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Taxation in Pennsylvania.

In an address to the subordinate (iranges
of Pennsylvania, Ilon. Leonard lthone,the
state master, enumerates the chief features
of a tax bill which is before the legislature
of that state. It was prepared by a tax
conference coinposed of representatives of
the various interests of the state, including
the farmers, and seems to be satisfactory
to all concerned. After stating the pro-
visions of the bill, Brother Rhone goes on
to say:

“The increase of revenues to the state

from all these sources would exceed one
million, four hundred thousand dollars
over what is collected from present laws,
and with the rapid increase of electric rail-
ways and other corporate property would,
no doubt, in less than a year increase the
state 1'eyciii1es over two hundred thousand

'dollars more without levying a burden-

some tax upon any of the corporate indus-
tries: an equal amount being diverted to
the local government will leave the amount
of the state revenues unchanged. It has
been asked, ‘\Vhat will the farmers get
out of this revenue nieasure,tha.t influenced
its representatives in the conference to
agree to this bill! ’ in reply. we would
say that it will turn over to the counties
the entire tax on moneyed capital, mercan-
tile licenses, tax on pi'ivate banks and
brokers, auctioneers’ licenses, tax and fees
of county offices on writs, wills, and deeds,
etc., which will increase the county reve-
nues froiii these new resources for the
counties one million, five hundred thous-
and dollars, and it will turn over to the
townships, boroughs, and cities taxes on
horses  eu.t»t.le,, licenses for billiards,
theatres. circuses, eating houses, etc.,
aniounting to upwards of five hundred
li1()1ls:l1i<l dollars more. The ne\v sources
of revenue for townsliips and counties tlnis
aggregatingupwards of two million dol-
lars. thereby lo\vcring the tax on real es-
tatc. the homes and farms of the people
two million dollars. without robbing any
other industry, and in this the manufactur-
ers'and buildingassociations would bc ben-
efited as much as the farmers.

"The farmers of the state are certainly
entitled to as much consideration at the
hands of the legislature as the other great
industries, especially when we take into
consideration that fifty per cent of the
wealth is employed in this industry. and at
this time absolutely needs the fostering
care of the govcrmncnt. as its investinents
are not earning over two per cent and
those engaged in the pursuit not earning
over twenty—five cents a day for their
labor. "

Taxation.

As a. Topic for Discussion in Grange.

One of these is the subject of taxation,
which is of intense and growing interest to
farmers at the present time. The era of
high prices in farm products in this
country has passed; low prices are with
us, and with us to stay, for a time at
least. Farm values have greatly de-
clined, and farm products have steadily
decreased in value, and some of these val-
ues are now below the cost of production.
But on the_other hand, the rate of taxation
in nearly every section of the count1'y has
increased, and the burden falls most heav-
ily on the farmer, because of the full ex-
tent to which his property, both personal
and real is taxed; while corporations in
most states, and the personal property of
the Wealthy class a.re very lightly taxed, if
taxed at all. Primarily taxation is for
personal protection, and the protection of
property, which includes the support of
government. Vllhy then should corpora-

~ tions be exempt from taxation, wholly or

in part, any more than other kinds of prop-
ertv? Or why should so large a propor-
tion of the property it Or why should so
large a proportion of the property of the
rich be untaxed? Both of these classes
of property call for and receive a very
large proportion of of the protection afford-
ed by law. This much in regard to equality
of taxation.

RETRENCHMENT IN PUBLIC EXPENDITURES.

Can the rate of taxation be reduced?
Retrenchment in public expenditures is 9.
positive demand of the times! Oflicial sal-

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arics in county. state and nation are, man_v
of them, cxorbitant, and cntirely I out 0i
proportion to the present income of labor-
ing and producing classes, and should be

scaled down to meet the prevailing lo_w’ ~
. prices of the times.

There is no sense in
the people taxing themselves to support a
horde of office seekers and political heelers
in idleness and luxury. There should be a
concerted movement in all parts of ‘the
country for radical reform in this direction.
\\'hilc reforms may be of slow growth,
they come about as fast as public opinion
demands them; and public opinion is created
by investigation and deliberate discussion
among the people. ln preparing this part
of the subject for discussion, the Lectur-
cr should call upon the State Lecturer for
a list of all the salaried officers, with the
amount of salary and fees attached to each.
County auditors or county clerks could give
the desired information in regardto county
officers. A comparison of salaries, and
also rates of taxation in 1870, 1.860, Lstlo.

and 1894, would be of much value in i

the discussion. Out of this general dis-
cussion in subordinate and Pomona
Granges should be cvo‘l\'ed some defi-
nite plans for action, which should
be presented at the next. session of the
State (.}range, where, with more mature
discussion and deliberation, well defined
measures could be formulated to secure the
objects sought. In some states the (irange
has already taken hold of thisquestion. and
by persistent effort the fariners have se-
cured a more equal and just distribution of
the burdens of taxation. In» other states
this question is well under way in discus-

sion, and the Grange is preparing to take i
definite action in the matter, while in stiti *

others there has been no systeinatic inves-
tigation and discussion of thequestion, and
the people have no wcll dclincd ideas in i'e-
gard to the matter. The gcncral iinprcss-
ion prcvails among nearly all classes. that
manyof the existing conditions in regard

to taxation are wrong, but just what to do

and how to do it isan unscttlcd problem.
But if the farmers in cvcry state will take
up this qucstion and discuss it in an intelli-
gent. systcniatic w'a_v. tangible results
can be obtained. \Ve must first, however,
get down to the bc<l—i‘ocl{ of the matter,
and be united as to just what we will \vork
for, in our several states: then bv concert
of action we can rely upon securing a rea-
sonable dcgrec of justice. which is ours by
right. 1 have made the foregoing sugges-
tions in regard to taxation bccausclzleeiiiit
one of the most. importantquestions which
can be brought before the (,}1';i1p_Q'e f()1' dis-
cussion and action. it coincs directly home
to every member of the Order. ‘
Alpha Mes-scr,

County Roads vs. Pgresent System.

   

raliiil-'r.‘3fi.‘?.l?§lli‘l3ffiailnlilaIi‘l3§f;dl$‘§?fi’ul§~f""'”°" “‘ "‘°
The topic which is assigned me is one in
which I take a deep, unbounded interest,
but have felt my ardor cooled a little at
times at the indifference of the farming
element, which I sincerely believe are to
be the principal beneficiaries in the propos-
ed systein of good roads. You all know
my positive preferences as to road struct-
ure. I would first have our general high-
way law amended, so as to require “all
highway taxes paid in money, thus doinor
away with the voluminous rdad warrant:
requiring a pathmaster to wear out two
or three pairs of new boots a year Warnincr
out men with teams and tools to perfoi-nii
their allotted highway labor, when he will
meet a few of them at the allotted time and
place with, in many cases, poor teams,
poor tools, and poor help, to kill time as
best they can in trading horses and rehears-
ing old, worn ont stories until they have
each killed eight hours of time and secured
the vital object of their mission, “the
pathmaster’s receipt,” regardless of the
amount of work performed. I would much
prefer 25 cents in money for the construc-
tion of roads than the average day’s labor
as performed. Therefore, if your efforts
can reach no further, you will have accom-
plished an im ortant benefit to the state if
you can be t e instrument of procurin
that amendment, as by so doin we woul ,
in the state at large, be enable to produce
better results by assessing in the aggregate

,  _.s.s--., ,. . ____,
, oEr_e-half the amount of lngliway la.\‘cs now
1 being assessed.

Al)()l"l‘ Tllli (‘()['.\"l‘Y si3s'ri-:.\i.

But I would go much furthcr. l would
adopt the county systcin thus cnabling the
§ plgople to mark out and cstablisli :i few

 l‘-3"-filing lines of road through the entire i

c¢.vfimt_v. and as fast as practicable. improve
these roads with the end. lii'st_ to ¢=s't;1l;li,-ll
easy grades. even at the expense of :1 sliglit

\‘.,§l.lIel' on or under the su1'f:1cc, so far as
niIcessai'_v. and prepare for gravclling whcrc
gfiivod gravcl can be pi'oclli'cd. and at other
points use the licld or granite stone suit-
-“.l_,-ly crushed. and bcgin the constru«_-tion
of roads substantially on the .\lacad:un
plan. \\'ith a proper systcni that can be
established under our county road law we
can construct cach ycar a number of miles
of Such permanent highway and not in-
t:"easc the high\va_v tax bcyond what we
 have been collecting annu:ill_\' for thc past
2" to -l0 years.

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;_ _._;In winters like the prcsciit. with our
hfia\'y’ snow falls. and as the country be-
dupies more thoroughly dcnudcd of forests.
the county .sy.stcin will bc of untold value
to the locality whcrcestablishcrl. in rcinov—
iii the snow blockade. thus assuring the
C-_d§1niliiiity travcrscd by county ro.-ids.reg—
 and uninterrupted trallic to and from
“, rprincipal lui.-iiicss towns and stations.
j_’__iswoul«,l go a long way towards coin-
{iénsating the t:i.\'pa_vcrs for the i1c,ces.sai’_v
Qltlay of constructing county roads.

MY Jl()l’lC.

l have now been in the active iiai'iiéss of
road construction for 3.’; years, have devot-
ed much time and money over and beyond
1n_v as;-rcsscd taxes (which I have paid cheer-
fully) to that class of improvements. l
shall not be with you n1:m\'_\'cars longer to
wori'y the good pct.-plc upon this subject.
bnt would cstccm it a source of much
pleasure in m_v declining years to realize
that the county of (irand Traverse {if no
other) had adopted the prcscnt county road
law and made substaiitial progress in that
good work.

Michigan School for the Blind.

“The object of the school is to educate
the blind, and afford them instruction in
such useful arts and trades as may be found
to be best adapted, and such as will best
enable them to maintain themselves. l’u-
pils are educated in the branches usually
taught in the common schools, and also in
vocal and instrumental nuisic; in addition,
mcclianical trades are taught: the physical
and moral training receive careful and con-
scientious attention.

"The advantages of the school are not
limited to the wholly blind: the statute
wisely includes among those to beadmittcd
partially blind persons whose defective
sight prevent them receiving instruction in
the common schools.

“The present law fixes the ages between
ten and twenty-one; in its discretion the
board may admit persons under or over the
ages named. In this connection the board
is of the opinion that the law should be so
amended that the minimum age should not
be above five years. and. if it might be,
some provision of law should permit the
board to acquire possession of t ie child at
even an earlier age. Harsh as it may seem,
such early removal to the school would, it
is believed, inure to the benefit of the
child.” ,

The appropriations asked for are 52:2,-
0o0 for each of two years, for current ex-
penses, and $2,500 for plumbing.

Average number of inmates 1803, 68;
1894, (33; per capita cost to state, «$317.35.

Michigan School for the Deaf.

This school costs about $60,000 per year
for current expenses. $65,500 per year
are asked for expenses during the next two
years, and about $23,000 for building and
repairs——a total annual cost of $77,000.

“This leaves the enormous number of 465
deaf children of school age in Michigan,
who are not going to any school, and
shows conclusively that the reason why
this school has not grown during the past

 

ll_}Cl'e21.s'(' of distance: ncxt. to drain oll' ’

      

\\'ll()l.lC N(). l¢;."..
‘ tcn years is not that «lcafuc.-s is dccrcasing
fa.stci' than the population iii.-it-nst-s, but
somctliing clsc.
, “Thc pity of it is that provision for {lit-_.-(5
v children should have bccn made a little at a
3 llluc. during the past tcn vcars: that many
I of them should now be finishing thcii' c.lii_
cation. instcad of waiting‘ at home for gr
I cliancc to begin it; that thc cslimatcs for the
‘ ncxl two years, now out of our h:inds.wcrc
made under thc iniprcssion that there were
not nearly so 1nan_v to pro\ idc for: and that
cvcn it" thcsc cslilnalcs were yet to be
made. the state, in the present hard times
and with the great demands on her made
by the liapccr school and the new Nor-
thorn llospital for the insane, could hardly’
make the necessary provision now. i
"\Vliat we will do about it is a quc.stionde-
manding very serious thought. The pics.-
cnt board of trustccs will give it all that its
importance demands. and if any way out
of the dilemma can bofound, they will liml
it. In the mcantimc tho-c who have chil-
drcn here 1na_v fccl that thcy arc the fa-
vorcd few, and that a })l.'ll'(‘ for a child in
this school for some time to conic. will be
casily lost and very hard to regain."

Needed Improvements in Our Presi-
dential Election-System.

The prcscnt. basis for an clccloral pro-
portion by stalcs has its merits. and need
not be cxcliangctl fora numcric.-il poll of
the wholc union: but, in cilhcr case. we
should sweep out. oncc and for all. this
dangerous and supcrlluous clcctoral col-
lege. and set each state to devoting the
month which follows the X()\'(‘llll)L'l‘ vote
tcrits-mvii oli1'efal regishy of, $~’_U_|:l-§£_‘l_'(‘!Slllt.s.'.
“'63 should abolish the prcscut intervention
of a house of rcprescntativcs. or reduce it
to the remote contingency of a tic bctwccn
the candidates. trusting. as in statc cloc-
tions, to the rulcthata popularity shall clccl.
onccand for all. The house of rcprcscnta—
tives, and the congress, to i'cviso- rcsultsand
formally :li1l1ou.'icctlicclioicc, should be the
incoming and newly chosen. and not the
outgoing. one: and all conccrting opportu-
nity for mischief bct\\ccn a congrcss and
an administration alr:-ady dclcgalcd to re-
tirement -—all such opportunity as embar-
rasscd and paraly7.ed thccountry sogrcatly
in Isoo if not in IHTU —-should bx‘ reduced to
a minimum. With a month gained by the
abolition of clcctoral colleges, it would not
be diflicult for a newly choscn congress to
enter upon its fllll(‘.ll()ll.\' at New Ycai"s;
and for the new executive in altcrnate con-
gresses to be installed then or soon after,
following the comingcxamplcofthc states.
An zuljournnient of congress, long enough
to give a new president time to make up
his administration and formulate a policy,
might perhaps be provided; but the Llnited
States is scarcely a i'epi'eseiitative govern-
mcnt at all, if public agents elected to
meet existing conditions must invariably
begin their work under later ones, at the
same time that they are liable to stand
long in the way after they have been su-
pe-rscded. -/I///ms‘ -V/‘/I/I/I/I"/' /in /‘b’/‘I///1..

Punctuation Marks.

From Shuman's “Ste; s Into Journalism."

Custom has determined the chief use of
each. The comma indicates the point
where an explanatory sentence is begun or
ended; the semicolon marks the separation
of two incomplete or interdependent sen-
tences; the colon stands where the pre-
ceding sentence or part of a sentence ends
with expectancy that is to be satisfied with
what immediately follows; the period or
full-point indicates that the sentence is
closed; the parentheses that one clause of a
sentence, usually explanatory, is within
another sentence. * * * The perplex-
ing question of where to use the comma
will be almost solved when once you real-
ize that commas, in the majority of cases,
go in pairs—-though the necessary substi-
tution of a period often obscures the fact,
and that parentheses could be substituted
for them. "

 

The Grange offers the best opportunity
of any institution or body in this country
for the intellectual and social development
of the yeoman of this great nation.

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Field and Stock.

Cattle Feeding.

Will it pay the Farmers of ,VIi1-higan to Prepare
for Cattle Feeding in the future 1’

\V. 1'2. liOYl)E,\'.

It may not be wholly oiitofplace to give
this matter a few moments thought. I11

.\Ii1-higaii. iioiie seems to wa1'i'a111 an easy
an1l speedy road to great I'll‘ll(}$. llut hav-
ing our fariiis, we iiiust sell. rent, or w11i'k
them. as tlie1'e are 1111.-iity of ex11c11s1-s ac-
cruiiig from a farm in the way of ta.\'es.

stro_\'i11g noxious weeds. etc. As :1 rule.
g11o1l live stock. of good t11 11ri111e 1111-ality,
well fattene1l, 1i111ls ready sale at fair prices.
Only last fall slieep and lainbs went to the
fee11i11g 111-11s :11 1% 111 '_’._'.- cents 11e1'11oI1111l:
today 1111-_\' are worth from -‘-1.1 to 711- cents
11ei' 1111111111 at the fa1'111e1's‘ yards. Of
course it has taken time, care. and fce1l to
make tl1e111 good 1-nough 111 fetch top
prices.
will attci1111t slieep feeding 111-.\'t winter,
with what results ti111cal11ne will tell.
has 11rove1l true, as :1 rule. that when the
masses 1‘11sh one way, he wl111 sciisibly goes
the other 1-111111-s out ah1.-ad.
GET KICADY .\'ow.

Any fariner wishing to fee1l cattle next
wintc1' may 111'o1ital1l_v give the matter
some thought as early as now.
raises his own fee1le1-s. they should now be
put al1ea1l int11 str11ng and thrifty 1-11111liti1111.
so they will |1e in proper shape t11 make
g11111l use of the 1ii'st six to ten weeks at
pasture. P6I‘lltl1).'~.', many tiines, feeders
can l1e |11111ght cheaper than they can l1c
gr11w11, but many times it is ditlicult 111
buy just the right. sort. A1111 surely 1111
farnier in .\Ii1-higan should think of grow-
11tl1er than tl111se that will, wl1e11 fed, make
prime to extra. \\'e see many fariiicrs
contiiiue right al1111g growing wl1e2it.whicl1
has conie 11own in price at least 131111 per
cent since war time prices. Then wlieat
was in active dc11ia1i1l at $3 to $3.25 a
bushel, n11w about fifty cents is t1111 pri1-c.
Has there l1eei1 any s11cl1 1-11111e d11w11 in the
price of cattle! The A1111-1'11-2111 pe11ple
have, as a rule. a strong liking for beef as
11ne of the staple articles of food. There
has not l1ee11 a 1lay since 1.\".1'_> that prinie to
extra steers would n11t fetch 5% 111 T ceiits
on f11ot in Chicago. Do not these prices
offer at least as much show 11f profit as does
50 cent wheat, seven dollar hay, ten cent
w11ol and other like farm prodiictsf Any
farmer fee1lii1g 1111 all coarse grain and f1111—
der must be robbiiig his farm considerably
less than 1l11es the fariner wl11) rakes over
his l1arn yard that he may get a few 111111'e
pounds of straw to sell. The time is 1-oin-
ing when 11ne 11111st rcn1ler an account
f11r this wholesale robbing of his soil.

FEI{TII.lT)'.

This 1111estion of keeping 1111 the fertility
of our soil is one that we must all give
heed t11. Of course there are 11leiity 11f
comniercial fertilizers that the 11ianufactu1'-
ers an1l 1lealers a1'e 1111ly too gla1l t11 ex-
change for the far1ner's cash, b11t from
some experiineiits tried I w1111l1l say go
slow on coiiiiiiercial fcrtili7.ers until y1111
a1'e s111'e by actual tests on yo11r 11w11 soil
that they will pay. Then here comes in a
point in favor 11f cattle feeding, that of
manure. For dro1111ings 11f cattle grain
fed are rich in plant food, and the sooner
drawn to the field after l1eing made, the
better. It seems to me that from present
indications goo1l beef cattle will l1e wanted
at such prices that properly bred, grown
and fe1l will return to the farmers of Mich-
io'an a fair 1rofit over cost of pro1l11ction.
Pllroni this t en I will answer the question
in the aflirinative.

Buy or breed good specimens 11f any of
our improved beef l1reeds, keep them go-
ing ever in the 1lirection of prime finished
cattle and I feel sure that you will have
found a profitable home market f11r your
hay and coarse gi-ain. If unable to de-
cide what breed to select, look about and
see what other good fee1lers are using. If
I mistake not, y1111 will find a breed calle1l
Short Horn that have, to  the least,

done well. Try them.
Delhi Mills.

How I Market My Wool.
J. H. TAFT.

After several years experience in wash-
ing my grade Merinos, I concluded it was
an inhuman practice,for two reasons: First,
The injury to the sheep in the method of
Washing, as very few men handle sheep at this
time as they would want to be handled
themselves; Second, the idea of expecting
the sheep to carry their winter clothing,
their fleece, until the river or washing
Water becomes Warm enough to Wash in
Without great shock to man as well as ani-
mal, which is the last of May or first of
June before washed sheep shearing is gen-
erally done. _ _

The sheep get very thin in flesh, espec-
ially a ewe that is raising a lamb, pant-
ing and lolling from the effects of the hot
sun during the day and the heavy coat of

1 1.-rally.
. is almost as much

newly 511111-n 11111-ks as it was with their .
I ” ’ sessiiig of lands,
1 skin so that v1111 will notice it peel. The .—
i be followed bv _.

