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Report of Executive Committee.

State (ivl‘1lngi-5, 1 895.

, \\'e comiiience our repoi't upon the sub-
ject of national tinancc b_v -piotiiig the tirst
pai'agi'apli of our last yeai"s report and
portions of the second. third and fourth:
At oui' last annual meeting we reviewed
the Iinancial and economic coiiditir;-ns of
the country and comiiiented at some length
upon the disastrous policy of the govern-
ment. and the inelliciency of its financial
adininistration. During the past year there
has been no improvement in this respect:
matters have grown worse and worse with

every month. The value of farm property '
and farm products, and all other products ‘

of labor. have been constantly falling,
while the value of credit propei'ty and le-
gal tender money has been constantly iii-
creasing. Debts incurred a year ago, and
previous to that time, require 20 per cent
more of the average farm products to pay
the principal now than it would a year ago,
and so with the average products of all
other labor. while salaries of public oilicers
and all incomes tixed by law remain the
same, or have been increased. The gov-
ernment by this false and destructive policy
of making gold, which  constaiitly in-
creasiiig in value, the sole measure of
credit values has eiiibari'asscd itself. and
now comes forward as a borrower in com-
petition with the debtors whom its financial
policy has distressed. Having made it
more profitable to hoard legal tender
money than to invest it in any productive
enterprise, it now comes in as a borrower
for the sole purpose of hoardinga hundred
millions more.

No intelligent person who considers the .
subjec. can evpcut .1‘. revival or i.ie..._~acies '

under such conditions.

A tiiiancial policy that makes idle money
more proh'tablc than money invested in
productive i1idust1'y must necessarily crip-
ple eiiterprise and dimi_nish circulation.
Tliousaiids of iiianufacturiiig plants are
lviiig idle. and inillions of willing work-
men are out of cinployiiient because the
money required to bu_v materials to stock
the plaiits and iiianiifacture the tinished
product will buy more than the value of
the output when tinished.

It is :icl{ii<)\\‘le<lg'e<l that the world's stock
of gold is insuliicicnt to form a safe and
stable basis for the woridis exchange of
products and national. iiiunicipal. corpor-
ate and individual credit. As a iiatural
and inevitable consequence. all free gold
is placed upon the auctioii block and bid
for by the gold standard nations to hoard
for self protection. Under this systeni of
Iinance sai'e circulation of individual and
corp-:>i'aie credit depends upon the amount
of tree gold in existeiice. The gathering
up and hoarding of free gold by the gold
standard nations diminishes the supply
while at the same time the demand is in-
creased. As a natural and inevitable con-
sequence, the purchasing power, or coiii-
pamtive value of gold. and all credit based
upon goid, is increased. This increase has
amounted to an average of 24) per cent over
all other products of industry during the
past _vear, so that the debtoi-_tinds that
while he is paying 8 per cent interest on
the inortgage or note he owes, he is also
payj1]_(_)' 21» per cent in addition as a prein_i—
um on the value of the gold represented in
his debt.”

We regret that we are unable to report
to vou aichange for the better in these con-
ditions. The price of farm products has
fallen and is still falling. The ratio of
failures in business to new tiriii_s entering
into business has increased and is increas-
ing- . . .
About the only business that is tlourish-
ing under the present financial policy of
the government IS the banking business. If
we take as a sample of the pl'OI'1IIS of this
business the report of I4vi_11an J. Gage,
president of the First l\at1onal Bank of
Chicago, made to the stockholders of the
bank in August last, we ought not to be
surprised at the efforts the bankers are now
making to continue indefinitely the present
financial policy- of the government. In that
report president Gage stated that the net
earnings of the First ‘National Bank of
Chicago during the last thirteen years had
been more than twenty-two per cent annu-
ally, and that the directors had ]ust saved

to the corporation fifteen thousand dollars

annually in taxes. by chargiiig up to the 

prolit and loss account one million repre-
sented by slow or doubtful securities held
by the bank. and ollsettiiig it by crediting
to that account one million from the sur-

 plus fund.

('AL].\I-I5‘ OF I’Iili.\'l*]_\"I‘ ('1 ).VI)ITI().\'.

We are not of those who attribute the

or to the present tariti'; or to unwise legis-

lation: or to bad tinancial inanagement of L

the admiiiistratioii. Alloftheseinourjudg—
inent are potent causes. but added to these
are other natural causes like the opening
and settling of vast grain. wool. cotton and
meat growing regions in foreign countries
and the introduction therein of the iiiost
iniproved labor saving inachinery which
has so reduced the cost of production and
so increased the supply, that the foreign
inarkets for long distance, traiisportable
farm products are supplied at a cost so
low that it is ruinous to any Ainerican farm
product that depends upon foreigii demand
for its market price.

So far as the present condition is the
production of natural causes it can be over-
come only by intelligent application of the
forces of nature at our command. But so
far as it has been caused by adverse or uii-
wise legislation and by a mistaken tiiian-
cial policy. legislative action and a change
of tinaiicial policy is the proper and only
remedy.

riii-1

>II.\'I-Iii (_IUlC>TIOI\'-

The demoiietization of silver by this and
other commercial nations in 1.573, is ui1-
M-ui.-tedly the w//.'~'l5 potent ,fact.0r in tie
1,. ..-sent world—wide depression of business.
So far as its disastrous etlects upon this

country is concerned we believe it can be I

remedied by the free and unlimited coin-
age of silver and goldpi'odu-ction of -\nieri-
can mines on the ratio now existiiig. It
would add seveiity million dollars to our
legal debt paying money the first year, and
an increase annually. astlic stimulus thus
given to its production would develop new
mines and inci'ea.se theoutput of those now
in operation.

\\'e tlicrcforc urge upon coii;'i'ess the
passage of the following bill drafted by
our chairman. and iiow in the hands of our
junior senator in Coiigiess:

A BILL to provide for the uiuir
coinage of silvei' aiid gold at the i*a‘-.io of
sixteen of silver to one of gold. and to
impose an iinpoi't duty upon i'oreigii sil-
ver equal to the dill'erencc l)i"-‘[\‘.'€t.‘ll its
bullion value and its coiiiage value.

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((1//Z J/(H/.\'/_' 1781;)////‘I .\‘/,'//fr//‘/i/‘A ,\'I{f-:{/l/ {V 7/1/71 /(I
Mr/f« .- //I ( 9»/25//~;.~.v «ax-.<«, ////I/U/, That any per-
son may at any time during business hours
bring to any United States mint, silver or
Gold bullion or silver or gold coins. not
less than one hundred dollars in coinage
value at any one time. and have the sanie.
when of sutiicient purity for niintage. coined
free of cliai'ge, the gold in accordance with
existiiig laws, and the silver into dollars
nine-tenths line of the weight each or four
hundred and twelve and one-half grains.

SEC. 2. That the person so depositing
silver or gold for coinage, shall at his op-
tion, be entitled to receive the coinage
value of such deposit in kind, or in lieu
thereof, United States treasury notes in de-
nominations of five dollars, or mul-
tiples of five dollars which notes
shall be payable on deiiiand in gold or sil-
ver coin at the option of the treasurer, and
that said coins and treasui y notes shall be
a legal tender for all debts, public or pri-
vate.

SEC. 3. An import duty is hereby ini-
posed upon all foreign silver bullion and
foreign silver coin, and on all foreign gold
bullion and foreign gold coin equal to the
difference in value between the bullion value
of imported metal as quoted in the London
(England) market and its coinage value at
the -United States mint at the date of its ini-
portation, Whenever the bullion value shall
be quoted less than its coinage ‘value.

SEC. -.1. All acts or parts of acts con-
travening the provisions of this act are
hereby repealed.

OBJECTIONS ANSWERED.
“A 412% grain silver dollar is a

Fi7’st,

-' bankers to frigliten the uninfornied.
i are now and have been for the last three E _ _
years upon a single gold I,;[_.-jg‘ ,.,m1,1,,,.,,,2. I go\erninent shall go out ot the banking

‘ this time the average price of products. and

tift_\'cc_1_it dollar and thei'cfor :1 dishonest
dollar. \\e fr:-.nkl_v admit that a liftv

, Cent dollar would be adislioiicst dollar. but
; as a mathematical ccrtaintv it would be
I only one-half as di.slionc.st as a twoliundrcd
, cent dollar and if we 1., //.<-2‘ have one or the
other as the basis of business the one that
is least dislioncst is the one that we prefer:

-\'«-cum/, It would place this country on

, , _ , _ I a silver l):1:~'l,\'.
, present dcp1'e;s:sed condition ot agriculture -
‘ solely to the deinonetizingof silver in 1573:

‘We

especially farm products, have been coii-
stantly declining aiid the purchasing power
of gold conrstantly iiicreasing. As gold ap-
preciates. all debts appreciate in the same
ratio aiid must continue to do so as long as
we are on a gold basis. Farin products
are constantly falling in value. while debts.
taxes. salaries. professional services and
traiisportation charges remain the same.
Matters could hardly be worse for the
fariner upon a silver basis than they are
now upon the gold basis. Upon a silver
basis we would have the satisfaction of
knowing that we were on a stable founda-
tion. Our base would not leave us at the
rate of five millions a week as our gold
base is leaving us now, but would broaden
and strcngtlieii as our mines developed.
“'0 are biinetallistzs and believe in a parity
of treatment of silver and gold, and witl
parity treatnicnt we believe there would
be no necessity of ruinous gold purcliases
by the goveriimeiit to keep up a parity of
value.

4,. BOND ISSUES.
,*._,';\;\icitei':ite fvhai we have said in 'I()1‘-
i*:J,'i"'i'cpoi'ts that solong as every Aincrican
c';lti7eii who lias aiiytliing to sell is ready
z1nd\\'illiiig to take legal tender ti'c.:isui'y

, Il2.)'[C.s at tlicir face value in C_\'t'll:lIl'_l‘(‘. and
I every salaried ollicer in the service of the

government, every contractor on the pub-
lic works and every peii.sioiici' upon the
pension roll are willing and prcfz,-i' to be
paid in ti‘c:isui'y not-cs. we are <,-iiipli:iticaily
opposed to the issiiiiig of i1itci'<_-s‘:—l>':ai'ing'
bonds to obtain money to dct'i'.-iy the ordi-
nary e.\;pcns.r~s of the government. Con-
gi'ess should :2: once provide forcoutingeu—

~ cics like the >rescnt bv eiimowc1'iII‘." Tb“
- I.

.’s'cci'~et:ii"\’ of the ti'casui'_\' to i-"sue no:i—in—
tei'-est bearizi'_v' lc-‘val l(.‘11-'l."l' ti'casui'y notes
to meet any deli :_-iicv in the public rev-
enue i'esiilti:i-_>'i“roiii iniscal-sulatioii of ex-
pected I‘-’*c(‘ipi:s' from i'cveiiuc. laws.

I.;lil'Zl—Z2\'l;.t(‘l{.\'.
celling of the greeiil:-aclis as i'ccomiuen<led

by the president. As a means of brcakin_<_-'
that endless chain " which the president

. complains is now drawing the gold from
‘ the treasury for e.\'poi'tat1ou, we rccoin-

mend the immediate passage of a law by
Congress. making it the duty of the l.lili(,‘nl
States treasurer to pay all coin obligations
of the govcrnmciit in silver when the gold
reserve in the ticasiirv is less {him 011*:
hundred million dollars.

THE I3.-\.\'I{.S' AND Tllli (}()\'El{N.\lE,\"I'.

At the meeting of the United States
Bankers‘ Association, held at Atlanta in
October last, the association dcin:nided that
the governnient should retire and cancel all
its legal tender notes and go out of the
banking business, and leave it to them to
furnish ‘the people with money in the form
of bank notes, with which to‘ carry on the
business of the country. The president
recommends that their demands be grant-
ed. hVVh:€tr do the bankers icnean wlgenf tléiely
say t e "‘ ‘overnment mus go on o_ e
banking business .4” In what respect IS the
government in the banking business! The
power to “Coin money and regulate the
value thereof” is given by the constitution
to the federal government. The supreme
court has decided more than once that the
sole power to coin money and regulate its
value included the power to stamp money
and regulate the value thereof. Mr. Jev-
ons in his “Money and Mechanism of Ex-
change,” says, “lV1Ve Ofilglilt todtalk of_ coin-
in notes for t ong t e eswn IS im-
prgssed oii paper instead of metalsthe func-
tion of the notes 1S exactly the
same.* VVhen the government is stamp-

‘ ing grcciibacks and silver and gold eagles,

it is discli:1i'<_:'ing a constitutional dutv.

- which bclongis solely to the govci'uii1ciit,

and cannot be. and ought not to be. con-
ferred upon private corporations. So far,

j however. as the govcruniciit acts as guar-
,‘ antor for the payment of national bank
notes. andas gold broker to furnish iiii—

portcrs of foreign incrchandise with gold

I to meet their foreign bills, the government
This alai'ming “‘bugaboo“ is used by the ,

I the busiiiess.

is in the banking business. and we join the
bankers in demanding that it should quit
And, while we insist that the

business, we also demand that the banks

; shall go out of the goveriiinciit business.
T That they shall cease to be controllci's of
y the treasury and directors of the mints.
* That they shall cease to dictate to congress

and to the president, the. financial policy of
the government.

It is not that the g‘ovei'imieiit is in the
banking business, but that the banks are
in the ,///I/‘I,’/‘////H’//f biisiiiess, that is raising
the mischief with private business and pub-
lic ati'airs. That is giving the banking
business a net profit of 2'.’ per cent annu-
ally. and farming and nearly all other
ltllsillcss. :1 net loss of about the sainc
amount. .1. G. I{.A.)isi>i-:i.i..

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Ci'i:L’s H. Li'<‘i-:.

II. I). I’i..vi"i‘,

Ii. ll. TAYI.Ul:.

“'0 regard the adoption of the foi't-goiiig
report as unwise and :t}_.’tll1lHi the best iii-
terest of the Graiige. I’. W. {i«:i>i‘i~:n.\'.

Pi-:i:i:i' .\l.n'o.

The report was adopted.

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or two!

I think if every (.iraiigc would clcct a
cori'espon<leiit to the (.ili.\.\‘(;I~I \"i.srroi: we
would I‘.:t'\'C more repo;'ts from .\'ubordi—
nate (i'ri'aiigcs and our paper would be made
better and more ll1iCl‘t‘.s‘llll'_". I aui sure we
all like to hear froin our sistcr (li':iiig-As.

-\nothcr suggcstioii. Would it not be a

May I make a suggestion

. good plan to appoin’ sonieone in your

(iI':lllf_"iZ‘ to solicit .-ubsci‘iption.s for the
Visrrouf Just think of it. fellow l’atrons.
For only SH cents you can get the \'isi'i'oi:
a whole year. And whcrc can a papcr be
found for so small a sum that has a larger
amount of good clean I‘«":l¢lll'i_j than ourown
Hi:,i.\:;i~: \'isrroi:{ Yet we hcar cach vear
that the VI.\I’I‘A)l{ docs not pay efipciises.
\\'hose fault is it? ' ‘ha; \'isi'i‘oi: ought to
be in c\'ci'_\' (lrangc home and we hope

“'0 are Ul>l)os£_*rl to the fun-line‘ and can— I ""'“l’." (ll"““—"° l“ Ml“i'l1‘”“ will *‘”v”-‘ I"

it that the paper this year will be

; madcto pay its way. for it certainly can
i and will if we. to whom the paper beloiigs.

 only do our part.

Yours I.’i'atci'n:.lI_v,
.\li:.s. U. 11. I’i~:.i1a'i~:.

For The Schools.

I have been asked by some of your read-
ers to suggest some plan or plans to ini-
prove our country schools. \\'e have re-
cently put in practice a plan whereby the
schools of a township are set to work on :1
plan of improvement. Each towiiship has
a teachers‘ reading course, a teachers’, pu-
pils’ and Patrons’ lecture course, a graded
course of readin;_: selected by the coiiiiiiis-
sioner and endorsed by the tcacliers, a
township literary society.

We have already denionstrated the great
help that these nieasures will bring to a.
township by putting them in successful op-
eration in Elbridge township, Uceana.
county. The objects we seek to accom-
plish are: 1. To cultivate abetter educa-
tional sentinicnt among all the forces of
education. 2.. To bring teachers and
Patrons together in educational eflort. 3.
To cultivate sociability, power to speak
and think, and a true literary taste.

Now, We must i'eniember that the great
question for us to settle in country school
education is the improvement of teachers,
and greater than this, the 2'nz])r0vc‘2/mzt of
Me mzoer that /tires teac/¢e7's.

V{'e shall be glad to answer our friends
more fully if this does not suffice.

D. E. MCCLURE.

The VISITOR is your paper. VVork for it.

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FEM and Stock.

The Care of Hens.
A. K. CLARK.

In this paper I will endeavor to give my
experience and observation on the care of
chickens. In the first lace they want a
warm and comfortable ouse where they
can be shut up and kept warm. It is not
necessary to be too warm, but just warm
enough to keep their combs from freezing
and so that the cold wind will not blow on
them. It is not necessary to have a large
house. One 12x2-I will accommodate 75
hens. I have foui' such houses that are
good and convenient, .5‘ feet in front and
at in the rear with one roof, and facing the
south. It is boarded up and down andcov—
ered outside of the boards with tarred
paper. The entire building, roof and all,
outside of paper, is shingled, siding with
cheap shingles being cheaper than boards.
The front slants back 14; feet so to have the
sun strike square on them. There are three
windows in each in front with 15‘ lights
8x10 glass. They are divided into three
departments with poultry wire netting.
There is a platform 4 feet wide on the back
side, the entire length of the house. This
is to catch the droppings, with roosts one
foot above that, three in number in each
department. Nest boxes in front of the
platform 6 feet long 12 inches wide divided
into five departments, entering the nests
under the platform and a lid on top for
gathering the eggs.

This I think a model cheap house and
very convenient, and warm enough witli-
out artificial heat and will accommodate T5
hens in winter. The houses cost about 41)
dollars each. One can put more money in
them and make them larger and higher,
but it makes them harder to keep clean and
are not so warm. Make them as low as
_you can and have them convenient. It
makes them warmer in winu-‘r.

FEED.

And now for feed. In short give them
as near as possible the same variety they
would get in summer. For winter la_ying
I will give you a bill of fare. I use in the
morning boiled potatoes, hot. mashed, and
mixed with niiddliiigs coarse or fine. At
noon oats. at night corn. Just before
going to roost twice a week I use as a sub-
stitute for potatoes meat cracklins pro-
cured from the butcher. I boil them and
mix with iiiiddlings the same as I use po-
tatoes. I also feed wheat and buckwheat.
I keep before them fresh granulated bone
and oyster shell. I feed occasionally pep-
Wei‘. ¢' gjnhur, and (j‘i~:cclsioi' condition pow-
(ers. Aeep clean water before them and
give them clover hay or straw or any kind
of hay cut fine, and refuse cabbage. They
will consume quite a quantity of such
food. \Vith this treatment you may have
winter layers. I clean the platform twice
per week and when the houses get filthy I
take a layer of dirt off of the bottom of the
houses. I keep about three hundred hens
in the winter. You will say this is a great
care and a great deal of work. I keep two
cows and one horse and I can take care of
the chickens as easily as I can do my other
chores, including milking and making the
butter. In one year I made sixty-four
dollars clear ofi of two cows. That same
year I cleared one hundred and eighty-
three dollars otf of 300 hens. My cows are
first—class——would have brought 75 dollars,
and my chickens were worth 70 dollars.

FOR SUMMER TREATMENT.

