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“THE EABJIIER [8 OF MORE COZVSEQ FENCE TIL-11V  EARJI, AND SIIO ULD I-IE FIRST IJ[1’ROT'ED."

VOL. XXI. NO. 3.

CHARLOTTE, MICHIGAN, FEBRUARY +-., 159.5.

\VHOLE NO. -1523.

Legislative Action.

Report of Committee, State Grange,

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Your Committee on Legislative Action
offer the following report for your consid-
eration:

We commend the policy of the State
Grange at its annual session in 1894, which
by resolution instructed the executive com-
niitttee before leaving Lansing, to select
not to exceed four measures passed by that
body, and push them in the legislature of
1895. Of the measures thus selected sev-
eral were enacted into laws, after strenii-
ous effort put forth by the Grange and
members of the legislature who were nieni-
bers of our Order. The farmers of the
state are now awaiting results from these
new laws. Prominent among these meas-
were the tax statistician bill, ure food bill
and farmers’ institute bill. be tax stat-
istician law is one whose operation will be
watched with unusual interest by taxpay-

_ers, as the question of equitable taxation is
now prominently before the ublic waiting
such legislative action as willjgive a more
just distribution of the burdens of taxation.
The fight now on for pure food will un-
doubtedly be a severe and protracted one,
but one in which both producer and con-
sumer should stand shoulder to shoulder,
until the nianufacturer and vender of
adiilterated food products are completely
routed.

The efficiency of the farmers‘ institute
law will be thoroughly tested the present
winter, and we hope will prove a splendid
educator in every county where an insti-

It ought to pnj Michigan up

ii full line with other states in institute

1395,

(if {[05

«.work. Farmers of the progressive type

are waking up to the fact that they must
be on the alert to get their due in state and
national legislation. They must take
more interest in the laws by which they
are governed. They must see that no
measures, under the guise of helping the
farmers, but which really mean additional
taxation without substantial benefit, be-
come laws without an earnest protest
against them on their part.

Farmers can be a power if they stand in
solid phalanx against oppressive legisla-
tion. They should watch closely legisla-
tave appropriations for state institutions
and see that they are kept within the lim-
its of true economy, as there is a strong
tendency to increased e.\'penditure of the
peoples money at a time when the price
of farui produce is at low water mark.

Farmers need to look well to the class
of men who are to represent them in the
legislature and in congress, that they are
men of known character and sterling in-
tegrity, and not merely political biimmcrs
and self seekers, but emphatically men
who regard public office as a public trust.

The general report was adopted.

Of resoliitioiis referred to your commit-
tee we make the following i'eport:

Resolved, That the principle of local option
should be extended to cities and villages.

Resolved, That we do most urgently request
all Patrons and our representatives in congress,
and the legislature to labor with voice and vote,
for the enactment and enforcement of such
laws as shall tend to the total suppression of
the manufacture of intoxicating beverages.

Resolved, That we heartily favor the thor-
ough discussion in every Subordinate Grange in
this state of the general plan proposed in the
bill known as the “Redfern liquor commission
bill, and published in the C-RANGE VISITOR of
October 3. .

For the above resolutions we make the
following substitute:

Believing that no law is stronger than the
public sentiment back of it. we favor the strict
enforcement of the present temperance law, and
that temperance legislation be made more strin-
gent as soon as public sentiment demands it
and will enforce it. We recommend a thorough
discussion by the subordinate Granges of the
state, of the bill known as the “Redfern liquor
commission bill,” published in the GRANGE
VISITOR of October 3.

Substitute adopted.

Resolved, That the Michigan State Grange
endorses the principle of the initiative and ref-
erendum.

Referred back without recommendation.

Motion prevailed to lay on the table.

For the resolution in prohibiting oleo-
margarine, cottolene and horsebeef, we
offer the following substitute:

Believing the people are entitled to know just

what they are buying and get exactly what they
pay for; be it therefore _

Resolved, That we earnestly ask the legis-
lature to enact a strengthening clause to the
present pure food laws.

Substitute adopted.

In reference to the resolution from Capitol
Grange in regard to the election of Lnited
States senators: we reaffirm the position taken
by the State Grange that United States sena-
tors be elected by the people.

Resolution was adopted.

Resolution from Paris Grange No. 19,
relative to buying votes:

The ground already being covered by the
present law, we refer it back without action.

Motion prevailed to lay on the table.

Resolution from Pennfield Grange No. 85, de-
manding the repeal of the law passed by the
last legislature for the protection _of skunk,
mink and raccoon. Referred back without rec-
ommendtion.

. Resolution was adopted.

Resolution from Cass county Pomona Grange
asking for the repeal of such part of the fish
law as relates to the spearing of fish in any of
the waters of southern Michigan. We refer
back without recommendation.

Motion prevailed to lay on the table.

Resolution from Oxford Grange, Oakland
county, asking the reduction of the salaries of
the judges of the supreme court to 34,000.

We reaffirm the position of the State Grange
of 1894, that they be reduced from $7,000 to $5,-
000.

Resolution was adopted.

Resolution of Paris Grange No. 19.

Resolved, That any person found guilty
of any of the following offenses
should be punished by being whipped at a.
whipping post: Drunkenness, wife beating,
non-support of one’s family, thieving, selling or
giving intoxicating liquors to minors. or drunk-
ards, and violating license laws.

Adding to this list. any man running away

with another man's wife,_we concur in the reso-

lution.
Recommendation of committee was not
concurred in.
Resolution was tabled.

Resolution from Grass Creek Grange No 425,
relative to free mail delivery in rural districts.

We reaffirm the position taken by the State
Grange heretofore in favor of free mail delivery
in rural districts.

Resolution was adopted.

Resolution from Oxford Grange, that our
laws should be changed. providing for a board
of countv auditors, instead of the present need-
less, expensive system of board of supervisors,

{efcrrcd back without recommendation.
Motion prevailed to lay on table.

Resolution from St, Clair county, demanding
that beef shipped into the state shall be taxed
S2 50 per hundred to protect our home beef, is
found to be unconstitutional, and we recom-
mend that it be not adopted.

Recommendation concurred in.

Resolved, That we favor the abolition of the
present spoils system in vogue in the various
departments in our state capitol, and the sub-
stitution therefor of some system which will re-
ward merit. and place all the business of the
departments on a business basis, by carrying on
the work of the departments as nearly as possi-
in accord with the rules of ordinary business
corporations.

Referred back without reconiniendation.
Motion prevailed to lay on table.
Resolution:

Whereas. The will of the people at the
ballot box is largely defied by the
practice of druggists selling liquors as never-
ages in local option counties; therefore

Resolved, That we, members of Eaton
county Pomona Grange, respectfully request
the State Grange to use its influence in its Leg-
islative Committee, to secure such legislation as
shall emphatically sustain the will of the people
in said counties.

The committee recommend its adoption.

Recommendation concurred in.

In place of a resolution from Essex Grange
No. 439, Clinton county, relative to amending
State Constitution, we offer the following sub-
stitute:

Believing that in the interest of economy and
justice, many parts of the constitution of the
State _need amending, toward that end we ask
a free discussion of the subject in the Subordi-
nate Granges of the state.

Substitute adopted.

All of which is respectfiillv submitted.
JOHN K. CAMPBELL,
D. D. BUELL,
C. C. HOLLENBECK,
J. T. Noimis.
Mas. VVM. MCDOUGALL,
Mas. JOHN HUNT,
MRS. J. E. Howann.

The Round Up Institute.

The indications are that there will be a
splendid attendance at the Round-Up in-
stitute in Grand Rapids, February 11-14.

VVe have asked each Subordinate Grange
tosenda delegate, and hope all will re-
sjluiil. Consult the program below for
particulars about topics and rates.

A PROGRAM.

cu. IRMAN, nos. GEO. B. HORTON. TUESDAY
-EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, 7:30 o‘cLoci(.
Putnam Hall. Nos. 62 and 64 Pearl Street.

A\V'ordof(‘reet' ,L.J.R' d .(‘ dR ‘d‘.
‘Address, Gojv. JolilngT. f{lCl.\,lT4a‘Tle:'lIJ1gr.an aw 5

-The Purpose of the Agricultural College." Dr. Howard

Edwards. Agricultural College.

“Food A_dulterations," W. L. Rossman. State Analyst,
._ Lansing.

WEDNESDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 12.‘

Cultivation and (‘are of Peaches." Roland Morrill. Ben-
. ton Harbor.
giscussion. led by C. Monroe. South Haven.
. Marketing Peaches. R. D. Graham. Grand Rapids.
“iscussion_, led by Lharles A. Sessions, Shelby.
_.-Peaches in the Interior of Michigan," H. P. Gladden,
_ Agricultural Colle e.
Discussion. led_by H.  Bramin. Grand Rapids,
‘Bees and Horticulture,” Prof. W. B. Barrows, Agricul-
. _ tural College.
yiscussion, led by Jos. A. Pearce. Grand Rapids.
" WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
'.‘Curraiits and Gooseberries.” J. N. Stearns.
Discussion. led by Z. V. Glieney. Grand Ra ids.
.:‘§ucces.sful Strawberry (1g_owiniz.“  M. ellogg, Ionia.
Discussion, led by Thos. W i_lde. Herrington.
The V alue of spraying in Horticultural Economy,”
. Prof. L. R. Taft, Agricultural College.
_Discussion, led by W. K. Manson. Grand Rapids.
 \\'EDl\'I-JSDAY EVENING.
=$‘Tlie Ifarm Home Reading Circle,” H. W. Mumford,
,». Agricultural College
.?‘Forcing Ve efables under Glass." Thos. Gunson, Agri-
‘,_ cultural College.
“-‘A Plea for Unity of Action Among Farmers," Hon. F.
», W. Redfern. Maple Rapids.
THURSDAY MORNING, I~‘EBm:AR\' 13.
_f‘Ecpno1mical Methods of Sheep Feeding," H. W. Mum-
or

;Dis_cussion._led by Hon. H. H. Hinds. Stanton.
“Will Feedin for Beef Pay in Micliigan‘!" Hon. W. E.
Boyden, De hi Mills.
Discussion. led by Major A. F. Kelsey. Ionizi.
"Practical Methods in Stock Breeding," Hon. Wm. Ball.
Discussion, led by H. G. Holt. Cascade.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

C?‘n,he Dairy Herd—Breeding," J. H. Brown. Climax.
' , . led by Aaron Clark. Midrlleville

Dairy He-.rd—Feeding and Care,” ‘Prof. C. D.

Jfi -
‘ DlSCuSSl0D, led by L. J. Rindge, Grand ‘Rapids.

"The Babcock Tester,“ J. H. Brown, Climax.

“Making Good Butter," illustrated with dairy apparatus,
G. H. True, Agricultural College.

TIIURSDAY E\‘E.\'IY\‘G.
“The Micliigaii Experiment Station," Prof. C. D. Smith.
“Tlie(I}oli1liiig Point. ‘ Prof. P. B. ‘V oodwortli, Agricultural
o cue.

"Forest Fires." illii:-tratecl lecture. Dr. W. J, Bea], Agri-
cultural College.

FRID\1' _\iuP..\'IxG. Fl3BRCAR‘x' 11.

“Water in the Soil.” Hon. A. C. Gliddcn, Paw Paw.

Dl:Cll>Sllin: led by Lewis G. Solomon, Dutton.

"Coniiii('rr:ial Fertilizer.-—Is their Cse Profitable for the

_ General Farmcr’." Prof. F.  lxedzie. Agzril College.

.Dl>Cll>.~l02.l. led by E.‘ C. bcarce. Grand Rapids.

"The Present Sfuiidiiig of Ensiliigc as a Food for the
V Hl‘lU115 lxinds of Stock," Hon. 1. H. Butterfield, Ag-
!‘l(:llll’1ll'ill ('oll::L’e.

Discussioii. led by Henry J. Martin. Vi-rinontvillc.

FllII);\Y .\i=Tl:i:.\'oox.
“Grmvinrz Potatoes." 1. N. Cowilrc_\‘. Ithaca.
' ' led by L. J. Post, Lowell.
. ,.  .\. A. Crozier. Agricultural Coll-'.-ate.
. ii. lo-d liy_Franklin B21TIlll{lTf_.(i!:allll Rapids.

“-Wlieats for .‘..lichigan," Dr. R. C. hedzie, Agricultural

College.
FP.ID.\Y i3\‘i;.\‘ING.

"Taxation." Prof. W. 0. Hedrick. Agricultural (‘ollc-;.:c.

"The Faiuiit-r's Contribiitiun to Society,“ Ex-Gov. Cyrus
(E. Luce.

Wonian ‘s Section ,

Y. .\I. C. A. Biiildiiig. Corner Pearl and Ionia Sts.
Condiictor. Mrs. Mary A. Mayo. Battle Creek.
v. EI).\.‘EtiD.\Y AFTi;it.\'0ox. Fi:ur:L’.-\ii\' 12.
"THE KlT(‘HEN."
“Kifrrlien Economy," illustrated with kitchen appliances,
Miss Margiirct M. Sill. Detroit.
Disciission. led by Mrs. ._\Iar_v A.‘Mayo. _ _
“The (‘heniistry of the lxitclien, ’ Prof‘. F. S. I\O(lZl(“, Ag-
ricultural Collr.-Lre. .
Discussion. led by Mrs. M. M. Moon. Grand Rapids.
'I‘lll'R>1D.-\Y Al-‘TEROON, Fl-.‘BRU.\R‘i' 13.
"THE RURAL HOME."

“Making Hoiisework Easier," Mrs. Mary A. Mayo.
IJlHCl1.~’>‘l-')n. led by Mrs. H. Gaylord Holt, _('ascade.
"Saving Steps.“ Mrs. Win. T. Adams, Paris.

“Art in the Rural Home." Prof. W. S. Holdswortli. Ag-

ricultural College, _
Discussion. led by Mrs. Sarah Smith, Grand Rapids.
FRIDAY AFTERXOON, FEBRUARY 14.
"MOTHER AND DAL‘-(1‘l-ITER"
“Mother and dauglitcr." Mrs. Mary A. Mayo. _
“A Mother's View," Mrs. James B. Smith. Grand Rapids.
"The Dauglitt-r’s Side.” Mrs. Myrtle Koon Chcrryinan
and others. _
“A Physician s Counsel," Dr. Maria W. Norris.
General Discussion. '
MECHA.\'LICAL SECTION

will be held \Vednesday and Thursday
evening in Y. M. C. A. Building.

THE EXHIBIT.

Just below Putnian Hall opening on
Pearl street, a large store has been secured
for the exhibit of products and appliances.
This will be made a prominent feature of
the Institute. Growers, manufacturers
and dealers are cordially invited to show
their products and apparatus. _

Fruits, vegetables and grains, especially
the newer sorts, will be very appropriate.
Dairv utensils, spray pumps, and all kinds
of small tools and contrivances to lighten
labor are especially desirable. Do not
neglect this accompaniment of our great
convention.

REDUCED RAILROAD RATES.

Railroad rates have been secured as fol-
lows:

The Michigan Passenger Association has
granted a special rate of a fare and a third
for the round trip to this “Round—L7p.”
The following conditions must be observed:

1. Each person during the excursion
rate must purchase a first-class ticket to
the place of meeting, for which he will pay
the regular fare, and upon request, the
agent will issue a 1»/v’/Merl «-u'z‘z,'7i'c«zz‘r» qfynu-—
(7/(rI«S‘c.

2. If through tickets cannot be piir-
chased at the starting point, parties will
purchase to the nearest point where such
through ticket can be obtained, and there
purchase through to the place of meeting,
'/*«:I]uc:s'z‘[22g /L t2'r.*K‘«_-2‘. ,f'/mu 1‘/to t/.'c.'l'ct ag/«x/if at
Me [mini 7.1,‘/it’/‘C «dc/4 ,1/it/‘Ir/awe is I/tr/114:.

3. Tickets for the 1'0-llll‘ll journey will
be sold by the ticket agent at the place of
meeting, at one third the first-class limited
fare, on presentation of certificate signed
by the ticket agent at the point where
through ticket to place of meeting was
purchased, coiintersigned by signature
written in ink by the secretary or clerk of
the association, certifying that the holder
has been in regular attendance at the ii1eet—
ing, and signed and stamped by the special
agent of the railway association of Michi-
gan.

4. Tickets for return journey will be
furnished only on certificates procured not
more than three days before the meeting
assembles, nor more than two days after
the first of the meeting, and will be avail-
able for continuous passage only. Certifi-
cates will not be honored unless presented

,within three days after the gljoiii‘iiiiienf_,of

the meeting.

 ,7\7; ’/’t"fll7)I]I{f1_f‘i(/'1, mm In c.I‘]II:I.‘/1'/lilo"
crn/.s*r; of fit/'lzm.< qf 2‘//w /H//'z‘¢'«x to «.1;/«(in
cc/‘f /:]‘I,(.'flf« us‘.

If the local agent has no printed certifi-
cate, be sure to get a receipt from him.

T/Ar:-W (fix/‘f/:Tl'(‘r/fa-~' //«Ms! I/Hf 71:; I,’/‘I/.//«~_'fl_,’I'l’«-'4].

GRAND ll.-\l'Il).\' iioTi:i.s.

The hotels of Grand Rapids are commo-
dious and liospitable. The Morton and
Livin_;ston furnish evcrytliing that can be
desired at reasonable rates. The special
concessions for the Institute have been
given as follows:

Swect‘s Hotel, $1.50 to $2.oo.
Eagle House, $1.00.
Bridge b‘t1'cet Iloiise. $l.H0.

These are very liberal rates indeed, and
put it within the range of possibilities
for a tlioiisand farmers and their families to
attend this grand agriciiltiiral meeting.
Grand Rapids has a number of fine reslaii-
rants conveniently located where dinners
can be obtained by those spending the day
in the city, for twenty-five cents.

For Students of Politics.

The ’l‘ribnne Almanac for 1896 may now be
had for 25 cents a. copy. Whatever may be
thought of The Tribune itself as the aggressive
advocate of a special view of all matters, polit-
ical and partisan, it may be frank-ly conceded
that there is no partisanship in its Almanac.
It is as honest as the day and gives exact facts
and figures on all questions fearlessly and fair-
ly. There used to be a man in New York with
a. mind for figures, who made a deliberate study
of The Tribune Almanac every year, merely
for amusement, picked out every error he could
find and favored The Tribune with his merciless
conclusions. It is an interesting fact that for 2
years he has not been able to find a flaw. The
Tribune Almanac for 1896 will be carefully re-
ferred to this year for all sorts of political and
other information, and buyers will find it all
there—l’opulist or Democrat, Republican or
Free Silver man, no one need fear that he will
be misled on a single page of this well equipped,
complete and thorough going publication.

How’ s This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Gatarrh that cannot be cured by
Ha.ll’s Catarrh Cure.

F. J. Uheney &. Co., Props, Toledo. Ohio.

We the undersigned have known F.J. Cheney
for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transactions and finan-
cially able to carry out any obligation made by
their firm.

WEST & TRUAX, Wholesale Druggists, Tole-
do, 0., WALDING, KINNAN oz MARVIN, Whole-
sale Drnggists, Toledo, 0

Hall’a Oatarrh Cure is taken internally, act-
ing directly noon the blood mucous surfaces of
the system. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
druggists. Testimonials free.


E M51 and S-tack
Stump Lands and Their Use.

BY VV. S. MERRILL.

The state of Michigan is the paradise of
specialists in farming. The rich, loamy,
central and southern region has its wheat
and stock raisers, the elevated ridges along
the western shore are developing fruit
growers, and the hard wood lands further
north are being cleared to make potato
fields.

There are, however, thousands of acres
of land, once covered with pine forests,
which the luniberman has abandoned, and
which seem to be neglected by both spe-
cialist and general farmer. The writer has
long been of the opinion that this class of
lands is valuable for agricultural purposes,
notwithstanding its 1 cheapness. Pine
stump land is generally sandy, but with
proper handling can be made profitably
fertile. It requires no specialty, it is not
adapted to any one special crop. but needs
a slight modification of the principles of
general farmin_g. First of all, a little care
or science in locating a piece of land of
this kind for a farm. Any experienced
woodsnian who has been over large tracts
of stump land cannot fail to notice the fact
that they are nearly always interspersetl
with small marshes and swamps, and otlier-
wise well watered.

