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CHARLOTTE, iiicHiGA:,i, JANUARY 2

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‘l_T1ll1' F.-11-Hf, AJ'D SIIO [ID BE I’/115"!’1.l[1’1?Ul']:‘D."

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The State Finances.
Address Delivered Before the Michigan State

Grange by Gov. John '1‘. Rich, December 10,
1895.

Lr1(ZZc.s aml Gmtirg/m.~n qf t/to J[c'c/dgun
._\'{r,(z‘e Gmngc:
It is a pleasure to welcome you to the

, capitol of the state for your annual nieet-

ing. You are today the oldest and most
important organization representinrr the
interests of agriculture in this state. 'our
age as an organization has made you con-
servative in many things, but it is a con-
servatism induced by wisdom gained from
experience. You still fight with as much
force and vigor as ever, and more effect-
ually, because of experience and education
gained in many a hard fought battle for
farmers’ rights.

Many of your recommendations in rela-
tion to legislation in the past have been
most valuable and practical. This was to
have been expected, as all your members
are familiar with the practical every day
affairs of life, and among your members
may be found men who have held the high-
est official positions in the gift of the state,
and who have performed their duties with
credit to themselves and to the calling they
represented, as well as to the satisfaction
of the people generally. As representa-
tives of the people you have rendered val-
uable services in the past. and have shown
a foresight and wisdom that has coiiiiiiaiid-
ed the admiration and respect of all those
with whom you have come in contact.
whether socially, in business, or in official
life. But never before in the history of
your organization have you been called
upon to exercise greater wisdom or to be
more fertile in resources than now.

- .17? Soine of the difliculties which meet the
’ ‘.l)1'1:ii*mc,i-,' and. to stfiie extent, all other class-
’ J.-s, niay be mitigated by legislation.

But
there are others. growing out of mechani-
cal invention: such as bringing under cul-
tivation large empires of agricultural land.
heretofore producing nothing for the sup-
port of mankind, and with no pi'oportion-
ate increase of population, or deniand for
agricultural products: the modern cheap
and rapid transportation. which, while it
has undoubtedly benefited mankind, has
had the tendency to materially reduce the
income of the farincr. so that, while he
buys what he needs for ordinary consiiinp—
tion much cheaper than formerly, the mar-
gin left for profit and the payment of
debts has been nearly or quite wiped
out: the substitution of electricity
for horse power in the propulsion
of street cars, and of the bicycle as a
means of personal transportation, almost
extinguishing the use and value of horses,.
and thereby reducing the demand for hay
and oats; and the almost horseless carriage;
which promises to complete the destruction
alreadv so far advanced. It is probable
that iii the end all these things will, like
other inventions, result in the betterment
of the human race. But there is a traiisi-
tion period to pass through a readjustment
of occupation to be acconiplised, which
calls for an exercise of wisdom, and a fer-
tilitv of resource, that has seldom, if ever,
been required in the past. It is safe to
assume, however, that a people who have
made this country what it is will be able to
find some way to preserve it. It is also
safe to say that the farmers of Michigan,
who have reclaimed these magnificent
farms from a state of nature, cleared the
forests, drained the swamps, constructed
highways, erected the buildings, both pub-
lie’ and private, educat_ed_ their children,
and, many of them, giving froni_one_ to
four years of the _best part of their lives
for the preservation of the government,
will find some way to overcome the dith-
culties which now beset us, ,

It may not be uninterestingto give a few
facts in relation to state finances, and the
cause of the present high state tax.

There is one unpleasnt thing about it. I
cannot assure you of any 1'91“-‘i thiS,)'ea1':
but next year there will be -.1 substantial re-
duction. The state is growing ,I'ap1(ll_Y,
and some increase in the amount ofstate tax
is unavoidable, as the demands of tne state
inc,.e,,se, In the present case I am not
goino‘ to give anything startling or sensa-
fjongfi, or charge anyone with embezzle-
ment of the people’s money. There [have
been charges of corruption in every legis-

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lature which has met since the admission
of the state, but there is very little on
our statute books to show that any
considerable amount of the people’s money
has been sacrificed.
not carried on with that strict economy
which a prudent man exercises in his own
business, but it comes as near to it as any
public business with which I am acquaint-,
ed. There have been some improvements.
made in methods, and there is room for

more. which I trust, may come in the near *

future.

The main excess of taxes this year over
what they have been in legislative years in
the past arises from the fact that sufficient

taxes have not been levied in the past to '

pay the expenses of running the state gov-
ermiient.

I will go over very briefly the condition
of the state finances for the past eight
years. One of the most prolific causes of
the increased expense is the care of the in-
sane. The cost of keeping prisoners has
increased with increased numbers and the
inability to find remunerative employment.
The building of the Upper Peninsula Hos-
pital for the Insane at Newberry and of
the Michigan Home for Feeble Minded and
Epileptic at Lapeer, and the increased ap-
propriations for the University, Noi'iiial
School and Mining School have also con-
tributed to the result. But when the needs

of all the people are taken :".t0 considcr- ‘,
ation, I cannot see that there is anything i
wrong in these appropriations, and but foi' ;.

the added burden to the already hcavil_v

loaded taxpayer, they have much to recom— i I

mend them.
\\ hen Governor Luce was inaugurated.

January 1, 1587, there was a balance in ,
His ad-

the state treasury of $110.292.t~‘3.

 

_-.ra’.ion had to lii.  -..»-;a.y.'1?4~t1'—.<.~.2;;=.‘;'\'_=‘
on what his predecessor had provided. and
the balance in the treasury at the close of
his first year was $01,064 L10. The legisla-
ture of 1.\\'7 appropriated for 1557, $1.-
‘J5<,>,0\.3, and for 18.58, ‘ .-l5S,-l¢3Ii, a total
for two years of S3,-105,. )1. The amount
paid for the care of the insane for the tis-
cal years ending June 30, 1587. and June
:30. 185:4. was $527,0-l0, and for state insti-
tutions, including insane, $1,702,206.

The appropriations made by the legisla-
ture of 1580 were $I~},1).H‘.'3.205, or more than
$300,000 less than in 18.57. The amount
appropriated for the insane was 5\'7M*3.0:~)‘.l,
and for all state institutions. $2.3-10.1503.
The balance in the treasury December 31.
1b’00. the close of Governor Luce"s second
term, was $603,515, and on I)eccinber 31.
1591, the time when the administration of
Governor \Vinans would commence to live
on what it had provided, there was a balance
of $500,110, or, in round numbers, S100,-
000 less than one year previous. During
this year there was received from the gen-
eral government $420,000, which went into
the general fund. Taking this from the
balance on hand December31, 1801, would
leave a balance of $86,110, showing sub-
stantially the same balance as four ‘years
before, in the middle of Governor Lucels
fii st term. The balance on hand I)eceinber
31, 1892, the end of Governor i\\'inan's
term, was $315,878, or $257,637 less than
at the close of Governor Luce‘s term. Be-
sides this reductioii in the balance, thev
had received $120,000 from the general
government, making up to that time a total
reduction of $677,637.

The new administration had to live one
year on what had been provided by its pre-
decessor, and on December 31, 1893, there
was a balance of minus $128,300, and this
after getting in about $200,000 advanced
by the Michigan Central and Lake Shore
& Michigan Southern railroad companies,
and about $150,000 from \Vayne county‘
and the overdraft mentioned was paid byl
the First National Bank of Detroit, making
a deficit of nearly or quite $500.0o0.

The legislature of 1891 levied in th-ll
taxes for the two years only $2,863,050.
but they received from the general govern ,
ment $120,000, and made appropriation ,
amounting to $264,000, to which there wa ,
no taxing clause attached, amounting in at
to $3,517,258. Among the items for whici
an insuflicient tax was raised, was the care
of the insane. The estimate for 1891-92
was $650,000, but the cost Was $822,523‘
or $232,523 more than the estimate. This
act seems stranger when it is called to

   
 

   

The state business is ‘

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lmind that ,the cost for the previous two
years W215 »‘:'7Ni.93‘.l.01‘ -$I3t,i,H3‘.) 111()1'e than
the estimates. The foregoing figures are
,-{git exactly correct as the fiscal year ends
, ,‘,in,c $30, but the comparisons are all on
,, ie saine basis.
,_ ,The legislature of 1.803 levied in taxes,
, ’.or 1x93, -.\‘1.931.21J.—. and for 1594, $1.659.-
135, a total for the two years of $3.132! 1,-
, H31: and it made appropriations amount-
{mg to $172,000 to which no taxing clause
was incorporated. It is proper to say that
this legislature was unaware of the condi-
: tion of the treasury. or it is reasonable to
I _;»resunic the matter would have been reme-
, "died.
The balance Deceniber 3 . 1504, was a
gniiiiis of $b‘0..i~0-1, and $3oo,ooo had been
;)orrowe.d to bridge over until the taxes
j,ould be collectedf The legislature of 1505
,'ppropriated for 1805 $2.73: .U1‘.#. or
or thereabouts. and for 1.\".‘m about $1,800,.
2 J00. The tax levy for 1811.3 was $3,013,-
gt T110, and for 18196 it is estimated it will be
it bout 52.0551. s« M),
- . The following table shows the :miount of
_ .-: levied from 1:H7 to 1596, inclusive.
also the amounts paid for the support of
the educational. reformatory and charitable
institutions:

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PRIMARY S:"H0()L l.\iTERE.5'l‘ F[‘.\'I) FROM 1“? to
l*.‘4:'». l.\<'LL'SlVE.

1ss7 $«:5.<n;,«:19.1<,>
1sss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .s1ts,:—;l.‘5.79
18:50 5»-_»2,J.4:+..s3
1594) $48,726.71;
1s:a1 ............ .. $01-l,-1-50.43!)
15:92 .. .. .. .. .. .. . . . . . . .. 1,oosv,o:o:>.4o
1593 .... . . . . .... .. .. sa.s<,e,*.l::}-_).._’;7
j1591  1,0-_)1,%_‘.>_5-1
15:45 1,ooo,.Tz.~~

LEGISI.A'l‘l\'l-‘. E.\'1’I-Z.\'>TIr1.~‘, 1857 to 1.%£»5.

1ss7 $1-.n‘,:».34.¢_;1
issn 1l5,3+_;T..:3‘.+
1s:+1 137',i2s.<ss
1rs::»;a 110,926.60’
15:45 1~.>:a,«.»z9.¢s7

The balance at the close of business yes-
terday, December 0, 1.805, was z‘31,t?H.-I0,
but there ‘uzul been borrowed $‘.+00,o00,
and 350,000 advanced by \Vayne county.
There are taxes due from various counties
‘and from ‘the insurance companies and
- ‘iarter railroad companies, _which will
“ itiable the bills to be met until the money
sf rom the present tax levy_can be realized.
,,00'}er.e_f.vill_, therefore, be -‘.~ol33»,800 to, apply
- deficiency. Then the expenses of the

leb€5&'it‘zkl.iatllI'e amounting to $123,029 have
C1_e,,,\__, paid, and $50,000 for strike expenses.
m(,,,1‘he census, anioun_ting to, probably,
tv 15,000, has been paid. There will be
"some interest to pay on loans, and some re-
. ceived for deposits, but which will not ma-
terially change the result. There is also
being considerable expended in the collec-
tionpof accounts against counties which
have been delinquent in iayment of taxes,
but there will be from «$200,000 to 315250,-
000 collected which would otherwise not
have been paid to the state. In view of the
increased expense it is possible there will

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be a small deficiency at the close of the
year 1\".N3, but every effort is being made
to collect past due taxes and to keep down

3 expenses.

This in brief is the present condition of
the treasury, and the cause of the present
high taxes. It is to be sincerely regretted
that this high tax conics when people feel
so illy able to pay, but the approprizitioiis
are no more than the necessities of the
state and its varied interests and institu-
tions require. and the honor of the state
and of its people demands that the un-
authorized debt be cancelled at the earliest.
possiblc moment.

 

Echoes From State Grange.

I-Zniron (ilt.-\.\'HE Visiron: As I rode
into Goldwater the other day I noti<'c<l that
one of my friends was following me up.
He woi'e a broad grin on his face. and
seemed wonderfully pleased about some-
thing. As he came within hailing distance
he said, “How do you like the action of
the State Grange!" I imformcd him that
I had not heard from the State (irange.
He thereupon produced a paper which gave
the substance of its action on the silver
question, at the same time l'L‘,([ll(,‘.\llll,'_" me
to read it there and then. .-\s l proccc«lc<l
with the reading, he kept repeating his ar-
guments, seciningly with the intention of
drawing me into a discussion. l felt too
much humiliated to be led into a conten-
tion with him, :.Ԥ-l It'urtlicrinorc. l knew
that he would talk 11”'}out of countenance
if it took a week. “l ‘like attcndcd scvcral
Grange conventioii:"1_ll1 brc delegates to the
State Grange wci'<’1l>"‘-.cte<l, and l have

never ‘mm-.1 n. ¢::in<li’“;‘l:»=s polities taken in—-

to co)  A\ '“-:r' ‘vhf-t her
, he \\’f , silvc * .. -.v' . _«_ .: '
'_«'iri.._r( ~.  '4 1, '5*,__ ~

shade ’ ~. 9*

and th. .. .

on the c....c__ it’ 1:

day. without going co'|1':11‘,\  , _
ions of at least a minc ty of its m.-mbcrs.
I know of many mcni ,-31's who are opposed
to the free silver seiiiiiiiciits containt-d in
tl1c1'(‘p01'ts0f‘ih0 ('.\“('llll\'(.’ committee in
years past. T110)’ «—'>jcct to liaving the
views expressed in >.ich rcports sent out
over the world as 49' ange sentiment in this
state. Every inan l‘.‘l>' a right to his politi-
('i1lV'i0“'>‘.i1l1<ll1C his a right also to ex-
press tlicm, but a committee which is dele-
gated to exp1'0>‘s Ilie views of a fraternal
organization should respect the fcclin_<_rs- of
minorities. If Hie executive committee
peisists in iiiging its free silver. chcap
money doctrinc.- mto the State Gr:m,«_r(-. it
will naturally l(.~.<l sound currency men to
act on the defensive.

In Grauges where that sentiment is the
stronger they will select for their delegates
those who are most able to combat these
free silver doctrines. Then our ycarl y
meetings will be changed from a State
Grange to a political sideshow.

All this talk about an import duty on
1’.;.-t,i;._vn ::il\e1' sounds to me like the veriest
nonsense. How would the govcrimicnt
collect such duty? 1 see no way it can be
done except b_v making a thorough search
of every person who comes across the
line into this country. Ilow long would it
take to smuggle one million dollars worth
of silver across the river from Windsor to
Detroit in broad daylight, unless evcr_v per-
son who crosses to this side is thoroughly
searched to detei'iiiine whether they have
not a few dollars worth of silver hid away
somewhere in their clothing? If the Grange
expects to hold its influence it cannot atford
to advocate impractical measures.

0. A. VA.\'DERBILT,
Batavia.

Where Reform is Needed.

Col. C. V. DeLand, the state tax statis-
tiscian, is doing his best to fill acceptably
this new oflice created by the last legisla-
ture. It is conceded that he has the ability
as well as the disposition to do so, provided
his sources of information be open and re-
liable. He must depend largely u on the
faithfulness and eflicieiicy of towns ip and
county oflicials for authentic information
to make valuable and approximately accur-
ate his own statements and reports. He

complains that in many instances the blanks
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JANUAR} 9. 1895’-

Efivlld; and Stock»

Concerning a Hothouse.

HOWARD B. CA1\'.\‘O.\'.

_A_ h0thol1se need not be an expensive
aflair _to be useful. It is ecoiioinv to make I
it so tight by battening cracks and a layer y
of building paper that no wind can ‘get ;
through. I find that a biiildin_g simply 
wide enough to accommodate a seven foot ;
sash does very well. Such a building may 

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be heated inexpensively by a stove sunk
well down and delivering its smoke into a
flue made of sewer pipes. The stove should .
be placed at the end where you enter, and A
the chimney should rise from the far
end A house to start onion or tomato
plants can be constructed for perhaps 12%
gents iii] square foot of glass area, by one
( oing is own work.
_ _ \Vhen your spring crop of plants is out.
it you are a small farmer, you iiia_v find
your house useful to store some flats, ctc..
under the benches. I should advise put-
ting on a teiiiporary roof, that the sash be
not warped by the heat of sunnner. When
fall comes one finds a hotliouse handy for
cliring seed corn, onion sets, etc. I used
mine to ripen tomatoes in after frosts came,
and followed these b_y bushels of seed corn.
The last use of the year for the sash how-
evei', will please many who perhaps have
not seen such. We built rough sheds into
which our hen houses open and left an open-
ing at the south end in each shed seven by
six feet. Across these openings “chicken
wire" was stretched. On the approach of
blustering weather two sash were slipped
into each opening one above the other and
secured in place. This gives a sheltered
and warm place for the hens to scratch. I
hope we will find our scratching shedfi to
be ego‘ factories during the cold weat er.
Wcisliiiigtoii. Mich. "

The Busy Hen.

A. K. CLARK.

Of all the stock on the farm there is none
so neglected as the hens. 'While the horse,
the cow, the sheep, and the hogs are well
fed and generally well housed, the hens are
left to look out for themselves. They per-
haps have a little corn thrown to them once
a day in the winter and are left to find
their own res“ 3-' a"n.;A' at night, some in
the wagon shall)” i"“.,,S in the tool house or
in the trees 0; ‘£13 th,enc1e.f Vldilileh all the
other stock a -ret or t e ens are
out in the stud, €19 “.£,u;it their food as best
they can. T i(.‘7,"“a.~. ‘..4i.‘I,Sel()l and dogged be-
cause thev get into i:- so ief to oret some-
thing to eat. They :1 ,e the nilr.i.s‘1";. rofitalile

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lino.-fix on ’-.329 «ft-.‘i‘.=.‘s,.n properiiy’ "re-at/‘1‘e(l‘ for‘.-

After all their neg, they come out in the
spring with then.’ . supply of eggs, the
niost choice kind if food, and in the fall
when the pork lygfi ;el begins to look empty
and meat is scai'ces.We find the busy 11611
has been at work and done her part well.
She has a fine flock of chickens for our use
and we hardly know where they came
from, but what a fine dinner they make!
But when they sci-atch in the garden. or
pick a little corn, or tramp a little wheat
down that grows near the barn, or get
some of the pigs‘ corn, then there is troi1-
hle, "They destroy more than they are
worth and they must go." A friend of
mine had a nice flock of hens, they got into
the garden and did some mischief, and in-
stead of preparing a place to put them so
that he could control them he called a poul-
try dealer and sold them, and in a short
time the good wife found that she could
not do without eggs. They tried to buy
them but they were scarce and high. Then
he thought he would try the hens again.
He came to me to buy but I had none to
sell, they paid me too well at that time.
He thought he could
get them when he wanted them and he
would rather build so he could‘ control
them than to go without eggs. For when
well cared for we can always have eggs.

