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VOL. XXI. NO. 11.

CHAl{L()T'l‘IC. .\IlCIIIGAN; .l['.\'E 4, Istm.

 

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How Can the Grange Secure Legisla-
tion?

BY H. I). IIOWJC.

.\'T.\Tli HI{.\.\'UIC.

Iiiasmuch as no small pai't of the cf-
forts of the (jrangc is expended in sceui'ing
legislation which shall be favorable to the
agricultural interests, it  well to consider
the means and methods best adapted to ac- ,
complish this end. In states where the *
farmers constitute a majorityof the voters, 
it is not usually difficult to secure anything 
that is wanted. And this very ease of ac- l
complishuicnt is just as apt to be detri- 
mental as otherwise, for matters are oft— 
times rushed through which later expcri— =
ence shows to beill—considei-ed and unwise. l
For this reason it is far from being an im- j
mixed evil to have the tillers of the soil in l
a minority. The American love for jus— j
tice is usually so strong that sound argu- l
ment will win fair play where munbers I
alone would not. The process is alwa_vs l
slower, but the results are more perinanent j
and more satisfactory. The fact that the 
agriculturists must win the votes of those ,
not particularly interested stimulatcsthcm ’
to present strong argiinients. backed up by l
incontrovertible facts, if they hope to win I
the day. This incites to study, thought 
and investigation: calls for vigorous pow- ;
ers of debate. and the putting forward of 5
clean, able candidates. So much in a gcn- 
eral way; in the lineof special things todo. 
the plans pursued by the State (iraiige of l
Mzissacliiisetts may not be uninteresting I
and may possibly afford lielpful siiggcs- 
tions to others. f

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‘ for several yearsnow, we liaveemployetl
'nc of our number to act as our Legislative ;

Agent, and to him is assigiicd the duty of

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scrutinizing all proposed bills which are l
liable to elfect in any way the interests of I
tille1's of the soil. bfiicli bills as those to ‘
exempt foreign stocks. municipal bonds. 
etc., from taxation: bills to increase the l
capital stock of corporzitioiis by the .
“watering” process: bills goveriiing the ‘
standard of milk, the siipprcssion and coli-
trol of contagious diseases of cattle: pc.-u-h
vellows. food iululterations and imitations.
etc.. .etc. Too nuui_vfai'iners know nothing .
about laws which <lisasti'oiisly eticct their
interests” until they run up agaiiist them in
actual operation. The mischief is then
done and the reinedy ditiicult if not hope-
less. For this reason we have found it to *
our advantage to be forewarned and tlms
foi'ea1'iiie<lfor the defense of our 1'lg'l11.s
and privileges.

By far the most elfective work of the ,
Legislative Agent is done in the committee
hearings. presenting arguments himself.
and calling in other representative I’atrons
to give in a clear and concise manner the
views of the farming class upon the matter
at issue. After the committee has closed
its hearings, the Legislative Agent then
tackles the members of the senate and
house and endeavors to secure their sup-
port or opposition according as the pro-
posed legislation is favorable to farmers
interests or otherwise. _ _

Supplementary to this, petitions and res-
olutions without number are sent in b_v the
various Subordinate Granges, each adding
their quota of influence until i'il1{lll_)"0l1‘l“
‘importunity" and “continual coming’
wearies the legislature into granting our
request.

RESULTS ARE SATISFACTORY.

In this Way, after six years of continued
struggle, we finally secured our anti-color
oleo law which, although bitterlv opposed
and denounced by the bogus butter men,
has lately been declared constitutional by
our Supreme Court. _

VVe Were also enabled to secure “full.
sound value at time of slaughter" for all
cattle, condemned by the Cattle Commis-
sioners, afliicted with tuberculosis.

Our agricultural college was saved from

annihilation and made, instead, an honor to . in Sibel‘: i1-_11<i 50 011 th1'0UP-'h 3” P14095-
Doubled prices may sound pleasantly to a
farmer. but he should not fail to look on
the dark side of the picture.
silver comes prices will go up with a bound
and the average man will not have time to
prepare for it.

the state as well as a most efiicient exponent
of scientific agriculture. T

At our request, the governor is by law
required to proclaim an annual Arbor Day
and While it is not a legal holiday and its
observance is permissive rather than man-

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f tii':ii’i;.,»c vi...-t. .~i,:.l.'(lh' i'e;ui_y to -en,;::i._-_~e the y
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V ity of the people are with them than they .

. their tlieories.

, attracted my attention more than the one

5 enumerates some of the parties wliicli will

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A datory. its annual proclamation
more than a little to stimulate the planting
of fruit and ornamental trees and vines b_v
which to l)C£ll1ilf_\' our villages and rural
honies.

Uthcr iueasures are also in that pi'o<:-css

' ofdebatc and discussion by which public

1' opinion is being educated to our position

_« and we expect in future years to report,

foi't;I}11e out of it.

w'i.'-has to change his location.

present location for one which suits better.
He xriiist tirst exchange his present farm
for m.'oiic_v. Then he must hold his money
until.he can locate again. huppose now
that free silver becomes the polic_v of the
g:)\'e;.;,niiicnt while he is holding his nioney.
I’1'ic§8 of all kinds will double. including
pi'icef§.)f farms. The money which he is
holding will buy only one half of his old
f<‘1l‘ll1 with or another only one half as val-
uable; Any free silver Patron who should
meet gvith such a inis:t'ortune would get a
lesson; on finance which he could under-
stand._" Every farmer who at any time in
the piist has sold his farm and is still hold-
ing his money would be equally unfortun-
ate.

We have with us everywhere the retired
aged, . men who have spent their lives
making a farm, but who have very proper-
ly de«;’i'led to sell their farms to younger

islative work.

The three great elements necess:ii'y for
success in this field of Grange usefulness
are, "at it—:ill at it—~al\\'a_vs at it. "

Jlrtrlbrnr-. Jlmsns-.

The Money Question Again.

Emroii URA.\‘<;i: \'isiToii:—-In justice to
myselfl will notice what seems to bea
inisunderstanding between Bro. Bowers
and myself with regard to a certain reso-
lution which was read by him in our
(irange. Un the night in question the
(irangc was called to order as usual. After
a time we went to work in what we ¢.'.‘lll(,'tl
a school of instructioii. \\'hile so at work
Bro. I3. oliered the resolution referred to,
which was tabled. \\'c afterward resuiued
the regular work of the Grange and closed
at the propci' time. Now I claim that the
resolution was otiered in tlictiraiige. I‘ii'(u_
l}. claims that it was olfercd outside of the
(,irraiige. l lmve no disposition to argue
such an unimportant point. It seems to
me as though the resolution is of too much
iiiipoi't:ince to be left fon-.ve:' i'(.':s‘ilZl}_)' on
the table. even though it was offered when
we were working under a school of instruc-

lam not the only member of our
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of life as coinfortablc as possible. Free
silver will reduce the value of their prop-
erty one half. It will take away from
them one half of theirsupport.

that many of them must renew the struggle
for an e.\'istence in their old age. Iask
my brother I"atrons to look on the dark
side of this picture fora little while. I
; am fora sound curi'cncy and tliere is no
‘ iiii.-'t’atio about it. l want a currency as
3 solid :3: the earth. lf a man is goiiii_r to
cxcli:mj*'-,- his farm for money he wants
son.ci¥.‘.' ‘ig in return wlneh will hold its
value equal to his farm. lict us not (lL'l).‘1S(3
» our eurri ncy. \\'lieiia_vcuii2' man c:u'ns his
 first .t:"..i-iUi(lfifutiEi.t)lluL‘>&'iL‘i.itl1Ill1HtlCI'5ttt1ltl
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tion shows itself again.
I wish to call the attention of soiind cur-
rency men to wh.-it I,bel,iev_e ’r;.)___l_)7;-,.a fiiet

that the silver men spend’ more time in tr,
ing to prove that an o\'ei'wlic.liiiiiig iu:ijor—

    

_ thing which will stand by him in sicki.-ess
: and in health from youth to old ztge. Let
him lm(lL'l‘.<i:t!1<l that the people of this na-
tion are too lionorablc to vote a pzirty into
power \\'liich will legisliitc one half of the
'\I!.lllC out of his hard cziriicwl dollars. I
believe that this free silvcr inovcmcnt is
going down to an ‘Inglorious defeat and

do in «leiiioiistiating the pi':icticalvility of 3
It has been 21('l12ll':l(fi(‘l'li~ilt3 '
of the cheap money p.-u't,y from its birth.
over twenty years ago, to claim c\'ci‘_ytliii1g.
Tliey claim evcr_vthiiig and get nothing.
Their inajoritics are always large and ap-
pear rcgularly on paper about six inonths
before clcctiou.

Of all the papers on this subject which
have :q>peai‘c«l in the \'isi'i‘oii none have

the (:‘ri'.-uigc. with it.
the American people that when they rc-
pudiate :1 doctrine they repudiate its cllh-f
boomers with it. \\'hencvcr a free sil\ci'
l’ati'oiifcels like booming frcc silver let
him not do it in the name of the (jrange.
O. A. \'.\:<oi-zizmixr.

written by Bro. he-llc_v. in his pi-:pL‘1' he

be injured by free silver. in the list he
includes "the wage earner, the rctiredagcd.
the life and tire insurer, the old soldier. the
widow. and the orphan." I have hoped
that some free silver I’atron would attempt
to show that Bro. Kelley is iiiistaken, but
up to date I have seen nothing. I~Zvery
sound money man believes this clnirge to
be true. and therein lies the secret of our
unwillingness to yield to the opposition.
We firmly believe that these parties will
be greatly injured and we fail to under-
stand what great benefits can be brought
about which will atone for the injury done
these people. The arguments, which to
silver men seem to be weighted do\vn with
common sense, fall on our ears with a dis-
agrccable sound because we know that
their theories put into practice will violate
the property rights of the most dependent
of our citizens.

Sound currency men and free silver men
agree on one point-—that free silver will
advance prices. Prices will nearly or quite
double. Prices will advance because we
shall substitute for our present currency a
cheaper one. The farm which today is
worth live thousand dollars in gold will
then be worth ten thousand dollars in silver.
A horse which to day is worth fifty dollars
in gold will then be worth one hundred
dollars in silver. A wagon which today
costs the farmer fifty dollars in gold will
then cost him one hundred dollars in silver.
A plow which today costs him eightdollars
in gold will then cost him sixteen dollars

Ijulolfizl. Ifntllcli Cu.

For the Commission.

I have read the Iiedfern Liquor Comniis-
sion 5ill and I. for one. think it
ought to become a la\v. We are satisfied
that the expense of caring for the rum
tratiic is enormous, and we should know
the exact cost to this people as well as we
should know the cost of raising a bushel of
wheat. Then when we find the cost and
misery it brings, vote the accursed stuli’
from our midst. The remedies are within
our reach. The ballot is before us every
time we vote, and how can a Christian man
vote to perpetuate a curse that is blighting
the homes, that is choking the mothers,
heating the little ones by a drunken father,
made so by our own hand placing this hel-
lish curse in the hands of the worst brutes
in our land!

VVhy, one man says he gets a portion of
the whiskey tax, and it lessens his taxes.
Would it not be better to let the blood
money go to buy a field to bury strangers
in? Surely it is the price of blood, and
are you Christians more greedy than Judas
the betrayeré

The great M. E. church was divided on
the slave question. The north claimed the
holding of slaves as chattels was a. sin, and
the south claimed it was not a sin, and so
today. Some of our church members
claim they can vote with the party that
legalizes the rum tratiic and still be Chris-
tians. But listen to what Paul said. He
thought he was doing (:‘od’s service when
he persecuted the church of the living(J‘rod,
but his eyes were opened and he saw his
mistake and turned about. Is it so with you
Christians! Here is the utterance of the

When free

ha.-t done l iiiat§_j.i's closely and will doubtlc~.< niake a

’. us illustrate by taking a fariner who
V '.l'herc are
in-any farmers who wish to cliaiigc their

men. They are trying to li1:llx'(.‘ the decline 1'

Itrequircs 
no great stretch of iniagination to perceive ,

when it goes down I don‘t want it to take
lt l.~ cliai'2ictci'istic of f

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- in l\:v;’: "\\'c insist that the l'nitcd
States governnient in toler:itin<_r the liquor
trattic for a money coiisidenition is guilty
of wicked complicity with a busiiicss whose
awful work of destriiction br.-uids it alike
an enemy of (iod and 111.111." llundrcds

‘ iuore siinil:u' quotations might be given

, from tlicconfercnces ofthc lcinlingchurches

‘ but space forbids. I am of the opinion

, that the most gigantic cvil, the most des-

; tructive curse. of our fair land, should be

. fought with the most energy of anything
else. and all else before the people of to-
day. Yours Truly.

J. It. I’o'r'i'i:ii.

Drz iiscillc‘.

Of Interest to Ofiice Seekers.

The following from Bill Xye is very ap-
propriate at ‘this season. when the. poli-
tician tlourisheth:

"According to my notion, our candidate
should be a plain man. a magnetic but hair-
, less patriot. wlioshoiild he suddenly thought,
g of bya majority of the convention and
, nominated by acclaination. He should not
3 be a hide—bound politician. but on the con-
j trary he should be greatly startled, while
5 down cellar sprouting potatoes. to lcarn
that he has been noiiiinatcd.

That 's the
l kind of man who ‘ll\\"l N‘, s - -K N’ - v-

(  l1ipii.(,. cu iy
il bo_dy with his sugucity when an emergency
l arises.
l “I have always tliouglit that the ;ic:itost.
method of calling a man to public life was
the one adopted sonic years since in
the case of L'incinn.-itu-. lie was one day
breaking a pair of nci'\'ous 1'e«l stce-rs iii
th:, north tield. lt. was a hot dav in July
and he was trying to siuniucr f.‘lll()\‘.'i a
piece of ground where the jiiuson weeds
grew seven feet high. The plough would
not scour, and the steers had tui'ned the
_vo.’m 1.‘.-'i»."v-rpr: bin» ., i/,'-i.'.”'i!‘l1-.‘ituS hart lying
I113 t()}_{’El U1; 5 i.uu.u:_:'«‘lt-l: pole [U :'fy.,{\‘, ” fU1._'
row by. and hadn't succeeded II. _. 
the plow in more than twice in goiiig
‘ :ic1'oss. l>ressingas lic did in the ltoman
costume of -I35 li. (-‘.. the blackberry vines
had scr:itclied his niassivc legs till they
wcrc a siglit to behold. llc had .\L‘<Hll'_'-_"C4l
old liriglit and twistr.-d the tail of l’:oll_v till
he was sick at heart. All through the long
afternoon. wcariu-_r a hot. rusty helmet
with i'abbit—skin car tabs. he had toil:-d on,
when suddcnlyzi in.-ijorit_v of the lloman
votcrsclimbcd over the fence and asked
him to become dictator in pla--c of Spurius
Mclius.

"I’uttiugon his tog.-i and buckling .-in
old hamc sti'.-iparouud his loins he said:
'(ientlemcn. if you will wait till lgo to
the house and get some vascline on my
limbs. I will do your dictating for _vou as
low as you have ever had it done.‘ He
then left his team staiiding in the furrow
while he scr\'ed his country in an otlicial
capacity for a little over twenty-niiic years,
after which he went back and resumed his
farining.

“Though :3,-TIHH years have since passed
aivay and historians have been busy with
that epoch ever since.. no one has yet dis-
covered the methods by which Cincinnatus
organized and executed this. the most suc-
cessful ‘I’eoplc's Moveinent’ of which we
are informed."

Much that is learned in schoolappcars to
be dismissed from memory on the day of
graduation andis never recalled or utilized,
but its good influence lasts through life if
it has helped to train the mind of the stu-
dent in habits of close study, of logical

! reasoning, and of persevering effort to con-

quer difficulties. These are among the
chief purposes of true education, for they
help to develop the mind and strengthen
character.

—-Bultiumrc Sun.

The Ingersoll Paints.

New Haven Co., Conn., May 15, ‘.06.
Mr. 0. VV. Ingersoll,

Di-JAR SiR:—I always take pleasure in
saying a good word for the Ingersoll Paints,
doing so at every opportunity. “'0 have
no occasion to regret our use of them.

Cordially,
S. E. FRISBIE.

Speculators will watch General Conference of the M. E. church

See Adv. Ingei'soll’s liquid rubber paint.

     
    
   
   
   
  
    
   
   
   
    
    
   
 
   
  
   
   
  
     
   
     
    
 
   
    
  
   
  
   
    
   
   
   
    
    
  
  
  
   
    
  
   
    
    
      
  
    
  
   
    
     
   
   
    
   
 

 

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THE GRANGE VISITOR.

JUNE 4, 1896.

ieglcli and Stock.

Summer Feeds for Milch Cows,

HY K. )1. IBATES.

One thing scents sure regarding stttlllllcr
feeding of cows and that  tllat tlte old

way of turtling to p:tstttre in tlle spring v

atld leaving stock. regztrdless: of whether
tlterc is any feed or not. is a poor way.

The best way has not yet becll found,
atld wllat was the best way last year may
prove ttllytllitlg httt the best this year. The
ntan who illtcnds to feed cows to advan-
tage this sunttner .sltottld have begun about
the lniddle of last .\ugtt.st by sowing one
of his corn fields to rye. {ye -1-an he sown
ill stattding corn after a good rain altd cul-
tivated ill both ways witil any one—ltorse
(‘lllll‘.':llt)l'. Sow front 1 to 2 busllcls per
acre.
tlle fall is favorable consi.lcr:tble pasture
ntay he had after the corn is l'{?i:ltl\'(.'ll. l
sowed l.'» .‘l:‘1'(I.~ in tltis \\':l_\' last fall. and
pastttrcd it front (lct. lllth until winter. It
was good pastttre this spring loll-_»' hci'or.::
.lutlc ;Il'2t.-'-.~; }l:l.«.lllt't% w.-ts big enough to turn
out to. It \\,';1, p-tstut'cll close until the
last -if Mzty. and lllell plowed again for
corn. I ltztvc sowed about six :tere.s of
oats and peas to be used for ;_>'l'ecn feed. to
be cut and c:tt'tcd tn the cattle if otlter
feed gets short. or to be allowed to ripen
if not sotlec-led. 'l'ltisisatl (f.\]lt‘l'llllCIlI witll
me, as heretofore I have depended cntirel_v
on corn for soiling, bttt last year it wa.s
not rcad_\. to cut quite earl_v Ull<)llf__='ll, so I
tltou_<_v'ht to try tlte otlls :tnd peas. I also
turned the cows on June glass sod intend-
ed for corn and kept tllat pasturcd dowll
till planting titne, abottt May 1.3. Tllell
they will go back to the rye field again un-
til all is eaten, or the field is plowed. In
May they run on the rye day titties and on
the June gl'a.s.s ttigltts. All tllis time I
saved nty re;_='ul:tr l):t:~'llll‘(§, so the field does
not need to be large. as it will ollly have
tn cal'r_\' the stock from about June lst tn
July lllth. when the tlte:tdow.s will be clear
atld they can go tltete. Should pasture
run short before t'egttl:tt' haying time, I
start the lnower in the ltay field alld cut
each «lay what is nceded for all the stock,
and €‘:lt'l',\' it to them in the field. The inl-
pol"ta‘ztt thitl}._=' in feeling is to give the cow
all she w:t.t‘-.s all the tune.

l.;l:st _‘.'vL=.lE' I lsegzttl cutting feed for lily
t':;‘t‘.> ct-.t’l_'v' i‘: .iun-.-, and front that tittte on
tltcy w-.-rt *4:-l :’.lllll‘v:~l, the entire sttntltlct‘.
Snlltetititcs it was _'_‘l‘:t:-~s fl'ont the ttleztllnwz
.sntnt-tint;-s <=‘i‘l’!,§l \’.')I'll front the field; at
otilcl‘ tint—;:-.s ay, bran and oil lttcal front
the barn, but feed tltcy had ztltd all they
watlted. You catntot get sonletlting front
nothing with cows any better than any-
thing else, and if the cow once dries down
she cannot be brought back again to a full
flow of milk.‘ ‘a i I

Tim :::.mL llnportant crop for sulnnter
feed for cows is corn. Begin planting
early and keep it up till long after _vour
neighbors are done. I began by drilling
llly fodder corn. using zt. coltllllon grain
drill, stopping all tlle feeds excepting the
elld alld center ones, a.nd sowed frotll ll} to
20 quarts per acre. This \':i_\’ has its ad-
vantages and disadvantages. The great
advantage is that the field is quickly sown,
but the disadvalltage is the rows catlllot he
kept clean of weeds. I shall try this year
plallting all corn in hills. The first will he
planted list inches each way, the intention
being to plant just as closely as I can and
cultivate with a two-horse cultivator. This
was planted about six kernels tn the hill.
Next collles the rye field, which I have
been pasttlring all the spring.

Plow, drag alld roll, atld plallt the same
as the first planting. Do not forget the
rolling. If tlle ground is dry, atld it is apt
to be abotlt the first of J title, roll before
lllarking and agaill after plantillg. Xow,
if this is not likcl_v to make feed enough,
prepare a field for lllillet. Like the late-
planted corn the ground sllould be thor-
oughly harrowed and packed down with
the roller. Sow abottt § bushel per acre
and hat'row liglltly.

A little front last year’s experience and
I alll done. I planted corll May :22 on sod
ground, May 2:» on rye pasture, and again
Jttne 13th on r_ve pasture. Drilled lllorc
corn June Ztlth. This was clover and tilti-
othy sod frolll whicll the hay had just been
taken off. This grotlnd was so dry that
the corn did not collie up till July 27th.
Yet with all the late planting the corn nia-
tured, excepting the last, and that all tas-
selled and set for a few ears.

I also plowed and sowed nlillet after hay
July 19th, and harvested eight good wag-
on loads of fine hay fronl about nine acres.

Hastings.

   

 

How to Prevent or Control Swarming.

You are not able to be at honle, and we
will assume that the rest of the folks are
either afraid to tackle swarllls or prefer to
do it with as little labor as possible, when
they do come out; or it nlay be you have
an out—apiary. In either case you desiré
to discourage, and, if ossible, prevent
swarming, or so manage it that the swarm-
ing tendency will take care of itself largely
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In the production of colllb honey there is
only one reliable tllcthod. and that means
so lunch work that the majority of bee-
kceters do not practice it. Cage the qtteen

2 of each colony over the brood-nest at the

appl-o,-tel} of the .sw:tl'tnitlg .seas'oll.and then
ill eight days cut out the queen-cells, alld
i[1(/-l‘\_tl;l days cut nttt the cells again; httt
if _von ll:tvcn't a l:tr-:_»e ztpiary. and you have

' spare tinte nights and lll()1‘l‘tlllj_?’>', the labor

will not figure lunch. The cutting-out of the
cells alone ()1'_‘_*‘l\'lll'_»_" plenty of sttrplttsrooln
will help greatly to <lls'l‘Hlll'.‘t'_l‘(‘. if not pre-
vent swztrtnillg.

1 THIS f'l.ll’l’lil)~‘t\'l.\'l': l’l..\.V. Tlll-I l‘I.\.\'lE.\'T ‘VAT

U1“ .\l_\.\.\l EINH .~'\\'_Xl.’..\ll.Vli.

lint ntost :tpiari.st.s think it an ;t<lv;mt;1ge
to let the bees sw:-.rnt ottcc: and as all their

1 qtt:.-cits‘ wings are clippcd. when the .swal'tu

.‘lhout,lfl is pcrh.-tps the best. If‘

I front of the en‘. ':llll‘t‘ caged.

 evet'y‘~.ltitt_;_e will

colucs forth illt‘ qtlt-en is l‘:l|l|_*'llt ill tt Miller
Ifllkfl-ll~I':tll‘llttl'11> she is cr:tw ling around in
front of the <"llll'.‘l!:l'x'*. Tlle old hive is then
retnovv. d to :t itt_r\‘.‘ stand. and an cntpty one
l. ’,‘.':'l'.‘ll su<-ll sltould be kept ill l‘f.‘:lllll1l‘~\l
put in its place when the queen is pt.t ill
The bees. on
<liscoverillg the :tb.scnce of the queen. will
soon t‘-=tnr;l pt-ll nlcll to the old stand. The
.stt;‘pl=:s cll:un'uer. if there \\'.‘i.~ ollc on the
old hive. is put on the ltew one now on the
old st.-ind.

This nlatlttcr of c:ttchittg' ‘the sw:tl'llts is so
little labor lll:tt the "wolltcn-t'olks”' do not
object to it since tlterc is no llandling of
the .sw:trln itself. no climbing of trees after
it, and it is all done. praclil-ally by catch-
ing the queen. The ctltpty hive is easily
llandled. and the old hive need be moved
but a .t"<-w feet‘, when you will take care of
it when _vott get honle. You will also need
to l'Ql\'.‘:l.sc the queen.