These marshes contain layers of muck,
the deposits of centuries of vegetable
growth, and are mines of wealth for the
purpose of making fertilizers.

Let the young man who is anxious to be-
come a successful farmer, but who has not
the means to purchase an improved home-
stead, locate on one of these quarter sections
of stump land which has a swamp or marsh
somewhere within its boundaries. A little
hard work and perseverance clears the
land. At this stage of proceedings, plan
to have a large acreage of corn and rye.
Keep enough cattle and hogs to feed the
same and fatten them for market, rein-
forced also by a large force of hens. which
help increase the revenue. Apples and
small fruit grow almost spontaneously on
sandy land, let them have a large place in
the general plan.

Draw out the swamp muck, decompose
it with lime, and compost with stable ma-
nure. \Vith this fertilizer, and turning
under an occasional crop of rye, the once
barren looking sand becomes a garden of
fertilit_y, a source of wealth to the owner,
and one of the ever bright examples of the
triumph of practical science.

<$,But what of the pine stumps 3” ex-
claims someone who has not seen this re-
sult of knowledge and experience. \\'ith
the present improved niachines the reiiiov-
al of the stumps is no longer a diflicult
problem, and once out of the ground they
are worth all their cost for the purpose of
fencing. It is a common mistake to assert
that sandy soil is not rich enough for
wheat. It is not lack of fertility. but lack of
nioisturc. Rye matures early and is head-
ed out before the usual dry weather of
summer. Corn is, to a certain extent, an
atmospheric plant and endures dry weath-
er, so that, with sutficient fertilizer. an
immense crop can be raised on the lightest
sandy soil that ever grew pine trees.

Indeed, i\Ii<?lii;’;21n-is ti g1_‘e€1.t. state, and
with all its wealth of agriculture and manu-
factures it still offers the best inducements
to the industrious honie—seeker who would
cai've out a fortune from the soil, and en-
joy the freedom and independence of a real

Patron of Husbandry.
Ashlaml Center. Ncwuyrjo Coimty.

The Different Varieties of Hens.

BY A. K. CLARK.

I do not profess to be posted on all va-
rieties, only by test as far as I have gone.
I started out to study the poultry business
for profit from a farmei"'s standpoint. I
am not a fancier, and am not raising fine
birds to exhibit or to sell high priced eggs.
If that was my object I should keep the
hens that were most called foi and keep
them well advertised. But I have been
looking for the most profitable hen for a
farmer to keep. I take and read many
poultry papers, also read_statem_en_ts from
many poultry breeders with their ideas “set
forth, andl have come to the conclusion
that many of them are cranks. They
praise up the variety they are the most in-
terested in, for their own interest, while
there may be no real merit in them. I
have tried a number ‘of our best varieties
which have been so highly set forth by the

writers, to find a hen which would be the '

best ada ted to the farmer for profit. Now,
I want the best layer the year around, also
the best table and market fowl. I am often
asked what is the best all-purpose fowl. I can
hardly tell what full blood hen fills the bill.
The Plymouth Rock comes the nearest to
it with my experience. 1 will try and give
you some of the merits and demerits of
some of the different breeds that I have
tested.

The Plymouth Rocks are the best for
market, always sell well, and are more
called for on the market than any others.

THE G‘rRANGE’VISITOR.

They weigh heavy. I have shipped coops
of 20 hens that would average 6 pounds
each. They develop quick, and make the
best broilers. They lay as well as any,
take the year around. They want to sit
often, but if broken up they soon go to
work again in a few (lays and keep it up
the year through, except in nioulting, and
some of them will then lay till they are al-
most bare of feathers. They are indolent
and are liable to put on fat, are more sub-
ject to disease, are very heavily feathered,
and are more apt to have lice.

The Brown Leghorn is my next favorite,
though for market or table use they have
very little merit. They are small, aver-
aging from 35- to 4 pounds as hens, and not
as rich, sweet meat, but develop quick for
broilers, but are small, weighing from 1 to
1-}; pounds each. But when you come to
the egg producers they beat all others.
They lay early. April chicks will lay in
September and keep it up all winter.
They scarcely ever want to sit till two
years old. If they do take a notion to sift
it is hard to break them up. They take a
long rest at moulting time, are very ner '-
ous’ and wild and hard to fence againe .,
and very hardy. Take a flock of full
bloods. they are perfect beauties especially
the roosters. Fanny Fields says they are
perfect little dudes and proud as peacocks.
For winter layers they are ahead of any.I
have ever kept. I have one coop of T5 of
them, all pullets, and I am now getting
more eggs from them than from three
other coops with the same number of hens
of all varieties up to this, the 12th day of
January.

Now comes the Black Minorcas. I heard
so much about them I tried them for two
years. They are not a good market fowl.
Their flesh is dark and not very good and
they are very slow to develop. They are
larger than the Brown Leghorn and very
heavy for their size. They have too large
combs, especially the hens. The combs
lop over so as to entirely cover one eye.
They are not early layers and are not win-
ter layers but will lay well in the sunimer.
are iion-sitters and are quite healthy, but
they do not fill my bill, but when crossed
with the Plymouth Rocks they make a nice
large hen.

T he \\'yandotte is next to the Plyiiioiith
Rock for an all purpose fowl. They are

much the same nature, but their Asiatic
blood makes them persistent sitters, and
when you get them broken up they will
only lay 4 or 5 eggs before they are ready
to sit again, and it is just so all summer.
They make good sitters and good inot_her [
hens but they do not fill the bill. Ne:%3i.s

the Light Brahma. They are large. we _;;.‘A

heavy, and bring a good price when put
on the market, but it takes 6 or 8 months
before you can get them ready for market,
and then they are a great coarse fowl.
They are great feeders when fully devel-
oped they will sit down and eat till they
get so fat they will die. I have lost them
in that way. They are easy to fence
against and as docile  a pig. but they are
not the chick to fill ni_v bill. I have had
the l\'hite Cochin. did not keep them
long: they are like their sisters. the B1111’
Cochin, they want to sit all the time. The
Black Spanish are good layers. but lack all
the other qualities. The \\'hite Crested
Polish are good layers but, not winter lay-
ers, they class with those of the European
hens‘. A

I llzlie tried hens of ci'osscs of many
other kinds but can not speak of their iiier-
its as full—bloods. The practice of some
farincrs is to get eggs from neighbors or
buy a rooster and cross up in that way. I
bought a flock of 30 hens this past fall and
there were all kinds of cro:-sses, such as
Houdan. \\'yandotte, Black Spaiiish,
Brown Leghorn, I’lyinouth Rocks, but no
full-bloods. I do not think that crosses of
this kind are profitable as I said in one of
my former papers. I like crosses, but I
have my preference——I always want a full-
blood rooster. Our farmers all admit that
a full blood size for stock is preferable and
just so in poultry. Give me a full-blood
rooster with barnyard hens and they are
very much improved. Put a Plymouth
Rock rooster with Brown Leghorn hens
and you get a good fowl. The roosters
are marked like the rooster and the pullets
like the hen all but the color which will
usually be black. The Plymouth Rock and
Brown Leghorn vice versa: they partake
of the two varieties. The \V'hite Leghorn
I have not tried except in some crosses
that I have bought, but a neighbor of
mine has them. He thinks they are good
layers. I have made this long enough so
I will close. My next will be on the care
of young chicks.

Lakeside, Bcrricn County. a

Good Roads Convention.

Erecuz‘//16 Ofiice, il[£c/zz'_(/an, %
1Ia72.s‘-I-22,(/, Jazmmiy 6, 1896.

TO THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,
GREETING!

'Within the last few years great interest
has been manifested in our highways, and
the movement for better roads has already
borne fruit in some localities in our state,
and in some of our sister states it has

shown much greater results. This is as it
should be, yet, it must be admitted that

kept pace with our advancement as a state,
and t

the better should be made.

That better roads and a better svsteni of
making and maintaining them woiild pro-
mote_ the best interests of our people, and
that it can be advocated upon the grounds
of good business policy and economy, is too
plain to admit of argunient. '

How this can best be accoinplishcd is a
question that all should be interested in,

and it is no exception to the rule that there  for higli-class cider, and there is no reason

are many dilferences of opinion among
those who wish to arrive at the saine re-
sult.

Believin_g that a conference of those in-
terested in this subject would prove of ina-
terial benctit to our state, and in response
to the urgent request of numerous citizens
of the state from localities widely separated.
a “Good Roads Convention‘; is hereby-
called to meet in the hall of the House of
Representatives, at the Capitol, in Lansing,
on the third day of March, 1896, at two
o‘_clock p. in. It is hoped the attendance
will not be confined to a few localities,
but that tlieiciiiay bea general atteiidance
of representative citizens from every por-
tion of our state. The subject  one well
worthy of discussion in the press, and in
organizations having for their object the
promotion of the best interests of our state
and its people.

This convention will be a Mass Conven-
tion, and all interested are cordially in-
vited. There is no provision for any“com—
pensation for time or expenses, and those
who attend must do so because of their iii-
terest in the cause. JOHN T. lticii.

Some Growing Exports.

EXl’OI{'I'.5‘ OF BARLEY.
Secretary .\Iorton'.< Report, 1~S4~l.

There has been a steadily g_»'rowingde—
niand for Barley exportaltion to Gi'cat
iritain. This demand amounted during
the first nine months of 1894 to an increase
over last year of lh‘.<>O0.0UH bushels. The
universal use of barley by brewers in Eng-
land maintains a steady and eoiiistant niar—
ket for the liighest grades of that cereal.
Hard, firm, and bright grain barley from
the northwestern states and California
commands higher prices than many Euro-
pean barleys. That kind of American bar-
ley is second best to the best grade bar-
leys of Sniyrna, and is regarded among the
best. nialting barleys in the British markets.
-The average yield per acre‘ of barley in‘
Great Britain is 3-1 bushels, though the
drought of INJ:-I reduced it to an average
of 21! bushels. There are ;’,2.3H,UHH acres,
average, of barley in the United Kingdom
aiimially, so that the annual product is
something like T5_,HUU.HW imperial bush-
els. though the harvest of 159%: shows only
4}.3.T4<i.0oo buslicls.

In seven years the export of barley from
the United States to Great Britain lias
grown from nothing into a very consider-
able trade. The avcrage price in England
during the year 1519-} of good, bright bar-
ley, per bushel of .513 pounds, has been 77
1-5 cents.

The supply of the best quziiity of malt‘
ing barley is limited, but there are states
in the Aniericaii Union which have great
advaiitagcs for the production of the very
highest grades of this cereal, and the mar-
ket seems to be growing one into which
American farniers can pour a large volume
of rcmunerative products everv vear.

TIIE ILVITEI) {\"IATl-IS Al'l’LE TR.-‘il)E WITH
E.\'(3LANl).

During the year 1.*~'92 England took in
from the lfiiitcd States and Canada -l..3oo-
oO0 bushels of apples, valued at 543,31" l.‘HfH>.
In the year 1-893’, however, owing to poor
crops in this country and Canada, and not
because of a want of a market in Eng-
land, she purchased only 5’:.-l00.0W’ ‘H1511-
els. valued at S-l,10o,WU; and during the
nine months ending with Septe.inbei'. 1594,
Great Britain took 1,9()o,o<'H) buslicls of

apples, valued at $2,500,l’M)Q. The apple ,
market in Great Britain during the spring 1
is largely supplied from Australasia. New 1
Zealaiid, France, and Italy, the import 
from the latter country being a novelty 
which was witnessed for the first time dur— g

ing the year 18%.

The English apple crop is gathered in .

the early autumn and partially supplies
the markets until about the middle of bep-_
teniber. Then the first shipments of
American apples begin to arrive. They
consist of summer fruit. They are very

tender and require immediate sale. They 
I make a sermon, than a learned upholstei'er

are packed in what are known as “New
York barrels,” containing three bushels
and running 1 cwt. in weight. These bar-
rels are smaller by 25 pounds than those in
which the Canadian apples reach that mar-
ket. But it is rather an advantage to the
American trade that the barrel is_ smaller.
It is not believed in Great Britain that if
the barrels were made larger the corres-
ponding increase in price could be obtained.

Canadian apples begin to arrive in Lon-
don at the end of October. As a rule they
are firm, hard and fine colored, and coni-

, ; Canadian bring $2.91 to 33.8?
e time has come when a change for

A carefully l’1J.I1(ll0( and properly pac

-for Aiiierican horses.

FEBRUARY 6, 1896.

niand the best prices through the winter.-

_ _ _ American apples average, wholesale, $225‘
the improvement in this direction has not .

to $3.15 per "New York barrel,” While‘ the
1' "Cam-
dian barrel.” The 1894 app e crop of
England is exceptionally sin. I, owing to
a late frost in the spring. The market for
American apples will be good throughout
the entire coming winter. It is important.
that the shippers understand that only
choice fruit will pay profit on shipments.
It is equally im ortant that the apples be
‘ed.
There is also a good demand in England

why the American farmer should not ex-

; port in this form the apples not pi'operiy’

conditioned for shipment. At the pres-eiit‘
time English cider is selling at 2:: cents
pcr gallon, with a prospect of conimandiiig
25 cents during the greater part of the

. winter.

EX PORTS O I-' HORSES.

There is a growing demand in Engliiiid
Duriiig the first
nine months of the year 1-*9-L the English
iiiarket. took 2,811 American driving\hor-
ses, at an average value of $13.0 per head.
Last year the average price of those shipped
was $2230. A sound, light draft liorse. in
good condition, of the size and weight
adapted to omnibus work in cities, will
generally bring, in Liver iool or London,
$150. Nearly all of the siiipiiieiits of hor-
ses thus far from the United States to
England have been through English buy-
ers. Arriving in England, the aiiinxals are
put out to glass. as a rule. for a month at
least, and are then sold at auction. Cana-
da has about an equal share with ourselves
in the English horse niarket, although
Canadian sliipiiicnts have the reputation of
being somewhat better in «piality.

The average price of Canadian gcl<liu«_i.\'
during the last nine months has been Sllio,
as against 3'12".) for American. The Eng-
lish u1idcrst:ind perfectly well that prices

I of horses have fallen in the United States

on account of the extensive substitutioii of
trolleys and bicycles for lioiuscs, and it is
generally conceded that considerable de-
mand for American ll01'.~‘0>‘ will soon spring
up through Europe. The great omnibus
and traniway conipanies of London are re-
cruitiiig their stocks from the lfnited States-
aiid Canada very gcncrall y at the present
time.
1’UTA'I‘(_)I-‘.>‘.

The Briti:s:h acreage in potatoes has not
varied inatcrially from half a million acres
during many vcars. In Ireland the acre-

age has graduially fallen. in the course of .

fifteen years, fi"oni o'42‘,ooo acres to 7:30,-
UUU acres. The potato product of the

Channel Islands, I<‘raiicc, and Belgium’

aniounts to about I.},o< l1_)‘Hl MI cwt. every
year. But during the your IW4, up to and
inclusive of the month of May, a co1isidcr—
able sliipnient of potatoes was made from
Eiiglaiid to the United State.-‘. \\'hcn tliosc
shipments were iiizule, pot:1toc.swci'c selling
in New York for $2.23.’; per sack of Isis’
pounds, and the price in England was $7.25!’
to $l'_‘.l.3 per ton of 2.24‘! pounds. In Oc-
tober. l-Sol. potatoes were selling in New
York at $1.8 per sack of 10%; pounds.
while the prices ranged in England at from
5.~‘1+.¢;o to $17 per ton.

The cost. of transportation for potatoe.-:
from Great Britain to the Cnitcd States
per ton is about as follows: _ llrayage to
the ship. I'M cents; freiglit. >32-1.11:5; saicks,
$1.50. To these figui'es must be added iii-
surance, duties, and coiiiniissioiis on this
side. The duty is put on to protect the
"infant industry" of potato growing in the
United Stzitcs. It is suppo.s-ed to make

E higher prices for those Americans who

raise potatoes, and lower ones for those
who eat them. A protective taritl‘ is al-
ways depicted by its advocates as a dual
ble;<siiig to the farmer. so adjusted as to
alwaysienliance the things he sells and
cheapeii the things he buys. llowever,
English potato dealers do not look to the
New York market for sales until prices
there reach about $13.23 per sack. The po-
tato crop of Eiiglaiid this year is so limited

s that we shall not be able to draw supplies

from there, even at higher prices than were
obtained last year.

Hand and Eye Education.

I hear much said about the higher edu-
cation. Yes, we want it, but we want
niore—a broader education. VVe want ed-
ucation of the hand and of the eye, not
merely of the brain. \\'e want education
the issue of which shall be a whole man-
hood, the objects which shall be life, not

: merely the so-called learned professions.

It is easier to finda learned minister to

to make a chair. It is easier to find a.
skilled surgeon to mend a broken bone,
than a skilled plumber to mend a broken
pipe. And we will come, and we ought to
come (and it is in this direction that the re-
forms of the future lie.) to a system of edu-
cation which will not have its eye on the
four leai;ned professions-—law, iiiinistry,
medicine, and teaching—but which will.
provide with equal fidelity, largeness, and
generosity for the hand-workers and the
eye-workers. of America..—Ly/man A,7i5(/tt.

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FEBRUARY 6, 1896.

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

Wemairs wears.

Counselling Together.

VVith this is sent to the department Mrs.
McClure’s promised cake recipe. If we
recall the racy remarks with which she vol-
unteered it at our Lansing meeting, it will
prove appetizing indeed. She has suggest-
ed a topic for the next (3) Council and one
or two other ladies in conversation have
mentioned others. But let us not wait a
year. Let us “take counsel" together in
this department every two weeks. 7

Only a bare mention, I think, has been
made in the VISITOR of the so-called “wom-
an’s section" conducted by Mrs. Mayo at a
few of the farmers‘ institutes this winter
It is a comparatively new feature. \\'ould
it not -be well to hear more about it from
someone wh 0 can attend one of them!
And is it not an idea that can be worked
upon at those institutes where a special
leader is not sent by the state institute
board? Such meetings must perform
great uses. No one can question it who
recognizes how certain questions appeal to
-the atfectional nature of women for solu-
tion, and how certain duties wait for her
leading, and how women. everywhere. are
searching for the deeper meanings and
truer methods of living.

Today a personal letter tells me of one of
these “woman’s sectioii:-5." in the village of
Frankfort, Benzie county, where for the
=first time a fariners’ institute was held last
month. ,,,Of Mrs. Mayo‘s talk on ".\Iother
and Da‘.(glitei‘,” my friend writes, "It was
the ’//’/,0S( I ever heard;" and when she says
that, I do not think she forgets that we
have together sat spell-bound by words
from the lips of Mary Liveriiiore, l"raiicis
\Villard and such other women. But it
was that the words came fitly from experi-
ence to experience, from heart to heart.
There is no talking (I////‘/1 to give, nor
reaching 2/]; to receive. lleart truths pass
on a level.

‘V0 need more of such conferring to-
gether by twos and threes. and by hun-
dreds. \\'e need not wait to begin for an ad-
vertised woinan‘s section, nor for a leader
beyond self, but speak the liigliest. best
thought that comes to us freely and coin-
rnonly. J. B.

That Recipe.

Icannot tell you how much I enjoyed
the “(Jouncil." I have thought so much
about it since we came home. It is another
one of the many benefits the Grange gives
to women. I hope at our next meeting.

‘\’*"'I‘he Home,” and all of its influences, may

be discussed. We ask for ideal teachers,
but we must have ideal homes before we
-can have an ideal teacher. (if such a per-
sonage could be). This is the recipe for
what we call

roon MA)‘ is (‘Al\'I’..

One cup of su_gar, one cup of sweet milk,
one egg, two cups of sifted ilour, butter
the size of a hen’s egg, two teaspoonfuls
-of baking powder. Mix sugar and butter
together, then add milk. flour and baking
powder: the egg, beaten well, add lastly.
This will make four layers. or a nice loaf
cake. Can use light brown sugar or white.

Mus. J L'I.1A i\I(‘CLL'l’.l£.