. . . . ~ 111-outh an1l sliort 11:1.-t111'c. .s11tl1:I1 really our ‘
looking over the future farm operatioiis: 1

likely to l1e p11rsue1l by the fariiicrs 11f 1

self and my 11111-hct book.

It

H he 7 :1 1.3 miles by rail and some of my 1-li11s

THE GRA1NGE VISITOR.

wo11l:nat11i'e 1-omes to their relief in a

- 1]](:-.‘1.s'll1'(_-, by the w11ol shedding off from

their legs an1l a portion of the bellies gen-
After sli1-a1'i11g, the hot June sun
of a t11i't11i'e

heavv coats 1111. as it often s1-orches the

fli(_-,~'. are .-111111 1111 11111111. 111

3 lands in the
on their ;

br11ok 11-11,1111-11 slit-1-11 do n11t have any peace ,

u111ilf;1ll_;1n11 still We \\'11ll11€l‘ \‘.'l1_\' 11111‘ 5110911

3 do not l<1-1-p fat.

1 1111 xor \\'_\.~’ll siii-11:1-. ’

\\'i1h an improved flock of sl11-ep I l‘1av1-

_ _ _ , . i111p1'oved 111v 1111,-tliorl of handling my w11ol
r1-p:11i'ing. fei11-es. and farm b111l1lings. 1le- ‘

to 1111; 111-nelit of the sheep as well as i1iy-
fiince bree1lii1g
ll:t11l1)>l1il'(,'~‘ l have 1lisc:1i'1l1-11 \\'t1~lllllf_T be-

; 11111-sti11ns 1'el:1tiv1- 111 the

1 . .
 statutoiy p1o\is1ons.and the errors, techni-
1

cal or otherwise, which have criven rlxe t0

. . V _ z- _ _ --
legislation. and.dcteated the state s title to
_ A1l1roi11la1-k park. The coin-
I}l1_tt66_c:1lls _attei1t111n to 1 1e great extent 11f
litigation arisingoiit 11f the erroneous as-
and siiggcsts that t:1.\'es on
lands sliould l1e asscss1-11 agaiii.-t the land
itself. ai11l not agaiiist tlies111111ose1l 1111-1191-
1‘!//‘//11:/‘-\'. [I/11.1111 L11///’/1 -11/1-111-1/I5.

Wide Tires for Wagons,

We sent to :1 n11mbe1' 11f fa1'1111-1'sa few
_ _ value and 11s1-of
wide tires on farm wagoiis. \\'1- print 111--
l0_\\' 1l1e11uesti1111s an1l the :1i1sw1-rs 1'1-1-1-iv1-11.
\\ e also print the law 1'cfe1'1‘c1l to in 1111-

.: 11uestio11s.

f11re slieai-iiig. 1111-sanic as I have tliresliing 3

b1-aiis with :1 l1:1il.~it is :1 way of the 11:1st.
The fi1'st 1-lip 11f 1111w;i.<l1c11 wool I sold at

being 1/m/-«rs-/1.»:/. the b11y1-1' :11-k11owle1lging 

that thc unw11sl1ed lla111p.sl1ir1- wool would

3 1-leaiisc away less than soiiie washed grzide
lt1111w looks 111 me that many ‘-

.\Ie1'ino wool in the s.-1111c lot. llowever.
I sol1l ita11r11lcliv1-1-1-11 it 1.3 111111-saway. It
was wool, not live st111-k. but it shrank 7

j poimds on less than 111410 poundsaccording
. to the scales
= miles. a111l w1- thought we weighed it verv

at the other ei11l of the 15
closely at liomc. I said then that I would
not encoiirage such oiitrageous 111'aeti1-1-s
or 11uit raising wool an1l I liavesl1ippe1l
my wool since. It has been carted many

have weiglied 2.31111 pounds an1l weighed
11ver the same scales here and I have the
first shipm1-nt to shrink 7 pounds.

.\'Illl’l’l,\'(}.

I shear diiring a warm spell in April l1c-
f11re I turn on g1'ass. sack i11y wool  fast
as sliorn. an11 ship i111i11e1liately to lioston,
then it is out 11f my way an1l it is where :1
dozen buyers can see it to one at hoinegand
before you have your wasl1e11 wool shorn I
have the 1'1-turns for my wool. Soine may
say wl1_v not ship to ('l1i1-ago? I have al-
\va_\'s sl1ippe1l to Ii11st1111, while sonie have
tri1-11 the (‘l1i1-ago wool coiiiinission firnis
to their sorrow.

I ship to IIc1-lit. Liebnian & Co., who
liavc given i11e good s21tisfacti1111. I also

* have sliipped f11r 111y brother breeders for

several years, who have been well pleased
with their rctiirns.

l)oI111twasl1 your slieep, brother fa1'-
mers: sliear early a1i1l send your wool t11
some good coiiiinissioii 1'll'lll and you as

well as the sheep will l1e bette1' 11leals-e11.
Mc11dun.

.  V“
Sacalirie.

This new forage plant which is l1eing
widely advertised the present seasoii is a
native 11f the island 11f Saghalin otfthe east
coast of Siberia. It has not yet been
grown in field culture in this country. a1111
1111ly to a limited extent abroad. so that
there is little basis 1111 which to judge 1_1f
its merits for feeding pui-11oses. It has
been known lieretofore chiefly as an orna-
mental plant in parks and gardens, and is
t11tally 11itl'ei'e11t in cliaracter from all our
gr:1sses an1l clovers. It is said that st11ck
of all kiiids eat the leaves readily. l111t
whether the stems also prove 11alatablc.an1l
whether the plant can be profitably made
int11 hay we do not yet know. Sacaline is
propagated both by seeds and by un1ler—
ground sl1o11ts. Although native 11f a
moist climate, an1l apparently thriving
best in s11111ewl1at damp situations, it seems,
nevertlieless, well a1lapte1l to withstand
dry weather. At the Iowa Experiment
Station it has been grown in a small way
as an ornamental plant for the past eleven
years an1l has passed through severe
drouths without injury. At this station it
has been grown l111t one year an1l further
trial is needed to detei'111ine its value here.
A caution sho11l1l be given t11 those intend-
ing planting it as to its danger of beco111-
ing a weed; for like the Johnson grass an1l
quack grass its roots when once established
may 1i'ove 1liflic11lt to ei'a1licate.—-—1l[1'1-/1¢'-
g1‘1.11. 47/111,’-.1-1'11z.1-.123 S/(z2‘1'o/2.

A Million Dollars.

For Forestry in New York.

The report of the New York assembly
committee of 1894 on public lan1ls and for-
estry, 11n the investigation of Adirondack
lan1l an1l tax titles, 11n1ler resolution of the
last assembly, will be presented to the legis-
lature to-iiight. ’

The committee spent c(1nsi1lerable time
in the Adirondack region in order to ob-
tain information as to the effect of the cut-
ting of the timber on state lands, an1l the
denudation of lands still in private

ownership. The committee found a una-

nimity of sentiment among all having an
acquaintance with the great Adirondack
watershed as to the importance of the pres-
ervation of the forests.

The state owns but a small portion of
the lands within the boundaries of the Adir-
ondack park, and the committee suggests
that the state purchase more lands so as to
make its holdings as compact as possible.
At least $1,000,000 should be immediately
ex nded in enlarging the state’s holdings.

he report discusses at length the various

1 e.\'cee11ii1g 8011 pounds in weight * * * *
. ceive a rebate 11111111-—f111irt:i

= l111i11c. sta111li11g:1 1lls1-1111111oI1:ic1‘1111I1t of its 5

1 sal use of wide ti1'e1l wagons f11r

,  what 1111-ans would you
, ducing the people to use wide tires.’

1

Alhl persoiis _who shall use ()1 l_\' lllllllJi‘I‘ wago11~1
011! tépublic li_1gl1wa_vs ofitiis >l2il1‘. wiiu rims not
l955tl1i’|l|llll't‘€llIt‘llr"lll width. for liauliuz loads" 11111
, shall re-
ot their asst-sseil
I‘/‘o1'i1le1,l. 1111111‘:-1'r, sm-h re.
bate 5112.111 note-x1-e1-d iii any one yeai‘ Lure-e dd): 1111111
tax to any one person —H111I:1'(l. 14.13.31,,

The 11uestions were: l\'ould the univer-

wav tax lll‘(>‘t'lL'lJ 31-a1:

loads greatly improve our higliways and
lesscii the 1-ost 11f niaintaiiiiiig them!
siiggcst for iii-
tlie farmers in your vicinitv take a1lvai1t-
highway tax to users of wide tires.’

Ilie following are the replies received:

I. lC1n11iiati1-ally yes. :2.
before the users 11f wagons the a1lvan1agcs
11f wide  narrow tires. All new wagons
ar1111n1l here have wide tires an1l many old

Siinply to keep

’ ones are being 1-hanged 111 wide instead of

narrow ones.  Yes, they all appreciate
the law an11 take advantage as it provides.

Gico. .\l. liL'CK1\'l-Il.I..
C€7lTC'I‘L‘illC.

l have 1111 doubt the general use of wide
tires would be beneficial to our liigliwavs.
11111 as a wagon with broa1l ti1'es rims con-
siderably l1ar1ler than the narrow one 11n
our c11in111on dirt r11ads,I don't think it
possible to‘ i1i1l11ce the pe1111le generally to
use them. In regard 111 the rebate of Ingli-
way tax to users 11f wide tire, I don‘t think
there are any in this locality who take ad-
vantage 11f it. There are very few wide
tires used here, except on fai-111 trucks, an1l
they are seldom used 1111 the r11a1l.

II. l5i1A11s11_.iw.
North Brrmclz.

I think that 11111' roa1ls would be better
if wide tire11 wag111is were used in l1a11li11g
heavy loa1ls. I think if every farnier
1-1111111 get one-fourtli 1111' 11n road work there
would’ be more wide tires used: 111-caiise
they a1'e i1111cl1 better on the fariii. A num-
ber of years ago we had a law that gave
one-fourth oil‘ on r11a1l lal1or. b11t it did not
last long. Now we work f11ll time. There
is no rebate in my township at present on
highway tax. A great many far1nc1's use
wi1le tires. Iain a far11icrai11l have used
wide tires for about eight years 1111 111y
farm ai11l to haul my 11rod11cetoiiiarket.
I hardly know what course to pursiie 111
induce 11c1111le to use them more on the r11ad.

C. )1. FL'LI.l-IR.
B1111:-r11ft.

The law is still in force. Brother Fuller.—ED.

In my opinion the use of wi1lc tire1l
wagons on highways for heavy loads
would reduce the e.\'penses o11e—1ialf in keep-
ing then1,the l1ighways,in repair. The far111—
ers do n11t get any rebate in highway taxes
on account of the use 11f wide tire1l wagons
because in certain seasons of the year it is not
practible to use them for heavy l11a1ls, as
the wagon itself, with the 1111111 its tires
would acciiiiiiilate would be a loa1l. That
has been my experience: therefore we 1-an
not make the re11uire1l afli1lavit to entitle
us to any rebate in our highway tax. The
law as it now stands is not operative, and
I would advise its repeal. All farmers in
0111' vicinity understand the value of wide
tires on their farms and highways and are
rapidly a1lopting their use when pacticable,
an1l that is at all times when not niuddy,
and a preinium in the shape of rebate on
highway tax in my opinion is not necessary.

REUBEN STRAIT.
Stony Point.

There is no doubt but the use of
wide tired wagons on the roads would
greatly improve their condition, but the
universal ignorance of the overseers of the
highways has more to do with the present
condition. of the roads than the narrow
tired wagons that are in use. If the road
bed is put in perfect condition, a narrow
tire can be used as well as a wi1le
one. In the first lace every road bed
should be thorouglily drained by using
tile of suflicient size to carry oif the water
and leave the road hard and dry. A great
many think that by filling up a mud hole
with dirt they are doing a good_ job in re-
pairing the road, when the fact is they are
only patching it up without removing the
cause. I have in mind a piece of road
about twenty rods 10 that was almost
impassableexcept in t 13 Winter when it

 was frozen.
. drawn 11n that piece of road 11n wagons. to

and it is

l_ t , gi'1-atly improve our liigliwavs. '_'.
111:: 1- ' '

y 1111- 111-111111-111 use 1111-111. ii.

licavy
11 : }_*1\'i11g :1 1'1-11111-tioii in liigl1w:1_v

I111 1'

I shruiikone-third.

APRIL -1, 1395

For live years the dirt was

be c:11'1'ie1l out on \\‘ag11i1 \\'l]e(:-ls,
was 1l11g which 1l1':1in1-11 it
w;1t1-1' standiiig on

A ditch
so th1-r1- was no
the si1les 11f the road.
1111\v as good as aiiv dirt roa1l. I
think the ro:11ls could b1-draii11-11 almost as
1.'l10:1pl_\’ as for the people 111 1111i\'c1'sall_\'
use the wide tired \v:1«_-1111s. as the iiiaioi-itv
of f:1i'i111,-rs would h:1ve 111 p111-1-liase new
w:1g1111.-111' wheels with wide tires. 1 never
111-:11-11 of aiiyone g1-ttiiig :1 1'1-11:111.-111' high-
\\‘:1v1:1.\' for the use of the wi1 1- ' - -s
, 111 .
.l11ii.\' l’.1s.~.\i11i1i-:.
Flusliing/.

l. l 111ok_vo111' letter to 1111- (ii':1i1g1-111111
‘Vt’ ll-‘U1 =1 1r<1111l dis:-us.~i11n 1111 wide and 11:11‘-
row tired \\‘:1g1111s. We took :1 V1111-:1n1l it
\\=l_- 'l<"<'I1l1-11 b_\’:1go111l 111:1joi'ity that the
un1v1-rs:1l use 11f wide tired \\‘:!2‘11ll.~ would
1 don't
kiiow what 1111-aiis to .~11_<_-‘:1-.-1 for i111l111'inu'
.\'o. i

1’. I’. lll-I.\.\'.
1311111111111.

5411110 1011 _\'1-:11‘s ago :1 law was 11:1ss1-11
1:1.\' wh1-i'1-
only a four—ii11-li tire was used 111' notliing
l1-ss than foui'—in1-li. V1-i'y few wagoiis 111'

. 1 , _ 1 ‘[1115 Width of 1111- w1-i'1- bought in this 1‘11111—
age of the law allowing a partial rebate of 1 ‘

11111nity. L‘. 2%. 5'3. :1i11l22.}. are 11uit1- com-

,~ 111011. but 11o11ca1'1- lik1-d in :1 muddy time.

Tlieincn wl1o1lo the iuost 11-.-u11iiig——wl1o

¥ai'e_1111_tl1e road 1111 11111111-1' what its 1-1111-
. dition is, nearly all use 1i:1i'1'11wti1'1-s.

Thev
claim that in :1 111111l1l_v ti1111- the iiarrow tire
draws the 1-asi1-st. The 11-aiu that foll1)\vs
a narrow tire in mu1l1l_v. 111- f1'(-(-zin1_r and
thawing time has a l1:1rd timcof it. l.lu1lg—,
ing l1y the past 1 have no faith in 11ro1l11c-
mg good roads bythe 1-11:11-11111-.111 ofanv law
on tl1esubj1-1-t 11f wide 1,i1'es. ()i11- 1lilli1-ultv
with our present r11ad law is that it gives
too11l111'l11lis1'I‘e1i1111 in 1'1-gai-11 to tl11- :u11ount
of the :1ssessc1l val11:1t.io11 fora d:1y‘s work.
The agg1'1-gate valuation has >'l1l'lllll\' n1-:1 rly
one-1l’1ir11 ai11l with it the liigliway labor has.
I 1-laiiii that 1111-i11t1-1'ests:
11f the city, village, ai11lco111111'y are 11111111111.
Every city a111l village has roads that ai'1-
fee11e1's. I believe justice 1lc11i:1i1ds that
they should be taxe1l 111 111-111 k1-1-p 1111-111 in
r1-p:1i1'. Over one-thir1l of the :1ss1-ssc1l val-
uation of \Vasl11en:1w 1-1111i11y is in 1111- 1-111‘-
1111rate liniits of its 1-itics:1111l \'ill:1_1_-'1-s. ai11l
what is true of \V:1sl1tei1:1w is more or l1-ss.
true of every otlier 1,-ounty in the state. an1l
1l1cy11ay nothing towards the support of
11111'r11a1le.\'1-1-11t where they liave :11lopt1.-d
the county systeiii. 1-1. A. .V1111i1)i.1x.
Uc.1:tcr.

.._______ ‘ 1

Il1:1ve l1ro11gl1t the11111-stion 1111 :11 the
(,1rang1-,meetings, l11it could 11111 get any
siiggestioiis as to what ineaiis 111 i1i1l11cc the
11e1111le to use the wide tires. - T111.-re has
never been any advantage taken of rebate
11f highway tax. T111-re are about two-
tl'1i1‘1ls 11f the people in this vicinity that
11sc wide tire1l wagons. and I know that if
.-111111-iiieaiis could l1e 111-vise1l so that -all
would use them, the cost of keeping 1111 1111r
higliways would l1e 111111-li less. But there
ought to be s11i11e law 111 compel the 11111
roads 111 give a rebate on 11111. “e have
tollroa1ls re:11-liing 11111 from the city of
(,i1'an1l liapids 11n every side for eight or
ten miles. a111111o reduction is 111a1le be-
tween narrow 11r wide tir1-d wagons. I
think if there was 11111rc 11f :1 rebate made
from our highway tax t1111sers11f wide tire1l
wagons that it might be niore 11f an in-
duccn1e.nt t11 take advantage of the law an1l
still get about as much w11rk1lone. Ifpcople
would only take an interest in the ini-
provenient 11f our highways. I would like
to hear through the Visiroic the minds of
others 11n this subject, asl am an advocate

of good roa1ls. M. II. I<‘11s'r1-JR.
C1131-«dc

Yes. in some of the districts. In the
district in which I live, we have not taken
advantage of the law, for the very good
reason that we don’t have the 4-inch tire
as required by the law, as we 11i11lerstand
that -1-inch  what the law says. If 4-inch
is law, I would suggest that 3-inch is wide
enough. Almost all fariners already (1wn
wagons that have from 3 to 3% inch tires.
I know of no 4-inch tire wagon. I noticed
today where I drew clay and gravel 11n the
highway in front of my house, that a
buggy with two persons in it cut deeper
than a 3 1-4-inch tire did with a good two
horse load of inanui-e. Some years ago I
took all my road fences away and cleaned
up the fence rows. I plow out, always,
filling 111) the unsightly ditches and keeping
down all noxious weeds. I keep the center
of the road a little full so as to turn the.
water from the roadbed. I also harrow
much so as to fill up all of the low places.
I allow no mudholes along my farm. My
neighbors give me the credit of having the
best roads to be found anywhere in the.
county. I plow, plant, sow u to the very ,
wagon rut, so as to kee level) and clean.
Seed down to clover an mow up to the-
very rut. I let the public drive into the
crop if they wish to. I say nothing. Peo-
ple appreciate the good road and so don’t

destroy my crops. DAVID HANDSHAW.

Mendon.
(Continued to page 5.)

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APRIL 4, 1895.

THE GRANGE: VISITOR.

3

Wanna’: XII/ear.

Songs of Seven.

Seven Tlmes Seven—Longing For Home.

A song of :1 boat:
There was once a boat on :1 billow:
Lightly she rocked to her port remote,
And the foam was white in her wake like snow.
And her frail mast bowed when the breeze would blow.
And bent like a wand of willow.

I shaded mine eyes one day when a boat
Went coiirtesying over the billow:
I marked tier course till a dancing mote

She faded out on ttie moonlit foam.

And I stayed behind in the dear loved home:
And my thoughts all day were about the boat

And my dreams noon the pillow.
I pray you hear my song of a boat.
For it is but short:
My boat. you shall find none fairer afloat.
In river or port.
Long I looked out for the lad ‘she bore.
On the open. desolate sea.
And I think he sailed to the heavenly short-.
For he came not back to mt--
‘ Ah 111:-I
A song of a ncst:
There was mice a nest in 9. hollow:

Down in the mosses and knot grass pressetl.
Soft and warm and full to thcbri1i1—
Y1-tclics lcancd over it purple and dim.

