the Sccrctziiy ;it l.;iii_~'iii; for :i
jl’I‘L‘llllllIll l.lSi. J,,“,\— -l~_ Rm”. 1.,“
ii. H. BlT’I‘Ti_-'Rl’liELl), S».-.:’_v

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The ctliicuiioii givcii LII the
State
Agricultural
College

itits iiicii l‘oi'pi'.ic1ic;il lite. The CHlll'SC
,iiicliidcs3gi'ici1liiii‘c, lioi'ticiilIiii‘e,w< nul-
‘work, ll‘(il‘l-\\'Hl'l(, iii;i1liciii;uic.<, Eiig‘—
ilisli, l‘ut’.lll}', Zl u .1. igv. CllL‘llll\'lI'_\', vet»
lcl‘Il'.ll‘_\’, iiicc1i.iiiic.<, Pll_\'.\lC.\’, lll.\‘liii‘_\f,
" tigic. Tlicrc is daily iii;iini;il ti‘:iiii—
, ig on the t;ii‘iii, iii the _e;iixiciis or iii
iilic shops. The cqiiipiiiciii of Llll
ltlL’l‘Lll'lnl:,‘IllS is Sll}‘Cl‘itir. A gootl
lll‘l'.1F_\'.

Expciiscs are low. ’l‘iiiiioiifi‘cc to
citizciis of Micliigziii. B<I‘.iI'd ;it cost.
Next year opens Aiigiist 22 when '.lll
tlic cl;isscs licgiii the stiidics of the
year. The long \=;ic'.1iioii is troiii the
iiiiddlc of N(>VCml,‘c3r to the last of
Fcliruziry, giving qiniliticd SIlldt.‘lll.\‘ 21
ciiance to teach :1 district school for
three or four months.

For catzilogs giving full iiit‘orma-
tioii, address

0. CLUTE, PRESIDENT
Agricultural College 1-’. 0., Mich

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IMPYBD

H00 (SIIOIBFZI Gllffi.

Greatest Discovery Known for the
cure of

HOG CIIOLERA, and
PIN WORIIIS IN HORSES.

HUNDREDS OF THEM.
Boswxi.i., Ind.. Oct. 13, 1890.
Mr. G. G. Steketee:—-Your l'_Iog Cholera Cure. 0!
which I led two boxes to a yearling colt. 1170'-IBM mun‘
d'=°s°'P*" “°'“:...i“' ::."=".,".'°‘: rt; 3:‘:
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21352.32?‘ SP1" Y wii.i.is ROBISON.

Never was known to fall: the onli 5"“ f€m¢dY {OI
worms in Hogs, HOFBBB-,S'109Pv D0359’ lllowl"
Every package warranted if used as pel’.dlf£Ctl0l‘‘l‘S- ‘

Price, 5oc. per package. 605- bY Walls 3 P2‘; 335-
&i.5o by cxprcss. prepaid. “Y0!-'|'_'-'1"-‘EB'5“, ‘*5 “°‘
got it send direct to the P|'°P"°:°_"i1 bho‘ ("
srnxi-:TEE. Grand Rap ds» M 0 -

I CHALLENGE ALL OTHER HOG CHOLERA RIIIIDIIS.

Cured His Colts and Slieep.

lllwlel/I3. S. 1)., Nov. 6‘, 19.01.
MR. STEKETEE: Dear Sii'~I .-zt-nil you $1.50 for
which send me three packages of your Hog Clio-
lera (.‘ure. 1 have used it on colts and sheep and
am well pleased with your niedicine.
Yours truly. A. D. BELL.

In I ‘I-r“

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231-7 WAsurno'rox-.-\v. S., LANSING, Micn._

Thorough and practical. One of the finest suite
of rooms in the country, and a large, wide—awake
faculty, Departments: Commercial. shorthand,
typewriting. normal. penmansliip. Expenses low.
Don‘t decide to go elsewhere until you have sent
for our year-book.

E. M. BALLARD & 00

General Produce Comiiiissioii llcichiints
and shippers

3-H9 (‘ottsge Grove-Av.

Chicago, Ill.

TO ALL SHIPPERS OF I'RODL'CI<'3—VVANTED.
Butter, cheese. eggs. potatoes» 0m0ns~ apples.
beans, cabbages, dried fruits. p0l1l_U'Yv Same. Veal.
lambs, beef, mutton. pork, furs. hides, elts, tal-
10w_ honey‘ beeswax, bronm corn. feat ers, gin-
seng root, cider vinegar. flour, buckwheat, etc.
Sand for our Daily Bulletin

PRESSES OF ROBERT SMITH 8: C0.,
LANSING, MICK.