'rtlt: l~‘..\'Tl:.»\.\'€‘li-l£L'Al:l) l’I.A.\‘.

in place of clipping the queen's
witt<_r.s. tnany :tpiarist.s prefer the entrance-
guards. one of wllich is attaclted at every
etltratlce. The queen can not. of course,
pass the perforatcll zinc. and there is. in
collsequcttce, no datlj;'cl' of her gettillg lost
ill the grass. Then if the \\‘olllCl1—fUll\'$
Wltllil go tlc:tt', the bees will go back t.o the
old lIi\":? but you lll:l_‘.‘ be sure they willtry
it over .-tg;:.iu ttnl-.=.s.s you give them a new
hive lull of y; j.’ l-otnbs ol' fl'anl<-.sof
foul. '.-ttion. '.§‘itl<\,' will then go to work.
‘tnd prob:tbl=.' give it up for the t'cst of the
This plan l};!> the :tdv:tl;t:tge that
t;tl;e care of itself till you
get home. and there is tlodztltgt-1', ("ltl!:_'l'.
that you will lose ::n_v >'\\‘:l't'lIxl-«.

  

 

H1‘i‘lHl)lt.

't'nt: .\l,l.li‘; 'l‘l:.\l‘ 3

(‘alt-lle.s the queen ill a conlparttllcnt by
l1é‘l‘.~‘€lf. The whole trap may then be de-
tatcllcd. and the queen liberated in-I new
hive of l~olltl._.~ on the old .s'l:1l](l_ \«'l.,‘»,‘\,«’ir]]::;-

; out tllc plan otttlitled ullder the “clipped-

queell" plall above.
l’Rl~‘.\'l-2Z\"l‘ll).\'
M it:

Hi’ .\"t\'.\_ll)lII\'H \\'HEN ItL'.\'.\'I.\'(}
l’..‘L'l‘l2.\(,"I‘I‘Il) ll‘)_\'lCY.

This is far easier to accomplish. Give
the qttecll nlllintited roolll for egg-laying.
atld. if llccc.s.s:tt'_v. put on another eight
f'ante body. From the lower story draw
otlt a couple of colltb.s atld pttt them above,
filling ottt the space in both stories with
empty colnbs or frames of fotttldation. Ex-
tract froln botll stories as often as need be,
or pttt on a third story ofctnpty colllb or
foundation. The maill thing seelns to be
to give the queen and l>CL‘.5'i{1lJllllll:lI1L'8 of
l'ootll. You tllay ask wh_v you cottld not do
this for colllb honey. Iiefore the bees go
into the sections they will fill the combs
next to tllc brood with llolley; alld if the
season should be short _vott would get no
honey in the sections. But in extracting
yott can take frotll the bees just as llluch

as, in your judgment. the bees can spare.
(7131:. E. Hilton

Pure Seeds.
.~‘tan(lm'(l.-. of the Purity and Vitality of
Agricultural Seeds‘.
_(‘i_rcttl:tr No. ti. I'llitcd States‘ Departlllent of Amlctlltttrt-,
Division of bot:lll_\.

.\‘}-1f,‘l‘I.\,‘.\,'I'I'Y .-\Nl) I)li.lF.(‘T O1’ .\'T.—L\'DAl{I_)~'.

Ill con.sidel'ing a subject of such great
illlportallce to the farlller and gardener the
necessity and object of sttlndards must be
kept in lnind. The need is :showll ill the
fact that sc:tl'cely two seedsnlen have the
sanle idea as to what constitutes first class
collltnercial seed. wllile lllany persons who
should be the lllost interested have never
given the matter any serious attention
whatever. The prevailing idea seems to
be that nlucll more seed will be sown anv-
way than will come up, also that even with
rather poor seed ltlore will cotlle up than is
needed. necessitating a considerable
amount of thinning out: hence the buyer
usually depends entirely upon the state-
ments in the seed catalogues 01' on the
packets and often sows a tplal't where a
pint would suflice if the seed were tip to a
good standard of gernlintttion. It is un-
necessary to call attention to the fact that
the larger the alllount sown the ulore prof-
itable it will be to the dealer, while at the
same time it is eminently true that the
planter can not afford to be stingy in this
matter.

An exceedingly important consideration

 tity.

generally overlooked, is that a low germin-
ation often means more than a lack in quan-
It frequently indicates a matter of
vastly lllore importance ~-a lack ill qualitv
as well: in other words. that the seed is
likely to be of different ages. froltl platlts
differing in strain. having been grown and
gatllcrcd under ditlerctlt conditions. Such
seed produces very ur:<-ertain re.sttlts. the
plants being unevcll in their .~'l'/.0. time of
lllaturillg. and qu:tlit_v. all very s~l-1-ion,
drawbacks to the farntcr or g:ll'dctlcr, es-
pecially if the crop is grown for sale.

It is insisted. and rightly too. that dif-
fet'elt«.~e.s ill conditiolls ttndcr which seed is
grown and harvested s:ct'iou.sly atlcct its vi-
tality. Seedsllten recognize this fact well.

, and frcqttently pav their seed growers :ll'—

- aging :t iittle less than TI’; per cent

cordingl_v. having pre\'iou.sly ittspcctcd the
crop while f_1‘l'()\\'ll]'_'_‘, if |i1':lt‘ll1'.llvl<.‘. lf
frolll scvcrc <lt‘I')ll'_"llI. an unusu.-tlly wet sea-
son. or other c;tll.s<_-s the seed crop of peas,
fl1l'lll.st:lll(‘e, pl'olltl.\'cs' to he of pool’ qil:lllr
t_v. the sccd.sut::n cotltracts to ]":t_\' less for
it than if cnnditiotls were i’itt‘."')E‘:llll:-.
\\'ould it not he to the be-t llli(‘1't‘-ilmltfi lin-
tr.-tdc cventuztlly. :ts well as to those of tho-
.-tgril.-ttltut‘i.st. if seed whose vitalil ' had
be--n l'l"illl'(.‘(l owing to conditions of «ll.
lllitlt‘. ll:tt'\'c.stitlg. or ltt:ttlne-2' of l~.<'t‘plI:_'
were sold at :1 lower pl*ice ‘titan lll'i\l.*(‘l;l-s
scealf The f:tt'tttct' and the seed-l»uj—.‘int_"
public lll general sltottld be ill pt'cci.scl_v the
saute positioll asztny other body of put-
cltttsetis. If a certain .statltlat'd is adopted
for ally v:trict_v of seed and the pricl- based
upon this st:tnd:trd, either whollv or in
part. it does not scent l'e:tsnttablc that the
public should be expected to pay full price
for a given lot of that variety which ger-
lttinates Jo per cent for exanlplc below that
stalldard. Tlle fact that the low gcrtltin.-t-
tion nlay be dtte ill this particttlar case to
clitnatic or other conditions beyond hunt.-tn
control does not atlcct the :tl'gttllletlt.

l§.\.‘4l.\ ()1-‘ .\T.\.V l),\llI>.\'.

.\'latldards of purity and gcrtninatiott
sllould be based upon fresh (i. e. not over
one year old) seed grown, lt:tl've.st<-.d. and
l-:£’l)t under favol‘:tble conditions. The low
stand:tt'ds of gertnination stt}._rgl-stt~«l by
soltéa: horticultul'ists atld .sccd.sntcn arc doc
lztl'gcl_v to the fact tltal tltey :tt'e l; ed up
on ‘tests of nrditl:tr_v (’t)llilllt"l’t‘l.'l seed.
which is oftcn zt nzixture of «lili'el'-::nt yt at--'
tjrowth, part of it raised and lt:t2"\.'<.-‘ml
ttndlsr t:t:fat.l-l’:tl»ll- /.~:~nditiott.s, For l‘.\':!lil
ple. it i~-:no uttcotnnton thing to find sl:tnd-
ards has-«ll ill this way: Til!l)1llI‘~lil‘__" ten
te.s’..s of £’:Uil.s‘ll st-cd gt-l'tttitt:tt: d ‘$1.3 pct‘ cent
each: two it”: four ‘ll live 7;’; Illt’t‘t: :61;
and two ttotltittg at all: in all 211 ‘tests. :tvet'—

ill“
cording to the custotu above luetttiottcd
this would be fixed upon as the proper
standard. \\'ould any fair-lnindcd person
zielptallltetl with the real '.'lt:‘.Ilt_‘,’ of fresh
radish seed clailll that 73 was an adequate
gcrlllillatillg per cent ill this case! The ill-
justice of such a lnethod would not he les-
sened if the standard were llttssell otl 2.lioo
or 2ti,ooo tests instead of Zli.

Zétalldards of gerttlillatioll cannot be con-
sidered satisfactory which are based alone
ttpnll averages of tests even if the seed is
ktlowll to be not ltlore than one year old.
Ill such tests there tlt:ty be l1lttll_\' seeds
which show a very low gel-lninatioll, even
failing to sprout at all, owillg to snllte fault
of testing or sccttrillg and handling tllc
crop. As previously stated, the buyer
should not be expected to pay the salllc
price for such seed. therefore such tests:
should not be given equal weight ill mak-
ing ttp the standard: ill fact they should
not be counted at all.

Standards for gcrntinatlon should be
based upon tests conducted ill such a way
as to reduce the chances of error to a
lllinilllttlll: also by such nleans as will best
bring ottt the vitality ill tlledifferetlt va-
rieties.

All of ottr experience alld infornlation
shows that ill lnost itlstanccsi. a germinat-
ing chanlbcr in which the heat, lll«ti.stttrc
alld air supply can be controlled will best
secure these results. Furtllcrntorc, the pro-
cess of gerlllination can be more easily
watched ill this way, and the causes of var-
iation or failure better ascertained atld
avoided than in tests conducted in soil.
b'tlpplclllelttary soil tests should be coll-
dtlcted. however, as a checiz also because
a few kinds of seeds scenlto germinate bet-
ter in soil than between blotters or cloths
in a gernlinator. For cxatllple, Kentucky
Blue Grass has been found by ntllllerous
expel'inlentel's, to show a unifortnl_v higher
germination in soil than in the "Geneva
Tester” or in a germinating chamber. It
may be said in passing that the Geneva
pan method has been found inadequate in
many cases, especially of smaller seeds.

    

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VALUE OF DIFFERENT GRADES.

A fair standard of germination does not
mean that forllled by an ideal lot of seed,
but a high grade which tirst—class seed un-
der favorable conditions will attain with-
out difliculty. It is not expected that
seedslnen will offer such seed at the same
price as that of inferior grades. As it is
now, however, with no standards fixed by
law or custom, the dealer obtains no more.
for a lot of seed which will readily germin-

I ottr

ate at 95 per cent than he does for one of
the same variety which shows bttt so per
cent vitality. therefore the seedslltatl who
is careless in his crop. farming it out to
the cheapest hands. putting little or no scl~
entilic study and nlethod into his work.
gets the saute price as the conscielltinus
and c:tret'ttl ttntn who utay l':ll~~c less seed.
but of a lunch lu;ttel' qu:dit_v.

It has been said that in the production
of new and valttable \:tl‘ictie.s' by hvbridi-
zation and selection. virility is ttccc.ssat'il_\_'
.~-.-tct'iticcd to a ccrtttin extent. hence vitali-
ty is not the Hl1l_\' criterion of the value of
:2 sccd. This is true. but vitality is cer-
tainly an (‘\l't‘(‘Ilill_'_"l_\' itnpol't.-int criterion,
.~dlhone'h not tltc onlv one. l_il\'c tlt:tt ot
other articles. the l)l:ll‘J of a given v:tt'ictv
of seed should depend l:tt'gel\' upon its
s«-:trcit_v and cost of lll'lul!ll‘tlltl).i _\s:t inat-
tcr of l':tct. sc«.-.lsnlcn ll~ll:lll_\’ l‘ll:ll”_It,‘ :l
great dz-::l tttore for the seed of new \';tric
tics than for those which are well cstab
li~‘ltc'l. ‘We ltclit-vc that the bcttet‘c|:tss of
.'\ltlet'i--all sccdstnen are trvin-_~' to turttish
‘Wll of 2| l|l‘.."ll e‘.":t l(‘.:llll1tll*lIli‘lll ‘»‘sllll‘llllll-
Ill-p:t:'lt:n-ttt wishes to ctn uttr::::‘=- itt eve: \
\‘~:i,v as l>citt~.:' to the lust it.tc:-est oi" all
rottccl'tlc-l. Let us h:t\-.- gt-.lt-qu.-ttc sl::ttd«
.-zrds of purity and ;1‘l‘E'll1lll7llll)ll altd. It cor
l'<‘si!()ll«llllg‘ })l'l<'l_* for st-1-ll ulliclt ml-t-ls,
those r.-qtttl'eltt<-ltts.

l§l'I.\il'l.\'l-I.‘{l-'..\.\ til‘ .‘~li|.l)_

\\'ere the ktlowll-d;_-‘e of .\tncric~ttt llnrti»
cultut'e sttllicietttl_v :tdv:ulced and the ob.
stacles not so grc.-tt it would c.-rt.-tittl_v bl
llesil‘:thle to lllcllldc thegeltllillcllessof swell.
or "pttt'ity” as the secdsntan lmows it, it;
any st:tndard given. Tltis, lll)\\'l‘\‘v‘l'. is
intpraeticable at present, as in the case of
vegetables an expcrinteltl lield ot' large sziyzc
would be required. :tnd this is not now at
conttnand. l’»esides, a complete. and
scientific cl:ts.sitic:ttion has not \‘ct been
made of the ntultiludiuous \':ll"l-Ulllx of
gat'den crops \\'llo.st' seeds ztre beittg of.

‘ feted to the f.-trttlet‘ and _:_-‘:tl‘deltet' each

‘I _\'(‘:II'.

The llll})l>l'l:llll'l' of cstzlblislliltg the
gctlttilletless of \‘:tt'il-ties l‘:lll ,sc;tt'celv be
ovct'cslintated, and it is gl';tlil'yitt_-gr to llute
that sonic of the lC.\'pet'iluenl .\€:ttions, not

I :tbly Cornell, are doing a gr-::tl «l'n:%l of val-

uable \vorl\' along this line lite pl'«q;e‘.'
slu-l_v. cl:t.~.sitic::tiott. and .l *:~-"'l§>tlltll ot
llHl‘tll'!lll:ll':ll \':e.t'i.~;tcs it the 4'-tirlllloll *.c:._(
etaltles is:t vet'y l:tlzol'i~rzs.ut~l -~l«==\' lu'ot-<:—s.
ll"\\‘.'\'l‘l‘. and ineslin;:t'»§-.- '_»:-in will 2ll'l'l'lll‘
to .\2ttet'it-all lllt!'l.ll‘l!iillE’£' anti ll’l5lll;;t'
if see-.l he kept up to :t lti-gh .s‘l.tt!ul:slv.l of
purity and vilrdity, ll'.l‘{lll‘_v" the lllflll‘. l‘ of
:1‘;-ttttitlcttess out of the qu:--win.-l at ;ll‘lfi\l'lll.
so fat’ as L1'.“.l'<lt5ll l'l'llp~~ ire ¢‘ltlll'l‘l‘ll:‘ll. ll’
‘tltcnlatterof }_-'l':tss-es 1ll:l torztge lllillllfix

 
 

I gcltttitteltess can be easily cslttblishe l. and

.shnltld receive a very prolllinettl place it:

the cons'idel'ation of the value of the seed’

It should be stated here that the term
“purity of seed," as used by the lleparts
nlent, refers ollly to frcedonl frotn foreign
lltaterial. wllcthcr other seeds or inert
matter.

\'l'I‘.-\I.IT\’ ()l“ >'l‘Il'Il).~‘.

It is frequently alle;_-‘ed that among ve-_r
etable seeds sonic, e.speci:tlly those of all
oily nature, as thecucurbitsor “vine seeds"
l_ntelon, squash, cuculnber, etc..) gcrnlillate

better when two years old than when but

one year old. This, it true, is probably
dtte to thefact thatcertainchelnical changes
llecessary to bring the reserve llt:ttel'i:tls in
such secdsintoa proper condition to be
used by the plantlct may require more
titlle ill oily than ill starclty seeds‘. How-

ever, carefttl experitllcnts are necessary to
establtsh tllls ldea, whlcll can hardly be

said to be more than a hypotltesis, especial-
ly in view of the fact that one-year—old
ccuurbtt seed frequelltly gertninatcs, as

high as ‘J5 alld solnctintes even loo "tr

cent.

Certain tests with first, second, and third

year seeds, showed the vitality to be in
every instance considerably less the second
year. Cucttrbits fell front SH W per cent
the first year to 7H——T5 per cent the .second.,
atld till-To per cent the third. It is titl-
qucstionably true that ntany seeds do not

‘ gerlllillate well when perfectly fresh. that

ls. when first harvested, but reqttirc in
llatttrc a few weeks or months, solnetilnes:
longer, to becolne thoroughly prepared for
gerlltination; on the other hand, some seeds.
gerlllinate vigorously when first harvested_.
especially if not quite tltaturc. It is not
safe to generalize too lllttch on the behavior
of seeds in this respect, since difi'erent.
varieties of the same species often act very
differently. Very much depends ttpon the:
conditions of clilllatc, growth, harvesting,
and nlanner of keeping as well as upon
varietal peculiarities. A great deal also»
probably depends upon the chemical com-
position of seeds, the relation of which to
germination opens an important field of
study. almost untouched in , this countrv.
VVhether or not certain varieties of seeds.
germinate better after the first year has no
bearing upon the question of standards,
since the tests made to ascertain the ger-
nlinative capacity of any seed are to be
conducted the same season that the seed is
offered for sale. It wotlld be an easy mat-

ter for the dealer to hold back a seed lot.

front the market until the second year, if
its vitality would be improved thereby.

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JUNE 4, 1896.

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

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lMQ-lflt—’»"lI’S west.

Brine Flowers for All.

Along the city streets, through rustic lanes,
«Sweet with the breath of new born nature, soft
And sad, the music of the mufiied drums
Moves slowly on to the low green sepulchers
Of heroes. Plodding Toil gives o'er his task,
And, girt in iioral chains, resigns one day

To Memory’s sacred claim. “Bring flowers,"

says
The Nation. and they bring the rich red rose
For Valor, grimly wrestling with despair;
White lilies, for patient woman, whose heart
The grisly lists of death struck deeper than
The lethal steel, and the blue forget-me-nots,
That speak the unswerving faith of him in
bonds.
To whom lean Famine fed her visioned feast,
That vanished when he woke to die. “Bring
ilowers
For all, and with the Ilowers blend the flags!"

Bring out once more the ragged colors:
/ Flaunt their rustv shreds in air.
The unscarred silk may serve for others,
These, the soldiers‘ pride and care.
They are the llags

"l‘hat heard the roar and clash of battle,
‘Cannons’ crash, and rnuskcts’ rattlem
A wful agony of battle.

hhriekinz wild and high;

That saw heroic deeds before them:

Faced the shot and shell that tore them:

Wrapped the heroes, dead. that bore them.
Gray and blue.

That is Why the soldiers loved them;

Thrille(l them when they llamed above them—

With their last heart throb tliev loved theni-—
Blue and gray.

On many a shapeless earthen mound.

Buried amid the dreary solitiides,

Widerolled from b'usquehanna's azure stream,
Far south where Mississippfs stately llood
Swells onward to the sea, the rosemary gray
And bluebells sweet in loving kinship twine.
There ihe tender violet holds aloft

Her tiny cup to heaven’s font, nor asks

Nor cares what color tired the soul of him
Whose crumbled mold restores her tranquillife.
If Nature can forgive, Why cannot we ‘H

For answer, note a sorrowing Nation’s tears,
Pure as the lustrous beads of weeping spring,
Falling on all alike. see where our country
Gathers the beauteons gems, yet dewy sweet
From Nature's crucible,and shares their charms
With equal hand. Not this for blue, and this
For gray. but these for all. The deathless glory
That waits on their heroic deeds is hers.

And, like to kindly Mother Earth, she wraps
Her ample mantle round her sleeping children-
Her heroes all, “Let us have peace.” 50 spake
The silent warriorwhe of mighty arm _

And generonssoul—-and, lo! sweet peace 1S here.
Not for the dead alone. Who lives and loves
Our country, him she nurtures with her love,
Whether his birth—land lie beneath the rich
Magnolia blooms, or the dark pines that nod
Their tasseled heads on rock—bonnd Northern

shores.

Out of the iierce, white furnace heat issues
The gleaming steel; so. from the fiery blast

Of ilaming war are drawn the stronger links

(lf brother love. We are one. and our common
Mother is America. Tea! by all
Our memories of the patriot blood

That sanguined Saratoga’s plain; that sank

1n Uhalmette’s reeking ooze; that glistened dull
In the hot sun that scourged the hotter heights
Of Monterey! The ruddy seed there sown

Will yield today a richer harvest than

The fabled Cadmean dragon’s teeth; ail when
Columbia calls, millions of loving sons

‘Will rise to front whatever foe that dare
Assail her honor. Here, from sea to sea.
From pine to «palm, where’er “Old Glory" tlings
The rippling undulations of his flowing

Folds, we are her children—living and dead-
Her children all.

—-John Rz'1,ch iv in Inter Occrm.

A Hint from Nature.

The following is the report of a lecture given by Joaquin
Miller, the "Poet of the Sierras,” at Leland Stanford Uni-
versity, California. Tho abstract is furnished by Miss
Beulah Weeks. for a member of Hamilton Grange. and now
a student at Leland Stanford.

The American people are unhappy and
discontented. In their frantic endeavor
for the “almighty dollar” they rarely find
the serene happiness of the European.
This is due in :1 great ineasure to their lack
of appreciation of nature. The average
American is superficial; he affects a love
for nature which he does not truly feel.
‘To him “A primrose by the river's bank,
a yellow primrose was and it was nothing
more. ” It would be nmch better for him
to leave off the folly and afl'ect:1tion of the
Englishman and to take up his love of na-
ture. For an Englishman trul_v loves na-
ture. An English gentleman lives under
the Druid oaks the greater part of the year.
He lives in town only a few weeks. while
the American calls those living in the
country “hayseeds.”

Are Americans humorous? No, their
humor is gloomy. They are a grim, sad
people. They are too far from the truth.
They must leave ofl‘ faultfinding. I would
have every man say on rising, “Hail. holy
light, he:iven’s first—born! "

“How little we appreciate the beauty of
color in nature. It takes years to know
the infinite hues which every day presents
to us.

Then there are the smells and perfumes
of the morning! The whole world hangs
heavy with perfume. Consider the beauty
of the twilight when it softly 111115 the tired
day to sleep. Think of the swift—flying
snowflakes and the patter‘ of the rain upon
your chamber roof, the eloquent wind, the
unchained lightning and the awful thiin—
der. The love for nature cannot be put on,
it must be felt.

Man’s books are man‘s outlets. On and
on his lessons go. But he can never know
the alphabet of nature, the smell or touch
of a rose, or the songs of birds by merely

j reading them. Christ was a lover of na-
; ture; he knew the “birds of the air and the
lilies of the field." Learn to be at home
with nature and you need fear no man.

learn is simplicity. Milton used seventeen
: thousand words, and b'li:1ke.spc:ii‘e twcnt_v-
four tliou.-‘and. but the {lll'Ll1()l'.'~‘ of recent
(llCl.l()ll:lI'l€>‘ lmast of three hundred thous-
and words. At this rate we shall soon
have more word.-' than the Chin:1in:1n. and
fewer ideas. A good thing to rtmcinber
 lllill  ///;«'.\'/1.7‘ i/r//'4 m //,u_/,/ //‘H/‘v/~' 1/” 7".” f//'
//‘/////.

The Infinite Finger has written that we
1 shall c:1rn our bread bv the .~'wc1'.t of our
‘ brow. And it lllll.~'l be so. Iloiic.-‘t work
 is noble. and it 1,-imoblcstlic inau who
doc.-’ ll.

Abovc :1ll. do not faith in ni:1n‘.-:
, truth and woin:1n'.-‘ puritv. It i.- l1ciic1'1o

be b-:-ii‘:1_vcd oncd:1_v than to .-Ii.-jvwl ,\‘UiU'

i'cllow—b1-i1ig:-ihrcc l1uiidrc<l:1iid .<i_\‘tv—ii\'(,-
. d:1'-1» in thc ‘v1-:11-. Livc 1rul_v and nobl_v
io1'l:1'-.'. for "ihci'c in:1y bc iimiiy loniol‘—
row.-i. luv low. but this is only Mr» d::_=.'. "

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Decently and in Order.
in .ll-2.\'.\ll-I i'.1’i-;l.l..

, .'\llllll.il l:\‘cl‘\'l>o1l\‘. \’ollllj_" 01' “ill-, 1“-‘l“~
w-om.-in. or child. ls-lll'.\HlllL‘ kind of :1noi'—
1.l'illll'/.:lll(1llI whilc lhc hour.-: of tl1c1l:i_v:ii1d
night do not siiilicc for the "joil1cI'" lo
iiiiikc the l'(lllll<l.\‘ of his or hcr clubs and
.<ocic’1ic.-'. .\lorc and lllil1'(: are we coming
to l'cc1.g‘liiZc ihc vuluc and nccd of conccrt
of :11-tjoii. and oi-dcrl_v :11-tioii. Upon this
l)C(‘L‘.\’.~ll_\' j1:1rli:1nicnt:ii'_v law is founded.
It dcrivcs its ii:1i1ic from its source. the
I‘;llf_"ll>;ll I’:1i'li:uncnt. It is the grcat ccon-
oinizcr of time in dclibcrative bodics.
\\'ithout it, coiifiisioii. waste and discord
are alinost sure to rule. \\'iili it. order,
dcsp:1tcli and harmonv arc cquzilly certain
to prevail.