I keep through the summer 100 to 150
and raise chickens for the next winter. I
have two parks of about i acre each, built
of poultry wire netting where I can shut
them up when desired. The parks cost
about 20 dollars. Each one hundred hens
will lay eggs enough through the summer to
pay their keeping and raise five l1lI1I‘l(lI‘€(l
chickens and have some to spare. give
about the same rations in summer as in
winter, omitting the green food and vege-
tables and meat, for they get that for thei1i-
selves running at large. One thing I
omitted in their treatnjlent, thgy must have

lent ' of gravel for t at is t eir crristniill
i:)o griynd their fobd, otherwise theybcan’t be
healthy. I have to get gravelfor them for
there  not enough in the soil here to sup-
ply such a large flock. The gravel is not
lime substance, so I have to supply other
lime substances. Any one will learn in a
short time the wants of the hen. When
they have been without gravel for some
time see them pitch into it when they
get a fresh supply! They eat it as they
would corn when I turn them out after
being confined for some time. It is aston-
ishiiig to see the amount of grass, corn
fodder, and straw and hay they will eat.
One man said “they won’t eat straw and
corn fodder.” I said yes, I feed my 300
hens in winter from three to four bushel
baskets of cut straw per day and they will
eat it all or use it all up. Clover or hay is
better if you have it.  never allow my
hens to run out in cold freezing weather, or
wet sloppy weather, then they get chilled,
but when it is clear and not too cold 1 let
them run. Some say to me, why don’t
my hens lay as yours do? I often find the

 

cause of their not laying is that they are
fed in the morning and then the doors are
thrown open and they run out and in at
will in cold, stormy weather. They ‘get
chilled till they are driven in by suffering,
and so off goes a day or two of eggs till the
weather moderates. I have tested this to
mv own satisfaction. It will not do to let
hens run in cold weather. When my hens
are laying, the cold weather has no effect
on them. I Some ask about artificial heat.
I do not think it best, for we would be a t
to get it too warm in the day and at nig t
getiso much cooler that they would be in
danger of taking cold that will produce
roup and perhaps death. One of the
houses I have described will keep 75 hens
comfortably and warm. The colder the
weather the closer they will get together.
In my next I will treat on the variety of
hens.
Lakeside

Feeding Dairy Cows.
ED. R. AL'STI.\'.

\Vhilc the majority of farmers probably
feed nearly the same ration, still, owing to
circumstances. we are often compelled to
vary it and the result is not always satis-
factory. Bcing a strong advocate of a bal-
anced ration, we still think it advisable to
feed for the product that we are selling:
for instance if we are selling milk feed for
as large a milk flow as possible. and if for
butter a ration that contains a large per-
centage of fat. For our rcgul-.ir herd ra-
tion wc are feeding four quarts bran, four
quarts cob meal, one quart cottonseed meal
and fifty pounds ensilagc daily.

\Ve have found it absolutely necessary
to keep the weight of each cow's milk in
order to feed judiciously. As soon as we
notice a slight falling oil’ in quantity of
milk we increase that cow’s ration, and if
she responds at the pail to the increased
feed we continue it as long as it is
profitable. The only time we put a cow on
a small ration is when we are drying her
up. When d1'y we increase to the regular
ration until about one week before calving,
when we quit feeding corn meal and cot-
tonsecd meal and increase the bran to 1:2
quarts daily. As soon as the cow has
calved we give her a hot bran mash, con-
tinue feeding bran until the fourth day,
when we add a little corn meal, gradually
increasing until at the end of thirty days
we have her eating all she can assiniilate.

The Babcock test is another valuable as-
sistant in feeding. “'e have found that
our herd average 5.5 per cent butter fat,
and by making a test weekly we are able
to feed so that they will keep close to tacxse
iigures throughout the year, anti 3__« .,,'ja‘n
so regulate their grain ration that in c ‘eng-
iiig from hay or ensilage to pasture ‘you
can still maintain the richness and get
quite an increase in quantity of milk. As
silos" are not in general use in this part of
the state, we will give a little of our ex-
perience. The first of October, 1894. we
commenced feeding silage, and as the cows
seemed to prefer it to hay we quit feeding
hay. January 15, with onlyanothermonth's
feeding of ensilage we changed to clover
hay with the result that our cows fell off
four pounds each of milk daily. After
feeding hay one month we again fed ensi-
lage and regained nearly all in milk that
we had lost, proving that cnsilage is ini-
portant to profitable dairying.

Florence.

 

Report of Overseer.

The following is report of \\'orthy Over-
seer Cole at State Grange, 1595:

llfo/My J5/Mr;/' and 1’rzf/mes.‘

\\'ha.t are we here for? If our first
parents had spent a few thoughts on this
question perhaps we might now all be
dwelling in paradise. They took it for
granted that they were merely placed there
to have a good time and do about as they
pleased. Only a few days elapsed before
they were in disgrace for disobedience of
orders with no chance for trying again. It
was too bad, but then they had learned a
lesson that none of us should foi'gct. I
have in mind several Granges that many
years ago started forth with flying colors.
They met together for the purpose of hav-
ing a good time with the least possible
labor. Their numbers increased rapidly
and as it was too much bother and worry
to initiate in regular form, candidates were
slid in like grease. It seemed so much
nicer and easier than the right way. After
a few months of pleasure and riotous liv-
ing without labor, the Lord closed them
out and they knew how to sympathize with
poor Adam and Eve. Did I say the Lord
closed them out? \\"ell, that’s a mistake.
They closed themselves out just as easy as
sliding down hill. They had simply for-
gotten, or neglected to ask themselves the
question, “What are we here for?” Neg-
lect of duty always has its reward. In

most instances the reward is far from being -

valuable. \Ve may charge father and
mother Adam and Eve for being the
source of all our woes and sorrows, but
there have been thousands of bushels of
forbidden fruit eaten since their time. \Ve
have Grange Constitutions and By—Laws

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

and they mean just what they say, “even
that and nothing more,” nor less,

Itnsed to be the rule for ministers and
magistrates when performing the marriage
ceremony to require the bride to romise
to love and obey her husband. h, for
the good old times of peace and prosperity
when this method was in vogue. Now we
hear of nothing but hard times, drouths,
wars and rumors of war and divorces.
There are many marriages where there is
no serious thought of all the sacred re-
quirements. A happy home is so imich
more to be desired than a home where
strife and discontent seem to be the pre-
vailing i'ule. People are married, or should
be, to begin anew their life work. To as-
sist, not only each other in smoothing out
the rough places, but to help in guiding
others in ways of ple-isantness and truth.
Children are born to love and obey their
parents——to grow to useful man and woin—
anhood. lVe are to lead—they to follow.
It is important that we select properly.
Home, if it is all that it should be, our
memories all through life will love to liii—
ger again within her pleasant portals.

If we are to be farmers there should be
no half way work about it. Thought and
wliolc-souled work are iiccessanv elements
today for securing success in agricultural
pursuits. Farming is busiiicss and it will
not run itself any more with twelve or
fourteen dr_v months annually.

Two gentlemen of our town, one a ten-
ant, the other a prrqirictor, engaged in
milk dairying last spring with eighteen
cows. As the cows were mostly new in
milk the other dairymcn of the coinnuiiiity
were obliged for a few weeks to lift their
hats to the new dairymcn. As the weeks
and months of parched weather rolled
niouriifully along, the cans of the success-
ful inilk wagon decreased not only in size
but in number until a five gallon can was
all that was necessary, and that not more
than half filled, to hold the flow of that
once prosperous herd. Of course the
weather was partially responsible for the
serious result, but those parties did not
know "what they were here for." Al-
ready they have nearly turned themselves
out of the garden of Eden. Of course
they knew it would not pay to buy prod-
ucts at high prices to carry their cows
through. \Vhcn a Grange is organized it
should be organized tostay. \\'lien we
join the Grange it should be for life. with
a purpose to assist in perfecting the o1'gaiii—
zation. A night away now and then is not
what you joined for. It will not only
leave holes all the way but will tend in a
short time to stand you just outside the
outer gate. Thousands will testify to this.
G«r-anges will not run theiiisclves any more.
Hard and vigilant labor is required. There
are times when members must unite and
carry their Grange over swelling sti'cains
and through drouthy seasons. Yearly
plant the standard of your Graiigc higher
and firmer. Bi'oadeii the foundation so
that it will stand to guide future gener-
ations in better paths of usefulness and
economy. .\I. T. Com.

A Succinct Statement.

The loss of time endured by farmers in
consequence of iiiipassable roads is a seri-
ous drawback to their prosperity. Coun-
try roads in their natural condition are
only passable in the season when the farm-
er‘s time is most valuable, that is the sea-
son he should be planting. cultivating. or
harvesting his crops. Uiiless he attends to
these in seasriii, his volume of production
is largclv reduced and hence the cost of the
sameiis ‘increased: he is under a general
expense for men employed by the month,
the maintenance of same. his family ex-
penses, cost of keeping animals, taxes, and
so forth. All these items accumulate
against him whether employed or idle.

All these reduce or lessen his profits, and
the wonder is that he has done so well un-
der such adverse circumstances. Cliaiige
these for the better by good roads and his
prosperity takes at once a long step for-
ward, enlarge or increase his powers by
giving him the opportunity to make full
time, and he will not let the opportuni_ty
pass unimproved. ‘Veil built roads in-
volve coniplcte drainage of the cou_ntry,
largely improving its sanitary condition,
reducing loss and cost from sickness; and
the more the subject is analyzed the more
will appear resulting benefits which will
continue to multiply themselves.

The next class that will be substantially
benefited ai'e residents of the towns and
cities engaged in commercial pursuits; to
these will tlow an increased and more
steady volume of business, for which rea-
son it can be more economically tra_nsacte_d.
C-heapness of production on both sides will
largely increase the consumptive de_man_d
for each party. The soundness of this
doctrine has so many illustrations that no
argument need be made in proof thereof.
——I"/‘aide 117,52‘;/Lei‘.

Farm Papers and the Farmer.

The work that is being accomplished by
farm papers in uplifting the agriculture of
the country can never be told in words. It

 

JANUARY 16, 1896.

den silver veins in Idaho and the gold in
the mines and streams of California are
not sufficient to represent its value. Silent-
ly their teaching falls into the soil and we

that are reaped in the fields and gathered
in the stalls. And so mighty is the inflii—
ence of this teaching that it is gradually
uplifting defective practice from the realm
i of submergence. It is enabling the farin-
er to place the formations of his methods
on the bed rock of correct principles. It
is shedding a new light and a new interest
, around his work which too frequently in
the past was looked upon as chccrless
drudgery. It is transferring the burden of
I b:ick—l>i‘ea.kiiig labor to the liorsc and the
; machine or implement which he draws.
And it is bringing to him greater gains
than he could possibly have secured with-
: out the influence of siicli teaching.
, _ The bcnclits are great. but the price paid
 for them is small. Fellow f:1l‘lIl(fI'.s‘, we
E complain of dcprcssioii and low prices for
: our produce. \Vc iuui'1m1r if we get no
; profit on our products. llut do we ever
 stop to rctlcct that the publisher of the ag-
ricultural papcr seldom gets any profit
from the subscriptioii rcvcnucsof his pay 101' C
It u.su_:ill_v costs him more than the sub-
5C1'l1)U011 1>1‘iC0» llis profits come rather
fi'oin the advci'ti.sing pages than from the
sl1bsc1‘iption lists. Let us think of these
things as we enjoy the lu.\'ury of the farm
paper that comes to us from wool; to \\-col;
or from month to month as the case may
be. As we think of thcm let us try and do
sometliing to help thc mcn who :11-To giving
Us goorls bclmv cost. I i
Take an ordinary issue of an ;1\-c1‘;n_-(-
farm papcr. Look over its p;igt>s and
what do we find! Wc scc thcrc inform-
ation on its every page that would have re--
joiccd the hearts of Ihc rcadcrs of a lion-
di'cd years ago. \\'c are almost sure to
find in it soinething bcariiig upon our life
work that is worth far more than the sub-
scription price of the papcr for a year. It
keeps us so informed as to agricultural dis—
covcry that in our work we can keep
abreast of the times. It siuiiinarizcs
knowledge in many instances and thcrcby
saves an immense amount of labor on oui
part to get at tll(‘L‘()l1cllI.~iUlis‘1'(‘:lt'l1k‘(l. And
in a single article it frcqucntly gives us
the cream of the results: of the labors of a
lifetime spent in some special work. And
all this we get for the sum of liftv ccnts or
one dollar per year. Iilarnicrs, are we not
under some obligation to the agricultural.
pi'essf Have we no duty to perform by
way of helping on the good work other

price at sti.“tcd 'il211(;':L{v ,

And the help brought by the agricultur-
al press is not confined to those who li. e
solely upon revenues obtaincd from the
farm. Farm papers have probably helped
none so imicli as the teachers of agricul-
ture. The agricultural teaching of today
is not based upon knowledge obtained
from standard works. 'l‘licsc as a rule are
yet to be written. It is rather based, first,
upon the e.\'pericnccs glcancd on the old
. farm at home: second, upon the experien-
ces of men eminently successful in their
rcispcctive lines of work; and third. upon
information gleaned from the agricultural
press, and the last mentioned is the most
prolific source of such information. At
least it has proved so to the writer. (io
on, then, publisliers of farm papers. \\'eary
not in the good work. You are "building
better than you know."

Take away all agricultural papers from
the progressive farmer and where would
he be. He would so feel the deprivation,
that he would ap )O:1l' like one dazed and
lost. In thought lie would wander about
. in dry places seeking some precious thing
that had been taken away. His agricultural
firmanent would be overcast with thick
clouds. He would no more hear the rum-
ble of the wheels of agricultural discovery
and progre.ss which in former time brought
gladness to his heart. And in spite of he-
roic. efforts he would be left in the rac.c.

Fellow fai'mei's,_it is a fact that perhaps
nine out of every ten farmers in the land
do not take an agricultural paper at all.
They do not take it because they do not
know its value. Think of the great disad-
vantages under which they labor. Is thei'c
no duty that we owe to these our brethren’!
Have we ever tried to persuade them to
take an agricultural paper! The sable Af-
ricans could sing "Let us pity the white
man who came and sat under our tree. He
has no mother to bring him milk, no wife
to grind his corn." They could sing thus
about a man who belonged to another
country. Shall we’ have less regard for
those our countrymen who pursue the same
calling, and yet they are groping in the
darkness where the light of a farm paper
never comes. Shall wet no sympathize
with them and use our influence to bring
them to a better frame of inidn .4

The old year is dead and gone and a new
year has arisen from its ashes. And as we
step across its portals we are doubtless re-
solving to be more true to life, that is to
be more helpful to our fellows than we
have ever been. And in carrying out these

good resolves, let us remember our duty to
Continued to page 3.

cannot be computed by numbers. The hid--

behold the harvest in the better returns-

than that of remitting the siibsci'ipti<\3

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JANUARY 16, 1896.

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

, Womairs Wear.

Woman's Work.

‘5‘lPPl9ment&l'y Report of Woman’ii Work Com-
mittee, State Grange 1895.
T0 t/{<9 l_V0rt/Ly Masteii and ilfembers qf if/ie
fllw/ugan State G’/image:

The dial, like the weaver’s shuttle, slow-
ly but persistently has woven in and out
the seasons, until the appointed time of the
annual meeting of our State Grange. Be-
fore submitting niy supplementary report
as member of the woman ‘s work coniinit—
_tee, I desire to say, not only in words, but
in the spirit of love for each one of you,
my brothers and sisters of the Grange, how
fully I feel the failure on my part to ac-
complish all I planned and desired to do,
When one yeai' ago I was honored with this
a pointiiient. The progress I have made
a ong the lines I have labored, will not, I
fear, meet your expectation. It certainly
does not mine. The appeal I made one
year ago and the ambition I had for each
member of this representative body was to
stimulate the work of the subordinate com-
mittees of woman's work in visiting the
schools throughout this jurisdiction. This
woman’s work committee, while of recent
birth, seems to fill a needed want. As
‘(pardon the allusion) Adam of old, though
having the whole world at his command,
felt alone, so God created Eve. A commit-
tee of the sisters was needed to assist and
respond to such duties of charity, etc.,
which are beyond the power of the broth-
ers, for you know, woman‘s quick percep-
tions and sympathetic heart have always
enabled her, in the house of grief and afllic—
tion, to carry the balm of healing in words
of kindness and acts of charity. “The
widow’s mite was more commendable in the
sight of the Lord than the rich mans gift
into the treasury.” My health has been
such that I have not been able to do all that
Idesired when the school work was again
assigned to me. I took it up with a firm
resolve to do all I could to further it, and
by so doing become better titted to accomp-
.lish the great work, so much needed, and
.I am sure the time you have given in the
past twelve iiionths, or will give in the
year to come, will bear fruit of great good.
Sister Mayo has been the rock upon which
I leaned and by her good couiisel and ever
ready help, I have received inspiration
when almost discouraged.

I have received reports from the follow-
ing schools which have been visited by
members of woman ‘s work committees:

lni Hall, Old Mission, Cannonsburg, Gra-

...- ._. A», ’.r;~n Ceiiter, (i‘r:'".tt-in. I"-F-”:1i:‘c, .“.lrlcr., Van
"~,‘:‘Bui'eii, De‘\\'itt, Pentecost, Adrian, Crans-

‘ton, Shelby, Portland, Flower Creek, Cain-
bridge, Brooklyn, blielby, Old Mission.
Berrien Center, b'pringville, Township of
Clay Baiiks, Alden, Olmsted, I)elVitt,
Danby, Traverse City, Ada, lliid.<oii\'ille,
Orange. There are thirty in all. They all
report having good wood. and the schools
warm at nine o'clock. Five report poor
blacl~;boai'ds, all the others good. with sup-
ply of crayons and ei'asers. Two report
having no dictionary, thirteen having no
globes, and four have no maps. The pu-
pils are supplied with books with two ex-
ceptions, aiid the teachers are in the school
.rooiii early to begin promptly on time. All
report the school property well cared for.
I he out-houses are not in good condition:
a large percentage of them bad. The
schools are well governed and nearly all
move by signals. Harmony seems to pre-
vail and the teachers to be doing thorough
work. Opening exercises are condiieted in
all but four of the schools, and nearly all
the teacliers have progranis of studies,
which are posted in conspicuous places.
The pupils are taught to use their own
words in reciting, and primary classes are
taught writing from the blackboard. Lan-
guage is taught in connection with reading.
Only a few report the use of siii*i1‘)leiiien—
tary reading in advanced classes. .\\ ith
two exceptions all report that the priinary
pupils are taught the 4:f)llll)1l12lt10ll of
numbers by means of ibgei-is. All are
taught to read and write_ nuiiibcrs rapi I’ y,
andadvanced pupils to give reasons in their
own language. All are supplied with writ-
ing materials and are given 21 writing les-
son each day. Four schools do not have
written work, while the others do in nearly
all the branches, although the spelling is
not always correct. L_ocal_ geography is
taught and map drawing is made a part
of geography lessons. Physiology and hy-
giene is taught by all, and useful lessons
given concerning the body. Classification
iiegister is used by teachers, which con-
tains a complete record of each pupil’s
work Not many report the .numb'er of
grades; nineteen report having eighth
gmacles which number 118 pupils. The
parents of the scholars have visited seven-
teen schools, and the scho_ol_board thirteen.
Some schools report no visits from board
and some only on business. All report
shade trees in the school yard, all use
monthly report cards‘. hot many children
are granted half holidays for re_gu_lar at-
tendance. Kindergarten material is fur-
nished by some teachers, but nearly all the
schools are supplied with the kindergarten

Work.

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You will see by this report some reforms
can be made, for instance the number of
visits of the patrons and especially the
school board or directors. As _a whole,
however, the reports I have received have
been good.

PATRIOTIC TEACHING.

It seems to me a great work is before us
as mothers and citizens in the broad field of
teaching patriotism. Abraham Lincoln said
that without the help of woman the rebellion
would never have been put down nor the
country saved. But in spite Of.tlllS pro-
found appreciation of women, in face of
her wonderful example of endurance and
patriotism, and the service she has rendered
the country, the constitution was framed
without recognizing her. The late war re-
sulted in adding to that constitution the
13th, llth, and 15th amendments, all of
which still fail to recognize women in any
way. But don’t let us feel bad about that,
but rather let us remember that love of
country is one of the highest and most en-
nobling sentiments which can animate the
hunianheart, and we can cultivate it. To-
day she stands at the front of all social and
nidral reforms, and how has she gained
these privileges! Only by hard study and
improvement on the noble gifts already
given to women by inheritance. VVe are
taught that faith and honor are two cardi-
nal virtues only as we illustrate them in
our lives.

