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CH A RLOTTE,

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\\'II()I.IC N0. Zoo.

The Michigan Asylum for the Insane.

UK. \\'.\I. .\I. I“.I)\\'Al{I).\', .\lI“.I)l('AI. .'~l'I'T.

Isend herewith an abstract of the dis-
bursements at the asylmn at I{alama'/.oo
for the fiscal _vcar ending June 321'. 1\‘.N'-.
This statement shows the amount expend-
ed under each head of the classification
adopted by the state. This being a charita-
ble institution, caring for a peculiar class
of people. its expenditures must. as in all
asylums, be greater per capita than insome
of our other state institutions. The help-
less state of manyof the patients either
from mental disturb:mce or inactivity rc-
quircs a larger percentageof care takers
than for the sane. .\Iany patients practic-
all_v care for themselves only l‘(3lllllI'lIl_(_’_'

oversight and direction, but others absorb

the entireattention of one attendant and in
some cases of three or more so. that the
item of salaries and wages is a large one.
The average number of all ciuploycs of
every eharacteris one tocach livcand four-
tenths patients and the ratio of attendants
including night mirses and watches is one
to each eight arid a half patients. The cost
of maintaining an insane person in the asy-
lum has steadily decreased during the last
twelve years and has fallcnfrom tifty—eight
cents per diem or four dollars and six
cents per week to forty—four cents per da_y
or three dollars and eight cents per week.
the present rate of maintenance. \\'hile
this has been accomplished many minor re-
pairs and improvements have been made
that have properly come under the head of
improvements and 1'epairs and been paid
for from the current expense fund.

The present. tendency in the asylum is
toward greater individualization in the
treatment of cases and all hospital or sani-
tarium methods that promise to contribute
to the cure of patients are employed. The
vast majority of the patients in the asylum
are old chronic cases some of whom have
been in the institution thirty _vears and
longer‘. Many of the recent cases are old
and feeble persons in whom there is no
hope of cure but who require by reason of
their helplessness extra care and attention
that adds disprtiportionately to the total
cost of maintaining the asylum. The tend-
ency of the asylum population is to con-
stant growth. Many persons are now com-
mitted who formerly would have been re-
garded as only peculiar, paralyzed or brok-
en down by age so that in less than thirty per
cent of those admitted is there an_v reason-
able hope of cure. The district of the
Michigan Asylum comprises eighteen
southern and southwestern counties though
a few patients have come from other coun-
ties within the year. The number from
each county admitted during the two years
ending _June 30, 1.5945 is as follows: Al-
Iegan 37, Barry 23, Berrien -13, Branch 21,
Calhoun 3?, Cass 12, Clinton to’, Eaton 33,
Hillsdale 19, Ingham 30, Ionia 1:’), Jack-
son 37, Kalamazoo 42, Kent 110, Lena-
wee 35, Monroe 20, ()ttawa 22-}, St.
Joseph 16, VanBuren 25, I\'ayne 1, \\'ex—
ford 2.

Since the opening of the asylum in April
1859 there have been 6677 cases admitted
to it. Of this number 2892 or forty—two
per cent were farmers, farm lal)orers, or
members of their families. It will thus be
seen that the benefits of the asylum are re-
ceived to a large degree by the agricultur-
al classes and anything that improves or
impairs the usefulness of the asylum has a
corresponding indirect effect on the farm-
er.

msecasi-:.\u:x'rs ron FISCAL vnxn nxmxe wxn 30.1596.

Receipts
Salaries and wages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

e .. .. ..
Stationery. postage. etc._. .. ..
Amusement and lIlSI’I‘1XCHOD..
Household supplies . . . . . . . . ..
Furniture and beddin
Improvement and repairs
Tools and machinery . . . . . . . . . .. . .
Farm, garden. stock and grounds. .. .
Freight and transportation . . . . . . . . ..
Miscellaneous expenses . . . . . . . . .. .
Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
Earnings (county and private).. .

Total . . . . . . . . . . _ . . . . . . . . . .. .  _‘

Net current expenses.  .. 

Current exp. fortiscalyear. $‘.’l3.064 53

Average number of inmatr-s....  ..   
Average number of otficers and employes . . . . . . . ..
Number of paeients to each employe . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

.\'umbt-r of paticuts to each atteudant..... .. .... ..
Total days board furnished. .. .. .
I)c,tluct amount furnished « fliccr;-:' etc . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

.\'n-t topativ-nt-....   
l‘i-r r:ip_ita of food per day. ..  .. . ,. ..  ..
I’(‘l" mipita .-alaru->.-' and waens per patient.
l’t-1-(-,;”,”;; food pi-T ,'.r-211',[ix‘l'p:|Ill-Ill. . . . . ..
Per capita clothin_x.,r p.-r ,v.-ar. pr-r patient
I‘!-r rapita In-atitn: [>l'I‘ \'>~:|l. per patient...
I‘:-rr‘apitaothcrcxpcu-~~p-r5»-ar. [:1'I“)Hllll'Ili
l\Iu\'o-inI'l1l Hf Population.

I\'umb--r pr»--{Ant .Iunv- 3'1”. lktui. malt-s.

“ " " “ ' ft-main

.\'umbt-r admitrml during _\'I II‘. IIIr'II".‘.. ..  ..
" " " “ fcinal»'-s............
‘l‘otal.... .
.\'umI1cr lli.-cIx:n'i::-d during ,\'--at. males. . . .. .. .
" " " " {cinalc-’..........

Ila-muiuini: .Iuuc Jill. lrtlll, Hl:lll‘\‘.... ..  ..  
" " " " I"lIl(lIt;>...................

Total . . . . . ..
]\4IIlIIIl1l.Z1IU.

The Upper Peninsula Hospital
Insane.

l‘ll>l’l’()lt (il{.\.\'(;I’. Visirouz (lur financial
report for the past. year would be of no
value to you in your proposed discussion
for this reason: the cost of runninginstitu-
tions of this character is based upon the
daily cost per capita. ()urs being an in-
stitution just opening it was necessary to
make tlisbursemcnts on account of current
expenses. as for watchmens salary, and
salarics of others fitting up sI.nne time be-
fore the institution opened. It was also
necessary for some olliccrs and employees
to be maintained here before date of open-
ing. Again, we were running with a ceri-
susof 3;’; to .5!’ patients from date of
opening, .V()\'ciiil)ei' 1, until January, 1
while loo patients could have been main-
tained with but slight additional expense.

Our figures show that it cost the institu-
tion T‘.9.3T cents per day for the mainten-
ance of patients for the year ending June
SSH. isms. The above explanations will
show you. however, that this is not a fair
showing for the institution. In addition to
the explanations made above, provisitms.
medicines, hay, feed, etc., on hand were
paid for out of the 719.37 cents.

For the month of July, the cost per
capita was .3:-3.61:’. cents, and for August
5T.'l1l cents.

This, as I believe all of our state institu-
tions are, is run with the strictest economy.

The only way in which our expenses
could be reduced, will be by an increased
census.

Trusting the information given will suf-
fice, I am,

Yours very truly,
R. C. BRADLEY, Steward.

Ncuvhcrn/. Mich.

“How Can the Expenses of our State
Government be Reduced?”

BY l"..\'<(}O\'ENUR CYRUS G. LUCI-I.

EDITOR GnA\'or:V1s1ToR: Yielding to
your urgent request, I venture to make a
few suggestions in relation to how, when,
and where state expenses may be reduced.

Nearly all who are engaged in the in-
dustrial pursuits are painfully reminded
that rigid economy must be practiced or
quarters secured in the poorhouse. Trusts
and combinations furnish exceptions to
this rule.

Hard coal and petroleum return to their
producers large profits even in hard times.
A large number of people with fixed in-
comes derived from generous salaries or
from fortunate investments, see no neces-
sity for economy. . But the farmers who
concededly lay the foundation for the
nation‘s prosperity a1'e warned on allhands
that i/icy muwzf economize. And the same
warning notes are heard by nearly all
manufacturers who are unprotected by
patents, trusts, or other combinations.
\Vith these as well as with the farmers
economy is a matter of necessity and not
alwaysa matter of choice. But the mo-
ment it is attempted in public or private
affairs some one must suffer a reduction in
compensation received, and others must
lose their places entirely. Neither of these
alternatives is pleasant to contemplate. '

_, In trying to point out where economy
may be practiced and expenses of the state
government reduced, permit me to say
that no one of the elected state officers re-
ceives greater compensation than he de-

- enact laws in their

= sible ones.
3 the constitution and is certainly none too

high. -
‘ tion in expenses is made directly upon the
._ legislature through the organi7.ation of the
' two houses.
-_ employees as.
 inesscngcrs,
j sixty in the sainc capacity.

: seven days in the week,

-.-_..._.: ~._....,........—.7-,...a»...\.., .-.

; sirvcs for a faithful discharge of the dut-

ice of his oflice, and several of them do not
receive fair compensation. Iiconomv Inust

_. come through the acts of the legislature.
. The senate and houscof representatives

speak in the name of the pcoplc. They
name. 'I he positions
\'~.’h1ch the mem bcrs hold are l1igl1 and I‘csp()n-
Their compensation is fixed by
llut the first

demand for a reduc-

The senate of 1.\‘.a.‘. had forty
clerks. sergcant—at-arms.

The house employed
They were
paid an average of about $31 per day for
making a total
expense of about $4.‘.,ooo_ I presume there

etc.

'~ was not a member of either house who did

not believe that there were double the

. number employed that were I'(,‘(llIII'(:'ll to

promptly discharge all the duties devolv-

5 in-g upon them. And this has been a grow-

ing evil for years. In l>~llT there were
fifteen employees in the senate and nine-
teen in the house making tl1irty—f'our
where a hundred were employed in l.\".l5.
During tlicse twenty years, there has been
no increase in the mcmbcrshipot' citlier
house. In 1877 there were still tiftceu in
the senate and twenty-three in the house.
In 1%? there were twcnty—eight in the sen-
ate and twenty—nine in the house. I‘llf_"llI
vears later in 1.\‘.4.') there were forty in the
s®ate and sixty in the house. This use-
le§s expenditure of $25,ooo during the
se{ssion furnishes but a small part of the
nischief done.

‘ As I have remarked we must look to the
legislature to check useless expenditure
not only in all departments of the state

, government but carefully scrutinize the

management of all the state institutions
and curtail expenses if it can be done with-
impairing their usefulness. The man or
set of men who would refornl the public
service must themselves set an illustrious
example. Ilow can the legislature or a
committee thereof urge the discharge of
superfluous employees if such there be, in
any institution, while their own doors are
thrown wide open to the employment of
double the number required!

Again expenses may be reduced by the
employment of clerks in the several de-
partments. This is concedcd by all who
are familiar. with the system which is and
has been in force for several years. A
proper solution of the problem has not yet
been discovered. l'ndcr the present sys-
tem the head of each department isauthor-
ized to appoint as many clerks as he thinks
proper. There is no law fixing the com-
pensation of but very few of theemployecs
in the departments. Partlv because of the
system long since adopted the pressure up-
on the various officials for place is simply
teiriflic and the men who are elected to the
various positions must be more orless than
human if they can always resist the appeals
made to their sympathy by the best friends
they have on earth. Some method should
be adopted that will tend to reduce this
pressure. for place. I have frequently sug-
gested a classification of the clerks under
an act of the legislature. I believe under
a wise provision for this purpose that the
expenses of some of the departments may
be materially reduced and the lives of the
heads of these, less miserable. The duties
of most of the clerks are not diflicult—cx-
perience is there, as well as elsewhere,
valuable. But clerks without experience
are often employed at salaries almost equal
to that paid to clerks in the same depart-
ments after years of constant employment.
The labor cannot be more arduous or re-
sponsible than that of school teachers.
They are rc-quired to be in the office seven
hours each day and yet new clerks are paid
double the salary that is paid to school
teachers in most of the high schools in this
state. Exec )l; under extraordinary con-
ditions newl clerks in the departments
ought not to receive over S-I80 for the first
year. They have to be taught there as
well as elsewhere how to do their work.
There is no sound reason why the state
should pay more than is paid on the out-
side by others for like services. It is fre-
quently a down-right unkindness to give a
new clerk employment at eight or ten

hundred dollars a vcar fora brief period

and then turn him or her loose to seek
positions for onc-third or one-half" the
amount paid in the capitol.

I have no data upon which to base an
estimate of thc :unount that may be saved
b_v a proper classification but I do oclieve
it to boa greater sum than the net profits
on a thousand farms in this county. In
the printing of books. 1‘cpot'ls‘. ctc., there
ought to be saved a \cry rcspcctablc sum.

I think in every county clcrl\"s office in
this state thcrc may be found largc mun-
bcrs of public documcnts that have not
been called for and never will be. .\ carc-
ful investigation would enable the legis-
lature to determine what publications might
be eliminated from the list and what might
be reduced. It is not the public printers
business to do this and I do not believe he
will volunteer advice to the legislature. de-
partments or institutions urging a l'(‘(IlI('-
tion in this line. lint somebody ought to
do it in working out a reduction in state
expenses. I shall not rcfcr to the state
institutions or to any rcduction that may
be nn'de in the runningof any of these
suflice it to say that I am friendly to all of
them and would not, if I could, lIup:1il' the

usefulness of any one of them.
l'uIlIlI‘II(tjI‘.

How Can Expenses of our State Gov-
ernment be Reduced?

IIY IlH.\'. I". W. llI']I>l"I-‘.Ii.\'.

In a recent number of the \"1srrou I no-
ticea list of tpiestions which you rightl_\'(in
my opinion‘) say ought to be discussed in
the several Si1l)t»x'tlin2i.te and I’omona
(‘xranges throughout the state and also
through the columns of the \'isn‘oit.

Among others I notice the one appear-
ing at the head of this article. In ollcring
a few suggestions along this lincofthought
it is with no intention of criticising the
acts of any political party, but simply to
point out what I believe to be some of the
ways whereby the expenses of our state
government may be reduced withoutdoing
violence to the rights of any individual.

In the first place I desire to say that I be-
lieve the business of this state is as econ-
omically conducted as is the business of
any other state in the l'nion‘. and also to
state that I further believe that public bus-
iness is never so economically managed as
is the business of private individuals or
firms. The tpiestion is not however as to
whether we are doing as well or better in
this respect than other states, but as to
ho\v we can safely and profitably effect a
further curtailment of expenses.

I will follow the line of thought outlined
in your question and speak first of the de-
partments at the capitol. I shall mention
those only wherein I have reason to believe
a saving in expense can be readily effected.
To specify, there 

TIII-I SL'l’l{I:l.\Il<‘.C()1‘I{T.

There is nointention of casting reflections
upon the personnel of the court, I simply
wish to call attention to the salary, ($7.0(l()
to each member annually) which I believe
to be out of all proportion to the value of
the services -rendered and think such
salary ought to be materially reduced.

THE ST.-\'l‘I'] LANI) ()Ii‘l"I(‘I-7.

This department of the state government
we believe could be both profitably and
safely abolished. In the earlier history of
the state when there were large bodies of
public lands in nearly every county, the
amount of business done in this depart-
ment was very great, but at the present
time when the area of these lands has l)e—
came very limited and their value (outside
of the Agricultural College grant which is
under the control of the State Board of
Agriculture) in dollars would scarcely
more than pay the salaries of the officials

‘ of the department for their term of office

it does seem as if the business of the dc-
partment should be transferred to a bureau
of the Auditor (}eneral’s office or that of
the Department of State. Iy so doing a
nice saving could be made and the neces-

, sary business of the office conducted with
3 equal dispatch.

It would require an
amendment to the constitution to accom-

(Continued to page 5.)


. ... .::3.'a;'.gvuun=s.v‘.z:._:-' :21’ I " ‘ '1_ .,

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

OCTOBER 15, 1896.

Eiielct anti Stack

The Forest Problem in Michigan.

Dr. V\', ,1. Real. AZl'iCl1ltUl"alI‘(‘.‘()‘Il(’[,’[‘. at Farmers‘ Institutes
\.)‘I.

\Vithin the recollection of some of us,
most of our state was yet covered by a vir-
gin forest such as few portions of the world
ever produced. These beautiful trees could
not be spared because they grew just where
the farmer wanted to build his house and
raise his grain. Even at. this day of the
state's existence. I am soiiiewhat reluctant
to speak on the forest problem. It needs
considerable courage to stand befoi-c, _vou
in this capacity, when I am certain you
would iinich rather hcar others speak on
some such live topics as cows and insects.

These things do not interest you now. It 

takes a tree a long time to grow. We are
inclined to leave that for our descendants
to wrestle with. lot I am impelled to call
your attention to one phase of this topic.
viz.: Forest Fires. My eyes fall on this
one sentence in the .YI//'///.II'm'ft'/'/I I.um/;.;r-
/mm for .Ianu:iry Jr, lsmi: "\\'ithout qiies-
tion the time lias come when more care
than has hitherto been taken should be de-
voted to the preservation and better iitili—
zation of our forests." Is this statement
possible~-riglit here in western Michigan,
the home of the famous white pine, iiu—
merous oaks. elins and inaplcsf Yes: for
our lumber yards are already being iiivad-
ed by whitcwood from Tennessee and yel-
low pine from (ieorgia. Let us use our
own timber and not import it: but let us
look around at our supply. I’crhaps tliere
inay be something worth considering after
all in this word of warning.

(‘IfT'I‘l.\ (} Tl I H Tltli Eh‘.

I have not a word to say against thenian
who cuts the best tree from his land—~not
:i \vord. They grow to be used. It would
be next to inipos.-iblc to keep this timber
very much longer. even if the owners wish-
ed to keep it. I am f:iniiliar with some of
the perils of the lumbernian. The danger
on high interest on the invcstiiieiit. the
enormous taxes put on the land owned by
iion-residents, induce them to log oll‘ this
tract dui'ing the winter regardless of the
pi'ice of lumber and get what they can out
of it. livcrytliing down to six inches in
diameter goes, and the land is expected to
grow up to brushes, the rubbish will soon
feed the llames and in ni:in_v cases the land
will revert to the state for unpaid taxes.
\\'hat I have to say concerning the forests
is said with the view to help the lumber-
iiien and not to hinder them. \Ve have so
long been acciistoincd to the present mode
of getting what we could out of the forests,
that few persons realize that any better
way is practicable. even if it wei'cdcsirable.
The forests have been in nearly all cases
treated as a mine, to be cut off till exhaust-
ed aiid then use the soil for other crops or
abandon the land altogether. In very many
instances this should not be the case. The
burden of my talk is in reference to pre-
serving the small young trees which al-
ready have a fine start. It will not be long
before such will be valuable, in fact they
have a prospective value after the larger
trees have been removed. No other pro-
duct of the soil of the state or United
States begins to coiiipa1'e in value with that
received from our forest, and yet we are
leaving the subject to the specula-
tors or the business men who are interest-
ed in little else than getting their money
out of the timber. The state is interested in
the future of forest as well as in the pres-
ent.

FOREST \VARI)ENS N F.EI)I-ID.

“'6 have a set of officers ‘to look after
the protection of game in our state. We
have a fish commissioner empowered to re-
plenish the waters of our lakes with young
fish. I doubt not it is a valuable invest-
ment for the state. We have laws to coni-
pel men to remove peach trees affected with
the yellows or plum trees affected with the
black knot or to destroy canker worms
which strip the leaves from apple orchards.
But what are we doing to enchance the val-
ue of the forest for the future? From
one—fourth to one—third of the money value
of the crops taken each year from the soil
of the United States is derived from the
forest. Considering: its paramount im-
portance, Michigan is doing nothiiigin this
direction of saving the young trees, yet she
is peculiarly adapted to growing timber to
perfection, and, in my opinion, large areas
of our state should be kept growing trees.
So far as caring for their forests are con-
cerned, other states all about us show more
enterprise——true, it is scarcely more than
ten years since the first one of them, New
York, began systeinatically to organize a
department for preventing forest fires.

Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York,
Ohio, Minnesota, \\'isconsiii, Kansas, Col-
orado, California, are undertaking more
than Michigan in the preservation of young
timber. In Pennsylvania and New York
the people have organized state societies,
each of which publish a very creditable
sheet devoted to forestry. Several states
have a system of lire wardens who are to

 prevent tires or extinguish them when one
I is started.