It li:1sj1ist bcen my opportunity to at-
tcnd :1 short cour.-"c of lessoiis in parliamen-
tary law, given by Mrs. A. .5. Bcnjiiiniii,
well known as 1ltll‘ll£llllt:lll.:1I'l:lll of the na-,,
tional ll’. 0. T. l.'. Her :iiiii was to fix in
the minds of her pupils the priin:1ry rules
common to all dclibcr:1tive bodics«- not
having 2i(l()|)lC(l any spcciiicd code. A few
notes inadc from her lcssons are {is follows,
and wcrcm:1dc with the i'cincmbr:1ncc in
mind of actual confusion on tlicsc very
points.

It is not often that :1 mcinber i'i.~'e.,< with-
out :l(l(ll'0>‘>‘ll1g‘ the chair, but he oficn be-
gins to speak before he has been i'ecog-
nixed by the chair. which he slioilld never
do.

A chair should never ask :1 body “to
risc to their feet" not, at least. till the
body has wings or something l)(:‘>'IklC>$J' fivgf
to rise to.

The proper form in which to make :1
motion is, “I move" so and so, not “I
move you, Mr. Uli:iii'iii:1ii," or "I would
inovc," neither, “I would like to inovc,"
but plain, brief, "I move."

Brcvity is the secret and strength of good
p:1i'li:unent:iry action. therefore a chziirinan
after .»'t:itinga motion says, “Allin favor say
‘ycs:' all opposed, ‘no.‘ Breath is prec-
ious: when every supcriluous word costs
the time of two or three hundred, or even
twenty, busy pcople.

It was new to me to learn that the er-
1'0l1COll.*5 form of scconding :1 motion by
saying. “I support" is :1 Micliigziiiisiii, so
to speak. The word “support“ seems fit-
ting until we recall th:1t we may second a
motion for the sake of bringing it before
the meeting, although we propose to vote
against it. “I second the motion" is cor-
rect.

A committee has the right to choose its
own chairm:1n just as much as its own sec-
retary. The first-nained member may or
iiiay not become the permanent chairman
of the coimnittee, as the members may
elect.

A motion may be withdrawn without the
consent of its second.

\Vhen there is no time limit especially
fixed in a discussion, it is ten minutes.

\Vho has not been in despair over
“aniendments and amendments to amend-

mentsi‘ and their consequent entangle-
ments.’ All plain and easy—~when you
know how. 'Iwo amendments only may

be entertained at one time. The last one
must be acted on first, and finally the ino-
tion as amended. A “substitute" is treat-
ed as an amendment.

Al110ti0I1t0li1.Y 311 amendinent on the
table carries with it the whole subject,
ainendment and original motion. It ‘is a
motion to kill in a milder term.

“The previous question" is a misnomer
and :1 stumbling block to infantile parlia-
mentarians. “I move the previous ques-
tion” simply means the person making the
motion wishes discussion stopped and the
vote taken. The chair savs, “Shall the
main question he now put?“ If two-thirds
vote “yes" the vote is taken at once, but
if “no" the discussion goes on.

One issue of the Visiron could not con-
tain all a bright woman could tell about
this interesting subject in three evenings.
hence these few extracts must suffice 9.; 51

report for this number.
Ann Arbor.

Another thing which Aiiiericans need to :

The Farmer’s Table.

Br MRS. MARY A. MAYO.

‘V8 believe that if anv one has earned :1
well-spread table and should have it. it is
the farnier's family. By well—spre11d we
mean clean white linen. pretty dislies. :1iid

f 1>le11_t_v of well—cooked. \V'l1(_)lc.'<(llllL‘ food

, not give siiiiicicnt care to

“c are fearful that .~:oii1ctiiiics we do
_ thc :ippe:1r:1ncc
(Ll: ()lll' Tll.lIlll.\' t;ll)l(}_ ‘vljpn L'()I”]):1]1‘\’
comes we want to make it look as nice as
possible. The bcst di.~hc.~‘ are brought

i out. silvcr knives :iiid fork.-‘ tukcn out of

the “'_1'€11l1)iI1_<_'.~‘. any piece of .-ilvcr wc niav
have is briglitcned. d:1in1v di.~hc.-* pri-p:1rcd.
all for thc .'-:lr:iiigci' or fl“l(3llll.~ who :1i'c to
break bread with u.-'. \\'hv lloi u-c thc
best ever_v day! Thc li(,'.\t ivc h:1\1- i- nonc
too good for our dcar one». For whom
shouldwcdo inorcth:1i1 ‘I'oi‘1l1o.\1» wc lovc.’

A wcll-sprc:1<l iublc. dainty lll\l]\',\_ ;1n-.!
:1 fcw ilowcr.- in:1l-;c tllc ‘|i:{lll';’.~l in-'-al :1p—

petlzllig. Ilic1'cl.- no .-\'\'("1‘i(,‘l‘ .\i'_"lll 111 ll.\

? than to scc :1 l:illlll_\' ~——i';1ilici'. 1111111.:-1-_ ,~n;d

t about thc tabh-.

all thcchildrcn. wilh pr-i'h:ip- :1 dc:~.:' old
_<_-'r:1iidf:11hci' or 1_ri':1ndi:1olh1=r. g:11lu-1'1-d
'l\'c lilo: 11) >11‘ ‘illc frlillr-i‘
.~'cr\‘ing. givii1g:1.- izuu-I-i <‘ivll~lil\‘l':1il1)ll to
the yoiiiigcsl :1.-- In tho (lllll'-si. rllrl c:-.1-iido-
iiigull in lll.\’})(l\\'t‘l‘ to 212:1 1 t‘\'L'l‘_\' 1>ll;1-1'
body colnfortablc and hrippy. '\\'c l-clicvc
mo.-‘t i-iiipl1:1‘iic11ll_v in 14-:11-l1in\_r chihli'i-ii
propcrt:1ble in:1nii1-r.~. We think the lit-
tle childrcn. just its ruloli :1- 1hc_v arc old
enough to conic to thc tablc in their high
cliairs, should be tziuglit to kccp ihcir
hand.-: out of lhc food and 1111.-1n.\-111141-.\ oil‘
from the top of tho lablc. It can lw donc.
and with vcry littlc troubic ciihcr to
mother or child. if ii is bcg1iii.-ooii cnough
and in the right way.

Not long ago we lll\'ll(,‘Il:illl(llilCl':lllll hcr
little girl of four ycars to conic to dinner.
The mothcr dcclincd bcc:1ll.~‘c. as slic said.
her child bclnivcd so :11 lhc table .-‘hc could
not take hcr :in_vwlicrc. Our children will
go from home some iimc. and there is
nothing that sliow.-: good brccding :1i1d
training more than thcir dcmc:ino1' :it ta-
ble. I pity the young pcr.-on who is
obliged to go out into the world and meet
people, who has not had propcrti':1iiiiiig in
regard to m:1nncr.-' :1iid dcportmcnt at
home.

\\'ith the plcniy that is our.-' (and dc-
spite the hard tiiilcs we have had food in
:1.buiid:1iicc) we need not .-it at lllc:lf_T1'('.
boards—plei1t_v of llour. fruit. vcgct:iblc.s.
meat, cre:1n1. butter. icc. and the ll(‘(‘(‘.~«’—
sury g‘1'UL'C1'lCn‘-*(.‘V(,‘l'_\‘ f:ii'iiici"s wifc can
set a table fit for kiiigs to dine if you have
tlowers.:1nd evcr_vf:1inilyshould have :1 fcw
at lc:i.si. Let :1 snizill. low bouquct grace
the f:iriiicr's tal-lc: not :1 liigli :1i'i':iii;_-'ciiiciit
that is -asily ovcrtui'iicd. or that liidcscvcn
the face of the .~'in:1llcst child: but :1 few
loose flowers niccly :irr11ngcd in :1 low, fiat
lllri-",‘.‘.*

Let each me- 1 have the best of all quali-
ties served witi it, and that is (//mI/ 1:/mm.
We believe every person should bc :11 their
best at the table. Let no disiippoiiitiiiciit
or failure be recounted: whatever iuay
have gone wrong on the farin out of doors,
let it be left there, and the father bring
nothing but kind words and :1 happy heart.
If mother is tired, head aching, or feet so
weary, let her show :1 brave face, keeping
back any conipl:1ining, for. surely. though.
all may pity, the recounting of ills will
only sudden the hearts that else would be
.sa.i'~
\\'e have seen some families that found
or made it a convenience to take their med-
icine at the table. If it must be “taken
before nicals" let it be where others will
not have the benefit of seeing the naiiseous
stuff swallowed.

Never wait until the f:11iiily are at the
table and then tell of the inisdeineanor of
some of the children. \\'e have known
parents to be so injudicious as to do this.
The little eyes would fill with tears, face
all aflame at the thought of being rcproved
before others, sobs rise in the throat, and
the whole meal spoiled be -aiise a parent
has been so unwise. Not only was the
child deprived of its food, but the shock to
sensitive nerves and ii feeling of injustice
has so smitten it that it has been wounded
worse than blows would have done. Study
these children’s natures, know how best to
train each one, and never wound its spirit
nor crush or break its will, but train it.
helping it to take care of and help itself.

\Ve believe in having good times at the
table, taking plenty of time to eat, and all
the time you want to talk. Talk about
what you have read; let the conversation
be so directed that the children will be
drawn out, and let them talk, telling funny
stories and good jokes. If friends or
strangers sit at the board, make no excus-
es as to the quality or quantity of the food,
but make them feel that they are heartily
welcomed.

Over all and with all /32‘ [mm aimcmrl, for
“better is a dinner of herbs where love is
than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.“

Battle Creek.

 

The Study of Flowers.

If there could be a course of instruction
in horticulture in our common schools in
connection with the study of botany, and
practical demonstration made in growing

hardy plants so that the pupils could get
an idea of the coinposition of soils. the
chemical constituents of plant food, bot:1n_v
and clieiiiistry would not scein so dry to
the average boy or girl. If this practical
knowledge could be 111-1juii'ed in _voiitli.
much vuluablc time would bc;~‘:1\‘cd. and
our young girls would bc ciiltivutiiig its
wcll as wcxiring l‘U.s'(‘.~'. The woinan with :1
hcad that ll{‘Oil.\2l(l(ll'Illll_1_". and who coni-
prclicnd.-' lhc po.~‘.~il>ili1ic.~' of tlowci'.~'. has
great ll::)ljllll:'~‘~' within hcr g'i':1-"p. An old
phiiu l1oll<c n.:i_\' bc ln:1d<- bl-niiiifiil with
coinbing l'1>~1-.~:lll1l thc iini1in.1-i':s":lc orna-
mcnialvi11csoll‘ci'c1l by thc giowcr.-. A
.-‘liady nook lll:l_\' bc convcr‘.cd into :1 fcriicr_v.
and thc .-’1ill'fciicc linc.- bc coiiccalcd by
thc .-lirubbcry and lH:‘l'i'lllll:ll> our gi':in«l-
i1ioilici'.<lo\'cd SH wcll.

—[)il1-l/’l/l/[l]1'lI/ [.11/‘LII/'.

I I
The .lU_\f€l1ll,€$.
The Cat Bird.
(Hi. the li:~l1.p_v cat birui
llow jo_-viiil. how gov.
llis clear notes conic warhhng
llowii the airy way;
lhiigiilg. singing. sii1gi11;;,i*ii1gii1g,
All the liveloniz (hay.

Siligiiig. ringing, rii:ging, singing.
l:‘roin the topmost spray.

(Hi the leafy summit
Wlierc the Jiiiic winds play,
.\'teeped in golden suiisliiiu-,
ills coat of (_niakcr gray:
Mvinging, clinging. clinging, swinging.
All the live-long (lay.
Cliilgiiig, swinging, suinizing, clinging
To the topmost spray. ’
—St. .\'I'(‘I'1t:ltl.\".

A Man Who Loved to Study Nature.

Tlicrc l.\ :1 ll(lll.\I.' on lhc ~iioi'c of I.:'.l<c
.\loi‘:1i in .‘~'wii;:1-i'l:1i1-l. I1 is in :1 bi-.-iuiiful
place. and tho ~'1-ciici'_v .-ibout it is pcrl'ccllv
L‘ll:ll'lIllllf_»_". ()\’cr thc door in I“I't‘ll('ll arc ii
fcwwoi'dsth:1ttcll ihc 1i':1vclci' that llll>
ll(lll.\‘L‘ was the birihpl.-icc of Louis" .\f_’2l.<~lZ
ill l\llT. Ii:1cl\' of lhc liousc illcrc is :1
hirgc sionc watcr biisin. and it \\‘:l.\ hcrc
Ag:is.-‘ix in his childhood had :1 collcciion
of tislics. I“roni lhc hikc and .~ll‘(‘!llll.~‘ nc.-1r
by hc had cupturcd thcm. llc siudicd lll('
habit.-' of his lislit-s and w:i‘.cl1r.-d ovcr ihcm
with all the ll()_\'l.~‘ll ('.'tl'(‘ hc had. llc had
about the placc oihcr pcls.-1.~' \\('ll :1.-’ tlicsc.
l‘}ird.~'. rabbits. inicc :1nd other :1l1iin:1l.<
wcrc among thcm. llc fcd lhcln from dnv
to day. but all the while hc was walcliiiig
them and stiidying ihcir l1abii.<.

llc lc:1i'licd the habit.-' of lhc li-ll. :1lid llc
:1nd his brother u.~‘c1l to cnjoy hunting for
them :1iid c:1pturing' thcnl. It w:1.-- :1 luvs-
tcr_\' to cvcry onc how thc bo_v.~ ovci'c:1l1glii
the fish. for thc l-1-st ll.\‘ll(‘,"lll(‘ll wcrc not
c1ju:1l to the task. :1nd with all their skill
could do no bcttcr th:iii thcy. and often the
boys would beat them.

When Agassiz was 11 small bov he began
to \\ rite‘ out iiotes of his (ll)lll;_{'>" :11.<l wliat
he thought about the objects he saw -1-2"
studied. \Vll(,‘ll he began doing this 111-
was o11l_v ten or elcvcn _vc:1rs of age. and hc
continued this until he was cighiccn or
ninctccn with liardly :1 brcak. 'I‘lic.<c notes
are very full, and arc now in jlilsscssiiiii of
the fainily. They are clc:irl.v written. and
contain very fcw crror.-'. Thc bo_v took
great pains in writing the.-"c lll)l(:.~. llc al-
w:iys had soinctliing to write about what
he had seen or what he was doing. and
more than all this. he \\':1.~' 1-iircful to do his
best when he wrote. .\l:1nv havc found
this the very best way to lcarn to write
and to use words corrcctl_v.

As Agassiz grew older he slimvcd :1 great
love for the study of ii:1tur:1l liistory: :1nd
when his father and mother found out that
Louis had :1 taste for these tliiiigs, they did
all they could to help him along in his
studies. His book on Br.-17.ili:1ii lishcs gavc
him :1 name among the .~'cicntili'c iilcii of
Europe.

He studied the glaciers, and then told
the world how the glaciers moved. A
great many scientific men were not will-
ing to believe what the young man said
about these things, but it proved in time
that Agassiz was right, and that they had
been wrong in :1ll they h:1d said on the sub-
ject.

He met the scientific men of liuropc,
and then came to this country to study the
niovcnients of glaciers in the past ages.
The result was that the visit proved all he
had said upon the subject. But the part
that is most interesting to us, is that he dc-
cided to settle in this country and dcvotc
his life here to study and teaching. ,

He became a professor in II:ii'v:ird col-
lege, and taught :1 great niany young men
how to study natural liistory. He also
taught them a great many things about the
animal life of the world. He l'ectiired to a
great many people upon this great subject,
and wrote nuinerous books.

Sometime when you are in Boston. go
over to Canibridge and visit the Museuni
of l\'atur11l History. This will give you
some idea of the great work this man did.
He planned it, arranged the objects so as
to show the relation of one animal to an-
other. Look at the objects found in this

museum, and you will always remember
Agassiz, and thank the people whose gen-
erosity made it possible for him to estab-
this great object lesson of nature.—Ez'.

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CHARLOTTE, MIOH.

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\\'(-. ll:-licvu that this llll[Il'lI\'I‘lllI-Ill can in l£ll‘;’t' mi-:i-nrc
he brought about:

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people of othcr occupation-.

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O1)I'(ll.~l1'l(‘Y .~Cll(Illl~'.

(b.) By patronizing and aixlinu the .\x:ricultui:il (‘ol-
logos and Expcriincrit St:ition- in their l«-.:itiiu:iI«- \vui'l-< of
scientilic iiiv:-.-tiuzitioii. przicticul L-:~;p:-rimcnt. unul wlucz-,-
tion for rural pur.-'uit.~.

(c.) B_\’l1l£llllfl{lllll1L: 2ll1IlZlllI'llVllIl'..’ farm:-r-' in-titutv.-.-:
reading: in the It:-nxliiu: ('irclo-: 1--'tnhli-liinz and 11-111:
CII‘ClllallllL{ librnric.-':b1iyinL: inorc and li--ttt-r llt.'l‘_.’1l7.llH‘~
and papcrs for the lmiiir-.

4. ((1.) By rlitfiisiiig a l;uowh-vlr_rr- of our civil in.-tituti--n.-.
and Y.(‘(lCllll'lL‘.' the high dutiz-.~ of (‘lllZl‘ll.‘~lllIt.

Ii)’ (ll’llllllllllllL,' the l*lll.(JI‘Ct'lllL‘llt of cxi~tinc >l’£ll\ll('~.
and by ilisciissiiig. :idvocn’rin and tr,\’in.: to -crurc -uch
other state and national In ' 1: .~h:ill l’l’!lll to th~- ;.§*.'Ill.'l‘£1l
jus ticc. progress and inoraliti.

 
    

It is time to begin preparations for your
August picnics. Heed the .\l:istcr'.~: words
on this subject.

\Ve have some articles in this issue that
ought to be read carefully bv every Patron
in Micliigan. Don't miss them.

Is it not possible for the Grange to aid
the Michigan cyclone sutlercrsf All farm-
ers feel poor, but these people in inany
cases are absolutely destitute.

Bros. Horton, J. J. \\'oodman. Luce.
and Ramsdell attended the meeting of the
National Tariff convention in Detroit.
Bro. J. H. Brigham was elected chairman
of the convention.

\Ve notice by the Detroit papers that
the Grange Fresh Air work has been or-
ganized in that city for the coming season.
Fifty dollars were subscribed at the pre-
liminary meeting. Are your hearts and
houses to be open to this work this year?

THE SHEEP AND THE G0.»lT.>'.

Inasmuch as the time is approaching
when certain citizens of Micliigan will pre-
sent themselves as candidates for election
to the legislature of the state, we believe
it wou‘ld he pertinent and valuable for us
to publish the record of the members of
the last legislature on measures favored by
the Grange. \Ve suggest that this list be
preserved by those interested, and that it
be occasionally consulted during the sum-
mer. If any of these gentlemen desire to
come to the next legislature, it might be a
good thing to discuss with them their at-
titude on Grange measures in the last leg-
islature, as well as what they think about
various reforms that the Grange would
like to see brought about. “'9 publish
here the vote, on final passage, on the va-
rious measures advocated by the State
Grange in the last legislature:

FARMERS‘ INSTITUTE BILL.

The vote in the House was as follows:

YEAS—-Mr. Allen, Belknap. Bradbury. Cam-
burn, Campbell, H. R; Campbell, J. T.: Cathro.
Chamberlain, Clark, Cook, Cousins, Covell, Cur-
1;' G. M. ; Curtis, M. S.; Davis, Donovan, Edgar,
Eli’;-guson, Fitzgerald, Flood, Foote, Foster, Fuller,
Graham, Harris, Henderson, Henry, Hicks, Hol-
den, Hoyt, Huggett, Kelly, W. D.; Kelly, W. J .:
Kempf, Kent, Kimmis, Kingsley, Latimer, Lee,
Linderman,Madil1, Marsh, Ma.rsilJe,Moore_. Morse,
Mulvev, Norman, Otis, Parkinson, Partridge,
Pearson, Peer, Place, Redfern, Rice, Rich, Rose,
Rowley, Sherwood, Smiley, Smith, Tavlor,_Voor—
heis, Wagar, Ware, Weekes, Westcott, Whitney,
Wildey, Williams, Wood, Woodruff, Wortley,
S aker——’74. _

p§AYS—-Mr. Baird, Sto1l—2.

In the Senate the following was the vote:

 

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

Clapp, Gaige, Jamison, Jewell, Johnson. Keeler,

coe, Prescott, Preston, Smith, Warner——19.
NAYS-—None-0.

THE TAX STATISTICAN BILL.

The vote in the House was:

YEAS—l\Ir. Allen, Amidon, Baird. Brown.
Campbell, H. F. ;Campbell. J. T.: Chilver, Clark,
Cousins, Covell. Curtis. )1. S.; Davis. Donovan,
Edgar, Ferguson. Fitzgerald, Fuller. Graham,
Hicks, Hilton. Hoyt, Huggett, Jones. Kent.Kings-
le_v. Latimer, Lee, Linderman. Madill. Marsh,
)IcI\'al1. Morse, 1\'o1-man, Otis, Parkinson, Place,
Partridge. Pearson. Redfern, Saxton, Sherwood,
Smiley, Stoll. Voorheis, \Vaite. Walrlo. VVare.
Weekes, Vvestcott, W'hitney. VVildey, Woodriiff.
Speaker --33.

Nivs-—)Ir. Aplin. Belknap, Bradburv. Curtis,
G. )I.; Foote. Foster, Henderson. Henry. Herrig.
Kelly. W’. J. : Keinf. Kiminis. Lonsbury. Marsilje.
Peer. Rose. Smith. Taylor. VVood—~l‘.t.

The vote of the Senate \\'zl.s:

Yl-:.\.-. -—I\lr. B:ir1iard. B1'i).:;,'.~'. Bi'ii1i<laj.:e, Earle.
Entoii. Gaige. Jainison. .I«:\\'vll. Johson. Keeler.
Kilp.‘itrick. )lerri1nan. I’re-stoii. Shaw. Smalley.
Smith. \V:i1'ner. Pi'c;~.irlv_-lit pro l("lllA*l“..

.\'.‘.‘.'.s' -.\lr. Barnuin. Bi-alv. (fhittcnden.
“.llt‘t‘l(‘l" -4.
'l‘lll-1l’.Il.l. l-‘oi: .\'l‘lti-I.\‘(;Tlll~l.\'l.\'t3 l‘l'l{l-2 F001)

I..\\\'.\' (\\’I’l'll Tllli .-'\.\'Tl ('(lI.()lt (‘l.Al'.\'lC
l.l£l"'l' Ul'T).

Thc votc in lhc llousc was:

Yi.‘..~ .\lr. .~\llcn. Aplin. U1ll1"I. Br.-lknap.
liruivn. <';ti:ll>urn. (.';nnpb+.-ll. II. I‘‘.: (.‘2impbell. J.
; T. (‘L-irk. (,'ou.<in.~. (,‘urti.~.(% .\I.. Curtis. M. S;
i Davi.-. l)lllHi\'.‘lll. l’e-i;_:ii~'m. Fisk. Fitz};'e1':il<l.
1 I-‘loo-Z. Hreilzaiii. lizi1'ri.<. li«;nr_v. lioyt. H11;:;:+-tt.
E K+-lly. w. 1).; Kc-ll_v. w. J.; Kciupf. K.-m. Kim-
,’ llli“. Lt e-. l.in<lcrmnn. Lou.~bury. i\I:i<lill. Marsh.
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lllill"-illt‘, )I;ittli<-w‘.-'. .\lcl\':ill. Moors,-. )Iorse.

.\:Hl‘l.’l."ll. tltis. I’:'.rki1i.~:on. I"ct1i'.<oii. l.’r.-er. Place.

l{t‘ill't'l'l.l. l'if)]_’lll‘l‘. l’.owl<-_v. .\’.milc_v. \'oorhei.~'.

§ \V'cz-kvs. '\\'c.-‘tcott. Wildcy. \\'illi:i1iis. \Vort.lev.
S.pc;:l<o-1‘ 33.

I\';.\'.s Mr. Chmnllerliiin. Footr-. Fustcl‘. Fuller‘.

I-lobl»-ii. llolincs. Joiics. I’ai't1'id'.:e-. Rice. Rich.

I'i4i>‘r'. >'lu-r\voo«l. Smith. Htoll. Taylor. W'2irc.
\‘Voo«l l7.

