.¥ 4 “THE FARMER IS or MORE CONSEQUENCE THAN THE FARM, AND SHOULD BE FIRST IMPROVED.” VOL. XVIII, N0. 23. LANSING, Miciiiani, DECEMBER 1, 1893. WHOLE NO. -l3l. LITTLE POEMS OF GOOD CHEER. BY ADA IDDINGS GALE. The Beautiful Day. - Come into my heart, 0! beautiful, Come into inv life, 0! day, For 1 grow faint hearted and weary, For I falter along the way. Come into my life, 0! beautiful, Sunshine and radiant calm, Fill my being full of thy beauty, '1 hy healing of tendcrest balm. My senses are dulled with world sorrow. ily once proud heart beats slow; 0! lift me up with thy splendor; \\‘ith thy golden-red fervor and glow! Bright vision of orient beauty- I open my dull heart to thee, I bask in thy life giving power, I own thy supremacy. Thy gleaming and golden aurora, 'l hy glittering crimson and gold, Shall be as new \vine to one fainished, bliilll quicken to new life the old. For wide as the stretches of azure. And boundless as star sown space, Is the bounty of our Mother Nature The iritinitude of her grace. The Cricket’s Cry. Cricket, from thy hidden nook Thou art calling’ loud and clear, And I, idling o'er my book Listen with an eager ear, Listen, wonder, summer's o’er-— Winds of autumn sol) and sigh- Sooii will winter's hollow roar Silence thy small cheerful cry, cheer up! Cheer upl Ca:i’st thou know it, cricket dear, And thus call in tones elate? 1, whose year is in the sere, Marvel at thy courage great- For 1 mourn and ceaseless wear On my mnrinurous lips a sigh \Nhil’st thou, brave-r—-liidden there- Greet’st me with that d.iuntless cry, Cheer up! Cheer up! Give me of thy courage, thou Little valiant! Spirit rare! Be my master, teach me how To be trusLful—void of care; Then though days be dark or chill, Cloud and shadow veil the sky, I inav with a right goo-l will Echo thy an xeariess cry, Cheer up! Cheer up! The Wings of Love. How good it is, in this bleak world of ours, To know ourselves o'er~hadowed constantly BV the great wings of God's eternal love, Nior c.in the dark so deep and soinbcr he, Nor cold so cold, but we inay feel them there Above us, and about us evcrmore. Despite the error, the inistake, the sin, Those tender wings are ever lioveiing; So soft, so shelterful. so \\".ll’ll‘l, so kind, VVe rnnv not touch their plumage, no, nor sec Their wondrous \\’llltcllcS.\‘—l)\lt above us still The)‘ ever hover, the great brooding wings Of God’s eternal love for human kind. In Contradiction. Poor? nay, not so, for I have gems Fit for an empress’ diadeins, That brightly gleam from leafy sprays In lucid, m.inv glancing rays. For meat dawn fair lios hies, Unuinds her orient draperies Of violet and cloth of gold, In lengths of richness, [old on fold, And for inc, when at even tide I tarrv hv the window side And wesixvard look, behold! how fair, Roseate Alps are rising there, Beyond which. \\'lii.-apering soft I sigh, My glorious Italv doth lie. And for mv rare and great delight Behold the orchard closes white. More rich ll1L‘ll' pcrfiiine, richer far Than perfumes of .»\mb_v arc. The great woods hear a balm for me, Of healing past compare — and see In incadoxvs wide the legions bright Of golden d:Il>l(iS, pctaleil white; And violets for remenilirance given, VVith hue \\'on from the arch of Heaven, And hzilinv airs and gciitlc'slio\veis, And shadv roads and leafy bowers, And snmincr clouds. where thnnders dwell, And splendid lightii'iiig‘s wondrous spell Flasliing and wax mg in the air, A scenic picture past compare. These all are mine, and more beside, My boons are countless as the tides. (‘le Ir separate drops of water are Swift driven on the shinglv bar. So wide, so fair, is my dcinesne. It needs alile time to be seen. Then pity not in_\' poor estate, VVho nature loves has one as great. To One In Sorrow. Has sorrow’s heavy hand been laid on thee? Rise ’neath its touch—rise! rise! and do not fall; It may be but the supreme, the upward call, The trial of thy stren_gtli——or it may be The furnace dread in which thy soul is tried, Burnished and made more smoothly fair and bright, Fit denizen for paths of peace and light. Press on courageous by thy sorro\v's side; If thy warm heart is wounded, still forgive; Though all else fail thee keep love in thy heart: Make love of life. the whole, the better part. So shalt thou victory gain and learn to live- That which thou art, still be: Th sorrow greet W'ith dauntless will and brave un altering feet. Albion. THE TROUBLE AND THE REMEDY. GENEVIEVE M . SHARPE. One encoiiraging fact, one bright spot in the dark cloud of “hard times” which envelops our well loved land at present, is the increased amount of brain work- good, solid thinking———being done by the masses, who, heretofore, have been too well content to let the national welfare take care of itself, who have, in fact, “had no hand in the governing of themselves.” \Vith thinking comes the knowl- edge that something is wrong when any man who wants work cannot find it; when helpless children cry for bread, which willing parents cannot provide; when wealth is being poured into the coffers of the very few, while poverty becomes the lot of an ever increasing num- ber. So much we learn by think- ing; but if with “beads that think” are united “ hearts that beat,” we will not stop thinking until some plan presents itself which we be- lieve gives reasonable assurance of relief. No one who believes in a Divine Creator will do him the injustice to say that he has created a. race of beings with certain needs and de- sires, and then has provided no means of providing for those needs, or of gratifying their desires. Let me quote one expression from Henry George’s lecture recently delivered in Chicago. “ What then is it tliat God gives to man ?—Land, and the power to labor.” Is not that enough? Surely, since with these two given, all man’s varied wants may be satisfied, these de- nied, every ill that flesh is heir to finds fertile soil and starts into rapid growth. INJUSTICE RAMPANT. That we are living in an age of in; uscice and monopoly is 1300 much a self-evident fact to need comment. That the safety of our nation de- pends upon its rescue from this evil is just as evident, but the mon- ster is like a great tree of so many branches that it is hard to deterin ine which it is the most necessary to attack; and so some are chop- ping away at one and some at a11other—finance, the railroads, the tariff, etc., and a few have gone down to the root, the beginning of all,—land monopoly. These two prime necessities,land, and power to labor, were not given to one or to a few, but to mankind, as a perpetual and suflicient heri- tage for all time to come. Wliere did any man get a moral title to land which lie is not using? T0 how much of the earth had Adam a just claim. Just as much as he did claim—en0ugh to use in sup- plying his needs,wand no more. And to just that much and no more had every man who lived upon the earth in the past, every man now living, and every man who shall live in the future, 3. just, Godgiven title. THE EARTH IS THE LoRD’s. Land belongs to no man. “The earth is mine, saith the Lord.” But as the possession of a. certain amount of it is necessary to man’s well being, he should, and must be protected in that possession. This much of protecti0n——se(-uring to every man that which, as it man, is his heritage,——is a rightful function of good government. Any system by which 9. ma.n’s heritage can be taken from him without a. suitable reward, and he be driven off the face of the earth unless he works for another, is robbery, whether done by an individual or a nation. A man should be as free to use the land which no one else is using, as he is to drink from a wayside spring, since both were created for the same purpose—the use of man. by One who is “no respecter of persons.” While he is the only one who wants to use that particular part of the earth, it has no value. except to him: or it is, we may say, valueless. But every man who settles near him, every church and school house built, every public improvement- railroads, telegraph lines, etc.,— give to that land avalue, which he owes, therefore, entirely to that which created it—2 Qciety. Society, living in communities, is a neces- sity of man’s I18.tl11~‘., Government is a necessity of society. Society must, therefore, maintain a form of government. To do this it must have funds. Where can society get these funds? Why not use its own earnings—th:it which it cre- ates—land values? What plan is more reasonable or business like? Give to every man What he creates, —~the whole product}? of his la.bor— and give to society, for the main- tenance of governinent and public improvements, what. society cre- ates, the annual or -rental value of the land. ‘ The needs of our government multiply with the increase in pop- ulation and improvements. So do land values. Why not make them balance each other? Is not the plan just? Should not the mer- chant who holds possession of a. lot worth, because of its location, ten times the value of a farm, pay to society ten times as much for that privilege as the farm« r pays for his? THE SINGLE TAX. To this system of ‘aking for the public needs that vilue which is given to land by its surroundings, and not by any act of the posses- sor, in the form of an mnual rental, or tax, has been given. for want of a better, the name~—t‘ + Single Tax. Its advocates, a rav-if y increasing i1m11bei,—i:iain'. ‘..lt...”L3..liL3o Ciud uiade government necessary, he must have provided a just means of sustaining it; and that this, the Single Tax, is that way, since it gives perfect justice to all, both rich and poor. It would compel every man to use the land in his possession or allow some one else to do so. Under this system the land now held for speculation would be open to the use of home makers and manufactories. If a man chose, he could employ himself. He would not be obliged to work for some one else at whatever Wages that other chose to give,—or starve. This very independence would give increased wages to those who did not care to till the soil, and solve the problem of the “unemployed workingmen” now being agitated in every city. HELP TO GET HOMES. This system would also do away with the “ vacant lot industry,” and laborers would more generally own their homes, our nation’s greatest safeguard. Since all the products of labor would be free from taxa- tion, and sites easy to obtain, man- ufactories would naturally increase, both in number and in the quan- tity of their output. Don’t cry overproduction here, for no such tliinezis possible untilevery man,wo- man and child has every want sup- plied; “ and in that then there lies 8. ‘ never.’ ” Under-consumption af- fects prices, though, very much in- deed. The Single Tax system by in- creasing the manufactories, creates an increased demand for labor; con- sequently an increase in wages. Increased wages, in turn, would mean an increased demand for these manufactured articles; also for farm products; thus finally re- sulting in good wages for the lab- orer, good prices for farm products, (and less taxes, too, for the farm- er, since he owns the least valuable land), and general prosperity for natural causes. CAN NOT BE SHIFTED. It is the only form of tax which cannot be shifted. “You cannot estimate your neighbor’s wealth, but you can tell the value of his land to 3 dollar." A tax on a mort- gage is paid by the one who pays the morfigage. A tax on manu- factured articles is added to the merchant’s expense account, and is paid, as are his other expenses, by the consumer. An income tax is really a. premium on deception, and, if it could not be shifted, is a great injustice to many. If a man has, by his industry, earned any amount, be it one thousand or a hundred thousand dollars, he is a. desirable citizen, and should be encouraged, rather than discour- aged by a fine. If he has accumu- lated wealth through unjust means, it is because he has been allowed to get control of more than his share of the natural opportunities which belong to mankind as a whole, without 8 suitable return to the public for the privilege. In that case the “powers that be” have no right to take what they have “ protected”him in acquiring, but they have a right, by puttiiig an end to his monopoly of natural resources, to stop his acquiring more in the same way, and that duty the “good of the governed” demands. LITTLE CHANCE FOR ESCAPE. Since no man can live without land, the argument that one might. invest a. great fortune in personal property, bonds, etc., under the Single Tax, and so escape taxation, is really no argument. Wealthy men do not build palaces in unde- sirable, valueless, “ way back’? 10- cations. Should any considerable number do so, the place would then become. desirable. and iii}?! lmiil at the same time become valuable, and that value would under the Single Tax system, come back to society which created it just as surely if paid by the rich man as rent to a landholder, and by the latter to society as a tax, as though it came originally from the owner of the palace. The man who has his wealth in bonds or cash in bank must use the products of the farm and of the factory. He must’. live in 3. house, which must. stand upon land. He must, in fact, pay his share of the government expenses, whether he does it directly or indi- rectly. This is a measure in which all lovers of humanity can unite. Its friends ask for it only unprejudiced investi;_J;ntion and discussion, such as its object deserves. Harm can never come from right doing. Is it expedient? Is it practicable? can always be answered by, Is it just? OUR HELP IS NEEDED. IVe who are enjoying a fair measure of life’s comforts, are in duty bound 10 strike off the chains that bind our fellow-men in worse than African bondage--the nio- nopoly of that from which the sustenance of life comes, viz., land. And it shall be done. Let me quole again from one who who should be known as the apostle of Eternal Justice—Henry George. “Forty years ago, though the party that was to place Abraham Lincoln in the Presidential chair had not been formed, and nearly a. decade was yet to pass ere the sig- nal gun rang out, slavery, as we may now see, was doomed. “Today a wider, deeper, more beneficent revolution is brooding, not over one country, but over the world. God’s truth impels it, and forces mightier than he has ever before given to man urge it on. It is no more in the power of vested wrongs to stay it than it is in man’s power to stay the sun. The stars in their courses fight against Sis- era, and in the ferment of today, to him who hath ears to hear, the doom of industrial slavery is sealed.” PVi'llx'amsburg. Teacher: “ Eleven years old? You are very small for your age.” Little Girl: “ Yes’m; we have always lived in a flat."- Exchange. THE WOMAN ON THE FARM. “ BEATEIX.” There is no class of people who so exemplify the virtue of self denial as the women of farm homes. Others preacli self denial; farm- ers’ wives live it. Life to them, especially to those in straitened circumstances, is one continual sac- rifice of individual longings, hopes and inclinations for husbands’ and children’s sakes. It has ever been a question in my mind as to how much it is right we should give of our own lives to the demands or necessities of oth- ers. Every woman owes a duty to herself. Her “ napkined talents” are more often due to her response to the requirements of others than to her own sloth or carelessness. I give it as my deliberate opin- ion, born of considerable observa- tion and not a little thought, that the Woman who reserves to herself the rights and privileges which are hers by virtue of wifeliood and motherhood, instead of surrender- ing hersr lf to become a servant for her family, is more respected, es- teemed, and loved, than she who in her anxiety to serve her children and family makes herself practi- cally a slave in the house where she should be mistress. BEFORE; AFTER. Before mai'riage, the lover waits "upon the lady; after mui-tinge,‘ she waits on him. When the first baby comes she doubles her duties instead of making the man share them. Naturally, hersacrifices are accepted till her children expect them as a matter of course, and never think things might or should be different. She takes the rough work to save the daiigliters’ hands; wears the old clothes that they may have new; dries apples and trots after turkeys to help educate them. And the end? She has given herself, body and soul, for their welfare; and they marry and leave her, or seek their own fields of labor, and feel it a. hardship that in her old age she needs care when she is ill and money for her maintenance. I charge the blame back upon her unselfishness. She should have taught them to respect her rights. Not all, but part-, is the share they have a right to expect of her. The best mothers are not those who do the most, themselves, for their sons and daiigliters, but, rather those who direct and train them to in- dependent effort. That, I am free to say, requires more effort and self discipline than does self sacri- fice. but the results upon character of mother and children are far, far better. MAY BE TOO DEVOTED. You think it not possible a mother can be too devoted to her family? Perhaps not—if lier devotion takes the right form. “ Unselfish mothers make selfish children,” says Miss Sewall, and it is true. Look about, and where you find the young peo- ple you most admire, and you will find them the children of some woman who maintained her indi- vid uality by requiring recognition of her right to grow with them, who has shared their pleasures as well as their troubles, and taught them to know the meaning and the joy of sacrifice for her comfort and convenience. Thus only is the real, sympathetic union of mother and child accomplished; what we share binds us more closely than what we give. Detroit. A woman will say more in a. look than some men would in a book. Does the telephone girl's profession rep- resent a vocation or a calling?——Plu'ladeI- [Ilia Times. __,‘,-,,,..... .... . ‘ u--p-,_,,,.a-——-—.._ . 1 THE Giianrfii v‘i‘sI'ron. DECEMBER 1, 1893. NATURE'S TE ACHINGS. MYRTA B. CASTL E. [For Mr l’I.vi/m-.} “ A life on the filflll will be tlrc:ir_v," shc siglieil; “ Mv soul will grow stitlcd and wc:ir_v," she cried: “ Fdr aidown the dim years. like 2| knell to soul-life, I hear the dull train , trump of toil, at vain strife \Vith thc linigings of life-Y" But tlierc ciune to hcr life, one fair day, a surprisci ‘ There ‘June to her soul, dcaf and blind, cars and eyes! V And she found that the sun rose o'er ticlds of green grain. _ g _ That the czlvc-.< dripped with nin.ek, MOT!-IEWS WORK. " EVANGELIN " Paint me two folded hands, that tell Of patient toil and pain and prayer; Hands that have lifted many unother's care. And made it light." where. it begins ends‘? one tell where it satisfaction? weeks and months of weary waiting -«in the long hours of such fear- fruition of all her hopes. I:Iistory’s pages are illumined with the names of women who have been rulers of kingdoms, leaders of armies, angels of mercy on bat- tle field and in hospital, among the heathen and lepers, consecrating a Whole life work to the upliftment of humanity; down through count- less ages they come to us inciting others to greater exertion. WE RECOGNIZE IT. But mother’s Work, so pure and unselfish, needs no such perpetuity. Deep graven on memory’s tablet, enshrined in loving remembrance in the inner recess of the heart, it shines forever with a holy luster. It comprises so many little things. homely often, but useful -iii.» -impoi-tavnt al- ways. Slic makes a beautiful home out of four square walls and ad- orns it, gathers her little ones about her and sets up a form of government. At her knee the first childish prayer is lisped; here is taught the golden rule, and later nii “Our Father.” She listens to the hopes and aspirations that al- ways fill the youthful breast. soothes the childish sorrows, rolls away the burdens that seem so overpowering, so crushing in their weight, guides and directs the in- quiring mind, smooths out the rough places for the tender feet, flooding the little life with contin- ual sunshine. From the “tears which into her life must fall, the days that are dark and dreary,” does she lovingly shield her dear ones, often un- selfishly giving to others that which is sweet and grateful to her. Self denial, self abnegation, all the way through. It comes so naturally, the. putting aside of self and study- ing only the happiness of those so near and dear to her. IT noEsN’T sHo\\'. .VIother's work is composed large- ly of that which never shows. She is picking up the ‘stitches which the careless ones have dropped, furnishing the bright filling for the loom that is unceasingly throwing its shuttle back and forth. No matter how low the clouds may hang, no matter how far off the dawn appears, her eye discerns the rift, the clear blue sky, the glory of a new day. Mother has no time to count her troubles; in fact she is always for- getting she has any, in listening to those of others and finding a way out. Mother’s kiss cures the worst bumps and hurts, her gentle voice allays fear and inspires courage, her soft hand can charm away pain and woo slumber. BUT IT NEVER ENDS. Mother’s work once begun never ceases while life lasts. It becomes a part of her being. We may live to be old men and women, we may wander far from the scenes of our cliildliood, be homeless and friend- less, but the memory of a. good mother tends to comfort us. In the silence of the night when we have no companion but our tliouglits, the dear patient mother ful suffering, the going down to‘ the brink of the grave, the glad- It lgeé-’l1_lS l_011g months bef01"’- the 1 prized sufficiently the priceless i b b l‘ l h h " t l l a e is d1( in t e mot er s ireast. ,.t,.e,,Su,.e We have 10% It comes with the first tender con-1 ciousness of the little new life fiut- j tering beneath her heart, in the’. rises before us, We feel her pres- ence; there is an invisible cord that binds us and we find ourselves wish- ing———but, ah! how vainly—that we were little children again, playing about her, listening to her admon- itions, with no idea of any place beyond home and mother-’s rule, secure and happy. Blessed, thrice blessed the boy and girl who claim a mother’s unselfish love, a moth- er’s unselfish work. The form may lose its grace and symmetry, the brow be furrowed deep with the lines of care and anxiety, the eye become dimmed and the step un- certain; but as long as life remains will her love be firm and steadfast, glowing brighter and brighter as, she nears the end of life’s journey, and when at last mother’s hands are folded, the hands that have so patiently clasped ours and held 5 $lirop. chided and encouraged. we shall l “M95 '““‘l allxlemesv ('°mf‘“t‘ and wonder that we never estimated her work at its proper value, never. Battle Creek. (‘0NSls"l‘l-1N(‘Y. ANN iii. BRIGH.