With huttercup buds to follow.
I pray you hear my song of a nt-st.
For it is not long.
You shall never light in a .-uinnioris qua“.-‘l’
The bushes aniong--
Shall never light on a prouder sittr-r.
A fairer n:-stful. nor r-vcr know
A softer sound than their tr~11dc1'twitt1-r.
That wind-like did come and 1;:-.
I had :1 n1-stful once of my own.
Ah happy, happy I 1
Right 111-arly I loved them. but whcn tlit,-y were grown.
Tlicy sprr=.:1d out their \\'IIlL{s to tl_\ V
0, one after one they flew :1w:1_v.
For up to the lit,-avr-11l_v blue.
To the better cou11tr_v. thc uppcr day.
I wish I was _-_;oiu:.: too.
I pray you what is :1 111-st to 11113.
My cinpty 111-st I
And what is the shorc wlicrc I stood to sm-
My boat s:1ildo\vn to the \v1- '1’
('an I call that hmnc \\'llI‘l’L3 l anchor
Thougzli1i1y,rzootl1i1:111l1:1' '
(‘:1nIc:1lltl1:1tl1o111c wlicrc 111_\‘111-
Now all its hope hath t':11l1-d?
Nay. but thc port whcrc my sailor wcnt.
And ttu-l:i111l wlu-rc my iicstliiius be-:
Thcrcis:tl11-ho111r- Wt]:-rt‘ my Ill()IIL,’lll>' :1rcs1»11t.
The only tllllllt‘ for 1111-~
.\h 1111-!
—Jl-IAN I.\’l-lr.'I.U\'\.

Parental Influence.

It was :1 b -autifiil, bright littlc l:1d who
caiiie into the ple:1s:111t sitting room of :1
f:1r11ilio111c. He li:1d just :1rrivcd at the
dignity of knee trousers. blouse \\':1ist,
broad collar and tic. We were busy at
11111‘ writi11_<_r and he t1:1d cvidciitly becn :1d-
nioiiishcd not to disturb the l:1d_v. He
drew his little cli:1ir to thc stove. put his
feet on the fender. and bcg:111 chewing
soiiietliing. \\'c c:1rcfully watchcd him
and saw him take :111 old ti11 tobacco box
from one of thc little pockets. take out
so111etl1i11g:11id put it in l1is ii1o11tli,thc1i
more :11id more, until his little check stood
out far bcyond the n:1tur:1l sizc. ICvc1'_v
fa-w inoiiiciits the little fcllow would try to
spitiiitothc hc:1rth of thc stovc. I'poi1
«'-lose iiivcstigation we found he w:1s chew-
ing pieces of calico tli:1t he t1:1d cut 11p and
put into his old tobacco box. Of course
it w:1s:1ll .pl:1i1i, :11id when we bcg:111 to
quietly t:1lk to him :1bo11t it hc rcplicd
with s11cl1 :1 self satisticd air. "\\'ell. my
p:1 tloes.“

Thc girl was perhaps tcii _vc:1rs old. She
w:1s very busy picking o11t from :111 old
Ladies‘ .\I:1g:1zii1c :1 croclict puttcrii. The
father l1:1d just fiiiislicd his iiioi'11ii1g's
chores:1i1dc:11i1oi1i for :1 little visit. As
soon :1sl1c c:1111c into thc room the little
daiigliter l:1id down hcr work. :111d with
such :1 smiliiig. gracious iiiaiiiicr she arose
and pl:1ccd :1 chair at the tircsidc for her
father. “Tli:11ikyou, d:111gl1tei',“ and the
tendercst smilc. were the iiiaiily thanks he
gave her. In :1 few iiiomeiits the gr:1i1d-
mother came into the room. Then the
father quickly rosc 11p. c:1refully placed
his mother :1 chair, :1iid said. “)Iothc1'. I
think this is not :1 good pl:1cc for you: the
wind blows in :1 little. :1nd I feel :1 slight
draft, :11id I think you li:1d bcttcr sit on
th:1t side of the stove." "Thaiik you. my
son." “'0 could but think of the infec-
tions spirit tli:1t had shown itself in the lit-
tle boy who said “My p:1 does."

Dear friends, these be:u1tiful little hu-
man lives that the great Master l1:1s iii-
trusted to our care are the most sensitive
of all His wonderful handiwork. How
:1rc we shaping and tr:1iniiig them! \\'li:1t
influence are o11r own lives haviiig upon
them? Do we u1idcrst:11id our children!
Do we know them, :11id do they know us?

Said :1 woman to me, “One of the sad-
dest disappointiiients of my whole life.
caiiie to me when I was :1 girl of thirteen.
I\Iy mother thought I had told her :1 false-
hood, and when I had tried my best to tell
my mothei; I had not, :1nd to explain the
situation, she sent me away from her. I
longed to run into her arms, to climb into
her lap, to have her cuddle me close to her,
and to explain what seemed to her to be :1
lie, but she sent me away from her. I ran
out of the house, full of rage, disappoint-
ment, and grief. I was bewildered. I
must go somewhere. IVhere could I go
When my mother refused to see me? I
had no sisters, I knew my father was
away. I ran for :1 creek that flowed
through the back fields on the farm, and
on its banks I cried myself asleep, and
there my father found me, feverish and
sick. And from that time until my
mother died I never got over it. She
meant to do right, but she did not under-
stand me. She never held my confidence
after that. I loved my mother, and when

, tell her.
, stands and hclps inc. :111d we have such

: other girls of iiiv age would go to their
I mothers and whisper their little secrets in-
, t(, 1n()’[he1'  ears and down into her heart,

how I envied them.

"Thank vou.I have h:1d :1 lovely visit. I
have enjoyed every hour I have been here,

i and I shall enjoy it :ill over again when I
get ho1i1c:111d c:111 tcll11i:i1i111i:1 :1ll about it.

"Do _vo11 :1lw:1ys tell your 1i1:111i1i1:1 all yo11
say and do :111d :1ll that is said to you and

 about eve1'ywl1ei'c yo11 gof" "Ccrt:1inly I
do."

3 tell.

"And don't she ever l:u1gh:1tyo11, or
or :1nvthi1igf“ “.\'cvt-1'. .\o one
1ii11st cvcr tcll inc ”:1ll\'ll1ll]g that I cannot
I love her so. and she 11iider-
secrets,

lovely t:1ll<s, and the sweetest

, 111111111113 :1111l I".’ood l)\'C. I 8.111 in :1 l1l1l'l‘y

to get hoinc :111d tcll hcr :1bo11t this ch:1rii1—

i11§_1r vi.-it.“ and the briglit-f:1ce1l young

wo111:1n, stroiig and safe in 111otl1_ers love

:111d contidciicc. turned to the safest of all

trirl shcltcrs. thc l1c:11't ot honic. niotlicr.

F .
.\lAl{Y A. .\l.1i o.

Reforms in the Household.

Part of :1 paper rczul at far1i1ers' institute at Decatur. by
Mrs. Jv:1111lc Buskirk of Paw Paw.

The _<_r1'c:1t :1dv:11icc in thc cducatioii of
wo1i1:111, thc opcning to hcr of 111:11i_v useful
occupatioiis {ind ncw :1\'c11ucs to lic1' :1111bi-
tion :111d iiitlueiicc. m:111ifcst though they
are in cvcry dcp:1rt111c1it of thought or
labor. do not or c:111not ch:11igchcrsplierc.
Howcvcr widely hcr iiitlucnce m:1_v i':1di:1te.
its ccntral p:1rt is the ho11seliol1l—tl1c home.

If bakc ovcii :111d ci':111c suppl:111ted by

1 s_I':1solilIc stove :111d range: c:1rryi11g w:1tcr

from :1 spring :1 half mile in the rear of the
house vcrsus dipping it from :1 tank in
your kitchcii; tire of logs in one co1‘11e1'-of
thc rooiu replacccl by fur1i:1cc or steaiii;
l)('llL‘ll(.€g‘ :111d stools for soft c:1sy chairs :111d
co11cl1cs,——if thesc tliiiigs have :1tt‘ccted
hc:1lth :111d liappiiicss. thcn ccrtziiitly there
has been :1 vast 1'efor111:1tio11. If not. it is
only 1-l1:111§_rc wc have. not rctoriu.
\\'0Rl\'.

A gl:11icc in thc :1vc1':1gc liouschold
would lc:1d one to infcr that reforin l1:1d
reached :1 point beyond Wtiicli nothing
morc could be dcsircul. But work is work.
:111d liowcvcr splcndid the s11i'1'o11ii1li11gs.
dust will :1ccu111ul:1tc. :111d cobwcbs will
gather, and moth :11id rust will corrupt.
And if :11iyo1ic h:1s :1 notion that :1 house-
hold c:1ii be :1rr:1iigcd on any pl:1ii by which
cithcr pliysical or iiiciital l:1bor c:111 be dis-
pensed with, they are laboriiig undcr :1 de-
lusion. But it docs not 1icccss:1i'il_v follow
that to bc :1 lio11sckccpci' one need be .1
drudge. or that the work 1i1:1y not be :1 dc-
light i11stc:1d of :1 burdcii. if propcr ctforts
are made to discover the incthods of doing
it.

There are no spccitic rulcs _tli:1t c:1i11bc
l:1id down for :1ll to work from. for -ditl'cr—
ciit coiiditiotis cxist i11dilt'crc11t liouscliolds,
:1iid ncw coiiditioiis must bc met and 1i1:1s-
tcrcd cvcry d:1y. Tlicrc is :1 ccrt:1i11 rout-
ine of work that must bcfollowcd in :1 well
kept liousc. and no 111:1ttcr how great the
c.\'ccutivc ability. it c:1111iot be done :111d
out of thc w:1_v liardly :1 day :1l1c:t1l.

iiiiicss.

iv far the gre:1tci' worry :11id wcziriiiess
of lifc conics from what is dciioiiiiiiatcd
<l1'0ss. and it is often thc one solo uiiiimitiiig
thought of i11:111y woiiicn. l1:1bitu:1ted iii
them through the cciiturics that have conic
and gone b_v the i1:1rrow _t_>_'1'oovc in which
they wcrc obliged to trc:1d until the pros-
ciit dcc:1dc. \\'hilc thc ch:11igc that has
l1(.'t‘l'1\\'I'0llg‘l]ll))' wo11i:1ii for womaii. :1l—
lowing hcr to take p:1rt in public life: :11-
lowing hcr to havc plcntv of brain work
and staiid shoulder to sliouldcr with man is
not :1 houscliold 1'€for111 in itself. it 901-.
t:1ii1lyh:1s rcfornicd wom:1i1 from :1 mcre
household (trudge or society l)11tte1'fl\' to a
thinking, active being. ‘ Every woingin
should :1i1i1 to make herself look its well as
possible. An inditt'crcncc :1n<ti11:1tte11tioii
to dress is :1 dcfcct of character. But the
style that is bccoiiiiiig today should be the
style toiiiorrow. next week‘ :11id next year
if we clioosc toiwc-:11‘ it. T he tendency‘ for
constant cliaiigc should be checked. it
iiiakes :1 slave of woman and paupers of
many families. The idea that :1 woman
should l10l.tl})1)G:11' in thc s:1111c costume but
once or twice without being siieered at is
preposteroiis.

The present day society woman is :1
slave to fads :11id f:11icies.i bound by the
endless changes of fasliioii wrouglit by
what is supposed to be the elite bf so-
ciety.

FADS.

1f_f:1shioi1 dictates :1 style that is unbe-
coming to us we should surely avoid it.
\Vith good sense we can look well and not
strictly copy our neighbors. And let me
say right here that the best educated and
most refined ladies do not go to extremes.
It is those who have no thought deeper
than frivolity and fashion. Ifou Will see
many :1 genuine lady don the laroe sleeves
and full, heavy skirts that are dictated by
fashion today. But you Will not see her
obstruct the passageway of other people
by putting two or three yards into one
sleeve or Wear out all her strength in car-

llilllga Skirt fi"€ 01' Six __v:11'ds in width.
S e niay dress her hair in the zipproved
teapot handle style. but she will not i11:1ke

the handle protrude so far tl1:1t one sitting i
1 011 the row behind her will be in d:111_\_rcr of .

of losing :in cyc tlicreby,

FL'.\'.

But. while we try to :1void thc cvil for 1

0l11‘selves. wc inust take care that wc do
not make :1 ,l_TI'L*:1lL"1' error 111 regard to our
own chil<l_1'e1i. ll c must not be :1t'r:1id of :1
little fun 111 our own homcs. Not onlv the
kind of fun that we :11 our :1g1- c11_ioy_ but
some tl1:1t thcv tliciiisclves want.
l’9°l’l0 llmst have it. Old pcoplc nccd it.
Innocent gzuiics in your own home arc
mllcll U) be p1'cfcr1'ed.to thc pool room :111d
its 111111-ates. A social (l:111cc in your own
p:1rlor in the gas light is much better than
your dattglitcrs o11 thc strccts in the dark.
If this \v:1s morc gc11er:1lly })I':t|'llt'(‘(l it
would provc :1 wondcrtul antitlotc for dys-
116118111 and thc blucs. and would lcsscii thc
iieccssity of te11ipc1':111cc cr:11iks to :1 mini-
11111111.

'l‘lll-I l\'l’l‘(‘Il]i.\'.

If wc arc to discuss ttic art of cooking
we must lead thc \v:1_v to the kitchcn. The
liardcst part of won1:1n‘s work is pc1'fo1'111cd
lierc. And. l:11lics. you should rciuciiilwr
that :1 kitchen is not intciidcd to bc :1 thing
of bc:111t_v. but of utility: not :1 wo111:1n‘s
prison. b11t hcr \\'()l‘l{>'llt)1). Your iuodcrn
kitchcii. in 111y cstim:1tio11. should bc :1
1'ooi11 at lczist twclvc by fourtccii ft-ct. with
plenty of \vi11<lows :111d doors for liglit and
vc1itil:1tioii: with :1 goocl p.-iintcd floor that
will not till tl1c 111op with .\'1>llllll‘l‘.~' thc tit-st
or sccoiid _\'c:1rit is laid. ll:1vc :1 wood :111d
gasoliiic stovc. No kitchcn is complctc
without both. Whilc vour 1':111gc 1u:1v
cook some tl1i1i_<_rs bcttcr for vou ‘than oil.
it will not co111p:11'c with oil‘ fol’ hcnting
water or bricks for :1 sick 111c111bc1'oftl1ie
f:1111ily. or prcp:11'ing :1 cup of tc:1 for 1111
1111c.\:pcctcd gticst or :1 .\'u11d:1y iiiglit lunch.
Have :1 pump of soft and :1 tank of h:1rd
watcr in thc room. :1 wootlbox that opt-11,1
into both \voodbo.\' :111d kitchcu. :1 good
work table so co11st1*111-11-ll as to 1-o11t:1i11
flour bin. sug:1r 1l1':l\\'(‘1‘s, s:1lt 1l1':1wcrs.
ii1c:1l cl1cst.111o11ldi11g :111d 111c:1t bo:11-1l.cook~
iiig knivcs :1111l forks, tc:1. 1-ottcc. spices. in
fact c\'c1'ytl1i11}_>‘ iiccdcd i11tl1cculi11:11'y linc.
Thcn :111d tl1c11 only you arc 1'1-:1d_v for
work in :1 busincss-likc i11:11n1c1'. 111 no
agc h:1s thcrc bccn morc 11cccssit_v for f:1r—
iiicrsi wives to study donicstic (:1-o1io111_v
than in this prcsciit goltl-b11_«_r 1'ci_«_»'i1.
I§vc1'ybody l1:1s :1 dcsirc for good hcztlth.
and it is :1 better inl1crit:11icc tl1:11i liouscs
m‘"gol<l, :11i.l this gre:1t blcssi11_«_-' rcsts :1l-
most e1iti1'e.l_v with thc cookingof our food.
l’lc11ty of good, wholcsomc food. wcll
scrvcd. is prcfer:1blc to :1 table loadcd lic-
yond :1ll scnsc and rc:1so11 with pastry
kiiickkiizicks which not only ruin thc
sto111:1chs of thc victiins :111d \\'(‘:tl' out oi1c's
life with work. b11t also i11ci'c:1sc thc dc-
111:111d for stcpmotlicrs :1i1d 11111tci't:1kc1's :is
well. Oiic of thc inost hopcful sigiis of rc-
form in our timc is thc i11crc:1si11g <le1u:111d
:1iid atteiition givcii to t‘()Ul\'ll1_t_" :1s :11i :1rt

:111d the est:1btisl1111c11t of cooking schools .

:111d cl:1sscs in in:111y of thc cduc:1tio11:1l in-
stitutioiis.

The Work in the Home Laundry.

The first lil1lll}_T to bcdonc :1f1cr thc s()ilL‘1l
clothes are g:1tl1c1'c1l togetlier should be the
-:1rct'11l sorting of them. writcs l<‘r:1111-cs ti.
Lanigzin in the April /.1/r/«'1/.-5 /lumw -/m//'-
m//. iThc soilcd table linen, which should
:1lw:1ys be kept by itself lll citlicr bag or
basket, should be the tirst to rcccivc :1ttc11-
tioii. The t:1blc—cloths, 1i:1pki1is, c:1rvi11g-
cloths. doilics, ctc.. should be cx:1mi11cd
before being placed in water. If thcy :1rc
stained with either fruit or coffee, briskly-
boiling water pourcd over the staiiicd poi‘-
tions will rcmovc thc st:1i1is. The linen
may then be l111111'c1'scrl in hot w:1tcr and
wzished carefully with any one of thc good
l:1u1idry soaps; if the w:1tcr be :11 :1ll h:1rd :1
little :11ii1iio11i:1 mziy be added. As czich
piece is washcd it should be wrung out
tightly :11id placed in :1 clean tub. When
all liave bccn wzishcd boiling water should
be poured over tlicni. \Vhc1i cool eiiotigli
to handle they should be wrung out of the
scald into clear water, :11id from the clear
water into aiiotlicr to which :1 little bluing
has been :1dded. l’crso11:1lly, I do not ap-
prove of stai'cliin§_r table linen, but :1i1y
housekeeper who desires to have her linen
starched, should impress upon her niaids
that they shall use very thin boiled st:i1'cli
for the purpose. If the t:1ble lincn hung
evenly upon the clothes-line, after being
shaken free from ci'e:1scs, brought in and
folded down while quite damp, and ironed
quite dry on the right side, with very hot
irons and :1 very vigorous hand, it will
shine and look like new. Both cloths and
napkins should be folded with the selved—
ges together. If they are marked, they
should be ironed and folded so that the
monogram, initial or name may be on the
outside. Carving cloths and doihes that
are fringed, should have the frin e Well
shaken and combed out. Celluloi combs
may be bought for this purpose. _W hen
launderin very finely-embroidered linen a
strong su s of some good soap and luke-
warm Water should be made and the pieces

Young 3

 son to
‘ crumbs in i cup of

wastied czircfully. Thc w:1sl1bo:11'd inust
not be used. l{i11sc i111111cdi:1tcl_v in luke-
w:1ri11\v:1tc1' :111d then in w:11cr slightly
blucd. :111d h:1n_-_r out to dry. \"ll(‘l1i half
dry tl1c_v should bc laid out smootlily on :1

_ clc:1n cloth over :1 piccc of doublc-fzicetl

whitc (':1nton tl:1i111cl. and prcsscd o11 thc
w1'o1i_«_r sidc with :1 hot iron.
Aftcr thc t:1blc liucii has 1'ccci\'c1l :1ttcn-

' tion the bcd li11c11 111:1_v bc trc:1tcd in thc

s:11i1c f:1shio11.:111d thcnthc rcst of thc

: clothes in duc ordcr.

Recipes.
1.1:sso_\' 2}.

N«v///~/~r//1}/;/.<. lloil 63 c«_n_rs :11 111i11—
utcs. .\t:1ke 1 pt. of whitc s:1l11-c :111d sc:1-
t:1stc. .\loiste11 1 cup of cr:1cl<cr
1111-ltcd buttcr. Chop
lincl cup of any cold mcat. ('hopthc
wliitcsot’ thc cggs tinc. Put :1 lavcrof
buttcrcd crumbs in :1 buttc1'c<l sc:1ll1-p dish.
thcn :1 l:1_vc1' of choppcd whitcs, whitc
sziucc. 1111-:11. and yolks rubbctl tint-_ and ,1.
1111 till :1ll tl1c111:1tcri:1l is us:-cl. h:1\'i11<_rtl1c
crumbs 1111 top. liakc till thc 1-1'11111bs:11'c
b1'o\\'l1.