The vote in the Hclltllc hadnooppositiou.

‘rm-.
nil l-‘ooh <'oiii1issio,\‘i-:i:.

The votc in the Si.-mite was:

Y1-;.\.~‘ -Mr. l_3arnard. Biuly. Brund2i1.:e, Chitten
den. Clapp. Earle. Eaton. French, Jamison,
Jam-s. Jewell. Joliiison. Keeler. Kilpatrick.
Mason. I\.IcL:iu;.fhlin. )lerriman. Puscoc. Preston.
Shelden. Snialley, Smith. Thompson. Townsend.
VVarner. \\'heel«.-r----;’t}.

NA vs--—I\li'. Barnum  l.

The vote in the Ilousc was:

YI-:.\S- -Mr. Aniidon. Baird, Bradbu1‘y. Brown.
Camburn. Campbell. H. F. 2 Chai'nber1'.iin. Chilver,
Clark, Cook. Cousins, Curtis, G. M. : Curtis, M.
S: Davis. Fcr}_;uson. Fisk. (;‘i1'ahain. Hicks. Hil-
ton, Hoyt. Kelly. \V. J.: Kempf, Kent, Kimmis.
Latimer. Lee, Linderman, Madill, Marsh, Mat»
thews. Moore. Morse. Mulvey. Norman. Parkin-
son Pearson. Peer. Redfern. Rich. Richardson.
Rowley. Saxton. Vooi-heis. Wag-ar. \Vaite. Wald<l.
W2i1'e, VVestcott. VVhitney. VVilliams. \Vood.
V‘Vortle_v-—5"2.

NA\'s »—-Mr. Campbell, J. T.: Cathro. Covell.
Donovan. Foote, Foster, Fuller. Henderson.
Henry, Jones. Kingsland, Miller, Otis, Partridge,
Perry. Place. Rice. Rose, Sherwood, Siniley.
Taylor, Speaker—2'3.

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O
ANTI-COLOR LAW IN WISCONSIN.

The following letter, written to Ilium/‘.s
I/(II/'3/mrm. by the \\'isconsin Dairy and
Food Con11nissio11ei'. is self-e.\'planatory,
and emphasizes the need of :1 similiar law
in Micliigan against the coloring of oleo-
margariuc yellow in imitation of butter:

En. HoAI:D’s DAir.viiA:\':—The case of the
state against Corry for selling butterine colored
in imitation of butter, contrary to the provis-
ions of the law of 1895, which was taken to the
supreme court for linal decision, was acted upon
by the court last week and appeal dismissed.
This leaves the judgment of the circuit court,
which was $50 line and costs, to be executed.
The case was dismissed without argument, the
appellants having evidently reached the con-
clusion that the decision of the lower court
would be sustained.

This action of the court: establishes beyond
question the constitutionality of the law of last
Winter. Under the operation of that law the
number of licenses in the state for the sale of
oleomargarine has been greatly reduced and
the sale has been cut down to a comparatively
small liszure. In February, 1895, there were 133
licensed dealers in Wisconsin. Six weeks ago
that number had been reduced to 33, and a large
portion of these dealers are selling oleo un-
colored. in conformity with the provisions of
the law. During a recent investigation of the
principal dealers in Milwaukee, we found none
who were selling oleo colored. The dealers in
Racine are selling it uncolored. Two merchants
in Marinette were arrested for selling in colored
in imitation of butter and their cases are now
pending.

The law has had a. most wholesome effect in
restricting a dishonest traflic in butter, and the
time is not far distant when it will be entirely
driven from the state.

H. C. ADAMS.

 

August Picnics.

It is now the season of the year for P0-
mona Granges and others to prepare for
picnics, assemblies and harvest festivals
during the month of August. There is no
better or more eflicient way of bringing
the Grange with its work and principles
to the attention of farmers in general than
through these 1) blic out-door‘ gatherings;
and no work of he Grange should be more
carefully planned and executed for a
specific purpose.

For three years past the State Grano-e
has engaged the services of some of t e
National Grange oflicers to make a tour of
the state andspeak at these August icnics,
and thousands of our people have istened

YEAs—Mr. Barnard, Barnum, Bia1y,Brundage,

Kilpatrick, Martin, McLaughlin. Merriman, Pas-

l)ll.I. l~Z.\'l..\lb’;INt; Till‘) I‘()\\'l£Il.\' HF DAIRY ‘‘

season of 1896 it is thought best to utilize
the talent of our own state peo le.

In saying this it does not fol ow that our
assemblies this year are to be less interest-
ing or profitable than those gone bv, for
we have a good number of speakers of

pable with equal opportunities. Programs
should be prepared to include one or two
speakers from outside the county and extra
from that, utilize home talent. In so doing
do not neglect the ladies, for the i
has educated and prepared 1nan_v for cred-

for these meetings should be placed in en-
terprising and thorough hands so that
evcrydctail will be properly cared for.
Prograin. advertising, transportatioii with
special trains. etc. all add to or detract
from the success of the plan. in proportion
as each is well or poorly done. It is none
too early to appoint comniittccs. select
spcalicrs and all tliosc who are to take part
in the c.\'crciscs of the day. To save an-
swering many inquiries that might follow
? this L'()llllllllIll('2ll.l(Ill. it is well to here stzitc
that each of thcsc picnics and :i.~‘scinl:lic.~
arc to he self-suppoi'tiug. Thc cntirc
uvailablc funds of the State (lraiigc in ac-
Clll'(lllll<'(’ with plans .-ilrc:1d_v inadc is to bc
; u.sc~l for (il':lll‘3_"t‘ c.\'tcn.<ion pl11'po.~'t'.~' dur-
ing thc fall inontlis.
The ()r:lcr tliroughout thc. ,~lill('. hus.
, «luring the present your‘. muvlc sub.~t:inti:il
g.-iiiis in mcmbcrsliip and cllicicnt work.
, The pucc now sci’ should not bc slowcr or
; less tirm until cvcr_v llormant (ir:in<_rc
lclizirtcr is again utilized, cvcry vaczint
(_il':lll}_"(f hall thc ccntcr of activity, and :1
new (ir.-iu<_rc planted in cvcry :ivziil:iblc
nci}_»‘liborlioo«l.
Thcsc August dcmou.<trations can and
should do mucli to :issi.st this work. Ilct

; lltllllcil grand 1'esult.<.
‘ (il-Z1). Ii. lIoi:'ro.\'.

New Digest.
National Grange l’. of II.
. John Trimblc. Sccrctarv ,-
BI4 I’. Street. \V:1sliingtou. I). C. 
May 24», lstnt.
Mic. limTou:—\\'c have now in stock
‘ the new, revised and enlarged Iligcst‘, and
' the Secretary is prepared to till all orders.
If in filling the orders already on tile, any
party should be overlooked, I will be
obliged to them to promptly notify this
otlice.
The E.\'ecutivc committee has made no
change in the price of this book.
I will mail _vou a sample copy.
Fraternally Yours.
JOHN Tl-:1)lB[.l5,
Sec-1'cta1'_v.

 

Summer Reading for the Farmer.

These are busy days. The summer cani-
paign for which we have been planning is
now upon us. How to use timeand strength
to the best advantage is the all-absorbing

roblem. But we should not forget the

1s1ToR's motto. “The farmer is of more
consequence than the farm and should first
be improved,” nor that foundation prin-
ciple of Grange wisdom that “Knowledge
is the foundation of happiness.”

“Io believe these precepts to be true,
and if so we can hardly alford to neglect
entirely the systematic etfort to increase
our stock of knowledge and develop our
mental faculties.

One must know something of what is go-
ing on in the great, rushing world around
him, hence a certain amount of newspaper
reading is necessary. But the tendency is
to spend too much time on this to the ne-
glect of more useful reading. One who is
trying to make the most of his opportu-
nities may well inquire if some better use
may not be made of his time than reading
mere items of news to he at once forgotten.

Some time must be given to other topics
——to literature, to politics, and to religious
reading and study.

But these requirements apply to all .who
would keep abreast of this progressive ago.
To improve himself as a farmer, to gain
from day to day a broader knowledge of
his own business, to lift that business above
mere drudgery to the plane of profession,
followed not because he can do nothing else
but chosen because in it he sees the highest
manhood and the best development pos-
sible to him; to do this the farmer must
cultivate the student spirit-—m11st have a
desire, constant and never satisfied, for
knowledge along all lines and upon all
subjects that atfect his success.

PAPERS.

Farm papers are a necessity for every
progressive farmer. The time spent in
reading them is not thrown away. A sug-
gestion there found will frequently set one
to thinking along new lines and result in
better metliods and increased profits.

Then there are the agricultural reports
and experiment station bulletins to be had
for the asking, which every farmer should
examine and profit by as far as they apply
to his line of farming.

There are many books of great value to
the up-to-date farmer but he can read few

FA RM

to them with interest and profit. For the

  

national reputation and others equally ca- 1

Grange *

itable work on the platform. Preparations I

us llllll.(.‘(ll_\' work to acconiplisli the :tlm\1- I

JUNE 4, 1896.

read and make the valuable points more
emphatically his own, :1 part of his mental
furniture. A few paragraphs here and
there may bring to mind a whole chapter.
.  good book deserves more than one read-
mg.

But when and where! He is doing all
he can do now. I would not add to his
; already heavy burden. But time is so
i short and the need of clear tliinkiug and
broad understanding is so great that we
, should not be discouraged at :ni_vtl1ing less
than an i1I1po.~'sihilit\'.

lmay wisely review what he has already
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Tm-: L.-xcii or Ti.\ii~:.
To inost who are :inxiou.s to increase
. their store of knowledge the luck of time
. is the g1'c-atcst llllltll':lllt‘C. The hours of
work must not be cncroxiclicd upon: thc
hours of sleep arc none too m:1n_v at this
scusou. The only time for rc:ulin,L' is the
fr:ig'nic1it.~ usu.-ill_v \v:i.~tcd as of no \':1lllc.
.\ fcw minutcs at noon whilc thc lcuius arc
catin-_r: a half hour at night whilc thc tircd
ltzllvvv is rc.~tiii;_r—i1i:m_v':i book has been
rcuel in llll> way. kccpiug Ihc mind of thc
rc:i«.lcr from "ru.~tin«_: out." and flll'lll\lllll}_"
.-omcthing to think ulmlll whilc thc ll:tl](l.\
lll'lll the plow or ('lllll\'.'ll<Il' <llll'lll_1_’lll(‘ «l:i_\'.
.\'omcli1i1cs:il1:ilt'd:i_\' is spcnt at thc l>l:1ck-
Hmilll shop \\'uilin_;_v' to liuvctlic lior-c.~'~l1oll.
Tukc book or }v:ip1'l' with _vou and improvc
thc iimc. ll comcs not :l1_":llll.
5ttlllt‘lllll(‘S. whcu ll'.'l\'L'llll‘_". 1r:iii1.s iuust
lll‘\\':lllL‘tl for. .\uotlu-r opportunity for
sclf-iinprovcim-nt. .\n«l so. without iutcr-
ft-iiiig with lhc l't,‘;_"lll;ll' l1our.~‘ol' work Nu‘
rcst. one m:i_\' :lt‘(‘Hlll])ll>ll .-'oI1:ctl1in_~_-'—
much more than hc would think possiblc
along the lincs of mcnt:il improvcmcnt. by
, :1 mrcful usc of the "odds and ends" of
: timc. This is no f:inc_v schcmc. but just
what lius hccn donc :ll'Hl lll.‘l_\' hc iigziiii.
ltcmcmhcr our 15. ll. ll. (X motto: lst.
"lit-_~_riii": Zuil. 21> impormiit and morc «lif-
licult. "Kccp at it.“
.v. w. H.
J:.w~l.‘s-all CH.

Good Citizenship.

I have bccn plcnst-cl to scc thc stxind
takcn by so m:u1_v of our .~ocictic.~' of latt-
for good citizciisliip, notzibly b_vtlicGr:u1g—
ers as rcprc~:cntcd b_v the \'i.<i'I‘oi:.

For some reason. lll:lll_\‘ of our people
sccm to think that it is beneath them and
wrong to attend :1 prim:u'_v or to take any
part in politics except when clcctioii day
comes to stoop from their lofty position
and duiutily take :1 ballot between their
tingcr tips and drop it into the box. no
matter what the name or what the cl1:u':icter
of the man whom 2‘/u.//' /‘H.//'7'_// lias placed
on their ticket.

It is not at all strange to hear an intcl ligcnt
minister say that some of the members of
his church will even stay from pr:i_ver
mcctin_o' to attend :1 political c:iucu.<. I
would ‘ave them not only leave their
praycr meetings, but any other niectings
and get out on tlicsc "watch towers" of
Zion and stand there day and night to see
that God-fe:i1'ing men were placed in power.
I believe that the man servcs his (‘rod bet-
ter who is faithful in the service of his
country. In the dark (lays of the rebell-
ion, men felt it a dut_v to\\':u'd God and
humanity to go forth and. if need be, to
give their lives for thcir countr_v. And
now their duty with their vote should be
just as sacred. A inan's vote should be
considered 21 birtliriglit that requires all
his powers to keep pure and holy. In the
discharge of this duty, the poorest laborer
stands on a level with the mighty of the
earth, and why should he not clierish it. as

it God-given privilege!

I care not to what party he belongs, or
whether he believes in the gold standard
or free silver, or both, in protection and
reciprocity, or in free trade. his duty is the
same.

I believe that the majority of the mem-
bers of the Grange are temperiince men,
and a large proportion of them are Chris-
tians and members of our Christian churches.
\Vhy then should they not choose Christian
men to mzrkc and adjust and enforce our
laws. Can a man who lives at enmity with
God, and in violation of his laws, be trust-
ed with making and enforcing just laws?

Let Christian men, men of sound prin-
ciples, convey their principles and their
religion to the primaries with them and
see that no man is put on their ticket who
is given to drink or profanity, and be
plain with the leaders of the party and tell
them that if such men are put on your
ticket you will not vote for them. Never
under any circumstances cast a vote for a
man who will go direct from the caucus or
convention to the saloon and buy drinks
for your son or your brother or may be
your father. Never blacken your vote by
giving it for such a man. _

It is the individual votes that will purify
the politics of the country and give us a
God.fearing man to rule over us. Now
let every man see that his individual vote is
cast for such men. Don't pray that our
rulers be just men, and then vote for the
opposite just because they are on your
party ticket. Shame on the Christian men
that are more devoted to their party than

of them during the busy season. But he

 

to their God. I have admired the course the

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JUNE 4, 1896.

THE GRANGE V ISITOR.

VISITOR has taken for good citizenshi ,
and may it alwavs in the future. as in t e
past, be found the champion of the best in-
terests of our country.

L. B. RICE.
Port Huron.

Why Senators Should be Elected by
Popular Vote.

The arguments in favor of the proposed
ehangepin the method of choosing United
States Senators maybe thus iiisiiniarized:

First. United States Senators, like
members of the National House of Repre-
sentatives, are, under our system, elective
olficers as contra-<listinguished from feder-
al judges, wliodonot come in that category,
and the proposition to elect by a direct
vote of the people is. it is believed, ele-
mental as well as fundamental when con-
sidered in the light of the underlying priii-
ciple upon which individual sutlrage is
based. The existeiicc of the right of suf-
frage implies the right, or at least should
carry with
-<Kr,'n.c(/_e/ and not N/4-//r/ou,t-/_//_ The political
and moral supremacy of the people can
only in this manner he riglitt'ull_v expressed
and niaintaiiied.

Second. it will allord a prompt and ef-
fective remedy for the iiiaiiitcst cvil~ made
possible by. and uiil’ortunatcly re-iultiiig
too frequently from. the present systeiii of
-zenatorial elections. namely. thc great
length of time consumed in the election
and resulting frequently in a failure to
choose, and the consequent distractioii of
the legislative iuiiid from important legis-
lative business.

Third. it will render lcss possible, and
therefore tliscourage. the use of improper
nieans to inlluence the control of senatorial
elections.

Fourth. It will greatly diiuinisli the
ltemptatioii to gerryniandcr senatorial and
representativedistricts by State lcgisl:itiii'es
in the interest of the political part_v in con-
trol.

Fifth. lt will be an eiilargcment of the
political rights of the individual voter re-
lating to sutfrage, and, tliereforc, a con-
ccssion upon the part of the (i‘rovcrnment,
the eficct of which, it is believed. will he
salutary, intending to discourage unjust
criticisin of the Senate.

Sixth. it will in a great measure eliiii—
inate from primary and other elections.
involving the selection of members of the
‘legislature, one great. cause for irritation
and unseemly contention, wherein as a i'ule
the question upon which everything is
made to turn  as to how this or that man
will vote for Senator, rather than upon the
question as to his fitness for the office of

legislator.

Seventh. No reform movement will so
effectively as this tend to the elimination
of political “bosses" from American
politics.

Eighth. A thoroughly aroused and en-
lightened public opinion de-inands the
change.

Hence, unless some good reasons exist
to the contrary, this demand should be re-
aspected by Congress, to the extent at least
of giving the people of the several states
through their representatives in the legis-
latures an opportunity to pass upon the
question. And it is safe to say no harm is
l_ikely to come to representative republican
government in America by intrusting to
the qualified electors of the nation the right
to choose by popular vote the men who are
to make their laws, State and Xational.—
Sgmzfz//‘ -/o/in 11. xlf/fc//rs//, in f//» J2/no
1'7)/‘I17/1,.

The Township Unit System.

Read at Teachers‘ and Grangt-rs’ Association for Mus-
kegon and Xewaygo counties, at Ashland. May 9, by Percy
M. tilanville, Newaygo.

Mr. President, Fellow Teacliers, Ladies
and Gentlemen:—If we believe “education
to be the strongest defence of republican
governments and human freedom: tree ed-
ucation and liberal culture the best means
for securing the happiness and prosperity
of a people,” there is no question which
should be of greater in_ipoi-tance to the
American people. .R_anki_ng at least equal
to religion or politics, it should be the
work not alone of patriotisiii, but of en-
lightened philanthropy, to perfect our edu-
cational systems.

No one will deny that i\Iichigaii, as a
rule, has been liberal in the support of ‘her
schools, and that the educational institu-
tions have made a great advancement in
the past few years; yet many of the great-
est educators who have given this matter

' careful consideration are sounding warn-

ing after warning that the schools are not
doing all that might be done considering
the vast annual outlay. '

It is our duty as teachers to build up
and improve the schools of our state and
thereby improve the teacher’s profession;
and the most practical plan that has cgme
to my notice is the “Township Lnit Sys-
tem. .

There was a bill before the Legislature
last winter to provide for the establish-
ment of township school districts in this
state; but through the efforts of the State
Grange it was defeated. I have been una-
ble tolearn Why the farmers, and especial-

 

ly members of the Grange, are not in fa-
vor of improving the educational system
of this state. \\'ill notice be served on in-
ventors that they need not trouble them-
selves with the improvement of farm ma-
chinery, and on doctors that they need not
longer interest themselves in ])I‘OteCt1Dg. a
farming community from contagious dis-

eases froiii abroad. or labor to restore the _

sick to health ?It seems strange to me that the

Grangers in the state should be opposed to 

the township sy tem, when their brethren
in other states, where it is in operation,
are not only heartily in favor of it. but
helped to secure its adoption.

Now let us look into the questioli more
fully. \\'hen we consider that civilization
and” our country‘s future liistory depend
to a certain extent upon the work done to-
day in the schools of our land. should we
not. with all eai'nestness. ask ourselves the

it question. “Are we obtaining the greatest

it the right. to exercise it ‘

possible results from the expenditure of ;

eiiergy employed {"
lf. after a careful study of thc lii.sto1'y

of education in this and other countries. we 

come to the coiiclusion that we to» obtain-
ing the highest pos:sible results. then the
question is settled: but if our coiiclusion is

in the negative. and we agree with all the '

prominent educators in .\licliigan since
l.\Ti}. in saviiig our present district systcin

f defrauds the niajorit_v of people living in

rural communities and that the ieturns for
theexpenditurcsaic not what should he
required. we will see the import.-nice of
demanding an iuimediatc cliaiige.

One of the gi'eatcst principles of our
government is "cqualit_v before the law.“

The state recogiiixes this principle in the
support of our schools. and it was Iinques—
tion.-ibly the intent that taxation shall be
uniform and that all children sliall have

equaladvantages in acquiring an educa- f

tion: _vet there is hardly a township in this
state where the school taxes per capita are
uniform.

While the children of the wealthier dis-
tricts iiia_v have the privilege of attending
a good school nine, or even ten, months
during a year. the poorer districts have to
economi’/.e by liaviiig only three or foii1'
months" school, and letting it out to the
lowest bidder.

Will any one attempt to deny that the
child in the poorer district should have the
right to atteiidsclioolas longand to as good
a teacher as the child in the more wealthy
districtf is not a system which permits
such injustice, and under which thousands
of the children of the state are prevented

from attending school at all. robbing the ’

children of an education. and the state of
educated citizens!

Select any county you like and you will
find many districts in which school is held
only long enough to draw public money,
nay there is one in our township of Ash-
land, and ridiculous as it may seem, these are
among our most expensive schools‘, and
then children are frequently compelled to
go iinich fartlier to their own miserable
schools with its short term of three months
than would be iiecessary to attend a good
school, simply because the desirable school
is not in their disti'ict. it is true they
might attend the bettei' school by paying
an exorbitant tuition of $:£.oo a month, as
some schools require of pupils who reside
in an adjoining district. But is it just to
the tax payer to have to pay twice, and
yes, sometimes thrice, as much school tax
as his neighbor across the street, who hap-
pens to be fortunate enough to reside in the
more wealthy district, and still be coni-
pelled to pay tuition in order to give his
children a common school education!

And then the conditions in the more
sparsely settled district are made much
worse by the ditiiculty in electing a pro-
gressive board. For one of the worst fea-
tures of the district system is that it “prac-
ticetli that economy that tendeth to povei'—
ty;" this is especially true of the poorer
and more sparsely-settled districts. And
in many such districts no man can be elect-
ed a member of the school board unless he
agrees to an iron—clad rule that he won‘t
pay more than $2“ a month for a teacher,
and that he won’t “sqiiander” the district's
money needlessly on brooms or a diction-
ary. I do not mean to degrade the school
officers of our state, for I believe they are,
for the most part, men who honestly desire
good schools, and some of them are pro-
gressive and well—informed men. The
fault lies not with them; they are the vic-
tims of a system which compels a weak
district to bear the full burden of exces-
sive taxation, and are elected by tax pay-
ers who feel the injustice of paying five or
six times the per capita tax of an adjoin-
ing district, and in their desire to econo-
mize, force a board to this short-sighted,
selfish policy. It is the testimony of all
State Superintendents and other prominent
educators, in states where the township
unit system has been fully tested, that the
tendency is to elect the best and most pro-
gressive men in the township; that it is
much easier to find five able men in a town-
ship than twenty-five; that the schools are
much better equipped, teachers better
paid; length of school year is longer and
taxes less; that all children in the township
have equal educational advantages at the
same price. Following are some of the

 

which I have selected from articles written

by the State Sii erintendents, educators.

and members of t e Grange in states where
i said system has been in operation and ful-
j ly tested.
j _1. L_nder the township system the af-
A _fairs of the district are managed with hits-
iness system.

2. It equalizes school taxes in the towns.

3. The erection of better and more com-
iiiodioiis scliool houses.

4. Fewer and more efiicient school otli-
cers than under the district svsteni.

 Fewer schools. better wages. better
t€{1Cll(3l‘f~I, weak schools annexed‘ to others.
. ii. To the inhabitants of all c'()11]1]1[n1iti(gs
it guarantees the pi'ivile_«._re now enjoyed by
; resideiits of graded school districts. i i
j 7. Better facilities for grading couiitrv
: scliools. estahlisliing uniform course of
study. and uniforinitv of text books.

-5. .-\dv:iiiced or high schools can be cs-
- tablished at the center of the township and
thlis all the pupils of the township m:iv
have the advantage of obtaining a liigli
 school education. '

3’. Clicapci‘. better schools. lowci‘ lll.\i('\’.
l longer terms for less money. l.\lichEg':iii
report for ix“ x‘efcl'~ to a tow nship organ-
ized uiider the tmvnsliip sy.-tciii. wlicre the
aicragc length of school wzis nine months
,' at an cxpeiise per capita of -."l32.Tl. and
3 coiiipares with :1 town.-liip i'et:iining
’ the district systcni. where the lt‘ll‘__"ll1 of
term was oiil_v four and one-lialf months.
at an average expense perc;ipita of-T‘ lvl.\H.l

ll’. llistrict bound:ir_v qu:u'rcls arc im-
possible.

ll. Scliools are in all \\:i_vs better equip-
ped with apparatus. books of rct'ci'ciicc.
etc.

1;’. llettcr and liiglier grade l(.‘:lt'll(‘l'>'.