Much is being done and imicli can be
done by women in the various patriotic or-
ganizations of women to teach the love of
country, and I know of no better place
than in our homes and by the \\'onian‘s
\\'ork Committees of the Grange. But
there is a still wider field for women. True
patriotisiii consists in doing oneis whole
duty as a citizen in time of peace as well
as war. I.t is better to live for one's coun-
try than to die for it, and what we need to-
day arc good citizens, whether voters or
not, intelligent and conscientious citizens,
and citizens who are familiar with those
great bulwarks of Anierican liberty—thc
Declaration of Independence and the Con-
stitution of the United States.

Michigan lias already made it a law that
over every schoolhouse shall float the flag.
She also practically requires patriotic
teaching, as her text books include the sci-
ence of governnicnt. l\'ot so with some
of our rather near neighbor states.
Being oflicially connected with a national
organi7.ation striving to do work along this
line, much correspondence falls in my
hands. Froin that I gather that in some
districts where the patrons, pupils and
school oflicers are of recent acci-etion, to
our citizenship they do not even permit
patriotic teaching or honors to be shown
our flag.

The American people are roused as
never before to the fact that the
children of our foreign population
must be educated in our public
schools to become loyal citizens of the re-
public and to reverence the flag——tliat proud
ensign of this nation. I’atriotic teaching
should begin with the cliildrcn. There is
no question about the patriotic. sentiments
of the grown people of our country, but
we have hundreds of foreigners constantly
coming to our shores, who are entire straii—
gers to the purposes of our government,
and the children iinist be made familiar
with those purposes in order that they may
grow up imbued with the fidelity and pat-
riotism which has always cliaracterized the
American people. One of the greatest
problems of Anici'ican patriotism is to
Americanize the ditl‘erent races of people
who come to our sliores. Let patriotisni
be taught in the home, the school, the col-
lege, in the pulpit, and on the platforin,
and may we all feel with \\'ebstci', “Let
our object be our country. our whole comi-
try aiid nothing but our country.” In
looking back ovci' the list of true patriots,
we can find none greater than \Vasliington,
the father of his country, and Lincoln, the
savior of his country, each under trials and
abuses that would have made any but un-
daunted and liberty loving souls falter and
fail.

Under your care as iiiotheis and teach-
crs grow the elements to build up a patri-
otic spirit. By teaching the children na-
tional airs, patriotic songs, you tell the
story if that sturdy band .of patriots who
planted the seeds of Aiiierican civilization,
and upon l’lynioiith"s sacred rock laid the
corner stone of the nation. You tell them
of the supreme patriot who was first
in war, tirst in peace, an(l first in the hearts
of his countrymen. You will teach them love
for the stars and stripes as the emblem of
liberty. Everyone of the thirteen million
children in the school rooms should be
taught the origin of the flag, what trials it
has encountered, and wh-it blessings pro-
cured and they should honor the flag and
learn to love it.

The flag salute was begun in the free
kiiidergai'teiis in New York city vith the
children of seven or eight foreign nations
represented, as something which could as-
similate them and make them American
citizens. It was originated by a Union

soldier, Col. Balch, who worked so haruli

for it that he really gave his life for the

cause. He devised a plan by which the‘

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American flag was placed in the free kin-
d_e1'gartens of that city and today every
little child stands before the flag and says

Continued to page 5.

Beautify the Country Homes.

' luach man's chimney is his golden milestone,
Is the central point from which he measures
every distance
Tl11'9l1El1 the gateways of the world around him;
In his furthestwanderings still he sees it;
Hears the talking name, the answering night

in ,
As he heard them when he sat with those who
Were, but are not.”
—Lonqfellow.

There are many reasons why every home
should be made as attractive as possible,
and no class of homes can be made so beau-
tiful for so small an outlay as country
homes. The vista of sky and landscape are
there already in unrestricted charm, and it
only_ remains to adorn the foreground har-
moniously. A little thought, a little money
and economy in the use of the spare iiio—
iiients, are all that are necessary to bring
about results of attractiveness whose edu-
cational aiid moral value can hardly be es-
timated.

To make the country home attractive is
to dignify the farmer"s calling and make his
sons and daughters happy. Can you ex-

ect your children to have pride in their
iome if its appearance is shiftlcss and un-
tidy! If the front yard is overrun with
weeds, the gates off their hinges, the fences
broken and the pig pen is ‘tliemost con-
spicuous adornment (5) don't be too hard
on your boys if they seek their fortunes in
a meager clerkship in the city, or on your
girls, if the fasciiiations of town life lure
them away from you. Uiitidy and thrift-
less surroundings react unfavorably upon
character, while on the other hand, neat-
iiess, order and beauty, are important edu-
cational forces which no lioiiie—niaker can
afford to ignore.

Perhaps Robert and Lucy are planning
to make for themselves a little home nest
in the spring and just now all their dreanis
and plans are centering upon it. If the

house is to be built b /all means; mal'e it - . . . .
’ 3 I ‘ y the same way. and it you could see it while

architecturally beautiful, no matter how
small.
for fashioning a dwelling after a drygoods
box or a barn. Let it please the eye and

be an ornament to the laii lxca ie. If there ' - - -

( 5 l i lias six sides. each ci'_vst:il is called a hexa-
. . . . . . 4 iron, and this is 'u.'t what tliis biw word
is ugly and inartistic, look it over carefully = "“ ' -l I i‘

is a house already on the preiiiiscs, and it

and see where a bay window can be titted
in without appeariiig to be an cxcicseiice.
while there will surely be chances to put
on sheltering porches and roomv veraiidas.
T‘ g‘. :;::.'«<_c ‘the whole pictiu’<-..~.«p;c ‘..i’.i;
cl'Viibir.g vines and graceful slii'ubbci'y.
The American ivy, also styled the Virginia
creeper, is perhaps the best pereiinizil
climber. It is beaiitifiil in suninier and
glorious in autumn when it puts on the
gorgeous hues of the suiisct. The wild cle-
matis, with its thick green foliage and
feathery white blossoins, is also very heaii-
tiful, and is hardy. The cultivated Chinese
clematis, with its large purple or lavcndei'
blo.~.sonis, is perhaps unequalled in splen-
dor as a climber, unless a. few rare roses
are excepted.

Iluring late winter or early spring, is an
excellent time to prepare for lawn decor-
ations. The ingenious fai'inei"s boy can
ll1:ll~ZO substantial trellises for the climbing
vinesand prepare plant stands and window
boxes. Or, one of the girls may have a
taste for mechanics, for it does not hurt a
girl to know how to drive a nail. saivfja
board and make a joint. Every country
home should have a comfortable outtit of
carpentcr"s tools, with a bench titted up in
woodhouse or barn for facility in their use.
It will save a good inany dollars in timely
iepairs, and also be the means of making
riany trifles in the way of home decor-
ations and household conveniences. More-
over, it will furnish a form of rainy day
e-iiployinent much better than going to
town to gossip at the corner grocery.

A footpower scroll saw can be procured
a: small outlay, and a multitude of nick-
nicks for interior uses and decorative pur-
poses can be made with it, and thus furnish
work so like play that the ingenious boy
0,‘ girl will never tire of it.

An evenly gra‘ded grass plot in front of
the house is always in perfect taste and
tlere is no reason wli_y it should not be
kept as smoothly shaven and neat as the lawn
of a fine city mansion. Here beneath the
tiees—a treeless place is desolate and bare

inleed——liang one or two hammocks and_

pace a few rustic chairs, and encourage
every member of the household to seek
tle pure outside air for their resting spells.
A swing may be put up for the little ones
beneath some broad spreadiiig tree.

A few flowering and other ornamental
slrubs may well have a place amid the
tiees in the front yard, but the back or
siie garden is the best place for annual and
perennial plants. There they can have un-
restricted sunshine, and well tilled soil, and
hmce will thrive finely. Cut freely and
arrange the blossoms into bouquets for the
tzble and living rooms. The sweet flower-
faées will take the sense of drudgery out of
your daily routine and preach sermons of
love and trust. Did not one of old say,

“_lJonsider the lillies, how they grow?"

7
I‘here.' ei .'l >.'-  '-:- :  = - - - .
do 1” 10 “Wu” mm “H35 ‘ particle after another of the watcr gath-

3 cred-about a certain point so as to make

Teach your children to get near to nature’s
heart in sky, trees. grass. and flowers. It
will be a refining and restraining influence
which shall fol ow them so long as life
shall last. Life is a gift too recious and
too sweet, to spend it wholly in drudgery
and in scriniping and saving, until the
beauty is all sapped out of it. and only dry,
empty husks remain.

HELEN. L. l\iIA1\'1\‘ING.
Owosso.

The Juveniles»

Winnie's Fancy.

"Mamma.,” said tiny Winnie Corning
"I know something sweet,

I have watched them all the morning,
And the birdies feet.

“And the birdies breasts bring summer
To my dear lilac tree;

The snow melts otf where they sit, mamma,
And the brown bark I see.

‘‘If they would only sit still, mamina,
And warm my little tree.

My little tree would think ’twas summer,
And leaf and blow for me.”

—EI

he Snow Flakes.

The way Jack Frost docs tliings is vcrv
curious. In the fall he iiips the flowers
and kills the beautiful lcavcs. Then he
covers the ponds and streains with crystal

, ice, so the boys and girls can have nice

times skating. Then away up in the skv
when the tiny rain drops have got readv to
fall upon the earth. he catches them onithc
way and freezes them into beautiful snow-
flakes, so that they float in the air like a
lot of downy feathers.

The air is full of tiny drops of water.

‘ Soinetiines we may see the fog that is iiotli—

ing but vapor. \\'hen the drops are large

- enough. it begins to rain and we can see

the watei as it coiiicspatteriiig down to the
earth. \\'hen it is cold the heat is driven
out of the fog and the tiny <li'()p:~‘ of water,
and Jack Frost just makes them into beau-
tiful sno\\'—ilakcs. llc inakcs them all in

it was being done _vou would see that one
licwiiisc it

si.\'—sided figures or crystals.

iiicaiis, si.\'—sided.
.\ow if the snow-flakes only had one

» crystal in each. every snow—llake that we

see would be just alike. lhit when voii

T catch son :_r,»f them as they llo.-it tlimiigli

the air you ‘we: find there are hai'dl_v any
two that are alike, for there sec-ins to be ;i
great niiiny kinds. \\'licn two or more
crystals come together tlic_v make a new
snow—flake, a sort of coiiipound ci'vstal.

The curious thing about it is that .l:i«-lg
Frost puts them all together on the sainc
plan. Take a lot of tlicsc SIl()\\"ll:ll\'(,‘.~' on a
piece of dark cloth in ii cold room and you
will find that all the anglcsoi‘ coriicrs made
in the crvstiils are the saine size. In the
picture you will see how sonic of llic.-‘c
tliings appear, but you can go out most
any snowy day and get sonic crystiils that
are just as beautiful as tlicse are.

lf you want to see some of Jack l<‘ro.~t‘.~
work in making cr_vst:ils, take a pail of
water and set in a place where it is cold
enough to freeze. Wlicn it is just right.
the ci'ystals will begin to form in the water
or on its surface at first, just the saiiic as
the snow ci'_vst.-ils form up in the sky. As

I it grows colder the pail will be tilled with

these ci'ystals until at last Jack Frost locks
them all togetlier and solid ice is formed.

\Vatcli the next snow-llakes and sec how
many kinds you can llll(l.-~-//Hr 1,////. in-
/I/L‘.

____,______
Farm Papers and the Farmer.

(’ontiniir-ml from page 2.

our fellow fariiicrs who take no agi'iciiltui‘—
al papci'. Tcll your neighbor the worth of
such a paper, for he (loos not know its val-
iie and persuade him to take it. You do
him a greater kiiidiicss than if you gave
him gold. This article has been penned in
the hope that many f:1l'lll(:l'>’ will thus be
aided by those who can render such iisq-‘ist-
ance. Fariiicrs, will you not give such aid!
One new name added by every subscriber.
See what it would mean to the publislicrs,
and think of what it would mean to farin-
ers and farming. TIIOMAS b‘ii.nv.

UILivCT8lIy.E.l’21.)C7‘i7IlC7LtF(l'TlIl, St. Anthuiiy Po/'};.
ZlI2'imcsotri..

$100 Reward, $100.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all its
stages an that is catarrh. Hall’s catarrh cure is
the only positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional di-
sease, requires aconstitutional treatment. Hall's
catarrh cure is taken internally, acting upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of the svstem,
thereby destroying the foundation of the di-
sease. and giving the patient strength by build-
ing up the constitution and assisting nature in
doing its work. The proprietors have so much
faith in its curative powers, that they olfer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to
cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address,

F. J. CHENEY & 00., Toledo, Ohio.
@Sold by druggists, 75c.

.‘a'L.'._

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‘iris  vnrrcs

The Oliicial Orgaii of the Michigan State Grange.

Published on the First and Third Thursdays of Each Month

Enrroa :
Kznnronr L. BUTTERFIELD, Luvsuva, MICH.

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Class matter.

 

E‘.\'r:x‘r Issue. FEBrzCAai‘ 6.

OUR WORK.

The following has been approved by the State G range as
a" fair statement of the objects the Grarige of Michigan
has in view, and the special lines along which it proposes to
work. We hope every Granrze in the state will work
earnestly in all 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 lmprove-
ment. Financially, Socially, Mentally. Morally.

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

1. (a.) By Wider individual study and general dis-
cussion of the business side of farming and home keeping.

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

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

(b.) By striving for a purer manhood, a noblcr woman-
hood. and :1 universal brotherhood.

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

(b.) By patronizing: and aiding the Acricultural (‘ol-
leges and Experiment Stations in their l(‘L‘.'l'(lllI£llP work of
scientific iiivi-.~:tii.:ation, practical cxperiirrcrrt. and educa-
tion for rural pursuits. _

(c.) By niaintainirirz and attending farincrs‘ institutes;
reading in the Rc-zuliiig (‘irclc; estalilisliiricg and using
ClI‘Cl1l£1illl_L{ libraries: buying more and better rnagrizrncs
and papers for the home. _

4. (a.) By ilillusing :1 kiiowlcdae of our civil iiistitiitrorrs.
and toacliing the high duties of citizeiisliip.

_ By (l(‘lllz1l1lllll§Ifll(3 enforcement of existing statrrtes.
and by iliscrrssing. arlvocatini:',. and tryin;.: to secure such
other state and national laws as shall tend to the general
justice. pr‘ogrc.<s and rnorality.

GOV. I?ICH’S TRIBUTE TO TEIE GRANGE.

In :1 recent issue of the GltAN(lPI VISITOR
we published an interesting statement r‘c-
_q:1rdin«_»‘ the condition of the state trcrrsury
$1.» 5411-Q11 by Gov. Rich before the rnecting
of the last Stzitc Gr‘:1nge. This cxpl:1n:1tion
was timely, and probzrbly has been ezrgerly
read by l’:1tr‘ons who take the VISITOR. It
lras occurred to us that the most sig-

niticant aspect of this {l(l(l1'eS:'~‘,.-‘tlltl the

iriost plciisirig to every loyal l’:1t1‘on, is the
implied recognition of the w0r‘thy services
and influence of the Grange. Gov. Rich
apperired before the State Grztngc at his
own request, and in the opening sentences
of his address, paid :1 splendid tribute to
thc Gruiigc.

V\'c surmise that the work of the Grange
in the lust state legisl:1tur‘c has brought to
the attention of the party lc:1ders of Michi-
guir the fact that the Grange is sufliciently
organized, and has :1 suflicicnt membership,
to enable it to become :1 factor‘ in securing
tlC.\'ll':llilC legislatiori. Never before in the
history of Miclrigurr was the name "‘Gr‘:1nge"'
pr‘onouriccd so m:1ny times in our legisla-
ture, we believe. Never‘ before llzl\'C so
rnaiiy iiicrribcrs of the legishrture been im-
pr‘esse1l with the idea that the frrrrrrerxs in
Michigzui are orgrrnizcd.

This condition of things is most encour-
aging, but let us not stop with what we
:1lr‘e:1dy attained. \Vh:1t hasbcen done once
may be repeated; indeed during the
coming years we ought, as 21 Grange, to do
better work in the legislzrtiirc than we did
last winter. ‘We ought to be better organ-
ized, to have the questions that we are con-
sidering nror‘e fully discussed in Subordi-
nate Granges, and to present :1 more united
front when the legislature convenes. Let
us take hold of these legislative topics with
vigor; let us remember that this phase of
the wor‘k is one of the most important; let
us not weary in well doing along this line.
\Ve must not lose What has already been
gained.

BEAUTIFYING SCHOOL YARDS.

In these dreary winter‘ days it may seem
somewhat out of place to suggest that
school yards should be beautified, but there
is nothing like “taking time by the fore-
lock,” and the time to discuss a question
like this is in time to prepare for the wor‘k.
The average school yard in the country is
an abomination. No attempt is made to
make it a pleasant or an attractive place
for the children. We are just coming to
realize what a power early impressions
have on the future of the child. VVe heard
of an instance not long ago that is to the
point. One of the most successful and

 

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

best known lzindsgcirpe ;—_r':11‘rlencr‘s in the i

United States, whose special line of work
has not been excelled, says that in a great
many of his best designs in landscape ef-
fects he is merely czrrrying out the iniprcs—
sions for‘med when he was a boy, and wan-
dered over his f:1the r's farm, drinking in
the beauties of the scenery down by the
little lake fringed with trees and shrubs.
This instance merely serves to show how
strong are early impressions. Love of
flowers, love of trees, love of the beautiful,
are no discredit to :1 man. and generally
help him to be :1 better‘ man. Beautiful
surr‘oiindings in the school _y:1r‘d will prove
of great value in char:1ctcr‘ building, which
is really the final aim of all education.

..Then thcr‘e is not much question but the
use of flowers and trees in the SCl]()0ll‘0Oll1
and in the school yard would be very help-
ful to the teacher in imp:1r‘ting the elements
of science. This of itself commends the
plan. If children can only be taught that
there is r‘oom for the deepest culture and
the best use of br‘:1ins right on the farm,
we believe they will be more apt to remain
thcr‘e from choice.

“'6 h:1ve sometimes wondered if there
could not be some plan :1doptcd by which
teachers could be supplied with flower
seeds each spring which they could utilize
during the early summer‘ for the purpose
of school y:1r‘d or schoolroom ador‘nrrrcnt,
and also why the tcaclrers and pupils should
not make it :1 practice of occrisioirzilly set-
ting out trees and slrrubs, which would be
cared for by the pupils tliemselves, thus
adding :1 little c:1clr year to thc bcriuty of
the school grounds, and teaching each
child soirictliing pr':1ctic:1l, and also teach-
ing the child to love trccs, shriibs, and
flowers.

\'\'c are informed that thc lror‘tici1ltiii‘:1l
dcp:1rtmcrit of the Agr‘iciiltiir‘:1l Collcgc
proposes to lll{lll__L‘lll’:li(,‘ :1 pl:1ir wlrcrcby
lC:lCll0l's‘ ni:1y be furnished with flowcr‘
seeds, 2lL‘C()lll}J:llll(:(l by instructions for
their use. l\'e most hczirtily coirrrircnd this
cfl’or‘t, and if it is c:1r'1‘icdout, we shall have
more to say of it hcrcziftcr.

 

ll’O.lIAN'S IVORK [N THE GRANGE.

In the last Vrsrrorr and in this is .
have presented the report of the wornanr
work coiiirrrittcc of the State Grange, mm c
at the last meeting. “Ye hope that all
l’:1trons will carefully read the reports of
Sisters Mayo rind Hinds.