U//H///. lic:1ttl11-volksof two <-<_r<_rs till
li}_-‘lit-colo1'1-1t and thick.:1dd 2 Ibls. Uiliilllllk,
l saltsp. of salt. :111d ,‘, saltsp. of pcppcr.
l}c:1t thc wliitcs till still':1111l dry. ('ut:1111l
fold thciu li_-_rhtly into thc yolks till just
(‘()\'(.‘l'(,‘ll. llavc :1 clc:111. smootli. nmclt-t
p:111. \\'hc11 hot rub :1ro1md thc ctlgcs
with 1 tsp. of butt:-1' on :1 l<11it'c: lct thc
b11ttc1'1'u11:1ll U\'(‘l'll](‘ p:1u:111d whcn bub-
bling turn i11 thc om:-lct :1111lsp1'c:11l it cvc11-
l_vo11thcp:111. l.it't thcp:111f1'o111tl1c l1ot—
tcstp:11'tot'tl1c stovc and cook c:1rcfull_v
until sligl1tl_\‘ browii l111«lc1'11(':1ll1. Put it
into thc ovcn to dry (not l>I‘<>\\‘l1l on top.
Fold ovcr :111d scrvc :1t oncc.

_ ('/*«z:/m«r/ /‘u/1//ms. (‘ut 1':1wpot:1to1-< in-
to tl1c1lcsi1'cd sl1:1p<-s. :111d1-ook i11 boilin3_r
s:1ltc<t w:1tc1' till soft. .\l:1k1- ouc cupof
whitc szulcc with o11c cup of ht-t111ill\', l
tbls. of buttcr. and one tbls. of tlour. >3c:1-
son with salt and l)('])llt‘l'.2llltl p:1rslc_\' il‘d1--
sirc1l.:11i<l pour ovcr thc potato:-s. L1-t
st:111d for tcn 111i1u1tcs:111«l .\‘(‘l‘\'(‘.

._l/r»/1/.m».,' /////3/«r /1’/vv/I/. 1 cup of111o—
l:1sscs. 1 pt. of llour. ll tbls. bullcr. It
tsp. of soda lllssolvcrl in  cup of ('Httl cof-
fcc. 1 tsp. of 1-11111111111111. .1» tsp. of 1-lovcs. E.
tsp. of :1llspi1-c. .\li.\ thc buttcr with the
111ol:1sscs.:1<ld thc spit-cs:111«l coll}-ciii \\'l1l1't1
tl1csod:1l1:1s b1-1-11 lll.ssol\'t‘<l. lhcn thc llour.
and bnkc i11 sliccts.-~.l//.<.< .l/«//v/r//M .l/.
.\'///. I

The Ju.\1e;1til.e$.,

Who Likes The Rain.

 s:1i1l1l11-«luck —"lc:1ll it fun.

For I h:1\‘1- 111_\' lit1l:- l't'tI r11bb1-1- 1.1::
'l'l1--,v111:1k1-:1c!11111111:.tlm-1~-tm-ct tI':11~k
l11tt11-sol't.cool mull. t)l1.'l('l{ I I)11:1ck."
 (‘ricd thc d;111d1-lion "ll

1\l_\’ roots:11’:-tliir-I)’. 111y b111l- :11'c1l1;\;'
A11-lshclift:--tl11-i'littlc _\'vllo\\'l1o:11i

(hit of l1:-1'-.'1'cc11-.'1':1--_\‘ bs-d.

"l hopc ‘twill poor.’ I l1opc't\\'ill poiirl"
('1‘o:1kc1ltli»-ti’:-1:-It-:11l;11 hi- ur:1yb:11'k1looi':
"F1-1' with :1 bi‘:-.'1d l1~:1l' for :1 root

l :1111pt~1‘f1~('tL\ \\'1-attic-1'-pr:mf."

H:111utl1o brook: "l l:1I11.:l1.'1t 4-v1-1'_\ drop.
.\11-I wish llll‘)' 111-vc1*111-ml l11>lH[1

Tilln |ni=,:1'i\1-1' l u1‘1'\\’toln-,
.\11ItC11l|l1llll11l111) \vz1_\'totl1-~,~1-:1."

The Force of Habit.

Thcrc was oncc :1 lior.-c that usclt to pull
:1rou11d :1 swccp \vhi1-l1 lift:-rt dirt front the
dcpths of thc c:1rth. llc was kt-pt :1t thc
biisiiicss for 111-:1rl_v l.\\'(‘lll_\' yc:1rs. until hc
bccaiiie old. blind. and too still’ in thc
joints forfu1'tl1c1' usc. So he was llll'll(‘tt
into :1 p:1st11rc, or lcft to crop thc g1':1ss
without :11iyo11c to disttirb or bothcr him.

The funiiy tlung about thc old horsc \\’:1s
tl1:1t cvcry 111oi'11i11g. after ;_rr:1zi11g awhile:
he would start (111 :1 tr:1111p, goiiig l'()ttllll
and round 111 :1 circlc, pist us hc had bccn
:1ccusto111c<l to do for so ii1:111_v _vc:1rs. He
would kccp it up for hours. :1nd people
often stoppcd to look :111d wo11dcrwl1:1t l1:1d
got into the l1c:1d of thc vene—r:1blc :11111n:1l
to make him w:1lk :1ro111id in such :1 sol-
emn way when thcrc was no c:11'thly iiccd
of it. It was thc forcc of liabit.

The boy who foriiis b:1d or good h:1b1ts
in his youth, will be lcd by thcm whcn hc
bcconics old. :1iid will be iniscrzible or
happy accordingly. Ex.

Puzzles.

[All readers of T111: (iR.ixoi5 \'Isi'ro11 are invited to con-
tribute and scnd solutions to this d1-partiiicnt. .\1l1lr(.-ss
all coinniiinications to Thoiiius A. Millur. 7101), 12th street,
Detroit, Mich.j

Solutions. Mali 7.
Solver. Matron.

Nos. 37. 3*. 39 Iron, Fire. Infant.

43—SQUARE.
1. To shut with violence. L’. To approve.
4. To repair.
in. l\. ‘

3. Related.

Kesr G.

«H—(‘11oss\v0R1).
In home, not in form;
111 hay, not in com:
In rose, not in bud:
In old, not in tub;
In laugh. not in fun:
In dance. not in run;
My Whole brings me joy.
He’s my dear little boy.

Kalkaska, Mich. SISSY.

4."i——Diamond.
1. Aletter. 2. An animal. 3. Afruit. -l. A male name.

5. A letter. _
Canisteo, N. L MATRON.

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CHARLOTTE, MICH.

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EDITOR 2
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Ev""NEx'r Isscia APRIL IS.

OUR WORK.

The following has but-n approved by the State tiramrc as
a fair statcineiit, of the objects tliefiriiiigo of Micliigan
has in view, and the special lines along which it ])l‘tip()st.‘.~ to
work. We hope every (z'r:iii;zc in the state will work
eamestly in all tlic.-e ilepartiiieiits. so that by a more
united effort we shall rapidly increase our numbers.
extend our influence. and attain more and more complete-
ly those ends which we scck.

()L'R oiui-:("r
is the Orgzinization of the Ffll‘llll‘1'>'. for their own linprovc-
merit, Financi:ill_v. Socially. i\lé‘lll}lll)'. Morally.
b Vltge bcljcvebthat this lInpI'()V'f.'ln(‘llt can in large inca-uro

e mug it a out:

1. (a.) By wider individual stuily and gniicral dis-
cussion of the business sidc of farming and home kcepiiig.

(b.) By co-operatitgi for linzincial 211lv:iiitzi;.{c.

2. U1.) By frequent social :;atlit-riiii.z.~, and the miiiglim:
together of fariiu-rs with fariiicrs, and of farnicrs with
people of other occupzition.-'.

(b.) By striving fora purcr 1nai1lioo1l.a noblcr woman-
hood, and a univcr.-‘al brotlir-rliootl.

3. (a.) By studying and proinotinirtlic iinprovcniciit of
our district. scliools.

(b.) By patronizing and aiding the .\;:ricultur:1l (‘ol-
lcizges and Experiment Statioiis in their la-gitiiiiatc work of
scientific invcstitzatioii, practical cxpcrinicnt. and c«luca~
tion for rural pursuits.

(_c.) Bymziintaininiz and zittciinliiic fziriiicrs” iiistitutr-s;
reading in the Reading Virclc: 1-stalilisliiiig and ii.-'inL{
circulating lihrarics; buying more and butter inagazln:-s
and papers for the home.

(a.) B3 ditfusing :1 knowledge of our civil iiistitutions,
and tcucliiiiir the lll_‘.{ll duties of citizcnsliip.

(b.) By (l(:lIlall(llll,‘.," the enforceineiit of existing statiitt-s.
and by dismissing. advocziting. and tryiiig to >'L'(‘lll‘I‘ such
other state and national laws as shall tend to the general
justice. progress and morality.

Spring!

Read our "l{.c:1l Love Story" in ‘(his is-
sue of the Visiroiz.

Be sure that :ill the sccd you sow is good
seed—o:1t.-'., corn, words, dccds, thouglits,
aspirtitions.

lVc:1re indebted to D. \\'. Working,
pastiiizistcr of the Coloi':1do State Grange,
for copies of "Agricultural Statistics of
Coloriido.”

Our article this issue in the series of :11‘-
ticles on :igi'ic1ilt1ii'eis by Prof. S. M.
Tracy, professor of agriculture in the
Missisippi :1gricult1ir:1l college. Pcrlizips
some of our rczidcrs do not full_v :1ppi'e-
ciate the value of these zirticlcs.

“'0 want to urge upon our readers the
necessity of securiiig more new s1ibscrili-
ers for the Visiron. The paper is just as
much your paper as it cvcr w:1s, :11id _vo11
have to bear the brunt of its failure if it
fails. \\'c recognize the h:1rd times, but
We know what earnest effort will do, also.

Mark Twain, in his lecture on "The
Babes in the \\'oods." ncvcr incntions the
babes. Our love story in this issue deals
with love, but not the kind that iiiakes the
hearts of young people tirst thump, then
thunder, then go on extr:1ordin:1ry. It is
intended for YOU. ieiltl, rctiect. act and
report.

The last report of the state coinmissioner
of labor docs honor to the fariners of
Michigan by giving portraits’ of several of
the most prominent, and of farm buildings.
The frontispiece is :1 very good portrait of
VVorthy Master Geo. B. Horton, and :1. few
pages later is 21 view of his splendid farm
home.

The farmers are asking but very small
appropriations of this legislature, com-
pared With their numbers and wealth. And
they are not asking anything selfishly.
Farmers’ institutes benefit the farmers by
educa.tion—a form of education not attain-
able in any other Way. Pure food is of as
much interest to laboring men as to far-
mers. Tax reform is of moment to all cit-
izens. So that What seems like, “farmer
legislation,” small as it is, is really legisla-
lation for the good of all.

WIDE TIRES.

We have a. very interesting set of letters
in this issue on Wide tires for Wagons. VVe
hope the discussion Will be kept up by our
readers. '

t

THE GRAQJGE VISITOR.

\

ONE REASON. .

‘V0 hear frequent complaints about the
, slow methods of our legislature. VV e
l think we can partly explain one reason for
this delay. “'0 have observed that this
expression is not uncommon in the legis-
lative halls: “\Vell, I've been trying for
two weeks to get my committee together.”
“'6: do not know why the chairman couldn’t
‘ get his committee together, but we know
i that he should be able to do it, if the n1eni-
bcrs tend to business.

THOSE LETTERS.
Patrons, have you written your mem-
‘ bers of the legislziturc f:1voring the far-
niers‘ institute bill, or the pure food bill,
or the tax statisticiaii bill, or against the
township unit bill.’ If you have not, you
have neglected :1 plain duty. Ask any

I in:1n who has been or is in the legislature,

and hell tell you that personiil letters are
worth more tli:1ii resolutions and petitions,
by far.

The next two or three weeks are the
most iiiipo1't:1nt of the session so far as leg-
isl:1tion for fariiicrs is concerned. Do not,
we beg of you, neglect to let your legisla-
tor know, from you personally or by let-
tei‘.-:, tli:1t you want him to vote for the
iiic:1s11i'cs the Grange :1dvoc:1tcs.

GAINING FRIENDS.
In the course of the public discussion of
the iiiortgngc tax law before the House
coiiiiiiittcc both Sl(lCS to the controversy
gave statistics to prove their assertions.
At these points cithcr Mr. ll'ildcy, who
introduced the tax st:1tistici:in bill, or Mr.
J. T. Cainpbell, who is one of its strongest
friends, would ask, “Are those statistics
official and :iccur:1tc {" In :1lmost every
case the speaker would li:1ve to reply that
he could not say that they are. Then
would come the rejoinder, "l\'cll, that on-
ly shows the need of :1 tax statistician. "
Thus the discussioii iii:1de ii1:1iiy friends for
the tax st:1tistici:1i1 bill. And if an amend-
ment is made to it. as is likely to be the
case, providing that the oflicc shall be es-
tablislied for two or four yc:irs,the chzinces
for the p:1ss:1gc of the bill in the House :1re
very bright, indeed. Grtiiigcs should not
delay in sending in their petitions f2LV(7‘1"”
able to this bill.

TR.-1 VELLING LIBRARIES.

The iiic.‘1s1i1'e providiiig :in z1ppropi'i:ition
for tr:1\'clling libr:11'ies is now :1 law. These
libraries will not be ready for use until
June or July, :1iid in the iiiezintimc the
plan will be more fully explained in our
columns.

Mrs. Spciicer, the state libr:1ri:1n, de-
serves great praise for her iiitclligeiit con-
ception of the value of tliis pl:1n in New
York state, for urging its introduction in-
to Mi:-liig:1n, and for her persisteiit :1dvo-
c:1cy of it in the lcgisl:1t1ii'c. Mrs.Spcncer
wislics us to say tli:1t tlicse libraries will
not pander to :1 taste for tr:1shy reading,
and that altliougli there will be a good
sprinkling of tiction, it will be of :1 stand-
ard ch:ir:1cter. Tliese travelliiig libra-
ries will be of the utmost value to (;‘rr:1nges
which cannot :1flord to purclizise librziries,
:1nd even to those which :1lre:1dy have good
libraries. The Grange has reason to con-
gr:1tul:1tc Mrs. Spencer.

1N DEFENSE OF THE LEGISLATURE.

In conversation, the other day, with :1
prominent member of the legislature, the
gentleman gave vent to his pent up feelings
something in this wise: “I have been hop-
ing that some paper would come to the
rescue of the legisl:1ture and defend the
members from a great deal of unjust criti-
cism that is heaped upon them. Take the
matter of :1ppropri:itions.‘ lVe are charged
with being extravaga.nt and wasteful, yet
few people know the pressure that is
brought to bear for high appropriations.
Almost all of the state institutions are ask-
ing for larger sums than two years ago,
and all insist that the amounts named are
absolutely necessary. Prominent citizens
from the locality of the institution come to
us and say: ‘Yes, We know it is hard
times, but out somewhere else; don’t touch
.us, we need all We ask for.’ Another
strange thing is that the committees which
visit these institutions almost invariably
become the ardent attorneys of the institu-
tion, so far as appropriations are con-
cerned.

APRIL -l, 1895

E6 - .

. I know that our ways and means com-
mittee feel that the depression makes it
necessary to economize in public expendi-
tures, just as the people have to economize
in private expenses. But you see how
hard it is for us to do it. "

And the legislator, much relieved by his
talk, hurried to committee to wrestle with
approprizitions rm’ [nfin z'z‘1mz. ‘Ye believe
that what he said is true. and so far as our
observation goes, we agree with all he
said.

PLATFORM AND BENCH.

Previous to the recent election, the :1tti—
tude of candidates for justice of the Mich-
igan supreme court with relation to the
silver question wzis discussed pro and con.
One prominent political paper, basing its
remarks upon the uttcraiice of :1 loading
politician, asserted that :1 in:1n‘s beliefs with
regard to silver have nothing wliiitevcr to
do with his fitness for the suprcnie justice-
ship. Very good! Truly spoken! lut
suppose we follow the logic :1 little further
and ask some questions of the as-tiitc polit-
ical leader, on this wise: lVhy should :1
governor or :1ny other elective state otlicer
be chosen because he thinks he has well
digested views as to :1 "foreign policy 5"
Why should :1 shcritf or :1iiy other county
oflicer be selected because he has succeeded
in determining the width of the gulf tli:1t
Se1)itl':llCS the respective policies of the
Dcmocr:1tic and Republican parties con-
cerning the Nic:1i':1g1i:1 c:1n:1l, as expressed
in the pl:1’1forni of l8tl:2! \\'hy should it
be deniundcd of :1 c:1ndid:1tc for town clerk
that he have cert:1iii definite views as to
the t:1ritl'{

The only possible zinswcr to those queries
is tli:1t all these methods are neces-
SttI‘_V to inaintain party or,<_r:1i1iz:1tioii. Not
good govcrninent, in town, county, :1iid
state, except incidentally, but party org:in-
ization, explains why n:1tion:1l plutforins
are dragged into local elections. Such
procedure can be defended on no other
ground.

“'e wonder if the politici:1n and his
printed mouthpiece care to follow to its
logical end the statcinent that :1 ni:in‘s
views on the silver question do not enter
into his qiialifications for justice of the su-
preme court.

MODERN SCIENTIFIC ETIQUETTE.

Modern science has exerted nlniost :1
revolutioiiziry influence in pr:1ctic:1l :1tl‘:1irs,
in educiition, in l1l()l‘2l.lS. But there is one
1’(-!.‘ll1Il into which it has not :15 yet been
suffered to intrude—-this is the world of
etiquette. Danie F:ishion still (lictates to
her subjects b:1lloon sleeves :1nd coats with
trains, and she is obeyed graciously as in
the days before electricity :1iid the tele-
phone.

But if the Danie wants to be "up to
date, ",j7'/2 1/«J ._w'cc/«;, :1nd re:1ll y lioncst,witli-
:11, she sliould issue an Olllclill note to
the heads of her bureaus, instructing
them in the duties of liostcss :iiid guest.
The iiiczit of sucli :1. docunient would come
to about this: “You will not say ‘please
pass the butter,’ but ‘kindly pass the oleo.‘
You will not offer :1 guest pepper, but will
say, ‘wont you have some rice flour, rice
hulls, roasted cocoanut shells, cayenne pep-
per, and :1 little pepper 3' Your Boston
baked beans you will not season with vin-
egar, but with waiter and acetic acid. The
hostess will not offer the second cup of cof-
fee, but will remark that possibly :1 trifle
more of mixture of chicory, pea shells, rye,
and clay coffee berries, might be accept-
able. Your husband will not expect the
‘jelly that mother made’, but will refrain
from sarcastic remarks when mouldy starch
paste and salicylic acid is placed before
him. If your mustard is two-thirds wheat
flour you must not mind. You may Wish
to say that these beautiful canned peaches
a.re——not Crawfords exactly—-but sliced
turnips soaked and flavored. It will be
especially appetizing if you suggest that
possibly“these canned pears were the rem-
nants of a Chicago commission house!”

Yes, if etiquette wants to be real modern,
the issuance of such instructions is imper-
ative.

A Real Love Story.

In Two Parts.

PART I.

The undersigned have felt a little mod-
est about making appeals to the subscrib-
ers of THE Vrsrron, and for this reason

have kept o11t of print in a hope that the
excellent suggestions of \Vorthv Muster
Horton, Editor Biitterticld, and Iespct-ia.ll\'
of Sister Mary A. Mayo would be much
more ctfectivc than anything we niiglit
say. The trouble with all such zippcals is
that the few only are intlucnccd to act.
while the many pass them b_v as of no p:ii'-
ticuliir iinport.-incc. As we explained
upon tissiiniiiig the liiisiiicss iininiigcnient
in Jiiiiuary l:1st. the Visrroii has not bcen
paying cxpeiises. lls circulzition has full-
en olf :1 grczit dc:1l in recent _vc:1i's, and
this cuts oil" its :i<l\'ei'tisiiig p:1ti'on:1ge.
Tlius it is sevci'cly crippled in its only
nicuns of existcncc. No iicwspupcr. so
full of rezidiiig and in which thcrc is so
little platc niattcr. c:ui bc self—s11stiiiiiiiig
on our picsciit nuinbcr of .\‘lll).\'(‘l'lli(‘1‘,~'._ but
double that cii'c1il:1tion. with tlic added :id-
vcrtising this would bring. and von li:ivc :1
paper that ought to clc:1r zit lt‘:1st $1.01 to
every year. li1:i.<iiiucli. tlicn.:istlic \'isi’roi:
1-*'_\’Ul1I'pzlpcr,bi'otlic1':1nd >'l>‘l(‘l' l’:1troiis. are
we :1sking too much wlicn wc ui'f_:c you (mid
by "yoii" \vc nic:1ncvcrysiilast,-1-ilvm to the
VIsiT(‘>i:) to do :1 littlc liiistliiig in lit-li:1lf of
your paper. llow can you do ilijsf The
czisiest thing in tlic world. Tell your good,
substzintizil. bi'o:1<l-gmigc friciid, 1:911.-fm--
nier,iiiccliuiiic.nicrclizint or ])1‘1if1->sl()|1:1l man
or \\'()lll:lll, _\’0s. or cvcn politiciuii, that the
Visrroii is the org:1ii of :in intclligcnt ()l'1l(‘l'
which is iiiiscltislily working for lllt‘ bc.~:t
interests of the toiling iii:1sscs. .'lll(llll:1I it
is their duty to lcnd :1 littlc support to so
good :iii ciitcrprisc and to pi'c\'1-tit its fail-
ure. You will be .s'tll']il'l>(3<l :it tlic 1111111-
bcr of s1ibsci'ibci's you can gct in :1 single
day.