12'}. \\'here there are coiillicting opinions
such as are liable to occur between p:ireiit
and teacher. the arbitrator had better be a
non resident of the community. It is hard
for a trustee to oppose a neighbor with
whom he is to live, so frequently the
teacher becomes the victim of injustice and
lack of support.

H. The township system always resiilts
in a general uplifting of educational inter-
ests of a state, and with such a system gcii—
eral in our state. our schools would rank
first in the l'nion.

lliave been unable to find any account
of educators, members of the (irraiigc or
any other similiar orgaiiization (in states
where this systcni is in force) being op-
. posed to the township system, or who
would say one word in defence of the dis-
trict systeni.

There are three classes of people who
are opposed to the "Township Unit"; first,
the wealthy who. in pure selfisliiiess, resist
any change, whatever be its merits, if they
think there is any possible danger of an in-
crease in taxes. But when you prove to
them by statistics in this and other states,
that it not only does not increase taxes.
but, after the second year, reduces taxa-
tion, their opposition is not very strong.
The second class is the extreme conserva-
tive. who does not see the necessity of the
advancemeiit of our schools: he says that
he learned how to read and write and cipher
when he went to school, and got along in
the world all right and don‘t see why his
boy couldn‘t do the same; he can't see the
use of these "new fangled" ways of teach-
ing. As it requires many years of custom
to produce the conservative, this class
yields not to argument. Only after many
years of use will this class cease to be
croakers and mourners for the "Good old
days of the three R's, the pine slab seat,
the invigorating birch, and all the other
beatitudes of a school boys life of thirty
years ago,“ The third class which are op-
posed to the township s_ysteiii is the unin-
formed. Their argument is that it is a
centralization of power and that “the
schools should be nearer the people.” The
township is the smallest unit in the civil
system, which makes it very desirable, for
the sake of uniforniity alone. that it should
correspond with the smallest unit of the
educational system. Why is it more ini-
portaiit to have a board of three oflicers in
the country than in the city! If the same
plan was used in the city of Detroit it
would require about five hundred trustees
to Sl1)pl_y the schools with ottices.

VV at would be the results if each board
acted its own pleasure in regard to hiring
teachers, adopting text books, etc? .

There is no question but that the superi-
oritv of the graded schools over the dis-
trict schools is due to the economy of sys-
tem and the better business methods.

“Thy are not the schools organized under
the township system, and conducted ac-
cording to the best business methods, its
board elected by the people of the town-
ship, as near the people as under our odi-
ous district system? . . _

\Vhat advantage is there in maintaining

j many advantages of the "township unit"

in Michigan, each with diflerent ideas, and
no system or organization’!

How much farther from them would the
people of Michigan rem0v_e the schools if,
by adopting the township system. they
were to reduce the number of school of-
ficers in the state to 10,000; or if by sys-

tematic management all the schools in the

an army of more than 30,000 school oflicers ‘

l . .
township were made as near equal in ex-
E cellence as possible. and children allowed

to attend the school most conveniently lo-
cated? Though they have been “near the
people" for over forty years. we find that
iiiany of them have not derived much
benefit by such iieariiess.

To any one who is tliorouglil_v familiar
with the workings of their s_vstcni. and
who looks at the question on its inerits, it.

i doesn't seem possible that it is any farther
‘ from the people than the district systeiii.

\\'ould not the "'l‘ownsliip l'nit Svsteiii."
. , . ‘ ’
which iias worked such wonderful results

i and proved so satisfactory in other states.
, .

revolutionize education in .\licliigan!
.\Iichigan should keep :1brc:1st of the times

' in education as well as in other professioiis.

And we as teaclicrs antl (iraiigers should
\\'oi‘k for the adoption of tlic township
s_v.-tcin if we sinccrclv believe it would im-
prove the stan-lard of our .~'t‘llUiil_s and give
Il1ccliild1'cii UfUlll'.\l1Lit' :1 belie!‘ opp<i1'tll-
nity of acquiring :ui education.

The Leading Question.

lCi>i'i‘o1: (i1:.\.\«.i<: \'isi'i‘oi::-- l cannot rc-
frain from a word rcl.-iti\c to f:iriiicrs busi-
iicss orgaiiix:itioii. The (ir:ing‘c. up to lhc
year l*‘.'H. \\:i-pcrh:q»-tulltilliiig itsniission
as an oi'g:iiii;<:ition tor the lin.-m«i:il. social.
mental and iuor.-il bcnclit of its mciubcr.-.
for the rt-asoii that its linancial capabilitie-
wcrc not put to the test. (‘omposcd. as it
then \v.-is, til‘ pi'iispt*i'oll~ i':il'Hl(‘l‘.s in lltHiI'l.sl)-
ill! lilllcs‘. little or no dcm.-uid was made
llptlll llll.\' ll1)pHI‘l.‘llii l.llll('ll()ll (if t)lll'()1'tl(‘l'.
lint we contcnd that our conim:iuding ne-

I cessity is now to t‘.\']);lll<l this ¢>l':lt‘l‘. which

within its <'Hl1.sll‘ll<‘lllIll. is a creature of
oiirown in:il<iiig. '-ullicicntlv to lllt'(‘l the
new dcmanal which has conic upon it.

\\'c cannot hopc. nor liavc we the right
to scck. to obtain and retain the cll'u-ion of
_vounf_-' and fresh blood. so iiccc.-s.-u'\' to the
continuance of our prospci'ity as an oi-(lei-,
until we render that o1'«l(-1‘ so \aluable.
from liiiancial as well as other slandpoiiits.
that not only every f:irmci' can allord to be-
long to it. but that no f:u'mcr can atlord
not to belong to it.

The fariuer of the prcsciit and future,
laboring under tinaiicial burdens unknown
to his pl'L‘<lL‘t‘t'.ss‘t)l‘.~‘. cannot allord to
belong toa nicrc society for debate and
social culture. The relief of which he
staiids most in need of today cannot be
allordcd through lcgisliitivc eiiactnicnt, nor
is it promised him in any adequate measure
by any existing farincr.-' org:uii'/.ation.

It would seem the plain duty of the
(irange of the state. and of each Subordi-
nate Grange in pai'ticul:ii'. to resolve itself
intoa committee of the whole. for the pur-
pose of devising ways and iiieans to re-
move, as far as possible. the adverse con-
ditioiis which surround iii; sale of farm
produce and the supply of «1“L'=I'.$.\'ltlt‘\ in
each of our fariiiing communities.

It is in this respect that we are most
severely oppressed.and not until we evince
a disposition to grapple with these busi-
ness problems. can the (iraiigc hope to
gain the allegiance of the host of valuable
and inliuential members who should be
crowdiiig our doors.

The only excuse for the existence of this
or any other similar orgaiii7.atiou lies in
the benefit it furnishes the farmer.

We should discard the narrow view of
working for the (i'rrange to build up the

Grange. It is not the (lrange for the
Grange. It is not, in the larger and best

sense, the (lrange for the members thereof.
It is the Grange for the faiiners generally,
and when it makes itselfiiece;~:sai'_v totheni.
when it supplies that discarded link in our
chain of noble purposes. financial benefit,
then. and not until then, will farmers gen-
erally seek its protection. Let us make
this word organization mean sometliing
definite and tangible. At every depot of
sale and supply there are conditions de-
manding the immediateattention and the
organized action of all farmers to correct.

Let us put the (irange in a position to
work out the will of these waiting masses,
and by so doing full_v assure the future
well-being of this, our order.

When we are strong enough to success-
fully cope with the evils lying at our very
doors, then, and only then, can we hope to
reach the more distant, but no greater, ills
arising from state and national legislation.

J. Y. CLARK.

Orion G7‘(l’Il(/C.

  

The next meeting of Huron County Po-
mona Grange will he held with Hope
Grange on June 25th. All interested in a
Grange picnic should attend.

Mas. R. l\'L'Gi-:.\'1‘, Sec.

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L, (‘_ Root . . . . . . ..\ll«-gan. Allr-,L':iii "
R. R. Reiiiolils . ..liil:1nd. liciizic "
George Bow -or D0\\‘ling’. Bi1I‘I')' “
A. L. Smith ard I’. 0. Br.'1ii_cli “
R. V. (‘lurk .Bucliaii:i1i. Berri!-n "
J. W. Eniio St. Jolins. ('liiiton “
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Jam _» ,  I’. () (‘ass “
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Ea Jonesville. “ "
R. . . Sand Beach, Huron “
D. . .('haii1ller. Ionia “
F, '. itcliburg, Ingliam “
J. We; - . . .. .Haiiover. Jack.'~'on "
Geo. F. Ha  .. .. ..Portage. Kalamazoo "
Robert Dockery.. . . . . ..Rockfortl. Kent “
Geo. L. (‘:irlislo.. Kalkaska. Kalkaska “
Hiram Bratlsliaw. ..'ortli Braiicli.Lapeer “
Fred Dean . . . . . . . . . . .. Brighton. Livingston “
E. W. Allis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Adrian, Lenawee “

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D. R. Van .\niberg....B_ear L:i_ke. Maiiistee “
Frank E. Upton . . . . ..Big Rapids, Mecosta “
J. S. Lawson . . . . . . . . . . . . ..l)isco, Macomb “
VVill G. Parish . . . . ..Flat Rock. Monroe “
E. (‘. Smith . . . . . Mooreland. Muskegon “
W. W. (.‘arter..  ..Asli_land, .\ewaygo 
A_ J_ (‘msbyg , Xpsilanti, Oakland

Samuel Stautfer. ..Gooding. Ottawa
W. F. Taylor.

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.. ..Cr:inston.0ceana
. Vernon, Sliiawassee
. . . . . . . . . .Avoca. St. (‘lair “
..(‘entervi1le, St. Joseph "
.Birch Run. Saginaw

', b  .
Robert Tm 5 East Fremont, Sanilac

.(Toon...

Helen A. FisLe.. ...Lawrencc, Van Buren "
Henry Hurd. . .. ..  .. Plymouth, Wayne “
John A. McDougal..Ypsilant_i. VVashtenaW “
R. C. Norris . . . . . . . . . . . . ..t‘adill_ac.  exford 
Mary Robertson . . . . . . ..Hespc-ria, I\ewa_\'go

Revised List of Grange Supplies
Kept in the office of Sec’y of the

Michigan State Grange

. out ost- aid on receipt of cash order.

A?j)(%GSfLil!e Seiil ofpa Subordinate Grange. and
the signature of its Master or Secretary.

Porcelain ballot marbles, per hundred.  T5
Secretary:s ledger. . .. 85
Secretary's record . . . . ..  :50
Treasurers orders, boun )er liundred.... 3.3
Secre-tary’s receipts for dues. per hundred .. 3.3
Treasurer's receipts for dues. per liundred.. 
Applications for membership, per hundred :i(_)
Withdrawal cards. per dozen . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . 2.1
Demits,in envelopes, er dozen . . . . . . . .  .. 25
By-laws of the State ‘range, single copies.

  
    

u

    

9

   

10c ; per dozen...: . . . . . .  ..._ . . . . . . . . .  L. 75
“Glad Echoes, ’ with music, single copies.

25c;perdozen...................   .. 3 00
Grange Melodies, single copyL:10c; per doz. 4 00
Opening Song Card. 2c each: one per 50; 100 1 35
Rituals. 7th edition (with combined degrees.) _

250 eachzper dozen....     .. 2 :5
Rituals, 5th degree,_ set of nine. . 1 80
Rituals. Juvenile. single copy..  .. 15
Notice to delinquent members. per 40
American Manual of Parliamentary LaW.. 50
Digest of Laws and Rulings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 25
Roll books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . .._ . . . . . . . . . . . . . lg
Sample package co-operative literature... . 1
Ke11ey’s History of the Grange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

' ‘ on old pins. badges work-
iu??‘o?15‘lf:t‘5ii.§§§3;:§:§:i.:::‘sinus: *’°*°:
. 1. _ .
and am 0 e Miss JENNIE Btrianp.
Ann Arbor, Mich.

"if 1 4.
.‘(':1i'1-fiiliu-s.~ iii fcc-'li1i,\_v'tl1c iii1::il por-
' :tioii of ilic r:ition. :is the cost of;

.lin lot ;’ it w:1.-' 12.2317» cents and with
' ‘those in lot .‘I_ 11.151 ('C1)l.s',

 

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

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FIIENGH BUHB M|Ll.SCie.ll€<ge and Station

Fattening Steers in Winter.

Prof.Thoimis Shaw, in Bulletin Minnesota

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5
 Expcrliuent Station.

The following are the niost ini-
; portant of the conclusions thiitinaiy
‘be (lI'21\\'ll from the e.\'pcriiiicnt:

’ 1. That under its conditions
steers :iver:igiii}_r 1.0-H pounds in
-live wciglit during the fatteniiig
period. will coiisuiiic :1 daily rzition
,of 2.3 pouiids corn ciisilagc. >~f..";4
"pounds of li:iy:i1'id \,6‘.H pouiids of
‘lllC.‘ll. or :1 total of 41.41?» pounds
pcrd:1v.

2.’. lt flll'l]l>'llC.\ an illiistrntion
of the fair iiic-:1s11i'e of :id:ip1::bilit_\'
for fatteiiiiig l)U.'~S(,3.\'.-'(‘,(l by ;_»'i':irlr,-s

~ of the l'(}>'l;(,‘(‘il\'(' breeds from which
the sclcctioiis were iiizidc, witlioiit

.ll.<s'lf_"lllll;_" :1 ll1:1l'l{(_‘(l .~upci'ioi'it\' to

any one of 1h<-iii.

., :1. li<lx',‘lI1Ull~ll'1l1(_‘> the iiiipor1—.

‘ant truth. 1.li:1t \\'l1(‘ll :iiiiiii.-ils :irc
.lici:-'i;<_>‘ f.-ittciieil. ll1(:_\' will 1-on.~1iiiie
iiiorc iii<-:1l th:in they 1-an prop1»rl_v
,1lij_v'(':,-{:‘.2i1l :1s,<iiiiil:1l{3. cvcii wh(-ii

lU. S. Department of Agricul-
, ture.

A Batch of Notes.
ONION CULTURE.

“There :ire few vegetable crops
‘of more iinportance to the rural
popul.-ition of the l'nited States
than the onion crop. The relative-
‘ly large profits which it is possible
‘for the skillful grower to obtain
from :1 limited area have rendered
the cultivation of this bulb espec-
ially popular with tliose possrcssiiig
s1ii:ill tracts of land. while g:irdeii-

crs rcsidiugin lUL‘:1ll'[l(3.~‘\\‘ll(i,~’(.‘ soils‘

Ililll cliiiiate are prcciiiiiiciitly
:i<l:1p’1c<l to onion cultui'cli:ive found
it protit:ible to till l:ll';_"L‘ :irc:is.

“Twc1it_v-tire to 14111 :u-rt,-.~ in one
ticld is not :1iiunusu:il thingin sucli
localities. Large yields ()\'(‘l'.\‘1lM'l{
the llI:1l'l{C1 soiiic _vczir.~. rc.~ultinj_r

iii \'ci'_\' low ])l'lL"c‘.~1 but the 1)l‘l4‘(.‘>“
l'L‘t"cl\\'1l (llll'lll'_T :1 sci'i:,-s of ye:1i'.~,

lllfillit,‘ onion ciiltiirc, as :1 rule. :1 prof-

l12ll1l(.‘_ enterprise wliere the soil and

1-liimitc coiiditions are f.-ivor:1bl<;.
“.\otwitlist:in<liiig thc exteiisivc

JUNE 4, 1896.

ébating some of the (leStI‘l1Cti\'ell]]£1l1t Gl':1nQ‘e.~‘.:ls the expense is

fdiseases of fruits." During thjgj
gtime manyiniprovements have been ‘
lI1J8.(.l€ in the work. and for thisam]
}other reasons it seems dcsir:iblc to
now bring together, in brief. prac-
‘tical forni, our present knowledge
on the subject. The qucstioii :i.<to
whether it will pay to spriiy 113,.-
loiig since been zuiswercd in the :if-
firm:1tive. so it is not nccc.<.-iirv at
‘this time to enter upon :in\' :i'rg1i-
ment in rcgzird to this 1)ll:l>‘L' of the
subject.
"lluring the past four \-«,«;u-,-
nuiiicrous solutions. }J(i\\'1lL‘I'.~..Cl<‘..
li:1vc been tes’tc<l. with :1 view of

.detcriiiini1i_t_r their value :i.~et-onoiii-
‘it-:il. ctlcctivc. :1nd l)l':l('llL‘;1l

urc-
vcntives of f1iiigo11.~' li:ll'.‘!>’i]I(.‘.
\\'hile :1 iiuiiibcr of 1lll‘.\L‘ pi-ep.-im-
tions l12l\'(‘ ,<_>'i\‘c-ii 11l’()llll.~«(‘11f mliir-_
none have lH.,‘(‘ll found which lill >11
lll.‘lll_\' 1'<~<p1ii'ciiiciit< as liri]'1l<~;1_|1x
llll.\'1lll'(‘:!ll1lllit‘:ill1ll11il)l:1<‘:!l Milli-
tion oi'1,'(ipp1*i' (‘.‘ll'l)(i1);11(-_ ()f 111.‘.
two pi'cp:1i':1tioii.<. liH1'<l(‘:lll.‘\' iiii.\-

lt11i'cli:1sloiig bet,-ii l'L‘1‘l>,‘_"lli'/It'll _-i.

pos~c.<.~iii_:_-‘ the niost \':llll.'1l!l(' 1ill:1l-

. _ _ - . . . ~_- - iii:-.~‘.:i1i1lit it rol : l l ' '<- '- —
4,1,“ ,1“ “(,1 ,_.—,.i ~-(,“‘ “,9”. f(.,.,i_" pioihit-lioii of onioiis iii the l iiiteu ‘ l’ ’l ’.‘ “W1 .4111

1 . . .
jtlic iiii‘-.-il fed lo tli-:2digc-:t1vcc:1p:i1-—

ity of the l't'.\'])t_'(,‘l.l\’(,‘ :1iiini:1l.~.
ll sliows the iicccs.-it_\' of

f,.‘iii:1i<iiig one pound of lll(‘l‘(*:l.~(‘ inf‘
i: j weifjlit with the >'iL*L‘1'.~' in lot 1 was:

fbut ."»..'»‘_‘ (‘(‘lll,~‘. while with tl1o.-‘(-fl

. - , , . . 5
3 .». lhe lll('l'L‘.'l.~'(* in the con—;
fsiuiiptioii of ii1c:1l. the more co.~'il_\' 1‘

li'c.~p1iii<li1ig dccre:i.<(,- in the con—l
'sumption of the co:1i‘.~'c1' :iiid chc:ip— i’
er food fat-toi's. ‘

U. It ciiiplinsizes the iiiubility,
of :iniiii:ils iie:irl_v equal in live?
wci_<_rlit to take .-'iiiiili:ir qiniiititicsl
of food. :is cvidciiced by the Sliort-,1
horn grade in lot :1 gcttiiig soiiie—;
‘what "oil his ft-ed.“ while the stei-1's
of the other grudcs gettiii_<_r food 
simili:ir in q1i:iiitity:i1id kind were;
not so iiilectcd. 

7. The iii.<ep:ii':iblc rehition be-
tween qll:llli_\’ in food and well do-,
ing in the :iiiim:ils is also eniph:i—l
sized, as when the quzility of they
ensil:i.<_-‘e or of the hay diiiiinislic-d.:
the etlcct was :it once :ipp:1rent in 
the (let-i'c:1.~'e in the gyziiiis of the,‘
St€‘E1'.‘~'.

8. The f:ict.~'l1011l1l be i'cc1igiiize<l
in futtciiiiig cattle. that the sanic
diet in kind m:iy not be equally
relished by all the :inim:ils. as wit-
iiessctl in the shy coiisiiiiiptioii of
corn ensihigc by the steers, No. 1
in lot 1 and No. :: in lot 3: hence.
in ])l‘:lC1lC0, sucli foods should not
be forced upon them.

9. \\'lic:1t at 51.3.51} per ton or
lT.li cents per bushel. can be fed
with :nl\':1iit:ig'e and profit to steers
that are being futteiied. when the
prices of the other food factors
used and also of the meat are :is in
this c.\'pcriincnt.

10. If the food given to the
steers in lot one had been charged
at home \':1ll1eS, the cost of inzikiiig
the iiicreuse in the live weight dur-
ing the c.\'pcrinicnt proper would
have been less than the cost of the
food used in iiiakiiig it. :1 result not
often realized in finishing cattle
for the block.

11. In fattening steers, when
the difference between the buying
and selling price per pound live
weight is 1% cents. a good profit
can be made from feeding well
graded steers of the beef breeds
when the relation between the
prices of food and meat are the
same as in this experinient.

12. The value of the aiiinials was
nearly doubled in feeding for 140
days, since the value of the animals
at the conimcncenieiit of the ex-
periment was $286.38, and the in-
crease in the value at the close of
the experiment was $271.02, hence
the wisdom of fattening cattle up-
on arable farms on which they may
have been reared.

13. This experiment emphasizes
the importance of selling fat an-
imals with promptness when the
conditions of sale are favorable, as
the profits from carrying the steers
through the after experiment were
reduced to the extent of 320.113.

1-1. ‘Veil finished steers with an
average weight of :ibout 1,200
pounds, will lose about 50 pounds
each in live weight, when left in
the stall without food or water for
15 hours.

 

Dandruff forms when the glands of the
skin are weakened, and if neglected,
baldness is sure to follow. Hall’s Hair

l1ll\'l](_'lr~ are :11inu:1ll_\' sliipped to our
])iil'i>~ from licriiiudu. l"r:1ii('c. .‘~p:i1n ,
and (,‘11b:i. This fact<le11ioiis11':1i(-sj

"1i‘1:'.tll1cl1oii1C dciiiuiid :it all scu-

 
  

*%()ii.\‘()f the year is not yet fully:
upplicd by g‘rowci'.~' of our own]
(.'()llll11'_\‘. The bulbs of f()l'()l;_"lll
varieties are superior in qiiulity tog‘
1l]<>.~'L‘ (iI'l}_"lll£ll(i(l in this co11l1t1'_\'——l

r l
l.~‘1lt‘ll as the lcllow l):invcr.<, {ed

\\'ctliersl‘icl<l, and Silver Sltiii. 1'
The iniportcd li1illis2u'e:ilso ])l:1(‘(‘(li

foo l l \ th 1 1 ' l 1 2 l " ‘on the iirirkct before tlien‘:ir1lciici'sl 1” ‘'‘’l‘-‘'l‘l‘‘1' "“l.Y lb“ t“"’llll1‘—"lk'l‘l“-*
1.>' escc'.'iiio.-"_:iii<.* : -.-  .-   1 -.  -.- 1 < -
i'c"l>cciivclv did riot clicct :1 cor.)  of the North can iii:itui'c their crop. ll" ‘l”e"“"“.- “ttlllll Tmlll lllt lot 1 111 . then (>l*_1.llllA.‘lll<)li, for 11,. 1.1.],-.-it

but the long scasoii of (':iliforni:.il
and certain parts of the South ren-
ders it possible for these sections
to (,‘llltl\'£l1L‘ SllC(‘C.~‘!~'fl1ll_\' the for-
eigii varieties and iiiaturc the onionsl
zilmost. if not quite, as early as the
countries n:1iiicd."'

The zibovc is an introduction to
l“:ii'nicrs’ Bulletin No. 3211, “()nion
Cult1irc,"‘ by R. L. \V:itts, iiistruct-
or iii horticultui'c :it the l'iiivcrsit_v
of 'l‘eiiiie:~:scc and liorticulturist of
the Tennessee Agricultiiral lC.\'per—
iiiicnt Stzitioii. The bulletin li:isl
thirty-one pages and three illus—"
tnitioiis. and considers Sllcll topics;
as selection :1iid pre.p:ir:1tioii ofl
soil, fcrtiliziiiyg, cultiv:itiiig the‘
crop, selection of seed and of Va-
rietics. growing onions from sets
and from seed, tiniispliinting, irri-
gating. li:ii'vcstiii_::, production of
onion seed, tlll(l51]0lltl()l1S two llIl-
1)0l'1:l1lt encinies of the onion.

This bulletin is for free distribu-
tion. and requests should be ad-
di'essed to the b'cc1'et:iry of Agri-
culture. \\':islii1igton D. (2.. or to
i\lcinbcrs of Congress.

(}l£.\'I£ltAI. ()1tI)l~IR TO i.\‘si-i«:croi:s.

lt is the desire of this l)cp:irt-
meiit that the influence of all eni-
ployees should be used, so f:ir:1s is
w:irr:1nted by the law, for the pur-
pose of securing the huiinine treat-
iiient of :inim:ils in transportation
and in the stock yards. Depriving
zmiiiials of food and drink for un-
usuiil periods, and beating :ind
worrying them, are practices cal-
culated to make the :inim:ils fever-
ish and their meat unwholesome.
and should be discountenanced and
prevented. You will, therefore,
give such instructions to your sub-
ordinates as will insure careful
tre:i.tiiieiit of any animals which
they may be called upon to handle,
and as will also lead them to use
their influence for the same end
with all other persons with whom
they come in contact.