 

l\'ithout (llS}_)2Ll':‘lg‘lIl,Q‘ in the least the rc-
ports iiizrdc by the first committee, this
your l’:1trons will be aistonishcd to discover
how the wo1ii:1n‘s work lies grown. At
tirst no one knew whzit worii:1n’s work is.
The work was ii1ror‘g:1ni'/.cd. :1ird thc rc-
ports could not possibly show spccilic
things ziccoriiplislied. But notice that the
very opposite is tr‘iicoftl1escl:1ttcr‘reports.
Trike for cxaiiiple the chzirity work. Nc.:1r‘—
ly 2111) person.»‘ were provided for last sunr-
rncr tlir‘(riif._r‘lr this wonr::n‘s work commit-
tcc. This work places the Gr:1n;_rc on :1
level of the very best philrrrrtlrropic bodies
of the state. Take the school work, and
in that there is soiiicthirig dctinitc that has
been ziccoriiplished. “'0 can not speak in
terms sutlicicntly strong of these reports
of Sisters M:1yo:urd Hinds. It seems to
us that the wom:1n‘s_wor‘k has been placed
in :1 condition that is a vziluablc lesson in
:1ll deprrrtnients of Grange endeavor‘. The
work is orgzrriized, it is being pushed,
something is being‘ done. \\'e doubt if
there is a state in the Union that can show
the same ch:1r‘actcr‘ and quality of worn-
an’s work in the Grange as can be shown
by Michigan, and we commend to other
states the work of this wom-.1n’s work com!
mittee, for we believe that they Will find,
as the Michigan Grange has, it not only
does the Grange good by furnishing defi-
nite work for‘ the women, but it advertise:
it and elevates it in the estimation of al,
classes of people. Not only that, but i‘.
places the Grange in an attitude of a doe!
of good in :1 very direct way. This worli
is so well established in Michigan that therr.
is no question of its future success, and
there is no question of its propriety.

VVe trust that masters of Granges wheré
there is no active woman’s work commit;
bee, will at once see that steps are taken 
provide such a committee. There are 22.’;
active Granges in Michigan, and therci
ought to be 225 active woma.n’s Work corny’

mittees, and Mrs. Mayo ought to have thci

JANUARY 16, 1896.

names of the chairman of every one of v
Masters will neglect their duty if ,

them.
they do not see that this woman's work is
taken hold of vigorously. You need have
no fear that there will be nothing for such
committee to do if the ch:1ii*m:in at
once gets into correspondence with Sister‘
,=\Iay'o or Hinds. It is not only a duty, but
it is a privilege. The testimony of all who
have done this work is that the Grange is
greatly benefited as :1 Grzrnge. and that the
individual members who do the work are
also greatly helped.

\Ve wish we had the words to add :1 still
gre:1tcr tribute to the work of the wom3_n‘s
work committee of the Miclrigarr State
Grange, because it seems to us to be of

rare merit and to have been manirged with 1

rare skill.
M
THE ROUND-UP.

This phrase is borrowed fr‘or1r the Texas
plains, but for present purposes will be ap-
plied in an entirely diiferent 1rr.1nncr. There
is only one 1‘oiind—up in Michigan, :1nd that
is the round-up of the farmers" institutes.
This particular‘ r‘ound-up is to be the grezit
farmers’ institute of the year‘, and will be
held in Grand Rapids, Februriry 11, 12,
13, and 1-}. The following circulzrr 11:15
been issued by the supcr‘intendent of in-
stitutes, and while you may see it in some
of your county papers, we will neverthe-
less insert it here. Fur‘thcr rrrinounccrrrcnts
will be made later‘. ‘We hope that every
Grange in the state will endeavor‘ to have
some mcrriber‘ present at this rourid—up.
\l'e expect the rates will bc so low that
you can :1ti'or‘d it, and we would like to
have every Grange and f:1r‘1ncrs’ club and
other farrirrers‘ or‘g:1ni7.:1tioris r‘cpr‘csentcd
at that meeting. Please tulk this over in
yoiu‘ Grange, and sec if you can not make
:1r‘r:1n_2‘crrierits for soiric of your iiicnibcrs to
attend as sort of delegates from your
Grunge. -

Every fzrrmcr in Miitliigan knows what
:1 f:1r‘mcr‘s institute  Sixty—eiglit corin-
ties in the state have held them this winter‘.
Some of them h:1ve been very lar‘_<_>‘cl y at-
tendcd, :1nd all have been very siiccessfirl.
But we expect to have the biggest one of
the year at Grand Rapids, Fcbruziry 11, 12,"

13 and 11. It will be called :1 “Round-up,”
and the list of speakers will include notcd
pr‘ofcssors from the A_2‘ricultiu‘:1l College.
and some of the most successful and best
known f{l1'l1l€l'S and fr‘iiit growers of the
state. The feast will be opened by Gov.
Rich on Tuesday rcvcning, Fcbr‘u11r‘y 11,
:1nd will continue for three days and four
evenings until Fr‘id:1ycvcninf_r, when it will
be closed by lC.\'-Governor‘ Luce. There
will be three scssioris :1 day of the main in-
stitutc. \Vedrrcs:d:iy will be :1 fruit day,
Tliursd:1y will be stock and dairy day, and
Friday will be fertilizer and gcrrcr':1l crop
day. The evening sessions will be occu-
pied with talks of :1 more general iizrture.
but all of great interest :1nd moment to
f:1r‘mer‘s. Three ziftcrnoons, in :1 room
scpzirate from the mzrin institute, will be
held :1 wom:1n's section under‘ the ch:1rgc of
Mrs. Mary A. Mayo, of Battle Creek. It
is expected that on two of these afternoons
derrronstrutiorr lessons in cooking will be
given by Miss M:1r‘g:1r‘et M. Sill of Detroit.
Still anotlrer‘ separate section, called the
nreclranics‘ section, will be held two even-
ings for those who are interested in iriech—
zrnical lines.
WHAT wr. WANT.

We want 2,001) of the most progressive
farmers from all sections of Michigan to
attend this meeting. “Ye expect reduced
rates on the rziilroads. “'9 have been as-
sured of reduced rates at hotels at from
$1.00 to $1.50 per day for good accommo-
dations. lVe want to make this the big-
gest meeting of the kind ever‘ held in
Michigan. lVe want to make it a model
institute in conduct as well as in attendance.
The papers and discussions will be the best
that can be procured, in Michigan, and we
Want people to come to hear‘ them. ‘Ye
expect every farmer in Kent county, and
We would like to have every other county
send large ‘delegations. Further announce-
ments, giving program and other arrange-
ments more in detail, will be made later‘.
Do not forget the dates, February 11, 12,
13 and 14; and remember to come and stay
as long as you can. You never will regret
it.

Ask, if you Would Receive.

In last issue we made :1 personal appeal
for‘ all who love the (iRA‘.\'GE Vrsirori to put
in :1 little work for it. Go to the mcrchzrrit
you tr‘:1de with. to the l:1\v_ver _voii boorri for
otlicc. to the intelligent frirrrier neighbor
who is not :1 subscriber‘, and ask (the Bible
says yoir shall receive) for :1 years subscrip-
tion to the one paper‘ th:1t. more than any
other stands stezidfrrst for the orgrinizzitioir.
and consequent pr'ospc1'ity, of the class
which .~‘i{lllilS next to ii:1tiir‘c and feeds the
wor‘ld—the :1gr‘icultirr‘ists. A vcrv easy
jOl) f()l' 1'OL'.  _l/nu. A‘/',/J /'/I/I/I/‘_  (l‘()
this at once. the growth of the Vrsrrorr for
two weeks coining will be plieiroiricnul. It
is your paper. \\'ill you do this for it!

In our next issiic we willprint thc llzlllles
of those who rcspond to this second invita-
tion. lVc all talk :1 great (lL‘:ll about lov:1|—
ty to the Gr:1n_<_rc and its intcr‘cst.~‘. now let
us see who will come to the front and act.
Just :1 little ctl'ort. :1 few words titlv spoken.
Let us hear‘ from you. '

Pizruzr & .\I<'GirATii. .\l:lll:l.}_"Cl'.~'.

 

The Supervisor's Side.

_ l\'or."rm' Eoiroit: A littlc talk with you
if you have no objcctioris. It lsalimit that
article in the lust Visrrim, taken fr‘oin the
I)«.-fr-m'f ./'uu/vm/. Don't voii think it cen-
sured the township si1per'visor‘ :1 good deal 3
By the tone of the article wc should iiifci‘
tli:rt about all ir‘r‘egiil:1ritics found l)\' Col,
DcL:1nd caiiic fr‘orii the towiisliip siipcr-\‘i.~=
or‘. NOW that looks too onc-sided to l)('‘
lreve, yet we say lot the blows full wlicrc
they belong. in city or coiiritr'v. It is sl1r‘c—
ly the duty of every siipcrwisor‘ to coniply
with the l:1w:1s near‘ as ])().~’.\'ll)l(‘. and bi»
§_rcrrtlciii:1nly in m:1kiii;_r his rcport.~‘ :iiid :il|
_tl1:1_t. But I tell you it iii:1de inc not ii [iii]:-
indignrint to sec how our l:1r_i_:c cities try to
shoulder‘ the b1:1irrc onto thc coiintrv us
they do. Surely it is real cshitc lll:ll is
p:1_‘,‘ing the bulk of our t:1.\'c.<. ‘mi-
scqucnllv the fiirnicr‘ p:1_\'.~‘ tlic I211‘-
gcst t:1x :l(‘.C(>l'<llll}_" to his \':i]ii;iti'on,
There is not riiiicli hid froiii the .\‘Il})(,‘l'\'l.\'()l‘
of the country. llc can sue for liiiiisclf.
and if by good fortiiric :1 fziriiicr li:1s :1 fcw
spzirc dollars laid by. llic .~‘ll))(‘l'\'l.~'()l‘ r‘c—
quests the airiount :1iid lic is :l.~‘<(‘.\.~'(.‘1l :11--
cor'din}_>‘ to law, pr‘ovidin_<_r‘ c:1cli dot-~‘ 21s rc-
qiiircd by the law. llcrc is whcrc the big‘
trouble lies. Murry evade the law, :1ird it
i3 _L'C11C1'Illl_\' ilmle by tliosc lii)liliii}_r pcrsoii:1l
pi‘opcr‘ty, rrrthcr than on r‘c;1l c~‘t:itc. If
:1ll property wcrc lroncstly :l.\'.\'(,‘.\'.~‘(‘(l_ thi-
people would not now be L‘()lIl])l:lllllllL1' of
hl.9.‘l1 taxes. Srjri-:i:vrsor:‘s \\'rr‘i-:.

 

To the Farmers of the Country. ’

\Vhilc we :1rc pr‘oi-id of what the (,il':lllg‘£’. "
has riccornplislied in foriiicr yczirs. rind iirc
encour:1ged. bcc:1usc of its liigli st:iii<lir1g
and influence at the p1‘c.<ciit time, our chief
interest ccrrterxs in the work of the future
which lrns before it the ])().<sililllli(‘.s11f :1
record of usefulness for the ()rdcr which
will far‘ siir‘p:1ss any of tlic :1cliicvciii<-iits of
the past. To tliis end we zippc.-il to f:iriii-
crs in :1ll parts of the country to i‘:illy to
the strindzrrd of the Gl':lllf_r‘(‘ .-ind list; this
grriird f:1r‘riicr's or‘_<_r:1ni7.:itioii to develop the
latent social. intellcctiizrl. iiior:il :lll4l politi-
c:1l power of ther‘i1r:1lpopiilrition and iiiukc
it :1 llllf_"lll_y', resistlcss fora-c in (ll.~'])(_,‘lllllf_T
ignorance. c.r‘:1<lic:1tiiig evil. and by llic
p1‘opcr‘ use of the brillot. st-«;iii'iiii_r for 'f:1r‘iii-
crs and their llllCl'(.‘.‘~'«l.~1 :1 jiist r‘c1_-ogiiitiori b_y
the law rriaking powers of the l:iiid.

F:ir‘nicr‘s, the ()rdcr of the l’:1tr‘oii.< of
llusbzindry ofl'ers you :1 i‘:ir‘cfiill_v iii:1tiir‘cd
and tr‘icd pl:1n of or‘}_>‘:iriizr1tioii, the best
that mziny yczirs of ripcricd tliouglit :1ndc.\—
pericricc has been able to devise. It is :11-
rcudy :1 nriglity fzictor in the :1li':1irs of to-
day.

On its b:1nncrs arc iiiscribcd riiiiny wcll
e:1r‘ncd victories. It hzis ncvcr‘ r‘cco«_r1iizcd
dcfcut; when terripor‘:1rily checked, the lines
have been refornicd and the irssaiilt re-
newed. In its rrrnks are many of the brav-
est men and fairest women who live in the
farm homes of the n:1tion—:1 grand fr‘:1ter-
n:1l li:i.*‘..l.

0111‘ Order‘ is non—p:1r‘tis:m; we do not
ask you to abandon your politic:1l aflili-
ations, nor does our ()rdcr attempt to con-
trol your political action. lt only sug-
gests that no farmer should support men
for legislative, judicial or executive posi-
tions, who are unnrindful of the great
foundation interest of our country.

Brother farrners, we need your help and
we ask you to join hands with us. You
will be heartily welcorrred by. all the mem-
bers of our Order; you shall share in the
victories and honors which we have won,
and you shall be joint—heir‘s with us of all
that has been gained in the struggle for a
just recognition of the interests of agricul-
ture. And when, with your‘ help, public
burdens have been equalized, when the
cost of the administration of the laws shall
have been reduced to reasonable propor-
tions, when the righteous solution of the
economic questions Which now distract and
impoverish our country shall have been
secured, then will there be an assurance of

real pros erity which is so much desired
by 3.1 casses in this country.—Alp/La
111328867‘.

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JANUARY 16, 1896.

THE GRAN

GE VISITOR.

Northern Michigan.

“'e continue in this issue reports from
the northern counties of the state.

Oharlevolx County.

BY )1. )1. BUR1\'HA)I.

first consider that portion on the main
land, within which lie Pine Lake. South
Arm, Bear Lake, aportion of the inter-
mediate lakes and portions of four rivers.
All of these lakes are navigated by small

steamers, and Pine and South Arm by the I

large lake steamers and sailing craft. They
have a coast line of about 120 miles.
The soil runs from

clay. In the main it is a clay loam of the

sort usually found in connection with a A

heavy growth of hardwood timber, and
abundantly watered by spi'ing brooks, riv-
ers, and lakes.

The climate is invigorating and healthful.
The number of fair days per annum is sur-
passed in very few if in any localities. Be-
sides the modification of the climate atl'ord-
ed by the water we have that efi'ected by a
“trade wind,” which for over 250 days of
the year rises just before, and a little to the
south of the sun and precedes it in its ap-
parent eourse. It usuall ' increases in

force till about 2 p. iii., an: then decreases I

till five or six o‘clock when it dies out.
Frosts usually hold off very late in the fall
and do not occur in summer. From about
January 1 to April 1 the ground is cov-
ered wtth a deep body of snow, which
keeps the ground moist and free from
fi'ost, and as soon as it is gone the land is
green with pasturage and ready foi' the
plow.

Land is very low. Quite well improved
farms of fair quality can be bought for
from $12.50 to >515 per acre, some as low
as 510. Land from which the timber has
been taken can be bought for from one to
twelve dollars per aci'e.

The wood’s products still lead all others
in value, many ship’s cargoes leaving our

docks every week during the season of lake i

navigation, and many car loads the year
round.

However, there has been coiisiderable :ig- 

ricultural and horticultural development.
Several townships are thickly settled, well
cleared, and have good roads, buildings,
farms, stock and thrifty bearing orchards.
Melons, tomatoes and corn are sure crops.
and all the grains and grasses grown else-
where in this state. Vast quantities of po-
tatoes are raised for shipment. Many
thousands of bushels of peas and beans are
raised every year for seed for seedsmen.
-‘elery and mint, both of which flourish
‘Jere, are coiiiing to ‘be much c‘i”iltivated ex-

-=\,'perimentally.

“ The sure foundation of the county’s prog-
ress lies in the fact that it is a good grass
country. Dairying has received consider-
able attention and is having a rapid growth.
Better fruit than is raised here is not
grown, as I am assured by men who have
travelled “far and wide." We never have
an August drouth, and dairying and fruit
raising seem destined to become the lead-
ing industries.

Our best market now is the home mar-
ket, which consumes all our dairy products,
our honey. garden stuli's, grains and swine;
the large‘/suiiiiiier resorts sc-attei'cd over the
county requiring. very imich.

Good schools abound; good local papers,
and churches of most sorts in all our thriv-
ing villages. The group of islands in
Lake Michigan known generally as “The
Beavers," was added to this county by the
last legislature and consists of Beaver,
Garden, Hog, Hat, lVliiskey, Trout, High
and Squaw islands, in the aggregate about
100 square miles, mostly covered with good
hardwood timber, but containing many
good farnis under a high state of cultiva-
tion, and some large and very promising
orchards. They are divided into three
townships. St. James Harbor on the
Beaver is a good one. There is a large
Catholic church there. There are about
1,000 people residing on these islands.

The county is but very little in debt.
The entire population is about 1‘2,HOO, and
Charlevoix——the beautiful-——is the county
seat.

For the man with small means or no
means there is no better dwelling place
than Charlevoix county if he is willing and
able to work.

East Jordan.

Emmet county.
BY JOHN SWIFT.

Emmet, being the northwest county of
the lower peninsula of Michigan, is likely
to be taken for a cold, unfruitful region,
fit only for the habitation of Norwegians
or Laplanders; and, having only about
8,000 inhabitants, half of which dwell in
the two principal villages, Petoskey and
Harbor Springs, this opinion 1S no doubt
strengthened. But, being told that this
was an Indian reservation until 1875; then
first opened up to white homesteaders,
most of whom were very poor and unable
to help each other, will soon explain the
newness of our surroundings. And when
also told that we have almost no_winte_r un-
til after the holidays and very little ice in

= writing.

light sand to heav_y j

I the bay or lake. by which we are surround-
 ed, until the fore part of Pelii'uai'y',
and that our

winter temperature aver-
ages higher than at Detroit or more south-

3 cm points, you may well be_ surprised at
; the error of your frigid opinions and won-
. der not that the potato, tomato aud other
In speaking of Charlevoix county let us ,
* to the 6th day of l\'oveniber of last vear

tender vines were green and thriving up

and show but little signs of frosvt atithis
October 1o_ 1859.3. “hen the

writer first landed here in June, 1875’.

I nothing surprised him more than to see

“volunteer" self—sccdcd potatoes coming
up in every patch where they had been

 grown the year before, this being a thing

of common occurrence. Indeed. the Indi-
an, and even the white farmers, have little
fear of leaving their potatoes in the hill
over winter, and are almost sure to find
them nice and fresh in the spring. It is a
very rare thing to find frozen ground at
any season of the year except on exposed
hillsides where the snow is blown away.
Further than this, potatoes planted any
time from April 1st to July 15th will pro-
ducc good crops of fine quality, thousands
of bushels being annually shipped abroad
to supply the calls of the thousands of suin-
iner residents who each year come up here

, to enjoy our potatoes, delightful climate,

beautiful scenery and health giving, spark-
ling waters.

‘Want of space will not permit me to de-
tail all of our peculiar advantages but,
fi'oni close observation, I can truly say

 that very few people have any desire to

leave this earthly paradise, and nine out of

‘ every ten of the few who do leave because
_ of hard times that did not exist previous to
; '75, when many came here from outside

soon find that times “have changed since

* Hannah died, " even where they came from
 and so they get back to Eniinet county,

saying, “we are content to let well enough

; alone hereafter,” while most of the remaiii-
1 ing write they would come back if they
: could get back without the sacrifice of too

much property. These things speak vol-
umes while the fact that the editor of the
GiiA.\'(:i~: Visiroii writes that “he is stuck

on our northern home and intends to pur-

cliasc here when he gets ricli," clinches the
whole matter.

A BIT OF IIISTORY.