In union there is strcngtli. and the very
fact of :1ii oi'g:1iii7.:1tioii of f;1i'iiicrsli:1s done
:1 great deal to intlucncc lcgislatioii for the
general good. \\'liy sliould not cvcry iii:1n
who cluiiiis to be :1 friciid of tlic f:1i'iiici'.
and p:1rtic1il:11'l_v tlic f:1riiici's tliciiisclvcs.
be anxious to cast in :1 mile :1s
fifty cents for the c:1usc_ cspeciully when
they get :1 paper wortli :1 doll:1r in rcturii.
Try :1 persoiiul c:iii\':1.<s. .~\iiotlici' pl:1ii is
for every (irniigc to got up some kind of
an cntci't:1iiiiiiciit, the proceeds of which

so siii:ill

shall go toward putting the Visrroie into, ,,,___

‘:3

the li:1nds of tliosc most likcly. :1ftci' rc-
cciving it :1 _vc:1r ginitis. to bccoiiic pt-riii:1—
iiciitsiil1sci'ibci's. l’crli:ips you can think
up some better pl:1n of (‘ll('()lll‘:lf_1’lll_(_" sub-
scriptions, but rciiiciiibcr this. ifyou iii:1kc
:1nygi'e:1t success of this lll(l\'L‘lll('l1i_I/IIH
//u/sf r/N aw/:1‘ 1/I.//I”//V/'. Tlicrc is no bct—
tcr time to c:1iiv:iss for thc \'isi'roi: than :it
prcscnt. Tlic siiitc lcgislziturc is in scssioii
and iiiiport:1iit iiizittcrs :1ll'c1-tiiig the inter-
csts of f:ii'iiicrs :ii'c l)(‘lllf_"1ll.\‘])().~'(‘tl of cvcry
day. The vicivs of the editor. who rcsidcs
:1t L:1iising:1iid has an cspct-i:1l cure for lcg-
isl:1tion. will be worth in the next, fcw
weeks iiiorc tli:1Ii :1 yc:1i"s subscriptioii.
One thing furtlicr. In your zc:1l for the
paper do not plunge :1 daggcr into it by
asking us to fiirnisli it for lcss tli:1ii tifty
ccnts :1 year whcn, as we li:ivc stated, it is
not on :1 paying basis :1t prcseiit :it that
price. May we not expect _l/HH to sciid at
lc:1.~'.t mu,’ //I/I/‘ NI/I/.w‘/’/7/w/‘ this iiiontlif If
you can do more it will be work done in :1.
grand cause. Yours faitlifiilly,
I’i-ziniv & l\l(‘(iltA'I‘Il,
Biisiiiess .\l:1n:igcrs.
PART 11.

If you "'lovc“ the (irange let your works
be reported to the VISITOR this month. Let
it be known as the “.-'\pi'il contest" and in
our first May number we will give :1 report
of the contest with the n:1nies of all con-
testants and number of names sent in by

each. State, when remitting, that your
names are to count in the “April contest."
VVhat is your pay.’ Only “Love-," love
for the cause. Is not that suflicient? Are
you all ready? Go! P. & M.
THE END.

Institutes .

The bill before the legislature, known as
the Farmers’ Institute Bill, appropriating
annually $10,000 for the purpose of defray-
ing expenses of Farmers Institutes, is one
that on ht to pass. The C’ow7v,'er believes
thoroug ly in education, and these insti-
tutes are educa.tors,and Well worth all they
cost.

The only safety for a. nation, founded as
this one is, on the voice of the peo le, is in
the enlightenment of the people. 0 every
dollar expended for the urpose, is a stone
laid in the foundation 0 the republic. B
all means ass the Farmers’ Institute Bi .
—Ami. Ar-Eb)or C’0w7-tier.

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APRIL 4, 1895.

THE GRANG , VISITOR.

Binder Twine.

Hold your orders for the Grange con-
tract.

Many inquiries are made relative to
state contract for binder twine. In an-
swer we are warranted in saying that ar-
rangements are nearly completed for sup-
plying the Patrons of the state with sisal
standard and manilla twine. Notice with
full details will no\v very soon be given
out to all subordinate Grange secretaries.
The deal last year was so universally satis-
factory to our meinbers that a great in-
crease of business is confidently expected
for this year. Granges can safely prepare
to concentrate orders from the inembers,
and thus be prepared to forward to con-
tract firm promptly when the time comes.
We hope all Granges will stand by the
contract made. for we want the credit and
benefit of all the trade we can give to aid
us in future deals.

OTII E It (‘ON TI{.v\( "l‘.\'.

Copy for a trade circular, in which will
be enumerated the con<liti()ns of deals with
several firms, and dilferciit lines of goods
are now being prepared, and as soon as the
new list of Grange scci'etarics is complete
will be nearly ready for distribution.

(iijo. Ii. liIolcT<).\'.

The Grange and Legislation.

The earnest efforts of the Grange in

Michigan to iiiflucncc legislation now peiid-
ing along specific lines. has caused people
to know that fariiiers ai'e awakening to the
.iiecessities of asking for what they want,
and of using the accepted methods of the
day in working to have such wishes
granted.
_»;;~The Grrange is truly on deck at Lansing.
and through the resolutions and petitions
fi'oiii the subordinate Granges of the state,
voicing the sentiment of the members of
the order relative to various ineasures, and
the receipt of which is daily noticed by the
House and Senate, give all the members of
those bodies to understand that the Grwge
is a live realit_v in Micliigan. and that the
thousands of enterprising and thinking far-
mers who gather at Grange meetings and
discuss the various questions of state are
thereby becoming not only thinkers but
actors as well. All those fariners who are
looking passively on cannot easily fail to
see their duty. ()rganization is today an
absolute necessity, and the accepted and
adopted organization should have all the
cleinents and powers of systematic concen-
tration of fm'ces, with provisions for am-
ple means to not only declare, but to exe-
ciite. Let me ask the passive farmer, who
has thus thus far stood aloof fi'oii1 organ-
ization what the result would be on legis-
lative matters at this time if all fai'iiiers,or
even a good inajority thereof were active
workers in the Grange. which is the oiil_v
.fariiiers“ organizatioii that has formulated
-a positive plan through which to influence
legislation. All know that such united
voice, for or against. would be as law, and
if the Grange shall fail now, in any of the
measures it seeks to influence. it will be
because of more farmers not being incin-
bers, so that from greater numbers their
votes at the polls would carry a greater
power for the defeat or victory of ‘candi-
dates on dit’i'erent party tickets. It is true
that the Grange forms a good fair repre-
sentation of the farmers of the state, and
the conclusions of the organization are in
line with nearly all fariners‘ ideas, but it is
members within its fold that count after
all. Brother farmer, do not longer neg-
lect this greatest of all your public duties.
Come into the Grange and be counted,
assist with your voice, and the small contri-
butions of money so essential in keeping in
executive motion that power which will
see that the the farmers’ rights are not sac-
rificed in the selfish scramble of other in-
terests for advantage. »

Keep an eye on your representative at
Lansing.

Many matters of interest to farmers and
-especially the measures selected by the ex-
ecutive committee of the State Grange
have progressed to that point where good
work and votes will count for success. If
your representative in the House or Senate
does not represent us in these matters he
deserves to be marked and well remein—
bered if he asks for your votes in future
years. That you may know Where they
stand, keep a record of their votes.

VVRITE PERSONAL LETTERS.

Our petitions have gone in by the hun-
dreds, but if our members would write let-
ters direct to their representatives in the
House and Senate it would encourage them
to greater activity to secure such results
as we desire: To institute a system of tax
reform by the appointment of a tax statis-
tician; To rotect the producers of hon-
est food pro ucts and the entire consuming
po ulation of our state against the frauds
and) deceptions of the unscrupulous manu-
facturers of bogus articles, by strengthing
our food laws; To encourage and incul-
cate a higher order of agricultural edu-

‘ Organize

cation among our farmers by providing

 for a greater number of farmers’ institutes;
? are each and all worthy of our best sup-

; port.
; work for and insist that each shall become

j law.

Let us iinitedly and tenaciously

\Vi'ite personal letters, so that your rep-

j rescntative iiia_v surely know where you
4 5t;1n(lu,I1(l then caretullv watch his action
 and votes.

G1-:0 B. IIORTON.

and Support a Pomona

Grange.

The order of Patrons of Husbandry was
founded for a grand purpose and while at
the time of its first inception its promot-
ers considered it mostly’ from the stand-
point of an optional aid to general im-
provement and progress along agricultur-
al lines, conditions have so changed that at
the present time organization such  the
Grange provides is no longer a question
of privilege. but an actual ii_ecessit_v: and
to aid in such organization is obligatory
upon every farmer of our country. This

‘ fact greatlv iiitensities the importance of i

the questions before us. Individual effort
is now by force of circumstances merged
into associated effort in all branches of
business and work. and no man can do
that which is best for his profession or
class, and incidentally himself and family,
by staying outside of organization and in-
sisting in "paddling his own canoe. "’ The

. (irange stands today as the true and the

tried farmer's organization, and will in the
future more than in the past serve to amel-
iu ll'2l.l0 and remove unfavorable and oppress-
ive conditions, and to assist in gaining
those things which are of general benefit
to agriculture and the fariner. To make
it serve these purposes best we must plan
and act wisely. \\'e must observe the
rules that govern great bodies successfully,
i. c., discipline. system. and business ap-
plication. The founders of the Grange
started to build upon the deinocratic foun-

dation, the people, and organized the sub— ,

ordinate Grange. The subordinate
Grangcs united and formed the State
Grange, and the State Granges united and
formed the National Grange. \\'hen the
Order had settled down to actual work it
was demonstrated that an important link
had been left out of the chain of Granges.
State Granges could meet but once each
year, and but few of the members in a
great state could attend. A county organ-
ization seemed desirable and essential. The
l\Jational Grange wisely considered the
inatter_, and provided for the county or
Pomona Grange. This branch of theor-
der is now of the greatest importance to
the growth and preservation of the Order.
Xe county can expect to do good, pro-
gressive work without an active, well—at—
tended county Grange. In couiities where
such organizations exist they should be
strengthened by more energetic efforts in
their behalf on the part of all the Patrons
of the county, and in counties where none
exists no time should be lost in preparing
to organize one. A Pomona Grange is or-
gani‘/.cd upon the application of four sub-
ordinate Granges of the county. Every
county that has the required four subor-
dinate Granges can apply at any time, and
they fall fai' short of availing themselves
of the opportunities oflered by the
Order if they do not. In counties
where less than four subordinate Granges
exist it should be the deterinined work of
the iiiembers to secure that nuinber, and
apply for a charter at once. There is no
such potent power as the Pomona Grange
when well nianagcd.in encouraging and sup-
porting the subordinate Granges of the
county and in popularizing and creating a
sentiment favorable to the Order among
fariiiers in general. It brings together the
best and most progressive Grange workers
from the different parts of the county and
the extended acquaintance and conference
that follows stimulates the weak and en-
courages the strong. Methods of Grange
procedure are exchanged, and thereby new
and progressive plans are suggested. The
county Grange if true to its imission will
have a paternal care for all the subordi-
nate Granges of the county, and whenever
one seems to languish, special effort should
be made to encourage and build it up. An
active and strong Pomona Grange in every
county should be one of the results of this
year's work. GEO. B. HORTON.

Beneath the Dome.

The mortgage tax law was discussed in
the House week before last. Brothers
Robert Hewitt, of Lansing, and C. C. Mc-
Dermid, of Calhoun county, were the chief
defenders of the present law. When the
question came to a vote in the House com-
mittee of the whole, the bill to repeal the
existing law was defeated, but by such a
narrow margin that the question may be
brought up again.

The Redfern pure food bill has been cut
in two———one part will be known as the ure
food bill, the other as the dairy and ood

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’ bond, and must not be ciigiigeil

5

comn_iissioner bill. The former provides for
certain ainendments to the existing laws.
especially in regard to cheese and the col-
oring _of_butter. The latter bill gives the
commissioner more money and more power
to Carry out the laws. These bills will be
pushed from now on.

b€I1&l0I‘_Laton‘s bill to give local option
to townships, cities and villacres,
feated in the senate. P
timent beat it.

,Mr- Al’liY1'-5' liquor bill. known as the
bill for a uniform S-loo license. is thespecial
order for the afternoon of April 1].
bill is one evidently dictated bv the liquor
interests. I
beaten in the session of two years ago. and
will bepin this session if we. niistakc not.
The existing law specifies that sui'etics on
li_quor bonds must reside in the township.
city, or village: iiiay appear on but one
_ in the liq-
uor business. The Aplin bill allows sure-
ties to be secured within the countv. and
omits the other two i'cquii'eincnts.‘ T.-\l.-o.
inst_‘ead of closing on all election davs and
holidays, they would be required to close
on election days only until the polls close.
days. ' There are variousother cliangcs. all
of which seem to be in the interest of the
liquor men. Are we readv to grant aiiv
concessions to the saloon clement.’ I

The House has passed a resolution to
offer a constitutional amendment to the
people. making the pay of legislators $7.30
per year, and .3 cents a mile, with $3 per
day for extra sessions of not over ‘_‘€_l da vs.
The State Grange has favored the propo-
sition. at $~'.’>HH per year, but we fear the
extra 52.31) will not make votes for it. if it
comes to the people. \\'e are inclined to
think that the principle of the ineasure
inay be desirable to iiicorporate into the
constitution. There will be time for dis-
cussion later.

Mr. I*‘~rgiison has a bill to tax wholesale
cigarette dealers $'_’HU and retail dealers
Slim, It prohibits the sale of deleterious
substances in cigarettes, of pictures and
lithograplis in the wi'appers, and the sale
to niiiiors under lo years of age.

Wide Tires for Wagons.

(('ontinued from page 2.)

I think the universal use of wide tired
wagons would improve our liigli\vays con-
si_<_l_crably. I believe there would be fewer
deep holes and the roads would be a great
deal smoother. As to suggesting any
means to induce people to use the wide
tires, I don't: know as I can. It would
seem that some of our higliways should be
better drained. Do not know of any ask-
ing for the rebate of liigliway tax for us-
ing wide tired wagons.

U. S. Ii.—\lt.\'.\llY.
North Star.

I have never known an instance of a
farmer asking a rebate on tax because of
using wide tires. The law has generally
been regarded as a dead letter so far as
farniers ai'c concerned. Exclusive use of
wide tires on the i'oads would not have so
great a tendency to create deep ruts in
iiiuddy seasons, but I cannot conceive how
their use could greatly improve our liigh-
ways. As to inducing people to use these
wide tires, I know neither means or ob-
ject. \Vide tires are being used every day,
they are for sale everywliere in the mar-
ket with narrow tires. Most. farniers have
used them and buy which they prefer. I
keep a wide tired wagon for farm use and
a narrow tire for the roads. Many others
do the same. Narrow tires are generally
preferred for road use. Perhaps half the
wagons in use are wide tired wagons.

T. A. JOIINSON.

Alma.

In regard to the wide tired wagon I have
used one on the farm fortwenty-two years.
Fourteen years ago I had all my lumber
wagons made over into four inch tires and
have used them ever since. I consider
them a great benefit to both farm and road.
I can draw fully one-third more on a wide
tire than on a narrow tire, and it is less
work for the team. If all farmers would
use the wide tire wagon it would not cost
one—quarter what it does now to keep the
roads in repair. I would exempt the four-
inch tire from one—half of the road tax, the
six-inch tire from all road tax. I believe
there ought to be a law. passed to com el
people to use the wide tired wagon. es,
most men here take advantage of the par-
tial‘ rebate of highway tax to users of wide
tired wagons. S. E. Woonwoarii.

Battle Creek.

I am certain that the use of the wide tire
would eatly im rove our highways and
lessen Eire cost of eeping them in repair.
I favor the plan of putting a discrimina-
ting tax on the narrow tire, and believe
when fairly understood would meet with
general favor. I think many of the farm-
ers take advantage of the law allowing

was de— ,
Fhe temperance sen- 

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. Lansing, on February lst.

Several of its provisions were 5

Th‘)  land and Ilartland Club, at 3 p. m.

one-fourtli rebate. More good would have
resulted I think, if the rebate had been
oiic-lialf or even more. The justice of this
position I claim is sustained bv the fact
that those who use the wide tirevbencfit the
Those who use the narrow tire cut up the
roads. hence should shoulder the burden of
keeping up repairs. WM. (ioiis,\iARK.
Bcdford.

State Association of Farmers Clubs.

The convention of delegates from the various
farmer’s clubs met in the Senate Chamber,
'l‘he convention
was called to order by A. C. liird, of the High-
_ l'pon
motion A. C. Bird was elected temporary chair-
man, and L. H. Ives, of the lngham county
Club, temporary secretary. After considerable

, discussion it was unanimously voted to proceed
‘ to the organization of a state Association.

I, pon motion the chairman appointed a com-

 mittee oii constitution and by-laws, consisting
, of Wm. Ball, Livingston; A. .\. Kimmie. (lak-

land; E. L. Lockwood, Monroe; and C. E. Clark,
Uenesee; and a committee on permaneiit organ-

 ization and order of business consisting of A.
_ lempleton, lngham; l5. l-‘. l’eckham, Jackson;

and F. '51. Shepard, shiawassee.
It was voted that members of farmers clubs

I, present belonging to clubs not otherwise repre-
: sented be allowed to represent their respective
-‘ clubs.

The convention then had the pleasure of list-

and Om‘, on (,.hI_iS,“mS and .l.,m”]\_S,riVimr 1' eningto speeches by l’res.Gorton, l’rofs.l\'ed7.ia
' 2‘ P‘

and Smith, and .\‘ee‘y. Butterlield oi the Agri-

i cultural College, ltobt. Gibbons, of the Farmer,
A and others.

’l‘he convention having been invited to visit

. the college in a body and see the dairy school

in operation unanimously voted to devote the
torenoon of lf‘ebruarv 2d to this visit.
l‘he committee on permanent organizations

" then reported, recommeiiding that the tempor-

arv oilicers be made permanent and providing
an order of business. lteport adopted.
l£\'l-I.\'l.\'G sicssiox.

Address of Welcome—.\Iayor A. U. liementz
Response, ll. F. l’eckham.

The committee on constitution and by-laws
not being ready to report. an hour was given to
the discussion of the ditl’erent methods of work
of the various clubs.

The committee on constitutson having com-
pleted its work then made their report, which
was followed by the adoption of the following
constitution and by—laws. lint few changes
were made in them as reported by the com-
mittee.

Constitution and By—1aws of The Mich-
igan Statc Association of Farmers’
Clubs.

l’l.’E.\)lliI.E.

We, the delegates from various Farmers‘
Clubs of Michigan in convention assembled,
realizing the importance and ellicacv of organi-
zation in the promotion of ideas and the ad-
vancement of measures of general interest and
benelit to the agriciilturists of this state; believ-
ing that the social, moral, intellectual and (inan-
cial condition of the farmer is advanced by
local rrganization of farmers’ clubs: and that
the organization of other local clubs will be
promoted by d central or state association of
clubs already in existence, and believing that
such an organization would be a valuable
means for the interchange of ideas and secur-
ing of ends which may be deemed of general
benefit to the farmers ofthis state, do hereby
adopt the following constitution and by-laws
for the government of such an association:

coxsri'ri"rio.\'.

ARTICLE i.—.\'ame—This organization shall
be known as the Michigan state Association of
Farmers’ Clubs.

Am‘. u.~—()bjects~'I‘he objects of this Associa-
tion shall be as set forth in the preamble.

Am‘. iii.—Uilicers——'l‘lie oillcers ofthe Associa-
tion shall be a president, vicebresident, secre-
tary and six directors. whose duties shall be
such as usually devolve upon such oilicers, ex-
cept that if occasion requires the secretary
shall also perform the duties of treasurer.

ART. iv.——’l‘he annual meeting of the Associ-
ation shall be held in Lansing on the first Tues-
day and Wednesday of February in each year.