N ow this is what I want to advocate in
this paper, every farmer should make
preparation to keep hens so that he can
care for them for the profit there is in
them. I will try to show by figures, by
observation, and by experience that the
hen is the farmer’s best friend.

First, there is more money in them ac-
cording to the money invested than in anv
other stock. Second, they are like Secre-
tarv Morton’s crow, they do more good
than damage on the farm. Now _I will
oive my experience in profits. I will take
from bbok account two years out of seven;
all balance equally Well. The first of Jan-
uarv. 1891, I had in stock 209 chickens
valued at fifty—tWo dollars, at 25 cents each.

‘ and sold and eggs laid.

l ton.

I nished.

Eggs laid and chickens sold . . . . . . . . . .. 5 276.45
Stock on hand January 1, 1892 . . . . . . .. 70.00
Droppings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.00

$ 371.45
stock and cost of feed for the year. . .. 225.25
Balance of year 1891 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 146.20

1, 1892, I had instock 280 chick-

J agrxrzb cents each ................... .. £0.09
Feed and other expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3 6.6..
Eggs laid and chickens... . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. 246.62

Sold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. s:q:'_»._71
1 Stock on hand Jan. 1, 1893. .. \ ._A.aQ
Droppings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .'a 00

5:18.21 ‘ x,

246.113 

Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . $171.59 I

This c0lil])l'is‘(:~ all the chickens raisel
I have includel
the droppings. for I find by test they ar‘
 good as I .-an buy for twenty dollars p 1'
‘ ’l‘h._. i;,~nfnii- profit for the iiitintfh
invested. \ I
‘We i~;ti.;e(l in 1.s'.»1 .;'.oo' chivkeiis and in
is»: 5-2:30 were raised. \‘.'. sell all thle
cockcrels as soon as thcygre ready foll‘
market and winter the pullets. which pay?’
better. I will give the protit>' on \\'i1iteI_i_"
ing piillets and selling in the spring. ~'*st;1-
mated on 3oo t-hicks for four months. ,'/‘+ ‘fl
the first of May chicks, worth :35 cci-fin‘:
cost keeping four iiiontlis, 23 cents ll]{ll{<l3S
48 cents: eggs laid J5 cents. (hicks soiltl
for -10 cents which leaves 40 centsprofit p(‘.",I‘
hen. This helps to niake up the ycarl\_V
profits. i.
.\'e<-ond. the hen is not only a fi'ie'Ҥl'U
the farm in the amount of fertilizer Jl_?"?“,-

destroyed. I find they are a great bene,

to theifruit all the time they can run witi -
out destroying the fruit. and they pick V‘
all the waste ‘grain that would be lost ff
not for them, and then they furnish t‘ll()l('(:
dishes for us to eat, and who would i'efiis0
a nice chicken pie! All this we cannot
have without hens. The only thing is to
prepare so to control them. In my next I
will give my experience in caring for then -

Lakeside, Bcrricii County.

Favoring Good Roads.

S. S. Bailey of this city has earnedlia
wide reputation as an advocate of go d
roads, and he was invited to read a pap r
before the good roads convention at A -
laiita, Georgia, the past week. Mr. Bail j
was unable to attend in person, l’iiit.i:'i°J
wrote the paper and forwarded it, b1it'7,. e
letter miscarried so it was not read at .-slit
lanta. The paper in full is as follows:

"The agitation of the question for go Ml
roads has, ‘as never before awakened the peo-
ple to the indispensable necessity of the
same and has educated the masses as to h W
a good road should be built, the necess y
of thorough drainage, the kind of mat 1‘-
ial to be used and the necessity of so e
general supervision instead of being siipi;.l‘-
vised as now with path masters. 5

"Thequestions about good roads now . gt’
ing for answers are: First, from w ‘Lt
source are the means to come for const' 5?-
iiig them; whether from the nation, s... F 5.
counties, iniinicipalitiesin part, tc\vii.~",.'.—p.-_
or a portion from each. Second, under
what authority and supervision. Third,
what roads of the counties, state and nation
shall be considered as the main traveled
roads of the country to be improved main-
ly at the expense of the public at large.
Fourth. what additional legislation is need-
ed by the nation, the states and the coun-
ties before the means for building the
roads can be provided. Since the settle-
ment of the country all roads with but few
exceptions have been built with statute labor
under the supervision of pathiiiasters of
whom not one in one thousand has had the
necessary qualification for the work. Not
one in one th0u;~;and knows how to estab-
lish the proper grade, what constitutes the
best material or how to apply the same.
The sentiment is universal that this statute
labor has not been worth 50 cents on the
dollar, and much less than .30 cents as ex-
pended. If we ever get good roads with
any uniforinity for any great length. such
as the traveling public need, they must be
constructed and maintained under coinpe—
tent antlioi-ity with the aid of qualified en-
gineers and with means adequate to ac-
complish the desired end. Authority and
means in part must come from the na-
tion, states and counties and not from
the small territory included in road dis-
tricts in subdivided townships.

“The roads of the country are public
highways for the benefit of all the peo-
ple and are in a certain sense the property
of the nation as well as of the states and
counties and townships and should be
recognized as such. The owners of prop-
erty along the lines of the main traveled
roads should not be made to bear all the
burden of constructing and maintaining
the same. The general public should cop-
tribute in proportion to benefits receiv” ‘
The land taken for highway pu1‘poses;t.d
the several states will average half 3. 1i" .9

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hon acres for each state.
pended thus far by the farmers and
ers for constructing and maintain,-O , ,
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same has not been less on an averag *
fifty millions in each state. This landfimht
been taken and the money expended *‘ ,
the public good, for the benefit of all t 
people, for the farmer, the planter and the‘,
‘rest of mankind.’ No help from any
source except in a few instances where
swamp lands were given for state roads,
and the little help given at an earl day for
national roads. It is true that t e farm-
er’s property is benefited, but not more so
than all other roperty. The farmer needs
the highway,

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but also in the amount of lllfietfii ‘

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other class of people.
The main roads of the country, though

' poor and far from being first—class, have

The aniofgt best ,

ore of.

’al advance is astonishing.

‘ been and are still being constructed with

money costing from T to s and 1o per cent
The same could be made fii'st—class with
money costing on long time bonds only 
or I per_ cent and the same amount of
money with good engineering and coin1,L._
tent supervision under the contract svsteiii
would do more than twice the amount of
work that is now done under the present
systciii.

”..\Otl’]1I]|L“lS so imicli needed today for
the country s pi'ospei'ity as good ro;ids_
Longrcss has aided in building railroads.
why not give aid to the main traveled high-
ways of the nation! Siicli aid would not be in
the_nature of a subsidy for the honnnt of
an individual or a corporation. but for the
general good and welfare of the whole na-
tion_. It would not be for a day but na-
lasting as the everlasting hills. Let coii—
gress abolish the lioiiiestead and pi'e-enip—

‘ R r w . ’ , _ _
tion acts._ Ihese have passed the limit of
their usefulness. Ilcnceforth give lioiiic-
steads only to soldiers and their widows.
bell the lands and forfeit all unearned rail-
road lands and apply the proceeds either
directly or indirectly through the states in
aid of the main traveled highways. In no
nation can good roads be found unless rec-

5 ognized in some way by the nation itself

Today in no other way can money be so
profitably invested for ‘the benefit of the la-
borer, the fariiier and the people in general
and the nation as in making first-class
roads. The banks and capitalists are full
of idle money and the country is full of
idle labor, seeking i'eiiiiinei'ative eiiiplov—
merit wherewith to supply their and their
families‘ wants. Capitalists are anxious as
never before to invest in public securities
whether national, state or municipal, at
very low rates of interest on long time.
\Vhether the cause can be over-production
or undei'—consuinption, for the want of
means to purchase by the masses who
labor or from other causes discussed by the
politicians, investments in nianiifacturiiig
and other industries are not eagerly sought
by those who hold the money. ‘

“Under proper laws for making good
roads, idle money and idle laboriwould
work well together for the benefit of the
nation and would recompense in ){1l‘l for
the great loss which the country as sus-
tained during the last few years of depres-
sion in all the lines of industry.
The benefits would not be teiiiporary
but as lasting as the nation itself.

“The money expended would go into the
pockets of the farmers and idle laborers
and would furnish the great mass of the
people now with empty pockets the means

"to"‘p’i’i'i'chase all the over-prodiiction which

now hangs as a heavy weight on the nation.

“Taxation would not necessarily be in-
creased if the roads are built on the pro-
ceeds of long time bonds at a low rate of
interest. The loss which the country will
sustain in tweiit_v years if bad roads are to
continue will be more than twice the cost
of making good roads, and we will-have
the good roads from the time they are
made to the time the bonds mature and
forever after.

"Before we can have free delivery of the
mails among the rural population we must
have good roads. \Vith good roads, the
free delivery of the mails will surely come.

"Aid from the general gevermiient, be
it ever so small will awaken a more livel_v
interest in road making in all the land.
That the general govei'ninent sees the ne-
cessity of some decided action being taken
for good roads is evidenced by the call for
a good roads congress by the Hon. J. Ster-
ling Morton, secretai'y of agriculture. The
call itself shows that good roads are of na-
tional importance as well as of necessity,
for the farmer and planter. Let the word
paternalisiii, which threatens every effort on
the part of the nation or states for the
benefit of the laboring classes, have no ter-
rors to prevent the government, whether
national or state, from giving aid or mak-
ing provisions for constructing its own
main traveled highways such as will be a
means of great saving to the producing
classes—a credit to the nation and a bless-
ing to all the people.—-(:'/mix? }2rq;[(Z.s-
[Io/v(Z(?.

Co-operation Among Farmers.

There can be no question of the immense
value of the co—operative movement of the
past three years to the fruit growers_ of
California. Besides the strong organiza-
tions of the wine growers and the orange
growers, there are some thirty or forty so-
cieties of deciduous fruit growers——by far
the strongest being those of Santa Clara
co11nty——which are gradually learning how
to work together efiectively through the
State Exchange. But aside from t e cre-
ation of these organizations the education-
\Vhere, three
years since, there was almost absolute ig-
norance of the process of marketing, there
is now a general intelligence which renders

the manipulations and deceptions which

were formerly common utterly impossible.
The com etition of the co-operative soci-
eties has ed to such an improvement in the
service rendered by commission houses as

ut not more so than any . alone to repay an hundred fold the cost of

 

, the co—o ierative efl'ort_. and

H1 these and
other lI1( irect ways the bcneti s of co-opei'-
ation are felt and ackiiowlcrlgd by all.
There. is danger. however, that growe1'>'.
finding no present saviiig in the cost of

» iiiarketing, will not persist in co—operation

until the nianagers of societies have learned
the business so well that they make the

1 small saving in expense which is certainly

Z possible by co-operation.

For the present
I believe that we must confine co—operative
etfort to very simple iinitters, which are
familiar to most of those co-operating. Co-
operative stores. co-opcriitivc mills. co—op-

, erative c:iniiing conipanies. I constantly

- usually come to grief.

warn farmers against toucliing. They are
:1_l1iiost always promoted by some one de-
siringa place for which lie is not lit, and
I draw the line at

-; all co—opcr:itive enterprises involving the
. pi1i'cli:ise of material or mercliandisc to be

; sold again.
~ their present state of development. The

Tliese are usafc for f:irinci's in

objects of our societies are very simple.
They are. first. to inform oiii'selycs before
selling. of the condition of the market»-
remeinbcring that our lll:lI'l\'t‘l is tliousaiids
of miles away: second. to iiicrease our mar-
ket by proper advertisiiig at the gciicral
e.\'pense, and by ciisuriiig honest and uni-
form packing: third. to insure the sale of
our own labor to as gi'c:it an extent as pos-
sible. by doing for oui-selves wliatcver we
do not find it more profit:iblc to hire otlicrs
10 ll‘): fourtli. to obtain for our product in
each year whatever the conditions of the
inarket w:irr:mt: fifth. to eliminate from
the process of niarkcting all iinncccss:ii‘v
labor: and sixth, to prevent speculation by
i'efusiiig to sell until our product is ready,
and then selling at the market price, keep-
ing our goods in our goods in our ()\\!'1r
possessioii until sold. This is all that we
try to do. and we find even this sutliciently
complex for farniers to deal \\'llll.~—,l//i‘-
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Good Tools and Bad Ones.

\\'lien we think of the hindrance poor"
tools are to progress, the wondei' is that
any one will work with them.

Take for instance the ordinary liand—saw
upon the farm. It is an implement which
is likely to be used on the farm every week,
and oftentimes every day in the wisek. If
such an implement is allowed to become
dull. or to lose its set, it is a sort of
misery to use it. and yet that is what men
often do year in and year out. A man
with a bucksaw in good order will do
more work in one da_v, aiidhe will do it
more pleasantly and with more satisfaction
to himself, than he would acconiplisli witl_-i

the saw blunted and wilthout sufiicient  E ,‘

Using tools in poor"condition l1lL‘tl.I).~"’-'
serious loss of time, and oftentimes, '33."
time that is very valuable. Take for in-
stance, the man who comniences cutting his
hay with his iiiower in poor condition. He
makes but inditl'erent pi'ogress. The iiii—
pleiiieiit goes from bad to worse, and prob-
ably at a critical moment, when he has
some very important work to do. it .r_rive.-‘
way altogether. How very much better
it would be in every way to have the mow-
er put in good shape before the ari'ival of
the season for mowiiig.

Using tools in poor condition leads to
serious loss in outlay. If one man with a
good chopping ax will do as much work in
two days as another man will accomplish
with another ax in poor condition in three
days. the two men being equal so far as all
other conditions are concerned, it follows
that in three days, in the second instance.
the price of an ax has been lost, and in
thirty days, or a month, the price of ten
axes has been lost. Now apply this to
other implements on the farm, and, if all
those used are, generally speaking. in a
poor condition, the loss will be very con-
siderable in a year; in fact, it will be seri-
ours.

The use of tools out of condition is very
discouraging to the workman. Let a man
whack away all day with a hoe Out of 01'-
der, and he makes very slow pi'ogress-
There is positive pleasure in using an im-
plement in good working o1‘<leI'. Every
stroke brings a sort of satisfaction with it
because of desire accomplished, and that in
fine form. We cannot well conceive of
anything that will more tend to discourage»
a workman than to make him drudge away
all day, and from day to <13)’, With it tool
that will not do its work well. No wonder
that, with such conditions, he should soiiie—
times long to get away from such a griev-
ous grind.

The lesson is twofold. It would have us
exercise every care, when tools are pur-
chased, to get good ones. This question is
worthy of our most careful investigation.
Suppose a man, purchasing a fork, buy a
cheap and a heavy one just because it is
cheap, Let him use that fork for a day in
pitching hay; suppose that it is only a
pound heavier than it ought to be; suppose
that he lifts two forkfuls in a minute, and
that he works but ten hours a day; he has
lifted twelve hundred pounds that day to.-
no purpose.

And it would have us keep our tools in
good order. The other we can do, and this
we can do also; hence the farmer can have

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JANUARY 2, 1896.

   

THE GRAN GE VISIULOR.

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W’ommrs \McRr..

What Came of it?

Continued.

; in school work, and if we would have our
. school as good as it can be, we must keep

The sisters will remember that through i

the kindness of Sister Jennie Buell, we are

favored with a most interesting account of
V , 1 . 1 y .

the_w oman  meeting at State Grange. This

issue we give the remaining portions of j _ _ _ .
s the love of the pupils and bring to her aid

this most excellent report.

_ Mrs. Mayo, having kindly invited visit-
ing inembers to meet with the delegates in
the Senate Chamber, I attended. ‘having
been chairman of a woman’s work cominit-
tee and feeling much interested in their

the hall when these subjects were preseiited
to the whole Grange and, but for the con-
ference, I should have iiiissed all the inspi-

ration of them. Mas. M. E. II.-\Yl)O.\'.
I'unBurc1i Cou'nty_

Q I was vcryiniich pleased with our little con-
ference meeting this afternoon. Anything
I can do to help little children to become
better men and women and in any way bring
them to Christ I will do. One thought has
come to my mind in regard to writing
short sketches. Perhaps if the writer
could withhold her real name she might
not be so timid about it.
Mas. ADAi.i.\'r: A. l\'oisi.r:.

To me the woman’s meeting explained
many things which I did not clearly under-
stand. It gave me new id -: s and I shall go
home with a new inspiration for the work
in our Order, in our schools and in any
duty that comes before me. I sincerely
hope that such meetings may be continued.

I)I£l.L_-\ I)R()(‘TOl{.
[ugh um County.

Dear sisters, I want to tell _voii through

= and let your hired servant know you have

the columns of our woinan's page what I '

think of the woman‘s convention at the
State Grange.
meeting of its kind that I ever attended. I
hope we will carry this inspiration with us
to our homes. If we can brighten the life
of a fellow being, let us do it. \\'e will
never miss the little bit of sunshine we iiii-
part to others and it may be the means of

. brightening our own path.

BIARY ROBERTSON.
Nciruygo County.

Many pleasant memories will linger in
my mind of this session of our State Grange:
among the most pleasant will be the re-
nieinbrance of the session of the woman‘s
congress, and the Seotcli songs sung by

‘the clear. sweet voice of Sister Robertson.

BIARTHA T. I’. Aixuis.
Kent County.

I heartily endorse all that was said of
the woinan‘s conference and think it a good

feature. Mas. LIBBIIC \\'ooi.sr:r.
Lenuicec County.

May the good Lord bless the evei'y effort
of the members of the woiiian's work coni-
mittee for they are doing a great. good
work. They are sowing seeds of kindness
that will blossom by and by. Thanks to
Miss Jennie Buell for the wise thought of
calling a woman 's council, for it gives
great inspiration, itis adding new charms
to the links of the Grange.

_ ~ Mas. SARAH B. \\'ii.i«:v.

Inghani County.

In answer to the question “Is it right
for us as mothers with families of young
children to take into our homes for even
two /1/-4.-aka‘ these children from their homes
of filth and vice?” That same question
came very forcibly to myself last siiiiiier
after reading Sister Mayo‘s appeal in the
VISITOR, and after careful thought I came
to the conclusion that if my children, with
the training they have received in a Chris-
tian community and a Christian home,
could not withstand the evil influences of
such children for so short a time, for they
must meet it sometime, there imist be
something wrong with me. So I told our
chairman on woman‘s work to have two
little girls sent to us. ' They came from a
miserable home and a drunken mother.