In 1.“? the legislature of Michigan ven-

I. tured to appropriate one thousand dollars
3 to dcfraving the expenses of a forest coiii-

inission, but in a streak of economy ( 1) the
legislature of l.'~‘.v1 repealed the act. To

 support :1 system of tire wardens would
? cost the state a little soinething.

\\'ill it
pay. or had we better continue as we have
been doing in the past!

Let us see if a coin-

' iiiissioii could not save the state every year
i more that loo times its cost.
1 the case, and I think it is foll_v to delay

longer. It is criminal neglect to withold
the payment of a tax of one dollar. if by
its use one hundred or more dollars could
be savr.:d.

('().'\‘T HF I-‘()I{I‘I.\"l' I*'II{IC.\’.

ly forest tires in lstt-l. the state of “Vis-
consiii lost by estiinate $.'».<N,N),oHH in trees
and other property. not to mention the
fearful loss of over too lives. To help the
people in the biii'iicd districts at least 3'..-
;'»oo.ooo was expended. making a loss of at
least -57,.-7oo,ooo in one year alone. The
people of Wisconsin have acted and voted
means to maintain a system of tire wardens
in connection with :i forest commission.
Minnesota. after sustaining fearful losses
of trees, farni property. and human lives.
decided to try what virtue there was to be
derived from a forest commission. She
has voted means to defray the small ex-
penses of a few men to see if something
cannot be saved froiu the tires. In l\‘.H
Michigan cxpciiciiced great loss from for-
est tires. I aui sorry to say I cannot give
the exact amount. It would probably reach
5-_3,.'.oo_ooo,

New .lerscy, I’cnnsylvani:i, California.
and other states have likewise been fear-
fiill_v devastated by forest tires. They have
legislated to prevent some of tlicse tires.
I’russia and some other couiiti'ics of I‘ill—
ropc long ago passed througli the stage we
are now in. Their forests were burned,
they ol'gal1i'/.cd and have succeeded in pre-
venting most of the losses since such or-
gaiii7.ation.

lluring ten years of experience New
York has sliccce:lc<l in saving niany times
the cost of her forest commission. II. I).
.\‘\'I'(‘.\‘. ll) tilt.‘ .l//'///u:.~wir/ //II/'//‘VI!//I//'/IN’.
estimates to the best of his judgment and
that of others, that to per cent, of the
wooded portions of Minnesota was burned
over in 18194. .\t that time the state was
1ll2ll\'ll]_<__r no systeinatic etfort to prevent for-
est tircs. Prussia, with her present s'vs-
tem of protection, in one of the dryest sea-
sons, only permitted six—tenths of one per
cent to be burned over. In estimating the
loss which occurs by forest fires there are
at least two other very important items
left out of the account, viz.:

The destruction of young trees from one
to thirty or forty years old, many of which
have a tine start towards producing valu-
able timber, and the disastrous etfeet on
the soil. A severe fire destroys a very
lai'ge per cent of the oi'ganic matter with-
in the soi.l as well as that on the surface.
This valuable material, which is the result
of decaying vegetation for hundreds of
years, may largely be destroyed by the fire
in a single day. The loss to the state by
the two items last named far exceeds the
loss of other things usually named. We
should organize and secure means to dispel
ignorance and arrest and punish the care-
less and the vicious.

OUR PLAIN DUTY.

Michigan, so enterprising in many other
ways, should no longer remain idle in her
attempts to save the young trees of the
forest. Shall we stand idly by and see our
young trees and other property perish by
fire while in other states they are prevent-
ing much of the loss at a. trifling expense?
I think not, when the people fully consider
the subject. Some of us must keep the
subject before the people until they give
an attentive car. In some states the fire
wardens are men already elected to office
in the several townships, such as super-

visors, constables, justices of the peace,‘

teac.hers of the schools, but in any case
there must be as in a department of a city
an efficient head. It is now believed by
students of this siib_ject that private owners
cannot perform the duty of forestry in
America. We have no rich old families
who, from generation to generation, have
been able to set apart large tracts of land
for the growth of trees.

Only the government lives long enough
to plant trees extensively. The private
individual is too constantly reminded of
the fleeting character of life to lay out a
forest for succeeding generations. The
government alone can hold tracts either
long enough or large enough to effect the
great climatic changes involved in the
preservation of our foi'ests. A great step
in this direction was taken in the laws pro-
viding for timber reservations. The ciit-
ting of timber froni such reservations
should be done with some system. Fires
originate in a variety of ways: by sparks
from smoke stacks or live coals from fur-
naces of railroad engines; by careless firing

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of fallows or slashings, by trainps. by
campers, and in other ways.‘ The most
devasting fires are fed by the ti'ee tops and
other materials left on the ground when
the luiiibcrniaii has taken what he \'~'.’llllC(l.

‘ Men who cut timber on a large scale seem

= to persist in the statcinciit that they can-
. not afford to clean up this rubbish after

, them.

Shall we leave 1
y the whole to the judgment. of the people in
* each neighborhood!

They leave it. even though it en-
dangers iiiucli property in the viciiiitv:
but I have not time to compass the entire
subject. A forest commission, with tire

~ wardens at least for portions of our state.

If that be -
,ate valuable inforiiiation
forests.

should systeiiiati’/.e the work. observe the ]
wants of the people. gather :iiid dissemin-
regarding our
-\t the -\gricultural College we

1 are makiiig some experiments along this

line. and it is not improbable that some of

 the College lands may be set aside for ex-

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periiiients.
Our forests are sutfcring today for more

I persons who have a kcciier appreciation of

nature. a love for trees in particular: per-
sons who like to see trees. to study them.
to read about them. to admire their beauty
and discover their defects. \\'e need more
people who know the names and peculiari-
ties of all our trees. the structure and uses
of the wood,vin a word, a little more of
botany and plant pli_vsiolo_«_ry, :uid more I
true patriotisiii.

\\'h‘at have I attenipted to set before
you? That it is unprolitablc for all citi-
zens and the state to longer withhold means
to look more thorouglily after the needs of 1
her forests.

After the reading of Ilr. l}cal's paper at
(irand tapids. the following resolution
was olfcred:

lti-:soi.\'i«:o. By the i;nern’:>»-‘is of this Farniers’
institute. and delegates from other counties '
and states, thzit we favor ii. law, similar to the
one enacted in l>s'>$7, providing for a State For-
estry Coinniission, and that we pledge ourselves
to see that the next legislature carry out our
views on this importaiit subject.

I)i'. Iical said: I olfer this l'.,':s'(>lllll(»l].
not because I am lisliing for a job: I have
my hands full now. and iiioi'c too. and con-
sequently I am the more willing to offer it.

The resolution was adopted.

Forestry Management.

There is little attempt in our countr_v
along the line of scientific forestry man-
agement. Wic are following the usual“liap-
py go lucky" way of Aiiiericans. with no
thought that our fo1'est domain will not al-
ways last, or. if we think at all, take it for
granted that with forest wealth used up.
some substitute will be found to till the
gap.

sult in a l“oi'csti'y bureau.

; that will

There is no quest.ion but substitutes for
wood are fast coming into use, but this is _
really a very small matter coinparcd with '
the more iiiiport:int and far reaching in-
tluence upon our prosperity, and even our
civilization of the elision ofour forest area,
because of the cliinatic modification that
history certifies will be concoiiiitiint with
dcforestration. Several of the states and
the general government are awakening to
the importance of the subject and are al-
ready taking steps to secure action that
will utilize the experience of other couii-
tries in forest nianagenient in connection
with our own domain. The Federal gov-
ernment has a coinniission of eminent men
working in the noi'thw_est. The last re-
port of the Minnesota coinniission of forest
is replete with valuable information con-
cerning forest tires; and New York is rec-
ognizing the importance of protecting the
Adriondacks from the ruthless destruction
accompanying the movements of the liiiii-
beriiien. Mr. Vanderbilt, near Ashville,
North Carolina, upon his Baltimore estate,
is really doing the only scientific work in
forest iiianagenient in this country. He
proposes to spare no energy or means in
giving to Americans a model forest, so
managed as to produce a continuous in-
crease above expenses for centuries and
still not reduce its recuperative powers.
Five thoiisaiid acres are in the area under
this managenient, and the plan is a modi-
tication of what is known as the high for-
est system, combined with the selection
system, as adapted better to the conditions
of this estate.

That is, the forest is to be so managed
that a certain area will have its native tiiii—
bcr cut off in a short series of years, and
replaced by young trees, to be follo\vcd by
work in another area under like manage-
ment, rotation being such as to make the
cuttings on the same ground 1.30 years
apart.

This is taking a long look ahead that
should command itself tostatcs which have
lands in quantity which are suitable only
for forest purposes.

In our own state we have vast areas of
stump land and jack pine land that inider
a wise nianageincnt by the State can be
made to support itself, while it is growing
a crop of timber that eventually will be of
great value. We cannot take the prelim-
inary steps in this matter too quickly and

ject under adviseinent, and, without wast-
ing any inoney. make the fiist move to-
ward a systematic and economical manage- 
merit of the state lands that today ai'e ‘I
simply a temptation to thieves who are ;

taking the few trees that :ire of value, and
in a inanner that the value of this trespass
can rarely be recovered.

I'nder proper supervision this inaturc
timber could be made to iiiect the en-
tire expense of caring for our forest area.
allowing the growth of young tiiiibei' to
gradually accumulate :i value that will
eventually be of great iiiiportancc to the
state.

If the state would recognize in its areas
of forest lands a capital that should pay a
reasonable income and still not become im-
pared in value. a plan of iiiziiiageiiiciit
would of necessity be instituted by incans
of which our crop of timber should suc-

, cecd another. and the procct-.ls of the crop

be continuous and never failing.

The legislature of l.\‘.'T should certainly
take hold of this problem c:ii'nestl_v and
start a nioveineiit which will eventually re-
Tlic present de-
partment of public lands might _gr:idually
become prini:irily a dcp:irtincnt of forest
lands. as the state grows older.

Tliei'e is ccrtaiiily matter for serious

f thought connected with this subject. :iiid it

is to be hoped that some iii:iii will bcelccted

i to the Micliigan legislature this fall who

has given some thought to it and will see
that no time is lost in securing legislation
be helpful. —~.l//v/I/_r/I/u /"/-m'(
/7'/‘HI/'2 /’,

Principles of Profitable Farming.

The attention of our readers is called to

y a most valuable little book. entitled '‘l’i-in.
: ciples of I’rotitable Fariiiiiig."

\\'c do not
know of any book on the subject that gives

3 to the farnier so iiuicli practiczil iiifoi'iiia—
, tioii in the same short space.

In this book

1 cxperiiiiciits are described upon dillereiit

soils and crops. arid the fariucr is instruct-

 ed how to use fertilizers properl_v. in ordci

to procure the largest yields.

The reading matter is divided into tlncc
parts. as follows: l’:irl l. describes some
of tlieimpoi't:int results lll‘.~i obtained by
l’rot'. \V:igncr. I)irc<-torof the l'lxperimciit

 Station at Ilariiistadl, Iicrin.-iii_v. through
1 grccn—ni:inurnig by niczins of potash plios-

phate fUl“.lll’/.:ili()Il. I’:irt ll. gives an ac-
count of the c,xpcrinicntal t'ai'iu at >‘.outli-
crii I’ines. North C-arolina. which is undei
tlicziuspiccsof the North ('aroliiia >'t:itc
Ilorticultural h'ocict_v. acting in co-opci':i-
tion with the state experinicnt st.-ilioii.
Thcobjectof the experiments cu-ii<luctc.d
at this farm is to ziscertaiii the rcliitive pro-
portions of the three principle ft-rtiliziiig
ingredients needed by various fruit and

vegetable crops, vi7.., potash. phosphoric ,
I’:irt Ill, isasuiniiiarv 4
-- 1

acid and nitrogen.
of niany iniportant i'csiilts obtained by the
use of potash in c.\'pei'uncnts conducted at

 experimentstations in the i'nitcd States.

The foregoing outline will give the read-

 er some idea of the scope and cliai‘:ictei' of

this little book. All the facts are stated
in clear and concise laiiguage, and the
principles of profitable farmiiig are set
forth in a practical way. The book, which
is full of illustrations and neatly printed
and bound, is free of cliargc, 21 card ad-
di'essed to the Gerinan Kali Works, 19:}
Nassau h't., New York, N. Y., being all
that is necessary to secure a copy. No iii-
telligcnt farmer should be without it.

How to Get out of Debt.

The only way for farniers to get out of
debt, and keep out, is for every one in the
faiiiily to contribute his or her mite, and
to make the land take care of them. So
many fariners raise one thing, and then
are forced to buy so many other things,
that the ready money beconies exhausted,
and bills accumulate. They should raise
all of their own vegetables, fruit, eggs-
poultry, and meat. besides making their
own butter; and the surplus of these arti-
clcs should provide them with groceries
and dry goods. If they will only take
pains with their produce and arrange it at-
tractively they will meet with no ditiiculty
in disposing of it. \Vives and (lzlllgl1tel'.~',
see to this. I)on’t. allow badly put up-
packages to leave the farin. I wish every
woman in Oregon who lives on a place
where an ytliiiig is raised and sent to niarket
would read the little book written by Mrs.
Jones, “The Poor .\Ian‘s Cow," and profit
by the plain, wholesome :idvicc contained
in it. They would then see what a woman
can do who is industrious and who has
sense enough to keep posted as to the de-
mands of trade. What has been done
by one can be done by another. The same
plan that makes a success of the dairy will
work just as well in the orchard orpoultry
vard. Be painstaking, be honest, be clean-
lv, be sure to have the best, and be partic-
ular about the appeai'aiicc of your packages.

The chief fault with the inajority of
farnicrs the world over is carelessness.
One farmer in ten is :s‘ll(f(:C.~.1:s‘flll, and it is
their own fault that the number who win
i5 50 small, If goods are not tirst—class

1 they willnot commandtirst-class prices. It

takes just as long to make poor butter as

‘ good, just as long to raise and pack poor
L fruit as good, just as much expense to raise

a poor cow as a good one, and it is just the
same with hogs and sheep.—(//'«_%z/rm Ag/ra-
(fill/fl!/‘II](..\'f.


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OCTOBER 15, 1896.

THE GRAN GE VISITOR.

\Mom.mrs arm.

Not Knowing.

As a fond mother, when the day is o’er,
Leads by the hand her little child to bed,
Half smiling, half reluctant to be led,

And leaves his broken playthings on the iloor,

Still gazing at them through the open door.
Nor wholly reassured and comforted
By promises of others in their stead,

Which. though more splendid, may not please

him more;

80 Nature deals with us, and takes away
Our nlaythinszs one by one, and by the hand

Leads us to rest so gently that we go,

Scarce noting if we wish to go or stay,
Being too full of sleep to understand

KIIOW.
—L(mgfctlou:.

16 to 1 and other Things of Interest.

A suggestion came to me from the ////c/‘ ’.
(loam that each family should possess an I
Anierican flag of home manufacture. ()ur -

soldiers will rcniember at the time of the
civil war, when a reginient was raised, the
mothers and wives clubbed together and
presented the flag. They did not go to a
bazaar and purchase a cheap tIiin.sy allair.
—no, it was stitched and einbroidercd by
their own hands, and with every stitch
were woven prayers and hopes for the boys
and for the iniperilled country.

Now, it seems to me that we all lack that
beautiful
honics, and I hope, before another year
passes, the Stars and Stripes will be lloat-

ing on the bree'/.e, an eliibleiii of welcome i

and of holiday.

I speak to women no\v, let us each begin
‘our flag, make it as durable as possible. if
we cannot just now alI'ord the banner silk.
we will get a nice \vooI bunting, in the red,
white and blue, but I think we could get
the silk, enibroider the stars in solid white.
and make it 2ll\ll0ll' loom like the family
bible. It will be an object lesson in patri-
otisin, to be displayed on holidays, birtli—
days, and anniversaries.

The war department has ordered that
after July -I, 1>‘.Hi. the forty—live stars shall
be arranged in six rows. The tir.-t. third
and fifth rows to have seven stars each, in

a lield of blue, so we will be sure to be '

correct.

Another thing of special interest just
now, is the new branch of study for women
at the .-\gricultural t'ollcge,«-household
eeonoini.cs. This seems to me to be the
most important step the nianagcmciit of
the College has taken for some time. All
of our work, both outside in the lields and
within the home, is for the purpose of
making comfortable, pleasant homes, rest-
ing places, centers of love and ll:1l'lll()l1_y,
where we can rest during the evening hours,
where we can receive our friends in sweet
fellowship and where, when our lives have
passetl the meridian and we do not care for
the active duties of life, we can rest is
peace and content.

()iie of the most enjoyable things about
going away is the lionie-coining, after an
exciting holiday, after a trip to distant
places-—to get home to our own nest, and
if that home is not properly arranged and
ordered by the woman of the family. in
vain is all our work. This is what our
College now proposes to do, train the wo-
men for the proper care of home. You
can readily see the value of the study from
a brief outline of the work, as follows:

1. The home, the buildings, sanitation.
light, heat, ventilation. water, drainage.
etc. How to furnish for health. Ilow to
lighten labor. The expenditures.

2. The body, anatomy, physiology, the
functions of the body, value of labor and
rest, how to care for the body, how to meet
emergencies, burns, cuts, etc., before a
physician arrives.

3. The food for the body, tire food
principles, chemical eompositon of food,
the physiological effect, marketing. how to
cook foi' children, adults and old age.

-1. How to care for the body, study the
clothing, how to dress for comfort and
health, dressmaking artistically considered.

And all this under the supervision of a
trained professor, one who has a national
reputation as a mistress of household
science.

There is no course of study so perfect.
however, but it could be improved in some
way, and I wish the curriculum of the new
course could be made to include the science
of a sweet. disposition. Usually at the
breakfast table the face of the wife and
mother is an index to the brightness or
gloom of the whole day. If the queen of
the home appears in the early morning,
bright and cheery, scattering smiles and
sunshine with the postuni cereal and the

ancakes, the day will be one of delight to
all. If on the contrary, she is gloomy.

on know the look, it is said to sour the
‘milk, full of troubles and evil prophecies,
probably on the account of being bilious,
or not have taken her bath lately. the
whole family is over-shadowed, and life is
a burden. I think it is wicked, almost as
bad as breaking all the ten commandments
together. But if women were trained in
this new science, what a fortunate man
who should obtain one for the iiiistress of
his home.

It is a wonder that we have so many well

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‘: .\'ovember election.

emblem of patriotisin in our ;

. ordered hoines, when there has been no
‘ systematic training for the work.
things are not inherited and conscientious

These

women have onl_v learned by hard experi-

, ence.

You no doubt wonder what relation my

, subject has t.o the development of my pa-

per, but that was simply to attract your

2 attention and hold it in anticipation of a

woni=.in's explanation of this ratioepideinic.
I have no intention of trying to explain

Z that most diflicult problem that most peo-

ple are struggling with. Thedown—east

, farmer said it means 10'» pics to 1 pumpkin.
- The .\ew X ork banker said it meant lo

' fools to one wise man at the Chicago con-
How far the unknown transcends that we t

vention. but the silveritc said it will mean
10'» wise men to one fool at the coming

_ .\Ii:s'. lh.\'.-t .-\vi:i:s.
Cupitul (}rm:y4;. No .7411.

Saving Steps.
Martha T. Adani.-'.(irand Rapid.-. at Rotind-Lip Institute
at tirand Rapid.-.

The poet has said, “To die is to begin
to live. It is to end an old. stale. weary
work, and to conimence a newer and a bet-
ter.“ If b_v a little thought and foresight.
we can devise some way to save steps, and
thereb_v end old, stale. weary work. and
coiuiiieiice a newer and a better. our labor
will not have been in vain. lfight habits
should be fornied early in life. and soon
become second nature. Habits of early
childhood cling to us. liven a baby may
be taught that there are others in the world
who have rights and are entitled to privil-
cges. which tlie_v must respect. The per-
nicious practice of \\':lll{lll_§_" with a baby to
get it to slcep makes wcai'_v steps for sonic
one. Ilocking a baby is tiresoine to the
rocker and harmful to the baby. \\'hcn
he is old enough to run around. it he is

hungry. have him sit down till he is through

eating, then, if crumbs are made. it will
be but little work to brush tliclii up. If
he is given food when he is not liungry,
and allowed to run around, the crumbs are
scattered over the floor and inaii_v steps are
taken to give the room the tidy appear-
ance that was destroyed by the negligence
of the thoughtless mother. who is uncon-
sciously teaching her child disordcrl_v
habits. as well as to be iiicons'i<lei'ate of
otliers.