You will please make an inves-
tigation of the inaiiner in which
animals are transported and han-
dled by the railroad companies and
stock yards which come under your
observation, and make such sug-
gestions as may occur to you, with
a view to improving the service
and protecting animals from undue
suffering or cruelty. Injured ani-
mals which are evidently suffering
severe pain should be promptly re-
ported to the hun1:1ne societies,
unless the owner or the stock yard
company properly cares for them
within a reasonable time.

CHAS. \\'. DABNEY,
Acting Secretary.
SPRAYING.

There is now ready for distribu-
tion by the U. S. Department of
Agriculture to all applicants 3. bul-
letin on “Spraying for Fungous
Diseases”—No. 38 of the Farmers’
Bulletin series. It is four years
since there was published in a for-
mer bulletin “a summary of the

Renewer is the best preventitive.

more important methods of com-

lic'i<1 t‘ llt il\ 1' l liu ‘iii "1--t<-< lll1lNll'(‘(l‘x‘ of 1ll¢)|l<‘lll1l~' oficmll-V “led t"‘l“.\' Ill-‘U1 “ll “1lI<'1’
1 ',' Iii,‘ ‘L'(‘.‘v>'. ' (l_' QU 5 lg‘ ‘ “ "' ‘ ‘ ‘V " '

fllll_Jlt'lIl(‘>' conibiiied. Tlic rliic-i"
points in its f:i\'or are (ll its tho;-.
ou_<_»'li cll'ecti\'c1ic.<,< as :1 Tllll}_"l(‘lIlt‘.
2; it-' (‘llt.‘.‘l1)ll(‘>'>'. (-‘3)ils.~:ifc1\' from
:: ii_v;_>‘ieiiic stiindpoiiit. (-1) its li:irii1-
lC.\~'l](3.~>' to the spr.-1_\'cd plant. and‘
(.3) its benclicizll ciiccis on plant.
other than those 1'1-siiltiiig from the‘
iiici'cpi‘c\'eiitioii of tlic :1t1:1cl\'>' of?
]i:1l‘:l.~'l1(‘.\‘. '

“Sui f:1i' as wc:irc:1t }il‘('.~'('l1l 1-on-,
ccriicd. therefore. it is ll(‘(‘t‘.\‘.~':ll',\‘ .

iiiiproveineiits iii:1dc in prcp:iriii}_r;
and using them."
The coiiteiits of the bulletin :ll'('l
as follows: l’u1igici<lc.< or reiiiedicsl
for plant diseases; iiicthods of :ip-l
plying fungicides; trezitiiiciit of‘
grapedisc:iscs——bl:icl< rot, downy
uiildcw. powrlcry mildew, uiid;
:uitlii':iciiosc: treatiiicnt of iipplcl
diseases :ipple scab, bitter rot.‘
and powdery mildew: ’1rc:itiiiciit of:
pear 1lisc:1scs: trcatiiieiit ofquiiicc. 

chcrr_v. and plum disc:1.-c.~. ’

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Experiments With Corn. j
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Hull:-tin Illinois Station. l

(foiniiioiily iiiediuni iiizituring
vririetics have given slightly the
liiglicst avcrzige yield. but in the.‘
sczison of 1.\’$,9."i the liczivicst avcriigc
yield \v:1s from the late v:irietics.

The e::r_liest pl:iiitiiig.< did not,
secure the greatest yield.

Corn frozen to the ground rc-
covercd, and yielded :1 f:iir crop,
though some of the earliest plant-
ing was killed outriglit.

Mediuni plantings grow faster.
attain :1 greater development. :ind
secure :1 liigheryield than e.\'tremc-
ly early or extreiiielv lzite plaiitiiigs.

Thicker plzintings give the liigl1-
er yields, but smzillcr ears and
more nubbins.

A considerzible number of stalks
are barren, iisually for all v:u'ieties
about 11 per cent.

B:irrenness varies greatly with
both variety and seasoii for un-
known reasons.

Maxiiiiuiii yields are generally,
from about 10,000 cars per acre.

The sanie variety raised on
neighboring plats varies from early
to late, and from -15.8 bushels to
100.8 bushels in yield per :icre.

Land continuously in corn with-
out addition of fertility shows :1
decided tendency to decrease of
yield.

B:1i'nyard manure applied an-
nually has added to yield, but is
no advantage in extremely dry
seasons.

Comniercial fertilizers have ex-
erted no etfectin these experinients.

In rotation with oats corn shows
the same tendency to decrease of
yield, but apparently in :1 lessened
degree.

Land under 8. rotation containing
clover gives decidedly superior
yields.

 

Dormant Granges.

Report of Committee at State Grange.

VVORTHY l\TASTER AND PATRONS2
Your committee on Dormzint
Granges have very little to report.
not because of the scarcity of them,
but from the fact that no resolu-
tions or petitions of inquiry have
been made concerning them. '
The question before this coin-
mittee, and before the order in our
state is. “How shall we revive and
build up the dormant Granges ?”
\Ve recommend to our county
deputies the reorganizing of dor-

- their :1sso<-i:iti~.~.

less than the olitziiiiiiig of :1 new
charter. and the nienibers uiidcr—
.~‘t:lll(l the work of the order. and
therefore can be of _gre:it help to
the youiiger and new iiieiiibers.
\\'e believe that it iieeds the co-
operntion :iiid interest of all the
5lll>()1‘lllll:l1L' Gl‘:lll}_7‘L‘.~‘ iii the 1'1illll1_\'
rind they sliould work with the iii-
tcution of .-in-cecdiii_-._r.

As :1 lllL':tll.\‘ of ll)i(.‘l't'>'ll1l<_:‘ llio.~'(‘
(ir;ui_~_:1-.~ that are not lioldiiig 1'1-g-
ulzir iiu-ctiiig.~. we .-idvi.~e frcipiciit
iii\‘it:1tioii.~ from \\'1>I'l{ill:_" (ir:1ii~_rc.~
tothe mi-iiibcr~of doriii:11it ( ii':1ii_i_»'e.~
in their vii-iiiity. :iiid should hold
open llH’(‘ill13_".~ forgr:-:11:-1'sot-i:il~il—
ii_\'. .\l.~o.~lio\\‘ the pi':1«-livzil ml-
\‘.:1lll:1_',"1‘.~’ «l<_-i'i'»'wl froiii :1 iiiciiilii-i=
.~hipoftl‘.1- Ul'1l('l'. iii <'1>op1'i':11i\'e
l>1iyi1i}_" .-and .~4'lllll:' llii‘o1i<_:'li the
:1;‘-.'ii<'io~ c.<V.;:lili~l:1-:l l1\'lllt't‘lllt‘i:ll\
of our .\t:1t1- (ir.-111:1-, '

Y1-2:1‘1-oiiiiiiiltm:ixof the unit:-.l
opinion that ('1lll<‘:1liHil is the grt-:11
.‘ll'll1 \‘\'lll'.‘ll iiiu-1 lw (‘.'\l’.‘ll1ll‘vl to
those who :i1'1- l.'!liill_" li\‘ lliv mix
_-'i:l:‘. 'l‘l1<'ylo1‘«_-'n:‘. llllllillli‘ l il':il1g.(’
is Illv one (1l"__":1lllZ:lilHl: tl-:11 ll1‘l‘]).~
1llU>l' who licip tliz.-iii~1-l\1~~. Your
coiiiiiiillcc \\Ii11lvl.~l1g‘:‘L'>~1 1h.-ii the
.\l:i~‘:t-i':i1i.l l.(‘('l.lll'(‘I' o1 l'.'l1‘ll Sub-
(>l'<llllzll(‘(il':ll11g‘1‘lit‘ lll'1'(-cl to iiii—
l>l't‘.\\!l]iUI!lIl1‘lllli(‘l'> liloiii1}1ol'l:l1i1‘1'
of i1iili\'idu:1l 1-Elort rllhl 1-.-iriu-.~t
.~’l1'l\'ll1\_1‘ fo1'ili1-_<_-'oozl oflli1*oi'<lr-1'.
'l‘iie_\‘ must not (Jlll\' lac prompt in
their .'lll.t.‘ll1l:lll<‘('. prompt in the
<lis<~li:ii'g1- of their «hit_\' in the

:(il'.‘lllf_"(,‘ h:1ll. b1i1 lll('_\' iiiusl 1':ll'l‘\'

the spirit of the order witliout the
;_-‘ates into their lIll.~lllt‘.~~. :1iiion«_r
fL‘('llll}_" proud of

:11‘cll1(‘ loflii-st 1h:11 l11:lllt':1ll >1-1-lg.

llislimilioii briiig.-' ]1l'.'11‘ll(’.‘ll 11-siilt.-.

ll]$1)1l()lll;g‘(HII'(i1':11i;‘(' li:ills will
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Kiitlilt-eii II“.~'.'~'i(",’Y‘td.\'(,', .1 Dretty 3'
li-h zirti-i, and .\riionl ‘»\'illoii'.:lili_v ::
nii.iii uiiinteiir, lll<"£'l ea.’-'ii:i.lly at tiii- ltogczil
acmleiiiy gallery in Iiontioii. They lioltl Hill-
tuul view.’-' iiiioii zirt unil iii»-riri the .-tiipi<lit_\ of
the ,iiiil-_re- who iiuvv: rt-_i L'T.l:(.l lll('ll‘ iitctiiri-.~.
Itiilii-‘ .\lortiiiir-r. it f‘l|.'ll Aiiit-i'ir'ziii iii}: ioni-
theiii. Hz,‘ is ii fririiil of the HI'.~‘~ll*‘ . .ii:<
ls .siiri>i'i.-ml to mid Kdllll('(‘Il in tlir, <:oiiiii:iii)‘
of \‘v”illoii'_rlilr_v. whoni she l\'ll€JW~' us it r.-oiiiiiioii
l~'Z\ll(lI"l:ll|lillll§{ in art. (.‘ll.‘ll"l'lil{ ll K2ith-
lL‘('ll lives: with her inotlii-r in lkisliioiinlilii lmig.
lugs‘. '1‘lic;ii*istoci‘;ic_v visit there, .l.ll(l one zliiy
in ii reception the cririiininv zlisciiss the mys-
tery of )’HllllL' Iiiirl A\'iiiin.'~:ter, who lizi-2 lll‘il
the country tIl.~':!Lll.~'(‘(I it sit ~llll()I‘. Ciinon \'-almi-
tiiic. the lion of the party. tliiiiks the nristoi--
racy of Eiiglaiii-l is well rid of him. His‘ hiiliit.-=
are too good. Ill—W§lloii'.rlih_v is the curl. Hi:
i. I‘t1Illl€‘(l hytlie tniliireot the pictiire. re-
fuses liclp [ruin Mortiiiit-r 2lll'I ‘J()1*F to seal to
earn nioiiey to voiitiiiiie the stiiily ot l1l'l. l\'—
ltlortiinerpursue-i KtLIl|lt'l‘Il on lovt-‘H i1ll1'r~‘l.
She likes him and with vlilliciilty holds hiin oil.
\'— Moi-timer. \\'i'Iloii;rhb_v and the lle.-:.-'lt--
graves meet in Vt,-iiicc. Mi".-'. IIf‘!~'.~'l(‘L"I'll\'i' is
u.lru'nie«l zit K:i.tlileeii'.~' ('IlIllllSlil$lli over thi-
sallor painter and his works. ‘»'I and VII-
Thc yoiini_r21i‘t.ir=,ts rozim tliroiiizli l"()lll1).I|l l(Z old
iiulnees T()).’('Illi . Willoiiuliliy tl
K-.1tlileen‘s lioiiie. The Ill-tltlvll liiilt I‘(‘.\'l‘fil.~‘

 

 

     

   

   

 

 

her 1ovet‘oi- liiiii.uii<ihotli t~oiiI‘v-.-.-= to thc-ni-i
VIII and IX—‘

selves that they are in love.
Mrirtiiiier pi~opi.>ses dllll ills:-oi’:-r.= Kathleen's
DfiE“5l()l! for \Villoii;.rliby. .\'—Ciinz-ii
till!) Elpp('2ll‘S in Venice with the ni,-w.< that the
rnissiiig (‘tll‘l has been II‘2I.(,'(:tI and li:i.-' iierislii.-d
iii the slii|>\vr(.-ck. Pic I‘t.‘(f|)L'Ill/.(‘.~' \Villou‘.'liliY
on Higlit. but proiiiptly 4ll‘IIIL'S ii.

curl, but will iire.~:(.-rye the .
ei"s szikc. .\'llvMrs. Hi-.-
secret too groorl to keep. tells‘ \V
l(flllll0(‘n kiioivs it. and lie ie:i‘.'r-~' her lioiis<- in
2ll]L’l,‘I'.
F‘-ll(IllL’l’lly witiioiit. giving lizttlili-eii 1| eiiiiiive: to
exiiliiin. XIV l'tll‘lltllll('Il1 li‘..‘(.'izll't‘Sllil.‘ iiiis

 
  

icrct for ll(‘l‘ lov-
-I -:-tvo finds the

 

  

on ii distiiiit i'eliitive. \VllltlllL'l1V "«'>‘*>|\'t‘~ not

to cont:-<1 it. its he pi't-fei“-' to lH'lllK"I1 ll)" T-lit‘?
' --(,:iimii

w«.~rl<l iii his “.\iai'lu-t \':iliii-." _\’\
\':ilr-ntiiie and .\Ir:-'. He {‘ll.’I'2l\'t‘

l(‘:l\'lll:.‘ ‘.\'i|liiii:‘|iliy'.~‘ *-1'l‘!‘t‘l llll'..'l!'.
cc-pt by l\':it.lilt.-i-ii. 'l'ti»- rciimiiiiiiu

show how \\'illoiiL"lIl'Y l<('t‘I).~1<i litr-

Hvis‘ P-'IIlll\\'I"‘('l\'l‘|l ziml :2‘-iiki-sii hit in titer-
:illll'C‘,lllI‘I)llLll whirl: .‘\loi-iiiiii-i ir:ict:.- llllll.
.\Il;l‘lilll(’l' li:i~= pi"iiiiis<~«l 1-» ilflll hm; tor l\'zi1h
lL‘P!l2ll‘l4Il>I'U\'t*. mi him ‘.ll:ll
liiiii he1‘r>re .—‘llL‘ kiit-iv

   

 

('llll!*"‘l~'

iioiinces‘ iill ('lilllll.-' to his !‘:ll'ltIf|lIl.
(‘ll.-\_I"i‘I-Ii’. XXI.
Till: Wisi-; \'.'-">.\i.\):.

As soon as I{L‘_‘_, ‘ gone poor Kath-
leen delivered lierself over to pure iina.diil-
terzited 5t‘{tI‘(‘.l:ll]gS of spirit. The world in-
deed is pretty equally divided between

 

people who have no scriipies of coiiseieiice
at all, and people who allow their scruples I

of coiiscieiice to rim away with them,
Now, Kzitlileeii Hesslegi‘a\'e belonged to the
latter iinfortunute self torturing class. She
had terrible fears of her own as to what. she
should do about Reggie.

Of course no oiitsider who knew Mr.
Reginald’s cliarttcter as well as she did
would ever for a. inonieiit have been silly
enough to believe he really contemplated
suicide. He was far too much of 3. physical
and inorzil coward to ever dream of junip-
ing over \Vziterloo lirid-‘ze. for, tnough it
may be coivai-<ll_v in one sense to run away
from the respiiiisiliilities zind ditlieulties of
life, yet. none the less it is often still deeper
cowardice that prevents niziny people from
having rec0ui'.<e to that cowardly refuge.
To Kathleen. however, the danger envis-
aged itself as a real and menacing one.
VVhen it conis,-‘s to one‘s own relations one
is more creduloiis in these niatters and more
timorous of gi\‘iiig the slightest handle for
offeiise. The threat of suicide is the easiest
form of thunibsci-ew that 3. selfish. unscru-
pulous and \vea.kniinded lad can apply to
the moral feelings of his relations.

Moreover, Reggie had happened upon a
fortunate moment. \\'hen he called that
day, Kathleen had just been deeply im-
pressed by Rufus .\Iortimer‘s goodness and
genero.-izity. Indeed she had said to herself
as Rufus Mortimer le:t her room, "If only
I had never met Arnold \Villoughb_v, I real-
ly believe I could have loved that mun dear-
ly.” So when Reggie be:._;an to throw out
his dark hints of nppi-caching suicide
Kathleen seriously debated in her own
mind whether or not it was her duty to save

him from such a fate by marrying the man 
who had shown himself so truly and disin— '

terestly devoted to her.

All that night she lay awake and reason-
ed with herself we-;ii-ily. Reggie wusn’t
worth all the trouble she bestowed upon
him. Early iiext. morning she rose ELIJLI
wrote him in haste half a. dozen long let-
ters. one after the other, all of which she
tore up as soon as she had finished them.
It is so hard to know what to do in such
difiicultcirciiuistaiices. Kathleen wonder-
ed and waited and argued with her own
heart and worried her poor conscience with
interminable questions.

After breakfast a. light burst upon her.
Why not go and talk the whole matter over
with Mrs. Irving?

Now, Mrs. Irving was a friend whose ac-
quaintance she had made some years be-
fore on the quays at Venictba painter like
herself, older and cleverer and great deal
more successful. Her. face was beautiful,
Kathleen adways thought, with the beauty
of l.ioliness—-a chastened and saddened face.
with marks of its past stamped deep upon
its features. Her silvery hair was prema-
turely gray, but. the light in her eye showed
her younger by a. decade than one might
otherwise have judged her. It was a hap-
py inspiration on Kathleen’s part to go to
her, for when a girl is in doubt she can sel-
dom do better than take the advice of some
elder woman’ whom she has confidence
and who can

l from the Illllik‘I'n').’liLl stiuidpoint.
‘ very int;

lblll'I‘4:.iI1llHl .\lr.-. lriiiig.
I‘ was, oi \\l.‘.'Illt’I' lli’lL'-‘ll

_L!llt'i~‘l at .

\'iileii-- -

.\’I—Kiiili—‘
leeii ziriiiiits to her lll()iIlI‘l‘ tlizit she is ('t‘l‘l:llll ‘
of the identity of \Villoiigliliv with the iiiissiiiir‘
iiloiiirliliy lllill‘
XlII~\Villoi.'glil>_\' uliziiivloiis‘ VCIIIICI"

II,‘_' .
curl I>lII(‘l2lli) ileiiti niiil ’~t'lllt'.~‘ the lIlll(‘I‘liililt"' i

l*lll‘[sn~(‘. ,

 

l\'iitlile~:-ii lU‘.'t'(l *
his l't':ll eli2ii':i<'tei' :lIl'l .
IHXS loved liiiii tlii")ii.-I‘! iill. HP .-'(.‘-'>Ft‘.'~‘ it >‘4.‘L'Hi.‘tl 3
liti-i'2ii'_v Sll('.t‘t*.\‘.~':1.ll4l lll:li'Ii ~~' l\':ithlvcii. but re-,

at. the matter at issue ,
l

   

"~,Ullilll[)' that is so iinportuiit uii
L‘lt3lIlI‘LlI- ii all the-;e riin-.~tioi:-'.
rid of the coii.~t.iiit. lll>UlI‘lJlll’_{ factor of
j,‘t.r’.t1‘ U\‘»‘l=. « ll:':ll‘=.'i>'..

.\’-«xv, ;i cvr'.:tin lnilo of iiiy:-.tei'y :il‘.v:ig.'.-'
\\'ho .\Ir. Irving;

'.vu.'~. not ;i .\ll'. li'\';n,' at élll. Iiatlilrcri never

, l~Llll‘\\'. \\’li< zir-vi-i' Ui|‘ll'lI‘.li{liEl.<l:t[)I)I'Uil(:l1t:LIl

that tiipit‘ l{itlllil,'!‘Il iiotiui,-ii tlirit her frieiiil
gliilr-il r:.:i-.-t':ill_v over the thin ice in the op-

 

   

 

po.-iivv .. .9. iii ‘iilll lllrlI’£‘.(Ji.L'll tli.- cniivv '-
_-,;uii,;1l;y;.,ipw itililt: llt“ ‘e2-- IVl'l)Ill _\Ir.
lrvii ‘ N» .t*I'illl‘lt‘:~Sl.lJt‘I'\:

 

"’1l)Ul'll'H)-l.

ii —o: - .\|ll'lllI.~(‘ lillll izo-sip
ll_'\';IIllII\,‘Lll_ iiusb. ll zit \I»ii<;-
ll.'llli1‘tll-'ll)..‘~, for 3‘-iii iii:i)'l w it its an
ii-.v;v.i'i:ilil-: I'lll-.'lli l' :‘ t.li:il wlieiiv “I'll. vvii.'ii-
an, no iiizitii-r liow iiiiiow-iitly. live-- iipiirt
froin lll‘I' l:lI>lJi‘l.ll4l .-he will ;«.iv.':i_v.s abide
iinrli.-i~1l.w mini .~llil4li)\V of El. soc .d cloud.
Let it In: ..’llI’llt’.~ lilr» t:iiilL ltllil :.‘Uti.iu.-s her
ini:-fortiiiie. yet it is slit: HJHI nor. he: who
will Il2l.\‘t‘ to pug.‘ the price for it.

no the petty \\'oi'l<liif liiitzlisli Veiiicc had
.-il\v;iys lool;--d it little ii.-k.-nice at Mrs.
Irviiigas “vi woiii:iii,rloii’t you know, who’.s'
living, ;ip:irt. froni ll\‘I' liiisl.~and." and then,
with an ugly FIl(‘1,‘l'. "t.li:it is to .-(Ly. if rho
has one." Iiit to Kiithleeii the beautiful
woinun with the
was siiiiply the ti\‘.‘ll't'.~‘b and kiiiilcst of
friciirl-‘, the ino.-;t ti'iist.\vort.li_y person she
hzid ever coins: ucross.

It was to Mrs. Il'\'lIl;.{, then, that Kaitli-
leen went. .'i.t UIlt.‘*.: to inipart her dllliculty
2tl10l1LI((tj.,’,L{lL‘ and liiifu.-5 Moi-tiiiier.
fri -iid II.‘a'[.L‘Ilt,‘II to her with tender interest
and iii:-tiiictivi-, syiiipiitliy'. As soon as
lizithleeii li:id
i'osi- and
ati-ly.

zuwlll fin‘

   

   
   

l{l.~‘-itll her forehead affectioii-

“.\'o\v tell nu-., -le:ir," :~llt: saiil, gazliiizf

 

into Iizitl '2'» l'i’:iiil{ t‘3’e.~'. “if)‘our sailor

were to come llilcli to _i.'oi,i, woiilil you love 
l“oi' l«Int.l;lm-,ii lliltl only dc- ‘

him st.i‘il:"'

 

The Ufd(.T‘ uhoman roxc rind kissed her

fU7‘(,‘Il(.'(l(l u_(7c;/'tirnu1tI.'l_i./.
scribed Arnold \Villou;hby’s reasons for
leaving Venice in the most _L."t"llL‘I‘2il terms
and had never betrayed his secret as to the
earldoni of Axniiuster.

“I love him now as it is,” Kathleen an-
swered candidly; “of course I should love
him then. I love him better th.-in I did be-
fore lie left me. Mrs. Irving. I seem to love
him more the longer be si'.;iys away from
me.”

“And you don’t love Mr. Mortimer?”
Mrs. Irving said once more.

“No,” Katlil-_-e,n aiiswei-ed, “I only like
him and respect hiiu iininensely. But. lieg-
gie seeins to think tliat’.-i all t.ha.t-’.-2 neces-
sary.”

The security was iiisiifiicieiit, but ’tis so
that good women will bow to the opinion
of their men relatioiis. Mrs. Irving took
the girl's two hands between her own ca.-
ressingly. A beautiful, middle aged wom-
an, with soft. wavy hair, and that chasten-
ed lovcltiiess which comes to beautiful
women with the touch of it great sorrow,
she revolted in soul agaiiist this fraternal
despotism.

“Reggie!” she cried. with a little con-
tempt in her tone. “\Vhat has Reggie to
do with it? It’s yourself and the two men
and the esseiitial truth of things you have
to reckon with Iirst. lizithleen, dear Kath-
leen, never believe thht specious fZlIS€IlOO(I
people would soiiietiniesi foist upon you
about the iiiir-eltisliiiess of iniirrying it man
you don‘t really love for the sake of your
family.
injustice. cruelty,
faniy. The iiiost. wrong thing uny woman
can do in life is to sell herself for money
when her heart is untouched. It's not
merely ivrong: it’s disgrace; it’s dishonor.
Out of the bitterness of my heart my mouth
speak‘:-th.

“Shall I tell you my own story. dear? It
happened in this way: \Vhen I was young,
very young—only just 17—n1y mother was
left with a tiny little income. It was al-
most less than would keep us three alive,
herself and me and my sister Olive. Then
Colonel Irving saw me and was taken with
me for the moment. He was avery rich
man, years older than myself. and one of
the biggest officials on the council in India.
He proposed to me. I was frightened,
though, girllike, I was flattered, and I told
my mother. Instead of telling me to avoid
the snare, she begged and prayed me to ac-
cept him. ‘But I don’t love him,’ I said.
‘You will,’ my mother answered. I knew I
was doing wrong. but when one’s only 17
one hardly quite realizes that when you
marry once you marry for a lifetime.