It was the most inspiring 1

how long will it be before they beg1'n‘tO
retrograde! Internal vigilance IS. the price
of progress. Advancement 1S being made

ourselves informed as to new methods. See
that our teachers are able workers. awak-
ening interest in the work by being enthu-
siastic and studying the best means to en-
tliiise the pu )llS with a desire for knowl-
edge. Let tlie teacher be one who can win

such side helps as are all about us in the
world. These side lights will create inter-
est and make wide awake intelligent pupils.

Now I want to iinpress upon you. ni_otl_i-
ers and sisters of the Grange, that this is
your especial work, that for which you as

up and be ready to judge in these matters
for yourselves. Visit your school often

an interest in the work and expect him to
do his duty.

Now. Sisters. don‘t go at this work in a
half—liearted way. but go to your school
meeting and take an active part in its dc-
liberation. You have a duty there and can-
not discharge it by proxy. Get the other
sisters out if possible. Remember you have
your training in the Grange and if others
are timid, bear with them and help them.
It took you long years to gain the inde-
pendence you now feel. You have good
taste in decorating the houses, know how
it should be cared for to be a tit abode for
your little ones, know what the grounds
need to make them a pleasant pliiygrci-.ii<l,

and know the needs of the children in the I

school room. For all these reasons you are
an intelligent voter and should be there. If
some of the mothers look askance, or even
tell you they would prefer you would stay
away, pity their lack of Grange training.
It is our work, our duty, and let us not be
driven from it, but perform it with woinan—
ly dignity and tact. ELIZA.

Woman's Work.

Report of Committee on WoI1iaii’s “ork, Mich!-
gau State Grange, 1895.

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Early in the year your coniniittee thought
best to make a division of the work among
its inenibers, each to follow her own ideas
of how best to reach the end desired.

To Sister Hinds was assigned the work
along the line of the comnion schools, in
issuing the school blank reports, and any
other phase of the work that she saw tit to
place before the county or subordinate
committees: to Sister Royce the planning
for bringing into closer sympathy the
Grange and the county schools, making
each only helpful to the other. also to aid
the Grange fresli air work from her part
of the state.

The school report blanks were late in
reaching the hands of your committee for
i'easons that were unavoidable. still we
know the work has been pushed as Sister
Hinds‘ report will show.

Through the GRA.\‘(';ia Visiroii we have
ti'ied to reach the Mastei's of the various
subordinate and county Granges, urging
them to appoint their local. committees.
some have failed to do this. because they
know nothing of it for thev did not take
the VISITOR, some have failed because it
was not thought very important. If the
Subordinate and Pomona Granges are slow
in co—operatiiig with the plans made by the
State Grange and its coininittees, it isihard
work-to push anything for the good of the
Order at large. I I

In saying this, we do not wish to censure,
neither to criticise, only to call attention
to the fact that in order to succeed in any
of our plans, it needs the hearty co—opef—
ation of all our nieinbers.

Though the year has been a hard one for
Michigan farmers, and it has taken all the
brains, courage and persistency of the ag-
riculturist to keep even with the tide, and
some, despite their best eflorts, have gone
with the ebb, still our work has not “lan-
giiished. There have been brave hands and

stout hearts to the work, and our little
shallops, sent out by our Grange ship have ;
returned to port, each bringing the best 3

way. Your committee of the State Grange
is under great obligations to the De!/‘Eu’! «
I‘7/‘cc P/~z.s.v Company for not onlv heartv
good will but eflieient help. They wrote
us asking us to state the plan of work pro-
posed, and what was needed. They gave
us two strong editorials, asking their read-
ers for contributions. They started the
subscription with $2.3. Two hundred and
sixty-two dollars and eighty cents (‘$262.80)
were soon raised. which was deemed Smili-
cient for this year's needs. An organiza-
tion was forined there for carrying out the
work in a systematic manner with a paid
seci'etary and manager combined to attend
to the correspondence, find those needing
an outing, see them to the trains. and re-
ceive them on their arrival home.

inontlis. 575: total amount of expenditures,
51‘J2.T«F< leaving a cash balance in the hands
of George N. Brady, treasurer, of $TH.H2.

From Detroit have been sent 145 per-
sons. Eight motliers with babies, seven
factory girls, fourteen shop girls. fifty-
eiglit children from the children's free hos-
pital, and forty-two children fi'oiii the in-
dustrial or poor school. From Grand Rap-
ids, Jackson, Battle Creek and other points
have been sent forty—four, mostly children,
making a total of one hundred and eighty-
nine.

While a very few have been returned on
account of hoinesickness and illness before
the expiration of the two week’s limit,
many have stayed more than the two weeks,
.- i it is quite safe to make an average of a
1’ '0 weeks‘ stay to each. '

One of the most satisfai Lory features of
the work is the fact that seven little cliil—
dren have been 1 il\"'ii into good, comfort-
able farm homes to stay. This alone pays
for all the work, care and money expend-
ed.

Had it not been, just as the outing sea-
son commenced. for the serious illness of
Sister Royce, who had planned in supply
that pai't of the state from Cliicago, the
‘~ 'ork would have been largely increased.

Some kindly but justly merited criti-

isms have been made. It would be strange
iiltleed if no mistakes had been made. Un-
- er the best manageinent these would oe-
- ir. It is next‘ to impossible to tit the

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‘*i7;'_‘_j‘.-it persons into the right l‘.’.‘1}‘.CS and

have all pleased, yet on the whole it has
been quite satisfactory to both parties.

A few children were so desperately lioiiie—
sick that they had to be returned, but
more cried to stay when their limit of time
had expired. There have been so many
words of encouragemeiit and good will
spoken that we cannot forbear quoting a
few: “The two weeks” outing given a
dear working girl is to us such a pleasant
reiiieinbrance. God speed the work."

“Though full of work, and the weather
intensely hot. our little house full, the
hardest of all was to say good bye to the
two dear little girls and have them say
through their tears, ‘we can come again
next suniiner can't we F"

“I can but feel that tlici'e is a wonderful
blessing to those who /W7‘/I/‘I, the Fresh
Air people. It is such a little thing to do
—just two weeks—and who can ineasure
the good it may do 6"

“I had two boys from the Industrial
School and we did enjoy them very much.
‘While they were here three nephews came,
making with my own only nine children
for one week. It was hard work but we
had a jolly time.”

“The mother and baby were very little
trouble though both were sick when thc\'
came. but well when they left after a three
weeks‘ stay. "'

“Dearer, happier girls you never saw
than were those who came to our home.
Each took upon herself some part of the
housework, so that they were very help-
ful. \’Vhen they left, we felt as though
they really belonged to us."

We know this has been an unusually hard
year for farmers’ wives. Short crops and
shorter prices call for rigid retrenchment.
The extra help in the housework has been
cut off, garments and table supplies c1ir-
~‘..-iiled. In the face of these facts it is some-
times hard to invite the stranger to share
with us our straightened circumstances,
still we cannot think one of us will be the

One Grange reports 847.00 raised by so-
cials to apply on debt on Grange hall,
another i~‘2.3.oo raised to paint, paper and
rent their dining room, another adds easy
chairs and rockers, another $15 to push
the circulation of the GRANGE Visiroiz,
another new lamps, another largely in-
creased their library, another by a series of
literary socials have added largely to their
membership. niostly young people.

\Vhat is woman's work in the Grange!
It is anything that she can best do, and do
the best for the good of the Order. The
Grange is but a home and what is woman's
work in the family home is her work in the
Grange home. As that home is the best. its
influence the best, and its results the best,
where there is systciiiatic co—oper:itioii by

4 proposed council. The meeting was ,1 tea]  women are well fitted. .\Iothei's are teach- The railroads riiniiing into Detroit have 1“ 0"<‘1'.\‘ }”€1”l’01'- -"0 is 111111 G1'={11.EC flit‘
heart to heart Work, is Sister y‘Im.O “.i>.}1e(j ; ers at home and have a deep interest in the also materially aided the work, graiitiiig “Wt will 1”ll‘“"5 U19 5m“? l’l=”} "3? 3911"“-
it t0 l’9- I think We all felt that ‘we would i progress of their children from the cradle 49 free passes, 259 qiiai'tei"-t:ii'es, 14 half- -\lARY :\- MAYH. ( liairman.
(10 some pom. jittje Cit,._i,“m.is0,,e,j Chi“  up. Maiiy have been teachers in the schools, fares. while for some, full tare tickets were — —--~-~
some good in the c(,min”9- \-efu._  and in consequence ai'e w_ell ad:_iptecl to the pui'c_liased._‘, 7 7 _ ' ' Sunday in the count,—y_

‘1{"AT1.; 1.3‘-,.;p_ETT_ j supervision of the work in their neighbor- Of the »>2uj.N) the following expendi-
lnyhrmi County. a hoods. I)on‘t savvou are old fashioned t.ires have been made: Railroad fares. -‘IRV 11- A- l1l'-\'1it3R-
It was th 7, h_l“._ _ _ . ,_ _ __  fur} dont  _.h°_“ ”0_“' )0“ Qmfthollh. '_,11i_"5J't‘)‘)_‘, _5t‘.TtI_(:m£,;l_ ‘1‘nfr'l’U5i‘1~1S‘.  \\'li:it does it suggcstf_ Rest, tl1aiil;fiil—
_ e‘niost_ e pful lioui of theses 3 J1(. not l‘lCL(3h«.5ilXll) pooi mcthod.., nit if ..L_(-:(.' tai _f.irc, . ). telcgiiiiiis, in cL1i’t.. ,,eA\,_.~ tmmlullm. ,.ClaX,m(m_ “.(,,._,h,,,_ ,.C,._
 S1011 to 1116- Loiiiiiiittee work kept me from  you iind that there are better ones, brush priiiting, >:'1.oH: agents salary for three *' ‘

erence, Sunday day made sacred and joy-
ful by the i'csurrectioii. The one day given
to meet the needs of both the spiritual and
physical nature of mankind. \\ hat a price-
less boon this day, recognized as exempt
from toil, and consecrated to the higher
needs of humanity.

Do we who dwell in country homes
fully appreciate the blessediiess of laying
aside the week‘s burden of toil not more
of a duty than a privilege! and that when
we heartily accord to that day its full iiie:is-
ure of hours we ma_v rise into a higher
and diviiier atmosphere and find rest and
life in its highest senscf

The laws of our being deiuaiid this one
day in seven for rest and rccupciatioii: it
is law written in the pliysical need of lin-
iiianity. The man or woman who works
till midnight Satui'da_v because they can
sleep late Sunday morning and then begins
Moiidayis work at h'unday‘s sunset, trans-
gresses physical law and crushes the in-
spiration which might help them to be
more conscientious. hopeful. loving, and
reverent.

I call to mind a farmer‘s wife, who in
the commencement of her iiiarried life
made a compact with her husbaiid that as
a rule Saturday should be exempt from :1
great press of work as she wished Huiielay
to be a day of rest and worsliip, rather
‘,.i..,e» of weariness and discomfort: and she
often iicclared that with such a plan they
were able to accomplish so 1I1l'.'l1 during
the tirst half of the week that rarely were
Lii(’\' <'1‘o~n‘..;«l the 1...": 3  :14“. '.'.'c: ‘ *l:€'_','
too tired to attend church n‘unda_v morii—
ing. and enjoy the dinner largely prepared
the day before, never elaborate but coin-
posed of a few favorite dislies. I am sure
the children of that household never found
Sundaya dull, weaijisoine day as did the
little six—year-old who sighed, "O. dear?
toinori'ow is b'uii<la_v, inaiiima will have a
headache, papa will be cross. sistcrill have
a bean, and Freddie and I will get our ears
slapped if we don’t keep still." There are
Sundays and h'und;i_vs in the early sum-
mer, when nature, aiiimate and inaniniatc.
the springing grass. budding flowers, sing-
ing birds, fruit trees giving promise of
luscious harvest, flowing brooks, all seem
to join in an effort to praise. the (lrcator.
How beaiitifulf Such a day ought to prove
an antidote for cyiiicism and unbelicf, teach
faith in God and iiici'casc hope in man.

The rainy t~'.uiid:iy to most people is te-
dious,'es]iccially in the couuti'y, :iiid so it is if
spent in yawning and trivial convcrsatioii.
Yet it can and ought to be a most enjoyable
home day. with cheerful convei'sation.
reading, and song, to be i'eniembercd with
pleasui'e—a day on’ in a twofold sense for
the home. Truly of all places Sunday in
the country ought to be accepted and
counted as the oneday wliose duties and
obligations are exceeded only by its
blessed privileges for home rest, gladncss,
and soul elevation.

Hillsdulc.

Good Tools and Bad Ones.
(Uoiitiuued from page 3.)
good tools so far as he has them and he can
have them in good working order. These
two things aceoniplished, a very gieat ad-
vance will have been made. It only takes
a little while to grind an axe or sharpen a
saw, and yet it makes a very great differ-
ence in the results achieved in the day. It
is a small iiiattei' to clean all the earth
away fi'oiii a plowshare when it is put in-
to the tool—hoiise, and yet it may mean a

‘ and I can honestly say they were good ehil- she could‘ Beslde the C31?” theSe_ l—"’3t5 P001"31' for Shari“?! 0111'C0mf01'tS with H1059 great deal when that plow is used again.
dren, and instead of an Evil influence we ‘lie ltadin ‘filth ifiapmj faceS' and Joyoui * leSiS;rfiL]l'°1'ef1' H t tt th 1 t . —('«rn.//.¢72'rm Idmu -/In//')17_I/.
jt that the Weret emeans of doing 31' S, 01‘ ey ave ieen on a voyage »o ‘ eye 15 1a sea ere am ye in- G-—-——-———
r 33% my .. 1- . ‘ $33-“33‘iS§et2h%‘;‘1i:i; ‘£%:;;:1::i.‘*:::.*::i£“ 5 :.:‘2:*:€::.‘..i:‘:1...:r:;‘:..£:.:2:t..rii1‘:P{:3:l::¥‘ ..~.,.“§.’;°.§*.1..f.‘.‘;.’..‘-"i‘ri"..
c ve seen em cing u~ _ i - 9 '3. . ‘ ~' ‘ ‘ ' : - 1-: '~'- ‘~-
. Whlfiny 3,}; (£331; thzm to the train am] gay: joy 1:1I1(It€_‘l3.l(l1l1eSS to ‘little chil(_lren; they 3 by.” _ Mr. O.  Ingersoll:_ ' 7
Seen the tears you would Say the Work was pen on‘ o 3 ess and ietuined with a bless— 3 Home and its comforts are not always Dear bir: Anything that any one can
&- not in vain, and it is right and our duty to lngs 130%‘ the #32‘ the); floated bore these 1 made with What money can buy, but good say in praise of your mixed paints is only
add even these few days of comfort and Words‘ In H15 l\3*me- /, _ f cheer, kind thoughts expressed in kind what is due them, as they can be fully re-
hflppiness to the lives of these unfortunate _The Grange Fresh Air VI ork has met 4 deeds, and a fellowship that feels the whole lied upon at all times._ ' I‘heir brightness
little Ones LIBBIE HUTCHIXS with many friends all over the state. It E world kin makes of the huniblest home a and color lasting qualities cannot be ex-
Jackson County, commends itself when understood. The ‘place where heaven and earth meet. celled by any other ready mixed paints.
 —— philanthropic people of Detroit seemed to , It was surprising to learn the amount of This I can say from experience, and I know

   
   
   

Michigan is justly proud of her school
system, ut if We as Patrons of the schools
rest satisfied with their present reputation

think it was just the thing needed for those 3

of their city who by force of circumstan—5.'
ces could not have an outing any other ,.i

money that had been raised for various
purposes through the local committees on
woman’s work.

Yours as ever,
GEO VV. PERRY.
See Advt. IngersoIi’s liquid rubber paints.

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THE Glifillfifi VISITOR

The Otheial Organ of the Michigan State Grange.

Published on the First and Third Thursdays of Each Month

Enrron :
Kzuvou L. BUTTERFIILD. Lausma, MICH.

3:£3uV£1ll%!;I;1e1ll€xchanges and all articles for publication

Masaoens AND PaIxTi«:izs:
PERRY 4 MOGRA1-M, CHARLOTTE. MICH.
To whom all subscriptions and advertising should be sent.

TERMS 50 Cents a. Year 25 Cents for Six Vlonths
In Clubs of 20 more 40’ Cents per Year each.

subsflflntlons ayable in advance. and discontinued at
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E"l‘o insure insertion all notices should be mailed no
later than the Saturday preceding issue.

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Entered at the Postoflice at Charlotte. Mich.. as Second
Class matter.

 

E'Ni.-:xr Issm-1, JANUARY 16.

OUR WORK.

_The following has been approved by the State Grange as
a fair statement of the objects the Grange of Michigan
has in view, and the special lines along which it proposes to
work. We ho e every Grange in the state will work
earnestly in is these departments, 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 seek.

OUR OBJECT

is the Organization of the Farmers for their own Improve-
ment, Financially, Socially, Mentally, Morally.

We believe that this improvement can in large measure
be brought about:

1. . By wider individual study and general dis-
cussion of the business side of farmin and home keeping.

(b.) By co-operation for financial advantage.

2. (a.) By frequent social gatherings, and the mingling
together of farmers with farmers, and of farmers with
people of other occupations.

(b.) By striving for a purer manhood. a nobler woman-
hood, and a universal brotherhood.

3. a.) By studying and promoting the improvement of
our istrict schools.

(b.) By patronizing and aiding the Agricultural (‘ol-
leges and Experiment Stations in their legitimate work of
scientific investigation, practical experiment, and educa-
tion for rural pursuits. _ _

(c.) By maintaining and attending farmers’ institutes;
reading in the Reading Circle ; establishing and using
circulating libraries; buying more and better magazines
and apers for the home.

4. a.) By ditfusing a knowledge of our civil institutions,
and teaching the high duties of citizenship.’ _

(b.) By demanding the enforcement of existing statutes,
and by discussing, advocating. and trying to secure such
other state and national laws as shall tend to the general
justice, progress and morality.

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THE GRANGE AND INSTITUTES.

During the next four weeks thci'e will be
held, mostly in the southern counties of
Michigan, fifty farmers’ institute. These
gatherings will be attended probably by
20,000 people. The good that can be
done and will be done is hard to estimate.
VVc want to suggest that these institutes
are good places for Patrons to be. We
hope every Patron who can get there with
his family wiglljbe tl_iere_ froin sta_1‘t. to finish;
it‘isSi'ightih lirie to go to these institutes
and got all the good that can be gained
there. The institutes in Michigan exist in
their present form today because of the
Grange;‘ it becomes therefore a duty as
well as a privilege for a Patron to attend
his county institute.