Some mothers give their children scissors
and paper to cut: it inakes steps for some
one. and an exercise of other parts of the
body than the feet, to get it oil" from the
floor. If it is fun for the children to cut
it, have them think it is more ttrpick it up,
thereby saving your steps and developing
their muscles. Let a child :iiiuisc itself,
get its own playthings and put them away,
and never allow them to leave them for
some one else to put away.

Save work by economizing in the weekly
wasliing; plenty of clean clothing is essen-
tial to health, and there should be a need-
fiil supply, but discard tucks, rutlles, and
elaborately triniined undergarments, have
them serviceable and plainly made. and use
the time saved in ironing for rest and rec-
reation.

Iiicoiiveiiieiitl_y arranged homes cause
many extra steps. As a rule. a small
kitchen, where the work can be coinprcsscd.
where only ten steps are required instead
of twenty to do the same work, will prove
less fatiguing. llave a store room, if pos-
sible, opening froni the kitchen: li-ave the
stove a convenient distance from the cistern
pump, so that with a tin pipe (having a
funnel at one end to pump into), the boiler
or reservoir can be filled without a step be-
ing taken. Place the wash bench so the
tubs can be filled the same way. Ilave
well water piped to the kitchen. Have a
woodbox in the woodhouse, with a door
opening into the kitchen (two by two and
oiie-half or three feet is a more convenient
size for the door than a smaller one).,
Never have a step to go up or down be-
tween rooms. Have the dish cupboard
open from both the dining room and
kitchen. In going from one room to an-
other, if there is anything to eai'ry, take it
with you and save steps.

\\'orry tires i1io1'e than work. “Fret
not thyself," says the Psalinist, and an-
other has said “To a fretter everything
goes wrong. The whole mechanism of so-
ciety is thrown out of gear; and, instead
of moving smoothly, as when lubricated
by the oil of kindness and charity, its cogs
clash, and its pivots all grate harshly. ‘,
The spirit in which our work is done,
lightens our labor or adds to its burdens.
Use common sense with your labor‘. There
is no saving in steps or time in slighting
work that ought to be done well; if we do
our work temporarily, we will always have
temporary work to do, at a loss of both
time and steps. There are some things
that can and ought to be slighted, and
happy is she who finds what they are.
Ruskin says, “There are many little things
which to do admirably is to waste both
time and cost; and the real question is not
whether we have not done a given thing as
well as possible, but whether we have
turned a given quantity of labor to the
best account."

The home is a little universe, and to keep
its sun, moon, and stars all moving in
harmony, requires wisdoni and foresight.

There is no place, or profestsioii, that needs
a wider range of knowledge. to be succe.-:s—
ful, than in our calling: iiuicli inav be

learned from skillful teacliers. but some .
have a knack to turn off work. that others ‘
_ are never able ‘to acquire.
- profit by the experience of others who have

If we would

ived before us. and those who are to fol-

low us would profit by the experience we 3

leave to them, all would be benefited: but.
alas, for the perversity of human nature!

Iicononiy is comineiidable. and a judicious
housewife should be prudent. but prudence
does not always consist in saving a few
pennies. at the expense of health, and pay-

saved. The law of compensation holds
good in the household as well as in all
other places. If one borrows strength
from over-ta.\'cdnerves. it must be paid

‘ back with usury. for tlic_v are a .\‘li_vlot-k

who will demand the pound of fiesli. and if
the drafts are inapy :iiid frequent. :md the
strain too great. the vital cord will break.
It is a sad thought that "\\'c'll all be for-
gotten a hundred ycars liencc." "\Yho
t‘011l<l t.‘ll(><):~‘<3. without a struggle, to be
swcpt aw:i_v from all rcinembrancc. and

have part no more with living men 1" and "

yet, what docs it inatter. if we have done
out‘ part while hcrc. to help build up cll:il‘~
actor, and raise the .stand:ii'd of excellence
to the point (‘rod designed.
the right direction leads us one round
higher in the ladder of life.
and noble deeds should go with us. step by
step. to the end of life‘sjoui'iic_\'. that whcn

, oui' pilgriinage is ended we may liear the

wclcolne \voi'ds. “\Ycll done."

Domestic Science at M. A. C.

It has been said our “.\ftcr tliouglits“
ai'e our best thoughts. , It woulrlsecm such
was the case with the .\l. A. ('. The ('ol-
lcge has been oi'gani'/.cd for _vc:ii's. but only
this fall has it opened its doors to women.

In one of the most beautiful spots of the
c:unpu.-'. .\bbot Ilall. the women's doriiii-
tory is situated. Ilcrc donicstic science is
to be taught and practiced.

l’erh:ips the niost iiitercstiiig part of
"The .\.bbey" is the laboi';itor_\‘ kitchen. It
is a large. well lighted room. with cloak
room, storerooms. etc.. opening from it.
The kilchcn is furnished with soapstoiie
sink, around which are roomy draining
boards, lockers (for caps and aprons). china
closet. di'cssers. and two long tables. sub-
divided so each student has her own desk.
The desks areprovidcd with knife and fork.
vegetable knife, two teaspoons. one table-
spoon, pepper and salt l)(lX(}_—‘«, two lialf—pint
cups divided into oiie-quarter and oiic—third
f«.r measuring. a scrubbing brush and soap.
desk board (on which all the work is done)
and a pastry board.

Besides the large range. there will be in-
dividual gas stoves and an Aladdin oven.

Our work will begin with canning and
preserving, the making of pickles, and jel-
ly. followed by a thorough course in plain
and fancy cooking, invalid cookery. scrviiig
of dinners, and luncheons. Special atten-
tion will be given to the preparation of ‘_’:3c
and Joe dinners fora family of six. and
will be put into practice in the dormitory
dining room.

Lectures will be given in the "ologies,“
clieinistry, the cheinisti'y of food, etc.

()f the clieinestry of food much might be
said. and because of so many questions as
to what it is, and where informationmight
be obtained regarding the sanie, I will en-
deavoi' to briefly explain the meaning of
the term. and give the chief sources of iii-
formatioii in regard to investigatioiis in
that line.

Some books have been written on this
subject, but many more are to be a pro-
duct of the future. Public sentiinent has
been steadily growing in this respect.
Cooks, books, lectures and classes have all
helped disseminate knowledge on the sub-
ject of the cooking of food.

As -.1 result, people are gradually coni-
ing to realize that the food question is a
very broad one. Thus far but two factors
in regard to it have been emphasi'/.ed—thc
pi'oparation and the cost.

The average woman who goes to buy
clothes for her family, has a very definite
idea in her mind as to the relative value of
different niaterials, their fitness for differ-
ent purposes, and their ability to meet the
requirements of herindividu-.il needs. She
passes from the store to the market, and
in this place her purchases are determined
by what the seller can persuade her to
buy, and her pocketbook.

She has little knowledge concerning food
principles, no definite’ ideas as to the
amount of iiutriment various kinds of food
contain, and only a vague theory as to the
relation between nouris:hiiient and cost.
Because of this ignorance she sometimes
pays an exorbitant price for nutriiiient
which might be obtained at far less ex-
pense if the proper principles guided in the
selection of food.

Prof. Atkinson says: “If it were a ques-
tion of feeding horses, cows or pigs, all the
necessary inforination could be found in al-
most innumerable popular treatises, mag-
azines and agricultural papers, but if you
had asked, only a little while since, how to
select the right ingredients and proportions

‘_ concerning the subject.

‘ gations.
= Stiitcs has been donc in the l:llHll‘:ll.(>l‘_\' of

ICvcr_\ step in .

(iood actions 

ii of food nutriiiient of men and women. you
‘ could only be referred to some absti'use

and scieiitiiic treatise. liven yet the more
popular ti'eatises of Prof. .\twater. l’rof.
Churcli and Mr.-'. llicliards are but little
known."

Another dilliculty in the selection of
food arises from the fact that oui' stainl-
ards ofdeariiess and clu-apiicss are based
upon the price per pound or quart. rather

-‘ than upon the proportion of nutriinents

which the food contains. It is just at this

_ point that t'llt‘lllI.~'Il'_\’ has greatly aided in
 forniing right conceptions in rcfereiice to
l the value of food.

ing. to a doctor. dollars for the pennies ‘_

Iiy chemical aiialysis. not only the coni-
position of food but the proportion of Illl—

 triincnts in food may be determined. In
‘ the very nature of the case iiuicli abstract

inquiry and resc:ircli along the lines of

;cliciiiisti’y and pli_vsiolog_v was iiece.ss:ii'\‘

before any statcnicnts could be formulated
Hence the lack of
popular ti'c:itiscs on the chcinistry of food.

The ticrinans lead in this line of iiivcsti——
.\lost of the work in the l'nitcd

l’rof. .\t\vatcr. .\liddl<-town. ('onn.

The I“:ii'incrs‘ lhillt-tin usiially has much
valuable in:ittcr. ——/‘rqr’. /2?//."3 /". .1/c-
/)v/’//IHH I./I   ('. /i)~‘H/'I/.

rt. 

Sow! Sew! So!

This is the way my father sows,
As up and down the lield he goes,
Walking fast. or walking slow,
ltight and left the grain to throw.
l~‘ather knows.
While he goes.
That the grain thrown here and there
liy and by good crops will hear.
All he loves will have a share.
If the grain he throws with care.
so he throws,
so he goes.
Sowl Sowf Now?
This is the way my mother sews.
As up and down long seams she goes.
Working, singing soft and low,
While .\'he‘s sitting there to sew.
Mother knows,
As she sews,
Jackets, trousers, aprons. too,
.lohnnie‘s hat and baby's slice,
Patcliiiig old, or making new,
Love runs all the stitches through.
This she knows,
so she sews.
Sew! Sewi Sewi

I can neither sow nor sew,

When I'm big. l‘ll learn then, though.

But while little, as I grow.

Little bits of love I'll show.
For I know,
As I go,

"Pending baby, calling Nan,

tanning errands like a man,

Helping mother all I can,

Love will grow where it began.
Ah! I know,

_ See, 'tis so.

Little bits of love count up,

Little drops of water in a cup.
l~‘ill it—soI
‘Twill overllowl
Sol 50! S03

—I-Jru Lorctl. in The YouHi‘.s' (,'oniptution..

Self Reliance.

Ilcnry Ward Iicechcr used to tell this
story of the way in which his teacher of
inatliematics tauglit llllll to depend upon
himself:

"I was sent to the lll2l('l\'ll()2lI'(l, and went.
uncertain. full of whimpering.

“ ‘That lesson must be learned,‘ said my
teacher, in a very quiet tone, but with in-
tensity. All explanations and exclises he
trod under foot with u'tter scornfulness. ‘I
\vaiit that problem: I don‘t want any pm-
son why you haven‘t it,' he would say.

" ‘I did study two liours.’

“ ‘That‘s nothing to me: I want the les-
son. You need not study it at all. or you
may study it ten hours, just to suit your-
self. I want the lesson.‘

"It was tough for a green boy; but it
seasoned me. In less than a month I had
the most intense sense of intellectual inde-
pendence aiid courage to defend my recita-
tions.

"One day his cold, calm voice rell upon
me in the midst of a demonstration. ‘No!’

“ I hesitated, and then went back to the
beginiiing, and on reaching the same point
again, ‘i\o!‘ uttered with the tone of con-
viction, barred my progress.

“ ‘The next!’ and I sat down in red cori-
fusion.

“ ‘He too was stopped with ‘.\o!‘ but
went right on, tinislied, and. as he satdown,
was rewarded with ‘Very well."

“ ‘V\ hy,’ whiinpered I. ‘I recited it just
as he did, and you said, I\o.

“ ‘\\'hy didn’t you say “Yes,” and stick
to itf It is not enough to know your les-
son; you must know that you know it. You
have learned nothing until you are sure.
if all the world says ‘i\o, ’ your business
is to say “Yes," and prove it.‘ "—.S',,»I«.-(‘ft-«Z.

Ripans Tabules assist digestion.
Ripans Tabules cure indigestion.
Ripans Tabules cure nausea.
Ripans Tabules: pleasant laxative.
Ripans Tabules cure dizziness.
Ripans Tabules cure flatulence.
Ripans Tabules cure dyspepsia.
Ripans Tabules.


THE onA‘.\'oi-3 VISITOR.

OCTOBER 15, 1896.

THE  WIS-ITQR
CHARLOTTE, MICH.
Tlie llllicial iligilll of the llliehigaii Stale Grange.

Published on the Fir.~t and Third TlI1ll'>’lI?i_V>‘nf Each Month
I-Jnrros :
Ksuvorv L. BIJTTERFIELD, LANSING, MICH.
@""I'o whom all --xcliangi-.~, and all articlrvs for piililinatioii
should be -cut.
.\1.\x.\i.i-.i:s AND PRI.\"l'F.RS:
PERRY & MCGRATH, CHARLOTTE, M/cu.
To whom all .~llhSCI'l]iIIlIli> and advertising should be sent.

Tl-Il{.\I.\' 50 Cents a Year, 2.’; Cents forsix Moiitlis.
In Clubs of 20 more 40 (‘cuts per Year each.

Siiliscriptioiis payable in advance. and discontinued at
expiration, unless renewed.

E§“”lt(.-rnittiiiiccs should be by Registered Letter, Money
Order or Draft. Do not send sxaiiips.

k$""’I'o iiisurc iiiscriiori all iioiiccs should be mailed no
later than the .\'atiii'day preccriiiig issue.

Eriici-1-«lat the Posiotiicc at I_‘li:irlot1c. Mich. as Second
Clas iiiatn-r.

23”" NEXT lssri; .\'o\. 3.

OUR WORK.

The folloxviiu: has bu.-ii npprovoll by the State Hraiizo a~
afair .—i:iti-iiiciit Ufllli‘ objc('t.~ ilu-liraiigl- of Micliigaii
has in view. and tlir-sin-ci:ll lines along which it propo.~;c_~: to
work. \\'i- liopo (-vi-ry (ir:iii'.:i- in the state will work
earn»-.»tli' in all th:-so (ll'[I2ll’lllll‘llI.~. so that by a more
united i-(Tort \\'r- _-hzill r:ii-iilly iiicri-zi.~l- our iiiinibcis.
extend our iiillliciirw. :iiul allaiii more and iiiorc Coiiipli-tc-
Iy IIli).~l' ('llll~' which \\'l'r(‘1‘l{.

:il‘lt null-LIT
is the ()ruaiii'/.aiioii of the I".'iriii:-rs for llioir own Iiiiprovc-
IIl|'lll. Finaiici:ili,v. .\‘oci:lll_v. .\l--iii:ill;.. .\Ior:ill_\.

We I)('lIl*\'l‘ that this iiiiprovrin-~iii can in lar:i- iiii-:i~iirr-
be broiiglil about:

1. (11.7 ll)‘ with-r iiidividiizil :~tnd_v aiul L'l‘lil‘l'Ml vli--
cu.~sinii oi’ the I)l1'~Illl'>\ ~ill|‘ of I:iriiiiii:.: an-l hoiiic l-x'L‘é']lIllLf.

(h.l Hg, co-opt-i':iti<-ii In-r1iii.'iii(‘i:il £l<I\'.'|IlI1l1.’¢‘.

'1. (IL) Hy i'rv-viiii~iit MICIIII l::itli<-riii-..'.~. and the llllllL{lIlll..'
tog:-tli.-r of l':iriiu~r~ with l':iriiii-r~. and of fziriiiu-r.~ with
pi-oplo of othl-r o('('iip:iiioii-.

(IL) li_v slriviiii: for a |illl'1'l‘ iiiaiiliooll. zi IllIllll‘I' \\oiii:iii-
hood. and a lllll\'l‘I'~£ll brotli:-rhoiiil.

ii. ('21.) lly .~Ill4l_\'llil{1|lilI pi'oiiiotiii'.'tlu- iiiipi'ov<-iii:-iit of
our district >('I|l)Iil.~‘.

(b.) By ]|JIlI‘HiliZlllL’ and :iiiliiiL' t|il- .\L'rirultiir:il Vol’
I(‘L{(‘.~ and lixpl-i'iiiu~iiI ."iatinil.~ in their ll“.’lllll|lll4‘ work of
sci:-iitilic iiivi-.~lic:itioii. |ll£I(‘lI(‘J|l l*){[I(‘l'Ill|I'IlI. aiill i~llu(':i—
tion for rilriil piir-uii.-'.

(0.; li_v iniiiiilaiiiiii: and at" f:irinl-r-' iii~titutii~:
rt-ailiiiu in tho I ' i ' ‘I lc. l;il»li~hiii»..' an-l ii.~iii;.'
CIi"(‘lllHllllL' lilirar .~: l)ll)lllL.' iiiorciiiilllil-1:.-i lllllLf1lZlli">
aiiil pap:-rs for tho lioiii--.

-1. {:i.l l5}. :lil?'ii~iii: :1 l{lll)\\'Il'IlL'l' of our civil iiistitiiti:-ii~.
and I('.'|('l!lll‘_{ tho lllL’Il niiiiii-s of ('lllZ|‘ll.~lll]I.

(hf) liyili-iiiaiixliii.:thoi>iil'oi’cv-iiiviitof1->:i~tiiiu .~t:itiitl--.

_' (ii.-('l|>.~IlIl_{. €l(I‘.lil‘£llIl1 ind tr_\'iiiL' to ~l'(‘lIl‘4‘ .‘ll('Il

other .-lat» iul iialioilul l:i\ 3 shall ti-nil to the ‘,{Ullx:l'}:.

jus lieu. ]il'(i'.{l'l".\' and iiioralitv.
For Discussion.

The following :irc lliicstioiis siiggcsicd
for disciissioii iii .\‘ubordiii:itc (lr:iii_<_i'cs and
in the \'i:~i'i‘oi: lictwccii now and Sliilc
(i‘ri':iiigc scs.-ioii. \\'c hope that Lei-tiircrs
will have each one tlioroiiglily disciisscd iii
the (,}i':iiigc. and brief rcports of resiilts of
such disciissioii sent to us for news ilciiis.
“'0 also invite sliort. pithy :irticlcs froiii
our rc:idcrs bc:iriii<_»' on iliesc siibjccts.
\\'e li:ivc divided some of the topics so
that we could arivc at dctuils. "Coiiic.
let us rcason together" and then we shall
be able to know what is best for our inter-
ests and for the general wclf:ire.

1. Are the present tax laws of Michigan just
and fair to all classes? If not, why not?

2. Are the tax laws complied with in making
assessments? If not, where is the blame?

 What specilic changes in our tax laws
would be advantageous‘:'

(a) specific taxes.

(b) Inheritance tax.

(c) Mandatory assessment under oath.

(dj; County boards of auditors.

(e) Personal property.

4. How can expenses in our state govern-
ment be reduced‘!

(a) The departments at the capitol.

(bl The legislature.

(c) Miscellaneous.

5. How can expenses in our state institutions
be reduced, without injuring their etliciency?

(a) Educational institutions.

1. University.

2. Agricultural College.
3. Normal School.
4. Mining School.

(b) l’risons.

1. At Jackson.

2. At lonia.

3. At Marquette.

(c) Asylums.

1. At Kalamazoo.

2. At Pontiac.

3. At Traverse City.
4. At Newberry.

5. At ionia.

(d) Other institutions.

1. Industrial school for boys.

2. “ “ “ girls.

3. State Public School.

4. School for deaf.

5. School for blind.

6. Home for feeble minded.

7. Soldiers’ Home.

6. How cantcounty and township expenses be
reduced?

(a) Courts.

(b) Schools.

(c) Jails and poor houses.

(d) Roads and drains.

(e) Salaries.