“'0 raise good crops of early and medi-
um and early varieties of corn, there not
being enough real hot weather to ripen the
larger kinds of dent, every year. Oats.
barley, timothy, spring and winter wheat,
buckwheat, millett, etc, bring as good re-
turns as like care and manure will bring in
Wayne or lngham counties. \Vild apples
and berries of all kinds, including the lar-
gest wintergreen and June berries I ever
saw, grow in unlimited quantities among
the second growth trees of new slasliings
or old “Indian gardens.” Many of the lat-
ter were cleared farms in the days of good
old Father Marquette and his associates.
This and adjoining counties being his chosen
mission field and chosen final resting place,
toward which he was hastening when ap-
proaching death overtook liiiii at South
Haven. The reinaiiis were brought up
here the following spring by an escort of
thirty canoes, in line. Here too, Henry
was set at liberty as the only man to es-
cape the inassacre of old fort Mackinac,
through the rivalry of one of our two tribes
of Indians who were not invited to the per-
formance by the other. Hundreds of im-
plenients of savage warfare are yearly
turned up by the white man‘s plow ‘at the
present time, that give ample evidence that
not only the present iiihabitaiits are satis-
fied but that even red men engaged in
deadly strife over this water-washed, north-
ern “fruit belt." For such it truly is; of
which I must proceed to inform you, leav-
ing history as written, to tell of the past,
until some more convenient time when I
may perhaps tell you more of the things
that have been found during the past E30
years that remind us of the centuries going
by. T T

To return to our products. Two or even
three bushels of low—bush hiickleberries
can easily be picked in a day among the
pines in the northern part of this county—
the bunches and berries often being as
lai'ge as those of the Delaware grape furth-
er south. Grapes and peaches do not ripen
well, but most apples and pears, and crab
apples and plums of all kinds yield im-
iiiense crops of the finest, most perfect
quality almost entirely free from insects,
scabs or worms. A few years hence will
see large quantites of the fruit shipped to
Chicago and other points easy of access by
boat and rail. Some of the finest boats on
Lake Michigan make their first stop out
from Chicago at Harbor Springs, the finest
harbor in the Union. As for vegetables——
we beat the best in all varieties, including
celery that discounts Kalamazoo, and pan-
sies and asters that put Vick in the shade.
As for fine fish, including whitefish that
melt in one’s mouth, several varieties of
lake and brook trout, pike, perch, herring,
suckers and other “cheap fish, ” we have
them in shipping quantities, winter and
summer, u on which resorters feast and
grow fat 0 body and brain.

Our timber consists mostly of hard
maple, black and yellow birch, beech,

Wllltelash. basswood, gray elm. with a fair
'ql13Ilt1ty_0f pine in northern part are of

fine quality and command from So to $10
per thousand feet at the numerous mills.
from which the lumber is shipped by rail
or boat to all parts of the United States.
Much of the hard wood is worked up here
Info flooring; One contract from Buffalo
this fall being 4oo,ooo feet dressed and
oiled: While most of the elm which is grown
on the upland is made into hoops: over two
million feet being worked up and ,-liippcd
from Harbor Springs alone ,3-int-9 last
spring. The quality being of the best, the
demand cannot be met fast enough, while
factories in other places are idle.
things more might be said in praise of our
beautiful surroundings, which only need to
be seen and enjoyed to captivate and cap-
ture the visitors: hundreds of whom are
yearly
late. As to bad storms:

we always find
that they

were much worse outside, being

coiiiiiion east, west. and sout i of us. Good
wild lands can be had for $14? or less per
acre. and partly cleared fariiis at propor-
tional rates. Scliools and churches are mi-
mero_us and society as good as can be found
in Michigan. Outsiders always welcome,
and letters answered for a stamp. Mar-
ketfv‘ 115 Qood as the best. and roads better
than in many old counties, soil being
gravel loaui. ‘
Harbor Sp:-i'7igs.

Beiizie (;ouiit_v.
BY Ii. B. I’.EYNULl).\‘.

This is comparatively a new couiit_v.
being located on Lake Micliigaii shore UN?
miles north of Grand Haven, having a
shore line west and north of about ZN miles.
Joining Leelanau county on the north for
122 miles, Graiid Traverse county on the
cast for lb‘ miles and Mzuiistec county on
the south for ‘Jo miles. '

w..\'ri-:i<.

Iiclsie and Platte rivers cross the county
from the east and are joined by inan_v
spring strcaiiis as well as outlets from the
many lakes with which the county is dot-
ted.

l“I.\lIlN(i.

The strcains are stocked with trout and
the lake with bass, pickerel and perch.

SC RFAC ll .

This is generally rolling, some parts
being quite hilly while others are compara-
tivel_v level.

soiL.
‘ if is diversified, varying I'_i'om heavy
clay to sand, and from dry to wet.

' (‘Ll)IATE.

This is much effected by lake influence.
Summers are warin enough and falls are
more exempt from frost than counties ly-
ing back from the lake hundreds of miles
south. \Vintci's are more uniform in tem-
perature and not subject to such extremes
of cold as more southern sections. L'su—
ally snow lies the greater part of the win-
ter, aiid really winter's mud is unknown.

I{Al I.I{OAI).~'.

The county is crossed by the C. &. \\'.
i\l._,  z\. rk. LQ   :lIl(l  A1:   I':lll-
roads, with car ferry across Lake Michi-
gan connecting Frankfort with Kewaunee
on the west side of the lake.

l’()l’L'[.ATIO.\'.

In 1894 it was 8,1N_iH and shows a gain of
nearly percent since lSf$9(), eighty per
cent of which are American born.

iii-:s<)L'nci:s.

Much of the county is still covered by
the original forests, embracing some as
fine maple, elm, basswood, birch, lieni—
lock and cedar timber as the state affords.
Many fine farms are to be seen which at-
test the value of the agricultural interest,
and our fruit industry is in its infancy.

FARM CROPS.

Notwithstanding the severity of this sum-
nier’s drouth the county has a heavy crop
of corn, and potatoes as well. Our aver-
age yields and the quality of the product
makes potato raising an important indus-
try, and is receiving special attention. Hay,
wheat and beans also do well on their re-
spective varieties of soil.

FRUIT.

There are thousands of acres of as fine
fruit lands for apple, pear, peach, plum,
and cherry raising in this county that are
unimproved, as can be found in the state
of Michigan. In spite of the cold snap in
May, 1895, we could show orchards of all
these varieties of fruit that were actually
loaded down. No county in the state can
offer better inducements to people wanting
fruit lands than Benzie. She has the cli-
mate, location and transportation; all that
is lacking is the intelligent grower with
means suiiicient to get his orchards started.

PRICE OF LANDS.

Good fruit and farming lands can be
bought at from ten to twenty dollars per

acre, and often less than that price. Lands

- Lecturer

; elected. \Vhether it is your dutv

purchasing homes in our county of

entirely free from the tempests that are 3

3 & Marmon

l for {Le

can be bought with tiinber on. or stump
laiids, or even already cleared. \\'e have
had no frost at this date to kill vegetation
except in some low lands.

Fr'z:i};fo11.

Wanted.

The iiziiiies of the Master. SL‘L‘l'£‘l:ll‘\_’ and
of every Subordinate Grange.
postoflice address, wanted bv‘re-

whether re-elected or newly
to 1'8-
port these facts or not. will you not assist

with their
turn mail.

V in iii:ikiiig up this lllnst essg-11tj;1l ligt |,\-

Mill"l)' ; coiiiplying with this 1'0¢l[)0,~‘[,’

.li=..\'.\'ii: BL'i:i.i,_.
hccrctarv State Grange.
Ann .~irlmr. Jim. 14. lien}. ' ‘

Notice.

\\'ill those (jrangcs that sent ordcrs un-
der the htate (xrangc conti'act to .Voi':l_\'l{e
( o.. Il14ll:lll:l1)()ll.\‘, Imliuim.
please correspond with me as to their pur-
chases and date of purchase. at once!

Ji:.\'_\'ii-: IiL'l-ZI.I..
.\ccrctai'y State (irange.
Ann xi/Till)‘. Jun. H. ism‘. . ‘

Woman‘s Work.

lfoiitiiiued from page :5.

"1 §Ii\'C my head and my heart to God and
my country. " They are taught in very
simple terms the pi'iiiciplc.< of the l)ccl:i—
ration of liidcpeiidcncc. Tlius grew the
Anicrican fiag salute and the tcacliiiig of
patriotism in the public scliools. A

Somewhere I have read that thc Bible
and Sliakespeare were a complete librarv
for any woman, but whcthcr you li:i\'cii
C(31))’ (Pf Slllll{U:<I)L‘ll,l'(f 01' 1101' ljpp _\'1”'(- \'(y”
have a copy of the l)('('l:‘il‘:lll(m of Inde-
pendcncc and L.'onsli1u1ion at lmnd to 1'(};ul
and study, and sce to it that it is taught in
every school. Mr. llalla--‘ savs that the
coiistitiitioii, in its l;iiigIi:l}_“c. is plain and
intelligible and is meant for the homo bred
1iii<lci'st:inlliiig. I would suggcst that its
study is no more fatiguiiig th.-m to put to-
gcthcr a crazy quilt, and not half as trying"
to the i'iei'ves of which women sccm to be .-1.
largely composed. \\'liy not in vour Gi'ange
for lllC1':li‘_y' work these long winter (.‘\'L‘ll-
lugs. form clubs for the study of the (fun-
stitution. llo not feel, in_v sisters, that you
are c.\'cused from the duties of good <-iti'/icu-
ship because you are not votoi's_ In vom-
visits to the schools ascci'taiii what “tcxt
books are used. (icneral llarrison in his
paper, “This Country of (,)ui-s," writtcn

L.:'li.':s‘ llczzic. J/,-urii-=1 st: .-‘: “'l‘l;.;
old-time Fourth of July celebration, with
its simple parades and niustcrs. the rcad-
ing the l)eclaration of Independence went
out of fashion. It is coming back and we
ought to aid in i'eiiist:iting it. The old
declaration has a pulse in it. and a ring to
it that does the soul good. llas .\'ol11'Abov
ever read it—all of itf Thc fatlicrs ought
not to be too busy to g_ri\’i- sonic lcssulis in
pati'iotisin; but. if they arc. lct the moth-
ers (who are more lnisy) scc that :1 love of
country is cultivated and that the childrcu
are very early madc 2l('4jll:lllllt'<l with the
wise, uii.-'elfisli and heroic cliai':ictcrs in
our liistory. In thc home and before the
school <l.-iys begin, tlicfccliiigs should be
kindled and the sentiment ziwakencd. Do
not be asliamed to love your ll.-lg or con-
fess your love for it. i\l.‘ll\’I_* much of it;
tell its history: sing of it. it now floats
over our sclioolliouscs and it ought to li:ing
from the windows ofour home,-"on all pub-
lic (lays. "

l“inall_\', my >'l.~'l(.‘l'>'. I would rccomiiiend
the forming of I’.-itriolic licagucs in thc
coiiiiiiuuity in which you live. and encour-
age the practice of the flag salute in our
schools. Can I better e.\'press the many
lilies of l\'oman's \\'ork than loquote from
\Vill Carleton's poem, Editor's Guests!
“Know all and do all and be all with clicer-
fulness, courage and vim, and be sure you
know how much to know, and know how
to not know too much."

ltespect-fully Submitted,
l\lARY SlIlCR\\’O()I) Hixns.

Especially is it true in the rural districts
that change of teachers, change of super-
intendents and other officers work the
greatest hindrance to the progress and suc-
cess of the great educational work through-
out the country.—E. /1‘. Tort;/(1/-rim.

An After Christmas Tale.

Out of doors, upon the ice,
Grandpa’s little men make merrv;

Christmas skates and sledges nice-—
But where,is little Peter Perry ‘R

On the bed, Within the house.

May be found poor Peter Perry;
All about he does “ea-touse,"

Pale and dull his cheeks of cherry.

What's the matter with the lad;
Shall I tell, little Peter Perry?
0. the tale is very sad,
Sad and shameful, very, very!

He did cram on Christmas Day,
Stole a glass of grandpa’s sherry;
Coaxed Tom’: oranges away,-
And now he aches, poor Peter Perry.
—Fa7my Parker, in Wide Wake.


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51195: and the th011S8Dd and onelthari alfalfa. It is probably lesslcrop on soils lacking thisfertilizer.

"things wlgch are netilded for their  valuable than many other species , The prime condition for success is
daily Wevlzlare, butkt eir hood, the , of clovers and forage plants. Al— 3 that the land be well drained. If
lCl(::l:eO£f wthgchcggzti Oefs il£m.e0}:.aI£fT:  falffi. tslelaed 1S1S0l]:Jfet1I11eS adifilterated ‘the subsoil is heavy and stiff and
l5 ' _ _ _ .2 JV1 e SBOLS 0 one or t e other ; im ervious to water alfalfa will
i'g11'l(13a1§ lt1;&(]1(;I‘lE$’i,t1E11D;1h€:\'hkl;3fl111tll11aS sgyof these less valuable forms. Thesegnotp be a permanent success, n_o
, _ _ . . f th ln C _ an lpants, however. are so rarely cul-‘matter how well the surface soil

Chelry glomng. 15°99 0 elstrength of everv one, is a SlJb]eCtlt1\'8.l'.edl11 the United States thatlhas b ‘e rel U i th
neglected industries of western; of which they ha;,eext,.eme1V limegthere is um I . l .e.en P1 P3 " m er .eSe
I - , er anger of this method conditions there can be no certainty

\"Y.k_Th ..t-11.,.._ . ., __ _ _ __
:1 Owl be(;11_ing Olfififafég lzjfac 65, . dehmte 1\n0Wled‘»’e- 15 1t not H1119 : Of wlultelatlon being largely pi‘ac— of the plant living beyond a year

Qollege and Station

Cherries.

Bulletin Ithaca. N. Y., Station.

Ann Arbor, Mich.

cherries, and very few of sour
cherries.

The product is sold both in the
open market and to canneries. In
general, the factories afford the
better niurket, although well grown
and nicely packed fruits, particu-
larly of the sweet kinds, find :1
ready sale in the general market.

Chei'i'ies like a loamy soil which
is rich in mineral food. They
should generally be given clean
and frequent cultiviition until the
fruit is ripe, and after that the
land Iliay be put to rest with some
cover crop. btiiiiiilzitiiig or nitro-
genous iiizinures should be used
cautiously.

Sour clierrics should be planted
1.5‘ to 21) feet apart each way, and
sweet clieerics about ten feet
fartlicr.

Chei'i'ic-s are pruned after the
iiianiicr of pruiiiiig plums and
pears. Sweet cherries should be
primed to three to five main ariiis,
and not to :1 central leader.

T he curculio is the worst enemy
to sweet clicrries, and it is some-
times serious upon the sour kinds.
Jzu'i'iiig the trees is the most reli-
able pi'ocedui'e.

The rot, due to zi fungus, is par-
ticularly bad upon the early and
soft-fleshed sweet clierries. Spray
for it twice before the fruit is half
grown, with Bordeaux mixture.
Plant varieties least susceptible to
the disease. lie expeditious iii
haiidliiig the crop.

Olicrries for the general l1l:ll'l{Cl

should be ciirefully ll:lll(l-1)lCl{e(l,-. ,
- .iii Lzisliiiiei'e.

with the stciiis on, and they should
be neatly piu-kcd in small pack-
ages. Cherries for the gciicral
iiiai'l;et, pai'ticulai'lv the sweet
kiiids, should be liiiiidlcd with as
much care as :>‘.ll':1\\'l)Cl’l'lC>5 arc.
The smallest pucl{a0'cs are the
most profitable for the best cher-
ries.

The niost dcserviiig sour clierrics
for westei'ii,,,,;_\ ew X‘ ork are Mout-
iiiorciicy, Lifglish Morcllo and
Louis Phillippe. The last is best
in qiiality, but iippiireiitly is least
productive.

Of sweet clierries, the following
are recoiiiiiieiidcd for iiiarkct:
\\'iii¢lsoi‘, Xiipoleiiii, Blzick Tar-
tai't.:iiii, Pilack Eagle, Mezel, {ob-
ei't‘s lied HC§ll‘t, l)owiiei"s Lute
lied. For home use, lllzick Tar-
tziriziii. Govci'iioi' \\'ood, -Codes
Ti':insp:ii'eiif. Belle d‘()i'le:iiis,
Downer s Lake Red, Black luiiglc,
Ixiiiglif. s learly l'il:‘.I;‘l{, .\:ipolcoii,
$0?-.lkpoi't\, ].{.()'l)1Cl'l~%V_l{(.‘il H(i\l1Il'l,

e ow .,p:iiiis 1, iiusor, .= ziy
Duke, Belle dc Clioi.-:y.

Food Investigations.
Bulletin Conn. Stimoii.
The dicfiirics of the fai*iiiei‘s’
families thus far studied were out
of bnlziiice. The food coiitaiiied

relatively too little of the protciii
compounds, those which

fivcly too much of the fuel iiigru
dieiits, especially starch. In other
words, they would have been im-
proved by the use of more of the
leaner kiiids of meats, as beef and

veal, more fish, milk, beams and

peas, and less sucli niatcrials as pota-

tocs and COl'lllllC2'.l and sii;_>'::i'. There A

was not such v:ii'icfy of food as

supply. It iiiziy be that these cases
do not fziirl y represciit the ordi-
iiiii-y fzii'iiiei"s diet. A large iiiim-
ber of iiivestigatioiis miisf be made
before general conclusions will be
w2ii'i':iiited.

The best f:ii'i1iei's in the state are‘

czircfully COll.5'l(l(.’l'lllQ' the kiiids and
ziiiiouiifs of'pl:1.nt ‘foods in their
soils and f€l'llllZel'S and the coiii-
position of difl'ei'eiif feeding stiiffs,
and tlie qiizuifities iiccessaiy to
make complete and well—b:il:iiiccd
rzitioiis for flicir cows .'tl1(l other
aiiiiiials of the f:ii'm. Is it not
worth while to consider carefully
the iiutritioii of themselves ziiid
their fainilies as well as that of
their crops and their live stock?
The prodiicts of the fariii are for
the use of man. A large part are

fthat more-attention should be given . ticed here.

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V

; llii'ec—p:ii'ted,

to it?
Alfalfa, or Lucern.

The following is extracted from
Fai'iiiei‘s’ Bulletin No. 31, of
the U.  Department of Agricul-
ture. It is thought that many of
our farmers will be interested in
the topic, though we advise all
Michigan faruicrs to “go slow” on
alfalfa. Some may wish to experi-
ment with it on a small scale.

Alfalfa has been grown with
more or less success in every state
and territory in the Union, from
Maine to \Vashingtoii, and from
California to Florida. There is
not a state from which the report
has not gone out that alfalfa will,
\vlieii properly treated, become one
of the best fodder plziiits. It is the
best hay and soiling crop in the
west. In the south it has been
widely recoiiimciided as a very
valuable addition to the list of for-
age grasses and clovers. In the
I1ll(l(ll6{lI1(l eastern states it promis-
es fo become a rival of the better
known and more widely grown red
clover.

iiisroiii’.

Alfalfa, or lucern, has been ciil—
tivatcd as :1 forage plant for more
than twenty centuries. It is a 11:1-
tive of the valleys of the central
district of western Asia, liiiviiig
been found in an appareiitly wild
condition in the region to the south
of the Caucasiis, in several parts of
Beloocliistaii and Afgliaiiistaii, and
It was iiitrodiiced
into Gieece at the time of the l’ei'-
siuii war, about 47” B. C. The
lfoiiiaiis ofteii cultivated it as for-
age for the liorscs of their iiriiiics.
lt was in especial favor with them
as a forage crop during the first
and second ceiituries, and its culti-
vafioii has been iiiaiiitaiiied in ltiily
down to the present time. From
ltzily it was lllll‘()Ill1C(3(l into Spain
and the solid. L‘; ’l’i'zi‘iice. It was
(‘:1I'l'lC(,l from Slzziiii into Mexico at
the time of the ..5p:uiisl1 liivasioii,
and thence to the west coast of
South Aiiiericu. It was broiiglit
from Chile to Califoi'iii:i iii lob},
and from ll1(:l'L‘. it rapidly sprezid
over the arid regioiis of the Pacific
Coast and Rocky Moiiiitiiiiis, where
it is now (‘.l1lll\':llt‘tl almost to the
exclusion of other foiuge plants.

Lucerii was iiitroduced into the
state of New York at least as early
as l\'_*U, or more than tliirty _Ye{1l'S
before it was brought to Califor-
nia: but it has iievcr been so ex-
teiisively cultivated there as on the
Pacific Coast.

Dl£S(‘Illl’TIO.\'.