-\‘.\l. DEAR READERS’ ~—Let us try to be consistent and reasonable, liv- ing up to the highest light with which it has pleased our divine Father to surround us in this life, and ever bearing in mind that to be helpful and useful members of so-1; ciety, we must live our very best: Let us carefully choose our lan-ij guage, our associates, be tidy inl our personal appearance, and en-3 deavor to assume that consciousl dignity which begets respect in all ‘E we come in contact with. And if} we chance to differ in our religious views, in our political opinions, or? upon any vital question with ourl friends, let us be consistent, be} charitable, and not flaunt our con-j victions, or our beliefs, too strongly in the face of those holding ditfer- - eut views, unless called upon, then‘, let what we feel to be the truth‘; come fully and fearlessly. but § kindly. ‘ Not long ago as I stood in a pub- ‘ lic gathering I heard a lady angri- ; ly exclaim. “ O how I hate that: man, I hate the very ground he" walks upon." Soon after at a Sabbath school gatliering,in answer to questions relative to the golden, text as how shall we treat our eiie- ' mies, her voice rang out loud and clear, “ Love them that despite- fully use you; do good to them,” and I said to myself: Do be consist- ent. Again, another lady conduct- ing religious exercises and reading a chapter from Proverbs, with tears in her eyes as she tried to convey to her hearers a sense of the fitness and beauty to our lives here, in a few moments as some local topic came up, her eyes were flashing, and hot words rose to her lips, and again I exclaimed: Do be consistent. And yet one more scene presents itself to my vision. Two old ladies are sitting by my fireside. their heads are silvered by the frosts of many win- ters. I read in their faces patience, 1 sweet peace, strong endurance, and, love for God and his uiichar.ge- able laws. One, a Methodist~you see it in every turn of the head, every movement of the body. She‘ says she yet enjoys life, but fully trusts the Father, and holds herself in readiness for the command to come up higher, seemingly per- fectly happy if only a part of the human race are to be saved. VVliile the other, long a Universalist, but just as strong in her faith that God will in his infinite mercy reach out and savethe whole human race; and yet in their two days’ acquain- tance they overlook all difierences of opinion and hold sweet com- munion with each other, both feel- ing that it has been a. source of pleasure for them to meet on this earth if only for a little time; and now the words of another come to my mind, “ O consistency, thou art indeed a jewel” EVERY human soul leaves its port with sealed orders. These may be opened earlier or later on in the voyage, but until they are opened no one can tell What his course is to be, or to what harbor he is bound.-—~Holmes. Daniel Webster was once asked, VVhat is the most importantthouglit. you ever entertained? He replied, “The thought of my individual responsibility to God.” Milcuiiiiu sinci BREE-DEBS. All those who wish to purchase pure- bred stock of any description, will find it to their advantage to correspond with some of the following well- known breeders. Piiurii s riimoin its iii: Wm ‘WM \Vrite, or conic, or both, l*II~IRIHil{T “H .VIl‘)II-‘l)Rl), f\[o.~'('ow, Micll. EUGENE FIFIAELD .. BAY CITY, MICH 3 ~‘i1rct-ssor to .\Il£Rl{II.I. .\' FIFIICLI) - nEi£“E”ii'E5‘"1£‘i§"'E“Zi&irLE and SHROPSHIRE SHEEP (flinici: stock of lioth kinds for s Ile. Prices reason- able. CHt‘l‘C.\‘])l\l1tlt,'l1L‘(.' solicitctl. HIGH CLASS SHH-lH’SHIl{l‘}3'. Il1Ll\‘t‘ I00 iinportcd \‘c:|rlin«_r ewes itlltl :: \'L':ti‘liiig r:1in.~'. .\'mnc of lllcst‘ c\\'c< li.i\e now litlcll bred to the l)t,‘.\l stock rains in linglzinnl, and the otlicrs to our own l)e.\t Y'.'llIl\. The l'.’llll.\ will ivcigli from .’7_§t()_§()()1)l!tll1ll>:|I]4l\llC:lt‘ from 1: to i; pounds at ni:1turit_\'. and the ewes will xvcigh from IV) to :10 1lt)lll\Ll.~ zinil .~'lic:u' from o to 1.’ p:>ll!Ill> cit xn:|tui‘itv, Orders by ni:zilgi\t-ii cure-ful attention. - THE “’II.I.1)\V.\‘, Gen. E. llreck, Prupr. Paw Paw, Mir-II. SPRINGDALE FARM LANSING, MICHIGAN JAMES M. TURNER, Prop Shoi-thorn and Hereford Cattle Clydesdale and Standard-Bred Trotting Horses, Shetland Ponies and Shropshire Sheep A few good pi ts from the Ilillsdnlc Countv Herd of l’ol:inil China Ilogs. Can furnish pairs or trios not zikin. Inspection of ourlicrd $UllClIL‘ll, or write, describing clo.~el_v what you want, and s:itisf:iction will be gu:ir:inteed. Stock rcconl:-(l in O. I’. C. II. JOHN BOWDITCH Hillsdale. Michigan H. H. HINDS Stanton, Montcalm Co Breeder of Shorthorn Cattle American Merino and Shropshire Sheep BLACK MEADOW FARM. Stilfltlilftl-l)l'(‘tI Trotters‘ Slmllmru (‘attic Sliropsliirv Slit-up lit‘l'li.\‘llll'l‘ l’i§.rs F. R. B1-IKER, Detroit. Write for Catalog. 169 Buhl Block. 3 Oakland Poultry Yards. Eggs for hatching per 13, Barred Plymouth ‘Rocks, Rose (lmnl) White, and Single (‘onib R:-own Iimzliorns. ~I~'l.1l0 to $1 Fm, Whitn \Vyn_u_ dottes and Light Brahmas, $1.50,Mammoth Bronze Tiirkeys, $2.!» per six. My yards are all lieaderl by high-scoring males, hens and pullets score 91! to ‘J3. My stock has won premiums at all the principal shows in Micliigan. .lAIll|-IS .\lllilil~Il{. .li'.. Ii(‘(Ill0\\'. Mich. EEIJBEI STOCK FARM. Rambouillet Sheep, Galloway Cattle, and Pet'- cheron Horses. All stock pure bred and regis- tered. Two Percheron Stallions for sale at a bargain. Spring Rye for Seed. Address. L. F. HOAG, (‘oLBv, MIoa., or L. B. TOWNSEND. IONIA. Mica. M. H. WALWORTH HILLSDALE, MICH BREEDER OF ESSEX, lllfllllllll lllll SlllF[llK SWINE Also American Merino Sheep of choice quality isifiii dI;SH may Hiii. 2. STOCK FARM Has now on sale 50 Registered yearling Rams, 25 Registered yearling Ewes, also imported Ewes and Rams. 1593 imp urtation to arrive in July. I I .. s. )U.\'HAM, __WV(;oncor1l, .\1ich. SHROPSHIRES FOR ’93 linporti-cl. Registered and llnn-gistereil References: ex-Gov. Winans and C. S. Gregory, Banker, Dexter, Mich. Choice Yearling Ram and Ewe Lambs for sale Terms reasonable. We pay half of freight or express- VALENTINE BR.O:'.. P. 0. Dicxricn. Mien. A-‘O kl. “4."L‘aL|4I‘AJ_‘ Ovid, Mich. Breeder of IMPROVED ‘ t‘lll'IS’l‘l}ll WIIITE SWINE And Lincoln Sheep. A choice lot of stock for sale at farmers‘ prices. Breeding stock all recorded. Reduced prices on full Pigs. Write. or come and look me over. G. BMRON STONE Specialist Vaterinaru in _..§::‘ Surgeru Olivet, Eaton Co., Mich. I make a specialty of Castrating the Ridg- ling Horse, and Spaying the Kicking Mare. I Castrate Colts without the use of ropes, cords, clamps or fire irons. Spay all kinds of domestic animals, Capon Fowls; Dehorn Cattle, File Horses’ Teeth and I will go any distance provided a club of sutficient size is secured to pay me. I guarantee satis- faction 1' It all cases or no charges. Write for circular. 1, ..é‘ /‘ 1 4'!- Dl13CEMBEB_1., 1893. F.’-_ L THE GRANGE ..v ISITOB. 3 ATRONS’ PATRONS’ PAINT WORKS have sold Ingsrsoll Paint to the Order P. of H. since its organization. House Paints and Cheap Paints for Burns and Out- buildings, 10,000 Farmers testify to their merits. Grange Halls, Churches, School Houses, Dwellings, all over the land, some of them painted 15 1[8flT8l1afl0. still looking well. prove them the most durable. AINI‘ MICHIGAN PATBONS “ Factory” at full Vvholesale Prices and save all Middlemen's Profits. O. W. INGERSOLL, Prop. Oldest Paint House in America 241-€43 Plymoutli-st., Brooklyn ORKS lngeisolls Liquid Rubber Paints Indestructible Cottage and Burn Paints Sample Color (Jarils, “Confi(leIitial" Grange Discounts, Est mates and full particulars IVIAILED l<‘l{Ela‘. VVi'ite at once, Buy direct from WOMEN AS EDITORS. E. CORA DE PUY. To the woman who sits safely nurtured in her own home nest, with leisure to write her stories or articles as the mood prompts, and with no anxiety or care resting up- on her concerning the cost, “make up,” or publication of the paper in which her treasured pen produc- tions are to appear, the privilege of being an editor is the all desired acme of her ambition. There is an iiidefiiiable charm about printer’s ink. A strange, weird fascination, which only those who are susceptible to its seduct- ive influence ever can understand. Writers are born, not made, and the woman who is endowed with the divine gift of expressing her thoughts in print does so because she cannot help it——because of an intuitive propelling force which controls her imaginative powers and compels her to trace her men- tal pictures on paper Whether she will or not. JOVRNALISTS AND EDITORS. But while women may be journ- alists in the security and peace of their own firesides, they cannot be editors without surrendering that seclusion and coming in contact with the rude jostle of a work-a-day world. There is a vast difference between a journalist and an editor. Many capable editors, who com- bine their editorial work with the business management of their papers. are good all-around news- paper women, and yet are not journ- alists in the true sense of the word. A journalist must be a forceful and prolific writer. She must not- only have a liberal education, but she must be familiar with all the leading political, social, and relig- ious topics of the day, and be capa- ble of writing an extended editorial upon any one of them, or upon any other subject that may arise for discussion at the unexpected mo- ment. There are very few women employed as editorial writers—that is as“leader writers,” for the rea- son that few women make a study of politics or civil govern- ment. and it is imperative to be familiar with these subjects in order to fill the position of an edi- torial writer on a daily newspaper. THE REPORTER. Some of the best journalists in the country are reporters on the daily press. To be a reporter one must have the journalistic instinct and a “nose for news.” She must be able to hunt out the subject for her article and then be capable of describing it in the most graphic and forceful style. While simple language, is always