(f) Miscellaneous.

7. How can our pure food law be strengthened ?

8. What can we do for temperance ‘B

(a) As to enforcing present laws.

(b) An investigation of the liquor trafiic
by a commission, or by the Board of Corrections
and Charities.

(c) The formation of an anti-saloon league.

9. Shall free passes for state otiicers be pro-
hibited ?

10. Shall we have a uniform text book law ‘3

11. Shall we have a free text book law?

12. How can we bring about the election of
the United States Senators by the people ‘.’

13. Is free rural mail delivery practicable 1’

14. Are farm statistics valuable?

15. Can gambling in grain be prevented?_
16. Shall we have state inspection of grain ‘B
17. How improve district schools?

18. Shall women vote in Michigan?

Of Course It Doesn’t.

DEAR SIR: Mr. Btu-deii says he used
your paint four years ago and has seen
other buildings painted with it ten years
ago and they all look fine. ‘Your paint
doesinot fade out like most mixed paints.
g  -.7 J. HART LATTING.
See adv. Ingersoll's Liquid Rubber Paints.

Announcement.

VVc take pleasiire in notifying the read-

‘. ers of the Visiroii and the inciiibers of the

"Tori." ivill be

, (frrange departiiieiit.

Grange tliroughout the state that in ac-
cordance with :i coiitracf between the
.\Iichig:in State Grange and the Lawrence
Piiblishing Coiiipaiiy the “(}i:.\.\'<;i: Visi-
coiisolidatcd with “Tlie
Michigan Fariiicr" on the tirst of .Ianii:ii'y
next. The .\Iicliigaii Fariiier will be en-
larged to :30 pages and will contain :1 good.
strong, live. instriictive and thorough
under the editorial

l charge of our brother Kcyiion L. Butter-

ticld. every week. The Lawreiice I’ublisli-
ing (Jo is composed of men of long and

1 siiccessfiil e.\'pcriciicc and, being in full ac-

cord and liearty .s_viiip:itliy with the aiiiis

I and work of the order. thcrc rciiiuiiis no
3 doubt but tliisfui'r:ingcniciit will give us in
, the consolidated form :1 iuuch sti'oii_«_rci' and

better paper :uid /r’/om/« ///gr/-m than fwus

‘‘ possible in the two papers .scpai':itc. All

i yc:ir frcc.

' siibsci'ilicrs who have paid their subscrip-

tioii bcyoiid .I:iiiiiai'y Isl will rcccivc the
.\Ii<-liigiiu I*‘:iriiici' in full for all due them.

2 Tliosc whose siibscriptioiis expire at or

previous can send one dollar at ()ll('(‘ to the
_\Ii<-liigiiii I’:iriiici'. I)ciroil. .\[icliig:ui and
receive that most c.\'ccllciit :igi'iciiltiii':il
r/m/ ///v/n_r/« -/m/mr// cvcry wcck lllll,il.I:1ll-
ii.-iry Isl. 1.\".l\ gcttiiig b:il:iiicc of this
(,‘i l:l\ (i. I.l'(,'l’..
(il£(l. Ii. lloi-:'ro,\'.
Spcciiil (‘oiiiiiiil1cc.

To the Readers of the Grange Visitor.

.\l the scs.~ioii of the Slate (ii':iii;_i'c liclll
in I)I'c. l\‘.ll. thc lll1<l(,l'.\‘l_<_7ll(‘.ll wci'c:ippoiiil-
cd :i coiiiniillcc to hike ('ll:ll'_'_"(' of and. pro-
vide for the publication of thc (il:.\.\’<;l£
\'i.si'i'oi: or to niiike such other provisioii
as sliould scciii to best serve the inlcrcsls
of the order.

In piirsii.:i1i(-c oi" the duties thus iiiiposcd
upon us we ciitcrcd-;iiilo :i coiitract with
l’crry & .\lc(ir:illi of (fliiirlolte to publish
tliepupcr forlwo vezirs. \\'c eiiipl(i_y(-<l
our cstcciiicd young brother, K. L. lhittci'—
held. to do tliceditorial work. “'0 lic-
licvc the i'c:idci's of the paper will :igi'cl-
that the editorial woi'k :i1id piiblisliiiig
have been well done. hit the siibsci-ip-
tioii list has not been liirgccnoiigli to cover
expenses of piiblicatioii. And under tli.-g
zuitliorit_v given us we have contr:icted with
the piiblislicrs of the -I/riv‘///_r/r(/I J’;//‘mt’/'
“to unite the \'isi'i‘oii" with the /'il/‘l//-
1/’. or in other words we are to have
:1 dcp:irliiicn’t in that widel_v circuliited
ioiiriiul which is to be edited by Kenyon
1.. Iil1it(,‘1'llCl(l\\'ll() has had editorial cliargc
of the Visrroii for the last four yczirs. This
will give to (irangc news and (iirange doc-
trinc :1 wider circuliitioii in this state than
they have ever had before. And we be-
speak for the .I[/r'/u'gm/ 1li(/'///I’/‘ with its
(iiraiige departiiient the good will and :ic-
tivc efforts of all Patrons of Hiisbandry.

Frzitermilly yours.
(,‘riu7s G. LL't‘I-J,
(ii-:o. B. I'I()l{’l‘l)l\'.

“'0 want to call attention again to the
articles in the VlSIT0l< on the qiicstions
that we have suggested _for disciissioii.
They are educative, and ought to he read
by every Patroii, especially by delegates
to the State Gniiige. “'e also want to
hear from more Patrons on some of these
topics. Sit down and write your real
thoughts; if you cannot write an extensive
article. rcnieiiiber that a brief. concise
article is even better.

It is now getting the time of year when
G1'anges begin to W:1I{CI1 a little, and we
ought to have more Gr:i.ngc news. Let us
hear from you, Patrons, with items of news
about what you are planning to do for this
winter. Reiiiember that you would like
to hear from neighboring (frranges, and
that they are just as anxious to hear from
you. Soinetinies a little suggestion made
in the news column is worth a great deal
to some sister Grraiigc. ' So do not be too
modest about the value of what you can
say. but let us have any news that is inter-
esting you in your home Grange.

We publish in this issue letters from I)r.
E. A. Christian of the Pontiac Asylum for
the Insane, and Ex-Congressiiizin Brewer
of Pontiac. both favoringithe general plan
of the liquor coiiiiiiission. or at least an in-
vcstigatioii, on the lines laid down by the
Redfern bill. \Ve hope that our readers
will take pains to read Mr. Brcwer’s argu-
ment prcseiited in the report of the con-
gressional coniniittec. which will be found
on another page. This is an adinirublo
presentation of the question, and we think
covers the ground very thoroughly, and
answers most of the objections. \\'e have
have had notable articles on both sides of
this question, and before State Grange we

hope to be able to sum them up editori:ill_v.

’ and to designate what seems to us the \\’ls—
‘ est plzin under the circiiiiistaiiccs.
 is one thing
~ oftentinies
: 1i(i1't:uice fr)i‘_<_v‘oileli.—~tlicde:idl_\' work of
I liqll()l' is still gxiiiig on.

Tlicrc
about this question
overlooked and its ini-

Froiii :1 tiiiiiiicizil.
as well as froiii ii lll(Il':ll >'I:lIl(l])(iIllI. it is :1

, gi'cat (lll'cSI_I(-ll]. :iiid it is :1 great qiicstion
, also liccaiisc of the ditiiciilty in solviiig the

problciii.

\\'e can sc:irccly (ll.~’(‘ll>‘.~' it too
much.

'I‘lic.\li1-liigiiii .\g‘l‘l(‘lllIlll':ll ('ollc_<_rc of-
fers some special iviiiter coiii'scs. l)(‘;_[llllllll}_"
.l:iii1iai'y 4. in <l:iir_viiig. stock brccdiiig and
feeding. liorticiiltiirc, wintcr gzirdciiiiig
and tloriculturc. Tlicsc courses are of six
weeks cach. and are very priictic.-il in tlicir
iiziturc. The cxpciiscs will-be I'L‘lIll(‘(‘ll to :1
iiiiuiiiiiiiii. and it is expected that any
_voiiii_<__r lilllll can conic to the (‘ollc«_rc iolukc
one of tlicsc courses. lusting six ivccks. and

f_!‘i\'Ill__<_":l vast uiiioiiiit of iiiforiiiiitioii as-I

well as ii good deal of inspinilioii :11 :iii
expciisc of not to exceed -$;’.‘> while at the
('.ollc_«_rc. of coiirsc not couiitiiig l':llll‘(l:l(I
fare coiiiiiig .-ind goiiig. It scciiis to iis
that tlicrc ought to be several lllllllll‘(‘,tl
young iiicii in .\licliig:ui who would be cu-
iliiisiuslic about tzikiiig sonic one of tlicsc
coiirscs this coining wiiitcr. It is gcttiiig
to be in ugriciiltiire as it is in other lines.
that the iii:iii who does not keep up with
the times. the iii:iii who does not use his
very best faciillics. is gr-ltiii<_r left in the
race. Ilcrc is :: clizuicc for tlicyoiiiigiiicii.
not to gcl :i tliorougli cdiicuiioii. but to gel
sonic dclinilc and spccilic iiiforiii:i1ion which
will be hclpi'iil to him in their cvcry ll:i_v
life. 'l‘hc l’:icl that iiiiics are li:ir<l is all
the more rciison why :1 yoiiiig iiiaii iiccds
to lake :idv:iiit:igc of coiii'sc~' like llicsc of-
fcrcd. The (lmiigc has often asked for
these spcciul coiiixscs :11 the ('(illc;_v'c. and
now that they are oll'crcd. we think that
l’:itroiis ought to iirge their own soiis and
those of their iicighliors to ailciid. Is it
not possible that out of (‘:ll‘ll (ii':iiigc iii the
stiitc sonic one young l’:ilroii caniiot :lII(‘ll<l
one of tlicsc sliort coiii-scs this winter!
The ('ollc_-_-'c has i':ii'<-ly done :iiiylliiiig. it
scciiis to us. that any iiiorc fully 'ioiiclics
the popular nccd aiiioiig lhc fariiicrs. and
we hope that the latter will take full ad-
v:iiit:igc of it. \\'c print in full :1 cii'ciil:ir
rccciitly issiicd by the (‘ollc«_»'c i'cg:ii-iliiig
this course:

The Michigan Agricultural College offers to
young men and women who cannot spare the
time or money to pursue a long college course.
an opportunity to acquire special training along
lines of practical farm work.‘ Only such in-
struction will be given as can be put into im-
mediate use on the student’s return home. The
many herds of thoroughbred cattle, the im-
proved methods of stabling and feeding stock,
the large forcing houses and greenhouse con-
taining vegetables and llowers of many hundred
varieties, together with the library, laboratories
and enthusiastic and competent instructors are a
few of the advantages which the College offers to
young men and young women desirous oflea.rn-
ing how to make thei: labor more pleasant to
themselves and of a greater monetary value.

The following special courses will be given,
commencing on January 4 and continuing six
weeks:

I. (‘()UI{SlC l.\' DAIRY III'SI$.-\.\'I)ItY.

In the six weeks’ course in dairy husbandry
especial emphasis will be laid upon buttermak-
ing. Three hours each day of the entire course
will be spent in the dairy room studying meth-
ods of handling milk and cream, the use of the
separator and of various styles of creamers,
ripening cream, churning, working, salting,
packing and selling butter, and finally scoring
butter to acquire an accurate taste. Early in
the course the student learns how to run the
Babcock test and has constant practice in its
use to the end of the term.

Two hours a day for three weeks are spent in
judging dairy cattle and learning how to pick
out the best dairy cows and bulls.

The subject of feeding cows occupies the at-
tention ot the student for one hour. daily
throughout the course.

The important subject of the health of the
cows and the treatment of the most common
diseases is discussed daily for one hour by the
professor of veterinary science. A course of
lectures on bacteriology and microscopic ap-
pearance of milk under varying conditions will
also be given, that the student may have a ra-
tional basis for the operations of the dairy.

A course of lectures and demonstrations in
dairy chemistry is also offered to explain the
reasons for the various steps in the manufac-
ture of butter.

II. SI’E()IAL COURSE IN LIVE STOCK HUS-
BANDRY.

This course is offered to meet the wants of
young men already engaged in the breeding and
fattening of the various classes of live stock, or
who intend to become stock breeders later. The
dominant feature of the course is therefore
stock judging, selection. breeding and manage-
ment of horses, cattle. sheep and swine. Three
hours daily for six weeks are devoted to this
to ic.

I))aily lectures and demonstrations with prac-
tical work at the barn are given in stock feed-
ing, including not only the scientific side ‘of the
subject but the every day routine as well. A
course of thirty lectures on the anatomy of the
domestic animals, hygienic rules and sugges-
tions as to the treatment of the
common diseases is a most valuable
feature of the work. One hour a day dur-
ing the course is devoted to the botany and cul-
ture of grains. fodder plants and meadows, in
order that the student may understand the best
methods of producing and securing feed for the
stock.

There will also be two special courses along
horticultural lines. one of which will give at-
tention to fruit culture and the other to llori-
culture and winter vegetable gardening.

III. THE COURSE IN FKYIT (‘-I.'LTI.'1{E

will embrace instruction in the propagation of
plants from cuttings, grafts and buds, and in

the methods used in the nursery. The care and
management of orchards, including the selec-
tion of the soil and the location for the different
fruits. the preparation of the land, choice of
trees and varieties. planting and pruning. culti-

V vating. fertiliziiig. spraying, harvesting. and

marketing, will be treated by meausoflectures.
by reference to standard authors and so far as
the season will admit by actual practice.

In order to give a better knowledge of the
plants with which he is to deal and the insects
and diseases that are likely to attack them

l there will also he instruction in botany and en-

tomology. with some attention to the chemistry

1 of the soil, fertilizers, etc.

iv. 'i‘iir: i.\'s'i‘i:i'<"i‘io.\' i.\' l~'l.UI{l<'l’l.'l‘I'lti~Z .\.\'ii
wi_\"ri-:ii vi«:«:i»:'i'.\i;i.i-: F()ll('l.\'(;
will include the construction and heating of the
various kinds of greenhouses and the require
ments of the various crops; the propagation of
plants. wnicli will deal with the methods em-
Dloved by the llorisl; and the growing and Care

of greenhouse. Crops. All of the leading crops

grown in greeiilioiises_ such as roses, Carnations
and violets, clirysaiitheiniiiiis. lettuce, radishes.
cucumbers, tomatoes, and other vegetables will
receive atteiition.

The botany, eiitoiiiology and clieniistry given
in this course will be adapted to the require
nzents of the ilnrist.

Aside from the instruction given by the col-
lege faculty in each of these four lines of work
an elliort is being made to have several courses
of practical lectures delivered by some of the
leading fruit growers, il-irists, successful stock
breeders and (I2lll')'lll(>*li of the state.

Upportiinity will be given the students in each

i of these courses to make use of the College li-

brary of over 24 l,i I: Ill volumes and several courses
of rcading will be suggested and couiinenced.

l{|{13l'Illl~INlI‘IX'l'S lllll \I)\ll.~_~l()_\',

Young men or woiiicn of good iiioral charac
ter and over lifteen years of age will be ad-
mitted to these classes witlioiit exaniiiiatioii.

i-:.\ l’l~I.\'.~'l-i\.

The only cliarge will be ii fee of  Till to cover
incidental expenses.

Good board with liealed rooin, etc. can be
had near the (‘ollegc grouiilis or iii Laiisiiig
(with which we have electric street car coiiiiec
tioni, for three dollars per week.

Total expeiises:

Incidental 
Board is weeks at ..\.‘:l per week. . . 
Streetcar fare if boardiiig in Laiisiiig

 Tin

_’.i.s3o

it may be well to note that this sum does not

including ll. It. fare from lionie to the (‘ollege

and return. There will also be ;i small expense

for laundry, stationery, etc. Tliere will be no
outlay for textbooks.

(fan you ai’l'ord to let such an opportiiiiity pass
by Z’ Six weeks of such iiislructioii as will be
ollered aiiiid such an eiiviroiiineiit will give a
young person an iiispiratior. that will make life
worth living and at the same time will give re-
turns a hundred-fold in a liiiaiicial way.

For fuller details with rcfereiice to t‘ICli“l‘ of
these courses address the Presideiit,

.l. L. .\'.\‘i lblill.
Agricultiiral College, Mich.

Liquor Commission.

l’.Y UK. I‘). A. ('lII{I.\"I'I.\I\', h'l'l"I’. Ii.-\.\"I‘ICI€N
.\lI('llIli.\X .\.\'YI.l'.\l l"l)I{ lX.\‘.\.\IC-

l;}iii'i'oi: (il{.\.\'1ll-I \'isi'roi:: Your Icltcr.
l.U}_{‘(‘tll(‘l'\\'l1l1:l('()l).\' ofllu-(ii:.\.\'oi~: \'isi'roi:
coiitaiiiiiig :1 bill to provide for :1 State
Liquor ('oiiiiiiission, has been i'cccivcd.

Fully rccogiiiziiig the iiiiporhuit ]):ll"t
played by iiitciiiperniicc in the c.-iusiitioii of
iiis:iiiit_v, both in its direct .'l('IlUIl upon the
individual. and iiidircctly by bcqiiciilliiiig
to ollspriiig vices of coiistilutioii which re-
sult in iiieiitiil and pliysiciil dcgciicr:ic_\'. I
am natiirally iii syiiipatliy with :iiiy move-
ment which would have as its cliccl, the re-
strictiiig of the evil. .\t the same time. I
have not given siitiiciciit atlciitioii to the
pi'actic.al applicatioii of any iiic:isiii'cs which
have been made trial of to iiiakc inc coiii~
pcteiit to oller siiggcslioiis or criticisiiis
bearing upon the bill in question which
would have practical value. To me. how-
ever, it seems that the provisions of the
bill have much merit, and I do notquestion
that a great deal of iiiforiiizition could be
gatliered covering the ground eiiibraced in
it, which would go far toward awakening
a healthfiil public sentiniciit in t':ivor of re-
prcssiiig inteiiiperance by restrictiiig the
sale of liquor: and I believe that the ex-
penditures conteiiiplzited in the bill are

none too great for the results sought by it.
1’onf,1'm:.

BY I-IX-(,'()I\'(}I(E.\'.\'.\IA.\' )1. S. IiI{I~I\\'I-ZR.

El)l’1‘0l{ (i‘r1:A.\‘oi: Visiroir: I h:ivc ex-
amined the bill introduced by Mr. Iiedfcrn
at the last session of the legislatiire. look-
ing toward the creation of :1 coiiiiiiission to
e.\aniine  to the use of spirituous and in-
toxicating liquors in ‘our state, and the
abuses arising thercfroiii, for the purpose
of seeking a remedy for the lessening of
such uses and abuses. I have no doubt
there isiiicrit in the proposition, but I have
always believed it was :1 matter which
should be taken in cliargc by the general
governnient, in order to become the most
useful and effective. Believing such to be
the case, I, during the session of congress
in the winter of 1571+-Hl.l, ollcred a resolu-
tion which was adopted by the lower house
of congress. creiiting ll coniiiiittee known
as “The (‘oinniittce on the Alcoholic
Liquor Traflic." and I was made a iiieniber
of such committee. I, thereupon, intro-
duced a bill for the purpose of creating
such coiiiniission. It was rc:t'crred to this
new coinniittcc. and by the cli:ii1'iiiantlici'e—
of to a siib-coiiiiiiittce, constitiited of my-
self, \\':irncr Miller of New York, since a
senator, and M 1‘. Vance of North Ca1'oliiia.
The sulrcoiiiiiiittee made a favorable re-
port upon the bill. and when it came up


-our rights.

OCTOBER 15, 1896.

THE GRAN GE V ISITOR.

for consideration before the whole coiii-
niittee our report was sustained (there be-
ing some members who were opposed to
the bill absent), and I was instructed to
prepare the report which I did, printed
copy of which I send you. This report as
you will see went qtiite largely into the
constitutional power of congress to make
the investigation as well as to the desira-
bility of doing so. The senate had on sev-
eral occasions previously passed a similar
bill but they had always failed in the Iloiise.
I tried my best to get my bill tip. but a
inajority of the house belonged to :i politi-
cal party dit’i’ei-ent from my own, andl
was unable to get the bill up for consider-
ation and it failed.