Then we want to urge in the second
place, that institutes are good places for
Patrons to work. There you will meet the
best people from all over the county. You
will see people from localities where you
know a Grange would be just the thing.
See these people, talk Grange to them,
give them some literature if you have any,
tell them what good the Grange has done
you, tell them about the new co-operative
feature, and the legislation, and about the
beautiful woma.n‘s work. and all that sort

‘of thing; tell them about the Pomona

Grange, how you have a county institute
every month or so right at home. Tell
them about all these good things and urge
them to get together over in their coni-
munity and have a Grange. You can do a
great amount of good by this sort of work
at the institutes this winter. Be at the in-
stitutes; work at the institutes.

FOR THE NEW YEAR.

The past year has been a somewhat
checkered one in the history of the Grange
of Michigan. A goodly number of Granges
have been revived, and quite a number of
new ones established. Many Granges have
gained largely in membership, and strength-
ened themselves in many other ways, while
a great many have grown weaker and have
less life than they had a year ago. This is
bound to be the history of each year, and
when times are hard as at present, it is up-
hill work booming the Grange.

In spite of these things -there is a good
field for Grange work in Michigan the
coming year. In many respects the work
is better organized than ever before. VVe
believe the State Grange was never so well
organized as it is today. There is more
chance for missionary work then for a
great many years before. The cO-oper-
ative feature of the Grange will do much
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hard times. This buying together ought
to prove one of the “drawing cards” for
the coming year. The record of the Grange
in the legislature is something that ought
to prove a strong argument in getting new
Granges and gaining new members. If
the Grange can do so much with its pres-
ent strength, it surely ought to do more
with an enlarged membership. Therefore
it seems to us that the future year ought to
prove one of successful Grange work. The
future, in many respects, is bright. Let
us endeavor to make this coming year the
best and strongest in the history of the
State Grange of Michigan. Let us organ-
ize more Granges than in any recent year.

Let us reorganize scores of dormant
Granges. Let us gain a large increase in
membership. Let us make such a. record
that the next State Grange will be able to
report the greatest Grange year in Michi-
gan.

TO NEW’ OFFICERS.

In an organization like the Grange some-
body inust do the work. This usually de-
volves on a few of the members of the or-
ganization. “VVhat is everybody‘s busi-
ness is nobOdy’s business” is very true in
organized work. Those who like to lead
or those who are appointed as leaders must
take the initiative and bear the burden of
the work. If they do not, nobody will.

During the coming year it is natural to
suppose that the new oflicers of the Granges
will be the proper ones to shoulder respon-
sibilities of the regular work of the Grange.
That is what they are elected for. The
fact they are elected brings responsibility
and should induce them to give time and
thought to Grange work. No one should
accept oflice in the Grange unless he or she
can give a certain amount of time to that
work, and certainly the Grange should
elect no one to oflice who has not time to
do at least 21 fair share of work. No ofiicer
should shirk his duty. No matter what the
talent may be, there is something to be
done, and there is a great deal in being in
one’s place and doing what seems like the
ordinary work.

In a general way there are two qualities
that are especially needed by ofliccrs of the
Grange.
second is perseverance. It won’t do to
work in a “hit-{ind-iniss" way. It wOn’t
answer to have :1 plan this month and
another plan next month, or worse, to have
no plan at all. No progress can be made
in this manner. The general outlines of
the work should be formuhitcd, and the
general policy of each local Grange for the
year should be designated. \Vh:it are we
going to do this year? is the first question.
Lct that be the iirst thing settled. VVhzit
are we going for and where are we going?
And then when we have a plan we must
hang to it. \Ve must keep right by it, and
imist not let go of it. \\'e must keep our
haven ever in sight, and if we set 11p a cer-
tain goal for another New Yezir’s day, we
must keep that goal in sight and strive our
best to be at that point one year from now.

Plan! Persevere! are the words we send
out to the new oflicers for this coming year.

 

Listen, Patrons!

“If I were a sunbeam
I know what I‘d do"—

But being only sons of men, “created a
little lower than the angels,” and so far
destitute of wings, we can only approach
our brethren of the Grange through the me-
diuniship of the pen. Listen, then, breth-
ren and “sistern” to our message, and may
the thought-seed bear fruit an hundred
fold. Newspapers are but mirrors reflect-
ing the interests of the owners or classes
they represent. The best newspaper for
each class, if we View the matter from a
selfish or general standpoint, is that which
guards best the interests of that class, and,
thus judged, the GRANGE VISITOR is cer-
tainly the best paper for a Patron. But
hearkenl The classes which control the
great metropolitan papers of the country
see to it that such papers are successful.
Corporations of very rich men Own these
papers, and money in unstinted amounts is
used to induce immense circulations. Thus
is the great public car reached, and the
masses of the people fed on political flap-
doodle the while they are being robbed of
the just share of the products of their labor.
This just share Which should go to the peo-
ple to enable them to pay debts and the
better support their families, goes into the
coflers of those already wealthy, the poli-
tician, the s eculator, the bondholder, the
money shark), etc., by means of increasing
salaries, watered stocks, trusts, combines,

The first is planning, and _tl_u,=,

special legislation and by the thousand and
one methods of legalized robbery.

l‘_Io wonder money is lavishly used to oc-
casionally launch other great papers to
dish out more flapdoodle and further ob-
scure the mental vision of the tillers of the
S0ll. Are we right in our reasoning! If
so, let us proceed. These metropolitan
papers are made great through the patron-
age of the farmers. Vi e would not advise
withdrawing such patronage, as the farmer
should be broad and liberal, but we would
advise that every Patron not only take the
V IsITOR, but send in at least one new sub-
scriber for this month. Others will not re-
spect 11s if we do not respect ourselves. \\'e
fail utterly when our own paper fails of
patronage. V\'hO is responsible for the
fact that the VISITOR has not paid expens-
es for years? Can we not depend upon
the co-Operation and efforts of every true
Patron to help make the VISITOR a finan-
c1al_ success this year! This much-to-be
desired result can be obtained by a little
earnest work all along the line. Don’t be
bashful about asking the merchant, the
lawyer, the artisan in any line to take the
VIsITOR for a year. By all means get your
intelligent farmer friends to subscribe.
Shall our appeal he in vain? \Vill YOU
send at least one new subscriber this
month ! PERRY & MCGRATH, Managers.

 

Masters and Secretaries of Subordinate
Granges.

Much has been said of the importance of
having every official position in the Sub-
ordinate Grange filled by those who will
appreciate the honors conferred upon them
and by never failing attendance and well
direlcted efl'o£‘tshbi'1i1ng their part of the
wor" up tot e i0 est possible standard.
I might here deiihe all these duties, but
31%: gppd plxalilnple gettby i1iu.iit_y1exe1phplai'y

c " v 0 ave a imes ac e( in e va-
rious positionsl inf Subordinate Granges,
and a c Ose stuc y 0 such portion of the in-
stallation service as respectively refers to
the duties of each, together with a desire
to excel are suflicient at this time. For I
aim to singlfi out two Oflicers from all the
rest upon w ose earnest efforts depends the
whole success of all the new work recently
established.

A gfleat effort is now being made to as-
sist t c local Granges, and the Order
throughout the state,” by generally engag-
ing in different lines of seemingly pr-.icti—
cal work. In these the Masters and Sec-
retaries of Subordinate Granges are the
mediators who communicate to the mem-
bers and co-operate in carryincr out the

. pliinis and desires of the State: Grange.
More than ever before are these two offi-
cers called into action, and more than ever
before is every Subordinate Grange bound
to awake and get into business line. Slack,
procrastinating methods must be aban-
doned and thorough promptness substitut-
ed. Thc new contract trade system places
in the hands of every Secret-.u'y_ {L descrip-
tive catalogue, the study of which, guided
by the index thereof, will give information
of the large list of articles offered and the
terms of pL1l'Cl11lSC. There will also be for-
warded accoinpanying illustrated catalogues
and price lists, some of them the basis for
computing rates under the contracts,
also quantities of advertising mat-
ter.’ All these are to be kept O11. file by
the Secretary for reference or for distribu-
tion among the nicnibers as the case may
be. In all cases the Secretary should in-
form the Grangc of the receipt of these
and be active in carrying out requirements.

The Secretary should also keep a book
record of each and every purchase from
the various contract firms, so that inform-
ation can be obtained at any time the Sec-
retary of the State Grange desires it, for
the purpose of making settlements with the
firms.

To the Masters will be sent all details of
plans and printed matter for the use of the
Grange indgaining 11i:ien1l1)e€ship,talso all1_pe-
titions an reques s re {L -lVe o peni mg
legislation. Failure on the part Of the
officers to co-1oplei'atefl.pi'Oinp§l_yJ desltroyg
the force of al 1: iese c orts. ave le{l.l‘(
of many Granges where the nienibei's knew
nothing of the Grange trade circular nor of
the uniform plan to add members to the
Grange with all of the accompanying print-
ed ma.t:tei'. This simply shows that there
are Secretaries and Masters who are stand-
ing in the Way of the progress of their
Grange, It is earnestly hoped that every
Subordinate Grange Master and Secretary
in Michigan, will with the oath of oflice
and the beginning of the new year resolve
to be prompt and faithful in the discharge
of eac and every duty. In this way and
in no other can we note at the end of the
year that progress we desire to record. All
members should be Watchful and active in
the work of the year and encourage the
oflicers in all of their efforts in Working
for the interests of the Grange. May the
year bgfore tus bet orfieepf great alcitivity in
every epar men 0 range wor .

Fraternally,

GEO. B. HORTON.

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 The VISITOR should have 1,000 new sub-

Lrcribers this month. YOU send a new one.

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‘ JANUARY 2, 1896.

What the Grange will Labor to Ac-
complish.

The steady, consistent course of the
Grange in the years that have passed, and
its efforts to educate and elevate the Ameri-
can farmer and secure for him a fair share
of the results of his labors, and a just rec-
ognition of his interests in legislation,
ought to be a sufficient guar:intee that its
future etforts will be along the same safe,
conservative lines which have given it such
a. power and hold upon the rural popula-
tion, and so permeated the Organization
with the life principle, as to enable it to
survive all criticism. overcome all opposi-
tion, and establish itself as one of the per-
manent organizations and institutions in
the land.

_But it may not come amiss to give a
brief resume of some of the objects for
which the Grange is striving. and for the
accomplishment of which it proposes to use
its strength and influence.

SOCIAL AND EDL'L‘ATIO.\’AI..

The Grange proposes to bring within
the reach of every farnicr's family in the
land, the Opportunities for social culture
and improvement which are now enjoyed
by the members of the Order. and which
are working such a i'evolution for good in
home life on the farm. ’

The Grange will aim to develop and
foster a strong fraternal spirit, and such
friendly relations among farmers, as will
tend to suppressor eliminatc selfishness.
envy, suspicion, and all unkind feelings
among them, and thus dcvelop :1 great
moral power and force which hitherto has
been of but little use.

The Grange will continue the grand
work of education of self-reliance and self-
devclopment among farmers, which has
been inaugurated and carried forward so
successfully during the active years of its
existence.

The Grange proposes to continue that
line of teaching among farmers which will
show them how to use the governing
power which they have in their hands, for
the enforcement of honesty and economy
in the iidministriition of the affairs of gov-
ernment, and for the enactment of such
laws as will secure for the tillers of the
soil :1 fair share of the profits of their
labors.

BL‘s1.\'i:ss.

The Grange will care for the pccunizirv
interests of its members, by cstzilplisliiiig
and maintaining such business iclatioiis in
commercial matters, as will enable them to
purchase supplies of all kinds direct from
the mzmufacturcr or importer. ‘

The Grange will continue its efforts to
bring producer and ('()llSl1l1l€l'£l.\‘ {l0:ll' to-
gethcr as possible, and thus be of miitiizil
benefit to both classes.

LE(lISl.ATlON.

The Grange will continue to zigitatc the
question of t:lX:1ll()l1 in its various forms,
until t.:i.\'cs are more equally zipportioncd
among propcrty owncrs lllzlll at tho prcs- -
ent time.

The Grange will use every power at its
command to check corporatc grccd, to con-
trol monopolies and to prevent the forma-
tion of trusts, which i1if1'i11gc upon the
liberticszind prey upon the industries of
the people. ~

The Grange will continue its efforts for.
the enactment and cnforccmciit of sucli
lziws as will suppress or prevent zidultcr-
ations of all kinds, whether, in food, food-
products, or supplies for the farm and the
home.

The Grange will have :1 wiitchful C:ll'0
for the interests of agriculture in all legis-
lation, both state and iintional. I

l’OLITl(.'S.

In the future as in the past, the Grzingo
will remain strictly in non-piirtisan oi'g;iiii-
zzition, but it will not eschew politics in
the true sense of the word: its teiicliings
will be such as to enable fariners to obtain
their share of the control of the respective
parties to which they niay bclong, and not
be wholly controlled by them, thus making
their power felt in shaping the legislation
of the country.

The Grange will not only continue,
but will increase its efforts for the election
of men who are the direct representatives
of agriculture to assist in legislation, there-
by giving this great industrya proper rec-
ognition in the enactment of laws both
state and national.

The Grange will continue to use its influ-
ence for a closer representzition of the in-
dustrial classes in Congress, by advocating
the election of United States Senators by a
direct vote of the people.

THE CURRENCY.

On the currency question the Grange
Will use its influence in favor of bimetallism,
and the enactment of such laws as will keep
both gold and silver in active circulation
without fluctuation in money values.

The Grange will ask that the volume of
money be adequate to the demands of the
business of the country.

THE TARIFF.
In regard to the tariff, the Grange will

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THE GRANGE VISITOR.

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insist that agriculture be 'ven et ual pro-
:;tion with other industrgds in tliis coun-

The Grange will use its influence to have
the government direct its efforts for the re-
!1_1oval of any and all unjust discrimina-
tions or restrictions against American farm
products which may exist in foreign coun-
tries, and thus secure for American farm-
ers the fullest and freest markets which
are possible for their products.

GENERAL OBJECTS.

_ The Grange is not unniindful of the
rising generation, and it will use its best
efforts to so direct the thought of the youth
of the nation, that they will have a just and
proper conception of the dignity of labor.
and become the possessors of that exalted
type of character which reflects true nian-
hood_ and womanhood and is essential to
the life and prosperity of the nation.

As unity of thought and action is the key
to_ success in any organization, the Grange
will strictly adhere to that plank in its
Declaration of Pur oses which says: “\Ve
cherish the belief t at sectionalism is, and

of right should be, dead and buried with 2

the past. Our work is for the present and
the future. In our agricultural brother-
hood and its urposes we shall recognize
no North, no South, no East. no West.”——
Alp/za J[esscr.

 

Where Reform is Needed.

Continued from page 1.

he has sent out to township oflicers with
the request that intelligent answers be
made to the questions asked, are returned
to him With insults instead of information;
that only about one blank in every five is
returned “carefully, intelligently and hen-
estly made out. ”

This is a deplorable fact calling for se-
vere censure, especially to those subordi-
nate oflicials who make no effort to fill out
the blanks properly, or who write upon
them insulting words and impudent ques-
tions. Right here let us say that it ought
to be made a misdemeanor, kpufnishable by
fine or im risonment, or hot , or a s11per—
visor or other township official to withhold
the information he is not only authorized
but required by law to obtain.

This office of state tax statistician was
created by the state for a certain definite
purpose. The state tax Statistician was

ointed to carr ' out t at purpose. e
law certainly coiiteniplates that the regular
sources of information shall be open to
him at all times; that he shall proceed in

_ an intelligent and proper manner to gather

in such information from all parts of the
state as is necessary to make valuable and
complete the records of his department,
and that the township oflicials to whom he
applies for such information shall, to the
best of their ability, give full andintelligent
re lies to the questions he asks.

Ve say the law contemplates all this, for
the creators of the oflice and the law knew
very well that unless these sources of in-
formation were freely open and available
to him, his work as a state tax statistician
would be practically worthless. Hence we
repeat that the proper township oflieials
when thus applied to b_y the state statis-
tician, slioiild be held guilty of misdemean-
or if they refuse to furnish the information
asked. And the maximum penalty should
be severe enough to reduce the insults and
impudent replies received to a mighty
small minimum.

The state has created the office of state
tax statistician and Col. Delaiid has been
selected to fill it. It is the duty of the
state to see that he and his successors are
given and guaranteed the facilities for ob-
taining through the proper subordidate of-
ficials all the information needed to make
attainable the object of the law. Any-
thing less than this defeats the objectsn of
the law and makes of little if any value the
records of the state tax statistician.

It is a shame that any township official
appled to by the state statistician
should deliberately insult him in the man-
ner complained of, for it is an insult to the
state as well as to the capable oflicial chosen
to perform the duties of the ofiice. And
the state must =so recognize it.—Dez‘roe'2f

Journal.

M. A. C. Boys.

occupations of Those Who Have Been students
at Michigan Agricultural College,

The following, prepared by Dr. ‘V. J.
Beal of the Agricultural College, will inter-
est all friends of the college. The facts
set forth should be pondered.

Since the organization of the State Ag-
ricultural College in 1857, to 1895 inclu-
sive, there have been in attendance 3,112
Students, a few more or a few less. Of
these, 676 have graduated, less than one-
fourth of the whole. Probably some of
the remaining number will yet graduate.

The college was established for educat-
ing farmers’ sons, but for many years past
the plan has included a course for educat-
ing mechanics. Of the 676 r ,uates

156 are farmers; , ,

84 are teaching in Agricultural Col-
leges or working in Experiment

Stations.

26 are civil or mining engineers._
6 are professors of veterinary science.
36 are mechanics or manufacturers.
4 are in U. S. Meteorological Ser-
vice.
4 are chemists for making fertilizers,
and for making examination of
—— foods for adulteration. _
316, or, 48 per cent engaged in pursuits
in keeping with objects of the col-
lege.
85 teachers in other schools, not agri-
cultural.
74 lawvers.
97 merchants, agents, clerks, etc.
39 physicians.
I2 druggists.
0 clergymen.
11 editors.

1 1 bankers.
2 soldiers.
1 hotel keeper.
2 artists.
339

In making the above estimate, the num-
ber of women (21) has been omitted, as
they are not expected to become farmers
or mechanics.

No attempt was made to learn the pur-
suits of non-graduates until very recently,
and a large per cent of them have not been
found. The total number of non-gradu-
ates is approximately 2,430, of whom -160
are or have been, students since 1890.

Of those in attendance up to and includ-
ing 1869, 925 have replied to inquiries i'e-
garding their occupations, as follows:

Farmers . . . . . .161 14 per cent. L
Mechanics and 25 per
Manufacturers 71 8 “ “  cent.
Physicians. . . . 42 5 “ "
Lawyers. . . . .. 42 5 “ “
Teachers . . . . .. -11 5 “ "
Merchants. . . . 32 31 “ "
Editors and. ..

printers. . . . 19 2 “ “
Students. . .  10 1 “ "

Clergyiiien. . . 4
Soldiers. . . . . . 3
Veterinarian .. 2
Agents, clerks, 485 (including all women)
[52 per cent.