Pomona Granges.
Report of Coinmittee at State Grange,
ll;//‘f/zy Jlr/,.\'2‘c‘/‘.‘

There has been nothing referred to the
i-‘Coiiiiiiittee on Pomona Graiiges, so we will
present some questions, and otfer soiiie
suggestions to the Grange for its consider-
ation. The Pomona is a brancli of our or-
ganization intended to promote higher ed-
ucational facilities in the Grange. It has
been in existence a sullicient length of
time to prove that it is of great value to
our Order. If we could make it a ineans
to secure greater financial benefits we think
it would be an incentive to many to join us,
‘who will not without some tangible object
in view.

That it has benefited us financially all
zadniit; it has not accoiiiplislied all in that
way, perhaps, that we were led to believe
it would when the Grange was lirst organ-
ized. That it can and will accomplisli
more in the future, we believe, but our
avocation, and the slow way in which we,
as farmers, acquire wealth, causes us to be
conservative and to try new methods with
«caution. I

The question is frequently asked, “\\'hat
has the Grange accoinplislied!" It is a
question that can only be fully answered in
eternity, for who can estimate the value of
the education received, of the helpful
words uttered or of the precious friend-
ships fornied. There is a refining power
in association, and if we could persuade
those outside our Order that they could
find the purest and best in the Grange, our
membership might be greatly increased.

Do our children leave the farm and go to
the city, thus rendering them ineligible, be-
cause they have found the unrelenting
hand of labor on the farm too constant to

permit of the mental improvement their
earts craved!

i:NrERTAi.\')ii~::\'r.

If we could provide instructive enter-
tainment to make the Grange attractive
to them, and could convince them of the
good to be found in the Grange, _ of _the
education to be gained by the conscientious
performance of every duty assigned them,
could we not at once secure large accessions
of voung nienibers, who would give life
and spirit to the Grange? “'0 would es-
pecially iirge nieinbers to visit other
Granges, and when strangers come to your
Grange do not wait for them to come and
speak’ to you. but renieiiiber that in the
Grange as in the home “Small cheer and
great‘ welcome make a merry feast."

\\'e would like to ask if our present fi-
nancial depression has sought to do in
keeping our fourth degree iiiembers from
joining the Pomona Grange! It is recoiii-
mended by your committee that we use the
annual fifth degree word in our Pomona
Granges.

The Pomona Grange should select its
ofiicers from different parts of the county:
it should have the supervision of the edu-
cational interests of the children, and it
should be ready at all times to help the
Subordinate Grange in every possible way,
and all its associations should strengthen
the bond of union between them.

\\'in. Morris, the English poet, said,
“People lift their eyebrows over women
iiiasteriiig the higher iiiatheinatics: why, it
is infinitely more ditliciilt to learn the details
of good liousekecping. Anybody can learn
niatlieiiiatics. but it takes a lot of skill to
inanage a house well." It takes a lot of
skill to nianage a grange well, but we
should each try to be easily managed, we
should be slow to take offense and careful
not to offend. Never be looking for
slights and expecting to be sliglitcd, but
follow the golden rule. Do not expect
everyone to see things from your stand-
point. The Grangc has done much to
make us tolerant of other’s views; we can
ditler, but still be in liariiiony.

AVOID rnosi‘ 1’RO(5RA)lS.

Do not kill either your Pomona or Sub-
ordinate Grange by long, dry speeches.
Boil down what you have to say and when
you have said it, stop. l)o not waste the
time of the Grange by iiiaking apologies,
if you can make a good speech do not say
you can not talk, and if you can make a
poor speech, don‘t tell of it, the Grange
will know it, but if you can and do make
poor speeches, keep trying till you can
make a good one, that is what the Grange
is for. It is the purpose of the Grange to

be a. ri-fining and educating power in oui

land.

Oui' city of Grand Rapids is lighted by
electric towers. l\'hen you are miles away
you can see the beautiful lights. \\'hcn
you are in the shaded streets of the city,
you sonietiines wish for the little discarded
street lamps that were down near the earth
where you have to be, and where they were
so near that the reflection of one reached
the other, and lighted your pathway all
along. In our Order it is the little liglits.
near togetlier doing what they can for
each other that do the most. good, rather
than the few who are so high that we can
only stare at them and wonder how they
reached such a height. In union there is
streiigth, a strong cable must be composed
of many, many strands. If all farmers
were united in the Grange they would
prove a cable strong enough to ‘move the
world in the right direction. If all the
Subordinate Granges in each county could
unite and form a Pomona Grange we think
the various problenis einbraced in our
Declaration of Purposes might soon be
solved. Our Declaration of Purposes
should stand side by side with our Decla-
ration of Independence, and as we would
teach pati'iotisni to our people bv the
reading of the hitter on the 4th of July, so
would we teach loyalty to our Order by
having the former read at our :llll1lV(:l'SilI'.\'
celebratioiis. Or, should we have a nation-
al day in our Grange and celebrate the day
when our Order was first founded, instead
of each Grange celeliiuitiiig its own aiiiii—
\'ei'sary I

We have been asked the question, “Can
we place our idea] too high 3” “'e think
not, for we should follow the command to
“bcxperfect." If we strive to attain to per-
fection we will fiiid so iiiaiiy failures in our
lives both in the hoineaiid the Grange. that
we soinetimes feel dislieartened: we‘ should
always rciiiember that a good .l’atroii nur-
tures hope, aiid go on and on letting oii1'
failures serve as stepping stones to raise us
higher. The Grange cannot rise liiglier
than the homes which are represented in
it, the home cannot be better than the
members which compose it. so we can
easily see that individual responsibility is
our foundation to build froni, in the lionie,
the Grange. the state and the nation.

MRS. l\I_ii:riiA T. P. Ai>.t)is,
IV. S. SIMONS,

E. F. TALMADGE,
Mas. H. J. Ausrix
J. B. VVILCOX,
Mas. IVIYRTIE \\'iLLiA3is,
Miis. MARY E. GILLETT,
MRS. Mii\'.\'iE ESTES.

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'3‘ establislies cliurches and
' Granges.

Report of Chaplain.
State Grange.

.M°2225er..s- If I/ze G'1'a7ig,—,,

, be heard from any.

Let us not lament be-

I cause we have not been blessed with great

, wealth and joys untold.

Rather let us be

j thankful for the smaller blessings which

In this era of organization the subject of 3
the merits and demerits of various social
orders were being discussed by a company
Some expressed themselves .-

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of clergymen.
as fearful lest the organizations of brother-
hoods outside the pale of church societies
would tend to lead the sheep away from
the true Shepherd, and that the church of
Gyod would become a secondary consider-
a ion.

_ One man with a large heart and a clear
1‘iJS1ghtas_ to the true gospel spirit said.
‘Any social organization that makes place
for reverence. conscience, self-sacrifice,
helpfiilness and love is signed with the
Sign of the cross. It is of the kingdom
of heaven. " ‘
‘That does this sign of the cross stand
fol‘! It stands for all that is good in this
world. All civilization. education, art.
science, all that has brought this world up
from the dark ages to the light, liberty
and grand achievements of this nineteenth
century.
It has always led out and up out of ig-
norance and superstition up to the light of
reason and knowledge. out of narrowness,

mg and broader, grander living.

to clearness, skill and aliiiost mechanical
perfectness. from the rough, crooked stick
steam gang plow. It has led out of the ig-

tlie visible anger of God, and has harnessed

E gladdening
bigotry and pharisaisiii up to broad think- i

it and tamed it and now it is known that it .
' , ‘ w 3 ;
is but one of (rod s wonderful agents made

for man. and it iiiust do his will.

It sends any thought of man across con- ,

tinents, walks the ocean‘s bed and tells its
tale in other lands.
sweet voiced singers and repeats them to
audiences tliousaiids of miles away. It

It catches the tone of Q

catches the laugh of the baby and lays it 

away so that loved ones in the future when ~, . . . . .
A on a pile of lovely pink and gilt valentines:

the laugh is changed to the busy and stern
tone of manhood. may hear again the baby
laugh that brought joy to the household.

God has already given us, and though the
greater ones may now lie hidden. the gold-
en future will set them out before us in
bright array.

As Flora of this. as well as of my Sub-
ordinate Grangc, I have endeavored to ful-
fill the duties wliicli have fallen upon me to
the best of my ability.

In June. when the flowers are found
everywhere in such profusion. a meeting
of the Grange was given especially to :1.
tioral pi'ograiiiiiie. which gave much beiie-
fit as well as pleasure to all.

Let me urge the Floras of every Grange
in .\lichigan not to let the season of buds
and blossom:-1 pass by without devoting at
least one meeting of the Graiige to the
honor of flowers. the "st:irs which on
earth's liriiianeiit do sliine."

Flowers are always thought of as em-
blems of gentleness and rctiiieinent. and
wherever they are iiourislied and cared for.
those qualities may always be found: and
so for their pure and relining influence we
should cultivate them in boiiiidless profu-
sion. Let us plant them in every nook.
and beautifying our honies
with their bright and st:iri'y eyes. _

“'hile we are assembled here. let us st rive

. . . ' to find some wood )l‘lll to ("1l'l'\' home to
It has led out of rii ii ' ~- -  A . ’ I ‘ . ‘. - .
P I tile ””d°m"”7 up j our own (xi'ange, soinething for its moral

f and iiitellcctual advancciiient.

And as far

. , - as lies within our )()\\'t‘l' let us bear aloft
plow drawn by a bullock or cow up to the * I

and high above the tarnisli of ignorant

. . - ' .‘ El: *' '  ‘: :
nomnw that the ]1g,]tnmg,S ‘mu was but , (llll(ls1ll~, thc )lllll(.l of illlx gi ind ind

noble Order, the Grange.
.\liis. l). I). llri-:i.i..

T’l1€‘ J Llll€.‘Tll—l:€;$‘-;

Wiriket’s Valentine.

“\\'licre‘s mine!" asked little \\'iiil;ct
Price . _

Kate and Dick had read aloud the names

T and none of the “pity” pictures were for

It has led out of the rude tent and ruder 

life of the nomadic wanderer to the quiet,
comfort and retinement of the rural farm.
It has led from neglect and even cruelty to
the afliictcd, up to i'etreats. iiifiriiiaries and
hospitals, where the poorest of the poor

l\'inket.
“\\'lici'e‘s mine 3" she said.
“(),“ said Dick. “\\'inket doift have

i valentines."

“They wait until they are bigger.“ said

% Kate.

may have all the cai'e and help that iiiedi~ =

cal science can give.

It makes home sacred, aids the weak
and restrains the strong. It builds church-
organizes
It teaches us to be tolerant of
the opinions of others, careful not to
wound or give oficnse. It says that the
spirit of love and good will must be the
motive of our lives.

How much of this kingdom of heaven,
this love toward all and malice toward
none are we getting out of the Grange!
Is our Grange life making us broader in
our views, helping us to lose sight of self,
and to hasten the good time coming? If
we are in the way of pi'ogress, always by
example as well as precept leading up,
then with a clear coiiscienee we can sign
our life and its work with the sign of the
cross.

Let us repeat the words of Thonias K.
Iieecher: “Any social oi'gaiiization that
makes place for lielpfulness, reverence, con-
seience, self sacrifice, and love, is signed
with the sign of the cross. It is of the
kingdom of lieaven." i\IARY A. )I.n'o.

Report of Flora.
ll’!//‘f/W .'l[//x/i /' I//H] -l[«;///.7/r:/‘N (ff//H; 4,}/"LA/{;—

¢//(H S/rl/,‘r.: (ti/‘I//r_///3.‘

Once more the old mill wheel of time
has turned around and again we are per-
mitted to greet our fellow workers in this,
our glorious Order. We have come from
near‘ and far, like children of a great
family, to ilisciiss our joys aiid sorrows at
lhisour pareiitzil ll(§:l1'll'1.~‘t()ll0; to tell how
much each Grange has accomplished in the
past year: to seek advice coiicerning the
great and endless labor before us.

Indeed we have labored long and faith-
fully. but we must not cease, for the
Graliige, like a great garden of delicate
flowers, will droop and die unless guarded
and tended with the most persistent care,
and for this reason some new provision
ought to be made to stiniulate the interests
of the iiiany nienibers. _

One is never really acquainted with a

plant until he has made his way to its
home and learned its manner of growth at
all seasons of the year, and so we as iiieiii-
bers of this noble Order should zealously
study its every precept that we may be
fully-5 and truly acquainted with it, and
then we will surely love it and call it our
great benefactor.
L \\'e are all too apt to overlook the
bright beams of light which are shed upon
us because of our contact with the Grange,
too apt to look upon the dark instead of
the bright side of life. _

This year has been one of prosperity to
us all. ‘if not in one way surely then in
another. and no word of complaint should

‘ hit it is to-iiio’wo, and me taut be big-
ger in (less one night."

But Dick and Kate ran down .'<l:lll'."'
send the coacliiiiaii oil’ to the postollice .ith
every one of the lovely lctteizs.

\Vinket came, all sad, and stood by
iiiaiiiiiia. .

“llve known sweet pictures to grow in
one niglit,” said iiiaiiiiiia.

“For me!" said \\'inket.

“\Ve will see,“ said iiiaiiiiiia.
c1'y."'

They called their baby \Vinket becau.-"c
she was so nice about crying. in many
things she was not nice: but when she was
about to cry she would wink very hard and
fast, and keep the tears back and sob to
herself, all so brave.

She stood winking now, until soon.
iiiaiimia carried her up stairs fast asleep.

Next iiioriiing, when \\'iiiket li:id tied on
one slipper, she spied a letter on the st.-uid.
all blue and silver. And the inside was so
odd—a crimson heart, with one part of it
stuck full of little, bright. black pins.
There were angels and roses around the
edge, and at the bottom what \\'iiikct
called “sonic poetty.“

Slie laughed and danced until iii:iiiiiiia
came in.

“It did grow niamiiia! Now ycad me the
poetty. ”'

Mainiiia “yeaded" it.

“Mainma‘s heart beloiigs to Winket.
And though Winket may not think it.
When \Viiiket's naughty, she sticks in
Poor inanima’s heart a cruel pin.

\\'iiiket looked up at iiiaiiiiiia very hard,
and drew her mouth into a funny smile.
But all the time she was going down stairs
she winked fast. “Me iuiistiilt stick pins
in my iiiainiiia"s heart any more, " she said
all to llCl‘{~'(‘.lf.~— ll’/z/»; .-1//‘r//xv.

In a country school located aiiioiig fariiis,
with grounds for cultural purposes coii-
nccted with it, agricultui'e can be better
taught and studied than aiiywlieie else.
.-'\griciilture will sometiiiie be :1 part of the
curi'iculiiiii in couiitry schools. This fact
alone should induce fariiicrs to oppose the
abolition of couiitry district .scliools.~iS'.
/J. /{gr/('/z.

"Doi1't

A Proud Record.

liedford Co., Pa., Dec. lb, ".43.

O. \V. Ingersoll.

Dear Sir: Thirteen years ago my house
was painted with your paints: it looks, and
is better today than liouses painted four
and and five years ago. I used no primer
as directed in pamphlet, but used two coats
of paint and have received good results.
Paint just ordered will be applied on same
building soon as weather permits. I shall
use no other so long as I can get your
make. Yours Respectfully, '

R.  l\ICC-REARY.

See advt. Ingersoll ‘s liquid rubber paints.

C


THE GRANGE VISITOR.

FEBRUARY 6, 1896.

THE fififiillfifi lill.i»lT’@R

The Oiilcial Organ of the Michigan State Grange.

Published on the First and Third Thursdays of Each Month

EDITOR :
Ksiwoiv L. BUTTERFIELD, Luvsuva, MICH.

§‘s§:n3(1i(i)réi éieligxchanges and all articles for publication

MANAGERS AND Pnixrnasz
PERRY 4! Mcenaru, Ci-uRi.or-i-E, MIC!-I.
To whom all subscriptions and advertising should be sent.

TERMS 50 Cents a Year, 25 Cents for Six Months.
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Order or Draft. Do not send stamps.

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later than the Saturday preceding issue.

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

&‘Ni-:x'r Issma, Fiznatr.-inv 20.

OUR WORK.

_The following has been approved by the State Grange as
a fair statement of the objects the Grange of Michigan
has in view, and the speciallines along which it proposes to
work. We hope every Grange in the state will work
earnestly in all these departments, so that by a more
united efi'ort we shall rapidly increase our numbers.
extend our influence, and attain more and more complete-
ly those ends which we seek.

OUR OBJECT

is the Organization of the Farmers for their own Improve-
ment, Financially, Socially, Mentally, Morally.
We believe that this improvement can in large measure

be brought about: .
(a.) By’ wider individual study and general dis-

cussion of the business side of farming and home keeping.

By co-operation for financial advantage.

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

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

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

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

By maintaining and attending farmers’ institutes;
reading in the Reading Circle; establi.-liing and using
circulating libraries; buying more and better magazines
and papers for the home.

4. (a.) By diifusing a knowledge of our civil institutions,
and teaching the high duties of citizenship.

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

“'hat ( uestions is 'our Grange discuss-
l .
ing?

Are yo1ii' New Ycar‘s resolves still crow-
ing?

A Grange is no better than the members
who compose it.

“'A.\'Ti«:i)——a bit of news from each of
fifty Gmiiges in M ichigan.

W e keep puiblishingireports from State
Grange proceedings, as space permits.

“'e have some splendid articles on the
inside pages of this issue. Do not miss
them.

“'0 are in receipt of the printed pro-
ceedings of our own State Grange. and also
of the Illinois State Grange.

Conservatism, _yet progression, is the
phrase that explains why the Grange gets
recognition from thinking people.

Please do not send subscriptions to edit-
or at Lansing. It causes delay and troi1-
ble. Send to Perry & McGrath, Charlotte.

Sixty-eight institutes in Michigan this
year. One third the whole number held
for twenty years before. The Grange did
it.

“'c have COl11l;lll1l1lC{1tlOl1S from L. M.
Bowers, “F. D. “'.,” “A Sister,” John
“'. Kelley, and D. “'oodman, which were
“billed" for this issue, but which were
crowded out by the length of the legisla-
tive coinmittee report and the roiind-up in-
stitute program.

Organize, conceiitrate. These words are
the secret of success in the Subordinate
Grange, in the Pomona Grange, in the
State Grange, and in the National Graiige.
To organize, means the strengthening of
the mtichinery. To concentrate, means
utilizing the machinery for ii definite piir-
pose.

Probably the most important report of
the State Grange committees is that on
legislative action. “'e give in this issue
that report in full, and beg every Patron
to read it carefully. These questions
should be well discussed in Subordinate
and Pomona Granges, until every Patron
has sound and well digested opinions on all
these topics. Only thus can we effect leg-

islation wisely.

The round-up farmers’ institute at Grand
Rapids, February 11-14 is attracting Wide
attention from thoughtful farmers. Brother
Horton presides, and Bros. Luce and Red-
fern have leading addresses. Sister Mayo
has charge of the woman‘s sections. These
features should attract hundreds of Pat-
rons to attend this institute. Full particu-
lars in another column.

The well—considered report of the State
Grange committee on Pomona Granges
suggests a topic for a. little further thought.
Pomona Granges in Michigan are doing a
good work in several counties. But the
average Pomona Grange is not in very
strong organization. Its chief benefits
seems to be social. Good programs are
frequently given, but in the financial, in-
tellectual, and legislative phases of Grange
work, the Pomona Grange does not “cut
the figure” it should.

There is one suggestion that occurs to
us. “'e have not thought out the plan
carefully, but merely present it as a topic
for thought. It is this. It is generally
conceded that the marketing of crops is as
important as the growing of them. ‘Up to
date the average farmer is at the mercy of
the buyer of the products of his farm.
Now would it be possible for the Pomona
Grange to act as a sort of “county board
of trade” for that county. Through a
business committee of good men, it could
study the markets, and give advice as to
selling, the outlook for certain crops, etc.
Their work might in certain cases be even
so far developed that they could make
sales, in large lots. of the products from
small producers. All this of_ course should
be within the Grange. “'c oifcr the above
as a topic for serious discussion in Pomona
Granges.