Now as to the proposition for having the
-state make the exaniinatioii referred to. by
a connnission, I think such a
would result in good. I know there is,
very properly. a growing sentinient among
our people th:it the state is creating alto-
gether too many boards, coniniissions, and
public otlicials.
constantly been upon the increase. and we
know from personal observation. that how-
ever small such hoardsor cominissions may
be, or however you may limit tlieii' ex-
penditures at first, they soon become inde-
pendent bureaus with a large nuinbcr of

for by M1‘. liedfern might be secured by

eiilarging the powers of the “state board of I

corrections and cliarities,“ or some other

board now existing, and bestowing the “

power to make such investigations upon
such board. The bill should alsobcanieiid—
ed in other respects. asl believe. for in-
stance. it should provide for :iii cxaniina—
tion :is to the workings of the proliibitory

for so many years, in order that the peo-
pleniiglit dete'rininc as to wlicthcr such
laws were more ctl'ective in the
teniperaiice than our preseiit laws taxing
and rcgulatiiig the sale of liquors. The
duties of the coniniission might be furtlicr
enlarged. but it is not iieccss.-ii'y that I
should go into particiilar.-'. bccali.-c I appre-
hend you only seek to know iii_v views
toucliiiig‘tlic :i<l\'isaliility of crcatiiig the
coiiiiiiissioii and making the iiivcstigation
siiggested in the bill of .\Ir. it,‘(li(*l'll. and

not as to the particular method of iiiaking 3
I am inclined tothink. if proper

the s:iiiic.

effort was made. the coming coiigress

would pass a bill creating a (‘()lllIlli.\‘~‘lt)li to .

make the examination siiggesteil. but if it

failed in this. tlie.ii I should favor li.-iving I

the investigation uiadc under state author-
ity.
pernianent commission or board should be

created for the purpose mentioned, because 

when the inforniation is once obtained the
further continuance of the coinniission
would seem useless.

The report mentioned by Mr. lhcwcr
goes into the discussion at some length of
the question of the jurisdiction of congress
in this case, which the committee thouglit
was proved. The report then enters upon
an argument as to the merits of the invest-
igation itself, and it covers the ground so
thoroughly that we ask for it the careful
reading h_y every one at all interested.

('ontinued to page ti.

Our Pure Food Laws.
BY HON. C. E. STORES, (‘OM.\IlNb'I()2\'F.R.

Enrron GRAN(}P1 Visiroiiz Among the
topics upon which you ask correspondence
I notice this, “\Vhat shall we do to
strengthen our food laws 1“ .\Iay I be al-
lowed to say something on the subject
from the standpoint of one who has at least
had the opportunity to learn of the weak-
nesses of the law as it now stands! And to
pave the way for that, I would like to say
something of the purpose of the law and
what has already been accomplislied.

Primarily its object is the irotection of
the people against fraud. [Ye pay for
government tl'(1)21iL \V'f(3?11]a_y be gl)1I'()tiZ(3Ct€(l in

ne 0 ese is a we are
given value received in our purchases
whatever their nature. \Vhen we give
-up our money we should receive in quanti-
ty and quallityh i3I%G.Val11? <t)f our iiy\)%ey',not
in nzyme gin 3; Bmgfs grin: H '1 en lwae
pay h01 ficiot st h a < lyait; VtVl(e
we s on ( no ave nieasuret 0 0 us
goods with one-half or one-quarter or one-
hundredth part cotton and thirty-five and
three-fourths inches i1I1,V1:'I(Ith, even though
the «lib tonorued 0 er ' tells us that the
cotttih really iiiakes it better, or that it cuts
to just as good advantage with the quarter
inch less in width. If we choose to accept
his valuation against our own better jiidg—
nient, we have no reason to find fault, but
if, not convinced by his'argu_inent, we still
demand and pay the pricle of %the 90111111110,
and he by aiiv means pa ms 0 on us w iat
he tells us (and perhaps even believes) is
worth just as much, then we are defrauded
of our rights and entitled to recover daina—
ges.

So even though the (lealeiqtells us, and
perlhapls lielieygas, tfljat _a iiliiezfiiiye  pglas
or iar ey wi co ee is 3 e‘ r '
health than pure coffee, and without our
knowledge puts the mixture upon us for

genuine coffee, he has wronged us if we

lll(5IIh’llI'(‘, -

 their condition.
2 their nioiicyis worth of the pure article of
‘ food whicli tlic_v call for. and should have
law which we had upon our statute books I

cause of I
1. and

Ido not think in any event that a ‘

§ ask for and pay the price of genuine coffee.

For the protection of the consumer against .

‘ it that he used to sell to pay the full
anioniit.

frauds of this kind the law was in thegtirst
instance intended. But in realit_v it goes.
:ind rightly too. much farther than this.
The man who buys for the purpose of sell-
ing again. whether the
jobber. is entitled to the protection of the
law against the man who is in the great
niajority of cases the original perpetrator
of the fraud. It is true undoiibtedly that
there :ire cases where the retailer does
some surreptitious mixing of goods and
thus becomes doubly guilty:
wrong tothe honest iiianufactiirer by un-
authorized degradiiig of his lawful product,

, thus injuring him in his reputation, and

guilty of fraiid upon his own custoniei‘.

lhit in the great iiiajority of cases the . _
‘ think we do not need

wrong begins with the inanufacturer.

Not so often as is geiierally supposed ;
does he use articles that are injiiriou.-'. but I
. soinetliing that clieapeiis the product. Iliis I
, is done of course to enable him to under-
’ V '
Ihe number of such has

sell his rival. It is not true as so often
stated in answer to a demand for some-
thing that is clieap even at the expense of
purit_v. People do w:ii1t cheap goods. but
at the sainc time pure goods. If it were
true that they waiiteil clieapness at the ex-

; pcnse of genuincness. there would be no
einployecs and enlarged e.\'penditiires. It '
would strike me. that the object, sought 3

need of deception: they would ask for and
accept the adulteratcd article, if that were
all. I believe it true that at lc:ist ninety-
tivc of every liundrcdv of purcliasci's will
clieerfully p:iv the :idvaiiccd price of the
purc article. rather than take. the impure

I at any price.

The real truth is. that people. wliatcvcr
want :iiid arc ciititlcil to

rcdrcs.-. in case :iiiytliiiig issiibstitiicd for
it. and the state is bound in justice to de-
fend tlicni against frauds of this kind as of
any other. So should the honest dealer
lionest iiiainit'acturcr be protected
a_«_-‘aiiist the practices of the dislioncst one.

‘ They should not be compelled by unfair

competition to put their goods on the mar—
kct by the side of and under the same con-
ditions. as the iiiati who scllsan adulter-
ated article. _ -

.\ny pure food law that does not protect
the honest iii:iinif:ictui'er and dealer as
:ig:iiiist the disliopcst one. as well as the
ctiiisuiiieiucoincs short by just that iiuicli of
fullilling the purpose of its ciiactincnt.

I.IIII.\'iIl{I. ()(‘IUII1l‘ 7. 1%/‘Ii

How can County and Township Ex-
penses be Reduced?

BY A. W. lIAYl)().\'.

the questions presented in the Visiroii.

lint, as the seeding has been delayed by :

rains and work is pressing, I take the easy
one :it the head of this article.

solve the problem. :iiid what came of it.

last spring. resolutions were introduced

and carried stating in siibstance that as I
the purchasing power of official salaries?

had largely increased and the taxpayers‘

decreased, justice demanded a reduc-
tion all along the line; and believing that
reform. like charity.sliould begin at home,
it was therefore resolved that the nominees

for the various township ottiees should be r

iledoied to iei-form the duties of their sev- '1 . . . .
I ’“ 1 ~ says the proprietor, "not until quite re-

eral otiices at a reduction of 2.3 percent
from statutory rates. and that the super-

reduction of county expenses and salaries,
including the pay of members of the board
of supervisors.

purpose of getting into power, a platform
to get in on not to stand on, and averred
that we did not mean to carry it out. and
succeeded in keeping the faithful in line,
and defeated us as usual, with the excep-
tion of highway commissioner. He is doing
business at 25 per cent off this year. To
him we pin our hopes of final success for
our reform niove.

N ow, as to the possibilities of the plan.
If the entire township ticket had been
elected the total saving for the year would
have been about $.1HU. This is less than an
average township in the county, and if we
suppose them all working upon the same
plan the saving for the county may be
fairly estimated at 52,4 i0o_ suppose further
that Van Buren is an average of the counties
of the state, and the whole eighty or more
were working upon the same plan. and we
have a saving of $160,001).

Suppose, further, that the supervisors of
all the townships were pledged to corres-
pondingly reduce salaries of county officers,
and by a safe estimate we would have a
saving from that source of $1oo,oi to or
more for the state, and a total of ovei' a
quarter million of dollars. And no injustice
would be done, for the 7:") per cent of
salary remaining will buy more of the
necessaries of life or more of any kind of
investment properties, securities excepted,
than the entire salary would a few years

i ago.

‘troubled with loiig-siglitedness.
retailer or the ,

=. item. but the local

I take this l
question because I want to tell howthe little §

cUi1i1t1'v towiisliip of ll:iiii'ilton tried to» . . .
” ~ forniation can always be obtained.

At a caucus of one of the political parties  ‘l”‘““' '1' M‘ 11"”

' seen.

\Vhile the taxpayer would have to
sell double the amount of produce to pay

The vision of the a\‘er:ige citizen scents
Ilc can
see the priiicel_v salaries of high officials,

"the reckless extravagance in state otiiccs
: andinstitutions.anilof the legislature in vot-
. ing approjiriatioiis. and he can howl there-
: a most liistil_v. But he secnis unable to see

that like evils stalk abroad in his own

‘ county and townsliipaiid school district. .\
guilty of ‘

glance at his state tax receipt would show
him that the tax is really a small
taxes over which the
people have iiearlv completecontrol. ai'e

; the bulk of the bill that he has to pay.

Let no one draw the inference that I
reti'ciicliinent and
economy in statcatl'air~‘. because we do.
and new is the time to demand and work
for it if wcevcr hope tosccurc it. But

? our most pi'oiiiising field of labor is to de-
vote our energies to instituting rcforins .

and econoniies right at home. bearing con-
stantly in mind that if local taxes :uid sal-
aries and expenses are high. we are our-
selves to blame for it.

Think over the llamilton plan and see
if it does not furnisli a practical solution
to the question.

])(’I‘1lillI'.

The Bay View Reading Circle.

The llav View ltc.-iiliii; ('irclc is one of I .
‘ ' . lic docuineiits.

the siicccsscs of the last few years. and only
its inodesty in courting publicity is per-
haps \vli_v it is not more gem-i':ill_\' known.
Still it has never passed a year without
doubling its nicinbcrsliip. and tod:iv it

counts its members by tliousaiids who own i

to a deeper and richer life under the stim-

iiloiis of its work and the wise direction of l
Its loc:il circles have sprung ,

up(,\.e,,.~\.\\.}H_:,(_‘ MM 1-” “W Hm‘. plu» Hf  liuiiiiiniiariaii iiiotivcsaiid the second :is it

their studic.-.
liioo now t'orining. already. nc:irlv a month

year. tiftccn statesarc i'cpi‘cscntcil. l’ii'iclly.
the Ii.‘l_\' \ if-w work is a short. coiiiprchcii—
sive and s_vsteiiiatic four yc:ir'.s lionic read-

ing course. simple in pl:iii but truly educa-

tional. :iiid \\itli :idiploiiia ci'owniiig its:

completion. It has its .\l1l¢‘l‘l1':ili,iit‘l'lil:lli.
I‘1'citcli and I‘Ili;[ll.\llV\'t‘:t1‘.\' when the liistory.
literature and social

works in 1iopiilarsciciiccand art .-ircstiidicd.
.\lany farincr.-" and literary clubs recogniz-
ing the excellence of this coiirse have
adopted it. and its transforiiiiiig power is
felt in scores of ncighliorlioodsand isolated
places.
neighborhoods and the voiiiig people fre-

I have promised myself to do iii_v duty I ‘l”.""_u-ll 1;”-w‘l'_ef‘ ythy“ l.1m‘ll‘i‘i“'”l lit“ .1‘
as a I’atron bv aiding in the discussion of : ‘l““'l‘°m‘( ‘ nu“ ll)-“‘ “IN”-1 “II "ml "””“l

life becomes more cheerful and is clcv:ited
by superior thinking. Tliou-‘ands areliuii—
gering for such :iii orgaiiizatioii that will
make lifeiii the country pleasant. with some
of the advaiitages of town and city. The
ceiitral otlice is at Flint. .\lich.. where iii-
Ad-

The Little Farm, We11Til1ed.

In the suburbs of a nice town, we found 
ahim‘. to pm, the,“ had ,.(,,.,.eSp0ndim_{h. j an Blitei-pt-1S1l'l‘t\)~ youiig man working :i one: .
" " ‘ ' .acre iii:irket garden where all kinds of

garden truck was being nicely and thor-
oughly cared for. Not a weed was to be
livery plant showed a remarkable
thrifty growth. \\'e reinarked, “You
must have lots of rain here." “Oh no,“

ceiitly. but I have spent the most of my

visor shall be required to work for a like E “m0 ‘«"‘”1"“““.‘-’ “ml l“’e"1:‘§ thls lmt“.l.]‘ and

i sold to date (June 10) can worth, and
‘ harvest had just begun.
a not far from this place. we heard of :1 man

The opposing political party pi'onoiinced I that ‘ms llllnntng 1” tlllem-Yflcm (?”mle"'

this a piece of political bunconihe for the 

Two days later,

“'0 were anxious to see it, and a short
drive brought us to the spot. It was a big
spot. \\'eeds were numerous all over it.
The manager seemed to be in no particular
hurry. His entire crop had a backward
appearance, and we predict a failure for
him. l\'ow,' the one-acre man will have
iiuich to say about the remarkable prodiic-
tiveiiess and great value of Dakota soil,
while the twenty-acre man will curse the
soil, climate, railroads, and everything
else but himself. In Kansas, Nebraska,
and Colorado we h:ivc seen the same clear-
ly demonstrated. These facts, coupled
with what we have seen in tlieolder eastern
states. pronipts us to repeat that there is
no section of this great country where the
intelligent, pushing. enterprising young
man with a little money can get as much
and as sure an income as in those states, if

he will keep in mind the story of the little *

farm well tille<l.—/MA-r»z‘r( /‘ll/‘mt’/'.

Business Sense in Farming.

I suppose by the phrase “new fainter"
is nieanta man who can apply the same
principles to farming that a busiiiess man
must apply to his business in the city to
make it profitable.

Every possible and true economy must
be practiced, and sanitary rules must be
applied around all buildings.

A considerable sphere of knowledge is

3 and

‘ stitutions. to

It provides plans which bring 

 necess:1i'y. which should be brouglit to our
j agricultiii*alist through an intimaterclation

with our experiment stations. or by a prep-

‘ aration at our agricultural college or other

good training school.
Cultivate no more land than you can till

. to a protit.

Try to have _~;()|11(- textbooks introduced
into the schools of our rural districts that
shall teach of those natural objects of iii-
terest that accompany life in the country.

‘ (iood mental training can thus be gained.
‘_ and prolitable knowledge obtained.

These are some of the points to make

. the "new farnicr." who niust have energy

and ])lllL'l\'.—]“/‘v///I‘/Ix  -l I/I/r’/rm. /i/‘IN/.—

4/i/M AV://~ /1'/,1//4//,M .l{//vli-N /»/,-i// ,\',u-/.1‘.//_

How Can Expenses of Our State Gov-
ernment be Reduced.

it’oiitiiitit-d it-out p:c.n- l.i

. plisli this result as the otlicc was created by

that instrunient.
Till’. I.l~1i;]>I..\'I‘t’l:l’..

It inay sccin that any criticisin of this
body c:iii only come with an ill grace from

» one who has been a iiicniber of that body,

The evils (if they niay be so called) arc the
growtli of _vi-arsaiid have become so in the
past. strange as it may seem. throiigli 1|
desire to keep the general public iiiforincd
of the doings of its .-erv:iii‘.s. I refer par-

‘ ticiilarly to the publicatioti of such large

uunibi-rs of departniciital reports and pub-
l‘l\‘crv court liousc in the
state is gluttcd with their piiblicatioiis :iiid

! every town clerk even decries their com-

ing. .\u iiiisiicccssfiil ctlort to stoptliislcak
was made in the last l(‘<_"l>l.'llll1'(‘.

Then there si-eins to be a proncncss to
multiply State Iii.-titutions. .\ll ailniit
that tlii-iiiit'oi'tuii:itc and criminal classes
must be taken care of. the tir.-t froni
dc-

protcctioii to society. .\‘oinctiines :i

In ml\.”m_o Ht “W Ulmnml, UT ,1“, WMIHIL, ‘_ sun to set Hit .1 stati nistitutioii. ostiiisi il_\
' ‘ g for public bcnctit. coiiceals the less wortliy

niotiveof buililingup Il town or paying
olla political debt. .\ll suclicllort.-. as

[ someone has. not very gi‘aniatic.-illy. but

forccflilly stated >'llt)lll'l "be cliccked in
the borniii.‘ "
.\.-to niisccllancous opportuiiitics for re-

m_,im,i“”\ Hf ,j“N_  trcncliniciit I niight sii}_vj«_-‘est the employ-

grcal iiiodci'ii iiatioiis. and :i tcw iissociate .

iiiciit of less help in the janitoring of the
building. the taking" care of the t_"l'(Hlll(l>
in the iilll(‘('!‘il]<_" of the lc-_ri.-latiirc.
might be nianagc-l with a sniiillcr force.

Tliedispositioii of nearly all State Iii-
usk for iiicrcascd appro-
priations should be closely w'ati-heel. and if
any ilisposition to ask for all they darc and
then t:ikc what they can get til» thing not
:lll()f_I‘t)lli(..'I' inilicard oi’) isinanifested. actii:il
investigation should be had and the appro-
priatioiis bc inadc to cori'cspoiiil with the
ncccssitics of the case.

In conclusion rigid ccoiioiny on the part
of all otliccrs of the state and of state in-

_ stitutions ought to be the tirst thing in or-

der. If this is practical it will tend to
lift some of the burdens that are now
pressing so heavily upon the erstwliilc
pi'osperoiis state of .\licliigan.

Jluplt’ Riipirlx.

Farm Home Reading Circle,

The recent sharp frosts rciiiiud us that
the farniers’ intellectual seed time is ap-
proaching. \Vith four-tifths of the farmers
the only time that tliey c:iii study is in the
winter. The question is, do farniers make
the best use of the time! The average
inan. no inatter how good :i mind he inay
have. is not very apt to do a great deal of
continuous and systeniatic study unless
there is some direct object in view. The
goal may not be a very important or pre-
tentious one, biit it often atl'ords an iiicciit-
ive. In Michigaii a goal may be found in
the completion of the I“ariii Home Reading
('ircle of the .\Iichigan .~\gricultural Col-
lege. In addition to forming an incentive,
it presents within itself a course of study
that is of real and practical value. Sucli a
course will be helpful to young men :iiid
women of the farm just as niatters of iii-
formation, as affording topics for study
and thought along lines in which they are
iinich interested, or should be interested.
It is suited to young farmers who are just
starting out and who desire to attain the
very best and latest methods in agriculture;
young men who wish to get to the bottom
of the thing and to be as thorough and
practicable as possible. Such men will
profit by the Farm Home Reading Circle.
And it is not unsuited to the older farmers:
who are getting gray in practical farming,
but who feel that they do not “know it all”
and that their farm still otters a rich tield
for study. To such men the Farm Home
Reading circle will be of aid. Thus the F.
H. R. C. is suited to all classes on the farm.
It has progressed well during the last year,
but it is doing but a mere fraction of the
work that it ought to do. \\'hat it iiiay
accomplish largely depends upon the farm-
ers for whom it is intended. Send to Mr.
H. W. Muiiiford, Agricultural College,
for circulars and full inforniation concern-
ing this valuable course. It costs you
nothing but the price of the books, and
these are secured very cheaply for you.