925

So far as these figures go, they show
that a larger per cent of the graduates pur-
sue a calling in keeping with the objects of
the college, than is the case of those in at-
tendance a short time.

The question has often been asked why
M. A. C. has not more students, observing
that the State Normal School has 1,000 or
iiiore, and the State University has nearly
300!) in -.1 year. The fact is that M. A. C.
has more male students than eithci' of
them. iefore disputing this statement,
let me explain: At the State Normal less
than (15) fifteen per cent of the students in
the four years’ course are men, 142 in num-
ber. At the State University in 1891-5
there were 2,864 students, of whom——

382! were in Medicine.

670 were in Law.

155 were in Dentistry.

765 were in Pharmacy.
11% were in Homeopathic Medicine.

1,525 were in the department of Litera-
ture, Science and Arts.

-158 women in the department of Litera-
ture, Science and Arts.

1,Hb‘7 Leaving men in this last depart-
ment where there are many courses to se-
lect from. The following courses at the
University where students work four years
for the degree of bachelor of science are
the courses fairly to be compared with the
two courses at M. A. C. For B. S. at the
University there were men in:

Mech'l Engineering, 81 (M. A. C. 121)
Civil “ 91

Electrical “ 128
Chemistry 18
Biology 25
General Science 76

VVhole No. in 6 courses ut22—average 70 per
course. 7
At M. A. C. there were at the same time
men in four years’ course for the degree of
Bachelor of Science: 7
Mech“l Engineering, 121 (U. of M.) 81)
Agriculture 169

VVhole number 290,—average 1-15
course. (Average of U. of M. 70.) Even
in the classical course of U. of M., where
Greek and Latin are studied, and where
there are more students than in any other
course save the professional schools,
there are not as many male students as
there are in the Agricultural course at M. A.
C. In my figuresi omit names of all resident
graduates and special students both at U.
of M., and M. A.’ C.

History has demonstrated the fact that
only a small number of persons are able or
willing to spend four years to com plete anv
course in college. '

The number of students at M. A. C. is
excellent, when compared with the attend-
ance in similar courses of study elsewhere.
The cost is moderate, and students er
teacher are as high as the average in ot er
good colleges.

l Why is there _any mechanical course
here? By authority of the state since the
L. S. grants of land and money for such
purpose._ Vi hy not still more students in
our Agricultural course? (a) Because we
have to contend with one of the largest
State Lmversities in the United States,
with many courses to satisfy all grades of
students. (b) Because of compulsory man-
ual labor daily. (c) Because of the dormi-
tory system. (d) Because there are very
few elective studies. (e) Because for a long
time some of the papers and some persons
have persistently nnsrepresented it in many
“'3.VSa and no member of the Board or
F aculty_ having denied these statements,
these editors of papers and other persons
doubtless begin to believe they are telling
the truth, and to a great exteiit the general
public believe the mistatenients. (f) Most
teachers of the state are ambitions to send
their best students to the Normal or U. of
M., where they themselves have been, and
these institutions are both large and are
older than M. A. C. There are several
other good reasons not here enumerated.

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A Standard Dictionary.
PROF. A. B. NOBLE.

Although this work has been before the
world only one year, it has won many en-
coniiums from men of high position and
authority. Professors in the leading uni-
versities, jurists of national reputation,
literary men and scientists of the first rank,
have praised it in almost unmeasured terms.
Indeed some have praised it so highly that
we can hardly refrain from wondering if
they really mean all they say.

Unquestionably the book is a good one.
Compared with V\'ebster's “International,"
it is more recent, more comprehensive, and
in many cases more accurate. In some
cases the definitions are more exact, in
others finer shades of meaning are brought
out, and in still others, the term is defined
with greater fullness. For an instance of
the latter, take the definition of “liter-
ature” in its narrowest sense. \Vebster
says: “The class of writings distinguished
for beauty of style or expression, as poet-
ry, essays, or history, in distinction from
scientific treatises and works which con-
tain positive knowledge.” The “Standard"
says: “Such productions as are marked
by elevation, vigor, and catholicity of
thought, by fitness, purity, and grace of
style, and by artistic construction.” ‘Veb-
ster‘s definition gives but one essential
quality, style, while the “Standard" gives
three—thought, style, and construction.
Nor is this all, for the superior; definition
in the “Standard" is followed by a para-
graph of 106 words, specifying more ini-
nutely the distinctive qualities of litera-
ture aiid pointing out the class of writings
that would be excluded by each of the
qualities enumerated. And then in an ad-
tional paragraph of 17 words, literature is
divided into its three classes—oratory,
representative discourse, and poetry.

Should we care to pursue the conipai'i—
son still further. we should find 133 words
devoted to “oratory” in the “Staiidard,"
and 2.3 in the ‘‘International;‘’ 61 words to
"‘representative discourse" in the “Stand-
ard, "’ and none in the “International.” 139
to “poetry” in the “Staiidard," and 24} in
the “Intci'national." An examination of
the two definitions of “poetry” will show
for the “Standard" a superiority quite as
marked in quality as in quantity. Of
course it must not be supposed that such
superiority is to be found throughout the
book; there may be definitions in which it
is inferior; there certainly are many in
which it is superior.

There are other respects in which the
“Standard" is superior, such as in lists of
synonyms and antonyms, in the discrimi-
nation between synonyms, in the marki_ng
of proper nouns and adjectives by an iii-
itial capital, and in the system put forth
for the compounding of words. The treat-
ment of synonyms and aiitonyiiis will be
very helpful to all who wish to be careful
and exact in the use of words——and who
can afford to be careless in this respect?
The marking of words to be capitalized,
and the system for compounding words
will help to establish uniformity where
there has long been lack of agreement and
lack of system. In the grammatical classi-
fication of words, there are, it must be con-
fessed, inconsistencies, even in this, the
latest of dictionaries; but as this is a point
for which few people care, it is hardly
worth while to dwell upon it.

As to vocabulary, the “Standard” boasts
of having more than twice as many words
as the International. This is of course an
advantage not to be overlooked, and not to
be disparaged. However, the advantage
may easily be overestimated. Let no one
suppose that the defining of twice as many
words makes it twice as gooda book. Some
of the additional words are of real value,
such as we should miss were they not there,
just as we now miss them when we turn to
the “International.” But some are mere
variants easily recognized, some are so
technical as to be of interest only to the
specialist, some are so obsolete as to ‘be
very rarely found, and some are provin-
vfcialisms, vulgarisms, or slang, such as are

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; rarely seen or heard. To the ordinary man
such words are of little presumptive value.
\\'e do not overlook the fact that in every
added word there is a possible value. Eac
specialist is glad to find the dictionary full
in his line, and any of us may need to seek
information of the most unexpected kind.
The word we conteinptuously dub as “use-
less lumber” today, may be tomorrow the
very word we wish to learn about. Yet,
after all, what gives greatest value to a
dictionary is not the large number of un-
usual words it contains, but rather the ac-
curacy and fulness with which the more
common, more important words are de-
fined. Upon this basis the “Standard" has
a more valid claim to practical superiority
for the ordinary reader than upon the basis
of the larger list of words.

lVithout any disparagement of either of
these large dictionaries, we yet believe
that, were the right book forthcoming,
there would be more room on the niarket
for adictionary containing half the num-
ber of words in the “International" than
for one containing twice as many. The
small dictionaries we now have leave much
to be desired. One intermediate in size
between “VYebster’s Condensed,” and the
“International” and combining the good
qualities to be found in the larger books
with rigorous exclusion of what is of little
presumptive value to the ordinary reader,
and a wise condensation in the definition of
terms that do not positively demand the
fullest treatment,——such an intermediate
dictionary is, in our opinion greatly to be
desired. It would not take the place of
the larger dictionary, but it would have a
place of its own, and could be sold at a
price—-say five dollars——that would carry
it into many a home where now there is no
good dictionary.

But such a book is not now to be had,
nor is there any definite prospect of the
publication of such. VVe must either do
without or take some book now on the
market. Of the smaller dictionaries,
“\\'ebster’s Condensed” is clearly the best,
really superior in most respects to the re-
print of the original \Vebster’s “Una-
bridged.” Of the larger ones, the “Inter-
national” is good, and worth its cost; the
“Standard” is better, and for those who
can afford it, worth its additional cost. The
asserted superiority of the ‘‘Standard‘’ over
the “Century" is, in the judgment of the
writer, a very wrong opinion. But as the
Century is beyond the i'each of most peo-
ple, we will not take space here to discuss
the question. Any one who can aflord to
get the “Standard, " and who will take
time to refer to it, will be well repaid both
for nioney and for time.

Riglitly used, there is an education in a
dictionary It aflords to all who make use
of it many items of information which
without it they would never acquire. Many
people “wonder” about this and “wonder”
about that, but having at hand no means of
satisfying their curio.-'ity, they soon cease
to care, which means ceasiiig to grow. But
instead of idly “wondei'iiig." they might
come to K‘/am/: about this and Z’/Ir//I‘ about
that, and thus grow steadily day by day,
if they would only learn to use a good
dictionary.

Agricultuml College. .'|[z'ch.

Farmers’ Clubs.
Call for State Assotziatioxfs Annual ileetiiig.

The annual meeting of the Micliigaii
State Association of l*‘ai'iiiers' Clubs will
occur at Lansing, Tuesday and \Vednesday
February 4th and 5th, 1b‘9t5.

The directors of this association are of
the opinion that the largest measure of
practical benefit to the farmers of the state
can be obtained by the adoption of the
plan of effort herein pi'Op()se(l. The peo-
ple of our state are painfully aware that
too large a portion of their earnings is re-
quired to defray the expenses of state,
county, and township. Just at the present
time the taxpayer is forcibly reminded
that taxes are almost unendurably high,
and the executive coininittee of the State
Association of Fariners’ Clubs believe that
it will be eminently proper and advanta-
geous to arrange a program for the annual
meeting of the association which will de-
velop the causes of our present enormous
tax levy. It is hoped that as a conse-
quence of such an investigation some ilan
may be devised in accordance with w ich
the association may exe.t its power to the
end that the evils which cause the present
deplorable conditions, whether they exist
in the conduct of state, county, or town-
shi affairs, may be remedied.

Therefore, the Michigan State Associ-
ation of Farmers’ Clubs extends an invita-
tion to every farmers’ club in the state,
whether members of the state association
or not, and to every kindred organization
to send delegates to its annual meeting, and
invite every individual who is in sympathy
with the purpose hereis; set forth to be

resent. A. C. BIRD, President. A. M.

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The baking powders lll:l(lC up
October 22. after the following
forlnulzis were zlgzliu tested with
the following results:—-

Formula No. 1.

f\'ml:l....    
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(‘realm of tartar . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ‘
Tl-steal Oct. 22. ;,'a\':.- 11.60 per cent
available on rbnnic zlcill.
Tested .\'ov.1i0. gave l1.10pcr ct-nt
available carbonic acid.

 

Sluilple No. 1, which contains
more starcli than the others, would
be expected to possess the best
keeping qllulities, and so was left
open under the smile coditions bak-
ing powders usually are on the
kitchen shelf.

The results show that the con-
sumer can with very little trouble,
compounda baking powder pos-
sessiiig fziirly good keeping quali-
ties with zl high content of avail-
able carbonic acid, from the ma-
teriuls as they are purchased from
the retailer, at about one-half the
price they would pay him for it
high class baking powder. Two
commercial samples were all-.ll_vzed.

No. 214. Every Day Baking Pow-
der” from Burke and Stevens, St. .10-
seph. Producer, Franklin Mac\'eagh
& Co., Chicago, Ill.

Available carbonic acid.
cent.
Reaction—Neutral
Filler—Corn starch.
Cla.ss——Alum phosphate.

No. 215. “Club House Pure Cream
Tartar Baking Powder” from Burke A:
Stevens. St. Joseph. Producer, Frank-
lin MacVeagh & Co., Chicago, Ill.

Available carbonic acid. 8.35 per
cent.

Acid phosphate of lime 0.70 per cent.

Reaction—N eutral.

Class—CreaIn tartar phosphate.
slightly adulterated with acid phos-

phate of lime.

395 n_r
.. ..c_p.

BL-'CK“'HEAT FLOUR.

No. 213. “Acme Prepared Buck-
wheat Flour” from Herr Bros, Benton

Harbor. Producer, W. 1:‘. Law, Chica-
go, lll.

Buckwheat flour about . . . . . . . . ..
. . . . .    80.00percent

Wheat fiour, about 20.00 “ “

Alum-phosphate“
baking powder ——

Salt . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

Buckwheat flour adulterated with
wheat flour. containing a. small quanti-
ty of baking powder and salt.

(‘Ill-ZESE.

Cheese if sold for “full L‘l'eillll
cheese" must be made froln un-
adulterated milk. The law fixes
the standlird for fut in milk at not
less than three per cent. Cheese
therefore made from lnilk contain-
ing less than three per cent of fat

‘ would be pronounced :l(lllll€l'{llZ(,'(l.

Experiments have shown that the
ratio of fat to casein and albumen
in normal milk ranges within very
narrow limits. This being the case,
any manipulation of the milk, as
skimming, which would disturb
this ratio, would be detected in an
analysis of the cheese made from
such milk.

In -.1 large number of analyses
made at the New York experiment
station during 1892 and 1893 the
per cent of casein and albumen to-
gether was never more than the
per cent of fat. At the same sta-
tion during 1593 the amount of fat
lost from 100 pounds of milk in
cheese making varied during the
season from 0.21 to 0.12 pounds
with an average of 0.33 pounds.
The amount of casein and albumen
lost, varied from 0.61 to 0.82
pounds with an average of 0.71
pounds. Allowing the maximum
per cent of casein and albumen; a
legal milk would contain 3 per cent
fat, and 3 per cent casein and albu-

men. Cheese manufactured from

 

 

such milk. allowing the maximum
loss of fat and the minimum loss of
casein and albumen. would contain
for every 100 pounds of milk used
2.58 pounds fat and 2.30 pounds
casein and albumen: giving a ratio
of fat to casein and albumen of
This may be expressed by
the following table:
100 I’OL‘I\'DS MILK.
In milk. Loss in Cll"'E‘.~'9 In finished
making. clleesc.
F-.n......  .:i‘_'lbs. n.4‘_’lb<.  lbs.
(‘as in and albu-
men......... ...3’.‘‘ “.64 " '_’.3t5“
Fat. Ca~ein and albumen . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4.94 "
The other constituents of cheese
and the change in composition dur-
ing the process of ripening would
alter these results to some extent.
but it is well established that at
least .30 per cent of the total solids
should be fut, when made from
normal milk. A sample of full
(.‘1'C:llll cheese was analyzed and the
result is here inserted for compari-
son.

52.2.

Water . . . . . . ..‘ .. 34 69 percent.
Butter fat . . . . . .. 35.95 “ "
liatio of fat to

solids... . 55.04

No. (‘.03. Cheese from E. Darling.

Lansing. Producer, Bartlow, Grand
Ledge, Mich.
Water . . . . . . . . . .. 31.38 per cent.
Butter fat . . . . . .. 29.07 “ "
latio of fat to
solids... 43.04)‘

Not full cream cheese. Apparently
made from milk from which about
one—fourth ofthe fat had been removed.

COFFEE.

An idea of the extent to which cof-
fee is :~;ubject to adllltemtioii and
the lncthods enlployed in czirrying
on this illegitimate business may
be obtained from the following let-
ter which was sent to wholesale deal-
ers throughcut_ the country and
which explains itself.

New York, Nov.2.1895.

(JENTLEMEN: We know you want
to increase your coffee trade, and a
way to do it is to use our new Arabian
mixture, which is as light as coffee, in-
creasing the size of your package, is of
a good dark draw and color, and is the
next thing to coffee itself.

We are mailing you samples of our
Nos. 5, 8 and 11, and we will deliver
these goods in 5 bbl. lots at 3% cents.
We pay freight, 2 off 10 days.

We still make all the old grades.

Thanking you for past favors, we
are,

Very truly yours,
'é'IIE CONSOLIDATED MA.\'L'i~‘AcTL'R1.\'c

0.

The Gillies Coffee Co., another
lnzuil1factui'i11g concern in New
York city, ollers to wholesale deal-
ers rozlsted peas at three cents a
pound, for the purpose of adulter-
nting colice.

No. 220. Coffee from Smith Lumber

Co., Kalkaska, Producer, W. 1:‘. Mc-
Laughlin Co., Chicago, Ill.

Coffee . . . . . . . . . . 70 00 per cent.
Chicory . . . . . . . .. 2000 “ “
Peas . . . . . . . . .  10.00 ‘ ‘

No. 327. Coffee from J. H. Anley,
M:-lnistee. Producer, W. F. McLaugh-
lin Co., Chicago, Ill.

Coffee . . . . . . . . .. 92.00 per cent.
Damaged coffee 8.00 ‘ ‘

No. 337. Coffee from H. R. Grostein,
Frankfort. Producer, Reed, Murdoch
N Co., Chicago, Ill.

This sample is coffee screenings and
consists of:

Immature coffee berries — —

Damaged coffee berries. — —

Stems . . . . . . . . . .  — -
1’F.l‘l’El{.

No. 14. Ground pepper from Kunze.

Appliu & 00., East Tawas. Producer,
Woolson spice Co., Toledo, Ohio.

Water . _ . . . . . . . . 9.98 per cent.
Total ash . . . . . .. 8.52 ‘ ‘

Insoluble ash (sand)2.li0 ‘ ‘
Pepper.......... -— ——
Long pepper. . .. -———

Pepper adulterated with long pepper.

No. 210. Ground pepper from Pol-
lock &. Gleason, Cassopolis. Producer,
Bell, Conrad & Co., Chicago. 111.

Rice about . . . . . . . 30.00 per cent.
Corn meal about. 5.00 ‘ ‘
Long pepper about 5.00 ‘ ‘

Ground shells prob
ably cocoanut, about 50.00 ‘ ‘
Pepper, about.... 10.00 ‘ ‘
No. 333. White pepper, from R. G.
Peters’ Salt & Lumber Co., Eastlake.
Producer, Bell, Conrad oz. Co., Chicago,
Ill.

Ash . . . . ... . . . .. 1.6 per cent.
Corn and rice... 50.00 ‘ ‘
White pepper.. 50.00 ‘ ‘

Pepper adulterated with ground corn
and rice.
\'Il\'EGAR-

No. 115. Apple vinegar from J. P.
Mass. Detroit. Producer, Red Cross
Vinegar Co., St. Louis, Mo,

Specific gravity. . 1.0060

Acid as acetic.. 4.13 per cent.
Total solids. . .. . 0 20 ‘ ‘
Ash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.02 ‘ ‘
Color, artificial. . Caramel.