“'e believe the road convention called by
Gov. Rich is eminently a move in the right
direction. Nevertheless truly beneficial
results will accrue from it, only as it is at-
tended by the right sort of men. If cranks,
politicians, or theorists get control of its
action, it may better have been omitted
from the list of gatherings for this year.
“'e therefore advise all farmers who n
do so to be present and take part in ih%i".3"‘”
liberations.

“'e are in favor of road improvement,
but we are not fanatical on the subject.
“'e believe that the first necessity is the
better application of the present amount of
labor on the common dirt roads. Never-
theless we believe that the county road law
should not be repealed. It has been adopt-
ed iii several northern counties with splen-
did results. It would be unjust to repeal
it now. Counties that need it should have
it. “'e have seen the beneficial eifect of
this law, in northern Michigan. “'e
would protest against the repeal of the op-
tional road law.

The road question is not easy of solution,
but that does not prevent careful study of
the subject. The motto of road reformers
should be “Progress,” not “Revolution.”
As desirable as a universal system of
macadzim roads might be, it is nonsense to
try to secure such a system in Michigan at
present. But we can improve our present
roads. “'e can work the roads better. “'e
can at least cease to spoil good roads by
plowing them up, and that sort of folly.
“'c can gravel the dirt roads in many cases.
“'c can build some roads of crushed stone.
In :1 few cases 1ll£lC{l.(lilll1 roads may be
built. All this is progress, growth, and in
the right direction. But the people will
not consent to an immediate and radical
change in our systein, especially if it has
even the semblance of involving large ex-
penditures.

The Record.

Shall Dlicliigaii show up with Other States in
Grange \Vork During 1896? .

The following clippings will show the
re:idcrs of the VISITOR, and especially all
Grange workers and county deputies what
is being done in other states, and that the
hard times are liable to prove an aid to
Grange organization instead of it hindrance,
by iniiking farmers attentive listeners and
willing to adopt methods that offer assist-
ance:

“There never was :1. time except in the
early days of the Order when Granges
could be organized with as little eflort as
at the present tinie."——0ur (}7’((7I.,(/6 Ilomas-.

“Illinois State Grange oflicers have set
their stakes for 50 new Granges the present

ye.:i.‘I'. ”——0u7' G'_i‘a2z_(/e [[07/z«_=.v_
Brother Trimble, the National Secre-
tary, says:

I do not recall, in many years, a busier
or more prosperous period of Gmno-e
work than the quarter about to close. In
that period 51 new Granges, and the re-
ceipts more than double the same period
0118 year ago. The harvest is readv be-
fore us. Shall we reap it ?"— F",-,,,,,,L,
Baal/e;2,’2'12. ‘
M “_On January 2, ‘U6, “'oi'thv Master
S_mith of Ohio State Grange, forwarded
I11_I1e_ Chal'te1's for new Granges to Secretary
Aikins to be recorded and forwarded.
This shows the excellent work being done
by the county deputies of Ohio, and
proves the ability of Ohio to record loo
new Granges for 1896. "—— G/‘«l)I[/L’ Bu//i I/2:.

I_have noticed from time to time in the
various Grange papers that in nearly all
states Granges were being organized more
readily and in greater numbers than for
many years past. This shows that the year
is to be noted with a vigorous growth of
the Grange. In Michigan mucli has been
done to encourage the work and define
methods of procedure. Results are begin-
ning to show through much inquiry, and
some Granges have been added to the list.
County De nuties should lose no time in
laying outt eir respective fields for solid
business during the whole month of Febru-
ary.

It is easily in the possibilities for Michi-
gun to add at least

FIFTY l\'E“' GRANGES

before March 1st. It ineans work every-
one knows, but that is what we are here
for. The new circuliir just lS>Sll(3(l to all
County Deputies if explicitly followed,
will, I feel confident, add even lob Graiiges
to the Michigan list. “'hzit a grand rec-
ord it would be. Let us unitedly work for
it and conimence /mm. Deputies have
much to talk about in explaining the work
of the Grange before audiciiccs of farniers,
with all its social and educational advan-
tages, its influence on legislation, trade con-
tracts, and its high standing in the estima-
tion of all classes of people. It is the ideal
organization and fai'iiiei's are willingly
saying so. ]*7»ru~«rrrl.' Jfirwc/i.’ should be
the motto of our grand company of County
Deputies. Gizo. B. Hoirrox.

Cheer From the North.

Fi;i.Low Pxrizoxsz I think you will be
interested in hearing something from us up
here among the snow and ice. I attended
the Emmet county farmers’ institute, Jan-
uary 13 and 14. Professor Gulley, the
conductor, was the only one of the state
force of instructors present the first dziy‘s
session which opened with a good attend-
ance of farmers. Professor Crozier arrived
on a later train, but J. H. Brown and Mr.
Muinford failed to get there and we after-
ward found that they were rc~ru*zf/'/ir/ with
many others, on board the big transfer
boat which was unsuccessful in getting
through the ice in the Straits of Mackinac.
The distance is but 5 miles but it required
36 hours for the big boat to force its way
through the flouting cakes which a high
wind piled up to 3. great depth. Brown
says that it was a long ride for fifty cents.
However, all’s well that ends well, and as
they reported for dutyat Charlcvoix we will
forgive their absence from Harbor Springs.
1 found but one Grange in Euimet county
near Cross Village, and that one doi'iiiant.
I will reorganize it and organize some new
Grangcs soon.

Charlevoix county institute opened at
Charlevoix with a good attendance of
fariiiers, niostljv Patrons from Bzirnard,
Ironton, and Peninsula Griningcs. The
state lecturers were ably assisted by local
speakers, and the general verdict was we
had :1 most excellent meeting. A choir
from Barnard Grange furnished music.

The next institute was Mziiiccloiiu, An-
trini county, which ended the series of 111-
stitutes in tliis part of the state. Our party,
consisting of Messrs. Crozier, Gulley and
myself, arrived the second day of thcir
meeting. “'e were conducted directly to
the Pi'csbytcrian church where we found
the conduc.tor and :1 good sized audience as
busv as :1 swarni of bees in June. “'e
were greeted by Bros. A. E. Palmer and
George Carlislc of K:lll{21Sli{1, and D. H.
Stebbins of Atwood. The interests of the
Grange had already been presented by the
brothers mentioned, so I was relieved from
this duty. Hopes were cntcrt:iincd of oi_'g:in—
izing a Grange here and in the evening a
paper was circulated by Frank Lesher and
some names secured. County Deputy
Stebbins and myself decided to rcniziin
another day and organize if possible. A
farmers meeting was called to meet in
“'atson's hall at 2 p. 111., January 18,
which was well attended by f-.irmers who
listened with interest to a description in de-
tail of the work of the Grange in the past
and its aim for the future. After a short
recess we proceeded to organize Stcbbins
Grange of Mancelona with 28 charter mem-
bers. After being carefully instructed in
the secret work of the Order they elected
oflicers for the ensuing year. Master,
Frank Lesher; Secretary Thomson Gloon;

Lecturer, George Lesher. Next regular
meeting to be held Saturday evening, Feb-
ruary 1. Stebbins Grange starts out with
every prospect of success. May Antrim
county furnish us many more just like it.
E. B. “'ARi>, Special Deputy.

Allegan Action.

Perhaps in few Grange items from this
county may be of interest to our Visitor:
readers. I have visited all of the Granges
in this county except Moline, during the
month. and all are in good working order.
They all report a renewed interest in the
work. New inember.~: are coming in and
old ones returning to the fold, and we be-
lieve that 1\'1m'will be -.1 prosperoiis year
for the Grange. Allcgan Central Graiige
has taken in three new meinbcrs since J an-
uary 1st.

I attended the fariiiers‘ institute at Fenn-
ville the 15th and ltith, and can testify
that it was :1. grand siiccess. The large
opera hall was tilled to its full capacity.
All the papers and lectures oifered were
practical and to the point. Brotlier Red-
fern's lecture on "Unity of Action" fully
deiiionstrated the fact that united co—oper—
ation among farmers and fruit growers
was the only hope of success.

Dinner and supper were served each day
of the session by the lzidics lll and around
Fennvillc, free to all attending the insti-
tute, which was a very welcome feature to
those from a distaiicc.

lalso attended the institiitc at Cooper,

Kaliiinazoo county. and there noticed
the same interest exhibited by the people
to gather fiuit from the papers and discus-
sions presented. I believe those f:ii'iiici's‘
institutes will be of untold value in unfold-
ing and developing new lines of thought
and action among our people.

Allegaii county Pomoiiri (imiigc met
with Rural Grziiige, .l:iiiu:ir_v 2:3. Though
the weather was storniy. the hall was well
tilled at 1o:3o :1. in. Otliccrs were elected.
The afternoon session was dcvoted to re-
ports of Sul)()I'(llIl:llC (iimigcs. and the re-
port of delegate to State Grange, also :1
literary program which was well i'csp:)iid-
ed to by those culled upon by the “'orthy
Lecturer. The reports of our Secretary
and TI'e:l:~i11l'CI' showed the finunccs of the
Pomona in good order, and the meeting
closed at five p. m. to meet with Moline
Gr:ingc April 143.

“'c expect to be able to report the reor-
ganization of Ganges Grange F(3l)l'll:1l‘_\' 6th,
and hope to revive others now (l()l'll1:llll,
crc the winter is gone.

L. C. Iiooi‘, County Deputy.

A Tribute to Grange Sense. if

“hen the CtlllfUl'I1ltl licpublican plat-
form, in 1894, demanded an export bounty
on farm products, in order to protect ag-
riculture as much as miuiufzicturing is now
protected by import duties, the demand
was regarded as an evidence of the extra-
ordinary discontent of western fariiicrs.
Since that time, however, the evidence has
been rapidly accuiiiuliiting that this de-
mand is endorsed by farincrs in cvery part
of the country, as esscntiiil to the justice of
a protective system. The most rein:irk-
able instance of this is found in the rcsolu—
tions recently passed by the State Grange
of Peiiiisylvaiiiii. iy an unziniiiious vote
that body propounded the following ques-
tions to the Aniericzui Tziritf League and
the Home Market Club:

“First. Can :1 tziritl on imports direct-
ly or indirectly protect the home iiiarket
prices of :xgi'icultur:il stiiplcs as long as the
surplus is sold for export, and the export
and home prices of these are the sziinef

“Second. If it cannot, iiiust not this mi-
protected industry piiy for the cost of pro-
tection of the protected indus’ti'ics{

“Third. is not such :1. systcin of protec-
tion injuriously unjust and incquitablc to
the producers of {1g'1'lclllllll':ll staplesf

“Fourth. “'iIl not :1 bounty on the ex-
ports of agriculturiil staples for the pro-
tection of their prices in the home m:ii'kct
be just and equitable so long as pi-otcctioii
by :1 tzirili on imports is in opci':itioii!'

“'hcn such questions as tlicse are asked
by the farnicrs of 21 Sl.2ll(: which l1:lS _ been
the very citiidcl of protection, it is no
wonder that the Rcpubliciiii congress
niakcs liiiste to repudiate the principle_ of
free trade in raw mzitcriiils by l'OS.t0l'lllg
sixty per cent of tho McKinley duties on
wool and lumber. The farincrs of the
country are no longer in it mood to submit
to (llS(:l‘lll1ll]:ltl()llS between the product of
farm labor and the product of factory
labor. Protection, they demand, must
either be made a. systcm or be abandoned;
either all iiidiistries must be supported
alike out of the proceeds of taxation, or no
industry must be thus supported. The
price of the great agriculturzil staples can-
not be raised' by ft lill'll‘l on imports, for
the American price is always the European
price minus the cost of tr:iiispoi'ta.tion.
Only by means of a bounty on exports can
American prices of wheat, corn, cotton,
and meat be raised above the European
level or even to that level. Justice, there-
fore, demands, say the farmers, that either
such a bounty be granted, raising the price
of their products, or else that they be no

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FEBRUARY 6, 1896.

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

longer required to ay more than the
u_r0pean price (plus t e cost of transpor-
tation) for the products they buy. If the

American Tariff League or the Home Mar- -I

ket Club can send an answer to the Penn-
sylvania Grange which will’ convince it
that the price of farm products is artifi-

cially raised by the present tariff system as I ' _
’ to have such a meeting in Oceana.

much as the price of manufactured goods,

we shall be interested to see it.——T/uz 0ui- .

look.

The Farmers’ Institute at Fremont.

_ The institute at Fremont was a success
in every way and a large crowd gathered
to listen to what the instructors had to tell
them along the line of profitable fruit
raising and dairying.

The leading feature of all, and the most
interesting to the ladies, 'as the
address of Mrs. Mary A. Mayo on Thurs-
day evening, and the session for the ladies
on Friday afternoon. The whole of
Newaygo county was completely
stirred up by these addresses, and Mrs.
Mayo has the the thanks of every lady
piresent for her wonderful talk on “The

other and Daughter.” \Ve need such
talks, they do us good, and if followed by
every mother it might be the means of one
of the greatest reforniations this country
has ever known.

The superintendent made no mistake
when he sent Mrs. Mayo as conductor of
these meetings as an experiment. She is
a brilliant success. Her language was
beautiful and such that everyone could un-
derstand. Long may she be spared to con-
tinue on in her labor of love and useful-
ness and cheering the hearts of overbur-
dened mothers and giving counsel to
thoughtless daughters. Heart to heart
talk it was and will long be reniembered
by the Women of N ewaygo coiint_v.

OI\'I~: \\'IIo \\'As THERE.

What’s The Matter?

I was astonished to learn yesterday at
‘Grange that wife and myself were the only
Grangers in our Grange taking the V1sIT-
OR. Does this condition exist in many
places? I promise you that it shall not
long exist here.

Grangers want to ask themselves this
question. Can our Order exist. grow, be
influential, without a representative organ!
There can be but one answer to this. No.

Now, every Granger we have heard ex-
press an opinion of the VISITOR, says it is
just what we want as a representative pa-
per. Let every Granger in Michigan take
the VIsITOR and we shall have a surplus to

1,,‘h,i'epoi't next State Grange in place of a de-

jyllcit.

There are most excellent prospects for
organizing two Granges here if we can
have Brother VVoodman come to the coiiii-
ty. Our Deputy Lecturer is selling fruit
‘trees, teaching music, visiting one school
very often, lecturing on everything but
the Grange.

At the election of officers, for the ensu-
ing year, Fraternal Grange, Shelby, elect-
ed the following: N. Adams, Master; G.
\V. lVoodward, Lecturer: lVm. H. Barry,
Secretary.

VVe believe the coming year will witness
.a great Grange revival. Farmers are
coming to see more and more that the
Grange is the medium through which are to
-conie reforms in legislation, improvements
in farm, home and school.

The greatest factor in the iipbiiilding of
the Grange is the GRANGE VISITOR. Let
as open our hearts and our homes to this
visitor. Yours F raternally,

D. E. McCI.L'Ri:.

For The Visitor.

Bro. E. B. \Vard of Cliarlevoix has sent
out cards containing a pledge to secure
subscriptions for the VISITOR. \Ve give
the names of those whose pledges have al-
ready been received. Are there others
who are sufficently patriotic to agree to
help the V IsIToR in this way! We should
like your names. The pledge is as follows:

“I desire to see our GRANGE VISITOR
_niade self supporting, and will pledge iiiy—
self to send at least ten new subscribers to
the VISITOR, within (50 days."

E. B. Ward, ("har1evoiX, promises 50 names.
L. (7. Root. Allegan.

D. }-I. Stebbins, Atwood,

E. O. Ladd. Traverse L ity.

George R. Bowser, Dowl1lJg-

Woman’s Work at Hart.

The woman’s branch of the farniers' in-
-stitute at Hart, January 13-11 was a won-
derful success. It opened a new life for a
great many mothers. The committee
‘placed just the right person in the right
place, when they asked Sister Mayo to
take charge of that branch of the work.

The following is clipped from the report
of the meeting: “It is desired by Hart
women that the woman’s branch of the
farmers’ institute be kept in existence, and
that Mrs. Mayo will again return and ad-
dress them on like subjects?” The same
may be said of every lady that was fortu-
nate enoughto gain admittance to the hall.
'We think it a mistake that one of the
beautiful churches was not opened, but I

i presume the committee thought the hall

would accommodate all that would attend.
I think they must have changed their
minds when they saw between three and
four hundred ladies, and mostly mothers.
come down from the hall with faces all

‘ aglow with enthusiasm and words of praise

for the men that made it possible for them
These are some of the reinarks heard:

thank them enough?” “I wish I could

T tell Mrs. Mayo how much good she has

done me, but I was too full for utterance.
I am a better mother for coming here to-

:

day.” “I have had a new era opened to

' me. I can see where I am making a great
I thank ‘
God for this meeting. I shall change my .

mistake with my two little girls.

manner of training my children, and hope
I am not too late. ” _

The institute was a grand success in
every way, but I only speak of this branch
for I presume some good brother will write
up the other part for the V IsITOR as there
were some very fine discussions on the'dif-
ferent topics.

Fraternal Grange will install the new
officers next Saturday at their hall. and we
expect to have supper and a good time
generally. J ULIA E. .\IcCLL'RI~:.

The First Grange

of the new year was organized by Deputy
E. \V. Allis of Lenawee county, with the
assistance of Geo. B. Horton, on the even-
ing of January 14, with  charter 1iieiii—
bers and with favorable prospects of rap-
idly increasing to at least one hundred. At
other points in the county the people ai'e
moving toward organizing. Times are
close and money hard to get, but these con-
ditions bring farniers to face their duties,
and if the merits of the Grange are thor-
oughly presented, the exceedingly small
fee for menibership is ezisily found. Why
not, when to all the social, educational, and
conceiitrative advantages is added the op-
portunities for cooperative buying, which,
if worked, will pay each family ten times
over for all fees. dues and compulsory ex-
penses. Iii some respects the hard times
are an aid to organization instead of a hin-
drance. Now is the harvest time for
county deputies, and no time should be
lost in locating and pcrsistentl_y working
several points in each of the respective
counties. G. B. H.

Rural Grange.

Rural Grange No. 556,  booming at
present. At our installation January 22th,

Brother S. O. Coon of Fremont Gi‘.mge '

ofliciated as installing oflicer. “'0 also
conferred the third and fourth degrees on
one iiieiiil)er, after which we partook of
a bountiful supper prepared for the occa-
sion. After supper, Brother Coon gave
some very instructive points on the im-
written work and also favored us with a
splendid recitation. As it was so near the
anniversary of the organization of our
Grange, we celebrated its twenty—first an-
niversary. At our last meeting, January
18 we balloted for two new members. Our
\Voi'th_y Lecturer introduced a subject for
discussion entitled "‘Why don't the Gran-
ges as a body work together for their own
interests, ship their own produce, and buy
of the wholesaler and save middle men's
profits ?” \\'ho pays the druinmers’ large
salaries? I say once for all it is the farm-
er, and if the farmers don’t unite they will
never get out of the rut they were travel-
ing in. One farmer cannot do aiiythin,
but if a million men would all give one
dollar and hang together they would ac-
complish a great deal. But the inajority
of the farmers would rather give five dol-
lars to the little petty swindlers than to
give one dollar to become a member of an
organization that is working for their own
interest. If every G1-aiige in Michigan
would elect a correspondent to the VISITOR
and instruct them to write an article once
a month, the V IsIToR would be well filled
with Grange news. I think that the
VISITOR should be in the hands of every
farmer in America. It is the best farm
paper that we take and if the farniers
would take the VISITOR and read it more
thoroughly, they would not be hit by every
little swindle that passes over the country.
I would like to hear from other Grange
correspondents through the VIsIT0R. '
JOHN T. KERR.

Organization and Reorganization of
Subordinate Granges.

Preparations For 0rga.iiiziug_

An organizing Deputy must receive his
commission from the Master of the State
Grange. He should provide himself with
the Digest of the National Grange, rules
and regulations of his State Grange, a full
set of the Subordinate Grange manuals,
the necessary blanks for the work, and a
supply of theipamphlets containing the
Declaration of Purposes, Constitution and
By—Laws of the Order. Thus armed and
equipped for the work, he should make
himself familiar with the Declaration of

I Principles, Constitution, Laws, Ritual and

l , .
I Esoteric work of the Order. In atteinpt—
 the Delfllty should be to obtain an inter-
3- _view with some of the most intelligent and
. lI1fll_Ien_tia_l tariners and their wives within
;: the ]lII‘lS(llClZl0n of the contemplated Grange,

.‘ the Organizatioii depends largely upon the
standing and influence of its originators.