ART. v.-—’l‘he ollicers of this Association
shall be elected at the annual meeting by ballot,
a. majority of all votes cast being necessary for
an election. The president, vice—president and
secretary shall be elected for one year, and one
director for one year, two directors for two
years, and two directors for three years, and
hereafter two directors shall be elected annual-
ly for three years. And no olhcer shall be
eligible for re-election except the secretary,who
may be re—elected by a three-fourths votes of
all the delegates present.

ART. vI.—Any Farmers’ Club in the State of
Michigan may become a member of this Associ-
ation by certifying to the secretary of this
Association its desire to be so enrolled, and
paying an annual membership fee of $1.

BY-LAWS.

1. The oflicers of this Association shall consti-
tute an executive committee,the duty of which
shall be to prepare a program for the annu-
al meeting and to perform such other duties as
may properly devolve upon an executive com-
mittee.

2. Each Club shall be entitled to send two
delegates to the meetings of the Association.

3. The otiicers of this Association shall assume
the duties of their respective olfices immediate-
ly upon their election,

4. The faculty of the Agricultural College
shall be admitted to all the privileges of the
floor but shall not be entitled to vote.

Amendments—The constitution or by—laws
may be amended at any annual meeting of the
Association, provided the proposed amend-
ments shall be published in the Michigan Farm-
er and GRANGE VISITOR over the signature
of the secretary at least four weeks before the
annual meeting. Such amendments shall re-
quire a. two-thirds vote.

Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications as ahey cannot reach the diseased
portion 0 the car. There is only one way) to cure deafness
and that is by constitutional remedies. eafness is caused
by an inflamed condition of the m_ucu_ous lminzof the Eus-
tachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a
rumbling sound or in: ei-feet hea ring, and when it_ is en-
tirely closed deafness is the result, and unless the inflam-
mation can be taken out and this tube restored to its nor
mal condition, hearing will be destroyed {oi-eyer; nine
cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing
but an inflamed condition of the mucuos surfaces.

We will give one hundred dollars for any case of deaf-
ness (caused by catarrh) t_h that cannot be cured by H all’s
Catarrh Cure. Sand for circulars

f .
F. J. eiini~ii:°ii & c ,?aledo, o.
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THE GRANGE VISITOR.

APRIL 4, 1895.

A. H. VVABRES.
Ovid, Mich.

‘ ' Breeder of IMPROVED

-.' Chester V‘l'liite Swine

and Lincoln Sheep. If you want a nice _fall

ig, and at prices that will a.-tonish you. Just

et me hear from you stating what you want. I
have pigs that will suit.

ARE YOU OPPOSED
T0 TRUSTS?

Will you back those that
fight them?
EVERY FAREHER SAYS YES.
Then buy your

llarrows  Gullivalors

of the manufacturer that has spent thousands
of dollars fighting combines.

THE WHIPPLE HARROW C0.

ST. JOHNS, DIICH.

W11 1 PPLE'S SUPPLE M. ENTARY
Adjustable Wide Tire

FOR FARNI VVAGONS.

l)ll)‘.< a coinplen- .-‘ct 1lrlClll(llllL:' tho

llL,'llt(‘.n(-I‘ T) of .\"I‘EI‘}L Tl RES N5
inches wide, wai'riuited to L. i-i-y 4.000 lb.~'.,
that can be put onto the wln-cls of nny farm
wagon over the iizirrow tire. iiiirlcuii l)4"1lTlT(lClll‘Il
or detached by one man in Y\\'i‘lll’)' lllllll1TI,‘.<. ln
ordering give dizuiu-tcr of wln-cl.-. .\«l(li-c.-s

E. E. WHIPPLE,

ST. JOHNS, IVIICH.

Duroc RACTICAL

ROLIFIC

ROFITA BLE

ORKERS
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HiLi.so.\i.i~: (‘o.. Micii.

J_L‘°-V Shropshire
f‘

Sheep.

Hogs are

We are Sold out____....-L

of niales tit for service, but are ofl'er—
iiig a CHOICE LOT OF YOUNG SOSVS
at reasoiizible rates.
‘Q-
“’rite for (‘Inscription and prices. Look
up our :ulvei'ti.~'enient in previous issues
of the VISITOR.

Hillsdale County Herd
Poland China Swine. . . .

Choice stock for sale at reasonable prices,
and Giumzntccd as represented.

JNO. BOWDITCH.

HILLSDALE, Mich.

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win-muted. sud an lind-
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and ship anywhere on I '
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faction.
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Farming in Mississippi.
PROF. s. M. TRACY.

The agricultural possibilities of
any locdlity depend on the success
with which leguminous crops can
be grown, more than upon _ any
other single factor. In Missis-
sipi the cultivated legumes, red
clover, cow peas,alfalfa, melilotus,
lespedezzi, and the vetches grow as
they can never do in the nortl_i,ai_id
have practically solved the fertil-
izer problem for all time to come.
Some one or more of these ‘crops
are adapted to every condition of
soil and season, and there is no
time during the year when we may
not have sonic of them in active
growth. Clover, alfalfa, and iiiel—
ilotus are used when we wish per-
manent meadows or pastures, the
lcspcdeza is one of the best of sum-
mer gi'0\vc1's, a crop of cow peas
can be grown in aiiv two 1110I1tllS
between May and October, while
from October‘ to May the vctclies
make a rank growth. \\'ith such
-.1 supply of plants for green inan-
uring the addition of a compara-
tivcly small amount of commercial
fertilizers enables us to grow al-
most any crop which may be de-
sired.

(‘OT'l‘().\'.

Mis:-issippi has grown cotton so
largcly that many regard the state
as being fit for nothing else, while.
as a matter of fact, there are few
crops which can be grown in Mich-
igan which cannot be grown to
still better -.i<lvaiit:ige here. \\'intcr
wlicat is as sure a crop on our
black lands as it is in Michigan or
\\'iscoii.-‘in. from twenty to twenty-
fivc bushels being a common crop.
Oats: may be sown at any time
from October to March: rye and
barley make excellent winter pas-
turc.-‘. and with oats, vetches, and
alfalfa.givc a continuous supply of
frcsli feed during our coldest wiii—
tcrs. One of the great advant-
agcs which the Mississippi farincr
has is in the fact that the winter is
rarely so cold or thc ground so
frozen as to interi'upt work in the
ficld. There is not a month in
which more or less planting is not
done. and not a month in which
we may not have some crop to har-
vest.

Coicx.

Cotton has always bccn the most
important crop in the state, and
will probably continue so for many
year.-: to come: not because it is the
most profitable, but because it is
the one which we are in the habit of
growing. At present prices, five
cents per pound, it is just about as
profitable as is wheat at fifty cents
per bushel, and we shall probably
continue to grow it as long as nor-
thern fariiiers persist in growing
wheat. Until within a few years
we grew littlc besides cotton, de-
pending on northern growers
for almost our entire supplies of
meat, corn, and even liay:but with-
in the last fivc years conditions
have changed greatly, and we are
now raising a much larger pro-
portion of our supplies at home.
The corn crop of 1891 was the larg-
est ever grown in the state,by m0i'e
than 10,000,000 busliels, and dur-
ing the past winter we have shipped
a large amount from here to Illi-
nois and Missouri.

COMPARED VVITH )IIL‘lIl(a'rA‘.\'.

The home supply of meat, sor-
ghum, mules, liay,and other crops
has kept pace with the increase in
the corn crop so that, although our
cotton crop has decreased in value,
living expenses have decreased
still more, and we are in a better
condition today than we were five
years ago, and much less in debt.
During the last six years I have
made it a point to talk with county
clerks whenever I had an oppor-
tunity, and they invariably told
me~that the number offarni mort-
gages has decreased from fifteen to
twent ufive per cent yearly, showing
that t e farmeris rapidly becoming
his own master. The report of the
last census shows the average per
capita indebtedness of the people
of the United States to be $114.13;
of Michigan $80.09; While the total
debts of the people in Mississippi
amount to only $19.66 each,Which
is a smaller indebtedness than has
any other state in the whole Union.
The same report gives the average
value r acre of farm products in
the nited States as $6.88; of
Michigan as $8.48; and of Missis-
sippi as $10.41. The average val-
ue of land in Michi n is given as
$43.72 per acre, While in Mississip-

pi it is valued at only $9. 50. VVith
these low priced lands and high
acre values of crops, farming gives
a. much better return on the ca -
ital invested here than in the nortli,
as $1,000 will buy 105 acres here,
while it will buy only :23 acres in
Michigan.
AS A HOME.

Immigration is now coming into
the state more rapidly than ever
before, and nearly all of the iinini-
grants are of the very best class of
people—nat-ive Americans who are
coming here to make homes for
themselves and their children.
The old war prejudices have en-
tirely passed away, and the nor-
thern immigrant finds a warm wel-
come wherever he may go, be he
Methodist or Episco ialian, Repub-
lican, Democrat, or fiopulist. The
old federal soldiers will find their
best friends and neighbors among
the old Confederates. Many Mich-
igan pco ile have recently settled
here, and among them are at least
five graduates of the Agricultural
College, all of whom are well
pleased with their locations. A
large part of the Michigan iinini—
grants have settled along the Gulf
coast, at Ocean Springs, Biloxi,
Bay St. Louis, and other points,
though there are some in nearly
every town in the southern part of
the state.

I know of no place in the whole
country where a farmer with even
nioderate means can make a pleas-
ant home and a comfortable living
more easily and quickly than here.
Conic and examine the country for
yourself.

Agricultural College, Miss.

Transportation.

I-I.\'ti'acts froui report ofcmiiinittee on
Traiisportatioii, Micliigaii State Gtaiige.
\\'c find a law in our statute
books which has been enforced
against the Chicago & Grand
Trunk Railway, and which would,
if enforced against other roads,
largely benefit fariners and Others
in close contact with and depend-
ent on them, by giving common
rates of two, or two and onc—half
cents per mile, but we also find no
effort being made to enforce this
law against thi=_«:.e other roads: we
therefore recommend that steps be
taken immediately to secure the
enforcemcnt of this law if practi-
cable, and if any further legisla-
tion is needed to secure this re-
sult, we demand its passage in the
interest and welfare of the people.
\\'hile we admit the necessity and
great worth of railways, we must
concede that the rivers and great
lakes as a means of public high-
way, a nieans of traflic and travel,
are of incoinputable value to us
all. The entrances and ClCz1l‘tll1C(3S
at all the lake ports, during 1881+,
were 27,700,000 tons, while the eii—
tranccs and clearances at all the
sea ports of our country were but
21S_,‘Jb‘3,315 tons. Entrances and
clearances at Liverpool and Lon-
don, 33,000,000. The average rate
of carrying a ton of coal from
Buffalo to Duluth, 1,000 miles, is
30c per ton, and it has been carried
at 10c per ton, or one—tcnth of a
mill per mile; about one—hundrcth
of the usual rate by rail per mile.
The usual price for a barrel of
flour from Duluth to Buffalo is 10
cents, and :1 bushel of wheat has
been carried from Chicago to Bu fia-
lo for 1 cent.

DEEP VVATERVVAYS.

The improvement of our water-
ways by opening of a deep chan-
nel to the sea, by the Great Lakes,
a Niagara Canal, and the St. Law-
rence river, or the enlarcrement and
improvement of the Erie Canal,
and the Hudson river, to the port
of New York, would be of lasting
and inestimable benefit to the farm-
ers of the great northwest and con-
tiguous country, by increasing the
irices of the products of their la-
or, while at the same time it
would decrease the price of neces-
saries of life to the consumers, in
the populous manufacturing cen-
ters of our country,and of Europe.
There is at present Work being
pushed on a great canal to con-
nect the waters of Lake Michigan
with the Mississippi and the Gulf
of Mexico, yet the treacherous con-
dition of the river will make it for-
ever impossible to place the pro-
ducts of our farms, mines and for-
ests, profitably upon the markets
of the World by a southern course.

A HELP TO MICHIGAN.
What we, as citizens of Michi-

gan, could greatly profit by, would

be the ability to load our Michi-‘

gan products, in Michigan boats,
manned by Michigan sailors, who
could deliver them direct in the
great consuming centers of the old
world, and stop that great drain
upon our profits, by the transfer
companies and the middle—inen of
our sea ports.

These deep waterway improve-
ments have been deemed practica-
ble and possible, by eminent civil
engineers, and it is the sense of
your committee that the Grange.
Rational and State,
steps necessary to bring about
concert of action between them-
selves, the shipping
mining,
commerce, and other organized
bodies, by which conccrtcd and

continued agitation and studv of

this great subject could be had‘. un-
til the opening of a deep water-
way channel to the sea shall be
brought about.

(lilo. ll). Mooiiiz,

L'liairinan. ‘

Influence of Forests upon the,

Climate of the Surrounding
Country.

Local air currents are set up bv
the difi'crcncc in tcnipcraturc of the
air within and_witliout thc forc.-"t.
analogously to those of a lake or
poiid, coolcl‘ current.-‘ coining from 
the forest during the day in the!
lower strata and warincr currcnts”
during thc night in thc ll1)])€‘l'.'~'ll':ll:l.
The latter currents being warmer
and iiioistcr. can bc of influence on
the tc1npc1'atui'c and inoi.-"lure con-
ditions ofa neighboring ficld by
niodcrating tcinpcrziturc cxtremcs
and increasing the liuniidity of the
air.

This local circulation is the one
most iniportant dill'ci'cnce bctwfian
forest and other vegetation. How
far away from the forest this cir-
culatioii becomes sen.-iblc is not as-
Cel‘l2llll(‘,(l. In winter timc, when
the tcmperaturc (llll(‘l'(3llt'l‘s be-
come simill, no such circulation is
noticeable.

T he general air current in the
lower portions are cut oil‘ entirely
by the forest, which acts as :1 wind-
break. This influence can of course
be cxperienccd only on the leeward
side. How far this protection i'eache.<
it is difiicult to estin1atc.but it cer-
tainly reaches fiirtlicr than that of
:1inercwiiidlireal<,sincc by the fric-
tion of the air moving over the
crowns :1 rctardation must be ex-
pcricnccd that would be noticeable
foi' a considerziblc (lislunce beyond
the mere windbreak effect. Dc-
forcstation on a large scalc would
pci'iiiit uniiiterruptcd sweep of the
winds, :1 change more detrimental
wlierc the configuration of the
ground does not fulfil -.1 siinilar
functioii—in large plziiiisniorc than
in hilly and mountziiiious rcgions.
and at the scasliorc more than in
the interim‘.

F-.ivoi'ablc infiucnccs upon mois-
turc conditions of the air are most
noticeable in localities where much
water is stored in underground
with overlying strata which are apt
to dry when our summer drought
prevails. Herc thc forest growth
is able to draw water from grcatcr
(l(31)tl1S:lI1(lll)‘ll':.ll1H1)ll':lll()nl'0lll1'llll
to the atniosphcrc,thcrcbyi'educing
the dryness and possibly inducing
precipitation. In most climates
this action would be less clfectivc
or of no use. Hence in regions
with oceanic climates and moist
sea winds like England and the
west coasts of Europe or of the
northern United States, deforest-
ation from a climatic point of view
may make no appreciable ditl'ei'-
once, such as it would make in
continental climates like the in-
terior of our country, the Rocky
Mountains, and southern Califor-
nia. .
“'hether large or small areas of
forest and open fields alternating,
or what percentage of forest is
most favorable can not as yet be
discussed, since we are not clearly
informed even as to the manner
and amount of influence which for-
est cover exercises. In general
We may expect that an alternation
of large forested and unforested
areas, in regions which on account
of their geographic situation have
a dry and rigorous climate, is more
beneficial than larcre uninterru ted
forest areas. which would fai _to
set up that local circulation which
is brought about by difference in
temperature and rmits an ex-
chan of the*forest climate to the
neig boring field.—.B. E. Fer-
now.

should take ‘

interests, ,
lumbermen. Cl1;l111l)e1'5 of;

I

I Tuberculosis.

Bulletin Mass. Exp. Station.

 From a careful study of this sub-
;ject as presented in the foregoing
 pages it seenis that certain conclu-
lsions can be drawn which bear im-
[portant relations to the introduc-
ftion. spread, propagation, and re-
gsults of tuberculosis in this particu-
I lar herd.and which.perhaps,may be
jiwith propriety applied in :1 gener-
gal way to the extensive and 2l.l:l1‘lll-
ling prevalence of the disease
£among cattle in .\la.-sacliusetts.

1. That it is unsafe. to iurclizisc
;aniin2ils to add to a hezilt iy herd

3 i from a herd in which llll)(‘l'L'lll()s‘l.s

 lias existed.

_ That poor .-;aiiitai'y surround-
v11_1g>'. es‘peciull_v iniperfect ventila-
tion and iiisufiicicnt light.:irc favor-
able to the rapid spl‘e214l of tuber-
Clllu.-‘i.~‘. among cattle.

ii. That it is much bettcr to
dispose of c.\'crcmcnt outside of
,stublcs than in L'l.‘ll:.ll's undcrncutli
E them.

-1. That infcctcd stiiblcs bear
closc rclation to the propiigzltion of
thc <liseu.~'c. ‘

.3. Tlial cvcn by tho use of
cascs of this «Ii.-‘ca.-‘c bv pl1\'.-icill
('.\':1llllll:lllUll is lll1])().~‘.\'ll).lL‘. '

ii. That the di:ignosi.- in lllosl
strong ili.-'iiifc<-tiiig lluids it is very
dillicult.if not inipos.-Aiblc. to rid ah

ll'Ulllllllll’ll to psnzc 7.:

:2.

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Ex Omcm I . . . . . . . ..\iin ;\rlior
‘York the

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illlll llcacli. Huron

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

Porcelain ballot marbles, per hundred.  75

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Secretary's receipts for dues, per hundred ..

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Applications for inembersliip, per hundred

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l0c;perdozen..................  

“Glad Echoes,” with music, single copies,
25c;perdozeii........................ 

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Opening Sou Card, 24.: each : 75c per 50; 100

Rituals. 7th e ition (with combined degrees,)
$50 eachzper dozen....    ..

Rituals, 5th delglree, set of nine . . . . . . . . . . . , . .

Rituals, Juven e, single copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

Nol:ie_e to delinquent members, per 100 .... . .

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THE GRANGE VISITOR.

NT

MICHIGAN PATRONS “Buy direct
from Factory” at full wholesale
Prices and save all Mi(ldlemen’s
Profits.

O. w. INGERSOLL, Pnop.

Oldest Paint House in America,
241-243 Plymouth cm, Brooklyn.

URKS.

Ingcrsullh: Liquid Rubber Paints

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Sample Color Cards, “Contidentl:uI" Grange Discounts, Es-
timates and fllll particulars JIAILED I-‘REE. Write at
once,

APRIL 4, 1895.
PATRONS’ PAINT WORKS have sold Ingersoll Paint to the
Order P. of H. since its organization. House Paints and Cheap

Indestructible Cottage and Burn Paints
merits. Grange Halls. Churches. School Houses, Dwellings, all over the land.
some of them painted I5 vears ago, still looking Well, prove them the most

Paints for Barns and 0uthuild1ngs.10,000 Farmers testify to their
durable.

I thought that maybe it was him that l
(lied 0' the typhoid inspectin the drains i
What killed him. The thought; gave me
a kind 0’ turn, and I walked back tol
the gate to see if I could see Murc-hcr’s

, , _ 3 The ‘a, ’ if you noticed, was printed
. l ‘ i ‘ ‘ll . l somewhat after the Gernian fashion.
I l ‘\ L‘. . ‘ Now, a real Ge-rinan invariabl_v prints in
r the Latin ('ll8I‘£l(‘IC'I‘, so that we nniy
‘ safely say that this was not writtmi by
oiic, but by a cluiiisy iinitator. who
OW-rilltl his part, It was :-‘imply (l ru:-‘c
to divert inquiry into. a wrr-,ii;: f'll€lllIl(‘l.
[‘m not going to It'll _vou much i:~..»i'<r of
tho r-as»-, doctor. You know .'-. In ‘ :~1'
,r.:¢-t.-' ll-}('l" rlit \\'llé-ll oil:-v li<- lizzs «- ,
(‘fl his trick, and if I-how you to-» l..

lark, while I nlL'(llf(lIL‘(l upon the many
sidcdncss of the human mind.

tivzttor slmuld l'(‘llIt‘llll|t‘l' that the
lo1i<_rvi' tho I(‘:l.\l is «l(‘l:l_\'(‘(l. the
l:ll';_"('l' thc (‘(>lll[l:lll_\' that must be
-— — ,pi-ovltlctl fut". lltigs :ll'(‘ like woctls
lantern, but there wasn’t no sign of him Weeds. l in that they llll'l\'(' l>('>l under :L
nor of any one else. ” f stun» _m-qui..i_n-.~ for I‘re\‘(-IiliIi_i.: the ln- pcizsistt-lit and tl(‘l(‘l'llllll('(l >'_\'.~'l(,‘ll1
“There was no one in the street?" ‘Q t1~'}',’,‘_.',‘,‘.",';',{',‘,‘.,T;£::,ffi‘},:,f""' “ "W lime‘ ""‘ of i1t';_rlm-1. and lll(‘ll|lll!l)t‘l' of bu_;.<
'57‘-’t' 3 “fill SW1» Sh‘: 1101” 90 much i 1 The right kin,1,,f ,1 mm, “.1,” that i':ti.<v«l to l1l:llHI'll_\' and
‘ }_r1'cct1 old :l}_"(‘ is :tl\\':i_\1-' in iiiv(~1'sc

5 as a dog‘ Then Ipuned myself togemer l will c-ircfullv ()l)~'(‘l'\'(‘ and study
' 1 ratio to the llllllllI(‘l' of potatoes
li:i1'\'t-stcd. (‘:lIl.~(‘ and cticct.