Spirit vinegar colored with caramel.

No. 17. Vinegar, from Wallace,
Bell & Co., Detroit. ,. Producer, Alden
Vinegar Co., St. Louis, Mo.

Specific gravity.-. 1.0073

Acid as acetic  3.55 per cent.
Total solids.....’. 0.56 ‘ ‘
Ash . . . . . . . . .  . 0.17 ‘ ‘
Chlorides as s ‘t 0.05 ‘ ‘

Sulphuric acid i

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JANUARY ‘2, 1896.

t that she induced her husband Mr. C. H.
Color, artificial. . Caramel. lcliflekto if)‘ the remPdY- el-'er.V_b9d)’ £,|’0\lY1l.d
Neither cmel. nor malt vine at and : here hows the affable and efiiclent ‘I181’ le
is colored with cammdl 5 ., who for the last ten ‘years has been in the
, __ employ of the Michllzan Lentral railroad.
No. 212. V megar. from Kidd, Date: . and who was sorely afflicted with excruci-
& Co., Benton H31-box-_ produce,’ The . ating pains in the chest. _aud also one of the
yam Bechtner C0" M“Waukee_ wi5_ 1- severest attacks of sciatic rheumatism, the

sulphates . . . . . . . . . . .. 0.04 ‘ ‘

cousin " most dreaded despoiler of home comforts. In
\. . . _ 2 one hour from being struck with one of his
.,Apei((:1ltlc gravéty. . 18010 ; spel(lis he would 39 nglhelpless as an infant

c as ace lc. . . ‘.50 er cent. ; ten ays old, to- ay L rs. Cline assures us
Total solids _ , _ , , __ 05,-; ps 1 1 that now there is not a more able or healthy
Ash _ _ , , , , , , _ . ' _ _ _ Um I . -, man standing up in Jackson employed by

Color, artificial; probably burnt malt.  iisiiidl i€Vlll1i()gT]:V(;°l‘uli;:(ill r:liiit(i1acfit:i1tii]clLiedfhiiiSd
No. 221. Vinega; from gmith Lum_  dreaded and painful diseaseland one box of
bar Co,‘ Ka1ka51,a_ producm.’ Edwin 1 the Pink Pills cured hlln permanently. _
Fangs’ Grand Rapids, Mich 3 Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills contain, in a
Specific gravity 1 am lE8‘L‘l$2%’3 '°l-‘E’; “"a"‘? %“““‘”“§S ‘.‘§°‘’i.i“’%
, _.. . . , wl an rlcnesso e 00
Acid as 2icet1c_ , , 31.1, per cent_  and restore shattered nerves. They are an
Tollzlal sends _ _ , , ,_ g_-30 - - , unfailing specific for such diseases as loco
A3 0.33 ‘ ‘

; glottor dataxia. partial plliralysig. St.

. . 1 1 us‘ once. sclat‘ , ‘ -
Cider V_1fl8Z€_iI‘ but b€l0W the legal  tisln, nervous headi1(ctl'le,nTliieaa%tl§i (r3f‘l'te‘(13in(ilf
standard in acid strength. , la lzrlppe, palpitation of the heart. pale and
yo, 3~34_ Vinegar from Telfer \-pice ‘ st_illow_complexlons. all forms of weakness
Co., Grand Rapids. Producer ¥'l‘he 1 e"h"’.‘“ ".‘3“-’ 0'. .f‘’‘““‘*- “M .3” ‘“3"“5‘~‘5
Paul Bechmer 00‘ Milwaukee Wis gggsukltlpz tromvltlated bumorsln the blood.
. _ - v -; ill 1 ins are sold by all dealers. or Will be

Acid as acetic, , _ 422 per cent  sent post paid on receipt of price. (50 cents

Total s011d5_ , __ ,_ 057 « - a box,_or.six boxes for $2.50) by addressing
Ash _ _ , , _ _ _ _ O _ _ _ . U_U4,; - . [ Dr.  lll1a_ms‘ Medicine Company. Schenec-
Color . . . . . . . . . . .. Artificial. 7 mm‘ x’ X‘

Neither cider nor malt vinegar and 

is artificially colored.  K’
EOFFICIAL DIRECTORY

‘ 0flil‘l'.~’ .\':llinll::l (irmlgc.

Pig Feeding Experiments.

 
  
  
 

 

3»%\)l£1~h'r~J.l‘li.“v l'lQl|Il‘lll.... .. .......l>llt.1. Ohio
'.'~.~-x-~.. . ;'~ -. . N. ‘.

Bulh-till Kall~'<lé Station. 1, Ll-lctrliri-i‘ — .\lpll;iI.illl\-~15-, \,‘l.'}'g,‘,‘(,]1fi'_\',“‘."_.( 
‘.\'tcwul'-l— )1. li. Hum .  ...  .. .. . . Marine

SL'_\l.\lAl{Y. l.\~~' I Sh-\\‘:ll'<l -~.\. )1. Rvlrll-~l‘. Jilunlo l>l&lllll

;SI:llEl[il£llll 5".‘ L. g‘\'i‘1X~ul\1 . , . . .. ......l\li~-i—~im-i

.7 . . . »l“:l~l“'*.‘.~'.  - »-- 

I‘ mm the foregoing e.\'pc1'11uclits .~“l~‘er.-1.21:‘-ii---.l..im_Tili..l‘.i.l.l.i‘.l‘{\J.i'§l}i{lki.'.ii. 1\>l'ii(.
we 1_na.v draw the rolIomn.«.»- cm» 1z*.*::.‘.“;l:::*.1.‘;: i‘i'l.I.‘..".‘.i.".‘.‘T‘.“T'.‘.'I.‘fi~'.:.;;.3hT.‘.'.‘.'a’l
(.‘lll.\'l(lll>‘Z ¥iIll1<>ll:l“——.\Ir.\<. )l£ll‘i"l\)l4£Ell"<lHll.. 'zlll~:ls
‘-  , _ _  . “F21 ‘rs... llll_ll' . ull . . . . . . . . . . ...\lill -4 I’

I list. In the tollipuilsoii ot Lu-ly 1... 2 Stew ll .\lr<..\luzln«ln l1..n....l. |'.l\lihlld.

wheat, corn. and red l{:1tlir corn.
as fattening food for liogs the
wheat proved to be themo.-31' etl'crt—
ivc. followed closely by corn: i'cd
T{tll'lll' corn. although :1 good feed,

I-lx¢*('llfl\'e (‘nlnnlittt-P.

Llwlialvl Rlmlw . . . . ..t':=lltl-l' Hull. Pl'llll\:\'_l'\‘?llll'(l
 ..\lrl:llll-A

R.R.lIl1tcllili.<nll. .. 
J. J. Wlmrlliulli . . . . . .. Paw Paw. Bliclliuziu

0ll‘i('el'.~2 Mil-lliglnll Silitv (iI':nl;:v.

 
    

      

     
 
 

p . . . . 3121-r-~r --<;. B. Vl{..n..n .............Fl-ml liillgn
\\ as not equal in tzlttelilliglpuilltlcs 0  ~'r=‘,l- 1- "\<,x1v-~,-.   ....-.l‘alm.vra
- ~ ‘ - .‘l"'—--:5 » ;.. .. ..’z"z '

to either of the otllers. It rellulrcd . A lIr'.l‘-<.'.-‘..‘r:3.- Ii.H(l';iIil|iI:l<x ........ ..i<.-ill.-.i~i.-‘ii
respecti\'cl_\' 1.11 polllids of wheat ""“;’{.§‘,liil§t"““"'I "' H‘ ‘ “"i"‘ “"3 3‘“"“““
;u1(l_ -£,}’;.\' l)()u1]d5 of (_'()]_'1] t0 P1-“dupe f_[:llZi[Il(llll'~:Vil‘1ll‘\_'\'  .\lzl)'U.. ........liut\t_le 1'11’-ck
‘.1 pound of gain, while of red K:lf- {it-(‘l‘c%:l'}r:.li:l%p.ii£1‘§1ll‘ll-l;l%...}. ............. '.\lIii.kK‘iii.ri‘;
 - ' -. ‘- V ‘ . “ I‘ vv-1-—-"'z vs . _ . . .,{».~-'4
tn L011] it iup1l1cd.).1.» 1i()llll(l> t_o}(?,, "' M,‘ §{§f;§,,,,‘Lfj“" “'f.....‘,,,;_}_;;;,[;;
produce the szuue result. but it . _ —.l niun my
Jllllil .\lcl lure . . . . . . . . . . .Slu-lby

should be noted in this colmeclioli L. .x. >'tl-\vur4l~-)lr~. .l. li..\l:ll'tin.(£r:llulRapids

that the experililent was carried l":Xt‘(‘lllI\'P cmnmlm-e.

out during the coldest portion of .1. G.Rllulsdz-ll.('ll:iil'nlzln.
Plzitt 

I .......Tr:i\'l-r<ol'ity
the wlliter and that the hogs were H‘ D’ " ""‘"‘-"“"““"‘

    
 

  

 
 
  
 
  
 

  

      
  

 
 
 
  
 
 

 

, _ _ t‘._ G, Luci- . . . . .. .(‘ll1«l\\-may
confined strictly to these teeds. }}- 5- rmllt .,,-<'~l»1«l,\v:«t-I
v . err)". :i,\'o... . an -- 
L nder favor-.1blc weather the rc— R. H_. Tzi_\-lnr..  ..’.. ...sl.l.'u,,-
suits would dou|)_tle:~is have been  5 ‘‘‘‘‘‘‘ _“_1,“i!',1.‘,',,Rf;‘{f;",.l;f
liluch better, and in like manner, J<‘nuivBu«-Ill ‘X ‘°“‘ I ....... ..\m..\l-bur
these g.1.ainh. “light have given (1'1f_ Connnittce on }‘:0l|l:lIl'.~' \\'nrk ill the
- ' I X‘ ‘ 5 . . i . ‘ . . I. 7. 1l‘GlII_L{'(’.
teient results it fed lll. ]l1duious _\,,,._._“,,,_,.I,,_ 3,,,,.,____‘ ‘__,W‘____,,m,,,,,.m_k
mixtures with other suitable hog -‘1I'>v -‘1=1r.\' >h<'I'w~wl Hun! ..-'t:u-mix
- ‘ .\Il"s. BL-llc Ruyct-.. ..  ... ...l§:lrmla
teed’ (‘ l 1) t I t
'1 1 !k‘IIIfl'il K’ Y“ _V 4l"(' UT Y5.
Second: Lotion seed meal proved '  ,
 at - . U 1 1 f], i\12lry.\.M:iyn.......................lmttll-1rm-k
1)OlSOHOU> U plgb (‘JV (J1 t1()llgl L( gun.  J. \I\ unllilmll... ..   . Paw l’:«l\v
' ~ . ",. ‘. ,_ .' r.‘.('.. - . . . . . .. ........('ll‘z -'
lll small qualitltlts. A uuxtuic of H,j§}_ ,,,_,’,._,. ,‘,',f_',.,_  _,,,m‘,’,f ;‘.,*,f,',,§
one—foruth cotton seed meal and H<-n- Tlrsunm Mn bvrr-ivn <‘l-mvr
_ . _ 7, _ _ _ . Jason \\<mdliizlll. .. .l’uw l’- '
tlnee—touith.s coin meal “us as d1s- _—x. l-‘.. Palliier... .l{ ll.
zistrous as equal parts of tliescfeeds. ’,I,“"fi“ ’,’,',,‘,(,',P"“"‘*""“" “ ’1"‘{-",‘,‘,';'j',, (ml
The pigs died in trom three to (.,,,m,_,. ,,,_,m,,___._
eight weeks utter being put on this D H \,‘ H_ H l \ Y , (_
\ v . . - ’ ) ) S . . . . . . . . . . . .. ' I > . . l .
feed, the larger ones holding out L. l‘, R...L.t._','.' W " ' ""‘ ~-"
the longest. ]’n~z‘ //H//‘fr’//2. cxlim1- R" “' ‘‘‘‘~‘’‘“’‘‘ "

. . . . . ..l)uwlin-_'. ll.-lrl'_\' “
..l'lliullI'it_\‘.
....lixl(.'ll;ilmll. lil'l‘l‘ll'll
....St.Jullli~.('lllllnll "
.l>’.'lttl:-(‘lw--k.tklllmllll "
('ll:lll»-vi-i.\:. (‘ll:ll‘lu\':«ix

....l‘l>rl.-,\' l’.Ul‘:l~~’ “
- _ - H - ] - ‘ ' _ .:llulI liupids. lhltull "
rzlpidgluns Ill )Utll 1)lf_1‘>:llltl huge w. ll.l-Emu-1-... . ._\‘..m.s....,m-ull... -~
13°.1-‘~ and 1* t1wi.°°<l.1-~‘ ~11=ln.'-M '>e- iiiifillL’l.‘l'.'.‘.k'»i.'l"ll}l;§:.l.i‘lIi-3'10"l{§~§}'C-3'12:
tore svliiptolis oi disezlsc appear. ~‘. r.. ll:lllg_'lll*_\'....\'nlltllt':ilu«l liill~zl:ll»-

('i(‘()l‘LZl‘ lion .~t r..
Jinn:-< I). Htlullr-3
R. V. ('l:il'k . . . . . ..
J. \\'. El.llll‘~l’...

nations revealed ili all cases severe
llifiluumatioli and :-()1iges’tioli0f the
intestines, lungs and lleurt. But ,‘;,‘f‘,§-‘_’,\:,,fl}‘§:"’.j‘_

cotton seed ulcul produces very -Jjunv-’ 3- -‘lam!
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hogs can be-ted cotton seed meal 1:f',r\.i—:‘i-'..\.-(J,
for 2.1 short time with the best re- ‘,",‘,'f:.‘,‘,,“,'j_f. .f

suits. and this cxpcrilnclit would -I \\'v~tv-n liutcl:'ih¥'..
. . - Hen.F.ll:lll......... l’:
indicate without sllbscqlleiit dele- »
t¢‘1‘10“-‘ €fl0<‘1-*'- il‘{‘.7.1.§i:l..‘Tl‘3l'.Tli£-

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Third: liqllul parts of corn meal Frwl . l3l'll:lll<>l|~l«l\'lIIL’~YUII ~
_ 7 _ E. \\'. .\lli.~... . . . . . . . . . . . ..\dri:lll. Ll-llzml-i» "
and ground uheut prolcd to be :1 Jacob lc....-....-ll.-l. . . 

 ..lliL:2l. l\l<‘l . null Ll-ll:l\\l-u
1ienruvl{.L1-st:-r . . . . . . .. ~i:il. .\lmllr':lllu
ll. R. Van \llib«-l‘,;....l::»;lr [Ailk|‘- )l:uli~i»-¢- "
Fl'2illl\' F. l'ptuu .l:i: llnpl-l-. .\l«~cu~t:l
J. S. Lz1V\'.~'ml.... .l>i-cu. Miltwllilb
Will H. Pzlrlsll. rlut }{l.(-k. .\lnur:m
E. l‘. Sxllitll . . . . . . . . . . . .Rzl\'l-llllu. .\lu-kl-_mll
W. W. I ‘urn-r.... . . .... \\lll2lll1l..\.|'\\'£l_\L'(I

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_ .\.J."rn<l>y.............\‘p<iI:lllti.Ouklzlllll “

Sunlllel Htlililfl-r..... ....Hlmllillg. ()tt:lw:i "

ZVIUCH SUFFERING l“()Ll.()“'ED BY \\'. F. Til_\'l(II'.... ...  ..('l':llist<>n.()(‘c:llla “
HAPPINES3 AND HE.-ILTH. D. .\lurlill . . . . . . .. Vi-limli. .\‘lll:'l\\’3l~~I‘4‘ "

.\. W. (’:lntielxl... . . . . ..\vuca. St. ('1:lir "

Wm. li. Lzlllglc l‘llll’l'\'lll4'. St. -Inwlvll "
She Tells an Industrial News Reporter Robert Trcby.. .. ,. . . llil-ell Run. .\':il_:iu:lw "
Her Experience and Relates Her Hu_,~_ S. U. ('o(>ii_.'. . .. .. lizlst l‘ rt-moll_i. Slllllluc “
band's llarveluus Escape, Ht‘l(‘ll A. I‘ lske . . . . . ..La\\ l‘4'll('l‘. \ Elll lilll‘l'll "

Henry Hurll.... ..  .. l’l_\'m<lut_il. \\':i_\'lm 

From the Industrull l\ClL‘8, Jtl/.‘l'.‘807L, Mich. 'IR‘l'l(’!f 4‘.IW3i:::,‘i‘,',X::’;£.',f;(;.:‘:‘:‘1 ,.

Mrs. C. H. Cline. who lives on the corner

of Perrlne and Pearl streets, Jackson,
Mich.. has for two years been troubled with
indigestion and nervous prostration, her
heart would apparently stop beating. She
would suffer great pain, in fact she honestly
thought she was going to die. Her troubles
were brought on by a severe attack of la
grippe. bleep was nearly a stranger to her
for all this time, and life had become a bur-
den to her until she was advised by friendly
neighbors who had used Dr. Williams’
Pink Pills to lzive them atrial which she
did, and it would be hard to find a more
grateful woman in Michigan than Mrs. C.
H. Cline, as prominent physicians had given
her up, while to—day she is able to do her
own work and is as pleasant a little body as
one would like to visit. She used three
Pink Pills 8. day only, the last one just be-
fore retiring. which always insured her a
good night's rest.

Mrs. Cline is only thirty years old and
could ill afford to let her life slowly ebb
away. It is difficult for one to describe her
ailments but we can say to all afilicted that
if they will call on or write to Mrs. Cline
they will not only be thoroughly convinced
of these little friends, for she persists in
calling them such, but she will also tell you
of her marvelous cure. and we can guaran-
tee that she will convince you that she
owes her life to-day to Dr. Williams’ Pink
Pills which she would not be without for
its weight in gold.

This evidence is only a repetition of
what all people say who have tried this
wonderfu remedy. It’s as faithful a friend
as one could introduce into their household,
never falling, always reliable in times of
great suffering and danger. Now to show

how sincere she was she mentioned
I. ‘- man?"
' i -" ‘ in.

Revised List of Grange Supplies

Kept in the milieu of .“l‘(?A}' of flu-

Michigan State Grange

And spilt out IlU>'iI-llilltl on rcrjelllt ()f‘°&<l>ll order.
over the Seal of :1 Slllilirrlllliltf (1rH.l1L§l‘~ and
the >‘lL,'L\{llLl re of its l\l:l.<tl~r or Secretary.