desirable there must be about the work of the true journalist a certain individuality which characterizes the columns, so that the habitual reader will grow to know the finger-marks and anticipate the character- istics and pleasant comment. Such writers as Nellie Bly, and “ Bab,” and “ Nell Nelson,” are journalists of the most accomp- lished and successful type. Journ- alists of this class write their col- umn once a week for the Sunday paper or every day for the daily paper, as the case may be, but they are not editors. Their “copy” is sent in to the city editor, or liter- ary editor, or state editor, accord- ing to the nature of the article, and there their work as journalists ends. EDITOR’S WCBK LIKE WOMAN’S. ' On the other hand the editor’s labors are never finished. From Monday morning until Saturday night, and from January until De- cember, the desk editor always has a pile of unread manuscript before her. She may notknow howto write an acceptable article but she can edit matter because of her refined taste and superior judgment, and thus while she is not a journalist in any sense whatever she is an accomplished and most successful editor. oftentimes keeping one po- sition for fifteen or twenty years. There is another person on the staff of a daily paper who_never either reads or writes a line of manuscript, and yet who is one of the most important of all the staff members. That is the exchange editor. THE EXCHANGE EDITOR. With a quick eye and sharp scis- sors she goes over the vast pile of exchanges that accumulate on her. desk every twenty-four hours, andl clips all the choice bits of prose and poetry for her column, making up oftentimes even 8. whole page; from another’s braiii-work without 5 touching pencil or “copy” or pa- per, and yet performing as labor- ‘ ions editorial duties as anybody on the force. Barring the coiitinualt strain upon the eyesight, the posi- tion of exchange editor is a very pleasant one, affording the incum- bent more extended resources for reading than, perhaps, most any other literary pursuit. The true journalist is ever pos- sessed of an innate desire to own a paper, and when once she finds herself the editor and publisher of 5 Weekly 0, monthjy journal, the 1 ble for her to reach _out and secure : lsomething tangible in the way of duties of an editor are most clearly defined. In the place of the peace and quiet accorded her in her own little cozy nook at home, where pencil and paper always were to be found in their accustomed places, and where the familiar belongings of the room were ever the source of a delightful companionship and inspiration, there is care and anx- iety, and an office desk full of un- paid bills and subscriber’s com- plaints. SUPPOSED PERQUISITES. . There never was a pen-worker who did not look upon the editor’s railroad mileage and compliment- ary tickets to the theater with longing envy, and yet could she know how many days of toil and hardships the editor endured to discharge the duties she had en- . country cumbered, these incidental courte- sies would appear in their true light~~~a paltry recompense. Nor are they courtesies at all, but act-f ual purchases for which the editor has paid in ample advertising and generous press notices. The woman who combines the; labor’s of editor, publisher, adver- tising solicitor, bookkeeper, and general businessmanager of a coun- try weekly newspaper will have very little time for writing pro- found editorials or polished short stories. This is hard to believe but it is undeniably true. More than one woman owns, edits, and publishes successful weekly newspapers, who could not write two columns of real literary matter to order. On the other hand the natural writer had best never to assume the onerous duties of editor and publisher unless she has ample capital and can entrust the various business departments to competent employés. Even then she must have phenomenal phys- ical endurance or break down under the continued nervous strain to which she must inevitably be sub- jected from one year’s end to another. THE AVERAGE SUBSCRIBER. Of all inconsiderate people in the world the subscriber to a news- paper or magazine takes the lead. A man or woman will pay a dollar for a ticket to an evening enter- tainment, and be perfectly satis- fied for having been agreeably en- tertained for two hours and a half for the money. But when the very same person pays one dollar for a subscription to a weekly newspaper he not only expects to be furnished with half a day's reading matter fifty two times a year, but actually has grown to expect the editor to make him some kind of a piesent—— mis-called premium-—for the priv- ilege of having his name on the subscription list. Then if he misses a. number it never occurs to him _that the editor has found it im- possible to get out the paper on time owing to lack of help, or a strike, or any of the many other difficulties that are liable to rise, like a gaunt spectre, any twenty- four hours in a printing office, and throw the whole machinery out of working order. All he thinks of ,tory number. EXPENSE OF A COUNTRY PAPER. The expense of getting out the average weekly newspaper of a village is about three thousand dollars a year. about fifteen hundred subscribers at one dollar each, it must be seen that the woman who assumes the role of the publisher must be able to command fifteen hundred dol- lars worth of advertising in order to pay actual expenses. These fig- ures will not allow the editor who must be, as heretofore stated, busi- ness manager, bookkeeper and ad- vertising solicitor, any regular sal- ary, but the odds and ends which oftener than otherwise incur the most rigid economy on her part. The multiplied advertising schemes now within the reach of the average editor make it possi- real estate or household goods. But every scheme thus devised re- moves the unattached writer one step farther from the columns of the press and thus makes the pros- pect of securing even a column to edit, especially in the daily papers, less favorable than in former years. Still good writers always have been in demand, and always will be, and it is not the purpose to dis- courage those who have a natural aptitude for the work. But before taking upon herself the arduous duties of editor and publisher, let the woman who can write accepta- bly and well pause and carefully weigh the cost, for the hardships are many, the rewards uncertain. A1111 .-lrbor. WOMAN A S,_9.$.3 INVESTOR. (‘ORA A. MANNING. In this year of the World’s Coluinbian Exposition, much at- tention is given to womaii’s work. -Almost every avenue of industry, science, and art is open for her. If there is one line of work in which she displays especial genius, careful effort, it is in that of inventions. A New York paper, in an editorial on woman’s inventive genius, says: “The feminine mind, being as a rule quicker than the masculine mind, takes hints and sees defects which would escape the average man’s attention.” ;Thomas Edison, the great inventor, prefers women machinists for the details of his electrical inventions. He says they have a finer sense for the details of machinery than many men, and supports his statements by placing the names of two hundred women on his pay roll. MANY IN NUMBER. Women are successful inventors in spite of much ridicule. Their inventions are all practical, a large portion of them having reference to improvements in furniture, invalid appliances, cooking and education. Since the year 1790, 3,425 patents have been taken out by women, 1,090 of which have been issued since 1888. Four hundred applications were made last year. THE COTTON GIN. The most remarkable invention made by a woman is that of the cotton gin, generally attributed to Eli Whitney. In reality, the honor belongs to Mrs. Green, the wife of General Green of Revolu- tionary memory. She conceived the idea of this machine and en- trusted its construction to the hands of Eli Whitney who was then boarding with her. The wooden teeth at first tried, not doing their work well, Mr. Whit- ney wished to abandon the machine altogether, but Mrs. Green’s faith in its ultimate suc- cess never wavered. She suggested the substitution of wire. VVit;hin ten days from the first conception of Mrs. Green’s idea, a small model was completed, so perfect in its construction that all succeeding H E . t is his own selfish dollar and more ; gins have been based upon it. 1 indicates the day, month and year. likely than otherwise the editori Mrs. Green did not take out letters’ will get a blessing for that dila- ‘,of patent because it was at H time times prove exccediiigly lucrative. Very simple inventions some- ‘when women were only expected_A San F1-aiicisco lady invented a 3 to look pretty and be entertainizig, * baby carriage fl.l1(l1‘P(.‘r'l\’H,(l $l4,000 ‘,l)1'a1llS they were not supposed tojfor her patent. The paper pail, Now as’ the average paper of this class has study, and painstaking‘: AN INGENIOUS DEVIC E A machine which has att.i':ict.e£l<.\I'.P. \imi"r .\Ii\’lt.\'l“i' .\( iii-'.~; i-:\(‘il. licaiitifiil limiic.-’, lzirgc liziriis, fruitful orclizirds, tll(':l[L‘1)illlil’_\’ .\(‘l)t»1il lioii:-‘i-.~ and cli\irclic.<, thriv- ging \'ill:igc.< _ ziiid ;i ll‘.Ul(l\(illlL' <'it_\', prove the ‘ prospcritv of lllk‘ people, The .~rlir>ol.~ and col- leges of .\It. l’lc.i.<:iiit :ti'c CX(‘I‘ilL'l!l, (>;il.<, t‘lovci', sliccp, pOl.:lt()L‘.\' and fruits for gr-iicrnl fziriiiiiig; corn, hay illlli ri