[To Bl-.1 CUNTINU-ED.]

By A. Eoiiint DOYLE. I

PART ONE.

[Being a rqn~z'ut from the remz‘n1'.s-ccizces
of John H. ll’/zlmm. M. 11.. late of the
army 1/zctlictzl rltrpartmeut]

is

and went back and pushed the door open. 3 l ) k. 1‘ f _ I p I . ,-
_ All was quiet inside, so I went into the  K ‘W “ ” “ 9"‘ " ml‘ “W” 1'” "

‘cl; . .
room where the light was a-burnin. ‘11“'-l1.51'l’tl"z‘-"'~'i“’l1 l" U19 ll“-"1 ml‘

7 , ‘ I and on the dust within.
 F’ way of checking my calculation. VVheii

:3

l-TER IV.
It was 1 \= ..;-:k when we left 3 Lau-
riston Gardens. Sherlock Holmes led

=nf my iiivtltod n-f \\'m.'ki|i=: yrui will r'riv:;<‘,~
‘to the t-nzitdu.-'inii that I an; ti \'r'z‘)‘ 01‘

me to the nearest telegraph officc, whence ‘
he dispatched aloizg t8l(‘gl‘dlll. He then .

hailed a cab and 0l.‘tl(‘1'e(l the driver to

take us to the aftlrcss given us by Le- _

strade.

“There is nothing like first hand evi-
dence, ” he reniarkt-d. “As a matter of
fact, my mind is entirely made up on
the case, but still we may as well learn
all that is to be learned. "

diiim'_v iiidivizltizll, lil.'t‘l‘ all."
“I shall in-vrrrl-'1 that. " I .'in-‘\vr-i‘- ",

“You havv br<»u=_:ht all-tt-<-rim: :-.-‘ i.«:.1' ‘

an ('.‘:?l('[ .~(‘lL'l2L.'(’ it will t-vugr I»-

brought in thi.- worlvl
My (~oinp:ini«m fiu.-her] up with pleas-

-ure-. at my xvcytl.-' and the 4-:i1‘i;«:<t way in

which I um-rt-d thr-ui.
")iJ.~il'I'\'L'(l that he was sviisitivc to flartt-r_v

'on the score of his art as any girl could
die of liter bvaut_v.

“You amaze me, Holmes,” said I. ,

"Surely you are not as sure as you pre-
tend to be of all those particulars which
rw 

“'l'i'z+~.'--'-' no room for a mistake,” he
answered "The very first thing which
I observed on arriving there was that a
cab had made two ruts with its wheels

I said.

“I'll tell you one other thing,” he
“Patent l('fllllt'I‘S and square toes
Gains in the saint» cab, and tliz«_v \\':lll{('-’l

‘down the pzitli\\‘a_v lHL'(‘Ill(‘l‘ as fI'lt‘lllll_‘,'
;zis possiblt-—:irm in arm in all probabil-

Iity.

Wheii they got in.-irlc, they Wlllks-{I

lup and down the room, or rather patent
‘ls-atlit-rs stood still while square tocs

close to the curb. Now up to last night j

we had no rain for aweek, so that those 
las he walked, he grew more and more

:Pxcitvd. That is shown by the iiicrt-a.~'c(l

wheels, which left such a deep impres-
sion, must have been there during the
night. There were the marks of the
horse’s hoofs, too, the outline of one of
which was far more clearly cut than

walked up and down. I could read all
that in the (lust, and I could read that.

length of his Ffl‘l(l('F. He was talking

‘Elll the while and working hiiiisclf up,
‘no doubt, into ll fury. Tll(‘ll the tragedy

that of the other three, showing that.

that was a new shoe. Since the cab was
there after the rain began and was not

, and conjecture.

there at any time during the morning—- .

I have Gregson’s word for tliut—-it fol-
lows that it must have been there dur-

house." _
“That seems simple enough," said I;
“but how about the other man’s height?"

occurre-d. I've told you all I know my-
self now. for the rest is mere surmise"

We have a good work
ing basis, however, on which to start.
We must hurry up, for I want to go to

‘ Hallc‘s concert to hear Norman Neruda
ing the night, and, therefore, that it;
brought those two individuals to thei

this aftcriioon. ”
This conversation had occurred while

,our cab had been threading its way
.through a long succession of dingy

"Why, the height of a man in nine ’
cases out of ten can be told from the ,

length of his stride. It is a simple cal

fellow‘s stride both on the clay outside
Then I had a

3 man writes on a wall, his instinct
leads him to write about the level of his
own eyes. Now that writing was just
over six feet from the ground. It was
child’s play.”
“And his age?” I asked.

without the slightest effort, he can’t be

streets and dreary byways. In the
diiigicst and drearit-st of them our driver
suddenly came to a stand. “Tliat’s

‘ Audley court in there, " he said, point-
culation enough, though there is no use I
my boring you with figures. I had this ‘

ing to a narrow slit in the line of dead
colored brick. “You’ll find me here
when you couie back. ”

Audlcy court was not an attractive lo-
cality. The narrow passage led us into
a quadrangle paved with flags and lined
by sordid uwcllings. We picked our
way among groups of dirty children
and through lines of discolored linen

3 until we came to 46, the door of which

_ ‘ was decorated with a small slip of brass,
“Well, if a man can stride 4,1.5 feet ,

quite in the sere and yellow. That; was ‘
the breadth of a puddle on the garden ‘

walk which he had (’.Vlfl('lJtl_V walked
across. Patent leather boots had gone
around, and square toes had hopped
over.
all.
life a few of those precepts of observa-
tion and deduction which I advocated in
that article. Is there anything else that
puzzles you?"

“The finger nails and the Trichinop-
oly, ” I suggested.

“The writing on the wall was done _
with a man’s forefinger dipped in blood. l
My glass allowed me to observe that l

the plaster was slightly scratched in
doing it, which would not have been
the case if the man's nail had been
trimmed. I gathered up some scattered
ash from the floor. It was dark in color
and flaky, such an ash as is only made
by a Trichinopoly. I have made a study
of cigar ashes—in fact, I have written
a monograph upon the subject. I flat-
ter myself that I can distinguish at a
glance the ash of any known brand
either of cigar or of tobacco. It is just
in such details that the skilled detective
difiers from the Gregson and Lestrade
1!

“And the florid face?” I asked.

“Ah, that was a more daring shot,
though I have no doubt that I was right.
You must not ask me that at the pres-
ent state of the aflair. " .

I passed my hand over my brow.
"My head is in a whirl, ” I remarked.
“The more one thinks of it the more
mysterious it grows. How came these
two men—if there were two meu—into
an empty house? What has become of
the cabman who drove them? How could
one man compel another to take poison?
Where did the blood come from? What
was the object of the murderer, since
robbery had no part in it? How came
the woman’s ring there? Above all, why
should the second man write up the
German word ‘Rache’ before decamp-
ing? I confess I cannot see any possible
way of reconciling all these facts. "

My companion smiled approvingly.

“You sum up the dilficulties of the
situation succinctly and well, ” he said.
“There is much that is still obscure,
though I have quite made up my mind
on the main facts. As topoor Lestrade‘s
discovery, it was simply a blind intend-
ed to put the police upon a wrong track
by suggesting socialism and secret so-
'oi>atlea.- It was not done by A German.

. -_ slumbers.
There is no mystery about it at ‘

I am simply applying to ordinary ,

on which the iiaine Rance was engraved. ,
3 On inquiry we found that the constable T
was in bed, and we were shown into a .

little front parlor to await his coming.
He appeared presently, looking a lit-
tle irritable at being disturbed in his
“I made my report at the
oflice, ” he said.
Holmes took a half sovereign from his
pocket and played with it pcnsively.

“We thought that we should like to:

hear it all from your own lips,” he said.
“I shall be most happy to tell you

anything I can,” the constable answer- .

ed, with his eyes upon the little golden
disk.

“Just let us hear it all in your way,
as it occurred "

Rance sat down on the horsehair sofa =
and knitted his brows, as though de- l

termined not to omit anything in his
narrative.

“I’ll tell it ye from the beginnin,”
he said. “My time is from 10 at night
to 6 in the mornin. At 11 there was
a fight at the White Hart; but, bar that,
all was quiet enough on the beat. At
1 o’clock it began to rain, and I met
Harry Murcher, him who has the H01-
land grove beat, and we stood together
at the corner of Henrietta street a-talkin.
Presently, maybe about 2 or a little aft-
er, I thought; I would take a look around
and see that all was right down the
Brixton road. It was precious dirty and
lonely. Not a soul did I meet all the
way down, though a cab or two went
past me. I was a-strollin down, thinkin
between ourselves how uncommon handy
a four of hot gin would be, when sud-
denly a glint of a light caught my eye
in that same house. Now I knew that
them two houses in Lauriston gardens
was empty on account of him that owns
them, who won't have the drain seed
to, though the very last tenant that lived
in one of them died 0’ typhoid fever. I
was knocked all in a heap, therefore, at
seein a light in the window, and I sue-
pected as somethin was wrong. When
I got to the door”—-

“You stopped and then walked back
to the garden gate,” my companion in-
terrupted. “ What did you do that for?”

Rance gave a violent jump and stared
at Sherlock Holmes, with the utmost
amazement upon his features.

“Why, that’s true, sir, " he said,
“though how you come to know it heav-
en only knows! Ye see, when I got to
the door, it was so still and so lonesome
that I thought I'd be none the worse for
some one with me. I sin’: afeard of
mythin on this side 0’ the grave, but

I had ailrcnrlj.‘ 3 ‘
,-frightened face and suspicion in his:

There was a candle flickcrin on the

mantelpicce, a rod wax one, and by its 

: light I saw”——

“Yes, I know all that you saw. You

kitchen door, and thcn”——
John Rance sprang to his feet with a

jeyes. “Where was you bid to see all
that?" he cried. “It seems to me that
you knows a deal more than you should. ”

Holmes laughed and threw his card
’ across the table to the constable. “Don’t
‘get arresting me for the murder,” he
‘ said. “I am one of the hounds and not
the we. Mr. Gregson or Mr. Lestrade
will answer for that. Go on, though.
What did you do next?”

Rance resumed his seat, without, how-
ever, losing his mystified expression.
“I went back to the gate and sounded
my whistle. That brought Murclier and
two more to the spot. ”

“Was the street ernpty then?”

“Well, it was, as far as anybody that
could be of any good goes.”

“What do you mean?”

The coiistablc’s features broadened
into a grin. “I’ve seen many a drunk
chap in my time,” he said, “but never
lany one so cryin drunk as that cove.
 He was at the gate when I came out
1’ a-leanin up agin the railiii’s and a-singin
fat the pitch of his lungs about Colum-
} binc’s new faiiglcrl banner or some such
3 stuff. He couldn’t stand, far less help. ”

l “What sort of a man was he?” asked

fSherlock Holincs.
I John Rance appeared to be somewhat
iirritated at this digression. “He was
fan uncommon drunk sort 0’ man,” he
lsaid. “He’d ha’ found hisself in the
{station if we hadn’t been so took up.”
“His face, his dress." Didn’t you no-
ltice them?” Holmes broke in impatient-
: [y

“I should think Idid notice them,
’ seeing that I had to prop him up, me
,and Murcher between us. He was a
long chap, with a red face, the lower
‘part muflled rount "-—-
“That will do!” cried
: “What became of him?”

“We’d enough to do without lookiu
iafter him," the policeman said in an
aggrieved voice. “I’ll wager he found
3 his way home all right.”

Holmes.

“How was he clressetl?”

! “A brown overcoat.”

l “Had he a whip in his hand?”
I “A whip—no. ”

“He must have left it behind, ” mut-
tered my companion. “You didn’t hap-
pen to see or hear a cab after that?”

(INC. V)

“There’s a half sovereign for you,”
my companion said, standing up and
E taking his hat. “I am afraid, Rance,
that you will never rise in the force.
That head of yours should be for use as
; well as ornament. You might have
gained your sergeant‘s stripes last night.
The man whom you held in your hands
is the man who holds the clew of this
mystery and whom we are seeking.
There is no use of arguing about it now.
I tell you that it is so. Come along,
doctor. ”

We started off for the cab together,
leaving our informant incredulous, but
obviously uncomfortable.

“The blundering fool!” Holmes said
bitterly as we drove back to our lodg-
ings. “Just to think of his having such
an incomparable bit of good luck and
not taking advantage of it. ”

“I am rather in the dark still. It is
true that the description of this man tal-
lies with your idea of the second party
in this mystery. But why should he
come back to the house after leaving it?
That is not the way of criminals. ”

“The ring, man, the ring. That was
what he came back for. If we have no
other way of catching him, we can al-
ways‘ bait our line with the ring. I
shall have him, doctor. I’ll lay you two
to one that I have him. I must thank
you for it all. I might not have gone
but for you and so have missed the finest
study I ever came across. A study in
scarlet, eh? Why shouldn't we use a
little art jargon? There’s the scarlet
thread of murder running through the
colorless skein of life, and our duty is
to unravel it and isolate it and expose
every inch of it. And now for lunch
and than for Norman Neruda. Her at-
tack and her bowing are splendid.
What’s that little thing of Chopin's she

lira-lay.”
Leaning back in the cab, this ama-
teur bloodhound caroled away like a

plays so magnificently, Tra-la-la lira- gr

, v:inta},_rc, /. w.. method.

2. Sec that all .'~‘(‘(*ll.\' pur-

'L-hascd or }_r1'own at liomc for seed

_ 1.‘ll'C clean.

walked around the room several times, ,

"and you km-lt down by the body and ,' - - -

. .’  ': I: 5 ' v

‘then you walked through and tried the . 1.1 [3 1“ 1°‘ -3 ml “J3 tum.‘ “mu
‘l’:l1'lll>' are well clcaiied before use

:on the fzirin.

3. See that tlii'c.<liin}_r1n:u-hincs.

4. Cook or grind sci'ecniii_«_rs
and burn (~l1afl' when ccrtatiii \\'e(‘<ls
are stispectctl.

5. Send set-.-ds to the A_<_ri'icultu-
ral Collcgtc for infoi'mation_. unless
they are known to be llzll‘llllL‘.\'.~'.

6. Strive to prevent \vt-eds from
ripening seeds.

7. Make the soil very rich, as
most wccds will then give way to
field crops.

8. Modify the l'0ItlIl()l10f crops
with i'efei'ence to killing the
weeds.

9. Make a specialty of hood or
cultivated crops.

11 I. Make soiling crops :1 promi-
nent feature in certain fields.

11. Smother weeds with quick
f_ri'owin;_r and thickly seeded crops,
like red clover or ryc.

12. Keep some crops ,{_ri'mving
on the land from C:ll‘l_\' spring till
late :1utuinn——double croppiiig; Z.
r/.. two cultivated crops in one year
for barn and cellar, instead of one
for use and one of weeds.

1?. Cultivate tlioi'ou_<_rlily after
:1 crop is rcinoved.

1-}. Clear up and avoid leaving
any vacant or out of the way plac-
es for breeding ground.

15. \\'hci'c przicticablc, rcinovc
fences and cultivate to the }_TllIlCl'S
of thc liic_rliway.

14'». Kccp some shccp.

17. \\'hcn once be,<_run, ('()ntiI1-
ue the work, giving no ¢1ll{ll‘l.L‘l‘ to
\v<*cd.~'.

l-‘~'. IVhc1'e hand labor is cui-
eniploycd, it is far less c.\'pcnsive
and iiiuch 0:1.-‘ic1' to keep weeds
down by raking or liociiig oiicc a
week than by going: over the
§_ri‘ound less fi'e<picntl_v.

The habits of a weed dctcrniinc
to :1 great extent the best mode of
tigliting it. ('.ci't-.iin reincdics sug-
gcst tlicniselves for L'I'C€plllf_" per-
ennials likc quack giuss and toad
flax, while different trcatnient is
best for ll2ll'l'()\V dock; and still :1
(Iifl'e1'ei1tiiiode of attack inay be
adopted for crab giuss and purs-
lane.

Weeds are annuals, as pigweeds,
crab ,t__r1'ass, purslane; biennials, as
bull thistles and mullicns; perenni-
als, like quack gi'ass,():1na<la this-
tles, ox-eye daisy.

\Vill it pay{ The annual cost
of successfully lighting :1 wecdy
farm of 100 acres- in Ontario has
been found to be about 575. Good
cultivation pays a greater profit
than slipshod cultui'e.—l)r. ,[)‘m[.

Ideas,
Original and Other\vii~'e.

Another season of active work
on the farm will soon begin, and
plans should accordingly be made
to keep ahead of the work and
crowd it instead of being pushed
by it. There is a great deal of dif-
ference in the two ways——often all
the difference between success and
failure. The man who allows his
work to crowd him from early
spring to late autumn seldom does
his work in the best way, but hur-
ries through according to the old
saying, with “a. lick and a prom-
ise.” Corn and potatoes wont

“l’i}_rt-mi _‘_"1‘:l.<.\'” and kindred \\'(‘(‘(l.5‘
will thrive in the t'Hl‘llll(‘ltl llll'Ull;_{‘ll
drouth. and both the 1-,:u'l_v and the
latter rain. but .~’llll‘(‘ it \\‘:tstlct-H-t-tl
that .\d:ui1 slmuld ll\'t' l»_vtlw.~‘\\'c:1t
of his brow it lltls bu-u ll(‘('0.~‘,~‘.‘ll’y
to cultivate corn if s.-iti.<l':u-tui‘_v rc-
turn.-' are cxpct-It-tl.

Faiiiiis of loud :u-i't-s can bc cul-
tivutcd at lcsspt.-1' :l(‘l'(‘ than -can
the forty :u‘1'c f:ii‘in, but the for-
nicr will not l)l'()(llll'L‘ as much pct-
1l('l’C as the latter by any nicans, so
that what is _g':1iiio<l in one direc-
tion is lost in anotlicr.

In ni_v ideal f:u'uiin_«_rt-mnmunity,
no farm would Ulllllllll over forty
acrcsiuid often half that auiount
would be amply sutlit-icnt. The
curse and iiictiacc of our republi-
can institutions is t‘tll1(‘(‘llll‘:lll()ll.
The la1'_«_rc fariu iicccs.-‘it:i1cs one
landlord and lll:ll1_\' d(+pcn<lcnts.
In seasons of pi'ospci'ity and }__mod
crops the l:1ndloi'd pockets the pro-
fits: in stezimns of tlt-pi't-ssioti and
failure the tlcpcndciits In-211' the
brunt of the loss‘. llci1ig<lvp<-ii-
dent on the will ()f:lll()ll‘.(‘1', :1 _1_'”l'(‘:lt
lll('(’llll\'C to indusli'_v and improv-
niciit is taken away.

l)i\'idc the lHHH:u'1'c.s up into 41)
acre ti':u-ts and put a man on (‘ilcll
trm-’t. '.l‘\vcnty-live fzunilics are
within calling: distant-c. liciir-c tlicrc
is no loneliness tllatt-onic.-' froui is-
olation. Eat-li of the twciily-live
men has 1)Cl':~'«()ll:ll intcrcst in his
work and in the iiupmvciucnt of
his possessioiis. It is safe to pre-
dict that in ten years the value of
the IHUU acres would be ll(‘:ll'l_Y
doubled. The twcnt_v-livc men
would be better citizens. for cacli
will have gin iiitt-i'csl in the p1'<*sc1'-
vation of law and ordci'. It is vet'-
taiu tlicrc would be no strikcs
there, and tin-rc would be happi-
ncss, prospt-i'it_v, and contcnlnit-tit,
f:i1'above what wotlld be found
under the best of lziiitlloiwls. .»\bo\'c
all, <-,vci'y11i:ui would be f1'cc.—--"ii
('()n.~‘llllllll:lllI)ll dcvou1l_v to be
Wl>‘ll(.‘(l.U

If the l:t\\'s i'csti'it-tc.<l the pos-
scssit,it1 of land to forty an-res
for each voter, in the older sec-
tions of the t-outitry. it, would
be better for the country, and
would bi'in;_r :1 far gi'c2ilc1' nicas-
tire of luippincss to a la1',<_rci' num-
ber. Laiulvzilues would double,
and happy lionics, the bulwark of
any hind, would multiply. “When
every rood of ,<_r1'ound lllalllttlllls its
nian," there are fewer idlc men to
create disturbtinct-s, and more law
ubidiii_g_r citizens to maintain order.
I would that tho sigiis of the tithes
pointed in that direction, but, alas
for us, they don’t.