Pl)l‘C(-'lEllll ballot lllZll‘lIll’.~‘. pr-r lluudrcd. .....'F0 75

 

 

 

  
 
  
 
 
  
    
 
  

 

Secrotlllys ledger. ... .. .. H5
Secretury'.~' rt-curd .. ..  ..    50
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_ Kathleen Hesslegrave, a pretty young Eng-
lish artist.and Arnold \VillouuhbY\ a Bohe-
mian amateur. meet casually at the Royal
academy gallery in London. They hold mu-
tualyiews upon art and upon the stupidity of
the judges who have rejected their pictures.

Rufus Mortimer. a rich American idler. joins ‘

them. He is a friend of the Hesslegraves and
is surprised to tfud Kathleen in the company
of Willoughhy. whom she knows as a common

sailor dabbling in art. CHAPTER II— Kath- !'

leen lives with her mother in fashionable lodg-
ings. The aristocracy visit there. and one day
at a reception the company discuss the mys-
tery of young Earl Axminster, who has tied
the country disguised a sa sailor. Canon Valen-
tine. the lion of the party, thinks the aristoc-
racy of England is well rid of him. His habits
are too good. Ill—Willoughhy is the earl. He
is stranded by the failure 01 the picture. re-
fuses help from Mortimer and goes to sea to
earn money to continue the study of art. l\'—
Mortimer pursues Kathleen on 1ove's quest.
She likes him and with ditiiculty holds him on‘.
V— Mortimer. Willougliby and the Hessle-
graves meet. in Venice. Mrs. Hesslegrave is
alarmed at Kathleen's enthusiasm over the
sailor painter and his works. Vi and VII-
The young artists roam through romantic old
palaces together. Willoughby a guest at
Kathleen’s home. The maiden half reveals
her love for him. and both confess to them-
selves that they are in love. VIII and IX-
Mortimer proposes and discovers Kathleci.i's
passion for Willoughby.
CHAPTER XI.
MRS. HESSLEGRAVE )llS.-XPPREHEYDS.

The words were scarcely out of the can-
on’s mouth when straightwziy he repented
of them. If this was really Bertie, he
ought to have held, his peace. The man
was skulking in that case, quite evidently
skulking. He Waiit-ed to disappear. He
didn‘t wish to be recognized. It was no
business of the canon's, then, to drag a
fellow creature against his will out of vol-
untary retirement and so spoil Algy"s
chance of obtaining the peerage. On the
other hand, if it wasn’t Bertie, the canon
should, of course, have been the last man
on earth to call attention to a. likeness-
really, now he came to think of it, a very
remote likeness—to the late earl, and so
give rise to a rumor which might prove
prejudicial in the end to Algy’s position.
He had cried out in the heat of_ the mo-
ment, in the first flush of surprise. He
began to hedge at once as soon as ever he

consequences of his instinctive action.

This is a very small planet. Sooner or
later we all collide upon its surface.

As for Kathleen, her first thought was
one of loyalty to Arnold. If he was Lord
Axminster, and of this she had now very
little doubt left—the double coincidence
settled it—he was trying to hide himself.
He didn‘t wish to be recognized. That
was enough for her. He desired that his
personality as Arnold Willoughby should
not be mixed up with his personality as
Bertie Redburn. Therefore it was her clear
duty not to betray him in any way. She
glanced nervously at. her mother. Mrs.
Hesslegrave had half risen from her seat,
overjoyed to hear that this was really an
English earl whose high irth and intrin-
sic nobility they had discovered for them-
selves under the guise of a common sailor
and was just about to call out, “Mr. Wil-
loughby. Mr. Willoughby!” But Kathleen
dart-ed upon her suddenly such a warning
glance that she withered up forthwith
and held her peace devoutly. She didn’t
know why she was to keep silent, but she
could see from Kathl'een‘s half imperious,
half imploring look there was some good
reason for it, and Mrs. Hesslegrave was
one of those rare stupid people who recog-
nize the fact of their own stupidity and
allow themselves to be blindly guided in
emergencies by others. So she held her
peace, merely remarking as she sat down
again:

“So you think that’s Lord Axminster
dressed up like that? Well, really now,
how interesting!”

Arnold Willoughby’s face meanwhile
was all the time turned half in the oppo-
site direction. He did not see the gondola
nor Kathleen nor the canon. He was en-
gaged, in fact, in watching and mentally
photographing for artistic purposes the
graceful movements of a passing barge as
she swung slowly through the bridge over
whose balustrade he was hanging. While
Mrs, Hesslegrave spoke he turned and
went on without ever observing them.
Next instant. he was lost in the crowd that
surged and swayed through the narrow
ca11e_ The danger was averted. He had
never so much as observed the 0311011.

As for that astute old 89115191118“: DOW
he had recovered his breath, he saw his
mistake at once and faced it b01d1Y- when
Mrs. Hesslegrave said, “So you think
that’s Lord Axminster?” he answered im-
mediately with perfect self control:

“No, I don’t. I was mistaken. It was
...a passing fancy. For a second I iina-8'
ined——merely imagined, don’t Y0“ k_11°W--
the man looked something like him: I
suppose it was the sailor getup Which Just
at first deceived me. Poor Axminster used
to dress like a sailor when he yachted.
Amelia, my dear, that was not Bertie, W88
it? You could see the man distinctly.“

“Oh, dear, no,‘ Fred,” Mrs. Valentine
echoed in a voice of profound conviction.
“Not the least bit like him!” _

The canon frowned slightly. Amelia had
bettered her instructions unbidden. He
was the least bit like him, else why should
the canon have mistaken him at first sight
for his kinsman Bertie? But not very like.

“A mere superficial resemblance,” he
went on. hedging violentlv. “Just at the

i first glance, to be sure, having my head
5 full of the subjt-ct and seeing the sailor
I dress. I mistook him for Bertie. But when
 I came to look again the fellow was alto-
’ gether different. Srtnie build perhaps, but

features gone, shorter and thicker and flat-

ter. A man may dye his hair and cut his
; beard. and so forth, but hang it all, Mrs.
| He-s.<le-grave. he cant go and get rid of his
own born features.”

He talked all the rest of the way home
of nothing on earth except singular resem-
blances and mistaken identities. There
E were Perkin Warbeck and Edmund Wyld
and the Tichborne claimant. There was
Sidney Carton in the “Tale of Two Cities.”
And he came back always to the funda-
mental point that the features of a face at.
l('?lStr-—-lCl'.l€ features must always remain.
You might dress. and you might. paint,
but there was no possibility of getting over
the featiires. He overelaborated this is-
sue, in fact. Kathleen could see from ev-
ery phrase he was sure in his own heart
he had seen Bertie Rt-dburn and was try-
ing to argue himself and. still more. his
hearers out of that positive. conviction.
Even Mrs. Hesslcgrave saw it indeed and

on the steps of the Molo:

“That is Lord A.\'niinster. Kitty, and the
dear cation knew it. but for Algernon Red-
burn"s sake he didnt like to acknowledge
it.”

Kathleen gazed at her seriously.

“Mother, mother,” she cried in a low
voice, “for heavens sake don’t: say so.
Don‘t say anything about it. You won't
understand yet, but when we get home
I'll tell you. Please say nothing more now.
If you do, you may upset everything!”

A vague idea crossed Mrs. Hessle-grave's
mind at that moment that Kathleen might
perhaps have known this all along, and
that that might account for her being so
much taken up with this dreadful sailor-
man, who wasn‘t really a dreadful sailor-
man at all, as it turned out, but the real
Lord Axminster. If so, how delightful!
However, she waited for more light on
these matters in Kathleen’s own good
time, only murtnuring meanwhile half un-
der her breath to her daughter:

“Well, whoever he is. he’s a charming
fellow. You must admit yourself I’ve
thought all along he’s a charming fellow.”

By this time the canon had settled with
the gondolier, after 8 resolute attempt at
resistance to the man’s extortionate en-
deavor to exact his proper fare by munici-

pal tariff, and was ready to stroll up to the
Hesslegraves’ apartments, for it was I
principal clause in the canon’s private
creed that every foreigner is always en-
gaged in a conspiracy to defraud every
British subject on whom he can lay his
hands. and that the way to make your road
easy across the continent is to fight every
item of every account all along the line the
moment it is presented. The extortionate
gondolier had conquered. however, by pro-
ducing a printed tarifi which fixed his hire
at the niotlt-st rate of a franc an hour, sp
the canon. paying it without a son of pour-
boire, strode on toward the lodgings, dis-
consolate and rlistmt-t-etl. He knew in his
heart. of hearts that was really Axminster.
Much altered, no doubt, by deliberate dis-
guise, distorted beyond belief, but still un-
deniably Axininster. and he firmly resolv-
ed never to mention his conclusion for
worlds to any one, not even to Amelia. A
man has no right to appear and disappear
and then suddenly crop up again by fits and
starts in this uncanny manner—-to play bo-
peep, as it were, with the house of lords,
the most dignified, exalted and supreme

 

court in the United Kingdom. Once dead,
always dead, was a rule that ought; to be
applied to these Tichbornian revivalists. If
you choose to go out like a candle of your
own free will, why, the world should stem-
ly decline to recognize you when you want
to come to life again at inconvenient mo-
ments. There should be a bill brought in
to declare Bertie Redburn was really dead,
and then dead he should remain by act of
parliament.

But as soon as they were inside the house
and Kathleen had gone up with her moth-
er and Mrs. Valentine into her pretty litr
tie bedroom to take off her bonnet the can
on’s own wife gave vent explosively to a
fearful and wholly unexpected disclosure.

“You know, my dear,” she said confi-
dentially, “that was Lord Axminster. I
feel quite sure of it. Only, of course, I
wonldn’t say so, on dear Fred’s account.
You know dear Fred can’t bear to be con-
tradicted.”

Once more Kathleen darted a. warning
look at her mother, and once more Mrs.
Hesslegrave accepted the hint blindly.

“But. he was so difierent, the canon
thought,” she remarked, just to keep up
the conversation, wondering dimly all the
while what this mystification could mean
——too deep, in fact, for a quiet, respecta-
ble old Iadv’3 fathominiz.

murmured aside to Kathleen as they stood »

“Oh, you cant deceive me!” Mrs. Val-
entine answered, with warmth. “Fm
sure it was Lord Axminster. And I'll tell
you how I know. His features were really
changed, exactly as Fred salIl—-—he must
have had something done to them. They
say you can get your face molded like put-
ty, if you choose to bear it, nowadays.
But he had always anervous trick of pull-
ing one back lock of his hair as he stood
still and thought——like this, don’t you
know—-a sort of back handed twirl, and
the moment I saw him I remembered it
instantly. He might walk down Bond
street any morning and meet‘. every friend
he ever knew in the world, and not one
in a thousand would ever suspect it was
he, but Fred and I, we would know, be-
cause we saw such a lot of him as a child
and were accustomed to reprove him for
this same awkward trick of his.”

And as a matter of fact the moment
Mrs. Valentine mentioned it Kathleen rec-
ollected perfectly that she had often ob-
served Arnold Willoughby stand in just
the way she mimicked, pulling a particu-
lar lock at the back of his hair whenever
he was observant of a person’s face or at-
tentive to any element in a picture or land
scape.

The moment she could get alone with
her mother up stairs she began to speak to
her seriously.

“Mother,” she said in her most coax-
ing tone, “you were so good to take my
hints. I didn’t want Canon Valentine to
know who Mr. Willoughby was-—I mean,
what name he calls himself--or that you
and I knew him, for I'm sure the canon
was right. Mr. Willoughby is Lord Ax-
ininster.”

Mrs. Hesslegrave made no immediate re-
ply exceptto step forward with the utmost
gentleness and press a motherly kiss upon
her daughter’s forehead.

“Oh, Kitty,” she cried, gazing fondly
at her, “how awfully clever of you! My
darling, I’m so giad! And I’ve been seeing
all along how much attention he was pay-
ing you.”

Kathleen flushed up to her eyes again.
It was a way she had when deeply moved.
And she knew her mother was very much
pleased with her indeed, for only when
very much pleased did Mrs. Hesslegrave
ever address her by her pet name of Kitty.

“But that’s not. all, mother,” she went
on eagerly. “I want you to promise me,
oh, ever so faithfully, you won’t tell any-
body who he is or anything else about
him. He wouldn’t like it if you did.
Promise me, dearest, promise me!”

Mrs. Hesslegrave drew back for a sec-
ond. lost in mazes of thgtyzht. She could
not quite undertsand this queer Axmin—
ster mystery. Then, being a romantic old
lady, as many old ladies are, she wove for
herself on the spot a little private romance
of how it had all happened. Lord Axinin-
ster, it. appeared, distrusting all woman-
kind after his bitter experience with Lady
Sark, had come abroad in disguise as a
common sailor in order to look out for
some girl he could really love, some girl
who could really love him as a man wishes
to be loved—for himself, not for his es-
tate, his rank or his title. But Kathleen,
like a clever girl that she was. had discov-
ered by intuition his real position in life
fallen in love with him and made him tall
in love with her. Mrs. Hesslegrave could
understand now, what she had never un-
derstood before, how a well conducted girl
like her Kitty could have permitted her-
self to form a romantic attachment for a
man apparently so far beneath her. It was
just like Kitty to have uninasked the real
earl. In her joy and pride, to think her
own daughter should have captured a peer
of the realm under such adverse conditions
by sheer dint of insight, Mrs. Hesslegi-:ivc
once more bent. tenderly forward and kiss-
ed the wonrlering Kathleen (1 second time
on her forehead.

‘ I'll promise whatever you like, dear,”
she said in a very pleased tone, for this

was a great occasion. “Oh, Kitty, I’m so
delight-edl And indeed, dear, I'm sorry I
ever seemed to throw any obstacles in Mr.
Willoughby’s way——I mean, in Lord Ax-
minstei:’s. But there, you’ll forgive me.
I didn‘t understand the circumstances as
you did. And though I didn’t quite ap-
prove of your seeing so much as you did of
him under misapprehension, of course, as
to his real place in socit-ty—_vou must re-
member yourself I always allowed that,
viewed as a man alone, he was a most
charming person.”

Kathleen didn ’t exactly understand what
her mother was driving at. These words
were too deep for her, but for the moment
she didn’t think it necessary to inquire as
to their hidden meaning. She was so
afraid her mother might by some impru-
deuce betray Arnold Willoughbyls secret.
And no matter why he wished it kept: she
felt for her own part ’twas a point of hon-
or for them both to insist upon keeping it.
So she said very hurriedly:

“Whatever you do, dear mother, don't
let Canon Valentine know Mr. Willough-
by’s a friend of ours. Don’t. say a word
about him, in fact. Let the canon suppose
the man he saw on the bridge is a. perfect
stranger to all of us. I must manage to
prevent Mr. Willoughby from visiting the
house for the present somehow. If Canon
Valentine were to flnd out who he really
was, it would spoil all, and then Mr. Wil-
loughby would be sovlreadfully disappoint-
ed.” v

Mrs. Hesslegrave caught instinctively
at that one phrase, “spoil all,” which con-
firmed her at once in her most romantic
preconceptions. Then it was just as she
expected—the earl and Kitty had arrived
at an understanding. There was a. mys-
tery in the case, of course, but Kitty would
clear it all up, and she should live yet‘. to
see her only daughter a countess.

“My darling,” the proud mother said,

 

looking at her with ariec-tion—-tor it's
something to have a daughter who can
catch earls in di’.-'g1iise——“tell me all about
it! When did Lord Axiiiiiistcr ask you?”

“He has never ask:-d me, mother,"
Kathleen answerezl.with a very deep blush.
Then she paused for a lll(lIllEllt~. Her heart
rose into her mouth. The avowzil seenied
so natural at 1!. crisis like that. “But llove
him,” she went. on, clasping her hands,
“and I'm sure he loves me. Oh, mother,
don't say anything that would lead him to
suppose that you've heard a. word of all
this. If you do, all will be lost. I know
he wouldn't care for any of us to know he
was really Lord Axnii'n.-zter.”

She trembled for her unavowed lover
now the truth was upon her.

“My dear," Mrs. Ht-sslcgrave answered,
her adiniration for K:lthlcen’s cleverness
and power of self restraiiit growing deeper
each minute, “you may set. your mind at-
rest. You may rely upon my prudence. I
grasp the situntioii. I couldn't have be-

lieved it, Kitty. but I’m very, very glad:

of it. \\'hat a wonderful girl you are! I
declare you really almost take my lire.-ith
away!”

And indeed Mrs. Hesslegrave felt it
was most meritorious in Kathleen to have
discovered the young niau’s rank so early,
as of course she must have done, and to
have succeeded in keeping her own counsel
so well that even her mother never for a
moment suspected the real rank of her
lover, for that a lover he was Mrs. Hessia-
grave took for granted at once, now she
knew the dreadful sailorman was really
an earl. She would hardly have given her
Kathleen credit before for so‘ much gump-
tion.

As for Kathleen, she was so fully bent
upon preserving Arnold Willoughby"s se-
cret that she never even noticed her moth-
er’s misapprehension. Her one desire now
was to keep the matter entirely from Can-
on Valentine and if possible to prevent their
accidentally meeting. And that, she fore-
saw, would be no easy task, for of late, in
spite of Mrs. Hesslegravels marked cold-
ness, Arnold had frequently called round
on one errand or another, with sketches or
books, at the lodgings by the Piazza.

Just as she was wondering how best to
avert the misfortune of an unexpected
rencontre, however, Mrs. He.-islegrave ob-
served with her blandest smile:

“We haven’t seen much of Mr. Willougli—
by lately. I really think, Kathleen, I’ll
write this very day and invite him to come
round to tea some afternoon while the can-
on’s with us.”

Kathleen stood aghast with horror. She
quite understood Arnold Willougliby’s mo-
tives now; with a flash of intuition the
minute she learned who he really was she
read at once the reasons for his strange be-
havior. Something of the sort, indeed,
had occurred to her as possible even before
when she contrasted the man‘s talk and
wide range of information with his sup-
posed position in life, but now she knew
who he was it all burst at once upon her.
And she had loved him as the common sail-
or. That she had never concealed from
her own heart for many days since the trip
to the Lido. He could never say of her in
future it was his rank and his artificial po-
sition in the world that had captivated her
fancy. She loved him for himself. She
knew it——she was certain of it! Had she
not written it down in plain black and
white in her diary? Yet if he were to find
out now that she had discovered his true
name—Kathlt-en trembled to herself as she
thought of the possible result, for she was
very much in love——he might never ask
her. She wished in her heart. he was really
Arnold Willougliby, the sailor painter, or
that she had never discovered the truth
as to his artificial position.

But something must be done at once to
prevent this catastrophe which Mrs. Hes-
slegrave so innocently proposed to bring
about-. Kathleen seized her mother’s arm
with a nervous clutch.