, tO.111€l11l)€1'Shl[), as they may suggest as
suitable for charter members, and arrange

the Declaration of Purposes. Constitiitioii
of the Order. etc. They will then begin
to read about it, and will come out and
listen attentively to a lecture in the near

ments of the Order of the Patrons'of Hus-
bandry. The lecturer should hold out no in-
ducements for persons to become nienibers
that will not be likely to be realized. This
course, In a iiiajority of cases, will result
In_the organization of a good, strong. and
pI'ospcroiis Grange.
WHO ARE EIsIGlBI.E T() )IE)IBEI’.Sl{Il’.

. Deputies should always bear in mind the

fact that the Order of Patrons of Husband-
ry is a farmer's organization, hence it is
reasonable to infer that only such persons
as aI'e of the required age, of good moral

character, and engaged in agriculture. or
in other words are farniers,iin the general
acceptation of that term, and haveiino iii-
tei'est in conflict with the purposes of the
Order, are eligible to iiiembership.

The word "'fai'uier" is construed to mean,
a person who owns. or cultivates. or super-
iiitends, or manages and controls the culti-
vation of a farm. including the wife or
husband, and children of farmers, also the
help on the farm and in the household. --

A “farnier" may be engaged in other and
legitimate biisiiiess or pmfcssioii. without
disqualifying him for niembership.

(‘HA RTE It M EM ll ERN.

A Grange cannot be organized with less
than nine Inen and four women: but the
number which must be taken as charter
inembers is unlimited. They should also

paratively of little practical benefit to the
ineinbers of the ()rdcr: while good, strong.
active, working organizations are not only
inestimablc in value to the menibers. but
are like "apples of gold in pictures of sil-
ver" to the Order.

Menibership fees are fixed by State
Granges. but cannot be less than $1.00 for
men and 50 cents for women.

HOW’ TO ORG.-\1\'IZE.

Asseinble the charter Iiieiiibers in a pri-
vate room, suitable for that purpose, and
have them sign the application blank and
pay the membership fee. Then proceed
as directed on pages 10 and 1] of the
manual. The Depiit_y should then take the
chair as Master, call to order, and fill the
other officers‘ chairs by appointment, place
a manual in the hands of each, and briefly
instruct them in their duties. Then open
in form as a Grange in the 1st degree, and
and give all the instructions in that de-
gree. Then close in the 1st degree and
open in the 2nd, and so on through all the
degrees, paying particular attention to the
requircinents to be found on pages 21) and
47, and explaining omissions on pages 19,
10, 20, 22, 51 and .37 of the manual. Give
all inst.Iiictions clearly and briefly. lVhen
time will permit, it is well to take a class
and go through with the ritual work of in-
itiation in the 1st degree—using combined
degrees. Officers can be elected at the
time of organization. but it is generally
preferable for the Grange to select some
member to preside until ofiicers are elected
and installed, and elect at a subsequent
meeting, to be appointed for that purpose.
The Grange inay hold meetings, elect oth-
cers, and prepare By-Laws, but cannot
work as a Grange until the Dispens~.ition is
received. Soon after the Dispcnsatioii and
supplies are received, a meeting should be
held, and the Deputy, or some other coin-
petent oflicer should be present and install
the oflicers and give further instructions.
The members should be iiiipi'cssed with the
iinportance of starting right and living up
to every requireinent of law and usage, as
far as it is possible to do so. Impossibili-
ties are not required. They should also
fully understand that the Grange  a
school for its members. where social ciil-
turc, refinement, moral and intellectual de-
velopment are sought and inculcated. All
questions of interest to the meinbers——
those of a sectarian and partisan nature ex-
cepted—can be discussed in a Grange. A
program for literary work should be ar-
ranged in advance for every meeting, for
the benefit its members derive from it de-
pends largcly upon the character of its
work, and the interest its members take in
that work.

NATIONAL GRANGE FEE TO 0ReA.\'1zi.\'G
i)I~;rL'TII;s.

The Natioiial Grange has provided that
the Secretary of the National Grange should
pay to each legally appointed organizinsr
Deputy the sum of $5.00 for each new
Grange organized by him upon the receipt

consider that small, weak Grangesarc coiii- ’

, _ ‘ i of the oflicial papers and application for
I 111.9’ to Organize a Grange, the first step of :

charter, accompanied by the constitutional

: fee of $15.00: and $2.51) for each dorniant
5 Grange reoi'ganized with not less than

twenty members. The order in case of

_ ; new Granges is explicit and requires no
and get them interested in the move. for , further explanation,
, referred to in the above order, are of two
Th _  _ g g g ' _ fclasses. viz:

. en make a list of such persons. eligible ~
“l\'ho first thought of it and how can we , ‘

Dorniant Grangcs,

1st——Those whose charters have been sus-

 pended by the Master of the State Grange
,_ 7  as provided by law: and 2d—Those that
to see them personally, or have some,
A proper person do so, and get them also in- ‘V
‘ te1'e5t9(l» and leave with them copies of ’

have fornially surrendered their charters
through the Secretary of the State Grange
to the National Grange. \\'here the chart-

. er of a Grange has been “rcvoked“ for
* cause, it is not classed as dormant. but ex-
' tinct, and cannot, therefore, be rc-organ-
_ 3 ized except
future on the objects, aims and achievc- ‘

by order of the .\'ational
Grange, which alone has authority to "is-

’ sue, revoke, and restore chartei'.~:. "

REOl€GA.\'IZATI().\' OF l)l)R.\l.»\.\'T GRANGI-IS.

l)orinant Granges iiia_v be reorganized
under such regulations as the State Granges
may provide, in harmony with the Nation-

‘ al Grange laws, and the charters of those

of the first class can be restored by the
Master of the State Grange; but those of
the second class, after reorganization and
the election of otlicers, must apply through
the Secretary of the State Grange to the
Sccret:iry of the National Grange for the
1‘estoratioii of their cliai'tei's. \\'here char-
ters are lost, duplicate cliartcrs will be 
sued. Organizing Deputies should, there-
fore, apply to the Secretary of the State
Grange for inforniation regarding the coii-
dition of dormant Gmiigcs to be rcorg:in-
ized; and State .\lasters should siispciid the
chartei'.~; of all Subordinate Grange.-i, which
have, under State Grange i'eglil:itioii.~'-' and
National Grange laws, forfeited their char-
ters and ceased to work: for not until that
is done can rcoi'ganization be ctfeeted. As
the work of reorganizing dormant Graiigcs
is done niainly under State Grange regula-
tions it is not ilcciiiedadvi.-':ible to give any
definite instructions to be strictly followed
by deputies in the work, but the following
Nziti()ii:il Grange law should be strictly fol-
lowed. and the brief suggestions which fol-
low may not be out of place.

“l,)orniaiit Gi'an<_rcs niay be rcorg:inizcd
by the Master of the State Grange. or by a
duly authorized Deputy. when less than
thirtccn of the inembcrs desire to do so, by
admitting mciiibcrs residiiig within the ju-
risdiction of -sucli dormant Graiiges. who
have bccoiiie unatliliated by reasoii of the
surrender, suspensioii or revocatioii of the
charter of their Grange, or by neglect to
pay dues after renioving from the jurisdic-
tioIi of their Graiige. The éiigiiiiiziiig oth-
cer may also admit new members as a part
of such reorganizedGrange, upon the pay-
ment of full initiatory fees. Such new
nieinbcrs shall be obligated and instructed
in the sanie manner as at the orgaiiization
of a new Graiige.“

In reorgziiiizing a Grange, first enroll
the names of the old members who desire
to rcsunie their standing in the Order, and
the names of other persons present who have
been mcnibers elsewhere and now desire to
join the reorganized Grange. From each
of these, whether male or female, collect
such fee as the State Grange may require.
I’ersons who were formerly connected with
the Order are not re-obligated when rc-
ccived into a reorganized Grange. In re-
ceiving new nieuibers when reorganizing a
Grange, enroll their nanics after those of
the old iucmbers, collect the legal initiatory
fee, and obligate them as in organizing a
new Grange. Then proceed to the election
and iiistallation of otlicers. and instruction
in the unwritten work. The fees received
at the reorganization, after deducting the
State Grange deputy's fee, go into the
treasury of the reorganized Grange. Com-
municate the A. “C to the lV()1'tll_)' Mastci',
and have him impart it to the Ill(3llll)0l'.<.
Iiiiiiicdiatcl_y after i'eoi'gaiiiziiig a Grange,
fill out the blank which the Secretary of
the State Grange issues for that purpo.-‘c,
and send it to him by mail. \\'hcn :i dor-
mant Grange has been reorganized as
above provided, the Scci'et:ir_y of the State
Grange should report that fact to the Sec-
retary of the National Grange, with the
nauic and address of the organizingl leputy.
Ilpon receipt of such notice, otficially
signed and sealed, the Secretary of the
National Grange will forward to such
Deputy the fee above specified.——_i//»/at
,l[:~.~v:/ '.

Taking the whole country over we be-
lieve we are safe in sa_vi1ig that not more
than one-fourtli of the farnicrs are pi'odii—
cing small fruits in sllfticielit quantity to
supply the demand of their fainilics. It
seems strange indeed that a luxury so his-
cious and so easily and cheaply produced
on the farm should not be looked after and
supplied more abuiidaiitl_y and generally
than it  £2//If/2//I/'.~‘f.

At a meeting of the Elsie Grange No.
5202, held \\'ednesday, January 21¢, 189.3,
resolutions were adopted regarding the
death of their worthy and much esteemed
brother, Curtis R. Stafford. The Grange
has lost acongenial, kind, social, and true
brother.

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THE GRANGE VISITOR.

‘The Farm Home Reading

Circle.

In December, 1892, the Faculty of
the Michigan Agricultural College
appointed a committee to ‘prepare
:1. course of reading especially
adapted to the requirenients of
fa1'1ners, gardeners, fruit growers,
stock breeders, etc. This course
as outlined was published. From
time to time the courses have been
added to and revised as seelned ad-
vi:-':1ble. Sonietinies a newer book
has been substituted for one which
was not found :1pplic:1ble to pres-
c11t conditions. These cl1:1nc_res
niust ncccss':11'ily be 111:1dc froni
year to year.

I-1XI’IJ.\‘Sl~Z.

'.l'he1'e are no expenses to 1'c:~;i-
dents of Micliigaii. except the pur-
chase of books. \Ve have kept i11
111i11d at all times that in order to
make the F:1r111 Home l{e:1di11;_r
Circle gc11er:1lly helpful, the ex-
pense must be below what the s:1111c
course of 1'c:1<ling could be secured
for i11 some other way.

The State Board of Agriculture
has made provision for expenses in
the way of post:1;_re, printi11_<_r. ctc.,
and the b'cc1'et:11'y has been suc-
cessful i11 secu1'in_g: ,c_rre:1tly reduced
prices on the books ofi'e1'cd. Mem-
bc1's(1f the st:1te:u'e z1d111itted to
niclnbersliip free, but from the
fact that the 11ecc.ss:11‘_\' cxpe11scs of
the F:11'111 Home Rc:1ding Circle :_11'e
borne by le}_risI:1tivc :1pp1'op1'i:1tio11s

of our own sl:1tc, those wl10 live
outside the state will be 1'01 piired to
pay the 11o11—1'esidc11t n1en1bc1'sl1ip
fee. $1.411’). (TlllS does 11ot apply
to those -.1l1'e:1dy 111c111l1c1'.<.)

\VIIO MAY JOIN.

Anyone who is ilitcrcsted i11
f:11'111ing, _2_':11'dc11i11g_r, fruit g'1'c\vi11_g‘,
stock b1'eedinf_r, or life in the coun-
try is 111'_:cntly asked to bcm111e :1
n1e111bcr of the I*‘:1rn1 Home It ‘ad-
ilig Circle, and bcyg/‘i11:1t once :1 ;~‘_\'s-
temutic co111';-:c of 1'e:1din2- which
will, we are cc1't:1in, be found i11-
te1'csti11g_r and v:1lu;1ble.

IIO\V TU J OIN .

Fill out the :1cc0111p:111yin blank.
c:11'cfully :111swe1'in: all tplcstiolis,
and mail it to the Set-1'el:11'y:1111l he
will at once enroll you as :1 1110111-
bcr. If you are :1 11011-1'e,<idc11t of
the state, ki11dly enclose the mem-
bership fee with your :1pplic:1ti0n.

YOU (‘AN RE.-XD Al.().\'l‘Z.

One of the :1d\':111t:1}_>‘e.s‘ of this
I{e:1di11g Circle is that while it is
:1d:1pted for the use of f:11'111c1'.s‘
clubs, granges and other f:11'111c1's’
01'_;_':111iz:1ti011s which can p1'oh't:1bly
tukc 11p the co111'ses of 1'c:11li11}‘_1' and
tlISCll.~‘«S the sevc1':1l ‘topics in their
111ecti11}_rs, yet where this is not con-
venient 01' p1':1ctic:1ble the 1'c:1di11_2f
can. and often is done to as ;_>'oo<l
:1<lv:111t:1g_rc by i11divi<lu:1ls 1'e:1di11_:
alone.

(‘ICRTIFICATI-ZS

\\'l1cn :1 111c111bc1' has finished
1'c:1di11__q :1 book l1c should send to
the Sec1'ct:’11‘y for q11estio11s, which
have been p1'cpa1'ed to :1id l1i111 in
n1:1kl11_J:1 1'cpo1't to the .Scc1'et:11'y
011 that book. If the report is sut-
isf:1clo1'y, :1 cc1'titlc:1tc si_;‘11c<l by
the president of the C<1lle_2'e and
s0c1'cta1'y of the I*‘:11'111 II()lll0 Rend-
ing Circle will be iss11cd, sliowiiig‘
that you have colnplcted the book.
A ce1‘tlfic:1tc is sent upon the 00111-
plction of each book and also upon
the conipletion of the cl:1.<s. \\'l1cn
:1 1ncn1be1' has conipletcd any three
of the classes and 11:1.-' sent i11 :1
s:1tisf:1cto1'y report on the same, he
is co11side1'cd to have li11isl1cd :1
co111'sc :111d will then receive :1 suit-
able diplo111:1. The l'cp()l‘l.s‘, 01' ex-
:1111i11:1li<111s as they n1:1y be called,
are not 11eccss:11'yu11lc.ss the 1'e:1dc1‘
desires credit for his 1‘c:1di11}_-“, but
they help to fix in mind the Inost
p1'o111incnt trullls b1'011;._>‘l1t out in
each book. \\'e are pleased to
note ‘1l1:1t z1l:11‘g‘c 111:1j01'ity of our
111c111bc1's lake :1<lv:111t:1f_>‘e of this
fc:1tu1'e of se11di11g' reports for ex-
:11ni11:1tio11.

ANI.) l)ll’LO)IA.

THE COURSE.

The course has been oulli11ed
with :1 VICW to n1:1kin_<_r the difl'c1'ent
classes especially :1d:1ptcd to the
difi‘e1*cnt b1':1.ncl1e.'~: of f:1r111i11§_r. The
n1e1nbc1's of the F:1.1'111 Ilmnc Read-
ing Circle are offered five classes
of reading, as follows: Soils and
Crops, Live Stock, G:11'dcn and
O1'cl1:11'd, Home Making, and P0-
litical Science. Any three of tl1ese
classes constitute 11 course. It is
advised that the books mentioned
in the several classes be read
in the order named, as
they have been arranged progress-

ively as far as possible. \\'hile
this is advised, yet if for any rea-
son the reader wishes to take up
books further along in the class or
course they may be ordered and
credit will be given as they are
coinplcted. Neitheris there any
definite rule or 1'e(.p1i1'en1e11t as to
what class a 111en1be1* shall take 11p
first.

In the few following p:1g'cs we
have attempted to briefly outline
the books reconiincndcd i11 the
cou1'se. The books below will be
sent prepaid to n1cn1bc1'.s at the
prices quoted.

crass 1—so11.s .1.\'11 CROPS.

Book 1. First Principles of Agri-
culture. (Mills and Shaw.) Pages 1-
116. This book fills a. long felt need of
people who desire to obtain a correct
knowledge of the elementary scientific
principles and improved practices of
successful farmers. The work is fully
illustrated and is adapted to both old
and young. The following are the
principal chapters: Definitions and
Explanations. The plant; Tillage; The
improvement‘ of soils; Preparation
for the Seed; The Rotation of Crops;
Crops for soiling; The Weeds of the
Farm; Diseases of Crops; insects in-
jurious to the Farm. The latter half
of the book is offered in Class 2. Price
50 cents.

Book 2. Soils and Crops. (Morrow
and Hunt.) This book, written in an
easy and interesting style, treats of the
methods of making available the plant
food in the soil. A short history of
each of the leading farm crops is given,
accompanied by adiscussion of its c11l-
ture. In this is explained the most
useful discoveries of science as applied
to approved methods of culture. This
book is also illustrated. Price. 75 cents.

Book 3. Practical Farm Chemistry.
(Gr:-inler.) Here soil fertilization or
crop feeding is treated in much the
same manner as we would expect the
subject to be treated. It is in three
parts: Part I—Tl1e Raw Materials of
Plant Food; Part II—The available
Sources of Supply; Part IlI—Princi—
ples of Economic Application or Ma-
nuring for Money. The needs of the
plant and how to supply them are
fully discussed. Price, 75 cents.

Book 4. Silos and Silage. (Cook)
This work discusses the raising of
cor11 and its preparation for the silo.
the construction and building of the
silo, together with brief discussions of
the value of silage as food for the dif-
ferent farm animals. Fifty pages; il-
lustrated; paper. Price, 15 cents.

Book 5. The reader may here choose
between two books, Tile Drainage and
the soil.

Tile Drainage. (Chamberlain) This
book embraces the experience of forty
years of one of our most successful ag-
riculturists, wl10 has laid with his own
hands lifteen miles of tiles. An ex-
perience likeghis should qualify him
for writing 5  work. 150 pages;
illustrated; paper. Price, 25 cents.

The soil. (King.) This is the latest
book out on the subject of soils. It
treats of the action of sunshine, at-
moshere and water upon the soil. The

nature, functions, origin, wasting, tex-
ture, composition and kinds of soil.
Nitrogen of the soil is fully treated. as
is also conservation of soil moisture.
Other topics. such as soil temperature,
farm drainage, irrigation and physical
effects of tillage and fertilizers receive
due notice. Price. 55 cents.
CL.-SSS .'_’.———LI\'l§ STOCK,

Book 1, First Principles of Agri-
culture. (Mills and Shaw.) This part
of the book treats of the principles of
Feeding; Care and Management of
Horses, Cattle, sheep and swine;
Breeding; The Breeds of Live stock;
The Dairy; silo and Ensilage; Cultiva-
tion of Forest Trees for Shade, Orna-
ment and Protection. Price, 50 cents.

Book 2, Horses. Cattle. Sheep and
Swine. (Geo. W. Curtis.) There are many

young farmers and students who are
in need of a clear and also a condensed
description of the most improved
breeds of live stock. To all such this
work will be found valuable. The ori-
gin, history, improvement, merits, de-
fects. adaptability, etc., of the differ-
ent breeds, together with hints on se-
lection, care and management, always
receive due attention. Nicely illus-
trated. Price, $11.75,

Book 3. Stock Breeding. (Dr. Man-
ly Miles.) This is a practical treatise
011 the application of the laws of de-
velopment and heredity to the im-
provement and breeding of domestic
animals. The following and other in-
teresting subjects are treated at length;
Heredity; Atavism; Variation; Fecun-
(i'1ty;In-andin-Breeding; Cross Breed-
ing; ltelative Inlluence of Parents;
Pedigree and Selection. Price, $1.13.