Ai'i'0LLos S. Iioxti.
Eaton Rapids.

Tuberculosis.
(Continued from page 6.)
old stable of the ,c__re1'nis of tubercu-
losis.

7. That in tuberculin we have
an exceedingly delicate and reliable
test. for tuberculosis.

8. That tuberculin indicates the
existence of tuberculosis in the
lungs and other parts of the body,
when 0b'ective symptoms are ab-
sent an when no germs can be
discovered by microscopical ex-
amination of the mucous from the
nostrils.

9. That its use is not followed
by any ill effects of a. serious or

grow on pro1nises,—they require
cultivation, plenty of it, and just
on time. On the other hand, the,
promise of a diet of paris green to
the bugs_will not interfere with
their appetite for potato vines,
All the time the promised feast is;
delayed, the bugs, following. the
eat law of nature, will proceed.
to multiply and replenish the pro-
spcctive death losses from the paris .
green that is promised. The cul-‘J

permanent nature.

10. That in tuberculin we have
the only means by which we can
eradicate tuberculosis from among
our cattle.

11. That our old styled and un-
sanitary stables, thoroughly infected
with the germs of tuberculosis
make the complete eradication
and suppression of this disease
well nigh impossible.


lllclitet of meetings-

Montcalm Grange will initiate a
class of seventeen in the fourth degree

and have the feast, customary with‘‘

that degree, in the forenoori of April 01.
In the afternoon the following ques-
tions will be discussed: "Which is a
woman’s lirst duty. to her lireside or
to her country 1"’ “\Vliicli do we more
enjoy, anticipation or realization?"
“How to make money and how to save
it.” "should seed-potatoes be allowed
to sprout before plantiiig.
.-ir.Lr«:o.\.\' l‘(i.\l(,i.\'.»\.
The Aliegan countv l‘omoiia Grange

will meet in Moline Grange hall,'i‘hurs- .

day, April 18, at lo a. tn. This is an

important meeting and we anticipate

a large attendance and grand time.
Prog/riml.

Address of welcome. .\Irs. Volney
Orton; response, .\lrs. .\’. A. llibble;
recitation. Mrs. A. Bragg; “L"ulture
and prolit of the g0oseberr_v_” Brother
Frank Chamberlain; paper, Mrs. Laura
Jewett: recitation. lii'ot‘her Coiigdon;

paper, “1\'atioiial Banks,” lion. E. N.‘

Bates; select reading. Estella Tanner.
Music by the Moline Grange choir.
Miis. A. .~‘i..-xiii-;,
Lecturer.

5%-Q96 Meiosi-

De Witt Grange is doing nicely. We
have initiated one new member this
year. Saturday night ‘March 23 was a

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

| with friends. He was well and favor-
: ably known throughoutChntonncounty,
l having lived within its borders ol years-

l

l

His father’s family was the first whitei

‘family to settle in what is now Clinton
icountv.

give way to cultivated lields, comfort-
able homes. churches, and sCh00l
houses now occupy the place ii here
once stood the Indian wig it am. lie
was a rneiiiherot the l“. N A. .\I. .\0.
272, member of the 0.5., also a charter
member of llewitt (lraiige ,\'o. 139. lie
always enjoyed atteiidiug the GI'aii¥9-

llis funeral was held in lN:‘.\’ill‘. and
was largely attr-ruled. The .\lasons
and Grange attended in a body.

.\li:.< C. L. l’l-1.\l:<_‘i-1.

l

. Economics that some definitive writing on
Mr.Scott has seen the mighty forests ,

Ito students all over the couiitry. lie is one

Olive Branch Club.

The Olive Branch farmers’ club met
writh Mr. Brainerd l’hllllpS_ March 23,
and as usual had a iriost enjoyable and

, interesting meeting. After dinner the
3 usual literary and musical program
l was rendered, after which the ques-
tion, "hfliould the citizens of this corri-
moilwealth vote in favor of the pend-
. ing amendment to the state construi-
tiori in refererice to raising the salary
jof certain state ollicers,”wasdiscussed.

‘ w]1l>.<I' l‘ll(’lnl)f‘l‘S would he farrricre‘. and to soinc

"1‘1.L» hook is very iiitcresting, but it scenis to
j us so like an “iridcsccrit drearri." that we inn:-t
i say to Mr. Aldri'cli—'l'ry it.

y Nearly all of the forty or thereabouts_‘

; would have done credit to a delibera

ltive bodv. Among those deserving of
special mention was the speech of Mr.
ll. K. lliome, who. owing to his experi

fence at Lansing, was able to enlighten
us on many points not generally under-
stood. Among other sentiments utters-d
were the following: "A high order of

I

present Spokefiud most of the Speeches  .-<-ll tick:-ti.-' on .\pril 2 and 34: at one way fare for l

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‘sit

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, _ , . , ‘ - ‘ ' ' , in l- vcr $311!). an I i run scitliiliikfiil that I fiel
blllldlhg‘. The upper hall IS used I01‘  adoption by a’ “sum: Vv0te}g'0r lthefol llilrci llllillllg: cvi-ryhotly, so they can be lll!ll<'lltl‘('(l
(}rax]ge meet1])2's, the lower hall is  lowing‘ presented  Li 11- lge OW- ‘ i by iiiy L‘.\'})t'l‘lL‘ll(,'(‘. .»\ii_yl')o(l_\‘ can S(‘l.llll>'ll \\'2l.'~'ll-
- ." - . I l “l’ieS()lV(~*(l, that it IS the sense OI f i-rs lJ(*C£l1l>'(? |)VCl'yl)(l(l)‘ w.'uil.~' one. i-.<p«-cizilly
litted for church services and tie ; . , . . , - , . _. - ., , -
. . ;th;s dub that any lnclvpase of salary of I \\lll‘l] it can he got :0 (‘lit .11». I b('ll('\(. ili.il in
1\l8lllOdlStS Tellt It T01“ (.'lll1TCll. The f ‘ , t 1. , , - ~ h two yr-urns froin now ever)‘ l"uiriil_v will lizivo one.
(grangers use it for a dining I-001“ 1:54 e€lmce_rSt‘I)r(”_’fl dtpprofpnatttlml  fr l\'ou can gi-t_f;ill\p:i%iculurs  h1‘lll(lIl‘(_‘.~'.~'l|ll1,'ll’ll'
, .1. ' ) . . 7 I lilll ie SIX lllll ?lX 01‘ ie . 1C l-i roii(‘it) )isi _as er I 0.. .. ‘. ’itt.-iur::i.
‘."h“‘ thfiy enul Mn lomond or “(H65 'r- L‘ ‘ ' v; V ' l l’:i.. unxl you can t lit-lpbut rnako money in this D   
1 , , , , ,ig,an riiversitv Vltlild be an unjust , . g
t‘dSlS. '1 ll“ dtU"nd31IC9 W43 VETY 14713. . D, rd H t, f \1- _} - , l lui-iiies.-‘. l hi-lievc that I can clear on-r i~'1:.llll(l Is adapted tosll soils and all work forwhir-li u llurrow is ll(‘L‘1lI'(l.
The master of Keystone in a few wt,“ l I H1 On 19 ‘X payers 0 i W “Ed”: -‘ Flat crushingspurs pulverizeliinips, l(‘\'l'l llllll SlII()(_illl the ground,
while at the sarric time curved coultcrs cultivate, lift and turn tho
. , entire surface of the soil. 'l'lu-liiu-lgwuril sl:iiitol'ilit-i-oul-
ters prevents tearing up rubbish, and reduces the limit.
Made entirely of cast steel uml \Vl'(Ill(.!lII iron,
and therefore practically iiirlei-slriit-lililo.

‘ CHEAPEST RIDING HARROW ON EARTH.
Sells for about the same as an 0l'(llllul‘)' :lrn;:—§:.hi and iipwurds.
N. B.—I deliver free on hoarrl ul tli‘xlriI»u/ing ]lIIlIlI.‘l. r ’

   totrcsponslble farmers, to ho rl'lIll'lIf‘(l I AGENTS
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a my cxpe-nsc,ifriotsatisiiurto '. WAN1-ED

, _ ., lVlILL|_NcTqN, n. ,i.,
and .30 south (.uuul.~.ircci,(.ll1(.,-\(.uu

cliiilliililiits.Biisgitsiinitittss

,5,’ and Bicycles. at Factory Prices. 'ork I.(ll8.l'fl'lll4'\‘d flnll ‘:0 to -in pm‘
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Variety
of sizes

    

I I H L t_ _ I d .iln- (‘UTllll)I.,’_\'(‘£ll‘ until llllil not goiiig to lot siicli

. . . . J . lS(l Ollg as le p1‘t'Se1ll. lllflllcla. 8- 3 an opportunity pa.-'.-‘ wit iout iinprovcriii-iii. \\’o
 Iv;00trd1§ev;'(:l(’t((’)m§g  3 pressjon c0ntjnue5_” : can": cximct to >'L1(‘.CL’i‘.(l without tryiiii.'fi H

- 1 . , _ - . . . us. .
welcome for actions speak louder than l ““"’,.C“.‘b “Om” ‘ts "eXt..me.etmg Wm‘
Words and in the royal manner m i Mr. “illiam Jones, April 25, when the
wmch’we were received and the Sump l following question will be discussed:
_ .. . , - -
tous dinner and supper set before us, ,l“'5°i“'d- ““'."t It IS the d“t~‘_' "f the
we cmud not fan to know We were , gm ernrnent to issue money directly to
Welwma The program was good. i to the people, and that gold and silver
Keystone choir furnished music when l §h°“m be “t e‘1‘“‘l value as 3 c”C“l“t'
called upon. A“ the members are , ing medium, and for the payment of
great Workers “,0 1- ‘I wmswn ,ide-bts.” l-:ev. Geo. M. Lyon will open
. . . - . , .. .

county cornmis.-zioricr of schools in  the.‘”Sc”ss’.(”" .
(‘linton county was present and gave It “Very l“‘”“m"-’- c°mm“.mW coma
an interesting-talk upon the township l get t°g“'””’r for we dlscusswn of SW“

   
  
  
 
  
 
   

 
 

 

The \Vor‘ld Moves Too Fast.

That is what a rarrner roiu us at the Chi-
cago fair when he saw the. wonderful array
of farm and vegetable crops. Tliink of an
oat yielding ‘Z00 bushels per acre on 100
acres. (We learn the Salzer Seed Com-
pany offer $300 fora suitable nariie for this
oat wonder), awheat 112 bushels on two
and one half acres, potatoes 1,000 biisliel-',
and grass and clover hay six tons per acre.
Truly agriculture inoves, and you will be

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unit school system Two new members ' q‘‘e5”°“3 33 “TU fl’? their interests, so §'V",“e;:m:, h,a‘,:,l,I¥,;],f,.,,V-i)u()S:()ivyV o§‘L”3iaf”:d‘ lgg-‘i‘;"l\v riizii{iie(iilicl:5ims€\;ie'§'liliiiinlllililiiiifliiisaliilliiiifiiiii iiiiifil-ii~f”." ililiili’-‘-‘till
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were added to liolnonah many would l)0l‘. W931‘ the placard ‘l‘ 01‘ this worm’ and that is from the Farm Seed "A and». Ma. pages and is the largest and most complete L8la.lu;.,'li(: our i.~~ii<ii. A undo.I¢1.5¢.

In the evening the young people gave
a drairia entitled “The Fatal Glass.”
The hall was crowded to its utmost
extent. The actors did splendidly.

Although we had to ride 18 miles
and the night was very cold and morii—
ing very near when we arrived home,
we were glad we were able to attend
Pomona. Long live Keystone Grange.

Mits. C. L. I’i«:.-iircn, Lecturer.

A \\'ORI) l“l‘.())I SIIEKWOOD.

With the enclosed list of subscribers
for the VISITOR, we send their com-
munication froiu Sherwood Grange
No. 96, that the fraternity may know
that, although the liat has gone forth
that Sherwood Grange is dead, yet she
liveth just the same and is in good
health, if we except lagrippe that has
its clutches fastened on some of our
number.

We have just closed the most suc-
cessful llterary works we have ever en-
gaged in. Brother Russell and Broth-
er Swain chose sides for a contest,
Number of points to be 300; the side
to reach that number first, to be cori-
sidered the winning side and were to be
treated to an oyster supper by the los-
ing side.

Last night the contest closed having
scored over 300 points in six meetings.
Does that look as though we were
dead? Not miichl During the contest
the very best of feeling has been main-
tained and perfect harmony has pre-
vailed.

By-the-way.Brother Editor and read-
ers, let me say that our Grange has
always been noted for the good nature
of its members and the unity that has
existed among them. Never to my
knowledge has there been a single in-
stance of estrangement between any
of its members in the twenty years of
its existence. Perhaps we have not
rushed matters like some of our sister
Granges by way of socials and dances,
but we hold our own.

Our hall is not so commodious as we
could wish. to entertain a large gather-
ing,but our hearts are large and willing.
and when we get that much—talked-of
kitchen built, we will hold forth a hos-
pitable greeting as of yore.

And now, Brother Editor, let me
whisper that on Saturday evening,
March 30, we will have a prize supper,
Brother Russell's side having won the
contest. We expect Brother Swain
and his allies to furnish a bountiful re-
past, and wait upon us in grand style.
You may be assured that you will re-
ceive a hearty welcome it you will hap-
pen around at that time. In our
mind’s eye we see that waste-basket
and we forbear.

Fraternally,
SEC’Y OF N o. 96.

OBITUARY.

Again Dewitt Grange is called to
mourn the loss of a worthy brother.

David Scott. the oldest continuous
resident of Clinton, died March 17.

He wit born in New York State in
1817, and died at Kuoxville,'[‘ennessee.—
where he had gone to spend the winter

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sale" or “To rent,”
of the politician.
D. B. l\IiLL.si:, Cor. Sec.

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Waked Up At Last.

It is now over a year since the Coin
l’ublishing Company of this city be—
gan the issuance of its linancial series,
the most famous of which is “Coiii’s
Financial School." This publication
is iiaving the most phenomenal sale of
any romance with or without a pur-
pose since Harriett Martirieau’s
famous series and Mrs.b‘towe’s “Uncle
Tom’s Cabin.”

The amazing- popular demand for
this publication shows that the Amer-
ican people are indeed pupils in the
school of finance. Never before in
the history of the country were the
voters, learned and unlearned. rich
and poor, so eager to know the real
facts and bottom truth about our mon-
etary system. The times are woefully
out of joint,and the question is: “What
can we do to be saved from going
over the brink of bankruptcy?” There
is a general determination to restore
silver to its old and legitimate place as
a money metal. Just what has to be
done and undone to secure restoration
is the great question of the hour. It
cannot be answered by drawing upon
the sonhisms of theorists, and least of
all by vilification.

The Inter Ocean.

 

A Standard Magazine.

In an article entitled “A Last Trib-
ute” ]".x-speaker Reed in the North
American Review for April, turns the
Republican search light of criticism on
the most important measures of the
tifty—third congress, and expresses his
opinion of them, dealing particularly
with the question of financial legisla-
tion. Senator Davis’ article in the
March number is answered in the
April number by Senator Gray of Del-
aware, who eloquently upholds the
foreign policv of the present adminis-
tration. senator Gray’s article is en-
titled “Two Years of American Di-
plomacy.

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sober, unreserved opinion. From its
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THE EMANCIPATION (IF LABOR.

In spite of the exciting events of
last summer’s strike. most of us who
are not laborers living in the cities,
have perhaps forgotten that the labor
question still exists as the most serious
problem of the day. Mr. Clement J.
strung has written a. little book that it

would be well to read, with the title

Specialist.
If You Will Cut This Out and Send It

' with 5c. postage, to the John A Salzer Seed

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Company, La Crosse, Wis., you will get a
sample Of Grass and Cl0v(\r'l\‘Iixtllr'u and
their mammoth catalog free.
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b'5u.llfOl‘L1 university has secured. the
valuable private library of the late Pro-
fessor l’llLlL:lJl'i.l.llll of the Leipzig, Grcriii.-i.iiy,
uiiivcr.~;ii.y.

The scliooncr Laura. Nelson of Norfolk,
Va., was \vruckcd at Nags Head, N. 0.,
the crew of tliirtccn iiiuu lldlllg rescued.

Koyaiuu. Rokunscki, the Japarrcse who
tttt-onipted to assiissirrute Li Hung Cliuiig,
has been sentenced to penal servitude for
life.

biix stores and residences and a. number
of barns were burned at Wonewoc, VVis.,
entailing aloss of $10,000.

Price of beef is predicted to increase at
Chicago coiisiderzibly owing to scarcity
of supply.

Henry Miller died of smallpox at Jef-
fcrsouvrllc, Ind,, without water, inedi-
cine or any attendance.

Prairie fires which have beenfir-aging in
wcsterir N obi-askri. for three days have de-
stroyed & number of ruiiches.

C. P. Anderson of But-avia, Ills., arose
from his sick bed and coirrmitted suicide
by cutting his throat.

'l.‘he smallpox record for the winter in
United Sbatcs cities shows Milwaukee,
VVls., to have sufiured the most.

The land o1li—_~.e at Marquette, Mich, has
decided Iilty of the eighty contests be-
tween tho settlers and the Portage Lake
Canal company. But two were decided
in favor of the company, which will up-
peel.

Rev. Dr. Rairisford, the well known
Episcopal clergyman, has been chosen
president of the New York Cricket asso-
ciatlon.

In a. collision between turbulent strik-
ers and gcu d’armes at Renaud, east
ii‘la.nder-s, one striker was killed and six
wounded.

The Utah constitutional convention
spent most of last week debating the W0-
man suffrage question. The feminine
voter will probably be in the state con-
Ititution.

 

Rubinstein had probably traveled
more than other any virtuoso. In his
time he made many fortunes and gave
them away to the poor in Russia. Dur-
ing the famine which raged among the
Russian peasants a few years ago he
journeyed to Vienna, Moscow and St.
Petersburg to play for charity. The price
of seats rose to unheard of figures, but
every penny of the money went to the
starving farmers. It is said that in the
course of 28 years the sum which he
thus disposed of amounted to $250,000.

On Top .

Good beef is there now.
Merinos will not stay below long.
We have right stock at right prices.
Call or write
W. E. BOYDEN,
tf ’ Delhi Mills. Mich.

Write today.

Send (or it. .I£’sf7'ec. Alliance Carriage C0,, Cincinnati, Olnio.

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FARMERS SHOULD EXPERIMENT

and not always take the word of interested
artios. Vt-ry fmv of them have any idea.
ow much the oommoil soft wire will strettrh.
They may have been it-.-id to believe it .'i. more
triilc. ltis an easy mailer to prove til.-it u.
No.9wire, uiidera, sir-ziin of about 1000 lbs.
will stretch from 1 to it; in. per foot and it
never takes up its own slack. That. accounts
for those little (‘Jill l"1l.l("lI(?l’-S filling up so
iiickly. Our local agoiit will furnish apower-
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nn-rs, Market Gnrdenenu uml
Clilzcnn attest to the supu-I-
oriiy ul’
:-.i.LZEll-‘S SEEDS.

\l'c zrre the only user-13-nu-ii
' in  lln l'lt'L. n.uLnig uspccmniy
‘ oi" rurm in-r-cl.-. rind are the
lnrun-At growers of Out:-,
‘n In ..t. Polutor-.-, Grin-ur--.
(ion rs. cu-.. in the world!

I,-"()0-,O€l‘J KUSEF,
l’l;...t:- and Small Fruits.

V.'.?(.‘E’l"ABLE.‘«‘.

Sgil-.-n.Iltl nun-uirlmrnt uf trui-
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Flower heads, 2.‘-c. Mammal].
Sr-A-tl Honk. I44 pngeu, free

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