“I accepted him at last, under that hor-
rid mistaken notion that I was sacrificing
myself izobly for my mother’s sake and was
so very unselfish. He took me out to India.
For a year or two we lived together, not
happily h1deed—I can never say it was hap-
nily. but without onen rnnture. Then Colo-

"llis that '

You get l

I ll'l(‘lI to :i"t ll

lllt’I'\‘, ivzis still or.

Ii1't‘Ill:LLlII'Uly ‘,,’Ti|.y hair.
‘ tlizit.

llcr ‘

linislied, the older woman-

: he'll coiniiiit. suit
3 ilreziilful .<t:i+_e -ii‘
pi'oiiiisI- l.’lsI iii,-glit i;-I woiililift do it ytliiiiig,
in-isli till he N1‘-\' llli‘ i!I‘l£l_'y', and ('\'i’1l now I 3
‘ don’t know '.v
j while its .~’I)t)ll :15
, by hiinsell’ with his I‘E€lll(il'SL' nnd iiiisery.”

It i:-.ii‘t uiisellishness at all; lt’s;
nioral cowardice, in-5

ll‘.‘l Irving <1-.i.'.' plainly that tlioiigli lie hurl‘

i,m1;_rm gm; ;lf1ll paid for inc Iili<ln‘t ziiid
coulvlift lwre him. ldid my best, it'.—‘true,
to :::ii'i'y out -i< far as I (.“)!ll(l that wlckerl
{1ni_I('I'll!‘l lz ‘till.
l'l_‘,' to him.

   
  

I fivit it
wi<:};i-iliiv

 
  
  

 

jiiitl he siuv it, too.

lli.i‘.‘v no

          
   

' \\'l]I‘(I_1r]' l- iivi.» for him. .-‘it I-'l~I i. ,
lYi~_:lii» ili~'iiai.»i~.ii*e-l ~Iltl'll‘Iil\' Lil l- . it.»-
lieliiiicl lii.=ii_ - l.«:i<l unis. oil" to IIlll'i::i«‘,.

;iiiil—-sortiwlmvljc cl i,- had
tile Ill’-‘

L-,'(Jll“ with lll ..
l{.=iilil<:eii :1-I‘;~~l, l><»iniii.;;

 
  

fi>1‘\ ..
"\\'i-ll. Illi‘Il. Klt‘2lI', I tel: it \\':i.~i nil t)'.'i-1‘,
and I lznww it was my "'iili, lM't,':ll.i~" I
liziiln‘t li:iil‘ih<- iiioi:.l cI=ii:x' 'i.- at lll’~i to
_\:p\'1i1;:,ilIFl;[lll toliiiii. I‘iI!1‘\VIlAIIIl;’4\!4“‘/
m:i1ioi:_;‘ii. ever to ilo—l»-t. iiiiii t;il:i- iii)‘
limit] wlw-:1 my ll«‘$‘.l'{ w:i~'. n-it. liis. unill
li.id to i; ‘the Ilt'lli'llI_V of it. .-\n<l so will
you, too, ii’ yoii do zisl did. ()iii- ivziy or
t,h1;l)lll r, you will li.ivi- to [1.'l_\'lll<‘ 1lx‘lli‘liiy.
II»-. ‘Vii-’ jii~t to me iilter his li;:lit--st-\'«-i‘ely
.' ' I ‘ Jflll‘.U:'?. .<:‘._\' ,1_’(‘Il(~I‘!Iil~. lle
iriIt‘I'Hl to il.iLl\'!* inc an :lllIl'\\'£2.li(‘i‘ oi" li:ilf
his iiicu.-..v liiii I '~Vl'UY--" l)£l.\‘.‘l-C ziiiil .'\-‘lltl no.
I would ll’ '-;-i' :l;"7llll trike a peiiiiy that \S':t.~-
his, ' my own ll‘-'lIl,‘.{. Sol

   

   

 

   

  

I wmilu U£l.l'Il
liegrtii at zirt-—-in .1 .<Ell‘rlll way at first, itiid
Iivorkisd on at it with :i will till I could
keep iiiys~sll' t.-:i.~,ily. Then I did niorr thin:
I vuorked iLiltl saved till I Clillltl .<4‘!l'l
him one il:iy.~i. check for L‘\'\‘l'_\' {.-
hii.-I I'Vl‘I' “';)t,‘llI upon lllt’.
Ct-‘l‘.'(‘ It-.

   

my
I ri-l'iis'e<l to take it li:iok.

er’:-2 Ill‘ '.voiildn't toiicli it.
lies to 1 his fl?)._\‘, iiiid neitlircrof ii~i will elziim
it."

“Tli:i.t was spli-_'ir.liil of you." I\':itlileP!i
cri--il.

than lizm-. jii.-"tic.-.
l‘tE1.I'L:£llI1, wliicli no woiii:iii should ever
iiizike for the 5iLl~Zt‘. of her own <.llgI‘ilC_\‘,

her own lJlli'lT._\', her own honor, and I?
\v;i.s_ bound to do the lJt‘..\'f, I could to un-:
I’.iit II4'll you all this now thzit;
- you inziy  for j.‘i.iiii‘s:-ll’ how \VI‘Hlll.{ it Isl

ni:tl;i- ii.

for £lll_‘,' \V’tlIll7lli to do Eb I did: that you
may lmirii to (IV! ~‘ iiiy iiiist.;il{vs livtiiiii-s,

      
 
  
  
   

 

IlfL('l{ \\'it.‘i h of (‘tl!l‘.'IL*.,llil.

   
 
 
 

   
 

“lt‘.~ ill-l .ixli.'i:: \‘»'ll‘.‘l|
f:-.ii~l).' 1: who not I to «lo? I.‘ --
p;ii- ll1’(,‘li". ‘t lll.'Ll‘ if Mr. . lo:-tiiiier‘

li- inst‘ ntly. lli-‘s in ii
1.. mil. I li;:4l to iiiiike liiiii

 

hr i:i:ij.' il:l.\.'i‘ (l()lltt in:-nil-
e L§')L alone and was left

 

“Hcggie."‘ Mrs. Irvi:i,i.: e.\ICIll.lIlL‘c;l. with a

‘ sudden inelotliou.-iilrop from the siibliine to

the ridiculous. "Uri, my dear, don’t you
trouble your lie.-ul fora iiioineiit about him.
He’s as riglit. us ninepence. He’s not going
to coniinit suicide. temorse and niisery!
\Vh_v, I was at the Court theater in the
boxes last night, and there, if you please,
was .\Izi.-it/er Reggie in the stalls with a
pretty young vvonniii, close cropped and
black liaii-ed, with acheek likearipe pe.-ich,
who, I siipposc, was his Florrie. They were
eiiting nezipolitan ices all through the inter-
lude, and neither of them seemed to have
the slightest intention of committing sui-
cide in the immediate future.”

That was a fortunate accident for Kath-
.lcen. It relieved her mind immensely for
the niomeiit. It decided her that Mrs. Irv-
ing’s advice was sound, and that she would
be doing injustice to her own higher nature
if, for P»egr.:ie’s sake, she accepted the man
she didn’t love to the exclusion of the man
she loved so dearly.

But while Kathleen was discussing this
matter thus earnestly with Mrs. Irving her
brother Reggie, on his way down to the
city, had managed to drop in fora few min-
utes’ conversation with Rufus Mortimer at
his house in Great Stiinhope street. He had

called indeed for a double diplomatic pur-
pose. cloaked beneatli a. desire to see Morti-

mer at dinner with his wife on Saturday.

“Our rooms are small.” Reggie said airily,
with the coiisuminate grace of 1!. great gen-
tleman extending an invitation to a lordly
banquet in his ancestral halls; “wc-‘ye
hardly space for ourselves even to turn
about in them, and as to swinging a cut,
why, it. would H.lH1L)SE amount to culpable
cruelty. But we should be delighted to see
you at our uiiiiex, the Critei-ion—tirst door
on the right ll.‘-3 you enter the big gate; din-
ner a la czxrte; best of the kind in London.
Half past, 7, did I sziy? Yes, that will
suit. 11:5 admir.-«.hly. Fl0I'l'lt"S loiiginzz tosce
you. I’ve told her so iniich about you."

“VVhy?” Mortimer asked, with a. smile,
half guessing the reason himself.

Reggie smiled and hesitated.

“VVell, I thought it not iinprobable from
what I saw and heard,” he answered at
last, with affected delicacy, “that we might
in future, under certain contingencies, see
a good deal more of you.” And he looked
at his man meaningly.

Rufus Mortimer was reserved, as is the
American habit, but. he couldn’t help fol-
lowing out this decided trail. By dexter-
ous side hints he began questioning Reggie
as to Ka.thleen’s intentions, whereupon
Reggie, much rejoiced that Mortiiner should
soyeasily fall into his open trap, made an-

-‘swer in the airection that best suited his

own interests.

He rendered it tolerably clear by obscure
suggestions-that Kathleen had once beenin
love and still considered herself to be so,
but that, in her brother’s opinion, the af-
fection was wearing out—wa.s by no means
profound and might be easily overcome-—
moreover, that she cherished for Rufus
Mortimer himself a. feeling which was ca-
pable of indefinite intensification. All this
Reggie hinted at great length in the most
roundabout way. but he left in the end no
doubt at all nnnn Rufus: Mni:.*.imer’s mind

ltrlr.-rl to like liiiii. I]
{lit all the tiiiiw‘
l“‘Jl.’lli0ll, mi-cry. IHillllll1'!l,t

    

lit‘
ll-3 iwfii-‘i-il to ri--;
I so-iit.'
tln: Ill-’)il ~y in lii-i n:i.iii<e in ;_;olilt,o l1i~'l;;iiil;- I
And there it I

: to K. ll.'s lIl'lliIl'k‘I'.“
“No. my |li‘.'ll', it w:L.~; jllSL. Nothiiiiziiiori-, .
I lliltl Il’lil.(l:*. u. li:i.tefi.il

 

   

vclizlv it m:iy _\:-t I)!‘

lli\‘(f!l .s':i.i4l, il:':i'«.\'li:i_:l

as to hi- re:-.l tut-riiiiiu.
Itegiiiuirl w ~, r«.-:i«l_',‘ to so _\I(tI'Ill!lt‘I' was
qiiitv Cllll‘-"i..i‘I,"l tluit lire niight still win
Ix’:-.tl.‘;v~<~ii‘.-' ht-;irt tlnit her brother

 

  
   
   
   
 
 
 
 
   

     

 

w«. ‘:1 liv il li"i . .l .‘lllXlllH.I‘_\' in tlit
t.‘«‘iEll:" "'1. to ll ml \vlio.-'t- um-«I will 3
xv’:-‘ l‘.<> .*ll;.,i’

At, :P..- .1 viii‘ -.-ii.

"I); i "  :ili.<ti':ir:teill}
in Ill‘. . .l~'1't|li' v ., “I‘v-3 li-fr. Ill)‘ I-lll‘~<
zit lliilll-‘ V. . ‘ ' .i to l.llu‘ ii c:ili. l':ii'

riv l‘ll l..i‘.‘e to trriiiign it.
., 

w’ ill the I AI._\V‘.V

‘H lln‘Ii".-

-‘l~l\<'4l. THU lliliii-"i (.1:

     
      

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tl;:- \vrirl4l.

 

'. 1- iii-.-.-t ut the (:'I‘ii‘(‘l‘lI)il.7'
iii; ll‘~\?lli‘illllll‘.'i‘I‘,'.)I(_iI'i.lIllt‘l
l!ll.\'\‘I'\’l’!i_ Il['.L\\ll}‘__: it out,

   

lmiiils (.'ll.‘~'t‘lI over the pit-('0 oi
.--Il')l.

   

.':~- (.'4illllI Il'IL \ll}l;ll't‘.s‘.\', sticking it
(-:ii‘»‘li--ljiiim lii- l.‘iPCl\'|'l. “I'm ;iwfiill3
obliui-‘l to gut: It’.- so .~i\vl;w:ii'<l to go out
withu-ii: ])|lI'~t‘, in I.oii<loii_ Tat.-1
tlicii. till 5.lllil‘lI:l_\.“

“llI".~' ‘.''--1''-; to I my larotlier-in-lziw,’
Ilw  Llii;ll'_IlI?, 4' iinplzirri-,iit,l_v to liiiiiself El.‘
he ‘.‘iill"l tho st:iir<, “:iiid, iifter all, i
i:i-:itl-- " borrow tiny il:iy froiii hi.-
lll"Illl*.‘l’ So tiriiily «lid he not iipor
this i:i‘~».-‘i~*<-live l’r' .llUll<lllp iiitlw.-il that
this \‘.‘.‘l:\U,'ll_\' the first of iiniiiy siiece (

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I ll\'(‘I‘.\.'llll_V t":lY<‘l'v"Il in Iliifii.-4 .\loi'tinn-i".-

liook oi (,'\'[i!*llilillll'4', as "_'\'l‘-'4‘lIlCt.‘&' on lo.-tr
Iliit iioti,-s‘ of their re-

pziyiiii-iit. ziri the er:-«lit sizlr were t-€fl‘il.Il‘_fL‘.I)
zilisciit.
.\':i_v_ 3-‘to l7llI.L‘ll ('lr'.lt‘lI V\‘fl.~1 tho honmxi

Il|‘.'i.l‘l(‘ll young .'\lll(‘l‘lC£Ill :it. this frriti-rn.-i.
visit. \\'l Ti il.<~ o;*;iui-tiiiiit.y it ulI0l‘<lHl liiii:
ofdoii ,. 'ite= sl' it .---i"i'i4:i- to It iiiembei
of Kritlih mil ', t.‘i.it Ii.-z stint; as R.-_-_;-
gin w:i~‘ non:-1 .‘lVIll>\"V1*lll!llllIllft‘flJLI:'l-
ter full 'll'l hope to Kzttlili-i.-ii llI‘I‘
‘ ll‘, ‘‘ Illa? ll“ "llll ll(lIH‘.\'[l_\' ilij
ii) iirrl .\ l"l-1 “.'Cillviii-_:li!iy, lrit
ll 3; niiicli t"  wlivtlii-r, it" he
il--«I in that (gin--' thz-i'e would yet In-. tiny
l’ ziiiy '.illl:'l‘ :-iiitiir. I' ivrnle il
- ll’_‘(LC of _ii.. . iilill“ «I:-. --liill. It
- .- l~‘l'('I‘ th it ix’ i vi-n cozilil not l'i‘.‘li,
'ii‘*« in her l'}."‘:x, for no v.‘-.iiii.~iii i:
llll'~'ll~-!:“,itll>lr‘ to tho pie.-is'i:i'o of I‘('(’(‘l‘\'lll'_
zi (ll‘\.‘l '.".llH!l of lovi: (‘t'-l,l(.'ll{‘tI in iirilriil
. ; ispect iiiiil :i:l
-4-, ('\'v‘Il il -ho in-iiiiiot. iioi. pt him. B111
2 mt ll.»-.'.'.'i, noiie the lixs, and :iiis'.verei'.
it at onrx- with teiitlerzii-ss and that in the
decidi-il neg \'l3.

“Your it-:‘i.i-i" IlELs‘ touched inodeeply,” she
said, “:i.< all your l§lIlfIll(33x‘S iilwziys does
and if I could s.-iy ‘yes’ to any man npnrt
from him, I could say ‘yes’ to you, dear Mr.
)Iorti:n:-r. It" I linil never niet him, I might
per}.-zips li:ivi- loved you dearly. Biitlhavi
loved one nizin too well in my time ever I-(
love it second, aiid whether I find him a.;z:slr
or not my mind is quite made up. I C:LllIlOi
and will not give ni_vs-1-If to any other. I
speak to you f]"3.IlI{l_\', because from the very
first you have known my secret, and he
canse I can ti-iist and respect and like you.
But if over I iiieet him again I shall be his
and his only——nnd his only I niust, be if I
never ugzaiii meet him."

Mortimer I'(‘£l'I the letter with dim eyes.
Then he fold:-tl it up with reverence and
placed it securely in a lt‘:Ll’.lleI' case in hi:
pocket. There he carried it for many days
and often looked at it. Rejection though
it. was, it yet gave him it stmiige delight tc
read over and over again those simple
words,“If I could say ‘yes’ to any man apart
from him, I could say ‘yes’ to you, dear Mr.
Mortimer.”

 
 

   
     
 
 
  

   

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[TO BE CONTINUED.)

Michigan Food.

i'iiE_\iisT’s ni:i~oi:'r.

I)lll'lll}_{‘ the month of April 317
siiiiiplcs of (lzlll'V' and food proiliii-,ts
have been zinalyzetl. The <let:iilcd
analysis of the zuliilterzitcvl articles
only, are here giveii.

The foll0\\'lti9_’tirticlcs were ex-
uniincd:

Two suiiiples of liiitter.
Pl‘()\'lllf[ to lie ()lC()lll:ll'f_1':ll'lllC.

One siiiiiple of cheese e.\':uiiined
for t_vi'ot<i.\icoii and none foiiiitl.

Two siiiiiplcs of CllO(.‘()ltll€‘., one
b:iii_<_: pure and the other zi<liilter—
:i’tetl with wheat lioiir.

Two packages of “()oll'ce Cotil-
pounil," illegally lalieled.

Seven sniiiples of corn starch, all
pure.

Two Sttlllples of creziiii of tartiir,
both pure.

Two Szllllples of _gii1;_re1*, both
pure.

Onc saiiiple of llll'(l, with the
lard oil l'0lll()V€(l.

Molasses consisting of commer-
cizil gliicosc, colored and flavored.

Five saiiiples of [1ll1SlIill'(l, one
pure and four zidiilterzited with
flour and eol01‘e<l with tiiriiieric.

Seven samples of pepper, three
being pure and four atlulterated.

Two samples of vanilla. extract,
one pure and one adulterated with

both

lextrict of tonka. baan.

By the time Mr.

'. Iii!‘ tlii-ll‘ ll-‘.'lI,l 

, iiili‘irl,:i.‘li<'<,
‘ l.'~ ‘.'..‘.'lI‘il?l.~‘.‘»'t‘I'i‘li1
:}, :f if it ‘.‘.'t-i't- lllt:
"I >liiiiilil IN‘
I (‘ilIl pay it lI.‘l1.‘l{(iII,

'1 - :ill the siiiiii-."' Ill‘ replied. wlthil

' S()lll€'}

.i:iii'is’ l’llil-C l'ills tor a seven»
rlieiinia,t.isin iiiiii ii spiii;
jtroiible, that he ll(l.(l sii‘;'iei'ed \‘.":l.:
‘seqiieiito1"liis ziriiiv life, and lint: be--ii

and styles of Sulky, Walking and H

300 to 400 bushels of Potatoes in

Tliree s:iiii1>le.~ .~Hl(l for (‘l(lL’l' vin-
e}_r:ii'. lwo ]illI’t‘2lll(l Ullt‘:l(lllll('l':llUl.

“V. l.. l'i<i.~,~\l.\.\'.
Flute .\ll:ll‘\'.~l~ I]

A VVAR ECHO.

EVERY HONORABLE VET
ERAN DESERVES HIS
PENSION.

.\lIlI lIlt' I.UIH' Liiiili is not the (|ii|_\ lieu-
sun for :1 Hint-i‘ii.iii1-iit |:l'\\;|'1I Lillii-r.

l"i't=i:i .ln::i:.:ii. I.‘ wi—inii. .\l.-

Sxiiiiiiel ll. .lord:iu has just _c,ii't-ii the
Journal an accoiiiit of his life. which
in view of li:s e.\'ti'einelv hiird lot tor
the past t'ewyeai‘s will be read with
interest.

‘'1 am 18 _ve.'u"s old and lltlVt‘ alivuvs
lived in New !’ortl2iiid. I eiilisteil in
the army in ix»:-3 as a private in (‘oin-
pany A, 2H[ll Me. \'oliiiitei-‘rs. My
aiuiy experieiice iiijiire.-fl niv health to
extent, altlioiigli I worked at
blacksinithing some part of the time,
when siiddeniy. several years ago. I
was piostrated iiith what able iili_\-st
ciaiisproiioiiiieeil Locoiiiiitor Ataxia.
At tirst I could get H.I‘01lIl(l soineivliat
yet the disease progressed quite rapid-
ly until I hzid hardly any t'<-cling in iuy
legs and feettliev telt like sticks of
wood and I grew so iiiiicli \V orse that I
could not iiiow for three years. withoiit
help, as my llt‘l£','IlD()I‘S and friends
could testify. l eniployetl sz.-veral
pliysiciaiis in my viciiiitv, and else-
where, and they all told me that inedi-
cities would not help iiie,tl-.zit they
could do nothing to effect ‘(L cure, and
that in time lslisiilil l.|t’L'U!ll!‘ i-iztirely
lielpless I hecziiiie (ll.‘~'L’-'.\iil‘2l.£:t'l.I. l was
a gi'+.-at care to my wife illiti ‘ .ll(IS.

‘Z

;s'liortl_\' after I inet an old ariiiy ironi-
‘ rude.

,\lr. .-‘ill. l’2irliii, ii l‘I":'-ltlfllli, of
Biadisoii. Mia. and lie iiitrirl--iithlly
in:-iitioiied how he hail trim! iii. Will

  

rind

 

Cull-

greatly lJrIl4‘llLlé*Ll by their use. If-V his
earliest recoiiimeiidiition l was lli('lil<_'.l*f(l
to try the pills. ;\ft1‘l‘ takiiiggilieiii roi-
a time I begaiii to feel prickly s=.<-iisa.-
tions in my legs aiid a return of
strength so I could move them a little.
Aftera few weeks I began to feel a
marked iinproveiiient in my condition.
I soon was able to walk around a little
with the help of crutches. After tak-
ing or some time I can now walk
without crutches, my general health is
miichitnnroved and I have regained
my old time vigor. I can walk about
and enjoy life mice more, for which I
feel very thankful. and this happy re-
sult is due to the use of Dr. Williains’
Pink Pills.”

l)r. Williams‘ l’ink l’ills for Pale
People are not a patent medicine in
the sense that name implies. They
were that C0l1]p()Illld(-‘(I as a prescrip-
tion and used as such in general prac-
tice by an eminent physician. so great
was their ellicacy that it was deonied
wise to place them within the reach of
all. They are now manufactured by
the Dr. Williams Medicine Company,
Sclieiiectadv, N. 1}, and are sold in
boxes (never in loose form by the dozen
or hiindred. and the public are can-
tioned against numemiis imitations
sold in this Shape) at 50 cents a. box, or
six boxes for $2.51), and may be had of
all drugizisits or direct by mail from Dr.
Wlliams’ Medicine Company.

The
ZEPHANIAH BREED

WEEDER and CULTI-
VATOR.

 

will
beans.
toes. cabbaizes, beers. carrots. parsnips. cauli-

work corn. sugar-cane. potatoes. peas.
squnshes. niclons. cucumbers, toma-

flower, celery, onions, (think of it. onions!)
strawberry plantations. both new and old.
asparagus. during cutting season, and many
other crops, all without other cultivation
hand-hoeinir or hand-Weeding, while for grain
fields they have no equal.

Our No. 1 and 2, two horse. will work
clean 25 to 25 acres per day. No. 3, 4. and 5.
one horse. will work 15 to 18 acres per day.
With our No. 8 one man's time will care for 5
to 7 acres of onions until they are 3-4 inch in
diameter without hand-weeding.

$lt00 in piizes for largest crops and largest
increase in crops grown by the use of our
weeders in 1896.

Send today for circular describing nine sizes
and Ma-
chines. It also contains an article on “Weeds
and Tillage" by Prof. Taft. of the Mich. Agri-
Coll.. "Shallow vs. Deep (.‘ult.ivar.imi" hv Prof,
Himt.0fUhI0 Am‘. Coll.. and “How I grow
Mass," ,
W. Russell, Esq.. of Upton. Mass.. an s.utll1’i)x€I-
ty on potato culture. Address

Desk No. 1. The Z. Breed Weeder C0,,
26 Merchants Row, Boston, Mass.

 

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THE GRANGE VISITOR.

JUNE 4, 1896.

Emilee liens

EATON RAPIDS GRANGE NO. 360.

passed resolutions of condolence and
sympathy on the death of Brother
_Silas R. Crittenden at their last meet-
ing held May 9, 1896.

0. B. LAKE, Sec'_v.

.______________
)I0.\'TCAL)l (;R.-\.\’GE .\'o. 318

is ina prosperous condition, with 803
members in good standing. The Grange
has recently purchased a set of otiicers’
badges which are beautiful. The mem-
bers met at the hall on the 30th with
riowers and went in
etery to decorate graves of deceased
members. Montcalm Pomona held its
April meeting in Greenville with a
good attendance. We also expect to
have exercises for "Children’s Day"
in June, Bro. A. B. Brown. of Crystal,

gave an address at our last meeting on 5
.‘ Kev. Cli:ii'les ll. l’:irkliui'.~'t. ll. .