Book 4. Feeding Animals. (.3‘tewart.)
A book containing 560 pages upon the
practice and science of feeding in all
its details, giving the most advantage-
ous ration for all classes of farm ani-
mals. Price, $1.47.

Book 5. We have thought it advis-
able to name under this head live or
six books so that the reader may choose
the one which is more closely connect-
ed with his line of farming. That is,
some of our members will be more in-
terested in horses; others cattle; others
sheep, swine or poultry. The member
is given the freedom to choose any of
the following books: American
Dairying; Cattle Breeding; Sl1epherd’s
Manual; Swine Husbandry; Horse
Breeding; Practical Poultry Keeper.

American Dairying. (Gurler.) As
many of you doubtless know, Mr. Gur-
ler IS a practical farmer and butter
maker. He has been eminently suc-
cessful in his work as a dairyman and
has a happy faculty of putting what he
knows in an interesting way in this re-
cent work. It will be found useful
alike to the farmer and the creamery
man. It is well illustrated. Price, 75

1..

_ cents.

Cattle Breeding. This work was i
written by William Warlield. who has;
spent a long life in the breeding ofl
good cattle. His work is practical and ,'
he does not neglect to bring out the 4
important principles of breeding. This
work 18 more especially directed to
breeders of beef cattle. He does not.
fail to g1ye_ a. reason for certain breed- 1‘
mg practices which he advocates. *
Thus_,_m treating the subjects of in-
breeding. _l1ne-breeding, cross—breed-
mg, selection, feeding methods etc., he
speaks from the standpoint of the
practical breeder. Price, $1.34,

shepherd's Manual. (Stew-art.) This
pr_act1cal treatise on sheep was written
with especial attention to its adapta-
blllty to American conditions. It treats
Of nearly every subject related to sheep
husbandry. It will not only be found
useful to the novice, but the experi-
enced sheplierd will find much useful
information in its pages. Price, $1.00.

swine Husbandry. (Coburn.) In
preparing this work it was the object
of the author to condense in one vol-
ume the ideas and conclusions of the
most practical and successful men who
have followed the business of produc-
111g pork in this country. This is as
it should be, for no one man can as
sume to know everything. even about
one subject. Besides the care and
management of the herd, much useful
mtormation IS given in regard to the
leadmg breeds of swine now grown in
this country. It is fully illustrated
and I am sure that it will not fail to
be interesting and instructive to all
farmers. Illustrated; cloth. Price, 81.16.

Horse Breeding. (Sanders) This
work treats of the heredity as applied
to horse breeding. Considerable atten-
tion is given to the subject of the man-
agement of stallions, brood mares and
foals. It also gives some practical in-
formation in regard to the diseases
common to breeding animals. Some
excellent ideas are set forth in regard
to the selection of breeding stock, and
we are confident the members of the
Farm Home Beading Circle will lind
this a practical work. Price, $1.11}.

Practical Poultry Keeper. (\Vr1gl1t.)
This work is Well 1llustra.ted. It gives
attention to the management of po11l-
try not only for domestic use and mar-
ket, but also for exhibition purposes.
While it was written some few years
ago it is nevertheless a useful book at
the present time. The standard breeds
of poultry are described i11 such a
manner that the reader may know
whether a certain breed is adapted to
the purpose for which he keeps fowls,
or not. Price, $1.34.

(‘l..-X35" 3.--GARl)li.\' .-‘\_\‘l) OR(‘IIAl{l).

Book 1. Practical Fruit Grower.
(Maynard) This is just what the be-
ginner in gardening should read, as it
is full of the methods and practices of
successful fruit growers. Illustrated.
Price, 35 cents.

Book 2. How the Garden Pays.
(Gre1ner.) This book was written by
an experienced and skillful horticul-
turist. Among other subjects related
to gardening, the following are dis-
cussed: Farm and I<.itcl1e11 Gardening;
Manure and Fire Hot Beds; Imple-
ments; Cola Frames; Drainage; lr-
rigation; Seed a11d Seed Sow-
ing; Thinning and Transplant-
ing, etc. Descriptions are also
given of the leading varieties of gar-
den vegetables, accompanied by ma11y
illustrations. Cloth. Price, $1.413.

Book  Ornamental Gardening.
<'L0ng.) This work was written with
the idea to supply a demand coming
from the rural population for a. work
which would suggest ways in which
their country homes might be made
more attractive and beautiful. De-
scriptions of various ornamental and
shade trees are described, as well as
shrubs, while water. rocks and other
natural materials receive due notice.
Illustrated. I’rice,$l.34.

Book 4. Insects and Insecticides.
(Weed) This is a complete treatise
upon the insects injurious to vegeta-
tion. It gives the latest information
in regard to remedies and preventive
measures together with recipes for
making them. An interesting feature
to many of our young people will be
its suggestions and directions for col-
lecting and preserving insects. Illus-
trated, Price, $100

Book 5. About the same course as
was outlined in Class 2, will be fol-
lowed in this class, that is, we shall
name four books wl1ich will be elective
with m1r readers. You may select the
one wl1icl1 you consider will be most
helpful to you as Book No. 5. They are
as follows: bardening for Pleasure;
Propagation of Plants, Home Flor1cul-
ture; Practical Floriculture.

Gardening for Pleasure. (lIender-
son.) This is intended as a. guide to
the amateur in the fruit, vegetable and
llower garden, with full descriptions
for conservatory and window garden-
ing. lt meets the wants of all classes
in country, city and Village, Wl1o keep
a garden for their ow11 enjoyment
rather than for the sale ofits products.
lllustrated. Price, 31.34.

Propagation of Plants. (Fuller._) Il-

lustrated with numerous engravings.
This is a practical and useful work and
describes the process of hybridizing
and crossing species and varieties, and
the many dll'l'ere11t modes by which
plants may be propagated and multi-
plied. Price, 81.00.
, Home Floriculture. lllexford.) This
work is especially adapted to the home
conservatory and flower garden. In it
are found many valuable hints for the
lover of ilowers. Price, -‘$1.12.

Practical Floriculture. (Henderson)
A guide to the successful propagation
and cultivation of 11orist’s plants. Mr.
Henderson is a very popular author
and it is suflicient to say that this is a
complete treatise on the subject.
Price, $1.34.

CLASS IV.‘-—HO1\IE MAKING.

Price, Postpaid.
$0 .

Book 1. Helps for Home Makers . . . . . . .. pg
.1 2_ ;
80

Anna Maria's Housekeeping...
A Study of Child Nature . . . . . ..

3.
H 4.

u U.

Hygiene of the Kitchen. .  .. 75
How the Other Half Lives . . . . .. 1 25

FEBRUARY 6, 1896.

CLASS \’.———POLlTlCAL SCIE.\’(‘E.
Book 1. Elements of Political aEconm.ny

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volu1nes.(l3rice.) . . . . . . _ . . , _ . . . . . . . .. $3 75

THE FARM HOME BOOK SHELF.

In s0111e instances we are not
able to offer l10()ks which are in
every way suitable for our work,
b11t we are otl'e1'i11g tllose books
which are 1'ccu111111c11ded by men
proniinent i11 their special lines as
the best now i11 print which are at
all suited to the v:11'iuus cl:1ss'cs' and
conditions of our rezidcrs. There
are :1lw:1ys i11dividu:1l comlitions
wl1icl1 s111'1'ou11d our n1e111he1's,
thus 111:1kin_g_r it diilicult to select
books which are :1d:1pted to all.
Then again, it has often been found
:1 s0111cwl1:1t difficult matter to de-
L'ltlC:lSl1(.‘l.\\'(.‘Cll two good works.
T:1kin5_r11ll tliese tl1in_<_rs into con-
sidc1':1tiu11, it 11:15 been tl1o11ght ad-
visablc to add to the course :11-
1'c:1dy outli11cd scvcml g(1o<l books
which 111:1ybc culled s11pplc111c11t-
:11'y. to be known :15 the F:11'111
llmnc Book Sllelf. On this ".~'l1clf“
is uli'c1'cd :1 list of lrouks which are
st:1nd:11'1l :1utl1o1'ity, and we give
our 1'e:1dc1's the benefit of the szune
low prices on lllcseils upon the
1'e_r_rul:11' books in the cmlrsc.

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4 Kathleen Hesslegrave, a pretty young Eng-
lish artist. and Arnold Willouuhby. a B(ill(‘~
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 rejected their pictures.
Rufus .\lor_timer._a rich American idler. joins
them. He is a friend of the Hessle-graves and
is surprised to End Kathleen in the company
of Willouirhby. whom she knows as a common .
sailor dabbling in art. CHAPTER II— l{ath- l
leen lives with her mother in fashionable lodg- j
lugs. The aristocracy visit there. and one day .
at a reception the company discuss the mys- E
tery of young Earl Axminster. who has tied l,
the country disguised a sa sailor. Canon \'alen- ;
tine. the lion of the party, thinks the aristoc-
racy of England is well rid of him. His habits i
are too good. Ill-Willoughliy is the earl. He:
is stranded by the failure 01 the picture. re- 1
fuses help from Mortimer and goes to sea to 2
earn money to Continue the study of art. I\'— ,
Mortimer pursues Kathleen on lovc’s quest. 1
She likes him and with ditiiculty holds him otf. l
V-— Mortimer, Willougbby and the Hesslc- .
graves meet in Venice. Mrs. Hesslcirrave is
alarmed at Kathleen‘s entliusiasni over the
sailor painter and his works. VI and VII-
The young artists roam through romantic old
palaces together. V\ illougliby a guest at
Kathleen's home. The nuidcn half reveals
her love for him. and both confess to thcin- .
selves that they are in love. VIII and IX-
Mortimer proposes and discovers l\'athleei.i's
passion for Willoughby. X~Cannn Valen-
tine appears in Venice with the news that the
missing earl has been traced and Inn: perished
in the shipwreck. He recognizes Willoughbv
on sight, but promptly denies it. _\'I—Kaih-
leen admits to her mother that she is certain
of the identity of Willouirhbv with the missing
earl, but will preserve the secret for her lov-
er's sake. XlI—Mrs. I'I€SSel,L'l'll.V(‘ finds the
secret too good to keep. tells Willoughliy that
Kathleen knows it. and he leaves her house in
anger. XllI-Wlll0lIgl]h)' abandons Venice
suddenly Without giving Kathleen it chance to _
explain. XIV Parliament declares the I1llS.~‘lI'll:
eaiglmtfficially dead and settles the inheritance ,
on a distant relative. Willougriiv resolves not:
to contest it, as he prefers to be taken by the
world at his “Market Value.

CHAPTER XIII.
A Missi.\'(; i.()\'l~II1.

‘Twas in bitter disnppoiiitinent that Ar-
nold \'\'illoug_;liby strode away from the
Hesslegraves‘ door that afternoon in Ven-
ice. For the second time in hislife his
And the new
g —'.l bble had burst even more painfully than
the old one. He was young, he said to

. himself, when he fell in love with Blanche

Middleton. \\'ith a boy's simplicity he
mistook the mere blushing awkwardness
and uncertainty of the iiigenuc for inno-
cence of mind and purity of purpose. He
had a rude awakciiiiig when he saw Lady
Sark sell herself for inoney and title and
develop into one of the vain:-st and show-
iest among the heat-tless clans of profes-
sional beziiitics. But this time, he had
said to his own heart, he was older and
wiser. No such hasty iiiistiilce for him
nowadays! He knew the cliff:-i-i-iice now
between the awkward l)§l.'\‘llfIIlIlL'.~‘>‘ of the
frightened schoolgirl and the pure white
integrity of a noble minded womrin. Bit
by bit Kathleen Hesslo-grave had won back
the soured niisogyiiist to a lit‘lll‘f in her
sex, in its goodness, in its tiiisellisliiiess, in
its nobility of nature. He knew she could
have married Rufus Mortimer if she wish-
ed, but be believed she had refused him
for the penniless sailor's szikc. It was be-
cause he believed her capable of real disin-
terested aifcct-ion like that that he had
fallen in love with Kathleen IIc:<.<l<-griive.

And now what a disillusioii! llc foiinrl
he had been mistaken in her from the very
beginning. The woman whom he had
thought so far raised above her fellows
that she could love a SlI‘Il§L'llIl_§! artist
without past-. without future, for his own
sake alone, turned out after all to be an
intriguer more calculating and more de-
ceitful in her way than Lady Sark herself
had been. Kathleen must have known
from the beginning that the man whose
advances she had accepted with so much
blushing uncertainty and with such pretty
coyness was really Lord Axmiii.-ter. She
had been saying those sweet, tliiiigs about
respecting him so much and not caring for
rank or wealth or position because she
thought that was the way that would lead
her to a coronet. With incredible cunning
and deceptiveness she had nianaged to
hide from him her knowledge of his origi-
nal position and to assuiiie a. sort of in-
stinctive shrinking from his lowly calling,
which she allowed li-: love and respect to
overcome, as it were, quite visibly before
his eyes with consummate cleverness. As a
piece of fine acting in real life it was noth-
ing short of admirable. If that girl were
to go upon the stage, now, Arnold said to
himself bitterly, she would make her for-
tune. Those modest side glances, those
dexterously summoned blushes, that timid
demeanor at first, giving way with fuller
acquaintance to an uncontrollable affec-
tion, so strong that it compelled her,
against her will, as it seemed, to overlook
the prejudice of birth and to forget the
immense gulf in artificial positi0I1——0h. as
acting it was marvelous. But to think it
was only that! Arnold Willoughhy’s brain
reeled. Ah, why could he never cast this
birthright of false adulation and vile syco-
phancy behind him‘? Why could he never
stand out before the world on his merits
as a man and be accepted or rejected for
himself alone Without the intervention of
this perpetual reference to his artificial
value and his place in the peerage?

And the secrecy of it too! The baseness!
The privy planning and plotting! Why,
this woman whom be imagined all frank-
ness and candor, with a heart as straight-
forward as that open, brave face of hers,

r airs wiles.

had concocted this viie trap to catch a cor-
onet unaware-s, all by herself, unaided,
and had coiicealeil her inmost thoughts
from her own mother even. There was a
cold blooded deliberateness about it all
which tlisgiistctl and disillusioned Arnold
VVillou,qhby on the first blush of it. He
had gone into that house that afternoon
in a Iover’s fever and with a lover’s fer-
vor, saying to himself as he crossed the
Zhrt-sliold: “There is none like her, none.

my life for her with joy. I could stake
my existeiice on her goodiiess and purityi”

And now he came out of it. coldly numb if

and critical. He hated to think he had
been so readily deceive-d by a clever wom-
Iie hated and despised liiin-
self. Never again while he lived would he
trust a single one of them.

ery.

It’s a way men have when they’re out of
conceit for a time with their wivcs or their
SVVe€'tllt'.'l.I‘I’.S.

As for poor Mrs. II:-sslegravc. the 1inof- ~

feiidiiip: cause of all this lzinieiitable mis-
apprclit-iision. she sat. by he-rst-lf, Ili(‘ZIn-
while wringing her hands in iniprit:-nt de-

spair in llt‘I‘ own ilriiwimz room and won- ,
(l€I'lIl_L',‘ when Katlilei-ii would come in to ‘

coinfort her. Iizicli iiiiiiiitcseenieil an hour.
What could be K{‘t‘DlIl,L{ Kathli-vii? As a
rule, the dear child came back so soon
from such crrniids as this to her beloved
work, for Kathleen was never so happy as
when painting or sketching, and &he
wrought with a will, both for love's sake
and for inoiii-y's. But today slie was sonic-
how iiiiaccountnbly delayed. Her stars
were iiiipropltioiis, and the real cause of
the delay, as fate would have it, was one
of those petty circunistaiiccs upon which
our lives all hinge. Slie had gone round
on her way lionie by the Foiitlaiiiciitzi dz-lle
Zattere as a woni.-in in love will do, expect-
ing to find Ariiold Willougliby at work on
his canvas there and hoping to seem as if
more accident had brought her back to
the place she Illltl abandoned during the
Vale-iitines’ visit. Tlirce (lays was so long
a time to go without. seeing Arnold! But
instead of finding him she had fallen in
with Rufus Mortimer cngagetl upon his
Christi-niiig scene, and Mortiiiicr, guessing
her object, and gencroiisly anxious, as was
his nature, to aid her in her love afiair,
had kept her tiilkiiii; long in front of the
picture he was pziiiitiiig under the belief
that Arnold would shortly turn up, and
that he was doing her a kindness by thus
making her presence there seem more nat-
ural and less open to iiiisconstruction.
Yet, as often happens in this world of mis-
chances, .\Iortiiner’s very anxiety to help
her (l(‘f('£1l(3(l his own purpose. It was the
kind llE'zll‘it‘\'l youngAineric;in‘s fate in life
to do as much linriii by his well intentioned
eilorts as iiiziny worse natures do by their
deliberate lll2'tllC£,‘.

Into this iiiicoiiscioiis trap Kathleen fell
reiidilv ciiouuli iiiiil waited on as long as
she could lll the vziiii hope that Arnold
\\'illoii,i,vliby would turn up sooner or later.
But when at l:i.<t it sceiiicil clear that he
was t.-ikiiig an aftcriiooii oil‘ and wouldn’t
be there at all she accept:-il Mortiiiii-r‘s
oil’.-i'ot' a lift. home in his gondola, and
ha\'iii_g wzzsted llt'I‘ day hopi-It-ssly by this
tinic went in on lll‘I‘ way back to fultlll a
few small coiiiiiii~'.<ioiis at sliops in the
Cullc dii Moi-v.-. which .\llll further delayed
her return to lli"I' iimtlii-r‘.<.

\Vlien she 1-eaclu-d lioiiic and went up
Ft.'llI‘>'. she xvzis astoiiishcil to find Mrs.
Ilesslefrrave rocking lli:l‘.<.elf up and down
distractcdly in her chair, and the yellow
hriiiiton liezulilri-.<.~i ill a last stage of dis-
order. wlilclz betokened a long spell of very
vigorulis iiiiscry.

“ Why, mot her, dear, " ’ 14 ie cried in alarm,
“what. . has happciieil siiice I went out!‘
You lixivt-ii‘! had aiinthi-1' letter from Reg-
gie askii.-;_: for niriiiey. have you?"

Mrs. llc:-:slc;;'i':i\'e broke down.
I had ” she ansxvererl. sobbing. “I wish

only that! I wish it was Reggie!
Oh, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty, how am I ever to
tell you? Iii-‘s been here since you went
out, and you’ll never, iicvcr forgive me!"

“He's been hi-i'e'z" l-{.-itlilecn repeated,
not kiiowiiig what lll‘I‘ mother could incan.
“Reggie's been here? Today? Not at this
house—in Vciiice!"

“No, no, no. not Reggie," Mrs. Il\=5.<le-
grave answered, rockiiig hei:-I-lf up and
down still more vigimoiisly than before.
“Mr. ‘Vlll0IIgl).l)}'———I.U1'(l A.\’niiiister!”

In a second the color fled from Kath-
let-ii's check as if by iiiagic. Her heart
grew cold. She trembled all over.

“Mr. \\'illoiighhy!" she cried, ('l{l.Spl‘Zlg
her bloodless hands. Every nerve in her
body quivered. Never till that moment
did she know how far her love had carried
her.

“Oh, mother, what did you say?
did he do? What has happened?”

“He’s gone!” Mrs. Hessli-grave cried fee-
bly, wringing her haiirls in her distress.
“He’s gone for good and all! He told me
to say goodby to you. ”

“Goodby!” Kathleen echoed, horror-
struck. “Goodby! Uh, motherl \Vhere’s
he going then? What can it mean?’ This
is very sudden!”

“I don’t; know,” Mrs. Hesslegrave an-
swered, bursting afresh into tears, “but
he said I spoiled all. He said so more than
once, and he told me its was you yourself
who said so.”