THE GRANGE VISITOR.

OCTOBER 15, 1896.

§el;'le9€< and Smign

Liquor Commission.

('ontinur.-d from paige 1.

\Vith this short statement of the
views of the connnittee as to the
jurisdiction of congress. is it ex-
pedient to order this comiiiission
and inquiry.’ That the evils of iii-
teinperaiice are enoriiious, and that
the use of intoxicating drinks is
one of the dangers which seriously

threaten our national prosperity as-

well as reputation, are facts which
ai'e very generally conceded.
Every good citizen will give his
countenance and aid to any meas-
ure which will liiiiitaiid retain these

evils. Many of those who have’

petitioned for the creation of such
a coininission are believei's and
supporters of pi-ohibitory legisla-
tion, and tiny desire to extend and
strengthen it every way in their
power: while there are others of
them who deploiie the evils of iii-
teinperance and believe in the elli-
cacy of legislation as a rcniedy.
yet are opposed to purely proliibi-
tory laws, but believe that all that
can be accomplislied b_v legislation
must be gained by stringent laws,
regulating and controlling the
traflic.
of our people (and doiibtlcssaiiiong
them many who would gladly see
the evils of intenipei'anc.e lessened)
who do not believe in legislation
upon the subject in any form.
They believe that the only prac-
ticable remedy is by an appeal to
the individual judgiiient and coii-
science; that in no other wa_v can
men be won to habits of teiiiper—
ance and sobriety: that in no other
way is it possible to createa public
sentiment that shall be strong and
efficient enough to make habits of
iiiteiiiperaiice unpopular and dis-
graceful. and thereby circuiiiscribe
and limit the evilsof iiitenipcrzuice.
The coiiiniittee believe that the
pcople desiring the creation of such
coiiiinissioii deserve the respectful
attention of coiigi'ess. Tlie_v be-
long to the most respectable and
intelligent class of our citizens.
They have long been identified
with the best interests of society
and belong to the various religious
organizations without distinction
of deiiomination. They have long
been engaged in a philantliropic
effort which hasiiief tliecoiiiiiieiida—
tion of sonic of the noblest and
most gifted of -\niericar. citizens
as well asofotlier civilized nations.
The coiiiiiiitte does not now desire
to discuss the best mode of meeting
and combating the great evil of in-
teniperance—whether by legisla-
tion or by bringing the power of
public opinion to bear against it——
but they deem it full and compre-
hensive knowledge of the evil es-
sential. Those who claim that leg-
islation is the only mode by which
the traffic can be stopped or cir-
cuniscribed admit equally with
others the necessity of creating a
rightpublic sentiment, as no law
on the subject not upheld and sus-
tained by the popular judgment
would be effective. It is with this
view, in part, that this iiivestiga—
tion is sought to be made, that h_v
a more thorough knowledge of the
evil the greater wisdoi_ii may be
obtained to devise a remedy.

Your coininittce are unable to
see how the inquiry proposed can
meet with any reasonable opposi-
tion. So far as they know. there
is no anti—temperance party in the
country: no party that is avowed-
ly in favor of the inisery and dog-
radation and waste of intemperance.
The only issue made in the discus-
sion of the question is as to the
best method of promoting teiiiper—
ance reform. This commission
will be required to investigate the
facts as to the actual knowledge of
the different forms of legislation,
and ascertain,’ so far as possible,
What remedies have, by experience,
proved most efficient, and ascer-
tain the amount of money invested
in the liquor traffic; the amount
of money it brings into the
treasuries, national, state, and inu-
nicipal, and especially from what
classes of society and in what nian-
ner this revenue is derived.

It is important for the people to
know the influence of this traffic
upon morals; its relation to crime
and criminals: its rel_ation to pan-
pers and pauperisni: its relation to
industry and political economy;
and its relation to health and length
of life.

If such a commission should find,
as a result of their labors, as your
committee apprehend they may

There is still another class ‘

lfind, that the sixty millions of rev-
enue collected from the liquor
,traffic and put into the United
‘-States treasury actually cost the
people of the nation, in iiidustry.
in health, in length of life, in taxes.
in the maintenance of law. in pro-
vision for penitentiaries and poor-
houses and hospitals, niaiiy times
‘that amount, it may well be asked
fwhetlier this is a wise ecoiioiii_v,
Sand whether there iiiay not be a
ibetter way to supply the public
jpurse.

If such commission should find.
ias your commi tee apprehend they
jinav find. that the traffic in intoxi-
lcating liquors is destructive to
llllOl'2ilh‘, makes men had citizens.
l unreliable and unproductive mem-
bers of society. and dcinoralizing
{in their influence. makes bad hus-
jbands. bad fathers, and bad sons,
j‘ breaks up families. provokes _quai'—
,‘i'els, and generates crime. is it not
jiniportant that these facts sliould

be known to the people!

If these facts >l1()lll(l b:,- established
no individual or class could coiii-
.plain if local legislation should cut
‘off gains derived from a traffic
which saps the foundations of the
state: which undcrniincs the moral
cliaracter of the people: which
makes necdful expensive appliances
for its puiiisliinent. If these facts
should not be established. no nianis
occupation is tlireatened or put in
jeopardy by the inquiry.

It has been suggested against
the authorizing of this commission
that the evil coniplaiiicd of is al-
ready well known and well under-
stood, and that a report of such a
coiiiiiiission could add nothing.

It is ti'iic that every person knows
individual iiistances, but very few
know anything of the vast aggre-
gate of the cost. crime, and stiffer‘-
ing occasioned by its presentatioii.
It has been said, too, that the iii-
foriiiatioii can be collected by
state agencies and by associations
of private individuals who are in-
terested in the reform. To a cer-
taiii extent this is true: but the
stateageiicy is too narrow in its
scope, and the reports and statistics
gatliercd by indiy idlial associations
have no autlioi'itative voice, and
ai'e always open to the charge that
they are the partial judgment of
over-zealous and fanatical reform-
ers. Tlie evil is iiational in extent
and magnitude. and the whole
truth of the subject ought to be
shown with the guarantees of offi-
cial responsibility and authority,
so that, to whatever reiiiedy it may
point, no doubt shall exist as to
the grolinds upon which action is
taken.

Your committee might point to
many precedeiits: established by
congress, which would not only go
far in establisliiiig the pi'opricty of
this investigation but the jurisdic-
tion of congress to order the saine.
The Iloiise is now investigating,
by one of its coniinittces, the great
and important question of inter-
state coiiniierce as conducted upon
our railroads. Congress only seeks
to legislate as to i'oads passing
from one state to another; but we
apprehend said connnittee is not
confined in its inquiries to those
i'oads which pass from one state to
another, but seeks also to gather
information as to how business is
conducted on roads which may be
confined to the limits of any par-
ticular state. That committee seeks
to gather information as to our
whole railroad system, not for the
purpose of legislating on lines con-
fined to the limits of a state, but
for the purpose of gathering in-
formation which will aid them in
devising intelligent legislation as
to such lines of road as congress
may have jurisdiction to legislate
upon, in the same manner as your
committee now seeks to gain in-
formation of the various systems
of regulating and controlling the
alcoholic liquor traffic. Congress
has appropriated over half a mil-
lion of dollars to investigate as to
yellow fever, its prevention, and
suppression. The jurisdiction of
the National Board of Health is
far more extended and -doiibtfiil
than that which is sought to be
given to the proposed commission.
Your connnittee has no desire to
belittle the investigations relating
to the yellow fever, but they are
of the opinion that a thorough in-
vestigation of the alcoholic liquor
traffic will show that more people,
directly and indirectly, lost their
lives in the United States is 1878
from the use of alcohol than were
lost by the yellow fever during the
same time. The bill reported by
your committee will insure not

only thoroughness but entire fair-
ness in the examinations and con-
clusions of the coniiiiission. ' All
nieinhcrs of the commission are
not to be chosen from those who
believe in the efficacy of prohibi-
bitory laws. The execution of the
proposed law will cost but a ti'ifle,
but a thorough execution of the
law, your committee believe. will
be of vast importance tothe .-\ineri-
can people. The connnittee in
their recoiiiinendations have taken
occasion to adopt much of the re-
port of the House connnittee on
the .ludiciary on the same subject
made in the forty-third congress.

Bro. Trimble on the Grange

.. -- ‘ w‘-vii“

llie Grange was not founded for
the life tenure or the life use or the
life advantage of any particular
set of men and women. It is
founded and built up, into its
p1'e>'eiit grand and powcrfiil pro-
portions of tiscfiiliiess and honor
to the .-\lIl(.‘l'lL‘2tll fariiicrs. at great
and cheerful expenditure of time,
of labor, of iiioiie_v. liy whom?
liy you, l’atrons; by you. l’atron.s:
now more or less aged ineiiand wo-
men: mark it, not for vourself
alone, nor for yourlifetiiiieand life
use, but for your country --for vour
children and your cliililrcii's -chil-
dren. ls. then, this great orgaiii-
zation built upasit was at an enor-
mous cost of the time. labor and
money of hundreds of thousands
of intelligent and patriotic -\ineri-
can men and women. is this great
orgaiiizatioii to l)(‘t,‘(Jl1lC a thing of
the past when this generation has
been gzitlici'c«l to their fatliers.’ In
my (frrangc pilgi'iiiia.gcs cvcrv
suinnicr, which have always been
pleasant and profitable to me. I
iiiec.t hundreds and hundreds of
grand men and women, true l’a—
trons. who have worked long.
faithfully and laboriously in the
grand cause. .\lany of these g'ood
brothers and sisters are. like my-
self. on the other side of the hill
of life: and the places that know
us, bi'otliei's and sisters, todav.
will, ere long. know you and the
no more forever.

llave we worked. have we toiled,
have we hoped, have we prayedfor
the success of this beloved order
simply as an institution to exist
during your and my lifetime!

()i' have we held distinctly be-
fore us the thought that we‘ were
laboring and toiling and hoping
and praying that it might be built
up for the good of our country and
of future geiieratioiisf This ques-
tion each l’atron must answer for
him or herself. (iraiitiiig that the
latter is the basis of our hopes and
of our labors, I come to my prop-
osition. If we expect the (irange
to live and prosper. then we must
induce the girls and boys to join
oi1i' raiiks, to learn the good, the
true, and the wliolesonie teaching
of the (J‘rrange; to make our meet-
ings intelligent and social, enjoy-
able aiid sociable, and to qualify
themselves to take up the labors
and respoiisibilitics of the parents
in the Urrange work. Mr. (‘hair-
iiiaii, united in this view, we stand,
we live, we prosper. Divided or
inactive on this question, we go in-
to innocuous desuctude, we linger,
we fall: and over our temple gate
will be written:

“The Grange was, but is not."
I do not think, M r. Cliairinan, that
I am niagnifying iiiatters. lcan-
not think that you, well beloved
l’atrons, feel that I am giving a
gloomy aspect to the Order. the
Order that I love so well and the
cause to which I have given the
best years of my life: feeble and
inefficient efforts, I well know, but
given in unselfish love and devotion
to the Grange, and the grand cause
of agriculture.

Now, my friends, never forget
this thought and fact—-—The Grange
is an American institution for the
American fariner.

Of course business is not as pros-
perous in the country as we would
like to have it, but, in my humble
judgment, we are too much in-
elined to look at the dark side of
everything that affects the nation
or affects us, the people, or affects
us individuals. Now, Mr. Chair-
man, we have advanced in civiliza-
tion. \\'e have advanced in ciil—
ture. “'6 have advanced in na-
tional prosperity. VVe have ad-
vanced in individual prosperity
and happiness. Aye, God has been
good to us as a nation and as a_peo—
ple, but somehow or other we don’t
seem to see it or appreciate it, and
we groan and we grumble. Now
it’s the silver, now it’s the tariff’,

l
lnow it's sound money, now it's
_l autonomy of the states. now'it’s pub-
jlic lands, now it‘s the veto power,
§ai.d now it‘s the axliniiiistration.
l()h. bless the adiiiinistratioii.
.\\'hat in the world would we who
have not gotten Offices do if we did
jnot have an adiiiiiiistnitioii to
throw the blame on for every ill
‘that flesh is heir to, for hard times.
ifor short crops, for low selling
,prices, and for high biiyiiig prices.
‘.111 these days of political turmoil
land confusion where each party-~
land I llll«lel'.~'tl1l14l there are several
I parties——wlicrc each party vigorous-
jly, fiercely (shall I sa_v .savagel_v .’)
iroclaiins that the other parties are
nevitably and without doubt. driv-
,llIl_;' our country and its glorious fl:ig
‘into~ well, into the "bow wows."
jwhere two or three cannot meet
lt(>fIClll(,'I' without. discus.-iiig. :iiid
fnot always peaceablv. the political
jlSs‘lle_.'~'. l_am not finding fault with
ipulltlctil disciissioiis or the battling
lbetween political parties. for by
lthesc iiitcllectual disciissioiis of
lecoiioinic questions we ncccssai'il_v
j learn niucli, although lioiiestl_v, and
,= between you and me, not to go any
jfurther,l soiiietiiiics think that our
jeountry and our flagwould be beii—
lefited if tllese battles of the pro-
jfessional politiciaiis should result
las the historical battle of the cats
 said to have ended. My sug-
lgestion is. that doing our political
lduties. fearlessl_v and independent-
jly. as .\iiiericaii citizens. yet as
ll’atrons and as iiiciiibers of a iioii-
lpartisaii orgaiiization, that we take
‘for our example and eucoiii'agc-
jiiient, in these ti'oublc.soiiic tiiues.
lthe noble Svviss patriot, as he so-
Zliloquizcd on his storm beaten

l

;moiiiitaiii top:
l"l have often laid nie Il:it along

As gust followed gust. more furious still
.-\s it to sweep inc, o'er tllr gaping verge,
And I have thought of other lands
Whose winter storms were summer

Haws.

Poinpared with those of" inine.

And oft have wished me there

The thought that mine was free

llath (‘.llé't'l((*‘d that wish

And 1 have cried aloud amid the storm,
Blow on, blow on. this is the land of

Liberty.”

I thank you. Mr. ('liairniaii. l’a-
trons and friends for the patient
and indulgent lie.-iriiig you have
given lIl(.’.—w\'H'/‘I/r//‘_// Q7" .\3///um//
///‘I///,//r. r// ll;//'///'/‘,   ///‘I/I/_//r
/4}//,:.

Whiskers that are prematurely gray or
faded should be colored to prevent the
look of age, and Biickiiizhaiifls Dye excels
all other in coloring brown or black.

IMPROVING THE NEWSPAPER.

The newspaper has a greater oppor-
tunity than any other institution to do
good. It is read and respected and ap-
peals tx) people in their quieter ino-
ments, when they are least apt to reach
wrong conclusions. Editors are gen-
erally pmgrcssivo and wide awake, but
the eternal and unee-using law of prog-
ress makes it inevitable that every pa-
per should be zealously and vigilantly
guarded and pushed. There are in some
quarters too many untrustworthy state-
ments. There are sonietimes overstate-
ments, and again Careless and slovenly
laiiguage. If there is a doubt about any
statement, it ought to be so stated. We
have two illustrations at hand. Recent-
ly a leading southern daily contained an
editorial strongly condemning the prop-
osition to increase the postage on sec-
ond class matter to 4 cents per pound
and saying that the movement was
backed by the express companies. On
inquiry as to the sources of informa-
tion on which this last charge was made,
reference was given to the American
Publishers‘ association. But the associa-
tion deny knowing anything about the
matter.

The example of leading English jour-
nals is more striking. They insisted
that there are many thousands of British
voters in the disputed Venezuelan ter-
ritory. On inquiry it is found that less
than 200 such subjects reside there.
This information is easy to get, being
in the Encyclopaedia Britannica. The
London Chronicle showed great fairness
in finally giving the facts to the English
public. Let us have facts accurately and
smoothly stated.

OFFICIAL DIRECTORY

Oflicers National Grange.
Master—J. H. Brigham . . . . . . . . . . . . ..l)elta. Ohio

...South Bend, Indiana

0verseer——.-Xaron ones.
~ Rochester. V t

Lecturer-—Alplia Me

.\ss't Steward—J. A. Newcoinb. 
('haplain-O. H. Hale....  ...
Trr-1-isurer—;\Irs. Eva McDowell, 

Secreta ry—Joliii Trimhle. . . . . Wa ington. l). (‘.
Gate Keeper—W. E. Harbaugh . . . . . . . ..Missouri
(‘eres~Mrs. Lucy G. Smith.... .. . ..  ....()hio
Poinona-—Mrs. Sarah G. Baird . . . . . . . .3IlllI]P.~'()[a
Flora~Mrs. E. L. A. Wiagin . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Maine
Lady .-\ss't Sfew‘d——;\Irs. S. (i. Knotf . . . . . . W. Va

Executive Committee.

Leonard Rhone . . . . ..(‘enter Hall. Peiiiisylvania
N. J. Ba-iclielder . .. ...\'ew Hampsliire
J. J. \Voodman .. . . Paw Paw, Michigan

Offieers .VIieliigmi State Grzuige.

- l\Ia:-'fer~G. B. Horton . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Fruit Ridge
0Verseer—l\I. T. (‘ole almyra
Lecturer~Jason Woodman. ..Paw Paw
Steward-—(ieorge L. (‘arlisle. . .. .. .. . . Kalkaska
AssistantlSteward—J. H. Martin, Box 442.Grand
api s.
v (‘haplain—Mary A. Mayo _ . . . . . . . ..Battle (‘reek
Treasurer—E. A. Strong.    ..V'icl-rshurg

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Sreward— . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘John T. Fox, New Jersey ’

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Floru~.\lrs. Estella Buell . . . . . _ .. . l'uion (‘ity
Poniona ~.\Irs. Julia .\Ict'lurz- . . . . . . . . . ..>‘liolhy
L. A. Steward--.\lr.-. .\. .\l:irriii... .lirand Riii-ids

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Revised List of Grangiei:Supplife_s
Kept iii tIlt‘1lfIll't‘l!TSl‘i' _\ offlo-
Michigan State Grange

And sent out [dist-piiitl on in-e.-ipt of cash ordi-r.
over .lll|‘ Si-:il of it .\'iibor.fiii:ili- (
the >I.‘.,'li7|lllI'4' of its l\I;l-l“l' or Si-er
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DO YE31: BELiEVE IN
‘TRU STS?”

If not, then buy

The New Franklin Typewriter,

TH E HRH.-\'I‘

A n t i-“T r u st" Nlachine.
25-per cent cheaper!
liasy to learn!

Simple in construction!
Five Years on the Market.

Sold on easy nayments. For Samples of work.
testimonials, etc., address.
STAT]-I Acicxcv.
Grand Rapids. Mich.
40-41 New Houseman.

Hand Made Harness 00., St,*;,';,§?“~
1“*m“‘“°‘“"”S°‘ llorse Furnishings.

and Dealers in

See what good people say of our harness
and send for catalogiie
Masters Otfice. Michigzan State Grange »
Fruit Ridge. Janiiary 10. 135905. 5’
The Hand Made Harness Co.. Stanton Mich.
Dear sirs: The five sets of harness bought:
of you by members of our local granite are
entirely satisfactory and I can safely recom-
mend your harness as being first-class in qual-
ity of leather and workiiiaiisnip.
Geo. B. Horton.

 FOR SALE  4

At Easonalile prices. 2_<i choice selection of
.-\p_ri.' nd May Po and (‘Inna pigs. (‘an furnish
pairs. Pedigree with sale. 0. P. ,(,‘. R. Cor-

respondence solicited and communications
promptly answered. ,

JOHN BOWDITCI-I,
I-Iillsdale, Mich.