“Christian Patriotism” and was list-
ened to with deep interest.

Mus. C. H. Tlioiii-so_\', See.
_____._________#_,_A__

June Magazines.

THE JUNE .\ li1:I.\'A.

The Arena opens its lllth volume,-

appearing inanew dress, and being
printed by skinner, Bartlett x (lo. it
is an unusually strong number. The

president of the Mercantile National,
Bank of New York contributes“A'

Proposed Platform for American In-

dependents for 18%," which illustrates ‘

how strongly the silver movement is
taking hold of Eastern linanciers no
less than the mass of voters in the
South and West. Recently Jay Cook,
the veteran banker, who floated the
government bonds in IBM, at the time
of our sorest need, came out boldly for
free silver. Mr. St. Johns who has
made linancea study for more than
twenty years, and who is president of
a bank having acapital of $1,000,000,
is no less pronounced on this subject.

Another paper of special merit. on
“Bimetallism,” appears in this number
by A. J. Utley. it is able and from a
silver point of view very convincing.

Prof. Parsons
Law School continues his masterly a-
person the “Government Control of
Telegraph,” a series of careful papers
hitherto nnapproached in authoritative
character.

Mr. B. 0. Flower, the editor of The
Arena, writes in a most captivating
manner of Whittier, considering him

in the aspect of a "Poet of Freedom,” l

and giving many of Whittier‘s most
stirring lines. A line portrait of the
Quaker Poet forms a frontispiece to
this number. The editor also dis-
cusses somewliat at length in his edi-
torials. the message of Whittier to men
and women of to-day, and the proposed
platform of Mr. st. John. Another in-

teresting feature of this issue is 1\lr.,i-ould with fiiriiiers.

a body to the cem- ,

of Boston Unlversityl

l with a view to reclaiming for agricultural
, purposes as large an area of that region as
: possible.

i The Outlook‘s seventh annual Recreation
- Number contains nearly a hundred ages and
, scores of illustrations. .\ear1y all of t e special
1 articles relate to outdoor life. sport, recreation
and vacation ossibilities. Among the writers
; are Ian Mac aren, the Rev, Dr. Henry van
, Dyke. the Rev. Dr. (‘harles H. Parkhurst, Ixirk
- Munroe. General A. W. Greeley, Poultney Bige-
‘low. and many others. ' _
, ing, and of adventure on land and sea: an ill
‘ tratcd account of the Olympic Games at Athens
1 articles on mountain photograpliy and ino_un-
l tain climbing: snap shots by a .\'»_—w York bicy-
-clist: a chzirining .-‘kt-tch of the “Pt-:11 Broad-
way" (in England)-—all are fully and br_-aiitiful-
,ly illusiratml.
, tinue.-. A list of >UIDlllF‘l' scliool.-. Cllll\'l.‘LllllIl.l.~'
and other coming l3\‘('Ill$ l.~ puhli.-liwl. léfiizi
: year.
Ni-w York.)

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if aiiiicted with scalp diseases, hair fall-

. ing out, and premature baldness, do not use ,

grease or alcoholic preparations, but apply
- l:lall’s Hair itenewer.

 

Shall Boys Go To College?

'D.. in his paper to _youn_«__r inch. in
,.\l;i_\' L:idio.~' Hoinc .lourn:il. dis-

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The Outlook ('oinpany, 12% A~tor Place. ;

C|l.\~_'(:.~' “Sliull \\'e Solid ()ui' lio_\' tol

‘Colll-_-_rc ."‘aiiswci'iii-._»'tlie quci'_v with
‘the :i.~:-ei'tioii. “'l‘liat dcpeiid.~ :1
‘§_-‘ix-at dc.-ll on llu: lioy.“ lie an-
l1()llllC(‘.~' llllll.\‘(‘lf to he :i tliorou;_rli

that "it ini_<_rlit not he lrcsl for him

.not he l)(,'>'lf(Jl' the i‘()llllllllllll_\' that
he slioulll.
for life. and. also. it can unlit liini.
;Thei'c are si_vles of edIu_-:itioii that

(our l)()_\') to _<_ro to 4-lillcge: it iiii}_v‘l'it,

believe-1' in the l-ollr-;_re. but liolds-'

Colli-}_r'c can lit :1 iniiiif

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=l<ll$qll2lll2l:\' the studciit for doiii,c_rl

i what he is competent to do. with-
gout <pi:ilif_viii_<_r him to dothat which
,5hc iiiiglit like to do. but for which
he lacks; and :1lw:i_vs will lack. the
fpi'ei'cqiiisitc.~:. As ll _<_rener:il prin-
fciple. tl](3lll()1'C:l lllzlll knows the
5 better. but so ltlllg as the pi'c.~'ent
larder‘ of tliiiigs coiitiiiues ii }_ri'e:it
lainount of very ordin:ii'_v work will
lrequire to he done and ordiii:u'y
fpcoplc will do ordin:ir_y work better

gthzin L-xti'aoi'diii:iry people will, and ~—————

lhe a greiii deal more coiiifort:i|>lc

{while doin<_r it. Hordes of both
lsexes are (.’lll(3l'll1;_f college for the
,‘ i'e:isoii that tlie_v doiiot eiijoy doin<_r
lcoiiiiiioiipl:i<,-e llllll}_".~'. The re-.~'ult is
ztllzll coiuinoiipliu-e thiii_<_rs are left
lundonc. iuid uncoiniiioiiplzuc lllll‘l;_l‘s

fzmr .-‘till wor-‘c. ;\;1'l‘l(.‘lllllll‘e

is the llllllt'l'l.‘ll lizisis of :1 iizitioif.-:
'sti'cn_(__rtli and prospei'ii_\'. Wei-ould
I(ll>])(fll>‘c with either ltl\\‘.\'(.'l'.~‘. doc-
ltors or iiiiiii.slci'.~' lii.-ttcr than we
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on the "Direct Legislation Movement
and its Leaders.”

These are by no means the tull quota
of the strong attractions of this brill
iant number of America’s great pro-
gressive, refcrmative and liberal re—;
view.

I-'o}_"\'.

THE l.‘l*j\'ll<.‘\\‘ Ul" llE\'l}-I\\'.<.

The political situation in the United;
States on the eve of the Presidential noni— ,
mating conventions is admirably CO\'té1‘t"lll
by the June .RCUl(,’ll‘ of ]£r.,2:.'wir-.x- in its de—§
partments or "The Progress or the World,” l
“Current History in ('aricature,” andi
“Record of Current Events.” Prospective 3
convention-goers will be greatly interested i‘
in Dr. Shaw’s sketch of “st. Louis: Tlllsl
Year’s Convention City.” Apropos of this I
season’s rush of gold-seekers to Alaska the l
Rciiiur presents an authoritative descrip—‘
tion of the Alaskan gold-iields prepared’
by a member of the stall of the I’. 5.‘
Geological Survey. There is also an in-l
interestingillustrated account of the ser-l
vices of that intrepid pioneer, Dr. Sheldon l
Jackson. by whose elforts reindeer have}
been introduced into Alaska, and who has i
done so much to establish civilization in,‘
Seward’s great purchase. The coronation‘
of the Russian Czar is a fitting occasion for
the publication of a character study of that
modest young ruler. The Review gives in ,-
this number the most complete statement
ever published of the methods and results l
of the Government investigation
foods, commenting at length on the work of l
Professor Atwater, ofWesleyan University.
Timeliness and practical interest are the
characteristic qualities of the June Review
of Reviews.

 

rm: FOllL'.\i.
The Forum for June contains a dozen ar-
ticles of more than usual interest and time-
liness by as many distinguished writers:
The leading article is contributed by Sen-
ator John H. Mitchell of Oregon, who for
many years has advocated the election of
United States senators by popular vote and
who has lately introduced a bill in the
senate to that effect. in his Forum article
he makes a powerful and convincing argu-
ment in favor of the proposed change in the
present system of choosing senators—whlch
he considers republican, undemocratic and
vicious in all respects—— and he contends that
if the individual voter has any interest in
being represented by a United States sena-
tor, he should be permitted to vote for him
directly and not vicariously. Prof. Wm.G.
Sumner of Yale, in his usual brilliant style,
exposes “The Fallacy of Territorial Exten-
sion”—a very timely and valuable article.
A paper of great timeliness just now, when
so many thoughtful men are asking them-
selves if Democracy is a failure, is an elab-
orate and thoughtful discussion of the ques-
tion by Prof. F. W. Blackmar of the uni-
versity of Kansas. Although he finds much
to complain of. he comes to the conclusion
that Democracy in America, in the form of
a representative republic. is not a failure.
Prof. Thomas Davidson, who has Just re-
turned from a two years’ sojourn in Europe
and the East, contributes an article entitled
“The Democratization of England.” keenly
analyzing the various social and economic
forces which are working in England to-
wards Democracy—a very noteworthy pa-
per. Mr. E. V Smalley, editor of _the
“Northwest Magazine," who is a recognized
authority on matters relating to the devel-
opment and resources of the great North-
West, discusses the present and future of
“Our Sub-Arid Belt.” He advocates the

, out any obligation made by their firm.

lwcre fewer t-'»tll<lt‘lll.\' of the law:
,l.<lioul<
lwere fewer .~:tudciit,< of medicine.

land .~liould not he so wicked if

,there were fewer students of theol- I
All of these <_-oulll coiitrihute,

 libci'all_v to the rziiiks of the :r;ri- ’

vi1ltiii‘:tli.<ts with :l¢l\':ll1l:lf_"L‘ to the

that the Iiiiesl >'(‘ll()l)l or colle}_re

ll':lllllll_§_" could confer: but that is

l not be .~‘i¢.'l{ so much if tliere’

CANCER CURED

—AND A-

LIFE SAVED

Ayer’s Sarsaparilla

“I was trmihled for years with :1.
s:;1'¢'§ on my knw-, which several
l!ll_\'Sl(‘l£lllS. who trczited nie. called a
l‘1lll(‘(‘l‘, iissiiriilg me that nothing
1-lilllil he done to save iu_v life. As
a lust resort, I was induced to try
.-\_\'er’s .~jarsap;irilla. and, utter tak-
ing It nuinlier of lI0ttlt‘S. the SOTG

 

lH‘L"2lll to dislippeur and my ’_"€‘llPi‘lLl
lmiltli improve. I 1H‘l\lt~‘lMl in this
trezitineiil, until the Sol‘! w::s vii-
tirely lir-ziled. Since lllI‘ll. I use
Ayer’s S:ii'szip;irill:1 I'l(‘C2l.\‘lllllIlll_\' "IS
:1 tonic and l»lood-piiriiiei', and, in-
deed, it seems as though I could not
keep house without it."—.\Irs. S. A.
Firgnns, BlU()lllllPltl_ la.

AvER’s

Ilia Only World’s Fair Sarsaparilla.

Aver’s Pill;'RveVé(i.llatev the’ Liver’

FOR SALE

.\t ron.-'on:ihlc pl'i(‘.(-.~. :1 clioioo wlr-Cliivli til
.\prlI and May Poland ('hi'n:l 1-ism ('-'lI1l'll!‘l1l-‘ll
pair.-'. [)i‘(lll.'!‘l‘(’ with ml:-. (l. l‘. l’. R. (‘or-
rf-.~pnil«le-iico .~olicit(-ll null
proiiipi l_\’ 2iii.<\vei‘i-vl.

JOHN BOWDITCH.
Hillsdale, Mich.

 

(‘lillll'!llllllC£lllHll.~‘

WOVEN lfllfi FENGE 

Over sostyles

Best on curth. Hop-se-high,
Bu_|l-strong, Pi%[_ and
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- lndiaiia.

Plain Cultivators.
($3.73 to $20.00;
Alrf) HUPSL‘
Kiiltvs. Hay
Tl‘1lll or.< .

M o w e rs.
(‘iiltivntors
Hay Pl‘8F.~‘t'.~l

 

Co., Ann Arbor, Mich.

null other
])l'llft‘.~'Hl(lll>’ and to the ;_v‘i':liii and iinp.e_ineui_.<l
- . :1 ---i --
H tlli it i ill 1' - 
’*}_r‘e ll ) c ll:ll'{(‘ .~'. :iin l( l is-, Ci’. ti~'i‘ue-
p2ii'ii}_riii_<_:' :lll_\'li(n‘l_\'. iieitlier :iin ll f-,',‘lI,’,,,.',.';_’l}',3'l
.~:i\'ii’igr that it would not he at «_rood . ("UV ‘-‘Owl-;"
'. '. . , . ..' 2l!'(‘ llil
llllllg‘. in ll.~t‘ll (‘llll.\l(lL‘l'('4l. it evei‘v l i‘--umi in ii» ..- l-.-ml--.-umi_ wv will luillrli Ill!-1
‘ I - ‘- 'inoiiL-\' )‘ ti 0- ri “ ‘i l Irv" |'
one. imyi,-\'ei‘ lll2il(‘l'l:ll or incinxill, ' “ “ “"““  " “"
his ovcuputioii. culild l'(‘(‘(3l\'(‘ :ill,l The Ann Arbor Agrkuhurall

not 1lI':l(‘llt'2ll)l(‘ zit })l‘(,'.~'t‘lll. and
ll€\'(‘l' will he till people §_rot over
thin king‘ that there isil <lisg'i':ice :11-
t:ll'lllll}_1' to the <l()lll<_[()f oi'di1‘i:il'y
llllll_L{.~'.“

 

Hu\\".~' This!
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward

for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by l:lall’s Catarrh Cure.
F. J. (‘ill-:_\'i-_‘i' az Co., l’rops.. Toledo. 0.
We, the undersigned, have known F.J.
Cheney for the last 1.; years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry

VVi::<r A" TI{1'A.\‘, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, Ohio. VVAl.1)l.\'(.', K1_\'.\'A:\‘ & M.\n-
VIN, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.

Hall’s Calarrh Cure is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Testimoni-
als free.

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Experience
has proven conclusively that
better grapes and peaches,

and more ofthem, are produced
when Potash is liberally ap-

clioicest quality use a fertilizer
containing not less than 10%;
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Actual Potash.

Orchards and vineyards treat-
ed with Potash arc compara-

plant disease.

Our pamphlets are not advertising circulars boom-
ing special fertilizers, but are practical works, contain-
inglatest researches on the subject of fertilization, and
are really helpful to farmers. They are sent free for

 

1' h t b the government of exper-
ieiiitelil1)t;SlslItil:’il'ins)lhrough the sub-arid belt

the asking.
GERMAN KALI WORKS,

9 on Nassau 51.. New York.

. .v. ..»g-.1 r‘-

plied. . To insure a full crop of l   i'.l.'£{.h‘.‘_.','v’v‘.‘f.'.?.1.’,‘l;l5’“.l.‘§’i'.:.§1...,

tively free from insects and,‘

Llllll] PLASTER

in use over lllll _\'(‘2ll'.\‘. ,l

.\'atlii‘i-‘:4 fertilizer‘. l

The }_"l'L'lll >llllllll.‘lllll_$_" l-ll-incnt 
to the f;‘i*l»\'.‘tli of plants. '

Has no (’qll:ll£1I~' :1 llisiiifel-iiiiit. !

As an :ll>.~‘(lI‘l>eilt Clllllllll be ex— ,
celled.

The ,t_r‘4;o<l results olitiiiiied from
the ll>‘(*,~; of

LAND PLASTER l
I

Have <)lll_\' to he undei'stood to be
fully zippi’eciated. I

Qtfirculars and prices furn Sll(-‘ll on :l[)p.'lC:'l-

tion. lf not for sale by your local dealer. or- ;
der of us. For sale hy the lulrrel. bag or c:ir- l
loud. I

)lI(‘HIG.\.V S: OHIO PL.-\STEl{ C()..

Ufiirtis at Grand Rfllllilfi. Mich. a
Detroit. Mich
(‘hicago. ll].

HOW UNPLEASANT TO BE BILIOUS,
Ur Sl1l'l(‘I‘lll;{ from (Thill.-5 and Ft‘\’l‘i‘,
Dyspepsia N:-uralgiii, Sir,-k Hend-
‘ aclie, Coiistipatiori or Iil<liz_zi-stion.
Z In all these crises the liver is to
hliiiiw. Now. if you will sciid live
2-ct. stnnips to cover postage. wv will
' st-nil FREE by rn:iil, :1 p:u-k:ige- of
st. Joseph’: Liver Regulator.
uwliicliis in powilc-rforni. This rein-
. ’ — ‘= dy is ii safe and sure cure, and one
trial will r-oh\1'n<-c you of its merits. Alldrc-as
Dep’t (K) L. Gerstle :3: Co., Chattanooga. Tenn.

Gold and Sliver Watches, Bi

 
    

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KIIBOI5) Lars Tops, skids,

 

Kettles, Bone Milli,
lnvils, llaylfutterlp
Drilll, Road Plolrl,
-Senders, Dnnip(‘artI,
-,¢npgn,WIre Fence,
Fanning mils, Wi-ingen, in nu, laws. steelslnh,
Grain Dumps. (‘row Earl, Jolfln, oola, Bit Br-sou,
lily, Stock, Elsntor. Railroad, --latlorin and Counter SCALES.

Wu llowe
(‘oi-n Shellers,

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in a.5."§.':?.T.iI.°.? §.“.,‘l:":‘:'i?:i'l'é"o'§E2E.'i': 'é’o'.f'c'ii£'iZiE’o. ni.

Ask secretary of your Grange for our Illus— _
traied Catalogue. Aug. 15 tf ;

  

 

The Seasons at
hand.

BINDER TWINE

We’re the largest sellers in the world.

1000 TONS, bought and paid for, for this .-e-.i.<oii‘.<
sales. Two kinds. Sisal and Manilla. Quality the lwst

Prices the lowest. Theres jiist one wise way to buy Bllltlel‘
T“'l}19- Tl1at5 ll)‘ salllple. Take the saiiiple in your hand.
TE.5T IT. Look the price in the eve. Tl1t‘1't‘ \'ul1 are fully
posted. ‘ ‘

VVe send Saniples. and quote I'ix‘i(‘t*5. free for the ;1,<klI1f_’

Buy Binder Twine at Headquarters.

FOR THE RIGHT PRICE

‘If :“.l"'”-*1‘ ,<>)"~:1'.\'tl1iiis:_ glut‘: usoi in life. ll:l\'c our (il1.\'El{Ai.
LAlALO(rl la zind Bl. 3 l‘.l{.\ (rl lllli :ilw:i_\'.~' with you. lhiy lliglll.
.\lo1icv saved is sanic :i.~ e:iriu-d.

‘Vf:‘.ll2‘l.1l<l it_ to you if you call at our great lo-ziure stor.-,
or send it for 1.» cents. in (‘Dill or Slililllls to pay psirt of po.~'t
age or €‘.\‘p1'€‘.<:'ilL,’H. ‘

Montgomery Ward 85 Co,

Monarchs of the Mail Order Business. the Store ofall the People,
Ill. ll'.’. llil. 114. 11.3. and lid .\Iil-lii_g'.~iii .\\'(‘lllll‘.
Dii'uctl\' < ’mm.\'lte the new 1’. ..-t rim.-.-_ (‘1nl'_\(.': »_

No. 238, 240 and 242 East Pearl St.
:—:”l‘ ‘Ti-‘l" -"V we rt‘ ,~ at '
L-—£..*.....L3.‘il ;_l.:_\. ,..l.; D _._rf,‘_£.D.
.llinic:-' Hurnilton. l’re.=i-lent. l\'rlluini Huinilion. ’l‘rc2i<iirl~r. rlizi-3 (2. .<liziin-, :4:-(rt-iiirv.
we 111"‘ lll't‘l’¢1l“"l ll! llll Hll (§l'iui<_'¢- lll'llt'l'>‘ zit lmu-sl \\'ll()l(‘,~‘lilt‘ rule-. '

816 PR OF} 75

,A,_1.\'__.,

FRUITS and VEGETABLES provi«lili_<_-' you Ii.-v the l'lf_"lli l\'lll.ll.-:
of trees and scells.

     

 

VV_e furiii.-sh the \’<‘1'_V he-st Michigan Grown Tl{El:I.\' and .\‘l£l£DS at the-
RIVER RAISIN VALEY NURHERIES of Moiiroe. Mich. '\\'c- lune :-:
reputation for liardy, prolifii-. i,‘:ll'l}' llt‘:l]'lllf_1‘ stock.

Bcsilles our fuiiious .~'pecl.‘iltio.~'. the \\'l.\'l'lCll ll.-\.\'.\.\'.\ -\l’l’l.lC.
the Nl‘i\V 1’ {()LI l<‘lL‘ l’l‘i.-\( ‘l l and the NIS\\' (,,‘().\ l'l.\'l‘ll llli.-\CK
ll.-\h,'l’BElll{Y, we have :1 l:ll';_{C :i.~:~oi'tiiieiil. of Fruit and Orna-
mental Trees, Small Fruit and Flowering Shrubs.

The z-1/-////r.~/l(*.~'to(l V(?f_"(‘l.:ll)lt‘, l“lowvi' and (ii':i.-is >'l-c<l.~~-.-ilzll -in-l:
fu// packets _\'()ll iicvi,-r did we.

But _\‘uIl must know How to plant and (‘l1lll\'}ll’r‘lll6‘ U1'4‘ll.'ll'll14':ll'll“ll. '\\'n- ti-l‘
you how to _vnui' lie;ii't'.~‘ i-ont:-nt iii Tlll-1 Ni ll."l‘ll .-\.\ll-:l:Ii'.\.\' ll: vl."l‘i-' 1 l.'i'z'l:
lS'l‘. '_l_)l1l)ll>‘.ll('ll monthly at SH <w~iit.~_' a year with <-lmiw- pi‘.-mium.~ ii’ n.-iiwi
in :iilv:iiim,-. .-\‘_:‘t‘lll.'~ wniite-ll. <‘;ii;ilo:_i;in-.~l and niliizpiw -copy l'r»-- '

.‘,’*.’-“'A5k 5(‘(5l'l‘irlF)' 01 your (1 I‘lill;_’(‘ for \:ll.'lll':ll'l r':ll.c.s‘ on all] lllll'.~<.‘l')' -l:::~l;.

(w‘RElL‘NIN(i BR()S., .Vloili'oi-, Miuli.

riulvsuoiarurs

  
   
      
  
     
  
  

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- - ' T" 52'! Semi for-lnr:. 'L!ll«'.
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l)!'('Il in l|ll.\lili">< ziiid 1'6-:..~'oii:il>l_y' v"._iH'i‘lZ to
til) 3.»; £'i‘..E£l.l!l. \\‘+-. sell 4lll‘t‘l'E to tliv i Lun-
fucturczr---tii;it's inn-sh in,-rt»;-r than pmlnilizig

SILBERMAN BROTHERS,
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:22-I28 Michigan S.., Chicago, Ill.
your wool about lll*‘t‘S[l‘t:t3l3 l<n=lil!l‘._” 
M.‘-,.r4 ’fhI'l'r- 'll‘+‘ o .1-"r l‘(’Jl'."-*)ll.‘v \'. iv --
...i.'.'.=- .l ship youi‘\_\'o-ll to us. \\_l:i!_i:i_ki' ‘ '
,-Uh,-;,;;g. on co;m_-giii.ir'nts: iii: illllil
useof S:l.-"l{.s'(GilliUlll‘i:ll>[lllll(?l‘§? ‘
iriforiiiud 9))‘ 0-W,“
(};.;coi1«litio;a- ul tl:
V4)ur'lm,-1 for i;_\' lrlLl1l\~u_ uni] rm
l)|1.-‘illtlsi hou.-ye.-i of (l.ilU1l,,’0. \\ri

    
    
   
     

     
 
  
  
  

  
  

   
 
  

   
 
 

   
 

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the leading Physi-
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Dr. Hathaway & Go,

70 Dearborn St.,
Chicago, Ill.

May be ordered with or without the lid.

Simple in CUll>'tI‘l.1Cll(il.l and easy to ()pu1‘af(-_
Will wasli everything clcan from a lace curtain
in the heaviest bed clotln.-5.

Ask the secretary of your grunge for full phr-
ticulars.

Eureka Washing Machine Co.,
MUNCIE, IND. '

 

IT WILL DO TO TIE T0.

is phrase expresses the frontierman’s idea of
security‘. and experience has taught him that a
yielding limb or saplirig makes a safer "hitch" than

     
       
      

 

use,and make mone by sellin floldfm
_ .Corn Binders. sed on gvery shoc

»_ Pull and it's fast. Ties itself. Costs Ie.
. than string. Never wears out. Thom
~~_ ands easily sold in a town. Good profit
I Getyour town agencynow. Outfit 50
~ TIE 110-. Box 55, Lnadllla, N. Y.

The owner of that fence will tell you it was

PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE 00., Adrian, Mich.

 

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