Alfalfa, or luccrii, is an uprigl t.
bruiicliiiig, siiiootli l)0l'L‘l11ll‘.Ll, l
f-.:ot to 3 feet liigli. Its leaves are
each piece being

: l:i'o:ulest above the iiiiddlc, round-

1l1lll{‘c ?
muscle, blood and bone, and i'cl:.—‘

,sevei'al seeds.
the furiii and g=.:i‘dci. iiiiglif easily"

l
1

fjkl in outline and slightly toothed
toward the apex. The purple, pea-
likc flowers, iiisfciid of being in ii
liead, as in red clover, are in long,
loose clusters, or raceiiics. Tlicse
racciiies are s<~:ittered all over the
plant, instead of being borne, as
in red elovei', on the upper bi'aiich-
es, The ripe pods are spirally
twisted tlirougli two or three com-
plete curves. and each pod coiitziiiis
The seeds are kid-
iiey—sli:iped, ycllowisli brown, and
iiveiuge about one-twelfth of an
inch long by lizilf as thick. They
are about oiic—l1alf liirger than red
clover seed, and are of :1 briglit
cgg—yellow, instead of :1 reddisli or
l1ill.5"[£1l‘(l yellow. The ends of the
seedsiire slightly compressed where
they are crowded togctlier iii the
poll.

vAiui;Tii-Is.

the

Besides cultivated form

there are two others which by some,

are considered as simply forms or
vaiieties of alfalfa, while others
i'egzii'd them as distinct species.
They are the intermediate lucern
(.lfl«Zéc((_(/u mcdzkz) and the yellow,
or sand, lucern (J[¢de'ca,r/0jlzlmmz.)
Neitlier of them has much agricul-
tural value, though the yellow Iii-

dircetly or indirectly for his food. cern is sometimes recommended
This food is for the sustenance offor planting on ver r light and
the community at large. Peoplelsandy calcareous soils. lt is more
consider carefully the quality and easily killed by excess of Water,
value of their clothing, their dwell- but is said to endure cold better

y The western alfalfa grows taller
[than the eastern lucern, and is said
 to withstand drought and freezing
3 better. This is probably because
,1t has been so long subject to the
zpeculiai‘ soil and climatic condi-
jtioris of the arid regions of Chile, .
l C£lllf0l'I1l:1, and Colorado that if
j has become thoroughly flCGlll1l:1t€(l.
‘Alfalfa in the west very rarely kills
out by winter freeziiig. although
the teniperzifure in certain regions
,in which if is largely grown is as
low in winter as in the eastei-n and
New England States. In this lat-
tei':~:ection the plant frequently fails
to go through the second seiisoii on
‘account of the frcezingof the roots.

HABITS OF GROWTH.

Alfalfa is a deep feeder. The
tziproots descend to great depths
wherever the soil is loose and per-
meable, often iiverzigiiig 10 or 12
feet. It has been recorded us send-
ing its roots to the depth of :30 and
66 feet, and it is believed tliatuiidcr
especially fzivorable cireuiiistiiiiccs
they inay go even deeper. “The
young plants consists of :1 uuiiibcr
of low branches springing from :1
single basal stalk at the crown of
the roof. Tliese l)l't1l]L‘liCS asceiiil
directly above ground and form :1
compact tuft. On the old plant,
however. certain of the more ro-
bust steiiis elongate uiidergroiind
and become new braiic.li-prodiiciiig
stocks. In this way the simple
stock, or rhizome, becomes two or
many lieiided.” VVheii the stems
are cut or grazed off the stalk dies
down to the very base and new
buds spring up on the upper part
or crown of the new roof and
grow, forming new sfeiiis. This
metliod of growth explains why so
iiiuiiy fziriiicrs have reported that
alfalfa is injured or destroyed by
continuous close grazing. The
steiiis of many other forage plants
when out or broken branch
out above ground, foi-iiiiiig
lateral shoots that iiiiiiiediiitcly
grow up and take the place
of the old stem. If alfalfzi is close-
ly grazed, and if every young stem
is eatcii oil‘ as rapidly as it appears,
the vitality of the root will be im-
paired and the plants may die, be-
cause the new growth coiiics di-
rectly from the root itself, and not
the bases of the old stcius. There
 more danger of killing out the
zilfalfzi fields when sheep are pas-
tured on them than by the pastur-
ing of cattle, liorses. or ll()_t_rs', as
the hitter do not graze the plants
so closely as do slieep, except at
times when there is iiisiiflicicnt for-
age.

SOILS AND (‘().\'I)lTlOX.\‘ OF Gl{O\\'TlI.

Alfalfa will grow in f:lV()l'tl.l)lC
soil aiiywlierc froiu about sea level
to 7_oou feet elevation. The limit
of altitude is iittziiued iii the foot-
hills and ll1(>1111l{il1l valleys of Call-
foriiia. :1ll(lC()lOl':l(l0. Alfalfa does
not seem to be influenced so much
by altitude as by such C()ll(llll()l'lS'
as the depth and w:irmth of the
soil, the depth of the grouiid water
below the surface, and the physi-
cal cli:ii':ictci' of the subsoil. It
grows best iii a light and sandy
rich loam uiiderl-.iid by it loose and
permeable subsoil. The best oozi-
ditions for the growtli of this plant
seem to be attained in the iirid re-
gions of the west and soutliwesf,
wlicre there is ii light riiiiifzill, and
the water supply can accordingly
be aitificially eoiitrolled. The
plant grows best under l1'l‘l,<_{‘:1llOIl.
l Good ilrainage is l'lE}c0S.<:l.l'_\g',' as the
[plants are quickly killed by excess
lof water in the soil or on the sur-
face. \Vatei' must never be al-
lowed to stand on a field of alfzilfzi
more than forty-eiglit hours at 21‘
time, for, if the groiiiid becomes
safiirated with water and is al-
'lowed to remain so for any consid-
erable length of time, the plants
will be drowned out and the roots
will decay. Alfalfa will not thrive
on fields where there is any excess
of iron in the soil. It feeds most
heavily on lime. potash, magnesi-
um, and phosphoric acid, and sue-
ceeds best where the soil is rich in
these elements. Of these soil con-
stituents, linie seems to be the most
essential to rapid growth, and
there will not be a large or paying

world go round, or go through the gate.
gates also.)

or two.

PREPARATION OF THE SOIL.

A clean piece of ground should
be selected, and it should be thor-

oughly plowed and subsoiled. If
the farmer has no subsoiling plow,

the best substitute is two turning
plows, the one following in the
furrow made by the other. The
best results from this crop are ob-
tained after the second year, be-
cause alfalfa does not reach iuzituri-
ty until the third or fourth season.
Hence the field selected should be
one that can be kept in alfalfa for
:1 nuI1.1bei' of years. The first cost
of a deep and thoi-ou_c_rh I)1'ep{1,rati0n
of the soil may seem lzirgef, but it
must be reiiieiiibcred that the farin-
ei' expects to take two 01' more cut-
tings off the land C:1(‘l1 year for
from tliree to tliirfv \'e-.irs. The
pi'iuuir_v expciisc of ii tlioroiigli
prepiiration is, in ii sense, tlius
spread over 21 seiics of yeiirs. Deep
1>l0\\'il1g1l=1_V'>‘, becuiisc there will
be 21 greater yield from the land
than in the case of the too common
sliiillow ciiltivatioii. After plow-
ing, the field iiiust be hzirrowed and
rolled several tiiucs, or until the
seed bed  perfectly smooth and
mellow.
To be continiio-ii

OFFICIALiEl)EI1d2l3Ei‘(iTORY

()flic¢~i‘s Nut ioiial Gr:ui;.:e.

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Kathleen Hesslegrave, a pretty young Eng-

lish artist. and Arnold Willowzhliy, it Bane.‘
mian amateur. meet casually at the Royal‘
academy gallery in London. They hold mu-‘

tual_views upon art and _upon the stupidity of
the Judges who have regected their pictures.

Rufus Mortimer. a rich American idler. joins ,
them. Ifle is a fi-iend_of the Hcsslegraves and 
is surprised to ifnd Kathleen in the company i

0f_Wl1lough_by. whom she knows as a common
sailor dabbling in art. CHAPTER II— Kath-

leen lives with her mother in fashionable lod;:- 3

ings. The aristocracy visit there. and one day

at a reception the company discuss the my s- =
tery of young Earl Axminstcr, who has tied,

the country disguised a sa sailor. Canon Valen-

tine. the lion of the party. thinks the aristoc- 5

racy of England is well rid of him. His habits

are too good. Ill-Willoiigllhy is the earl. He j
is stranded by the failure 01 the picture. re- j
fuses help from Mortimer and goes to sea to ,

earn money to continue the study of art. l\'—

Mortimer ; * K: tl l I ' -’ -st. ' . . . .
pmgms ‘ lee“ on Gus “M ' liked hnn—likcd him very, very much. ,
V'— Mortimer. Willoughby and the Hcssl -- -

She likes him and with diiliculty holds hin-i oil‘

graves meet. in Venice. Mrs. Hcsslcgravc is

alarmed at K:ithleen‘s enthusiaisiu over the-

sailor painter and his works. \'I and VII-

The young artists roam through romantic old ,
willoughby It guest zit.
Kathie-en‘s home. The maiden halt’ reveals.

palaces together.

her love for him. and both confcss to thcni

selves that they are in love. \'llI and l_\—l
Mortimer proposes and discovers Kathle-L-n’sj

passion for Willoughby. .\'—Canun Valen-
tzne appears in Venice with the news that the
missing earl has been traced and has perished

in the shipwreck. He rectnzuixes Willouizhluy '
on sight. but promptly denies it. .\'I—l\’iitli—,
leen admits to her mother thzit she is Cl‘l‘l:llll ‘
of the identity of Willouglibv with the missing ,
earl. but will preserve the secret for her l/i\'- I

er‘s sake. Xll—Mrs. I-lcsscl,-zmve finds the

secret too good to keep. tells Willoiiirliby that ‘
Kathleen knows it, and he leaves her house in ;
Xlll~—Wil‘.ouL/rhhy abaurlons Venice ‘
suddenly without giving Kathleen ll cliauce to ‘
explain. XIV Parliament declares the iiiissing 1

anger.

earl ofiicially dead and settles the inheritance

on a distant relative. Willougbv resolves not '

to contest it, as he prefers to be taken by the
world at his "Market Yalyue.
CFIAPTEH XII.
A .\mTui-:1:‘.s Dll.l{,\l.‘.l.‘s.
Canon Valculilw had iiircndcd to stop

at Venice. Isle stnppcrl ju~t two days, .-ind I
then, to Kntlilu-ii’s .\'t*(‘l't-t joyniid no siiuill 1

relief, bronchitis 2-‘cizcd liiiu. 'I‘lnit stern
monitor hurried liiin oif incontinently to
Florence.

“I‘m sorry, Mrs. Tiesslegrave,” he said.
“I can't to.-ll ywu I_.~w ;-orrv. I'll ln« 7:; II
forward to seeing everything in this

charming place under your daughter’s ‘

guidance. —— slie’s a capital Cicerone, I
must say your tlaiiglite-r. \\'e did so en-
joy going round the Urun(l canal with her
day bciui-e _\'t'.~‘I(‘I‘(l:1_\‘. Its so delightful tr.-
see all tlie-se bc:iutit'ul thingzs in company

with an artist! But the dniiip of the la— ,

goons is really too much for my poor old
throat.
you see. It's cmnnion to my cloth, and as
Iwcnt. along with Miss I"I€5:l€‘C;’l'.'l\'€ to the
acadciny ye:-tt-i~:l:i_v in an open gondola I

felt the cold air rise up bodily from the ('21- E

rial and catch hold of me and tlirot le me.
It took me just so by the larynx. like 9.
hand. and seemed to choke me iiistantly.
‘Amelia.’ S2Ki\1 I at the time. ‘this chilly
air has done for me.’ .-\nv.l, sure enough,

I woke in the night with a tickle, tickle, ,

tickle in my broncliinl tubes, which I know
means niiscliii-f. \\'hcn once that sets in.
there's nothing for it but to leave thcplacc
where you are ininiedizitely.

edy. And indeed, to tell you the truth, ,

Venice is so spoiltcil, so utterly spoiled,
since the _—\llSIl'lflllS left it that, except for

you and Miss Hcssle;;I‘:l\'e. I must confess =

I shnn’t be sorry to get out of it. Most in-

sanitary town, I call it—-—niost ins:uiitai'y =

in every way.”

Kathleen could hardly even pretend to
regret their departure. During the last
two days she had lived in instant dread
that the c.-inon would somehow knock up
against Arnold \\'il1oughby. And if the
truth must be told it was the very same
dread on the canon‘s part-, not bronchitis
alone, thatwas driving him to Florence.
For as they stood on the balcony of the
doges’ palace the day before. looking out

upon the Riva and the busy quziys and the 
panorama of the harbor, Canon Vtilentine j

beheld a mun’s back in the tlistniice. round-
ing the corner by D:inieli's, and he said to
himself with a shudder, “Axiiiiiistc1"s
back or the devil's!” Being an old fash-
ioned clcrgytnan, the canon, you will per-
ceive, was not afraid of a very mild un-
parliamentary expression. And the lll‘.)I‘G
convinced he became that the inystcrious
person thus flitting about Venice was real-
ly Lord Axminster the more desirous did
he grow to avoid the niisfortiiiie of actual-
ly meeting him, for if they met face to
face and caught one another’s eyes the
canon hardly knew how for very shame he
could let Algy go on with his claim of
right without informing him—which he
was loath to do——that his cousin Bertie
had never been drowned at all, but had
been sighted in the flesh and in sailor cos-
tume in the city of Venice.

There are compromises we all make now
and again with our consciences, and there
are points where we feel the attempt at
compromise becomes practically impossi-
ble. Now, the canon was quite willing to
give Algy and his wife the benefit of the
doubt as long as he felt only just morally
certain that the person in the street with
the trick of twisting his back hair was the
last Lord Axminst-er. But if they met face
toface and he recognized his man without
doubt, as he felt sure he must do when

they came to close quarters, then the can- I

on felt in his heart he could no longer re-

Chtinge the ,
air without. delay, that‘s the one safe reni- .

tain any grain of self respect if he permit-
ted the claim to be pushed through the
house of lords without even mentioning
what he had seen to Algy. He might have
kept silence indeed and let self respect
take its chance if he met the man alone,
but what on earth could he do if he met
him full front while out walking with
Amelia? That was the question. And I
may remark parenthetically that most men
feel keenly this necessity for preserving

" their self respect before the face of their ’
wives, which is a very important ally in- 5

= deed to the (‘(11188 of all the virtues.

So on the third iiiornini: of his stay the
canon left Vt-nice. Kathleen breathed
frecr as soon as he was gone. The load of
that gnawing anxiety was much lightened
upon her.

Tli.-it very same day. as it chanced, Ar-
nold \\'illou;:liby, rcilcctintz to liiiiiself in
‘ his own room, in.-ide hisinind up suddenly
, word or two with Knthlt-en. Ever since
Lido he had I>(‘t’11ll(‘I)2lIIIll{ with himself
Whctlicr or not lie should ask that beauti-

was lllilrlt‘ up.
He had decide-id that \'t‘I‘}' day to break the
ice and ask her. lie was quite sure she

Thzit she Sll()\\'(‘lI iiin-qiiivocully, and he

\\'oul:l it be right of him, he asked hiiii-
self, to expect that any woiiiziii should
share such fortune-.-A as his would hence-
forth be? V\';:s he justificd in lieggiiig any
woman to wait till an obscure young

- painter could earn inoncy cuouuli to keep ,
her in the comfort. and luxury to which ,

she lnul Iwvll .‘l(.'(:ll!~‘l'Olllt:iI?

He put that (1llL‘.~'l’I()ll to llllll.‘~‘('lI serious-
ly, and he miswercil it in the ziilirnizitive.
If he had rcsilly boon always the Arnold
Willoiitzliliy he had now nnide Illlll~1l'lf by
his own act. bu rim-ll in-v-.-r have doubted.

have tIlUll_‘.i'IlI, lilznsvlf justiilml in ii.-zking

hcr. \Vhy :~:liould he not do wliat. any oth-
er nuin might do lawfully? Ho lizid czist
. tlu-past l,w.-hind him. He was :1 painter
: suiltar now. but. why need he lit-sitzitc on

that .‘lC("llll1I to ask the ,<_-irl wliost- love he ‘

I)clic\'c(l he h.-nl won on his own lllL‘l‘lIS if
she would wait till he could inarry hci"!
; Arnold \\'illo1ighliy would have done it,
and he was Ariiold Willougliby.

name, and she lizid given herself El. holiday

Zattere.

if he would care to see her.
Much lIl>‘:lpIlrIlllI5:(I. Arnold went up,

To his iinnicnse surpi'i.sc, the inoincut he

, with which Mrs. He.-'.slvs:i':ivc ivas accus-

. tonied to I'§‘(‘(‘l\'i‘ hcr vririoiis ;1ll£‘>‘IK in at:- '

' cnrd:iucc with their respective and re-hitive
positions in the ttilxle of ]ll‘t‘(‘t‘(It‘ll(‘€ 
- by autliority estublislicd. This :tftcriior:n.
tlicrefore, he couldn't hclp 0IL'~'rl'\'IlJ,‘.’,‘ her
nianner was that with v liich she ivzis wont
to welcome 1D(‘L‘l'S of the l't‘:tIlll and fort-i_4n
eiiib:is:<mlor.s. To my the truth, Mrs. lIc.s-
s1egi':t\'e f,‘I’l!}.‘-‘l(l(‘1'£lI)l_\' 0\'i‘l".Illl it in the imit-
ter of gzrm,-i«>iis11e.<s. There was an inartistic
- ahruptucss in IlL‘l‘ suddt-ii chziiige of front.
l a pru<:tic:il lIlC0llSl.'s'l'L'll('_\‘ in her view of his
2 status which couldift fail to strike him.
5 The instant way in which Mr . I'I(*.~‘5-‘lu-
 grave, who had IllIIlL‘l'IO take-ii little pains
‘: to conceal her dislike and distrust of the
} dreadful s-‘ziilorman, flung herself visibly at
, his head iii.-nlc .-‘irnold zitunce suspect some
~ radic:il revolutirrn must have taken place
i Dlt‘.‘l.ll\\'IllIe in her views as to his position.

“Why, Mr.Wi'llougliby." she cried, hold-
ing his hand in her own much longer than
W2 ‘ strictly in-ccssary for the purpose of
shaking it. “what a sti-ziiiger you are, to
be sure! You never come Il‘,*£1I' us now.
I It’s really quite unfriendly of you. Kath-
j leen was .s:i_vi g this niorning we must
I write round IA your Cl]£ll1ll)el'S nnd ask you
I to (line with us. And she hasn’t seen you
I for the last day or two on the Xattere ei-
 ther! Poor child, she’s been so occupied!
3 We’ve had some friends here who’ve been
I taking up all our time. Kitty's been out
, in a gondola all day long with them. How-
3 ever, that’s all over, and she hopes to get
5 to work again on the quay t0ni0rrow—she’s
. so anxious to go on with her spire and ca-
} nal. “'1-zippetl up in her art, dear girl. You
‘ know it‘s all she lives for. However, she’ll
be back at it, I’m glad to say, at the old
place in the morning. Our friends are just
gonc—couldn‘t stand the cliiiiate—said it
gave them sore throats—and Kathleen’s
gone off to say goodbv to them at the sta-
tion.” _

“That's fortunate,” Arnold answered a
little stifliy, feeling somehow a dim con-
sciousness that against his will he was once
more a lord and lapsing for the moment
into his bad habit of society small talk,
“for the lights on the canal have been
lovely the last three days, and I’ve regret-
ted so much Miss Hesslegrave should have
missed them.”