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Atl(li'ess FR.l’l‘El{NI’l‘Y I-‘INE ART C0.. 1’. O. Box i5';.-, l¥()S'l‘O\', .\'l:is>. §°’ln reply to this adv. mention this paper, WEBSTER’S INTERNATIONAL ...f:.f:;:i%.:";r.....DI 0 TI ON AR Y ‘ A Grandfidum/or. _ .S‘iwce LIFE OF WOMEN IN BRAZIL. EMMA DAVENPORT. To more fully appreciate our for us 150 visit those who are less Noth- ing is more true than that one-half the world knows not how the other half lives. Since visiting our sister America I have not ceased to thank my Heavenly Father that I belong to the Anglo-Saxon race and was born in the United States of A Brazilian gentleman is very proud of his family, but his pride is centered in his boys. His duty to his daughter is done when he w boys and girls are separated, even brothers and sisters, and a little girl would consider it as much of an offense for her brother to come on her side of the play ground as though he had struck her. There are schools for girls and schools for boys, but they are not educated together. MARRIED AT TWELVE. When a girl has reached the age of twelve or fourteen years she is considered old enough to marry, and her father seeks a husband for her. Very often she has no choice in the matter, and perhaps she may never have known him before. In one instance afather called for his daughter at school, of comfort or convenience about them except to keep cool. The sleeping rooms are little dark rooms without windows, except the one which comes to the outside of the building, for they believe the night air to be unhealthful. The arrangement of the furni- Eture in the parlors seems quite lpeculiar to us. At one end or side of the room will be asettee, and out from this are set two rows of chairs placed close together, form- ing a little avenue leading up to the settee. The furniture is all cane seated, upholstered furniture being considered too warm. One sees many incongruities in furnish- ings, from that which is really very tellingher to put on her best gown, for he wished her to go with him ‘to marry a man he had chosen for her. She threw herself upon the floor and kicked and screamed, crying, “I dont want to marry that old fellow,” proving how unfit she was to become a wife. It is not strange that one does not meet any beautiful old ladies in Brazil, for mothers of twelve and grandinothers of twenty-five are not unknown. Thcy age prema- turely and become ugly, frequently repulsive in appearance. THE WIFE IS A SERVANT. A very well educated and refined Brazilian lady, one who had trav- eled much, once said to me, “A Brazilian marries his wife to get a good servant.” Not a servant in that he subjects her to menial labor, but she is his servant and he looks upon her as such, not as upon an equal. She provides for him and his guests, but she is not permitted to sit at table with him when alone or with his guests, be they gentlemen or ladies. But she may stand and peek through a crack of the door, or if she comes into the room it is to squat on the floor by the wall. Brazilian ladies are fine seam- stresses, are fond of dress, and expend their pride in this way rather than in comforts and luxur- ies about the home. In years past a lady never went out to do her shopping, but sent her servant to bring the goods and she chose from them at home. Even now, oiitfrtle the large cities, which are really foreign to the interior, one rarely sees Bra- zillian ladies on the streets except on church holidays, and never one alone. Paris fashions are as much used in Brazil as in this country, though one sees many finely dressed ladies on the streets without hats, but with the hair done very nicely. HOLIDAYS. The Catholic church, which is the church of Brazil, is composed largely of women, and the many holidays, fcsfas as they are called, provide their entertainment. On these days the streets are filled with people, men, women, and children of all classes, colors, and nationalities. If one might judge from observa- tion, the daily occupation of many ladies in the small towns is leaning upon the elbows from the windows, which are of a convenient height, watching whatever may be passing. WASH DAY. It has been but three years since slavery was abolished and labor is considered degrading, there- fore much of the work is still per- formed by theblacks. Almost any morning, upon going into town, one might meet a group of black women, each with a pan, like an with soiled linen,ca.refully balanced from experience. surprising how much that will do One woman washes, another irons, but you cannot often get one to do both. THE FARM HOUSES. procures a husband for her. While yet little children the immense great wash basin, filled on top of her head, a babe astride of her hip and others clinging to her skirts, on their way to the river to wash. When there the little naked babies play about in the smaller pools of water, while the mother wades farther into the stream and washes the clothes by pounding them upon the stones, much to the harm of buttons and delicate fabrics, as I can speak The 010ll193 students, the enrollment for the never know any steaming except past year being over six hundred, from heat Of the B1111, but It 18 one_thi1-d of whom 3113 young The fazendas, or farm houses, are large, rambling, one story structures, made of mud or brick, plastered white on the outside and roofed with tile; while the laborer’s house is made of unplastered mud and thatched. There is no idea as the college has no dormitories, fine down to the rudest sort of con- struction in the same room. , An American lady would find it lsomcwhat difficult to go into a qBrazilian kitchen and prepare a dinner. The stoves are a kind of brick arch, fitted on top with a cast iron, having kettle holes but no covers. Any hole not in use makes a convenient place for smoke to escape. The wood is long and burns from the end through an opening in the front. In the poorer houses I have often seen the fires built upon the dirt floor. Bread and pastry are very little used through the country, and are made by the bakers in the towns. These things are true of the interior of Brazil and the smaller towns. As I have said the coast cities and the large interior city, Sao Paulo, are quite foreign to the rest of Brazil. They are cosmo- politan, not Brazilian. l v x A NEW CIVILIZATION. \Vherever railroads penetrate they carry a different civilization by introducing people and cus- toms from the outside world, and so in Brazil these things are changing. The missionaries are doing much to help on the good work. But customs change slowly and the fact that the women are confined so closely keeps them ignorant. of the better things; and they are ignorant, for I believe I am right in saying that but twelve per cent of the Brazilian popula- tion can read, most of whom are men. Think, my dear readers, of being obliged to spend a life time shut away from social life and unable to read any of the good things which we get daily from the writings of others! And they are not allowed by the Catholic church to have the Bible even if they could read. Brazil is undergofng a great social revolution. It has freed its slaves and changed from 8. mon- archy to a. republic, but no country can ever prosper that does not respect and elevate its women, the mothers of the country. The hope of the missionaries is in educating the daughters, but the boys must be educated to these things as well, else they will go on treating their wives as did their fathers. Let us do what we can to help the willing hands that go into Brazil to do this work. I say again, let us be truly thankful that we have been born in Uncle Sam’s country. Woodland. A I’R.\C'l‘lCAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. MRS. N. s. MAYO. From the very founding of the Kansas State Agricultural College it has been recognized that “a girl has a right to an education as pre- cisely adapted to a woman’s work as is a boy's preparatory to a ma.n’s work,” and with this for one of its maxims the col- lege has been built, depart- ment by department, from the beginning up to its present stand- ing as the largest and most suc- cessful agricultural college of the United States. That co-education has proved a success is attested by the yearly increasing number of - women come to avail themselves of the practical instruction they can here receive. The college is situated about one mile from the business part of the city of Manhattan, the in- tervening portion being built up with residences, boarding houses, and cottages for the accommodation of the students, all of whom must find room and board in the town, DECEMBER 1. .1393. much to the relief of the president and faculty. Many families take up a temporary residence in the town so that their children may have the advantage of the home in- fluence while receiving the training offered by the college. Occasionally brothers and sisters rent a cottage and keep house during their col- lege days, and sometimes five or six girls will try “baching” and put into daily practice the instruc- tion received in household economy. A ram". scHooL. The college is a “free” school in every sense of the term, there being neitherfeesnorincidentalexpenses, so that a student may take the four years’ course with a very small amount of money, having only books, board, and clothing to pro- vide. There are many young people who enter the college with no means of support aside from their own efforts, but determined to have an education they find a place in some family where they may work for their board outside of the hours assigned to college duties. There is but one course of study in the institution, the agricultural course, and the work required of the young men and young women is the same with this exception, when the young men are assigned to agriculture, stock raising, carpen- try, or veterinary science, the young women are assigned to sew- ing, cooking, or floriculture, or in some cases where they so elect to printing. Most of these branches are given as “industrials,” that is an houra day of each student’s time is given to some educational handiwork. SEWING. In the sewing department to which the girls are first assigned, they are examined to find what knowledge of sewing they already possess and are then given work to suit their abilities. Students are allowed to bring their own sewing, so that many girls are thus enabled to make their own under- clothes, to cut, fit, and make their own dresses, a most important item to those who have to use economy in their college course. Not only do they do sewing, but also crocheting, drawn work, and fancy work of various kinds. All kinds of articles are there made, from a bed quilt to a party dress, as many as one thousand articles be- ing completed during the year. The sewing room is a large ‘ square room with long windows on three sides so that it is perfectly lighted at all times. It is furn- ished with many small tables at which the girls are seated during their lessons. eight or ten sewing machines, cupboard in which un- finished articles are kept, and show cases where the completed articles can be displayed. A full length mirror is one of the important accessories. COOKING. In the department of domestic science the girls are given a course of lectures on bread making, cake making, pickling, preserving of fruits, the cooking of vegetables, the principles of boiling, broiling and roasting meat, and learn the different parts of a carcass by see- ing a beef cut up before the class. In the kitchen laboratory they not only see how everything is done but are expected to do everything themselves, not once but many times. They are given opportuni- ties to try all kinds of cooking, ranging in variety through bread, cake, pie, the roasting 'and boiling of meats, to French bon-bons and ice cream. Many little combina- tion tables and cabinets are about the room where each girl may work independently of the others, and having everything needful right at her hand, is taught to economize time and labor, a. lesson many older housekeepers could well follow, saving many unneces- sary steps and aching feet. The kitchen is provided with a large steel range, an Aladdin oven and many other labor saving devices. IMPOSING ON THE FACULTY. To dispose of the food thus pre- pared, dinners are served on faculty meeting days to members of the faculty who would otherwise have to eat cold lunches, and on Fridays lunches are served to the students, these meals being given at a price just suflicient to cover the cost of the food. At the meet- ings of the board of regents with Continued on page '1, __“ D]3l0E1tlBEIt I 1, i 1393; riéiiE:eiiE£NCei3"v1isiToii. - t . i Is a book containing illustrations, prices and descriptions of 30,000 articles in common use, a book that will show you at a glance if you are paying too much for the goods you are now buying, ’ WORTH ANYTHING TO YOU? ls itworth the 15 CENTS in stamps re— quired to pay postage or express charges on a ' copy? THE BUYERS GUIDE AND CATALOGUE ( issued every March and September) is the book we are talking about:' you are not safe without a I I I copy of the latest edition in the house. 