For a minute or two Kathleen was too
agitated even to inquire in any intelligent
way what exactly had happened. Just at
first all she knew was a vague conscious-
ness of fate, a sense that some terrible
blow had fallen upon her. Her mother
had committed some fatal indiscretion,
and Arnold was gone—gone without an
explanation! But slowly, as she thought
of it all, it began to dawn upon her what
must have happened. With a fearful
shrinking at heart she hardened herself for
the effort and drew_ slowly from the relucn

‘ ‘I wish

VVha.£

‘ taut and penitmt .V‘li‘.*¥. tlessiegrave a full 1

j I shall ask her this very day. I could risk 2

and complete coiifcssion of her share in the
misfortune. Bit by bit Mrs. I-Iessle-grave ‘
allowed the whole painful and huniiliat- '
ing scene to be wrung out of hior piece-
meal. As soon as she had finished Kath-
leen stood up and faced her. She did not
reproach her mother-—the wound had gone
too deep by far for repr0ach—-but her very
silence was more terrible to Mrs. I-Iessle—
grave than any number of reproaches.

“I must go, inotlier,” she cried, break-

ling away from her like some wild and

‘wounded creature——“I must go at once.
’ _ glaiicc.

‘ I fell in love with him for himself as a

and see him. This cruel iiiisapprehensioii .
is more than I can endure. I didn't. know j
who he was till (fziiion Valentine told us.

‘ common sailor. I never kne-\v he was Lord

’l‘lieiriiio.-‘t iii- 
noccnt smile hides their blackest treach- i
1 severely oiitrugt-(1.

Axniinstcr. I must go and tell him so!"
Mrs. llcsslt-gra\'e‘s sense of propriety was I
Not only was it dread-

‘ ful to think that a young lady could have .

; that man. too. a common sailor, but it

fallen in love with a man l1Il{i<li€(l. and ,

was drcadful also that Kathleen should ,
dream of going to see him in person in- .

.stcad of writing to explain to him and 3

asking him to call round for the further
clearing up of this painful eiitziiigleiiietit.

“Oh. my dear." she cried, drawiii;_: back,
“you‘re not surely going to call for him! f
It would look so bad! Do you think it i
would be right? Do you think it would ‘I
be wonizinly?” '

“Yes, I do,” Kathleen answered. with
unwoiited boldness. “Right and woiiiziiily
to the last degree. Most i'i;.;lit and most
womanly. Mother. de-zir. I don‘t blame
you. You did what you tlioiight. best in
my interest, as you iruagiiicd. but you
have left him under a cruel» zui!-'apprehen-
sion of my character and mcv".v3s—n. mis-
apprehension that would be iircadfiil for
me to bear with anyone, but ti-ii thou-
sand tiiiues \vor.~'c with a. nature like Ar-
nold Willoii}_§liby's, and I cnn‘t sit down
under it. I cant rest till l’ve seeii him
and told him how utterly niistakcii he is
about me. Tlii-i-i-,'s no turning back now.
I must and shall see him i"

And in her own licart she sairl to her-
self a great deal more than that—“l must
and shall marry liiiii."

So with face on fire and eagi-r steps that
never ‘paused she riislii-(I hotly down the
stairs and out into the Piazza. The pi-
geons crowded round her as if tintliiiii; had
happened. Tliciice she took the narrow
lane that led most directly by many bridges
to the little salt fish shop and went to
make her first call on the man of her
choice at his own I'll 

Little Cecca was at the door playing
with a big new doll. She looked up with
a smile at the bi-iiutiful lady, whom she
recognized as the person she had seen out
walking one da_v with “our Iiigle-se."’

“Is the sigiitir at lioiiie?" Kfitlileeii
asked, too di-i-ply lIl0\‘P(l to I'('l'.llI'll the
child’s siiiilc, yet touching her _i_roldeii head
gently.

The little one looked up at her atriiin
with all the saucy southc-rn coiifiiliiigriir-ss.

“No, he isii‘t," i-lu-z~.iiswere(l. diiiipling.
“The si}_:iior‘s gone awziy. But he gave
me 2 lire before he went. don‘t you see,
and I bmiglit. this pretty doll with it at
.\'eig.{libor (}ia<:riiiio's. Isn't it a pretty
one? And it cost all 2 lire.”

“Gone away?" l\'atlilL-en echoed, a cold
thrill coming over her. “Gone away? Not
front Venicef/”

The child nodded and puffed out her lips.

“Si, si,’ she said, “from “Venice.” And
thzn she went on singing in her childish
nursery rliyiiic:

"Vale a far una barca o una bats-la;
(‘o (I l‘zi. iuta, butila in lllll.l’Z
La ii L-o;idui'ra in \'eiio;'.i'.i lii-la.

“But he hasn’t done tliatfi’ she zidtletl
in her llZ1l)§'lll{t‘l)I'?ltIlt‘. “ll<-Ts taken his
boat and gone away from Venice, away
from Vi-iiice, from Vciii-7.io. bi-la. right;
away. right away from Vi.-iie-zia be-la."

Kathlct-ii stood for a iiiiinieiit. reeling.
The child‘s wt. " - {“.Il.~‘\\'«,‘I't'(l her. She had
hard work to rcsiraiii ll(’l‘.\‘t,‘lf from faint-
ing then and tut-r-. A terrible \vcakiie.<s
seeiiii-d to bri-al; over her surldi-iily. (jiiiie.
and with that :':ral iiiisai>pi't-lit-iii-ion on
his niiiid! Oh, it \Vll> too, too cruel‘. She
stag§_:cr(l into the shop. With an etfrwt.
she burst mill’:

“The .<l’.Ill‘.lI', your lod;.'cr«—the Inglese
——Slgnor \\'illoiii;liliy‘:"’

A l2ll',Ei'_. yuiiiig \\'<l!l‘.:lll of the florid Ve-
netian typc, broad of face and yr-llmv of
hair, like a vulg.'iriz.c~l Titian. \\'r'l.\' siitiiig
behind the cnuntcr liIIIIIlll_L: away ata col-
ored hea<l<lr<;~:s. She noiliir,-d and lot.-kt-d
grave. Like all Italiiins, she iiistantly
suspected a love tragedy of the kind with
which she ll(‘I‘.~iL’lf was faiiiilizir.

“Is gone." slie asseiited in a really sym-
pathetic toiie. “Si, si. is gone, signora.
The little one says the truth. Is gone this
very evening "

“But where?" Kathleen cried, refrain-
ing with a. strimgle from wring._:ing her
poor hands and repressing the rising tears
before the stranger’s face with visible dif-
ficulty.

The bountiful looking Italian woman
spread her hands open by her side with a

' gage for Genoa, whence he hoped to get

, truth much trouble would have been avert-

. to :1 stcaiiicr in the harbor.

‘j to still its throlibiiig and went forth into

and—to Clear up a misconcepnon. w hich
way has he gone, do you know? By sea or
by land, the port or the railway station?”
Tl]QTGW8$llUl8 even yet, for at that mo-
ment, as it chanced, Arnold \\'illou«_rhby
was still engaged in registcriiig his lug-

employment on some honieward bound
steamer. And if the woman had told the

ed. But truth is an article of luxury in
Itrily. The viil_:,rari7.cd Titian lookt-rl at
Kiithlct-ii st-arcliingly, yet with a pitying

“Oh, he's gone,” she answered, nodding
her head, “lit-'3 gone altogctlicr. He got

ly just now, aiizl our Pietro rowed him off
And I saw
the 5l('£1lIlt‘l‘ 2-‘ail. She's at the Lido by this
time. llut: lit-‘ll write, he'll write, make
sure! Don't take it to heart. sigznora.”
Kathleen pressed llt‘I‘ hand to her bosom

the street.
her.

All was black as night for
She staggered home in a maze. Iler

“Hr will not rctiirn,” slic II‘llSN‘C)‘(‘fI.
head rt-clcd uiispcakably. But; as soon as
she was gone the woiiinii turned to a. man
who louiigcd .'iiiioiig the piickiiig cases at
the back of the shop with a smile of tri-
umpli.

“He was It gootl fellow,” slie said, with
the soutliern trilci-aiicc, “and I wasii’t go-
ing to tell her lii~‘d gone by the train to
Genoa. Not likely I would! You know
what she wanted? She would have stuck
a knife into him. I saw it in her eye, and,
aha. I pri-vs-iiti--.l it! Ilut sailors will be
sailors, and Hlgiirir Villiilii, say I. was al-
ways a plcasiiiit. one. Why should I wish
him harm? He liked little Cecca and paid
his bill punctu:ill_v. Slit-‘s not the first
sigiiora. we all know well, who has been
deceived and (lest-rted by a good looking
sailor. Zut what would you have? ’Tis
the way of them! Mariners, mariners-—
like the gulls of Maransl Here today and
there tomorrow 1”

ONE DOCTOR SAID _]AUN-
DICE,

.Another Said Nervous Prostra-
tion.

BUT IT W.-\S HIS BACK AND THE ‘PA-
TIENT DI.-XGNOSEU HIS ()“'I\' CASE
AND PBESCRIBED FOR HIIVISELF.

\Vhat he did. Full Description of the
Case.

Franz the Mrirni. Bvitilc (.‘i‘ccl.‘. )Ii'i,-Ii.
John Ii. Linihan, of the drug firm of

Morehouse & Linihan, proprietors of
the White Drug Store was seen by a

pronounced my case nervous prostra-
tion, and gave me a stimulant. Of
course 1 was better for a time, but as
soon as the effects of the drug wore off
I was left in a worse condition than
before. I doctored along this way for
about four months. I did not get any
permanent relief. My back pained
me. and for the past four years I have
not been able to do any work. One day
I saw the advertisement of Dr. Wil-
liams’ l’ink Pills for Pale People. and
after reading it over I decided, I know

lnot why, that these pills would help

me. I knew that the pills would come

. . . as near mv case a an of th
, out. his box and his pictures quite sudden- ‘ ' S y e doctors

had, and so took them. In four or live
days my back became better. The
pains stopped. I felt as I had not for
four years. I kept right on taking the
medicine and every day I felt better.
My whole system seemed to be purged
of all the disease and poisons there
were in it. and I felt like a new man.

,1 do not know how many boxes I took.
’ I think it was eight when I pronounced

myself well. It was only a short time

between the day I took the first pill
and found myself well. Think of the few

dollars I spent on this medicine and was
cured, and then think of the many dol-

lars thatl spent in Detroit with the

specialist and with the local physi-

cians. Think of the many monthsl

suffered while under the care of the

doctors and found no relief, and then

just think how soon it. was that I
found relief after takiuiz the Pink

Bills. 1 consider the pills a household

remedy, and we are never without
them. I did not take any of the pills
for several months and found that I

felt all right. This proved to me that

I was cured and not braced up for a.

short time, as is the case with so many
patent remedies and the prescriptions
that doctors put up. For four years I

suffered and could not work. Today I
am Well and ready to work. I have
recommended the pills to dozens of
persons and in every case they have
done just as they were guaranteed to

do. No one who has ever taken any
of this Wonderful remedy will hesitate

to speaka good word for it. I [ind
that when I tell a person that Pink
Pills will help them and they take
them, they have nothing but praise for
the medicine and are grateful to me
for telling them of this remedy which
cures when doctors fail. Al," wife

takes the pills, in fa(:l‘,f?Vt3l_e'Ol‘il:f I kt.-iw
who is sick takes the pills, that is if I
can gel: them to. People who know
how I suffered need have no other rec-
ommendation for the remedy than to
see the walking around again. They

know the condition that I was in and
are aware what it was that produced
the change. My case alone has caused
the sale of hundreds of boxes of the
pills, and there are many more who
have been cured and who would be
willing to tell their story if they were
interviewed. A remedy like this
should be known. People should he
made aware of the wonderful cures
that have been effected by it. livery-
one who has been cured should be only
too willing to tell of it so his neighbor
might [ind relief. We swear by Dr.
Williams’ Pink Pills at my house."

Mr. Weston certainly looked well.
He is Fifty-two years old_ and looks
hearty and healthy. Ile IS very en-
thusiastic over his cure, and cannot
say enough in favor of the Pink Pills.
The reporter might add that the name
of the Detroit. physicii-in is witlilield,
but that he is well known in this city
and has a large practice here now. He
has made a fortune out of lllS_ crac-
tice. These little pills accoinpzished a
cure that he was unable to cope with.

Dr. wiiiiams’ l’ink l’ills contain all
the elements necessary to give new

reporter in regard to the case of Henry
Weston, of 68 South Avenue, Battle
Creek. Mr. Iiinilian stated that the
case of Mr. Weston was only one of a
hundred or more in this city. “Every

day,” said the drug man. "we hear of ’

someone that has been cured by Pink
Pills. We sell a large amount of them.
No one ever comes back and says they
were not helped, but on the other
hand, dozens of persons have called
who have been benefited by their use.
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills are as staple.
as flour, and no iirst-class druggést is
ever without them. We never have
any liesitancy about recommending
them.”

Mr. Weston was seen. at his home on
South Avenue bv the reporter and
asked if there was any truth in the
rumor that he had doctored for four
years with the best ptiysicians in the
state. found no relief, and after spend-
ing hundreds of dollars in medicine
that had not cured him. had as a last
resort, taken Dr. Williams’ Pink I’ills

demonstrative air. “Who knows?” she
answered placidly. “ ’Tis the way with
these seafarers. A bella ragazza in every
port, they say—one here, one there, one in
Venice, one in London, and perhaps, for all
we know, one in BHCIIOS Ayres, Calcutta,
Rio-—but he may write to you, signoral
He may come back again to Italy!”

Kathleen shook her head sadly. Much
as the woman niisuiiderstood the situa-
tion, reading into it the ideas and habits
of her own class and country, Kathleen
felt she meant to be kind and was grate-
ful for even that inechanical kindness at
such a terrible moment.

“He will not. return,” she answered de-
spairingly, with a terrible quiver in her
voice. “But it wasn’t that I wanted. I
wanted to speak with him before he went

for Pale People and was cured. lie
was asked several questions bv the re-
porter and then volunteered the follow-
ing story:

"Four years ago I was troubled with
my back. I went to mylocal physician
and he gave me some medicine. It
helped me for a time, but after a while
I grew worse and was obliged to go to
another source for relief. I went; to a
Detroit specialist who has astate repu-
tation. I had the utmostcontidence in
this doctor and believed that I would
be speedily cured. He pronounced my
case as jaundice. 1 was under his care
for eight months. His medicine did
not go to the spot, and after spending

life and richness to the blood and re-
.stcre shattered nerves. The)’ are for
‘: sale by all druggists, or may be had_by
Email from Dr. Williams’ I§Ied_icii_ie
’Cotnpanv, Scheiiectady. N. 1., for all
cents.

._.__.

A Corn Contest...

 '-  l.‘-

 .‘.:i   
our sub.-cribci‘s who are not Cflfll  
[>l‘ilCll(.‘&ll corn gram-or sliould t’ k - ’ l -1 I
iii_z_tlie host, corn and the IEl!‘£,'(:‘>‘lC(’CI.")(’I‘l[(il("Ill(f”:\};:
nutitie that this your there is to be zi ('lII.ll't.\.r 
(tl(I)l(?x'iI((‘JI‘t?(l)lf1 l)'lllllumTlh.e lamzmfilt qr”) of cm.” 0'‘
competitors in Z11-l\' 1.-lltgffnfgllilsimm tn an
_ _ -, -. _ K , , ,. . . , .

it is being so extensively all\'I:I‘tl5‘(‘<ll]lliff(l#.l:!f£1
tracting great attciition and - .~_~ ‘ , . '- ' ‘
al importance. We would fcetlk SPrIanfljlfl:»dn(ilftI((;l?-
of our subscribers should win t it: prize a" ti e
best corn grower in .-\in(-rica (that woulil lIl|‘a]x?
i';iil‘.?g“'1iff;":é:iilJ£:E*"f“"‘?.‘l'°   in
niattcr The l)I‘lZA,‘\‘“HlIlx('(lChf‘ taétwltmn M -‘me
in addition to wliicli  VV£llI‘li(‘ tdfnllllif 
grown. as seed, would be no sniallts - -
fepllfation of having won this ])I‘lZ‘Pl":\’l(:11IlJl'l]I “ll:
wortiniore to any man than tl - < 1-
fiilrm in this state. Full particulaldris l)il'rto,:aJ.31°€3
t is contest can be obtained f " 7.

Seed ('o., Des Moiiics, Iowa, to;(g){I|l,pE-lJ,¢‘.,'%(]_),“a
laltlrgg, beautifully illustrated catalogue of .-.1151‘
t e est varieties of seed corn is d . - ..
of farm and garden scetls. These 

expensive, costin” 17 cents each but will
- 3'‘ ' . be
mailed free, provided you l'I‘l0llIlOI1Ytll]-:5 paper,

The ‘‘World’s Pictures Art Cal "

p1l_ed‘by Mrs. M. J. Whipple of vllligféncfffii
P018. is one of the most attractive and pleas.
mg things of the kind which has yet appeared.
and in what it comprehends and gives of h‘ ’
torical art in brief space. it stands alone 68-
th‘? flfst D338 are Dortraits of ten irrcat pain:

ers. and on eacl fth .
follow is one ofltge wbrldzglllfreaigea wmch
Witha protrait of the artist. The work )1
been highly commended by Mrs. Potter P35

pictures,

no small amount with him,I gave it up

mer. Mrs. Henrotin. Lorado T ft L‘ ’ '
ing. and others. Single cop?e5' fl"£f§,“,,V,§,',‘,‘g’_

. . . Add , _ _
and tried another local physician. He pag§%%“unl§»r.Siiill1olé.Wh""’le’ Wheamu‘ D“

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THE GRANGE VISITOR. FEBRUARY 6, 1896.

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Mgllwg @E m4e%&LngS9l:\:dllll(l)(liual£;gl(i)§:::ifl1\:(ifill)gtesoaiglfi » _ g_ " A —  . HARNESS 1
all members to kindly report to us _ I,-3 ,,,"°"°‘"”" "“°°"‘5‘ Cl

. , _ , _ 0°01‘-n-r_ by the an oleln ' Our stock of Leather tl t we b ght bef re
ant; giver}; meeting or the Grangers’ pi'omptlV any mistake and we will _ V _‘ as%::§>..r:;r*.::.*:‘:..n.::=:.::.:- th.§,a;*m°:W“,1be33**8i's'°3§"<'"*.e'=i*°
eac erg’ association of O a at ‘ . _ - .~ N _ _  E 1- . .1 I »_ Vhl unoulybema-«mun. ' wi lave o 8lV8!1l_C(‘ our prices ii out ‘.5 r
and Newago will be held in C§?uI1;_:I‘€(,t1f} the sameas fai as possible. _ _,_ . __ V:_ --PREYVYIU .. _ fi1§§\,PA:gs‘_ Person in nearly: H.-\.\Dhl.&IA E
big 1, - . ,. It takes some time for books to . ~  _, v ‘ 7"‘ '~' - - ~> can =8‘? mvues by Durchawis at
n all’ Héspefla. Feb. 15, 14 and 1-). . V _ . _ <;.  ‘J cm  —.—._ once.
The program 15 fun of interesting t0PiCS- reélch our memb°1.'5‘ attel “ e, 1e‘ .i ‘ , ‘  "“‘””'=°l ’ Q0” F“ . A Word to the Wise Should be Siifrlcient
, . . ‘ nloguc .
e regret that we have not space for ceive the oi'dci‘s, since niost oi the 5:. ._ . AID GET AOATALOGUE. -..- - . MANDOLINS, ..ll...l,... ..
the full program. But we have asked books we not in ‘tuck but are 01,  .  Alist ofthe best see-(ls sold .o...n..li1. BANJOS ‘“ “W HAND MADE HARNESS CO-s
Bro. McClure for a report, and for the V ‘ ‘ k" V V ' 1 anywhere‘ m‘"""h"‘°e "°"“1‘ °°”””' ’

, -_ . _ , . - ..   . - -.  Stanton Mich.
best papem :(lCl(£(l(llI(-it'll fioiii thc pllllllsllelb. - §,‘f£g’l’651;l§ll§Ts§.”i»llE*“’l~'§§'C°"' M" L‘ WOLINS. L__ .