“Mother,” she cried, much agitated.
“for worlds you must-n’t write! For worlds
you mustnlt ask him! Oh, promise me
you won’t ask him! You don’t know how
much depends on it. For heaven’s sake,
say you won’t,—say you’ll do as I beg of
you!”

Mrs. Hesslegrave, vnuch puzzled as to
what all this mystificat-ion and agitation
could mean, yet drew back at once and
answered in perfect good faith:

“Oh, certainly, certainly, I’ll do as you

wish, dear, though I’m sure I don’t know
Why. Such plot and counterplot is a great‘.
deal too deep for a poor, simple old wom-
an.”
Kathleen’s heart sank at the words.
They were only too true. She felt sure she
could trust her mother’s good intentions
implicitly, but_ she was by no means so
certain she could trust her discretion.

“Though I’ve always said,” Mrs. Hes-
slegrave remarked in conclusion, “he was
really in his way a most charming per-
son.”

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“Papa, " asked little \Villie,
isn’t a cynic a man who is tired of
the world 14” “No, my dear; a
cynic is a man of whom the world
is tired.”— C’/licrlgo Times-Iferaltl.

 

“Hunibly seems wonderfully
well satisfied with himself.” “Yes.
There’s nothing you -can mention
that he doesn’t think he knows all
about.” VVell, I suppose you
can’t blame him. He has no chil-
dren old enough to ask questions. ”
— lVaslta'ngton Star.

Feeding Wheat to Hogs.
II Bulletin Wnsliington Expcriinent Station.
SL'_\l.\lARY.

1. l“ecdin_r_r slieaf wlicat to ll()}_3'S
is :1 xvastcful ])l':i(‘llCC; even under
the best conditioiis a l:ll';'_T(‘ amount
,of gmin is \\':l>'l£‘(lZ and the liogs can
{not find enougli 5_ri'aiii to fatten on
‘1'api<ll_v. Feeding headed wlicat
would (l()lll)llCSS be less \v:i.stcful;

but data are not yet at liaiid for de-

,te1‘i1iiiiing this point.
‘, :3. Soiiking whole wlicat in
3 Wtltcl‘ for 12 hours iii('i'eases its (li-
gestiliility, so that it will produce
about. one pound more pork per
lmslicl catch.

2-}. \\'heat coa1'sely t-lioppcd and
fed either dry or soaked l2 hours
in water, gives larger i'etu1'n.s than
whole wheat. Uiitler the condi-
tions of this expcrinicnt, the iii-
crcusc was sufficient to more than
pay for the clioppiiig.

-1. Dry chopped wheat __qavc It
la1'gc1' yield of pork than soaked
chop, but this may have been due
to the or<.ler in which the foods
were given each lot.

 \Vitli hogs weighing less
than 250 pounds, a bushel of
chopped wheat will produce about
12 pounds of pork: hence, if it
costs 45 cents ti bushel to chop
wheat, it pays to feed wheat to
ho,9;s when the following: prices ob-
tain:

Pork 3 cents and wlieat less than
31 cents.

Pork 3% cents, and wlicat less
than 374; cents.

Pork 4 ceiits, and wheat less
than 434; cents.

Pork 4'-£5’ cents, and wheat less
than -19% cents.

Pork 5 cents, and wheat loss than
 cents.

ti. \Vith “heat at 2-} cents a
bushel, pork can be protluccd at a
cost of ill tent.-: ii ;)Oul:\l. ‘»‘.'l:c-at
at 194; cents a bushel protluccs pork
at a cost of 2 cents a pound.

 

Wheat Profits.

Bulletin Wyoming Expt-riincnt Station.

The following inay be of some
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SL'M.\[ARY.

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crop: 2nd, larger 'lel(ls; 3l‘(l, heav-
ier antl better grain: -ltli. inaintziin-
in; fertility of the soil.

The cost of i'aisin_g wheat varies
from $7.34) to $13.36 per acre. Es-
tinia’tcd cost upon -ll! acre.-' or more
by the use of iinproved in:u-hinery,
75 per acre.

Profit V.'tl‘l0S from $1.71} to $16.
70 per acre.

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acre, which is a ten per cent in-
come upon a land valuation of over
>i<lI’)() per acre, or over forty )8!‘
cent upon a land valuation of 3:25
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power over the teacher and the
schools must become better quali-
fied, or they must part with :1 p01‘-
tion of their power and let some-
one who is competent do the super-
intending. The first seeu1siinprac—
ticable, but a small part of the peo-
ple have this knowledge. The
parents will educate themselves in
this direction, but to a limited de-
gree. The other plan seems more
practicable. The parents delegate
the duties they now assume to su-
perintendents and those who have
more ability for directing the
work of the school than the aver-
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THE GRANGE VISITOR.

JANUARY 2, 1896.

lloiites cl ln«©%li1ig§.

The next meeting of Lowell District
322301] will be held at South Lowell
C ge hall, January 18, 1896,
LAYTON E. J OHNSON, Secretary.

Ofiicers of Charlotte Grange N o. 67,
are as follows: Master, Fred Murray;
ectllfer. Horace Wilcox; Secretary,

C. Hofiner. installation is Saturday,
January 11.

Berrien county Pomona Grange N0.
1,_will hold its next annual meeting
with Berrien Center Grange, at Ber-
rien center, on Tuesday and Wednes-
day Jan 14th and 15th 1896. Fifth de-
gree will be conferred in the evening.
Let there be a full attendance.

 

KENT POMONA.

The next session of Kent county
Grange will be held in the Farmers‘
Club room_ in the Court House at
Grand Rapids, January 29, 1896. com-
mencing at 10 o’clock a. m. Morning
session will be devoted to the business
of the Grange. Afternoon session
commencing at 2 o'clock, will be an
open meeting, to which the public are
cordially invited.

PROGRAM.

Address of Welcome, Master of P0-
mona Grange; address by installing of-
licer, Brother John Preston: installa-
tion of ofiicers; recitation, Sister Moflit;
reports of delegates to State Grange;
recitation, Sister Mertie Preston. Re-
ports of officers of Pomona Grange.

"How does the progress of the U.
S. in the past fifty years compare with
that of other countries, during the
same period?" Brothers H. C. Haga
dorne, Wesley Johnson, and Sisters M.
H. Foster, and John Preston. Essay,
Sister 1. D. Davis; song, Brother and
Sister E. R. Keech.

“To what extent should a farmer be-
come a politician?” Brothers James
Martin, J. L. Davis; essay, Sister S. 0.
Peterson; recitation, Sister Dessie
Laraway; select reading, Brother Wes
ley Johnson; closing song.

Mus. VVM. T. ADAMS, Lecturer.

\\'ESTER}I POMONA GRANGE.

The next meeting of Western Pomo-
na Grange will meet at Tallmadge
Grange hall, January 23 and 24 1896.
As this is the annual meeting it is im-
portant that there be a large attend-
ance. Thursday afternoon the meet-
ing will be open to the public. Thurs
day evening and Friday forenoon the
election and installation of officers and
such other business as may come be-
fore the meeting will occupy the time.

PROGRAM.

“What kind of men shouldthe farm-
ers of the future be ?” E. P. Tucker.
“Needs of our district schools,” Miss
Cord M. Goodenow. "The liquor ques-
tion and its relation to hard times.”
Mrs S. Stauifer. “Good roads, whatis the
best and most practical system for
western Michigan?" Robert Alward.
Singing, instrumental music, recita-
tions, etc., will be interspersed.

Ill.-ixsor. M. SMITH, Lecturer.

dressy lieut-

Time has removed from our midst
another Patron, Worthy Brother Oren-
do M. Sikes. Deceased was a charter
member of Keeler Grange, N-o.1_ail. and
regular in attendance, only being ab-
sent the last two meetings previous to
his death. He was a charter member
of VanBuren county Pomona Grange.
and has three times represented our
Order in the State Grange. He has
filled many positions of trust in both
county and Subordinate Granges.

We quote a few lines from a per-
sonal letter written by Rev. Olivia J.
Carpenter to Mr. and Mrs. Perry,
knowing that she has many friends
among the Tribune readers who will
be interested. She says, “I think you
will be in sympathy with me when vou
learn that my dear old home on the
farm burned down before our eyes last
Friday morning, with most of its con-
tents, and no insurance. We had kept
it insured for many years, but the hard
times and high taxes had led us to
neglect to keep it up the past year.”—~
Charlotte Tribune.

Tallmadge Grange is booming. At
our last meeting we conferred third
and fourth degrees on six candidates,
cldsed with a bountiful dinner. and a
program which was promptly rendered
and proved exceedingly interesting.

We have another class of six and
several other candidates looming
above the horizon. _

We have ssayed to have evening
meetings on alternate Saturday even-
ings, devoted to entertainments of va-
rious kinds, but the weather sometimes
interferes with the best laid Lptlabrisw

At a regular meeting of Danby
Grange held Wednesday night, De-
cember 25, the following oificers were
elected for the ensuing year: Master,
Charles H. Peake; Secretary, R, E.
Guilford;Lecturer. Edwin Stockwell.

-"lt was the nicest election ever held
in our hall,” was the remark of many
of the oldest Grangers, everything
working very harmoniously. We de-
cided to havea public installation of
ofiicers, and extend an invitation to
our delegate to the State_Granlre_ to
gctasinstalling ofiicer, said meeting
to take place on the evening of Jan-
uary 8th, 1896. Refreshments will also

beVT’(lirgrl(Illie ladies of the Grange count-

ed their money after the fair, it was
found that we had enough to purchase
a new secretary and bookcase com-
bined, accordingly we had one placed
in the hall unbeknown to the brothers,
which gave them quite a surprise.
Mas. AMELIA PEAKE, Cor.

XEWAYGO PO)I0.\'.-\.

The county Grange met with Ash-
land Grange, December ‘Z6, and 27th,
with a very large attendance, the mud
being no hindrance.

After doing ample justice to the
cooking of the Ashland ladies N. M.
Kimbel called the Grange to order, and
standing room was at premium.

Patriotic songs, spirited discucssions
and fine recitations all came in order.
The paper read by Miss Carrie Carter
on “The relation of the Grange and the
school” was especially fine and will ap-
pear in this paper later on.

At the business meeting in the even-
ing the delegates to State Grange re-
ported. The officers were elected tosuc-
ceed themselves and one brother was
obligated in fifth degree.

On reports from Subordinate Gran-
ges all Granges throughout the county
were reported to be in a lively condi-
tion. We worked and talked for the
VISITOR with marked effect.

We noticed while in Ashland that
Ashland Grange was composed almost
entirely of young people, and they are
workers. They have a beautiful hall.
The boys wear pretty red aprons tied
ou the shoulders with artistic bows,
(we wish we could get the pattern) and
these boys wait table. wash dishes, and
do everything useful. and they are all
fine looking fellows.

Newaygo county Grange is alive.
The work done the past year has gained
for us the fear of some, and the respect
of all. We are steadily advancing and
hope to add some new Granges to our
list this coming year.

Mrs. lllariv ROBERTSON. Lecturer.

Magazine Notes.

The complete novel in the January
issue of Lippiiicott’s is by Mrs. Alex-
ander, the author of the "Wooing 0't"
and other well known books. Mrs.
Crichton’s Creditor” was also her ad-
mirer, but his devotion was disinter-
ested almost beyond parallel, and her
innocence and sense of duty were such
that the two would have made a model
pair—-if only they had been paired. As
for Mr. Crichton, there was much less
t) be said in his favor.

 

The first issue of the Atlantic Month-
ly for 1896 opens with an unpublished
Note Book of Nathaniel Hawthorne
now printed for the first time, There
are also the opening chapters of a new
three-part story by F. J. Stimson (J. S.
of Dale) entitled "Pirate Gold.” It
deals with romantic Boston life in the
fifties. [:1

Two political articles will be sure to
attract attention. “The emancipation
of the Postofiine,” by .1 ohn R. Proctor,
Chairman of the United States Civil
Service Commission, and "Congress
out of Date,” the latter being an able
statement of the evils due to the pres-
ent system of convening congress a
year after its election.

The extraordinary interest in Sena-
tor Sherman’s book is ample justifica-
tion of the sixteen page review of that
work which appears in the Review of
Reviews. President E. Benjamin An-
drews, the reviewer has culled many
passages from the “Recolections” which
have not received attention in the
newspaper notices, the latter having
concerned themselves chieliy with the
episodes of 1888 and other presidential
campaign years. President Andrews
well says: “John Sherman’s is the rec-
ord of a remarkable life, the tracing of
which brings the reader face to face
with all the main events of our nation-
al history during the past half century.
Of our financial history during and
since the war Mr. Sherman's new auto-
biography gives the most interesting.
luminous and trustworthy account yet
published, one for which students in
this branch of our affairs will be pro-
foundly grateful.”

 

There is really no doubt that the
Chicago Bnisnbiaris’ GA7.ETTi-.-—now in
its fourteenth year——is at the present
time America’s foremost farm news-
paper. It is aweekly of from twenty
to twenty-four pages, with colored
cover. original matter and original il-
lustrations. It publishes each year
more valuable matter detailing the ex-
periences of successful farmers and
stockmen than any other agricultural
journal in the United States. Its mar-
ket reports are the best published. It
is the only paper that publishes full
statements as to how the highest
priced stock marketed at the Chicago
yards was bred, fed and handled. It
employs the best and most practical
writers only, and is taken and read by
more of the intelligent farmers of the
country than any other publication of
its kind in existence. Sample copy
free. Address J- H. Sanders Publish-
l'[ng Co., 358 Dearborn street, Chicago,

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Following M. Paul Leroy Beaulieu’s
notable article in the December For-
um, the January number of the Forum
will contain “Some suggestions on Cur-
rency and Banking,” by Mr. Adolf
Ladenburg, a prominent banker of
New York City. As a panacea for our
financial ills, Mr. Ladenhurg suggests
that the banks in every city or small
district combine and form a sort of
Clearing-House Bank, and that these
Clearing-House Banks combine and
form a State Clearing-House Bank,
and that the State Clearing-House
Banks eventually unite and form a
National Clearing-House Bank: He
says that when this accomplished we
would have a central institution of ii-

nance (dealing with its members only)
which would represent all the banks
of the country, and be guaranteed by
them, and to it should ultimately be

delegated all powe_r to issue currency. .

It would be a great central reservoir
from which every little bank in the
country would derive its strength to
supply its customers with bank-balance
money and currency, and under judi-
cious management would give a confi-

dence and stability to commerce not

hitherto evperieuced in this country.

ST EVENSON’S STYLE.

We Was No Mere Epigl-am Turner or Pyro-
technist In Expression.

Brilliant as were Stevenson’s powers
of thought and word, he was no epi-
gram turner, no pyrotechnist in idea or
expression. A clear and coherent train
of thought runs through his most spar-
kling chapters; in its elucidation every
phrase plays an indispensable role, and
the garment of style fits the thought so
closely that, although each sentence is
in itself a work of art, none exists for
itself, but all for the sake of the gener-
al effect of the whole.

Singularly excellent is this whole as
a medium for the transference of
thought; impecczibly lucid and limpid,
translating all shades of perception,
sensation and emotion with such case
and preciseness that the reader scarcely
remembers he is absorbing the thought
of another. But even this rare merit
does not necessarily imply great charm
of style. To achieve the highest kind of
charm, of beauty, the car must be en-
chanted while the mind is definitely
and delicately led.

If you do not possess an ear for the
music of prose (which has nothing at
all to do with the ear for music proper
and is different even from an ear for
verse, and a good deal less common),
no one can make you understand the ex-
traordinary beauty of Stevenson’s work
But if you do possess this organ you
will rate him, as an artist, at least as
high as any poet. The essentials of good
poetic form, with its organized meas-
ure and accentuation and often its de-
termined rhymes, are symmetry and
balance, diversified uniformity, varied
repetition, echoing assonance and reso-
nance. The essentials of good prose form
are a. graceful symmetry, a discreet
avoidance of actual in favor of suggest-

ded balance, harmony in perpetual diver-

sity, no obvious repetitions or echoings
and yet in every phrase a recognition of
the form and color of all accompanying
phrases. Thus a more subtle, if not a
higher technical sense, goes to the mak-
ing of very good prose than of even very
good poetry; there are no formulas or
rules to give assurance or warning, no
signal cries determined upon in advance
and thereafter loudly audible as helpers
of :1 doubting ear. —“Robert Louis Ste-
venson and His Writings,” by Mrs. M.
G. Van Rensselzier, in Century.

 

For the Baby.

Gingham frocks for baby girls from 1
to 3 years old are made with full, plain
skirts, tiny rows of insertion forming
the yoke. Dainty lawn frocks in pale
shades are made up with wee frills of
real lace and are altogether irresistible.
Exquisite little gowns of white nainsoolr
for dress up occasions ripple with frills
of yellow valenciennes lace. Other pret-
ty gowns for girls a little older are made
of silk crape. The Dutch dress for this
purpose is the design most in favor at
present. It is {I quaint little frock, with
the neck somewhat low and bound with
a twist of ribbon. The small girl, ‘who
has her own tailor, has more coats than
she knows what to do with. The pretti-
est of her summer coats is made of
pique. She may own two of this ma-
terial if her niot.her‘s social position re-
quires it. One should be a short jacket
of light blue or yellow pique, fastened
with big pearl buttons and having a
deep sailor collar and cuffs of rather
ope-nwork embroidery. The other coat
should entirely cover the frock with
which it is worn. It may be of tap
pique, with the design in white, and it
should be trimmed with a deep collar
of rich ecru lace. Pique sunbonnets are
made to order to match the coat. These
sunboniiets are trimmed with embroid-
ery and are exceptionally pretty. —Bos-
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FOR 1896

Will contain no long serial story, but
in its place will appear several short
stories running through three or more
issues, as well as single-number stories
by Henry James, Miss Jewett, Mrs.
Wiggin. Mrs. Graham, and others.

Important Features of 1896 will
be:

papers on the most important race con-
tributions to American Characteristics
—the German, the Irish. the Scandina-
vian, etc.——contributing to an analysis
of American national life. and its ten-
dency, Several important papers on
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Important Political Studies in which
the issues, and some of the personal-
ities, of the approaching presidential
campaign will be discussed from an in-
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Papers which shall show the best
work done in every grade of education
in the Practical Teaching of English,
the object of this series being an effort
to formulate a programme for the bet-
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The Status Teaching as a Profession
will be treated in a practical article or
two based on an original and fresh in-
vestigation of the payment and stand-
ing of the profession in different parts
of the country. Suggestions will be
made by acknowledged authorities as
to what may be done to elevate the
profession and to give our school sys-
tem a further and better development.

Interesting contributions to Socio-
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by Mr. J. M. Ludlow. one on Trade
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