2 I I . I MONTGOMERY WARD 8: CO., I I I I I to I I6 Michigan Ave., Chicago. I In writing mention THE GRANGE VISTIOB GRAND RAPIDS and Indiana Railroad Aug. :17, 1893.—(‘entra.l Standard Time. IA PRACTICAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLSI Continued from page 6. the faculty, to which the wives of TGOWG NORTH 1N°- 150- 3N0» -'>IN0 7 the faculty are invited, an elaborate C,,,,,,,,,,,,_,, L, _______ __._1j-_{“_-_i -3,-It 1;-3,-I,-I_A_-_§*_~_ meal Is iirepared land serve} by Richmond ____________ 2 ~_ 11 no 11 ,-,0 I ____ __ the seconi year ant post gra( uate I p. . . . . - ' . Fort WZEYMAI 6 00 I 2 fi girls. ‘As these meetings occur Fort VVayne.Lv.-.. ...... Z35 2 2-5.; 805 three times during the year, the Ka.la.mazoo,Ar... I my 6 05 5 20_11 I0 1 _ d “b ‘ kf n - Kalamazoo. IN... _I 7 10 I 6 25 5 25 5 12 30 11133» S SGFVG are 3» 193 "St 111 Grand iiapids,Ar ..... .4 9 10 , 8 10 6 50 I 2 15 the fan term’ & ndinnern in the i P. M. I A. M. _ ’ , Grand Rapids. Lv .... if‘) 5;? 7 20 4 15 winter term, and a “ tea” in the (ggdmac, ______________ __ 2.40‘ 11 35I 9 10 spring term, so that the girls have Traverse City _________ __= ____ ____ __ ‘I-gg Ithe practice of preparing and serv-p Petoskey .............. ..< .... 5 45 3 00 I mg each meal. Four tables are Mackin,,w_ A, _________ _{ I 4 2oI p_ M, spread on such_ occasions, and a GOING going, INO, 2IN,,_ eIN0_ 4 No, 3 post graduate girl is seated at the —""*—‘.‘I1T_fif I “,1, I—‘—,._,,,_ ,(,'If head of each, to act as hostess, M k’ C't.L.__._ 900:7~l0Il50 ____ __ - . - P§§,SI§;,Y_.__f>f___f_____I low 9 ,5 I 3 0,, I ____ _. while the second year girls serve Traverse City ......... . .A.1.u.. 111’? I 4 25 I the meal, which is generally in five ————— ~ as Is is I .123 - ran D1 , ._..... ~ ' I I ' émd Rapids‘ Lv______ 7 00 I 6 00 In ZOI 2 no Whi e the secoiidyear girls are Iléalamazoo, 2322 I I2; 32 i2 55 :19 taking cooking, their class mates ama oo, v.. _. . - ____ _. . a - - - - _ 1;‘-,‘§,,Iv‘,;,f,.,,e,,;_‘, _______ 33 fig ,g,i,,5_ 7 15 in agriculture are anxiously ant,-it- ‘ort a ne, v ...... __ ' . ____ __ ' ' “ Richmogd ______________ 4 20 I 3 40 9 15 ____ __ lpfltlng SecOnd_yea‘r party! 3 Cincinnati. Ar ........ _.i 700 I 7 15 12 01 .... _. yearly affair at which the young -----~~————l3‘»5‘-'-"i“~“§'«3'~"‘;—"1 ladies receive the young men, Sleeping cars for Petoskey and Mackinaw on entertain them and give them an opportunity to sample their cook-I ing. ‘: No. 3 from Grand Rapids. Parlor car to Mackinaw on No. 5 from Grand Rapids. “Sleeping cars, Grand Rapids to Chicago. on . o. 4. ‘Sleeping cars, Grand Rapids to Cincinnati. on 0. Q.-. Vos. 1 and 4 daily south of Grand Rapids. Nos. Sand 6 daily. south of Grand Rapids. No. 2 north of Grand Rapids, Sundays only. All other trains daily except Sunday. U. L. LOITKWOOD, G. P. 6: T. Ag‘t, Grand Rapids. CHEMISTRY or roon. In the course in chemistry par- I uticular attention is paid to foodI products, to their chemical compo- I sitions, their value as food, to the I effect produced when differenti materials are combined, and theI changes wrought by heat, thusI demonstrating to the young women I Of that good and successful cookiiigl LansingIdepends upon definite facts andl Mich Inot upon “luck.” Dairying is taught in the springl term and the girls have all the work of straining, skimming. car- ing for the milk, churning and working butter, making cheese, and cleansing all the utensils that are used. There is also a course of lectures in hygiene especially for the young women, an(l a class in calisthenics for any who desire such exercise.I FLORICULTURE. I The People’s Savings Bank capital. $15o,ooo.oo W. BEAL, President A. A, \VILBUR, Vice President C. H. OSBAND, Cashier \Ve transact n. V Pay interest on time eposits. If you have any bank- cncral banking business. .3 gold and white c,ii,.I,‘.Y_3_et dainty enoiigh to fill whatever position may come to them. They are better teachers, dressmakers, or nurses, and wiser and more economical housekeepers wives, and mothers for having had the benefit of a course in such an institution. Manhattan, Kansas. AMONG THE ORCHARDS. MABEL BATES. Amid the varied attractions of sea and land that serve to make chance visitors at Traverse City her sworn allies, and bring them back year after year, nothing is a- more perennial delight than the miles on miles of hard white roads that extend along the shores of the I bay and out into the shaded W0od- I land.» A drive never to be forgotten is the one down among the fu.mousI Ifrlllt farms of the peninsula, start- I messages. ing along the shore of east bayI when the early morning light‘; throws its misty shadows over all,I and returning in the cool of thel evening along the shore of westI bay. I A BEAUTIFUL MORNING. It is a bright clear morning when a merry party sets out, determined‘ to search out its beauties for them-I selves. The road is hard and smooth ‘ after a light rain, and even the I horses seem to enter into the spirit of the occasion. After following the rounding shore of west bay for about two miles, the road turns across the peninsula and wanders through a bit of Wood, cleared years ago of its forest and then deserted, on which a light second growth is already taking on faint tints of autumn and promises untold beau- ties in weeks to come. Then follows a stretch of ri ch farming land, check- ered with bits of cool woodland, and suddenly the blue waters of east bay come in view, sparkling and dancing under the caressing kisses of the soft summer wind, and pour- ing a wealth of golden, sun-tinted waves on the shining sands of the beach. For miles the road follows close along the shore. The waves falling with a silvery splash on the right, while on the left great banks and sheets of (laises form a, for fairy revels, and it is with al sigh of regret for the vanisliing beauty that the horses‘ heads "are turned to follow the road as it climbs a. hill and takes its way among the prosperous looking fruit I farms that, in a few short years, have transformed a forest wilder- iiess into the “garden of the north.” I There are no fences to limit space, I and the eye wanders through seem- I iiig miles of trees whose height and I ‘ spread of branches first attract thel, attention and then the quantities‘ on quantities of fruit already blush- ing faintly under the ardent glances of the summer sun. Here and . there are baby orchards, newly set, that seem to glance askance at the‘ heavily loaded trees around them, and wonder if they too must in head and strong body that count. time become “grave and reverened seigniors” borne down with their occupation you must take it when crimson and gold when the shore is reached, and the last twelve miles of road beckon the Wanderers on to where the smoke of the city can be seen far away in the distance. The breeze has died down and the bay is all ablusli in the glow of the clouds. Big Marion island, with pretty little Squaw island like a timid child by its side, casts long black shadows into the midst of the glory on sea and sky. As the road winds close by the shore,‘ with the rush and ripple of the waves mingling with the sound of the. whispering wind in the pines, the, V V after-glow dies slowly away, the, “T TH!’ 1‘ ‘HR’ big golden evening star lights its" torch in the west, and one by one} little points of light flash out here ; one of the most interesting ex_ .dth"th ". .' .. . rm elem 6 sky hke 'lnSWenngIli1l.)1l'.S to me was the Libby Glass signals. The cool spicy odors of a. pedal. Swamp fin the air’ and fil,eI\Vorks, where they manufacture flies dart here and there with fairy various useful and ornameiit-al arti- A Shaft of hflht fans on I cles. The most interesting was the L‘) the water and froui behind tlieI“:e'::wm-ti of clofll from. and hills the great Silver faced mOOnIsilk:‘tlie warp being white silk, and SI0wIy Comes into View, bringing I the l'1l‘l1l_l_*_.{‘_ half silk and half glass, briglitness and cheer in her train.‘Ibut 50 hue ha.“ the glass been _ The lights of the Village at the .. drawn out that it took two hundred I u h _ 1 f , 1 I of t_he_se threiuls to make one thread pm 0 the bay grow dearer and I of filling. This cloth was sheeny -1 - t ' ' I . L eater’ B mgglmg houses begm to I and beautiful and V'rlll1€(l at twenty- be seen. and all too soon. home ISI , ' lfive dollars a yard. reached, and of a ha da 'I , . nothing is left but a niembgg. 3 1)uIi\13?;(Effiazntglagffcgfgllglgfégfifffi ‘w I -‘5 Traverse Mtg’ ‘said “ free,” but upon entering, ”‘ "“”"" """*“"* "" there stood a man who said, “only Girls! Deparfmenf. Iten cents to go to Heaven; Only Itivlveiity-two Tmoreil gaysl to go ti) , eaven.” he a a ace wiiic FROM IIISTRICT T0 iiiuii SCHOOL. they called by that naffie, ' I At the entrance of the Irish vil- lage there stood a man who played Eon an Irish ha I i e and made “The [I18 has C0lIl€ when JRIIIGS I quggr remarks’ gng was’ is '00 193% 1101119-” S0 relates &I1I“Take the short cut to Ireland. If Old I)O0k Of 8. generation &g0. The I you go around you might be sea- mother giving her boy advice and I sicI.;I_” ‘ the father’s anxious look, are bothl We also visited the convent, La signs that the “home ties are to be Rabidg, which was made to rep,-9- broken-” The aged %§1‘3I1dm0l3h€1‘Isent the place in which Columbus who sits near, the sister in deep‘di9d_ On the walls were many thought. and W911 the family Ciltlpictures representing his visit to begun to bfeel lonely. FOI‘IQueen Isabella’ his landing in “ ‘W193 W35 to 3 £20119 111311 10110’ ‘ America. death scene, and so forth. ‘Veeks-V y blOn the east side of the building There are many things to befwere the boats, Santa Maria, Pints, 310051115 0f in Obtaining an €(ll1Ca- I and Nine, in which he discovered tion. First of all is heallh. ForIAme1-ica, of what use is an education with-'1 out health ‘.’ “Last but not least." I is to apply your e«.lm,-atioii to some I . pai-aicu'iar life work. I,»-.y your‘ \\'h= ii at the top one would see a plans for the future and then ifIgi'eat distance over tliecity. It was anything in your line should very large around and liadtliirty-six happen to make an appearaiice,Irooiiis about as large as a street you will be prepared for it. ForIcar, fastened to its rim. \Vhen no man who waited for an occupa- I lighted by electricity it was very tion ever succeeded in life. 1 beautiful. But few of our noted men were’ Visited Mount Vernon home and college graduates, but received sawthe rooms in wliicli\Vashington most of their education from a lived and died. Isaw an old bed- district school. stead that was very high, had to When you start into a high climb three steps to reach it, and school or college it is one of the saw some queer chairs and a piano. most important periods of your The Michigan State building was life. For it is then that the plans very fine, a nice place to rest, and for your future life are laid. Those contained many specimens of metal. who begin with small means fre- Went through the Cliff Dwellers, quently occupy eminent positions. a kind of a miniature mountain. But it matters not what the finan- Saw how they lived, and saw their cial portion is, for it is the level cloth, which was made of grass, and their dishes which were made of clay, some of them beautifully carved. I was very much pleased “Do you make the girls be field- ers and chase the ball?” “ No, model boys are never sel- fish.” “ Why,” I ventured respectfully, “ you seem to be very polite. Do you’’—— Just here a sort of howl, some- thing like an Indian war whoop, sounded on my ear. The model boy disappeared up the chimney at the sound and I started up to find my brother standing in front of me and laughing to see me Jump. Ba/Ila C rrel-. M ABEL GRAY. ALICE L. HORTON. THE FERRIS WHEEL. I to-.1» ".‘.\"‘l' the Fe‘i""7..~ If you intend to follow your ‘\\"".m>nl . V7 1A\4‘./.l- ing business come and see us. In writing mention Tm; GRANGE Vrsiroa. SUCCESSFUL ADVERTISING If you wish to mzil-(I: and save iiioiicy by :1d\‘crti~ing iiiiy thing. iiiiy wlicrc, iit '.lllV' time Successfully at reduced rates, he sure to see or write. - JOHN DAWSON & C0" General Newspaper Advertising Agents. ll-20 COLLOII IKLOCIK. !ll.'Ii.\'EAPOLlS, HINN. Stop Tliicf I Any one whose Watch has a bow (ring) ,will never have oc- casiontousethistime-honored cry. it is the only bow that cannot be twisted off the case, and is found only on Jas. Boss Filled and other watch cases stamped with this trade mark. W A watch one opener, which will save your linger nails. sent tree on request. " ular monotony Dame Nature is the opportunity comes, “for a moment lost is gone forever." Fruit Ridge. A lar re room in the ro a atin Weight of frilit” - — - house used for tfe 1:15:83 i% in friendly rivalry with the culti- floriculture Here the ut into Vated Scene and bus the an Wlthl ractice the rowinoryifi plants Sweet pe-rfun-183 the splay Odor Of‘ from seeds andgciittidgs the pot-lmspbermes g-wing Way to the heavy ’ .Ifragrance of fields of milk weedI ting’ transplanting’ and care 0 lover which the bees hover intoxi I ‘ 1 - ‘. THE MODEL BOY. of destroying the insect pests and parasites which work especially upon house plants. / SOCIAL LIFE. the mid-terin social. the society “annuals,” and the occasional class parties, serving to break the reg- of college life. There are four literary societies, ' one of which is exclusively for girls and one admits both boys and girls. - The departments of cooking and iires of the college, one hundred thirty young women being enrolle the present term in the sewing department alone. The fame of these departments is fast spread- ing to other states, and their agri- cultural colleges are looking to Kansas as a model for similar de- partments in their own institutions and sending here for graduates to become heads of such departments. But it is in the homes of the The social life of the students is 3 much the same as in any college, sewing are two of the leading feat- I da dlagainst the drift on the beach. majority of the young women who take the course that the greatest use and benefit of this special education is apparent. .All who go Keystone Watch Case Co., PHILADELPHIA. out from here are better qualified Efixsgiélnsi-idpégggisoggdiIshfehglggfiggé cated with delight and the scent ofi new mown hay. At last the curve‘ of Old Mission harbor is reached, ‘;surrounded by orchard-clad hills dotted with prosperous looking farm houses. THE RETURN. After dinner and a pleasant visit to the pretty summer resort on the Ashore, the horses, refreshed by 5 their rest, are harnessed again, and Iwith the thought of home before Ithem are anxious to be off. The Iroad rises until the.“back-bone” Iof the peninsula is reached, land the descent is begun to Iwhere, in the distance west bay shes its little white-crested waves Away to the left is a large ivy cover- ed house under the shade of a grove of ancient trees, looking in the midst of its broad acres like some quaint English homestead. The horses trotting swiftly over the gravel road soon bring us into Ithe cool shade of a bit of the forest primeval, where the branches clasp hands overhead, and the bushes on either side thrust their berries into the carriage, seeming to beg to be eaten. A GLORY- SCENE. BIRDIE ADAMS. It was a dark, stormy day in November. The wind howled around the corners of a large, roomy, old house. In the cheer- ful library a warm fire burned in an open grate. As I lay on the hearth rug, gazing at the glowing coals, there suddenly stepped from their midst a bright-eyed, rosy- cheeked boy, who took off his hat and bowed politely to me. “ Who areyou and where are you from?” I demanded in aston- ishment. “I am a model boy from the land of Nowhere,” he politely re- plied. “Indeed,” said I, “I am very glad to see you. I have always wanted to see a model boy.” “Thank you, I am very glad that I can oblige you," he answered. “Do you ever untie the girl’s apron strings or hair ribbons?" I asked. “ Oh no, that isn’t allowed in the land of Nowhere. “Or slam the door, set the dog on the cat, or whistle in the house with the childrens’ building. The rooms in which babies were kept were bright and beautiful. In the California building there were great quantities of fruit, a tower made of oranges and a horse -and its rider covered with prunes. The electricity building was in- teresting. In one part of the build- ing there was a theater represent- ing a farm with a stream of water running through it;buildiirgs which were lighted in the morning follow- ed by a beautiful sunrise and this followed by thunder and lightning and a shower of rain. The men were about their work and the ladies with umbrellas. All done automatically and by electricity. Archie. Cannon Farrarsays: “If we would save this country from moral de- generacy, We must set our face against the notion that marriage is only a legal contract, against the degradation of it in the higher classes into a mercenary falsehood; against the undertaking of it in the lower classes rashly, unadvisedly, and wantonly, like brute-beasts which have no understanding. We must set our face, too, against the criminal laxity of divorce and the facile re—marriage of those who have violated the holy bond. We must restore the high concept of marriage in which even the Roman code defined it as the The sun is setting in a halo of when some one has the headache?” “ Certainly not.” “ You play base ball I suppose?" “ Of course.” ' “partnership of the whole life, the participation of all rights, human and divine.” ..........._....,-guy». we-. r. 8 1“H_E GBANGEIVISITOR. DECEMBER 1, 18933. Nofices of Meetings. LENAWEE POMONA. The annual meeting of Lenawee county Pomona Grange for the election of ofiicers will be held at thecourt house in the city of Adrian on Thursday, De- cember '7. 1893. Let all Patrons be present. P. H. Dovvnmo. Lecturer. STOCK MEETINGS. _ The meeting of breeders of improved live stock will be held in Lansing De- cember 19 and 20. The Shropshire breeders meet the 19th, in the evening. the Lincoln men the morning of the 19th. Allegan county council will hold its annual session with Allegan Central Grange December 5. N. A. DIBBLE, Lecturer Comtty Council. _ St. Jo. county‘Grange No.4 will hold its next meeting at Centerville Grange hall, the first Thursday in December. All members are requested to be present. Mas. HENRY COOK, Sc(.'ro=hn',1/. Postal Jtiiiings. [\Vc desire to make this (lL‘p(ll'tlllL'I'lt the Grange news column. Lecturers. secretaries, and corrc~ Spondciits will favor us and all Patrons bv sending in trcqiicut notcs about. tht-ir Gr:iu_«_rc work, liricf jottings concerning some topic discussed, or plans for work. Let us make this column of special in- mrest to Patrons, 1 WHY I BELONG TO THE GRANGE. I joined the Grange as soon as I had gained the required munber of years. be- cause I was brought up withthc idea. that it was the proper thing to do. I remain a member l’lt‘CfllI.\‘I:, of all .~'ocie1ie.< having as their object the general education and ad- vancement of farmers, the Grange is the oldcsv, wears the best, and is founded on firm principles of right and justice and charity to all. Because lt ls n.:it.ural and right that we should takepleasure in meet- ing and greeting our neighbors and exchang ingideas on all subjects of interest. Social life in the Grange comes nearer realizing my idea of the “brotherhood of man” than any- thing else within my experience. The lit- erary standard is high, excluding every- thing coarsezand finally I belong to the Grange because I believe it to be the duty 1 of every farmer to support that organization from which he believes he will (lerive the greatest benefit-. l.lLL1.-\_\‘ ADAMS. =1: * =t< I joined the Grange to get out of the old rut. I needed a tonic, I felt that I was go- ing back and needed help, and that is my reason for joining the Grange. God bless the Grange, SisTi~;R T. \VEBB. =l< >l< First, beca-..sc it is*a fariners’ org:.r.iz.i- tion and l, as :1 farnicr’s wife, think that they thould be as united in their societies and relations with each other as any other class of people. Secondly, for its educa- tional advantages, for they, as a general rule in times past, have paid too little atten- tion to the cultivation of the mind, and farming like all other branches of industry requires a thorough understanding of its different modes of work to make it a suc- cess, and how can we more effectually accomplish this than through the Grange’-' And last, but not least. for its social c‘llj()_\" mcnt. for here we all meet as a band of brothers and sisters, ready and willing to help each other. MRS. 13- _l 5-“IT”. >l< First because it opens wide its gate and bids woman welcome. It is not like the organizations of the past where women have been practically excluded or ignored. In the Grange woman’s voice is heard, her vote counts, she stands on an equality with man, It appreciates the ability and .\'pllt.‘l‘€ of woman. Last, but not least, it is an ed- ucator, it teaches Clll‘ls'[i;ll‘ll[_V, nilrality. and good will to man. It is a builder of good socictv and advocates tempcrencc in all things. Before we joined the Grange “(I saw the need of a farmers’ organization, but years passed before the golden oppor- tunitr came, then there was 21 Grange fortn- ed injthc city of Battle Creek. our names solicited, and we paid five and three dollars more willingly than one dollar and one—half dollar initiation fee is paid today. \Veh21\'e often wondered why farmers will be so indifferent to a good cause when they see it is a benefit to the young and a comfort to the declining years of many, it is food, drink and rest. Our minds would become ru.