“Not more than she has, I’m sure,” Mrs.
Hesslegrave went on quite archly, with her

to step round in the ilItI'I'llUOIl and have :1 v

that iiiorning when they picnickcd at the ‘

ful soul to marry him. and now his mind ,
lie could 1‘r.~‘i.~'t. no longer. ,

had wnitcd so long only liwziiise he could 
, not inuster up (_'(vlll‘il,‘_{U to speak to her. 3

.—1Iiyyrviii:«_riti.'iii jiist stniiiiix in life would ‘

the girl Ill‘ lovcd best in the world to wait ‘
for llllll till he was Ill :1 pusitioii to iiiurry ‘

So about 3 o'clock he wont round, some ‘
what trciiiuloiis. in the direction of the Piv ‘
.'i:'.=::. II» hn(ln’i; seen Kathlceii for a day ?
or two. She had told hiiu friends would }
be visiting them without mentioning their ,

While the fricnrls were with her froui licr 
accustomed work on the Fondainenta (lelle ‘

\\"hen he got to tliedoor, Francesca, who ‘
opened it. told him with a sunny disnlny ‘
of two rows of white tcctli that the .si_r.:iio- ‘

. . - rii1'iw'i.sout, I)llI.Ill(‘.\‘l"'ll‘)I“l was ‘it borne ‘
\\ e're giveii to tlii-wit ti-oublc, ‘ ‘ ‘ " ‘ I ‘ '

ziiixious to learn whether any (‘IlIlll(TB still 3
, rriiiziincrl that later Ill the ztfteriioon he :
niiglit have :1 word or two with Kathleen. 3

ciitt-1'ed Mrs. Hes.-l<-;_ri':i\'e rose from her:
seat with obviou.-z wsirnitli and held out ‘
her hand to ,L'l't‘I.‘I him in lu-rino:-t ;_'l'zlL‘I()llS ‘
inzinncr. _—\rur>l«l haul n«~ti<-ed by this time -

he seven distinct gr.-ulzitioin-‘ of CJ"lll£lIlf§‘ ‘

 blantlcst sniile-—“Z\Iotlier‘s society sniirk,"
3 as that irreverent boy Reggie was wont to
iterm it. ‘*1 don‘t know why, I’m sure,
] Mr. VVilloii;__:liby, but Kathleen has enjoy-
! ed her painting on the quay this winter

and spring it great deal more than she ever
. before enjoyml it. It‘s been a perfect treat
- to her. She says she can't bear to be away
for one day from the dear old San 'I‘rova-
so. She jurst loves her work, and I assure
you she SH.‘lIlElI alniost sentiinciitally sad
because the->e fricnrl:-z who‘ve been stop-
ping with us kept her away so long from
:hcr beloved picture and from her fcllow

artists.” Mrs. I‘I(‘R.~'It‘,‘4I‘:1\'€ added after a -
‘put tlicqiieastinn to the proof forthwith,

pause in some little II‘L‘pItI.'1Y‘IOll, uncertain
' whether that last phrase iniglit not go just
one step too far in the riglit direction.
, Arnold Wil1ou;;lil.y cycd ht-r closely.
‘ All his (I('zll‘t'.'~‘t suspicioiis \\'vI'c be-int: furs.

This sudden mange of trout trom ner atti-
tude of sullen nonre-cognition to one of ar-
dent sycophancy roused all his bitterest
and most cynical feelings. \\'as this day
dream, then, doomed to fade as his earlier
one had faded? \\'as Kathleen. the sweet
Kathleen he had IIl\'t‘!~'It‘Il to himself in his
fervid fancy with all the innocent virtues,
to crush his hczirt 21 second time as Lady
Sark had once crushed it? \\'as she, too,
a self seeker? Dial she know who he was

, and what; title he lmrc? Was she allowing
‘ him to nnike love to I101‘ for his money—

such as it wns—.'ind his earldmn?
With it sudrlt-ii resolve he determined to

He knew Mrs. Ilc-s.~legr:ive wt-ll 8ll()IlL(ll to
know shc could llrvcl‘ control her face or

‘her emotions. \\'liutcver pn.-xscil within
,that quick coiiiitciiziiice bctrziyeil to the

arnused. llc lit~;_f:iii to tremble in his I1t‘£lI‘I} =
lest. soiiicbu«l_v hurl nimizigerl to ])lt‘I'(.'U the ,
‘ was just. t‘ll‘.£ilL_{t‘lI in wondering to herself
; what would be a _L{0U1I frc.-h siilijcct to star:

close (li.s:.4iiisc with which he had so care-
fully and so long surrounded hiinsclf.
“Will Mists Ilc.-1-lc:.ji':ivc be back by and

by?” he ll.~'l\‘t'lI in zi coldly oilicinl tone. 

“Bec:ii1.<c if she will I should like to stop
and Set‘. licr.”

Mrs. }l«-:-:1-legriive jumped at the chance '

‘ with unwise avidity. This was the very ,
first time, in fact, that Arnold \\'illough- ,

so many words. She :s(:t-ntevl a proposal.
“Uh, yes," she answered, acquit-scciit.
with obvious e:1}_'criics.<. though she plunied
‘herself inwardly as she spoke upon her
own bland ingeiiuity. “I\':itlilccii will be
back by and by from the station and will
be dc-lighted to see you. I know tlu-rc‘s

by had ever nskeil to see her dau<,:liter in 5

‘ some point in that last year'spicturcslic’s .

consult you about if po:~.-‘iblc. I shall have

touching up that -‘he sziirl she wanted to 5

to go out inysclf at -1 uiiforruiiiits-ly—I £111.) 3

‘ ciigngeul to an at home at «ls-ax‘ I.:idv Dev-
onport':-a, but I (litre 521)‘ Kzithlw-ii can give

‘ iiii.-tziktiblc.

you :1 cup of ten here. and no doubt you 
and Islic can nizikc yoiiinsclvcs happy to—;
,h2iv-.-nt. >L‘t'll much about. it, but—thc

‘Y

gcth:-1'.
She beamed as she said it. The appoint-
‘ merit with Lady Devoiiport \\‘il:: a. myth,

to be sure. but Mrs. I’It'S\It‘D.'l‘ll\'k_* thought i
it would l1<‘\\'lFt'. under the cii'cuiii:-triiit-I-s, .

to lczivc the youii;: people alone with one _,

another. Arnnlrl Williuighbyfl-a siispicioiis

grew (l€P}l('l‘ and dccper. Mr.-'. H»,-ssle-‘
grave was onc of tlinse ‘II‘{lll.~‘}l£ll‘t‘Il[ people :

whose little (ii-(3:-ptiuiis are painfully ob-
vious. He could see at li:-.lf a glance sonic-

thing must have (vC(.'lll‘I'I.:lI which g.'ive her .
all at once ti. lllll"ll more fzivoniiblc view  I _ . V
(liiiicult on-I (li'l.i”r‘el‘(1‘.l.-l SllIJ_]t‘(,'tl \\ liat

i of him. He lll£‘:l.~'llI'6‘4l llt‘,I' iloubtfully with
his eye. Jlrs. IIc.~"~‘l(';T‘.‘l\‘l5 in return sliow-
cred her sw cc L-st smile upon him. She
was all ‘kl -‘In Tlicn sh” bcaran
to talk with o.~tt-ntzit.--,.iis ;..-"run-i-ly pride
about Kathleen. She was such a good girl!

7.;4tiL..,:,

Few niotlu-rs had a comfort like that in 5
their (l{‘.ll;.{IlI(‘l‘[~‘. The only thing .\Irs. Hes-

slcgrnve couldn’t bear was the (listressiiig
thought that sooner or l2iterl{ntlilc<~1i must

her (I-?illL{llI(-‘I’ always by lu-r side. It would
be st-llish, wouldii‘t it? And Kutlilccii
‘ was awlnptcnl to make :1 Lznod man so su-
 premely happy. And then Mrs. Hassle-
gravc. le:u1iny_g forward in her chair. grew
alinost coiitith-nti:il. llurl Mr. \\’i1loughby
notice.-d that Mr. .\IOI‘tllll#‘I‘. the rich young;
Ann-riczin. tlioiizrlit so inuch of Kathleen?
\\'cll, he C('l'T‘(lIilI)‘ did. He quite haunted
tlic Ilf:ll,<(.’. tlioiuzli Mrs. Iles.-'.slc{_‘r:i\'c bi-li'ev—
ed in hcr heart of hearts Kathleen didn't
really care one bit for him. And she was

some day leave her. That would be a trial. 2.
But there, no inother c.'in cxpcct to keep “

a girl of such high pi'iuciple—:~‘uch very "

., high principlcf Uiiless she truly loved ii ‘

to come back by the '/.::t1:-re, she ln-licvr,-zl,
and she km-_w My ).lui'tiincr would be wait»
ing there to see her. He always hung
about and waited to .-:t-«- hcr e\'(*l")'\\‘llt‘l'e,
but K.-ithlecn was such .1 romantic, poet-
ical niiiidcd girl! She would 1'.-itliertnlzc
the man of her clioicc. Mrs. llessle_s:r:i\'e
believed, with an iinpi'«--zsive nod of the
coffee colorcul Honitnn lie.-nlili-(-ss. than
marry the heir to all the estates in Englzind
if he divln"t. liappcn to please her fancy.
As she Illi1U.llfIL'I‘('(l on, flr>iiiidci'iin_r fur-

\Villougl:by‘s COl’l\'I('T.lHll that sonictliing

on his (‘Il.‘lIl‘.

his sciisc of iiivitcrinil di-_-'nit_v. Ilut he
cou‘.dn‘t go sniiiclioiv. Now the doubt was
once arouscd. he must. wait at least till
Kathleen returned. that he niight see her
and be rid of it. Yet all this strange <l:iii-
gling of lll!lI‘l’lE=‘ilC.'<lII)‘ wrou«_'lit flies before
the victim's eye was (li:-agreeably fuiiiillar
to him. He had heard a round (lozen of
Mayfield nuuniiizis talk so to him of their
daugliters and always in the sziiiie pre-
tended confidentinl strain when he was an
earl and a catch in London society,
though he confessed to himself with a
shudder that he had never yet heard any-
body do it quite so fatumi:-zly. transp.-ireiit—
ly and woodcnly as Kathleen's niotlier.

satisfaction, convinced in her own soul she
was inaking the running for Kathleen in
the most masterly fasliioii and utterly un-
aware of the disgiist she was rou:-:ing in
Arnold \Villou,-_Iliby’s diistracted bosom.
At. last Arnold's suspicions could no
longer be coiicenlcd. The dc-eper Mrs. Hes-
slcgxava probed the more firmly convinced
did her patient become that she had some-

how surprised his most inmost secret and
was trying all she knew to capture him
for Kathleen, and trying most inaptly.

She, poor soul, went. on with bland self 3

Ill2lll\\\‘ilS f.'l.~(’IIl{iT('iI. Ill)_‘s'Ul‘I}t‘(I in hii:i— 3
she iievo-r would iunrry him. l'll(ll‘l_'.:Il he ,
were as ricli as Crnxsii.-'. Kzithlcen iiiennt '

ther into the niirc e:ich moment. Ariiold 3

had gone wrong ;;i-i-\v dccpcr and deeper .
with {‘\'('I'}' .‘~'ell[~'il(‘L‘. II»-. shuilled iirierisily ,
For the lirst time siiicc he I
had practicrilly censcil to be an earl he;
saw a léritish iiiaiiiniri quite obviou‘~:l_v%
paying court to him lie would liave liked ‘
to go lmlt-HI: this queer talk made him ;
feel so :l\\'I(\\'[lI'(I and uncomfortable It -
rcinindctl him of the dziys wlu-ti adulzition ‘
was his bane. More still, it jarred asznin:-“t vi

most cusiinl observer, Snag a pauseiu
the cuii\'ci'.<:itiui1, when Mrs. II:-sslt-r.:r:u'e

next with an earl in (Il>‘,:lllf~‘£: \\‘Il1'7lll you
desired to cziptivzitc, Arnold turncd round
to lnxi‘ shrirply and a:~.l\'e-ll. with zi rapid
sweep, which fsiirly took her oil lu-r ,r.:u.'i1‘vl:

“llzive you .‘«'\,‘\‘ll the liiiglish pzipcrs? Do
you know wlint'.- being done in this Ax-
niinstvr [)L’L‘I‘ll_‘_:(5 cu.-c? ‘

It was it hold stroke of policy, but it
coinmitt--«I him to ll'|‘iI_llIl_4, for the subject
was it cnniiunii. one and it was jiistiiicil by
the I'c.<l1lt. Mrs. llc.~-lw_-.':ivc, lull livrsclf
of this \'(‘l‘_\' tln-me, looked up tit him in
astoiiishinciit. li:u-dly knowing: how to take
it. Sill‘. f_’2l\'t‘ ti llttlc start and tI‘CIllIlI|'I,I
quite vi-ibly. In her pcrplt-xity, iiidced,
she cl:ippt—«l In-r h:inr.l to hcr mouth as one
will mm. do whcn the lust 5.-'ubjt-ct on earth
one €‘X[lL‘(‘It‘<I to hear l1I‘U:t(‘l1i‘(I is suddenly
.‘~‘1ll‘IlllL{ upon one. The nioveim-iit was un-
So was the fl‘I‘_'llIE‘llP(I and
lu-sit:itiw_»: way in which Mrs. IIt‘.\.~‘It'}_{I’Zl\'e
I't‘.\]H|lllIL‘<l as quickly :is :-he could:

“Uh, yv———th:it- is tr: say. 1io~»well, we

young ni:I,ii‘.s dt-ml, of course—or do you
think In-‘s li\'iuu"——I lllH’.Il— \\'L'II, rt-ally
it's so tliiaicnlt, don't you know, in such a
pcrplt-:;iii_~_: case to inzike ouc’s inind up
about. it."

Slic drcw out her li.'1iidk(-rchief and wiped
her fni-M L‘:lI‘I in her coiifiisioii. Elie would
have giv»-ii .é.'ln that inuim-ut to have Kath-
leen by her side to prompt. and lll.~il‘ll(,‘t
her. Arnold Willouttliby prc;-'ci've<l ll face
of spliinxlikc Ill(IIlIk‘l'rllL‘C. llow dreadful
thut he should li.-ivc bro:iclied to her that

would K:uhlc<,-ii wish l.lL‘I‘ to do? Ought
shc to pl‘\'I(‘lllI to i,«.:nore it all, or did he
nicnn llcr to rccru,»,:iii7.<= him?

“Is he (lH'.tl(I1' li\‘in;.;: Wl.icli do you
tliink?” Arnold nskcd agzaiii, gnziiig hard
at her.

Mrs. Ilc~slo.","i':i\'<- ljl‘..".lI\‘(I. It was (1 try-
Il!§ii1~Jlll“llI. Pcnplc oul:litii’t to lay such
traps for poor lllllH(‘L'?l{ r-lxl wouicii, whose
only di-.-in-, zifter all. is thep:-ifcctlyuntu-
1':al one to :—'cc their ilttiiglitt-rs well and
crexlitnbly n 'u'riwl. She looked back at
her f,‘llv.‘~lli’1 -«-r with :1 vcry f1‘ljJ_llTk‘ll’,'fI air.

“\\'t-ll, of (.'<-l1"~<‘§"‘ll lciiow,“ she f2lII‘8I‘L‘(I
oiii, uirli rt ,-5 ‘:lliL'l‘lllf_',' pi-rccption of the
fuct that .-‘-.1‘: \'.‘:is ll'l‘(‘V'!J(,‘£lIlI)' coiiiinittiug
ln-ix-t-it‘ tn ll tl:tllgt'l'irllS positiuii, “if it
coincs to that, you must know IICIICP than
any om-."

“Why so?" Arnold \‘Cillni1gvlil)y persist-
cal. Ilc wn<n‘t. ;.:«-‘.n_<.: to say :1 \V'(Il'.'I citlicr
way to IZ‘<llll]ll"lllll‘~'L‘ his own inr-nzziito, but
he was llk‘IL‘l'lIl‘ill(‘lI to find out just cx:ictl_v
how much Mr.-1. II('f<>‘I(‘}."l':l\‘I‘ knew about
tln: iiitittcr of his ith-iiiity.

Mrs. Ilt-.~‘.‘\‘It'!_'1‘£l\'L‘ L'2‘tZ‘.‘(I up at him with
tears ri.-i1i;.: fast in her poor pu7.'/.l<-«I L-yes.

“Oh. what shall I do:-"‘ shccricll, wring-
ing hrer hzinds in her iniscry and perplexi-
ty. “Ilow cruel you are to try me so!
\\‘h:-.t oIi;qllt I to aiisxvx-i'? I’ni afraid
Kathleen will be so dre:i<ll'i:lly angry with
niei"

“Why an:i'y?" Arnold Vfiillouizhby ask-
ed once niorc, his In-nrt ;;i'owiii_:,r like :1 stone
within him us he spukc. Tllvll the worst
was true. This was it dclibcrzite conspir-
acy.

“I31-caiisw-," Mrs. IIt*.\’~'Il‘L'.'l‘.’1V(3 blurtcd
out, “Katlilccii told nie I \v:isii’t on any
account to inwntioii a word of all thizs to
you or to anybody. Slic told me that was
iiiipemtivc. She sziid it would spoil all—-
those were her very words. She said it

' —~ :2!)

' You may say gondby for me to Miss

He-ssZcgmt'c.”
would spoil all. and she begg<3<l me not to
mention it. And now I‘ni afraid Ihave
spoiled all. Oh, Mr. Willoughby—-Lord
Axiniiister, I meari—for hcaveii’s sake
don’t be angry with me! Don’t say I‘ve
spoiled all! Don’t say so! Doiilt reproach
me with it!”

“That you certainly have,” Arnold an-
swered, with disdain, growing colder and
visibly colder each moment. “You’ve
spoiled more than you know—two lives
that might otherwise perhaps have been
happy. And ver—it’s best so. Better wake

up to it now than wzike up to it afterward.
Miss H\ԤSIL'grI\\'C has been It-ss wise and
circunispcct in this nintter, though, than
in the l‘c.st of her conduct. She took me
in completely. And if she h:idn’t been
so ill a<lvist-d as to confide her conclusions
and suspicions to you. wli_\‘, shc iuiglit very
likely have taken inc in f(ll‘t'\'l‘I‘. As it is,
this eclairci:-zseiiieiit has (-oiiie in ggnml time.
No liarni has yet been done. No word has
yet passed. An hour or two hm-r the re-
sult, I dare say, ini<__:ht have I)('(‘ll far more
serious."

“Slic didn't tell me." Mrs. II:-s-le,-.;i':i\'e
burst out, anxious now the \\'1ll’.~‘I Il:llI('nn1('
to niukc thin,-_'s easier for l\':itlilt-vii and to
I‘(’Il'lt‘\'t‘ her fziiluri-. “It w;i.~n‘t 9-lic who
told me. I found it out for iii_\'sclf——tli:it

‘ is. tlirougli soiiu-bml_v i-lst-"—i

“Found out what: " .»\rnul:l ii-kt-«l cold-
ly, ilxiiig his ovc upon Ill'l'\‘ with ll stony
glzirc.

Mrs. IIcssles:r.'ivc Ilbllkl-II .‘l\\’il_\' from him
in abject terror. Tluil §_'l:lll(‘L‘ of his fro’/.c
her.

“\\'hy, found out tlmt you \\'i’I'l’ Lord
Axiiiiiistl-i‘,“sl:c:ii1s\'.'«-i‘--<l.\\‘iibnu»-burst,
not knI>wiii«_: vvhnt in iiuikc of Illlll. “Slit-
Kll('\\'ll'i'lIIilIHllL1'.}'i=ll know. but .-"luv iicvcr
told me or lv('l’l':l_\'(’«'I your .~‘<‘<'l‘l‘I, Sill’ nev-
er cvcn lll(‘llll(Ill‘_-(I it to nu-. In-r iiwtlu-r.
Shc kept it quitu fliitlifully. Slic \\'.-is ever
so \\'iscnbo11t ii. I t-oiilvlift iniru:iue why
she-——wcl1. took so much notice. of a man I

supposcd to be untlxiniz but :1 cuiniiivui sail-
or, und it was only yi-.~‘1cr«l:iy or the ilny
llcforc I dl.~2(‘0)'l-I‘I‘(I I>)'1lI‘k'l(It’Ill. .-‘hr hurl
kiiowii it-all .‘IIHvI._: unul hzul in-co,4iii'/.t-«I the
borii gt-iitli-in‘ i '.lll~lt'l‘1lII tli-g;iii.sv.~."'

Mrs. Ill-..~l«~_; i\'t- thounlit that 1:1-I was
a truiup curd In plnyoii l\’:itlilccii"s bi-h.-ilf.
But Arnold \\'illnunlib_v :ll‘('I~‘!‘.