 

 
  
     
   
   
  
   
   
  
   
   
    
 
  
   
       
    
   
    
   
   
   
  
     
    
   
    
   

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lnzersollfi l.iquitlRul1bt>r Paints

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

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OCTOBER 15, 1896.
PATRONS’ PAINT WORKS nave .-‘old Inger-oll Paint to the MICHISEAN YA’l‘l:0Ns“BlIy1l1I‘I?ct
Order P. of H. since its organization. House Paints and Cheap from factory" at tn” “'h°“'"8‘“
Paints for Burns and 0l1IlJull(l1Dl(.'-1. 111,000 Farmers testify to their

merits. Grange Halls, Churches, School Houses, IJWL-llin1~:s, all over the land- 0- Wu INGERSOLL, PROP.
some ofthcnl painted 1.3 ye-.1r.-i ago. still l()(ll\'llll_! wt-ll. prove tht,-in the mo.’-‘t Oldest Paint House in America.

W

Sample Color Cards, “Cl)IIIl(l€llIl8I" Grange l)lnt-.ounts, Es-

lude.~'trnt-ttble Cottage and Barn Paints

timme-z .'intlt'uil |)flI‘Y1l‘llIl'll‘.~' )lA[l.El) FRICIC, “frite at
du,-ab]e_ ‘.541-243 Plymouth nt.. Brooklyn. out-a,
_,,,,.,m n._..,-1;,“ 1,1,,-1,,“ in R f,.,.\.,,,. of “,_l of 1;, ‘i(I1l1o'I'l 1'11-~11»-rt-f It-..n.l I do wi<h the world t-oultl only l1:1\'e kn->\vn;

    

1 action. This xvae I-’loriou.<—n1:11.'i1ilit-rnt2I f‘‘»‘‘ I ." l““l I’-‘-IV 'l""l’l5 ill ll|‘*1-—lt
5 Line lav lint: the review l'¢'\'l\‘Hl in him all , l““l “’3"l‘”“" ‘- I """“-I ‘l"“.“ ll‘ Ill"‘l1:~’llI~
hi.-' 1..~1i1-rm l1lll1.~‘1'lI. all his 1.1-11.-r in the‘ h=1\'i“M “IN ti-W‘ ."'=”F v”l1li1'“’i?h the:
n.,v1}j1\v0f mg m”, (-I-(."fi()n_Q_ A1,.) it fluttepl lir.-t ltooky«»t1t-din-d" —— _\lr.St:t11lt-y.e:1tt>l1 ‘
5 ed hinl Drofm111rll§'. for it saw in his work: 1'“!-(Ill-‘ l’“"”l'- .l”‘l »"""“'l l1lll=>“‘lf\\'llll Nil
IIIUFU vi-r_\' qualitit-.~s lit-hiniself bud strivenl “‘l“‘l‘I l‘l'”“' Ill“ l""““‘f’1t'“‘l'l"‘—“l“‘l1 “'””l‘l 1'
h,mp.__t Wm, “H 1,i,.,,,mht to pm mm it, do better to .~'IlL'l{Alll future to the >£llIH:
That is tht-o11l_vki11tlt1f prni.:t- a st-tisilile }"l“‘l “I tl‘”‘5—5 ."“” ‘I ‘””‘l“ .‘'‘'’“l' ‘”'l‘—§i““l
titantwt-rt':tt'e>1ft1r. He wants to be given‘ I'll “-"llllt ll ‘ -1‘ ‘”‘_ ‘‘-\'l’‘‘I‘ll“‘‘“l- 311 (‘Km-
credit for tho lnt'l'lt.‘l be pr -.-*t~s~'t-s, not for I"‘l'”“““l» Ill“ .""” .l‘l‘l!"‘l'.V”Ul“ UWH I't'«‘ll
the int-rit;~4 he lat-k.<~—l1cw:111t.~+ In bt-ap— Iv-"l"“l l“‘il"' ._‘.ll>ll.\’ IIMU I Illtl. Tllere can
; provt-tloffm-pg-.).1m.i,,g;1,(.,.,y,.(.,.,1,,.,,(.m_ be no .\tIl'l ot doubt now that your litmk

l1owbr:1vt- and how ~Il‘l|ll}._’ you are. and
I1ow11111t:l1_vo11 have fl1!llt‘Illl‘llll_'.{ll for the
sake of print-iple, I want it to know how
youn1it_:l1t t1t:1nyti111t- l1.-tvt-}»ut out youri

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l1a11«l:1n1l l'\‘('l:lllIlt‘(l _\'1)lll'll'llt,‘ rank. and
how fort:o11.~t‘i«r11t-t-'.< <:1kt- you rt-first-tl to do
it. .\l:1n_\':1ti1ue ztt \'t-nit-4-t!1i.~ but l()l1L{
wiutt-r wlit-11l.~:1w _\‘11ll .<t-po<1r:1l11lill and
troublt-tl I tln-uglit to lll_\'.~’(‘lf. ‘Uh. I wi<h
he could only brt-alt tlirouuh his I‘l‘.N'<Il\'(‘;
and go lI.'lI‘l\' \\ llll :1 ru-l1 to l1l.<a1\\I1 ;:rt*.'1t '
world :u&:1i11.‘

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lush artist, and Arnold \Vlllt11l‘.!l 31:1 l£t1hr-- plt-:1.uurt- by the time he had rt-nvlit-tl the 1‘”'|“'l~ “P 1*‘ L>'l“‘—§ W l"'\‘~*3 W'l<'*Y ‘Hm “ml ' '1.‘ "  “ " UH” M‘ M." ".' mm 1' ‘\‘. EX- V~ I'M!-‘t I‘-X-j!I"ID
nilan amateur, meet casually at the l:o_v21I end ,\,,,1,,‘. ‘.,_,,,, HQ 1,,_},,,,1I,v,,,_.h,,d that; a Il1ll'tl edition,“ :111tlbel11'\'t~ 111 ~oiI1‘1nl_\'. lit‘ is l1l1n~'1-If ——————¢~ ——-— —-~—’~~— ~ ~ -—~i
acu.de1n_v gallery in London. Tb: .1ol<l 1uu— ' ,‘ ‘ _.' ’ . ‘ L ’ . . ’ ,\ .. 11- . f, ... .,- ; . 11,3 in 1"ir[}l1 f mm "W1 go‘ f r },.i,, a.1u.11.m. 11.111. p u1.tp.n1.,3.n1.
tual views upon an and upon the; 11pidit_\' or ‘ fir?‘ fl“"“”“*-' ““Il°L‘ l\‘”l‘,1*“-‘llv ‘l"'ll“1~’ ,‘, ”“' ‘.1_” “,2 .‘”:‘,.‘. yd" _ ., - __I,. ,, V, ',| _ I -' _ ,, :1 ."- R i Pt. Huron T1111‘! *3 -3“ 3710,11  13 501 T 1')-"xi 
the ,lufl§.’l‘E who have rr-jected thei pit-turt-:~. still more (l(‘(‘])l_V, hztnded him The Athe- A ll”“l "'1-~ ‘"4’ "‘ ’”’”'”””“‘l- Th“ _“,I“;‘‘ l_ ““ ‘f"‘ '1'” "9 ” fl -" ‘ I” 3 l1nl11yt‘ity. ”-‘ .l. . _t4.~‘ ._ ..
Rufus I\}1ortin1er.a rich .—lmvrit'an let‘. jou1.- n,1.m,, ‘ sudden silt-M-.~.~' at l:1.~t w:t~ :1ln1ost. tot: ll !~'lI‘V'i!Y1““5ll~"l ""l”'-‘<‘-~1ll"mt':1l.:1lN1I‘tl. Lapet-r. ..  »1 ..
them. {c is :1 friend ofthe Ht-sslc-I aves and 3 ' _. . _ ,. H .} ,1 .1, 1»\\',.” 1- .,]. 1 "t "1 . sklf (‘f)lllI'£l(ll(‘ll rv. but .\'lIl]|l'l]I>\\' ltlo wish Vllm  -» 5 ~-
is surprised to tl'nd Kathlt-en in the company Anmld "”“”l Mtl“"»"‘“"'ll_ ‘W-’-"1 “lth lm ( ,1) I", INT‘. ,,.t_ '_ In " U "31 f if ‘.,,,, ,,,,,,M ,,.,,,.;,,‘i,,, \.,,,,,.\,,If 1,, ,1”. “.,,,.1:1 ‘ Ullflmd-..  ‘I 7 5 3“
0f>w,”m,,,m,y‘ who,“ 51,0 k,,,,“.‘\. ,1, lc0,m,,(,,,, a Vague ,.,.,,>.,. ,,f t,.",,,._ '1},,.I,,.__., few 5,.n_ Zrtisxxt ttt 4l;_,.llll .1 tr .1‘ Ill4|lIH'lIl p.1u~t ,1 . f. . _. g p .. tLa,,,,,,,,(M _ ,.,- 12 m
sailor ll:l.l1lIiil1Jz}lll art. (‘.H.»\l'l'El{ ]-—Kuth- ' “..m.,._,, C,,,,,,,],.,,.1‘. r,_,‘.,_S._,,,.,.,1 },i,,,_ Ty“, very glad lIlLlt‘t".l. lor I ve found l1ft- h:11'tl -*0 Ill-‘ll TlH' W“l'lIl lllltilll 2|‘lUHl"‘ ."'””1"Il',=3Illlt‘lLt4. '  
lcen lives with icr tnotht-rtn t':t. lf)l!Fll)l(’lU4l‘_"- __ - - , ,. ~ ' . ., . . .,  . ‘lb t"1 -<. and lure or twice I.’ t 1lv '-''1 (_-Q HIILZIII’ and would for in-vt-r so irtiel.-timin ‘ Pottt-rvillt~ . .. .1
jugs‘ The m_,s,,,,.,.,,L.)- Vi,“ 11,. m.1.,m.,1,,,. lt.1tltngltttr.11_\ JlvUTTl.ll\\tl.\ll1t11t‘_Il1(ll(l.tl, , t V1111: (1 .WI mimlwd M Y “t g l t”_, .il1' ‘vmnwlfm l S lcharlmw. I I , , 4'.)
at a reception the ('on1p:1nv .11. 11$: {hp m,-_.._, to be sure, and more '~‘]Illl'lll1_f of its :1ppro— ‘ I“. "”‘_ n ‘ ‘- - p ‘ 3'_"_1 W“ llnull - ' ‘ , ,t)livt-t Station . L. 3330
[cry of young Earl A.\'111i11.~'tt,e1-, who has not] . hm1',,,, than ,1“. ,,,.,,,,v I,,,,,(.,.. _.,_,. |,,.(.,,m€.§, truth. I ve :1ln1o~t (It‘.\'[):lll't‘(l of it. , Arnold ,\":1(l])t‘(l down and lxl<u(-tl lit-r, J [;(.“(.\-,,(.>_.  113,: 3 00
the<*0untr.v di.~'L*11i-'1-I1 =1t~‘a.~u1lr1r. <7m1011\'al<-n- ,, ,._{.,7,.tm “~i,p.1, ,..mii. it...” 1.,t1,i.-.1.,y3 “Well. Vull \von’t fintl it hurt! in future,” “Mr tint-l11a1.r.“ he €tll.~\\'6'l’Nl. slllotlllllllg ‘ Buttlv Croolt. . 1:1.»
tinc.thc lion 01‘ the party, tl1i11k.-'tht.- fit‘i.i|,1(tL‘-_1 ' ' ‘. . ’ " ’ ‘ I ,  _ ..- .- . ,- _ v ‘ _' , _  . ,,» _ . ._ l\'l(‘l\'t4l>lll‘L’..  l 41;’
mcym. Enmm", “A we” rm (),.,l,'” H”, ml, "8. for an H,-1,-1m.r,,t1(; flm.,.,,,.,,,.,.‘ pm, the re. tbt publi Ill 1'“s.1.1tl l\ll|tl.l}_. \\llll u. in n13_:—‘ her (.llL('l>\, it I lune g.11ntd _\_\>lll‘ lU\L. ‘s,_,”m,cm,.,_ I ,3
are too good. lIl——\VlllouL'l1l1)'i.~’ tht-t-arl. llct view, as he read on, rave .\rnoltl t1o lt‘.~'§ 117"” ‘“”l"- .\U tlt‘.~1I'ril1'1lI;E lIt'IH‘l‘I*‘rl'tll-1 . 1'~ , 0 . .. . ,, .. ,, . ' Cll.~'.~'(l[lUIlH.  3|!-'1
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earn 1nont’_\' to t‘t)lllll1|l(‘ the .<tI1rl,v'1t art. I\'—‘ 9"“ 1"" he I’(‘I"“‘l““'l "1 It l"‘f"”"' 1"“?-’~ 3‘ m'.m‘ I I ‘M ‘,1. I'M! ‘‘ ' i H ]md“'. hi. Il'l”‘-flll'~~I1'*‘”ll}'i”"II“l'5- -‘\ ““”‘~ Ihlll" i('lIl1'1|L’0-- ‘'1 4
Mortimer D111;-‘ue.~‘ Kutblt_-t~n on lt1\’(.-'E 1lllt.‘.~l. ‘ ll‘“'l"- Mr’ \\‘l1"“‘-l-ll’-‘V W“ ‘“‘“‘ ill“ ill‘-‘ti ‘—' T "

 

certtiin tone :1nd style \‘\'lll(‘ll t'ur1n,.'1.-‘it. ‘
were, the hall mark of u very tli-'tit1t;ui.~'l1- ,
‘ ed critit-, to have gaint-tl whose s11tlr:1;;es1 ‘

pow. is lll‘\'l'l' truly known -not to the
vt-r_\' In-art and corn of him— —l‘\'('(‘[)b by

the one wm11;111 on t-ztrtli tl1:1t lo\'t-.~:hi111.

She likes him and with dilli1'ulty ll()l(l.~‘ him t:tl'.l
V— Mortimer. \Vv'illo11:rl1by and the Ht-.-':-l
gravvts‘ int--:-t in \cn1t't-. .“.lr.-<. Ht~.~:slt=1.'i‘11\'t-

f4,)€Il(‘(1lll‘.‘l_'._:(‘ you. It'.~1 :1 ft-atlit-r in our.
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alariited .-1t I(:LlIIl('(‘ll'.~' t-ntl111.=i:1=n. ovt-r_ H was indeed no small joy to him. 1""? Yb‘? “.‘q'm]I.d",‘_(-1].‘”uaCcOu“t* ‘M [Ur H (muple I oftt-n won1.. r \‘.'ll|'lll4‘I‘ I did l'l§_’lll i11tl1t- 5Tv‘T“"‘V‘- ..\luil I.h‘h All. l’.ll.,lM'd
,‘,3[f3“0r l"‘l"""'. "WI ‘'15 \Y(II‘IiF.l VI M14 ,‘ “H 1 first time in his life 1\rnold felt he was “1 l“”“”""“" lllxt Illt'I('l‘ xxi-t-tlit-r I t1ll"l|l t-\'t-r to have i E-‘7 E“ Ex‘ P’“""‘"'m

1c yt>1111ga1‘t.1Ht< ro:11n llI'UllL' 1 ro1m1nt1t- ox - ,- ,  ,, . ~ ‘_ , _ I an . 1. ,4! 1.. \.-,n A 1. ‘ " . 7'. V , —-~— ~ ——- — ~ -» — —~-—t—-
palaces “mmlwr. \__,,,0lum__‘, H “HAS, M l1t1ny_r .1pp1tr ..1tt .l fotll11n1.:.lf .lltlllx('—ft)f: '. I»? ‘t':“ll"-‘ "}*.h.;“" ',,‘,'] §l("lI"l" ‘\rl'“I;l1 t=.l11l11tl:tlltl1;tt re--pun-ib1l1t_\ :1nd:1llth.1t ;u_m_ p.111. p.m. :1.1u.,a.m.
K8[m,.(.,,v,,. h,,,,,,._ Tm. ,,,,M,.,, hulf n.\-..,,l,- the work he had rt-:1l._\ anti :1t~t11:1l._-, p(-1'» CHM . tn... .1 .1 -.1t \. o 1.1\t- t‘«U‘Il(‘ll l~lll’.l‘ -; _ 

her love for hi111. and both t-oui't~.-~: to theiu-.

s0l\'es llI:tl they are ill lovt-_ VIII and I.\'—
Mortitnt-r pi-opt.1.<t-.~' and tlI.~‘('l)\'l'l"l~' l\’11t|tiet-1.t'.~
passion for \\'illougl1b,\: .\' (‘anion Vtll(‘Il

titit-appt,~:1rt:111 \'t-nice with the nt-we that tlu-‘
mi.>==inu' curl has bt-t-n tram-1.‘ and int»: pt-r1.~‘l1(-d 1

in the .~‘lli[)\\'l‘l'(‘l{. He t'(3(,'tI‘,!lll/.l*.~' '1\"illt1w:l1l.v
on .=i-_rbt. but promptly <l('lllI‘.~' ii,
leeuatl1uit.~'t.ol1t-r tuotht-rtl1:1t .~ht- is (‘l*I'I;llll
of the itlelltity of Wiilo11'.'l1l>\' with the 1111.-’.-'im.r
earl, b11t will pr:-<1, ve the ~l‘('l‘ll tor ht-r lov-
er‘.-: r‘~2ll{L‘. llt .-ru.\'t- fiinls the
F¢’(‘l('llt1t1gt1«Hlt(1l(t't*|>, tt-.1.~ vVillot1yi1lu_\-tluit.
Kathleen k:1o\v.~‘1t.t1t1d l1t~ i('fl\'L‘.\' her lmt1.=t3 in
anger. N I ll
sudrlt-lily \vitnottt1ri\'ing Katlilt-mt 21 (.‘lItlll(‘l‘ I41
explain. _\'I\' [’;1r|$a11tet1ttit’-elm-1-stilt-111

 
      

 

on &¢Il~'ln'1¥i'l'l:l7l\‘(‘. \VllltIll]..'l1\' l‘('t-‘Hi us not

to CliIHt‘t-’I it.1t< be prt1t‘(-rsto l1('l.1Il-:t-II by tin:
.\'\' —L:1nnn ‘

world 11! his ".\lark(',t \':1l1zt-,"
\'.~1.Ientint- and Mrs. Hcs.~el;.r1'11vt- div. thu-
lettvin-; \‘~'illt111::l1l1y‘r< 1€t‘(‘l‘t‘I llll}_"Ll{‘F.~’l'(l (-\-
ccpt by Ktttlilet-11. The rt=nu1ln111g' t-ltuptt-r.~
show how \VIll4|ll‘,!'IllIy keep:-' to his ]IIll'pt1.~'(‘.
Hr-is .5-'llI]>\\'l't'L‘l\'(‘fl and inztkt-.~:t1l1lt in liter-
ature. thro11«,vh \\'lll(!ll .\Iortiu1t-r ll'2lt‘('>‘ hiin.
M01't1111t~rh:1-' |n'l‘:ll1l.<('(l totintl him for Kathtl
leen and prtivn-2 ta l1in1 that Kllll'Il(’l‘ll lovetl
hnn lI(‘i'Ut'l‘ she know l1i> rvul ('ll&ll":lt"l’l‘ and
has loved him thr'»t1.L'h11ll. Ht- t-‘t,-oi-t~.< t1sectu1-
iiteratry SIICCPI-'.~"~ and n1:11-rit-s Klllllltlt I). but re-
nount-cs all claims to his L‘:ll‘ldI.|lll.

   

CHAPTER XXX.
WlZ.\'l‘ .\1.\\'.\\‘.~' 11.\1'1-1-:_\'s.

When Ar1.ttld l't‘:l(:llHlI{:lll1le1‘Il’S rooms,
he found .\Iv'.<. lr‘1'in_-_{ quit-tly seated there,
l,vet’o1't- llllll. while Katltlt-e11 lit-rself was
i1111:1t~11.<«-l_vt-x1'i.t-d about soiut-tiiiilg un-
known that l.-ad llt‘ll’a]\t'il(‘ll 111 the interval.

“llave you st-t-11 tltt-t-'\'t-i1i11;.{ papers?”
she (‘.l‘it'll .-tlniost .-is soul: as he entered,
rushing up and st-izing his hand with sym-
pathetic fervor. *"l‘l1:1t.tlt-:11‘ .\Ir.s. Irving,
slit-‘.~: just brought them round to me.”

“\\'l1at p.'1pt-r.<?".-\1'11t1ltl answered, trem-
bling inwardly for llI‘l' tli.<app0inttneut..
Such friendliilt-ss was cruel. “Not. to-
night's Pitrt-:ttlilly?”