In sending nmnev, pui'cll:1se ed plates, noue.=c_ descriptions.‘ FINEST ON ERRTH. . SE-VD FOR (‘AT-“*0” CE-
‘ ' ' ‘ ' ' V ‘ ' 1' ‘l’ I)"‘ ft ex fie,“ Order or They cost us 1'1 cents each. but will be  Direct l‘r(;:m:fii:c::.A'nih"I°(l;I‘;rul:':bl:.!:flrE in an ~
3E\lA\G0 COL NTY P0Mo.\'A. « 9“ 01 aid = A l  Mailed Free ifYou Name This Paper. " ‘

Th t - L. , _ postoflice money order aiid_iiiake 4 ' - i V "El V_;., Do You KEEP H ,
counfy'§§an§§e§§l?‘‘€,e°§,e§3‘’ V351? “§§‘;‘.’ them payable to the iindei'si;:ne<l. ‘IOWA SEED C0’DeS Mmnes’ Iowa‘ _ - . Tn cmcmru-rno.  _  . . R...“ ,,,,. A_.,§,mE,.E:.}m.

mont Grange Feb. 26 and 27. A fine In making application for iiieiii— _ . ‘ . . . 4 ,  .}‘fffrf-f?*3i*<x- h;;§<t;>1is§ilvP<11§:'§a§s.
_ - - . . . V ‘ _ - v- _ <  ~ .l _‘ _ -S 4: .~. _vo L‘( 0-
§)’j’5":;’f1‘3S:1é1:i:«?i‘l::<J?l<;-:i1:)n1§)"r€Da1ed tC0n_SISt1fDg llership, or in ordering books. he — — 7 .  . «_5tlleI(']).bh.lllIft_l7l]1l-ll]d Wolul. Eu-
. ,essa's, o ics or . -_ l . - -. J ‘““‘—‘*—————~—~—->~——— , ‘  it-« y _ngle.-t autl 't' 5.
discussion and original polzms. p P31 tunldl t0 “H ‘mt the blank.”  “ R  y \“;V..,,.,,,,f_ 'F4lfll.’xt)\ntl.)‘il'luslratP<l._ Vtertleiieih
The Fremont Grangers are noted for C3r_9f““.V- A‘l‘h'e-"5 3-“ °0mm“m' A   N  $\\5\*   Y   lriilollllflrltllr
their entertaining qualities and those cations to the 5eci'etai'y. HERBERT  ¥;-;|‘Yr5:”f:1P‘:‘§;o(C’l’l_{ l:.n;ill_.;l}v(;.,l.l, _.~.,m" ;.-,.,,.,__ mention ,am,,1¢ mm. and m.mSmue“.
lvhl) falllfto attend will miss the lnlel‘ VV. .\IL')ii'oiii). A0'I'icl1ltl1I‘;1l Col- “"{',"“"""~"<*Fru~¢:i..~r'?5§l.li.3§lo‘.il‘?3§ZT "’”"“""" “'“"“'°'"’"*"
ec .ua east of the season. ' "" ‘ '-

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MR5. MARY ROBERTSON, Lecturer. lei‘-'9’ M1‘h'  ‘“'“'B“"1"M‘"“' ““°“""’""

_ _ . v - - - d.  37011 are parti(V-u]a1'ah0ut “'hat ““““‘““‘:““‘-“-----T----AA-A-AAA-A--AA;-_
p3rn1l§n‘25Xt<;’f§§§2”g .3511 Bi.‘Z"‘h1il§°§13iil 0°“ Gmwmg R°"°1‘"‘°‘“Z° kind of ;\‘L'I~2.s1:’12 1' .270 ('1; ' . ’ . . A ‘ems won for wumwns  mm as w
c:

I , flrst page ol'Cstalogue, is. we raise a large por-

-. . . . A D6W COTD 1133 3DD931'€d the 901'“ v s _ - . . ' . I w . » ’  ~ tioiiofthem. Al-Ill] l ' ll trod . I

3.“"cl§‘...‘¥Z‘.’i§?.;”‘..?’i}}3?«%’*Z$;l§fl?‘;‘a.§3 of our fancy and dreamslbig ears, grgtu ft t If lg 3}‘; ‘‘“’“°‘‘: 3’ t Ella" 3  ‘  l%2:.%‘.:'isl*.r'“:."se§:§i§3§iaf%:"e53§‘3=

~ ’ , _ -0 ' - - _ 5 ‘ll’ €( 1‘l0‘l — \'0l1WaIl o - 06“ u n 0 5. Warren.
The fonowmg IS a part of the program‘ small cobs, deep kernelsenormous. yes, . r ,. ,

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V , . , = Hubbard a d in bleilead sq h .M bl
and a first class time is anticipated: '[lI‘1al‘Vel0£1S f(I)‘8C[))Df€‘I'l Tlla:t’st (Sjalizterhs tcel easy knowing that what you 5 1' V I head Early llllarroarfat Pea. Ecllll;:ee1§ect.aIl<-tel‘:
0peningS0ng,Gira1.d Grange Choir. “limp - afmerfi 85 € buy will prove to be Hi-:ALTiiY ‘ G ,  _ ' Beans. Soulhport Early Globe and Danvers'Red
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tucky Wonder and Marblehead Horticultural
paper, “Does it pay to feed cattle for 1895g‘nd are sure that,2O‘0vIfgrEa£i]?l:t' and TRUE T0 NA)IE., Write us niidgilecggggggéiizihSl$‘liill’3:o3§‘iliil%l-fllifiiililiilliehizlgct
market under Present conmoris‘-"‘ $33» °§l§i’z°.Z§‘rs‘Z.‘ZR§‘l°..’g°.le is full of rare to-«lav. or can on the smm.R~.~ . c..;i2§z-.r:.::::1:.:l.:::si%.:3;l*.:a‘:::’a:.°":*:.-?‘"
Hon. D. D. Buell; paper, “Is there Just m. ' f f m Dd amen Of YOUR (‘Rim T {Ind le rn mlmynewvegembiesazrlowersatilenestoniieoidwillbeseumu. J.-l.ll.GllE'G(';R|'&Solfillndlsq-Iilndigflf
cause fora reduction in the salaries Fflgsouor ifir utatbisgout aha send it V J ‘ l’ ‘ ‘ 3 ..v................................................
and fees of public oflicials‘! If so, what Wwhylo W0 t: e to me John A gamer 3-bout U5-
means can be used to Secure the Same?" seed Cg pLsa Cgrosse Wis vou will re- “lo l;l‘1Ve a l‘ll‘0‘e
L. M. Bower, Batavia; recitation. Annie . 1". ‘tn "t I d . ‘ ‘ .= T H E
Wiggins‘ Gimrdi paper’ “In What does tifhvzatchedgexsnzlfatisoels a(iiadagor§.lii(isai1n hue of Cholce
the e( ualit of ‘exes consist?‘ ‘Mrs. H. . ., x - ’ '
H. Chése‘ Q5:1im_;Grange:paperY _.C0m_ eluding ba.lzer’s oolden triumph Corn. Apple, Pear, Peach, Plum, No. 238, 240 and 242 East Pearl St,

- -  368- Cher s all fruit la ts - — -e r — ~ ~ .-
parative influence of men and women. TY: 171 P 17 9 ; ,~-   - .; ; ..—, ,., if ‘S;  ‘W’; =
Mrs. S, E. Lee. Union; Recitation, Roy and shrubs. J H 1?  E3       ‘9 ‘'l~"«\  
Dean. Girard. Girard (‘ran e will fur- . . .- N ' ' ~  _ ames anal ton. President. William Hamilton. Treasurer. Chas. G. Shane, Se eta .
Dish plenty of good musga g Olll l0\\ D1 lcea may bill pl 158 _V 011. W e are prepared to flll all Grange orders at lowest wholesale rates. or IT

VVALLACL‘ E. WRIGHT. Lecturer.
Tobacco. WEST 310 PR
. .  A   MICHIGAN OF/TS
  No crop varies more in qual- NURSERIES’

Rural Grange No. 566. has been sad— ity according to grade of fern- Benton Harbor’ Mich'

- FRUITS and VEGETABLES * " "1' v -. . .' .' ..
dened by the death of sister Mary E llzers used than tobacco. Pot- R_ MORRILL QB. FIFIELD. of trees and Seem lll()\l(,lI1}_{‘ you 1l.~L lll£ light kinds
Kerr. Although only 36 years of age, ash is its most important re- Prest. Sec’! and Tress 

she had been aPatron for over 20 years, - d - 1 P. S.--See Confidential Trade Circular, p 40.
and had held several important oflices q}J1I‘€m€nt, PTO Uclng 3 arge We furnish the very best Michigan Grown TREES and SEEDS at the
in Subordinate and Pomona Grange. yleld of finest grade ]eaf_ Use ].ega1.dingthe RIVER RAISIN VALEY NITRSERIES of Monroe, Mich. \Ve have a

On] fertilizers Containin at FOR prices of_the fa— r_e-putation _for hardy, prolific, early bearing stock. V V
Y g PARTICULARS lllmlsfrultlands, Besides our taiiious specialties. the \\ L\TlaR BAl\A.\A Al’PLE._

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;l:i11ilg~lte£Sth):ig\h'::1: t)1ll1llt1l1e0ii.1§(:'n1l{]IbeIiJf least lo /0 actual andcity property. wl-lte°l?l§.“ii. fl§f§3§1 fi‘§;\.1§§}_.11{’}1§§3L1}1°1’1=AUl=m<“heM4“ ©0~\RA1HBI«-WK
A 5g J ’

bers of Homer Granve No. 200 asseni- Real Estate Acrency, Friederick Block, We hiwe 3 l_‘“'2"9 35501'tme1}t Of Fruit and 01113-
bled for an all day sgssion. The oflicers I  O) Traverse Cit; Mich. mental Trees: Small F“-“t and F1°VVermg Shrubs-
3

elect for the year were installed. dinner The any 7m-if tested Vezetallle, Flower and Grass Seeds—and Hllcl}
was served and three candidates were ' ’

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admitted to the fourth degree. 1n form of Sulphate. TO lI1-   Bu‘tf§.,(m I1)1?1§Stek:()‘l“E)lIl{(?‘(\}.‘tC()1 ‘jlggtggggl cultivate the (1. .1] ,1" 1 W. H.
One week later. our sister, Mrs. L. sure a clgan burning leaf avoid you how to your heart's content in THr‘\’(ii{'i‘H &)\llL£l':l(]‘(A2:'aI‘1l((>(l?{nl'l( rvliii:
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((1‘:‘ll‘e}('l1(l:1'(1)l1:lldO1!L1I1'e1ll)li3l1S(te   fertilizers containin chlorine    l5TvP‘“’1i”'hed ’“°”“’1y 3‘ '7" °‘3“t5 "‘ ~"“‘“' with “h"l“e P“‘’‘“‘““* if P31"-

aud one of our youngest and best be: g - 2 V. . in advance. Agents wanted. Catalogues and saiiiple copy free.

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loved was lald away to rest our O1__ mg :;e[C)§ial';l]fJer§lIiSZearl: tlJ‘l&l!laare\7pell’;::S[lil'(l:§I I 4 _V pp ‘ /A 5. s ore an 0 your range for CODI!‘ Let r ltes on all nursery stock.

dert nedo tina boditoattend the ‘ l h l’! b’ If ‘i’ ‘ . d r ‘ .. ‘ .
f..ne,‘;‘1whic‘f1 washeld 33,; the p,.eSb,._ L’£§.if-.°li§’l‘:’§l°;§‘r'£'f§‘}.i‘.§..§.§?"l‘Ef.2§’ .§§“.‘Jn"‘."?.'.‘..“§‘... .,  - GREENING BROS. Monroe, Mich.

terian cliurcli, Tuesday the 14th. ‘be asking‘ GERMAN KAL1 w0RK5_

A.\'N A. BANKS, Secretary. oz Nassau St. New York-

MA ONEY How much OVER PROFIT did.

Those who responded to our appeal gllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIE   

in last VISITOR for special work in se 5 . _ , _ . .. , E . 1 t

curing subscribers and number secured ‘Gm iall)‘I:E§lrr(l);l.ehncllhzhfélilg’Eiad(;§C§ll;§  Y   y 
lo each are as follow‘: John Passinore, Others acmrrlinz. <‘ata1<-sue fret‘. . ' ‘ . . . - - , .

7;y0. B. Lake. 2'2; \Vb. A. :\IOIl1'£={O111e1‘\', W°"° ”’°°"l’5e”dS"““" ’““ki“K‘h9 Kmwiinlz of R. J. STAHELIN, B1'id2”l1lalla 01, (hadnt 30“ pay ‘m-Vi attcntmn to It! Iferlmps you don t know
7. Addie Martin, 3. c. )1. Slayton. 1'0; _ ass:::3“ciLt:::*i.i.5;:::.::s:*l%iz:_ Mich. ‘ <"1'h“‘.e“t ‘h°“£—"3‘> “W °V:“3R PROFIT is what It mem-

Wallace E. Wright, 2. A. B. Knight, 2: ""9 ‘“”"’“‘ ”“e“'“" P"°““ d‘"’ °h°”‘- Mm‘ In writing please mention Visnola. Its what you ve been payiii_g_r local dealers (middle men) nmrc than

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Horace Wll(’OX. 2: Julia A. Reed. 23: H. =$SB}OLl'abtl1'lt-0igll':'.e{.l‘Dl(? D Eiituldytihsalvlige scrim” tl'illl_1s are worth, more than 0111‘ RIGHT PRICES.
TAXES are bad 0l101l_L‘ll,

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C_ Coaley‘ 2. G_ A. BOWSe1._ 2: 311.5 g lllllll A. SALZER fizfin CD..La Crone. VIII.

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L. Blackmar, 6: Thomas Grover. Ya; O.  E S . PROFIT but thcl 19 nothlllg "0ml7‘“'C‘l to OVER
S. Robertson. ‘3. )1. D. Ormes. 4: D. H. _ _ _ » E D __ _ ' , _, , _ V _ '
English, .3: Wm. Anderson. 2: Sarah special Offcr 0 25“ 000 F ‘ , Live and let ll\'0. les. that all i'ir_rlit_ but be fair and Sqll:l.l'0
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§\TI0Ve:.‘.  Jgégfil 3\S11:l1;fg;~1 ~_)~ (1%; 3 Send us €ii‘tyc;r_=fntl,< and wc\\J'ill fori.~:ar<l tlIT\'1QIl £::lme 3231:2233 e.::‘.'5'l':¢’,’.:': \ about it. 1 oil ale .1 iailiiei, peihaps, it so, is it any more fair for you
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R€39(lb‘3' Elizabeth P01111I'l -1' B VVl.1lt- ll2iii'i‘J(E‘;ail>’i(ll{tlld ‘l1:ll‘:'i;l.~ill(li'c.~ Ell“-l|ll(‘l'lllI.~'n l’&l('l1l. ~ SALZER’S SEEDS. r‘ to PA) -‘UNI. holnc 1neILh‘1nt ‘I lllhutel “[016 than hlfi ~(—r()0(15 are
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ney. 16: Jennie Buen.  K. L. Bum it-;=‘l:.;*.:%*::*..l::;i:f.;*:::am.“Jtzréfii .‘.‘.‘.:::r::‘.:.:1; .i:.:=.::  :s°:';:';.r.:'.:';   “ ‘““’— “M” 1t “W1 “C M him to pa.» 3 on .1 «mm to: me than your
field. 10. Who will make the effort for this fau_ and fully w;.m.,,t ;} 5., b}.;u._, H’... _},,.T., _ flfnfkjgm zggfv-4’;-nde,9rt;,;{=_f . _ A crops are worth {
the next two weeks? Get to work and  0il(‘I‘C‘(i. Tn OYQf}'Dlll‘Cll;1.~l*X'Hi rllls :“;l’::':lei.l’ot#%(:$2:"1.5(;‘1:Nl;‘lgIE: ‘ _ VVould he do that‘! 1VYe say: Stop Over Profit Paving. Protect your own
boom y0m.pa.pe1._ . c FR”; ' ,;l",_“;"~c,_>__~,,_'[,“_;mrm, ‘ interest. Get our Genera Catalogiie and Buyers’ Guide.’ its a (ll(‘tlOn31'\‘ of

PERRY & BICGR.-\'i‘I~I. the Am(_ri(,m H_,,m(,_Lmr,_m1 M. Um, }.',m._ Tm; ‘ )l,0no,ooo Rospzs, _ j Right Prices..~ It tells you wliat_y<lu_ ought to pay whether‘ yoii buy of us or ilot.
is a ni<liitlll3_' paper’ arid cgiiltziills l)I"l-L!lJ_l',i l"'I‘P‘fll. 11*;/|vIE‘I;nX:;1'I»‘%;‘r-Iz;lIl‘I€.r;|tg. . . Its a book of vi()l) pfiges, with 1*2‘t)U() illu.sti'ations. and ‘more. than 4l),(H')U des(-rip.
‘  flxllxfilttli ?l1\l!l‘1IDl?i511;J‘?‘:l:I:‘l' is  (‘mill-{t\.:1l"l(Il‘r rillldtclgillfl “ Enoz-mun’: Stocks, Norlhern ' ‘ Hons’ . It “‘e1gh.S *1‘: pounds.  Se.ud It for 1;) cents In (‘win or Snunps" That's
The Farm Home Reamng W“ ‘in um mm D“ much “mm Wur mm“; W . u.-..w.. o..;o,. 5%.; .,..l,. 90., ._ not for the ll00]’\, but to pay part ot the postage or_expi-essage. The big book it.

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Cu-c1e_ about .~'('ll‘lll£ rile fan. as \\‘c (in m lllt!'l\(ll1(‘(}tIi "‘3';,"‘}§‘,{',;_ Em. {Ll§;’v“e‘;em_ self is flee. “'9 11 hand you one it 3011 ll call in at our big 1U~ac-re store. and be

you Ylllf ll:-aiitiful. illiistrati-d ;\!l'1(‘I’l(‘2|l1 Hnilirfi . - glen. poatpnld, SI; 10 pl.-g.-. glad to see V011. too,

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Jevon's Honey and Mechanism ‘ ' - ‘ V p ’_ _ . ,'

§h..,f,g§..,___.,..fi  - : FOR SALE JOH N A SALZ . R - _; Moiiarclis of tile Mail Order Business.
Epoc s o lnel'lC8.ll _\ — _ - _ I . . . _ .
Small Talks About Business. (Rice) .. v Ar I'E‘H$l:]_)Hl)l(*. Dl‘l('(‘>'. a (‘ll(=iU(" sr-loctiull of   '  ' ' . * 111 to 116 Jhghlgan Alem19‘CmCag0'
Farmer S Tarlfi .\liu1u&l- l=tI‘&D6-'€‘-l A]i1‘il8l.lIl)l)1l8,\'P(llill_l4!l(‘llillfl  (‘nil fiirllisll ._ p R  

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The Sophisms Of Protection. [BESV-Tcfll ~- l‘:SlI§lII](lo":ltf6gr:l\ll‘3£tE‘:1 fiflllll coilimiinicatitiilrs “ Frmtgrower Should He‘ er 5‘ t 3' mam unnl he has read R- M‘ 5911083 b00k. entitled

mSCELLA;\.E0L._:_ . ;.r..m;lr1,~f8§=r§i.BOWDITCH, Ahead Of All Magazines »
£3$3-ggosilfiiirihttggHgltagrai] . . . . . . .. $ Hillsdale, Mich_ this country has r‘E’(’I].—:\ll’Jfll_ly ;\l‘2U.~‘. I’
la dl 1 3“ Mention Visiron.
Amcuities_ptHo1§rle.  : 13 THE w It has worked _a revolution in.
'EIrIéI(;)l_!=1(1)5l‘:I_':1tE§§SI:l1y55_) volume-El 0; - small truit growing. No other book
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Scotvs Poems...  --  z '1 h    N ever published contains so much practical inf ti . N ‘d . N "M h dnl
ffjfiulgagigflgfid ‘[)§h§§!é1£Sl;-e&§(<e3]t3tt.l "5 e   double the fruit. SENT FREE on receipt of pldrsltliasl C(1)l.[l1‘d addlrdsgas 8“. er 0 5 egg work"

ScurletLerler- LHaWth0rne-l--- --  Breed Wecder and Cultivator  R‘ M‘ KELLOGG’ Ioniai Mich’

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Loiigfellow‘s Poems [Complete] . . . . . . .. 1
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