"'\\'t-ll, you iii:i_\' tvll .\Ii.~'.s lIt‘:~'.\'I(“_’I‘.‘lVt‘,”
he said stlilly. “that if she thought she
was gniiig tn ll‘.:ll'l‘_\' an I‘Ill}.‘,'Il\’ll curl and
live likc ii cniiiitx-ss she was wry l1lll(‘ll.
inistukcn. 'I‘lx:it \\':1s wliu1l_v:in (~l‘l‘ur. The
iiizin who lovcvl but till 1” iiiiiiuiv,-A :t_~.:o——
the lllllll slit-.sc«,-iin-<1 to love —iln,- inzinwho.
thinl<in_4 shc low-il him. (':llll(‘ll1-i‘i‘ Iunsk
for her lniiul lllI.~‘.'LfII‘l'llilHll :in:l \\ hmu slu-
would my IIUIIIJI luivc .'ir':wpi<-«I uuih-r that
paiiifiil lllI\:l}>]‘l‘t‘lll'll‘~I<|ll~—lSlllltl iimiiis to
I‘(‘lll:llll :1 (miziziuii suilor. She Il.".\‘ iii.-iulc a
Iiiisizikn-.tl1:t(\;ilI. Sill‘ has iiiisv:il<,'ill;iiwl
Ilt‘1‘ (.'llilll(,‘<"~'. It‘.-' foi'IIiii;i:»_-, on ilw wlmlc,
that niisi:ik<- null iiii.~'c:ilcul:iI inn h:t\'c
gonc oiifIii'.‘lici'. If I Ii.-ul lll.'iI'l‘ll'i'l In-1' un-
der the llll.~:l]1}ll'I‘llL‘ll.\’llIll which .\'.'l‘lll>rl to
have 0('(:lil‘l‘t*1l,.\I1(‘llllullf IlIl\'l‘ Inul in the
L‘ll(I ii. \'l‘l'_\' bill:-r zuvzikciiiiiiz. >'I'.:‘l1 2|. mis-
fni't.'.iiic has bcvl) ;i\'t-tit-«l by _\'Ulll‘ lucky in-
discrctioii. You lll:l_\'FJl)',‘_'1)(Nllx_\' for me
to Miss lIe~‘slc<_'ruvi-. wbs-u :-'li<-11-tI!1‘ii.«. It
is not in_\' iiii~.nt.. ' -on in I'\‘lIlH.lnl :in_-‘
IOIlLI(’I' in V:-iiicr."

“But you‘ll stop and see l{:iflilm'-ii?”
Hrs Ill-ss.l "'l”£l\'(‘ t‘.‘\'('I£llllll‘iI, ztwi-~ti'11¢-k.

“No, th:ink jinrii," ;\i'nol«l ;iii.<wci't-<1, tak-
ing his but in his lniiul. “\\'li.‘:t you it-ll
me is quite (‘ll()ll,‘_fll. It is my c:ii'in-st wish
after the error that hris occiirrcd never as
long as I live to SUI’. k')'(’F on hcr zigziiii. You
may give licr that iris-ss:i§_'e. You have iii-
decd spoiled all. It is she herself who said
it!”

Sailor Crocket at Severity-two.
From the Journal. Detroit, Mich.

AL 88 West Montcalm street, Detroit-,
l\Iich., lives .\Ir..l. Crocket, a weather-
beaten sailor of seventy two years.
now retired from active life, but still
in good health and reinarkably act-
ive and interesting. lle tells the fol-
lowing story of his life:

"For fifteen years I was engineer on
the ‘City of l)etio1'.’ one of tl.e Detroit
and Cleveland steam Navigation C.o’s
steamers. I suppose it Was the work,
exposure and ins.-utal strain that tin-ally
began to tell on me. I broke down
completely. I had to give up my posi—
tion and became as helpless as a child.
I doctored for years, but the physi-
cians could do nothing for me. (his
doctor told me plainly that it was no
use giving me medicine.

“I could not keep warm. My blood
seemed to be exhausted. Wrapped in
eider-down blankets. with hot water
bags at my feet, ahd covered to my
chin in bed, I still was cold. SVmp—
toms of paralysis began to show very
strongly, and nothing could keep me
awake.

“I could not walk without some one
to lean on, I was so weak. One day
a lady called, and in the coiiversation
told me about Dr. Williams‘ l’iuk Plus.
I did not think much about it. for I
was completely discouraged. How-
ever, I gave her the money for a box
and asked her to get them.

“I attribute my wonderful recovery
to the use of them. I beizan to im-
prove at once, Iwas able to get up,
the blood began to circulate through
my body, my appetite returned, and I
was a new man. I feel better than I
have for years, I eat and sleep, and
yesterday I built a fence, which is
pretty good foramau of my age. I
can not give too much praise to this
remedy. It has saved my life Without
question, andl want to commend it
every one.”

Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale
People contain all the elements neces-
sary to give new life and richness to
the blood and restore shattered nerves.
They are an unfailing specific for such
diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial
paralysis, St. Vitus’ dance, sciatica,
neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous head-
ache. the after effects of la. grippe,
palpitation of the heart, pale and sal-
low complexions, and all forms of
weakness either in male or female.
They may be had of all druggists. or
direct from the Dr. Williams’ Medica
Company. Schenectady, N. Y., for 500
per box, or six boxes for $2.50.

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THE GRANGE VISITOR.

JANUARY 16, 1896.

llclices of meetings.

HILLSDALE POMONA.

Agricultural Chemistry.
Chemistry as the handmaiden of agri-
culture has achieved a wonderful suc-
cess. Fertilizing the fields has not only

The February meeting of Hiusdale become a well understood business, but
Pomona will be paid at south Jefferson l is an exact science. There are methods

Grange hall.
er Watkins;

Paper. A. L. Davis; recitation. Cynthia

Welcome address‘ Broth. l of recovering waste products and utiliz-
recitation, Clio Phillips; , ing heretofore useless matter. It is

I known what is required to produce the

EJEX; recimtionv B“_1't°n 5l3_‘3k_§ D-31981‘.  best potatoes and other crops, each one
reeds and Feedmg of bwmer by l having supplied to it the t-liciniczil iie-

John Bowditch; selection, Mrs. M. E..‘

Bbillips; music, by South Jetferson
Grange choir.
Miis. H. A. HCI\'l{);l‘..

CLI.\'T().\' I‘O)lO.V.\.

Clinton county Pomona Grange will
meet with Be_ngalGrange, Wediiesday,
January 20, 1896. Grange called to or-
der at 10 a. m., in usual form in fourth
degree. ltoll call of ollicers and report
of Subordinate Graiiges until dinner.

Grange again called at 1:23!) p. in. Song; ,,g,,-(.,,1,,,,.L. ,,-_-,1. _,-
by Bengal Grange; roll call of l’0m<>Li'a|

 of tho f,‘2‘.I'l'll can Le l.1JL1ll('1)I‘U(llli,'ilV'9, and

members; response by quotation
scripture text; welcome address, Bro
er If. M. Winston, County Comniissiou
er of schools; response, .J. C. Bronson;
installation of Pomona oliicers; song
by Bengal Grange.

Balance of program given by Ben-
gal Grange.

All fourth degree members invited.
Gzange called in fifth degree at the
clcse of afternoon session.

.\ll{S. C. L. l’i:.ii:ci:. Lecturer.

ALLl:'H_\.\' I‘O_\lON.\.

The Allegan county Pomona Grange
will hold its next. session at Wayland
on January 23, 1836, commencing at
10 a. m. Program: Singing by I’.-.v.ral
Grange choir; address of welcome,Mrs.
E. .\'. Smith; response by Mrs. J. Leg-
Irctt, of Hopkins; a paper by Mr. Coiig-
don, of Bradley; "What changes are
needed in our monetary system.” Hon.
B. N. Bates; paper, Mrs. N. A. Moore,
of 1\.i'c.nterey;“ls the present demand
for taste in education a necessity?”
Frank Chamberlain; " What is our duty
as American citizens?” by T.G. Adams
of Shelbyville. -‘ What is the best way
to promote temperance in our county 2*”
Mrs. Eley of Allegan; recitations by
Mrs. A. Bragg and Mrs. Mattie Slade.
The 5th degree will be conferred in the
evening. The annual election of oili-
cers occurs at this meeting. Reports
of otlicers and of Subordinate Granges.

Glrmslc 

\V. S. Fuller of Grattan Grange
passed away January (5. lie was one
of our oldest members and one who
loved the Grange for its principles and
alwa_vs had a good word for it.

The following oilicers were elected

at -:lv.»_-. regular meeting of DeWitt

Grange Saturday evening, December
25, lI:'Ll»3:_ Master, llenrv N. Webb;
Lecturer, Mrs. C, L. Pearce; Secretary,
Jerome l)ills.

Grattan Grange No. 170. met in reg-
ular session, January 2, for installing
ollicers This year we are trying a new
plan, for us. We have a woman Mas-
ter, .\[~.:-. Clary Slayton, Stanton. Half
of the i-ilicers are ladies. That looks
like equal rights. C. .\l. Slayton is our
.~'eci'»-tary. \Ve hope our Grange will
take a new life with the new nllicers.

Frateinity (,-range .\'o. 5'}, installed
otlicers January ].'1l.l1. The dinner was
a success, for Fraternity profits by the
teaching of the ritual that itis good
for a man to eat and drink and enjoy
good in his labor. Good feeling pre-
vailed.

January 28 is application day. The
question lor discussion is ‘-Ouglit there
to be a more vital connection between
the rural schools of the state and the
Agric:il=:ural College 2’ The outlook is
good for the future.

Mus. EMMA A. C.-l)Il’BEI.L.

Ronald Grange No. 192, held a pub-
lic installation of oliicers Saturday p.
in . January 4. Brother .1. J. Wood-
man, Secretary of the executive com-
mittee of the ‘National Grange. offici-
ated as installing oliicer, after vrhich
Brother Woodman gave us a most ex-
cellent talk, briefly outlining what the
state and national Granges had done
and were trying to do. He also
summed up the condition of the farm-
ers today, giving as his opinion that
our only relief was by organizing
against monopoly. His talk was much
enjoyed by those present, there being
a good attendance from neighboring
Granges. ,

Brother Woodman met with us
again in the evening and by request of
W. M. Chas. Harter, he exemplified the
unwritten work of the Grange. He then
gave the new oflicers and members of
the Grange some good advice to act
upon the ensuing year. Our Grange is
in a very prosperous condition and may
the new officers put their shoulders to
the wheel and not let the Grange wagon
get stuck in the mud. SEC Y.

Fat-hei'——-“W'hat do you mean,
sir, b hugging my daughter!”
Jack o1'd——“I was merely obev-
ing the biblical injunction to ‘hold
fast that which is good.’”——IIar—

lam Life.

She—The man I marry must be
“only a little lower than the
angels.” He (suddenly flopping)-
Here Iain on my knees a little
lower than one of them.’ He got
her.-—.ZVew Ibr/c lVeelcZy.

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cessities of its CXlElOllC8. Lznirl, £1 and
the elcineiits are taxed to fllflilhll the
constituent.-: neces.-'ur_v to the ‘nest growth
of \'(’.’{8I5).tl0l..|. It would have been 8-
surprise to our ance.-:toi'.=. llilll they been
told that tlnere are common plants which
derive a very Sltillll portion of tlieir sub-
sisit-:~ce froni the .-'oil, but are fed from
the 1:21‘ (13:41; \'\'éllt:1'; Il’lL‘l‘*.‘fl.1'f‘, to uiider-
5 stand the tl1i‘TJl'lt','.~.' of (‘.i'::iiingc, rainfall,
 eviipr-i‘:ltioii illlfl :tb.<rii'ptioii are niattcrs
I of the utiiiost lllOlii(‘7Jl'. Toiiotliiiig does
2-. (l(‘l)l as to sci-
ence, for by its 1ll(::ll];'~I the w-.1.-‘to places

~ by the ilitroductiuii of iicwcliciiiiczll ele-
,l nicnts inal:irial aiirl iiiivvli:il<-.‘~'oiile soils
,a1c in.n.z,- fertile Ii.-id lI.l.iSillillll,‘~l into
3 healthy and £l,’.:1"'lT“.Ll)lU dvcelliiig places.
—l\'c\v York Led;;r-1'.

, Gatlieriiigs of Fovrls Designated.
l The following is scriiiewlint technical,
l but may be of l1ll€.‘l‘£‘.~'l to otliers besides
spQ1'ts)_:]cu. “Double I3'.1rrel" writes:
“In your usually accurate columns I no-
tico that you fall into the conimoii mis-
take of speaking of a. ‘covey’ of pheas-
ants. I know that many other people do
the same thing. The term is wrong as
applied to such game. It may be inter-
esting to your readers to know what are
the proper names to apply to assem-
blages of birds, and I therefore send you
a short list of them: A covey of par-
tridges ; anye, nidc, or nest of pheasants;
a herd of swans ; an cxaltiiig of lurks; :7.
Watching of niglitingales; a team of
ducks; :1 muster of peacocks; ii bevy of
quails; a flight of doves; a flock or gag-
gle of geese; :1 spring of teals; a fall of
woodcocks; a pack of grouse; a sedge of
herons; a shoal of rocks; a trip of
widgeon; a wisp or walk of snipe.
There are many others, but these are the
principal. ”—-Exchange.

One \Vay of Obtaining Payment.

“I’ll see about it,” he said, as he
handed the bill to the collector.

“It’s only £5 and"-

“I’ll see about it, I told you. ”

“ And we need money. It would be a
great favor. ”

“Didn’t I say I would call?”

“Yes, but when?”

“Look here," said the debtor, as he
rose up. “Do you mean to insult me?”

“No, sir. I mean to go down to the
newspaper oifices and get them to put
in a notice that you will soon depart for
India. Good day, sir.”

“Here, come back. Here’s your mon-
ey. Do you .-:uppos-e I want 500 collec-
tors makiiig a rush on my office? Please
receipt the bill. Sorry I kept your folks
waiting for it. ”—l_-ondon Globe.

The Vzryv.

One of the If. .iiin torpedo boats has
the above coiisonunial name. To pro-
nounce it you inliule red pepper and
stand on your head.--—-:5-.inorican Engi-
ncer.

llziilroiitl I{i<liie_\'-—lI0w to Avoid It,

Railroad l\'in.lcy is one of the l2tl(‘.~‘[ addi-
tions to the list of special lll.~'C{l>‘(‘.'~',1lllIl n is
.~'airl that irvl-e wholly due to the dust and
,l!l'llllF3 that iiltc-i's into the .<_v.=teiil through the
pores of ill» ,: id \\‘lllcll.lll1(l(’l' continu-
ous l't1ll\\'ll_\' ll't‘.\'*.‘i.lI is iiiipussdvle to erudi-
cutc. To anyone with :.i tender _ to kidiiev
trouble. railroad travel for a week >:l.l4l to be
innst (l2lllg(‘l‘l>lls‘. Tllt‘l‘£‘l.~' ll(lSl1(:ll danger in
ll'2l\'€lllll_" on the L(‘lll‘_"ll Vall0_\‘ Railroad. ow-
ing to the solid stein: ballast lll|'(lll¢_-'”l](llll' and
the use of unilliwiciti: coal only, €ll[ll'L‘l_\' doing
away with «lust and griiiie.

_l'onah’s Gourd Grew Fast.

In one night twenty feet long! That
was a miracle! But Sakze-r’s Sand
Vctch, the coming hay plant, grew 10
inches in seven days on line, dry soil,
without a drop of moisture. That’s
something for drouth tried soil: so is
Giant Spurry, Teosinte and lots of
things you’ll lind in our catalouge.

ll-‘ Yoif WILL CUT Tiiis Orr AND
SEXD it with 10c. postage to. the John
A. Salzer Seed C0,. La.Crosse, Wiscon-
sin,you will receive their mammoth
catalogue and ten packages grasses
find grains, including Sand Vetch,

ree.

The Horticulturists Rule Book.

In 1889 there was published an edi-
tion of tne book with the above title,
the editor being Prof. L. H. Bailey of
Cornell University. A second edition
was published in 1892, and recently a
third edition, revised and extended,
has been published by McMillan in Co..
New York, and sells for 75 cents. It
is worth a great deal more than that to
every man who grows fruit, whether
he has had wide experience or_ not
Perhaps a number of our readers are
acquainted with the book; it not, we
will briefly outline the most important
parts of the contents. There is an al-
phabetical list of insecticides, which
gives for each remedy its value as an
insecticide, and how to use it. This is
given in a very brief way, but is very
clear and plain. In another chapter,
following the same method, is given
the various injurious insects and plant
disease. catalogued in such a way that
any disease or insect can easily be
found. Then there are directions for
making waxes for draughting, for
keening up lands, for making cements,
mortars, paints and glues, seed tables
and planting tables, besides numerous

other chapters devoted to information .
that is worth while having at your
hand. To those who do not know this
book, and do not possess it, we would

value to any fruit grower.

A Very Desirable Calendar.

Calendars of all kinds and sizes her-
ald the coming year. Many are to be
’ had for the asking—-many without
asl~.ing—but to them as to other things
the rule might be applied that what
costs nothing is Worth about what it

lcosis. The calendar we always we]-2
We refer to}
_ W. Ayer & ,
‘Son, .\el.vspapc-r Advertising Agents,;
This issue seems if pos-l

‘ come has just reached us.
lthe one published by N.

l Philadelphia.
lsible better than its predecessors.
llandsome enough fora library, and
.'yet carefully adapted for every—(iav
,use, it is naturally a great favorite.

like to say that this book is of great

Potatoes,

§Tomatoes, Melons, Cabbagef

jTurnips, Lettuce, Peas, Beets,‘

5 Onions, and all Vegetables, re-
move large quantities of Potash
from the soil. Supply

‘ Potash

, in liberal quantities by the use
3 of fertilizers containing not

l'l‘he iirni’s well-known motto, “Keep.  less than 101% actual Pot”

ing everlastingly at it brings succe-ss,”,l ash. Better and

5 appears this year in a new and very at

I more profit-

‘tractive form. The daily presence of § able yields are Sure t0 {‘)H0W-

tlllfi lllsblrlng motto is \‘\'()]‘[h far {more 3 _ (lur ptirnphlets are not rillvertisiiig circ

than the price of any calendar The 3
.date ligures are so large and clear that '

they can easily be seen across the,
; room. The reading matter on the l
-llaps will also possess interest to the
‘progressive. Those who have used this ‘
Ica iendar in other years will not be Slll“
jprised to learn that the demand for it
iis constantly increasing. Once intro-
lduced it becomes a welcome friend. its
; price(25 cents.) includes delivery. in
,1 perfect condition, postage paid, to any
‘ address.

l
Q Special Offer
l .
l Send us fifty cents and we will forward to you
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and cntertaiiiing news. The regular siib.=crip-
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FOR SALE

At rcasoiiablc prices. a choice .-election of
April and May Poland (‘liina pigs. (‘on furnish
pairs. Pedigree with sale. 0. P. (‘. R. ('or-
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OHN BOWDITCH,
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Mention V1.-'i'i'oR.

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regarding the

FOR price-sf of tllie fia-

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TI-IE

Atlantic Monthly

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
h_v Henry James, Miss Jewett, Mrs.
Wiggin. Mrs. Graham, and others.

Important Features of 1896 will
be:

papers on the mostimportant race con-
tributions to A nierican Characteristics
—the German, the Irish. the Scandina-
vian, ctc.—conti'ibui.ing to an analysis
of American national life. and its ten-
dency. Several important papers on
American Cities, showing to what ex-
tent we are developing a beautiful and
well-osdered urban life, ai-id the ten-
dencies or urban developement.

Important Political Studies in which
the issues, and some of the personal—
ities. of the approaching presidential
campaign will be discussed from an in-
dependent point of view.

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-
ter teaching of the mother tongue.

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-
logical study will include two papers
by Mr. J. M. Ludlow. one on Trade
Unions. and one on The Christian
Socialist Movement of the Middle of
the Century. Mrs. Lille B. Chase Wy-
man will furnish some studies of Girls
in a. Valley.

Write for particulars of our Special
Offer of 'l‘ennyson’s Poetical Works.

On all paid up subscriptions received before
December 20th, we will mail the November and
December issues without charge. 35 cents a
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sender. and therefore remittances ‘should be
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