~‘.tV without this interchange of thought andiopinion. Can we rust in the Grange? No, never, MRs, W. S. SIMONS. * >l< >t= I have many reasons for being a Patron_ First and foremost I am a farmer's wife, and in our Order, the Patrons of Hus- bandrv, the wife and daughter stand on an equal with the husband and son. For the material. social, intellectual, and moral ad- vancement of the American farmer it has no equal, its golden principles and precepts hold aloft the torch of “liberty enlightening the world." Its educational influence can not be estimated It is one of, if not the noblest organization now in existence. For these and many other reasons I am a P. of H. LORETTA PooRMAN. LIST OF COUNTIES from which new names have been sent in the Grange contest: Kent ...... - - -. ----------------- — — 77 Ingharn ----------------------- — - 34% Branch ........................ -— 12 Kalkaska ---------------------- -- 11 uuisdale ---------------------- -- 9 Clinton ------------------------ - - 6% Huron ------------------------ - - Benzie ------------------------ - - LIST OF GRANGES which have sent in new names for the Grange contest. Please correct errors at once. New Granges. names. Keene No.270_-.-_--_-._---..--- 57 White Oak No. 241 ............ -- 28 Bowue Center No. 219 .......... -- 15 Butler No. 88 __________________ -- 1'3 Adams No. 286 ................ .. 9 Capitol No. 5-10 ________________ _. 6,1/2 Clearwater No. 674 _____________ . _ 6 Excelsior No. 692 ______________ -- 5 Grattan No. 170 ............... -- 5 Lapeer _______________________ - - 5 Alpine No. 348 _________________ _. 4 Bingham No. 667 ______________ __ 3 Inland No. 503 _________________ _. 3 Bradley No. 669 ________________ _ _ 2% Rome Center No. 293 ___________ _ - 2 Charity No. 417 _______________ __ 2 Wyandotte No. 618___-___-_-__-_ 2 Bath No. 659 __________________ -_ 1% Mt. Taber No. 43 _______________ _ . 1 Cascade No. 63 ________________ -- 1 OFFICERS AND DELEGATES. Do not forget to ask for a rail-. road ccrt1ficaz‘e when you buy your ticket to Lansing. Failure to do this forfeits the right to reduced return fare. There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until thelast few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease, and prescribed local rem- edies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it in- curable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys- tem. They olfer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for circu- lars and testimonials. Address, F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, 0. @ Sold uy Druggists, 75c. In the October Cosmopolitan, Ellen M. Henrotin says of the paintings in the \V0man’s building at the Fair: “Woman has not as yet mastered the art of painting, if the collection be a faithful representa- tion of her Work; the pictures are lacking in warmth,color, and depth of tone. “The exquisite etchings and drawings by women emphasize what is lacking in the paintings is not woman’s inability to master the technique, but her inability to use color.” IF a good face is a letter of reco- mendaliou, a good heart is a letter of credit.—~Bttlw-er. ’I‘IIE:.VIEA.\'S OI’ SECURING MORE. CENTRE COUNTY. PA-, Nov. 2, 1893. MR. 0. W. Il\'GERs0LL: . DEAR SIR - Mr. Grader received his paint in first class condition, and I ap- plied it. It works nicely. covers well, and IS all that it is recommended to be and has a tine tinish. This order, I am sure, will give your paints a tirst class reputation and be the means of your securing many orders in the future from this section. Sincerely yours, E. C. HOUSEMAN. [See adv. Ingerso1l’s Liquid Rubber P21ll1l.S—ED_] “ Does he write to you regularly since you became engaged?" “ Nu; sometimes I only get one letter a day."~-Ex. You want some of those fine books in your Grange library, don’t you? HEADQUARTERS FOR ALL CONVENTIONS. HUDSON HOUSE, LANSING, MICH. A. PEARSALL, J. A. PEARSALL, Proprietors. LANSING FIRMS. VVhen in Lansing attending State Grange you may find it advantageous to do some trading. Vlfe present below the names of reliable people, who will treat you well. Call on them and see what the have. and tell them that you saw their card in t e VISITOR. MILLINERY and FANCY GOODS At MADAME SAVlGNY’S 222 Washington Ave. South. When in Lansing call on A. M. EMERY, And examine his line of Books, Bibles, Photo Albums, Eiigravings, ' ' Frames and Holiday Goods Special Prices to G-rangers 113 Michigan Ave. B. F. Simons’ Store, The most reliable Dry Goods and Carpet House in City. Clocks and Winter Wraps At Low Prices. Visit the Store when in the City. S|l(‘l‘lill inducements Offered Each llaiy. If you need anything in the way of LADIES’ MEN'S or CHILDREN'S Furnishing Guuds Would be pleased to have you call and see what am showing. Qualities and Prices Right. ELGIN MIFFLIN, The Outfitter. Spectacles and Eye-Glasses I have the most complete stock of Spectacles and Eye-Glasses in Lansing, and make a specialty of fitting them to all defects of the eye. I have all grades of steel from 50c to $2.00. Solid gold at $3.50 and $4.50. I guarantee a lit in every pair sold. I can make you see. H. B. MORGAN. C0-OPERATION has solved some of the most vexed questions in the industrial world. CO-OPERATION is very rapidly coming into use in our financial transactions. The Building and Loan plan, both for investing and borrowing, is CO-OPERATION pure and simple, and commends itself to every intelligent man who investigates. When in Iiansiniz, call at the office of the (‘apituI lnvestinenf, Building and Loan Association. in tune H:-lli.-tier llloc-k.and learn of its plan. If you are not coming to Lansing, soon. write, asking for a pv oepectus. Address i‘. A. GOWER. Pres. and Gen‘l lllanager. Grange Visitor AND State Afiairs. BOTH FOR $1.20 A YEAR To New Subscribers. We will also furnish State Afiairs to our sub- scribers for 7. cents a year. STATE AFFAIRS Is a semi-monthly journal, which will keep you informed of the transactions of the departments of the State government and the decisions of the Supreme Court in all important cases. It is especially valuable to the Furmrr who wishes to keep himself well informed in public alfairs. Address GRANGE VISITOR. Lansing, Mich. Butter Makers Should know that the first-prize butter at the leading Conventions has been salted with DIAMOND CRYSTAL SALT. preserves and holds the flavor 01' good but- ter longer than any other salt. from hard and flinty substances and alwa_vs dissolves just right. makers are using it and praising it. It will ‘ pay you to fall in line. Packed in 230 lb. ‘ ba.rrels— 224 1b.. 56 lb., and 14 lb. bags. DIAMOND CRYSTAL SALT CO., It is the purest salt made. It It is free The leading butter Sold by all dealers. ST. CLAIR. MICH. and Care of Dairy Cattle. Class Limited to 25. For full particulars address. MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. A NEW DEPARTURE. Beginning Jan. 3. IRFN, a six weeks’ course in HOME DAIRYING will be given under the especial direction of PROF. l‘LlN'I‘0N D. SMITH, a practical dairynian of long experience The students will Make and Judge Butte)‘, Test Milk, and receive lectures on the Breeding TOTAL EXPENSE ABOUT $30 PER STUDENT, For the six weeks. To insure your getting in » Make your Application Early. - Short course begins Jan. 3. 1894. Regular College term begins Feb, 19. 1.894. TH E SECRI-ZTARY, Agricultural College, Mich. ROOFING @Local Agents Wanted. PAINT costs only 60 cents per gal. in bbl. lots, or,$4.5O for 5-gal. tabs dark_ red. Vl/‘ill stop leaks in tin or iron roofs that will last for years. Try it- Send stamp for samples and full particulars. GUIVLELASTIC R()OFI.\'(.‘r C0.,- GUM-ELASTIC R0()FI.\'G FELT costs only $2.00 per I00 square felt. Makes a good roof for years. and any- one can put it on. GUM-ELASTIC‘ Color 39 and 41 West Broadway, New York. lI.&W. M. AND n. L. t N. POPULAR LINES Chicago Detroit Grand Rapids Saginaw lansing Ionia Big Rapids Muskegon St. Joseph Benton Harbor Manistee Traverse City Charlevoix Petuskey To Service First-Class HOTEL DOWNEY, LANSING, MICK. WE HAVE 150 GOOD ROOMS. CALL AND SEE US. H. J. DOWNEY & SON, Proprietors. HOTEL KIBKWOOD LANSING. MICE. Cor. Michigan Ave. and Grand St. Two Blocks East at Capitol. Heated by Steam. » Rates 81.50 per Day. Rates to Grange Delegates $1.00 per Day. A. PARTLOW, - - PROP.’R Manitoba and the Canadian Northwest 200,000,000 acres of wheat and razing lands open for settlement in Manitoba an the (yreat North- west, including the famous Edmonton District and the great Saskatchewan Valley, which are now opened by railroads. TEE FINEST LANDS to be had in North America, and good climate. VVliere stock pick their living the year round and thrive. ‘Q FREE FARMS or 160 ACRES given to every male adult of ei hte_en years and over; and every female head of a amily. ' S ecial rates given to inten_ding.setl.lers. _ _ or maps, pamphlets, testimonials of Michigan farmers who ave been there, and further informa- mm’ address A. 1:. CODE, Gen’l Agt., Box 635, Saginaw, E. S,, Mich. GRANGE Dinccrdnv. Patrons Will Find 'I‘Il(‘S€II"II'IllS Reliable and (‘an Get Special Prices I-‘roiu Them. WE HAVE NO AGENTS “Hf Save FUD money on everything you eat. wear 01' use. Send 8 cents for fnll catalogue. II. Ii. E.\GI.E & 00., 68 \\’abasIi Ave., Chicago. Mention Grange Visitnr. The Smith Implement dz Buggy (‘o., :52 and 24 East 3d St. Cincinnati, 0. has a contract with Grange of Ohio and Indiana to supply their state and furnish goods at wholesale rates when the urd:-r mum-s und r the seal of the Grange. We extend the same invitation to the Grange of Mich- igan. Write for catalog and prices. PI A N O S Special inducements all the time AND Send forl'at:\lu-allies. eta, [)ir...c¢; \}‘ea\'er ()r,r.-{an & Piano (‘(2. l"r1Ct0I'y. Yurk. Pa. Place seal of your Grange on your letter paper, or send trade card to secure benefit of special manufact- urers’ prices direct to G rangers. GEO. LVOODLEY, 242 South “'ater St., CIlI('H.}.’,’I), Ill. \Vholcsalc Lunilvcr dcalcr. Solic- its corrc-.spoutlcut‘c with mciuhcrs of Alicliigiiii P. of II. and Alliances who contcmpl:it.c building. \\'ritc for price lists. Tlis Honey Creek Grange Ntirseries have ll».-cu undcr contr:ict with tho State Griiugc of (lliio for over ten yczirs. and have (lo.-altx'xtcii.si\'¢:lv in Indiana and .\ll(‘lllLf2lll also. .\pc-rial prices sent to anyone under seal of the (vrangc, Give us a trial. \\'c can save you money. .~\dtlrcs< Isaac Fret-inan 8.’ Son, Rex, Ohio. PATRONS' Oll WORKS. DERRICK OIL GO. l‘. G. l‘.° all RPENTER. COMPANY, Hume OE;-9; BRAVTLEUORI), VT.. U. S. A Wabash Ave., Chicago. Ill- LANBING, KICK. mm at LOW PRICES, quality considered, , Western Ullice: J. Howard Foote. 207 and P333325 0? ROBERT SMITH & C0., _