“Oh, dear no,“ Kathlt-t-n an,-:wered, un-
able any longer to re.-'trai11 her dt-liglit.
“V'Vho 1-arcs for The plL‘(:.‘ltIlll_V? The Hyde
Park Gazette and t.omorrow‘s Athcitzt-11t11.
Do look at them at once! There are such
lovely I'(‘\'lL‘\\‘S in them E"

“kevicxvs?” Arnold exclaimed, drawing
a deep, long breath. “Oh. Kitty, of our
book?" For it had been ‘ours’ with both
of them in everyday talk from its begin-
ning.

“Yes, ours," Kathleen answered, over-
joyed. “And oh, .-‘.1-iioltl. I'm so proud. To
think it’s your very, very own this time!
I shall be so glad to renit-nibt-rl helped you
write it!”

“Let me see them.” Arnold cried, half

dazed. And Kathleen, with a glowing
face, handed him over the papers.

The poor fellow began, still tremulous,
with the Hyde Park Gazette. How his
heart beat fa:-‘t anti then stood still within
him! The heading alone was enough-
“Mr. Willoughby's New Triumph.”

Once the ground reeled under him,
though in the opposite sense from the way
it had reeled an hour or so before. He
clutched a chair for support and sank ir-to
it. all dazzled. This was too splendid!
“Mr. Willoughby,” the notice. began. with
journalistic SYtll'I‘Ilt‘SS, “has scored 21 second
success, far greater in its way than the
success he scored over ‘An Eli'1.abt»tl1an
Seadog.’ His new novel, though utterly
unlike its popular pI‘e(l(‘(‘(‘.\SO1‘, is as ad-
l]1l1‘i1l)lQlI1 6‘)l(’C1ZTl0ll, but it is infinitely
superior in tie:-'ig11 and pu1'p0.~'t-. The
changeis ftuitlanit-ntal. Mr. \\'illoughby’s
new book strikes a far higher note, and
strikes it firmly, clearly, definitely. with a
hand of p9I‘feC‘.7 niastery. His maitlt-n ef-
fort had the merit of an exciting romance
of action and adventure, it belonged to the
type now so unduly popular with the vast
body of readers, and our author showed
us there that he could hold his own against
any man living in the department of lurid
historical fiction. He has done wisely now
in revealing those profounder qualities of
thought and of artistic workmanship
which can only be mlctluately displayed
in a more serious piece of p.<_vcqological
anal_v.<i,~'. The result» is niost slttisfttctory.
We must congratulate Mr. Willoughby on
having esc.-tpetl front thraltlom to the fool-
ish fancy of a pas.=;i1:g day, on having ab-
jured the fearful joys of gore that flows
like water and on having ventured to use
his own great powers to the l)est:zu1d high-
est purpose in the production of a sterling
and pathetic romance far worthier of his

gifts than his in many ways admirable

j\'I— I\'a1l1~:

‘-'\'llit1llL!'lllI_\' ul»:1111!o11.-' \'Clllf‘("

lllfl ,
earl 0II"ll‘l2Ill) dead .1111! !~L‘NIl'~‘ tlu- inhe oanct-j

hint.

word of )1]1pt‘v1\‘;tl. IIH' cup was VL'I'_\' full.

‘ ('rim.~o11, to l‘1t‘l‘ .-.ilvt-r b:tirt-tl friend.

a womanly gt-=ture—“I ru:1ll_v
And in :1 tr:1u:-‘port of jt.y.-11:d
f‘luny.;h1-r arms arountl l1i111 u11tlki.~.<t-tl him
It‘l‘\'l‘Illl_V.

i “I think.“ Mrs. lr\'in:.: said, ri.-'i11:_.: with
l a quiet .~1uile and
l straight over tliose .<il\'t-1‘ lt)cl;n', ‘‘I’d bet-
, .-

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Shcflung hcra'rn1..s~ (tron in] mint. and kissed
hIIIl‘Il"I'I'(."IItlU.

ter be going to look after some errands.
No, dear, I c.'1n‘t possibly stop any lon-
ger, and I dare say you a11d Mr. Willough—
by will have lots of things now to talk
over quietly with one another.”

Anti so they did. Arnold felt, of course,
that if one bad review didn‘t nnike a chill-
ing frost. neither did two good t>nL‘S make
an established reputation. Still it did
seem to him now as though the sky were
clearing a bit.-—a.~1 though it might be pos-
sible for him at last: to marry Kathleen
some time in the nieasurable fitt-ure. They
must wait and set-., to In‘ sure, how the
book went off. but if it. really stir-ceetletl
as a commercial venture Arnold thought
his path in life would henceforth lie toler-
ably smooth l)(‘,IOI'(! him.

So he waited a week or two, not daring
meanwhile to go near Stanley & Lock-
hart’s for fear of a disappointint-nt.

During the interval, liowt-vt-r, Kathleen
couldn't help seeing for lit-1-st-ll' at the book-
stalls and libraries abundant evidenct-.tl1at
the “Rontaiice. of Great Gri1n.~'by" was
making its way rapidly in public favor.
Wherever she went pt-ople spoke to her of
“your friend Mr. \\'illo11gltby'.-t book—oh,
charming, quite charming! \\'l1:1t. a de-
lightful mun he must be ft')I(llH\V——.'~‘0 clev-
er and so versatile! I wish you could bring
him here.” And when Kathleen a11.~'wt-rt-tl
briefly, with a deep red spot: on ll(‘l' burn-
ing check, that he didn‘t, t:.1rt-. to go out. ,
people murmured to tl1e111.-rt-lvos, half aside: ‘
“Ah, a little £|II<"(‘l2ltlt)lll lle‘ll _t..:t-t.over
that, of co11r.~'t-, as soon as be t- - ‘us to be
the lion of the moment. But it's alw-
.-to with lions. They"re i11v'  ‘
ed.” For it was Ar11old‘2-' “alt-, in life to
be p(‘1‘>'l>'lt‘]ll’~l)‘ (‘l’€tlltP(l with the virtues
and Vices alike that were lIlU.‘~lt alien to his

  

 
   

 

fornlt-tl. not for his :11'titit-i:tl positioii or‘
v for t-.\'tr:m+.-o11.s' mt-rit f.'1l.~'t-ly :llll‘ll)lll(‘1l to 
As for K.-ttltlt-t-11, L{lI|\‘\'lllL; pink with de-— '1
1 liglit. .<l1t- Hlllntl ul:111t-iii-_rt1vt-r hi.-1 .“llt)llltll‘I'
as he read and wntrliing with a thrill the
evident. I)l(‘¢'l.\llI'|‘ in his f.-1t~t- at t-at-l1 Il‘l‘.~'ll

At la-"t, he \v:1.< .'l}ll’)I‘t’('lllll'(l.' As .‘<f!0ll as he
I had linislit,-d slit: turnt-d. with afuce all

“I inustt. I\lr.<. Irvitigl" she (',l'It'(l, with I

n1pl1t~1l1e_l

st-ttiilg tlu- lI0llllL‘l':.

a .~I1tu I111-l1i1:1.-w-ll’ :1- .L".’
well nigh lIlL‘I'I‘|lllll".
“\\‘l:)'. _\‘t-5,“ lln‘ 1114111 of llll\‘l!l6‘.‘~'.~! nn—T
swert-d. \x it}; :1 f.{Hl1lIlllllllI)l'l‘¢l laugh. “.\
j grt-at tlt-:1l znore than that must be due to1
you;1l1't-:1ti_V. I11-t me SE’('_ Il_(JUtI.-tt,1.‘s’:1t1tlti‘

no >'(‘l‘lll(‘(l to him 3

——l1‘1n, l1'n1.t-.\';1t-tl_V.Ho. .l11du'in-.3 by what‘
“'0 ltlutl“ on llli‘ lll~'It lnmk \\'t- ]lIllIll_~'ll\‘ll———
; the .‘-':llt‘ ot'\-.'l1i<'l1.:1fttti' the >'.'llllt‘ lI‘Il1_'lIll
,1 of time had (‘l1‘l]1\1'll. w:1.-‘ b:1rt-l_vtwo-tliirds
l of you1'.~'—-I .-lioultl l':11tt-_\', btt’o1-t- yoI.1‘rt.'
done _\'our book Ulllflllt to bring you in
l SOIl|(‘\\'Ill'l'\‘ .'1l1t:I1t £7’ .‘"1H('l.”
;\I'I|Ulll y_::1-prtl for brt-:1tl1.
sandti\'t-lt1111tl1't~lpoundsi
,' o\'.11t11z:l~'i1_<_>'! With tlnttolie n1:1i1nt-<ll1:1tnl‘
‘ too! :l1-- lirst tinn=i11l1i.<lil't: he \\':l.-3
lJUFiilVt‘l_\' prmttl of l1i1n.~'t-lf.
 “'I'l1t-rt-'.~' only one tl1in,v_:, Kitty,” he
said an l1-vuror two later as lit: sat. hold-5
ing her band in her own prt-tty ro-1111 in J
I

'l'wotl1tnt-
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, lit-11.<imzttm—“o11ly one thing that 1u:1r.~z.
111y coniplete Iiappiness, and that is the I
fact that I don"tl"t1t-.I quite sure whether
such work as mine is of any use to humt1n—,
ity. I don‘t ft-t-I quite sure whether a man 
can hold hiinself justified to the rest of l
his kind in livin;,' in the [)I'OdIl('t‘. of labor
like that as he might if he were a sailor,
now, or :1 sliot-tnttkcr, or a miner.” K

“I do,” Kathleen an.<wt-red, with n wo-»
m:1n‘.s' simpler faith. “I feel quite certain I
of it. What. would life be worth. after all, ,
without these l1iglie1't:zstt-.3 and these high— 1
er ]lI'(I<lllL‘t!-1-~:tI‘l~. literatlire. pot-try? It is ;
they, and tlll‘_\' alone, that give it its value. l
I thought. to iuyself as you were writingi
it and dictating it to me at Venice, ‘How
wrong it would be for this man, who can I
think things like those and put his:
thoughts so beautifully, to throw away his
gifts by doing conunon sailor’s work that
any ordinary workman with half his
brains and a quarter of his sensitiveness
could do a hundred times better most prob-
ably than he coult .”

“ Not. better,” Arnold exclaimetl, correct-
ing her hastily and put; on his nit-title at
once by this stray suggestion of inferiority
in his chosen craft. “I’m a tiptop mari-
ner! I don't; know whether I can paint,
and I don't know whether I can write a
novel worth the paper it’s printed on, but
I do know I was always a first rate hand
at reefing a sail in dirty weather, and the
bo’sun used to say: ‘Send Willoughby
aloft, cap’n. He’s the surest of the lot of
’em.’ Till my hand got crushed I could
haul a sheet with the best man in Eng-
land. My one consolation now is that
I lost it in the performance of my duty to
the world, and that’s so, having served my
time. as it were, till accident: maimed me.
I'm at liberty to live on like a sort of lit.
erary Chelsea pensioner on whatever light
work I can best turn the relics of my shat-
tered hand to.” ‘

“And I‘m sure it’s good work, too,"
Kathleen persisted, unab.'1,<l1t-ti. with :1 wo-
n1at1‘.~1 persistency. “Work that does good
in the world quite as much as seal oil or
Fil2lH('H or coal, not, only by giving pleasure ‘
to wlioever reads it, but. also by making‘
people untlerstantl one tttiotlit-r‘.< dil‘licul- '
ties and troubles better, breaking down
barriers of class or rank and so unc-on~ I
scion:-'ly leading us all to be more sympa— I
thetic and human to Olll‘ anotltt-r.” l

“Perhaps so,” .-\rnol(l answeretl. “I i
hope it is so, Kitty!” 1

There was a long ptutse next, durin«_:’
whit-h hzitlileeti Start-d hard at the empty 1
fiI'l‘pl.‘l(‘t-'. Then ,»\rnold spoke a,t_{ain.

“_-Xftter what Stanley & Lnckhart told:
me.” he said. smoothing berhand with his

shy and retiring dispo.-ition.

- At the end of three \V‘(‘(‘l{S more, with a.
very nervous step, he went. 1-ountl by l1i1n-
self to Stanley (S; Lockl1:1rt’.<. The lll0lll(‘lll’»
he got inside the p1tblisl1er’s doo1-,l1r.w-
ever, he was no longer in doubt wliether
or not his book was really .-telling, The
office boy ret-ogitizt-tl him at out-e and de-
scenrled dt-ferviitially from his l1i}_:h bare
stool, flingiiig the \V()()tlt‘ll l).‘ll'l'lt'I‘ open
wide with a respectful sweep for the man

who had written the book of the season.
Arnold went: up in a maze to the senior
par‘t'ner's room. Mr. Stunlt-y, liummiugt
and hawi11_::, ret-eivt-tl the new lion with 3
mut-h rubbing of hands and a very gloW—‘
ing countt-nttiice.

‘ "<elli11g. my dear si ‘V’ be said in an-5'
so 5‘ to Arnoltl’s modest; inquiry. “Why, I

  

‘Elizabethan Seadog.’ ”

it‘s selling like wildfire. Biggest success 1

own, “can you see any just cause or int» ‘
pediment, darling, why we two shoultlu’t. i
make it \\'t-tliit-stlay fortniglit?” 

Kathleen leaned forward to him With;
happy tears in her britnming eyt-~'.

“None at all, dear _~\rnoltl.“:<l1eaI1swer— ‘
ed, too l1-appy for words alntost. “The
sooner now, I think. the better.”

They 1-‘at tliere long, hand in hand. say-
ing all they said mutt-ly. which is-', after T
all, the l)('.\'I wzty to say inany things that :
lie tlP(‘p(‘Sl in the heart of humanity. Then 3
KliTlll€PIl spoke agailiz 

“Only for one thing. tlcarest Arnold, do ,
I wish you could have marrit-d me under I
your own real name. .\'o——-‘.on”!‘ start; and ‘
niistintlerstand me. I don‘t want to be ll
countess. I have no mean ambitions. I‘d
rather be Arnold \‘Villoughby‘s wife, who
Wrote that beautiful book, than ten thou-
sand times over an English countess. But ‘

l H ['NDl{l<Il) DOLLARS for each and ever)

wt-altli t-) di-;1 M‘ of onto tltt-.<l1v111ltlt-rsof

, my (1111-in .\lL(\‘I'llUll, \\‘l1oi.< (‘I‘l'l.‘lllll)’ not
1 tin-

\\ i-'-wt or bl-.-I n1:111 to n1:1kt- ll.<(‘ of
lllvlll. ’.11two11l1lIl1.'1\'w11--t-tltlit-n1l1t«tter?
.\nvl Ull(‘I‘ l:.1\'it1-.1 4l4Il:l‘ it in_\‘ w:1_\'tl1t-n
was‘ (‘l<‘Jll'. ’l'ltt-rt~w:1st1-1t:oi11l: l1:1t'k :1u.'1in.

,. l.~'l1:1ll be ll.-tppy now in tho I(‘('llllf_{ that,

left l‘llllI'|'l_\' to 1115‘.-1-lt' and by my own
work :1lont-, I lutve wet‘;1rj11-titit-tltziy L‘.\'-
l>«lt‘Ill‘(‘lf| tmttikiittl that 111_\' (‘tIllllll'_Vl1ll‘l1

1 are willin<_: to l{t‘l‘]l 1111* alive in t'on1t'ort. for
, tl1t- :-'21lt't- oi" tl1t-tl1inr_r~ I t-:111tlo:111tlm:1ke

for tllt-111. .-\.~' tit.» '.'.‘t11'ltl ;_fot-.~. th:1t‘.< the
one tt-<t we t':lll l1:1\-.-. oi" o11r t1.<t-f1tl11ta~:e4.
And. l\'itl_\', if I 11:1tln't tltillt‘ as I lmva

f dont-I sbottltl nt-vt-r l1:1vt- ll14‘T» you, and

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the senior partner of the firm of .
C111-:.\'1«:t' t\'.: Co.. doing business in the city
of 'l‘olet1o, county and state aforesaitl, and
that said firm will pay the stun of ().\‘E

case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the
use of IlAl.l.~' C.\'1‘.\1:1n1 Crniz.

l<‘l{ANK J. CHENEY.

Sworn to before me and SUl.)SCl'll)P(l in my

presence. this tsth day of [)ect-tuber, A. D.

" ' A. W.Gl.EAb'0N,
Notary Public.

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Hallie Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur-
faces of the system. Semi for testitncnials,
frt-t-. F. J. CHENEY 1%’; C0, Toledo. 0.
fl$”Sold by druzgists, 75.

OVERWORK |

—INDUCED—
Nervous Prostration

Complete Recovery by the Use of

Ayer’s Sarsaparilla

“Swine _\'t‘ill‘\ 11;:-r. as :1 rt-stilt of too
l,’lt).\‘4‘, 1l.ll|‘llIlUll to lI'.l.\‘lll(?.\S. n1_\‘ ht-:1lll1
failetl. I bt~t*;1111e w--;:l\. in-.r\'t111s, was
unable, to look after my iutt-1't-sts, and
inanifestt,-d all thte s_\1npto111s of :1 de-

A. l"(ll*(l). Agent. (‘l1urlot.te.

500,000

FRUIT TREES

must be sold thisyeat'
Apple, Pear, Plum, Cherry,
Peach.

MILLIONS OF PLANTS.

Hardy Mlclilgan Varletie.-A of Peach:

Kal1n11a7.oo.Gold Drop. Lewis. New Prollflc.
Fitzgerald. «‘lIll‘('(l. Triumph. Etc.

Allatoek guaranteed to he as represented.
Send for our new price list.

Stand us your list and let us fl‘.!lIl‘(' on it.
TRY US ONCE.

WEST fltctuant NIIBSEIIIES
Benton Harbor, Mich.

Cline, I took tlirt-t-, lmttlt-s of Ayt-r'S
Sarsaparilla. Legzui to llll[)I‘t)\'t‘. at once,

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and gratlually incrcnsml my wcight. from ,
one liuntlrtad and twent_v-livt- to two
l1untlr1>tl pounds. Since then. I and my
fz1n1il,\' have used this lll('(llt‘lll(‘ wlwn
net-tlt:tl, and we are all in the best of

Construction —-Luxurious Equipment.
, Furnishing. Decoration and Elficlcnt Service.
I insuring the highest degree of

iCO1'lFORT, SPEED AND SAFETY.

The COAST LINE to MACKINAC
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The G. ates! Perfection yet attained In Boat
Artistic

Foua Tmps pzn WEEK BETWEEN

i Toledo, Detroit4?Mackinac

PETOSKEY, “T1-ta soo," MARQUETTE,
AND DULUTH.
LOW RATES to Plcturesque Mackinac and

1 Hi]. 5 I, . . -,1 ., , .-1 t. jlleturn, Including Heals and Bertha. From
 S'i1r<'l1(;i'1r‘illx'i‘ lI\l>i'litIi'tfl1ll)lI\1' idiil: :i§v;¢',‘md' 3'8; ‘mm Told.‘ 5'5; ‘mm Detroit’

tlrt-n would b;1vt- be-t-n I21lllt‘l'lI’.h'h‘ to-day
had it not bt-1-n for .>\,\'t>1".~‘ Sursaparilla, ;
of \vl1it-l1 prt>p:1r:1tion I t'.'1unot say too 
niut-h.”—lT. 0. Iiixstw. Pnsttiiztster and
}’l:1ntt-t‘. l\'in:11'tl‘s. S. (".

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RECEIVING MEDAL AT wonurs FAIR.
AYER’S Pillbsrsave Doctor's Bills.

 

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I Detroit for all points North and Northwest.
; Sunday Trips June, July, August and September Only.

EVERY EVENING

Between Detroit and Cleveland

Connecting at Cleveland with Earliest Trains
r all points East, South and Southwest and at

EVERY DAY BETWEEN

, Cleveland, Put=in=Bay 4* Toledo

‘ Send for Illustrated Pamphlet. Address

A. A. SCHANTZ, a. p. a.. nernorr, men.

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THE GRANGE VISITOR.

OCTOBER 15,. 1896.

Notice: of lflwfiillsfie

The next meeting of Huron County
Pomona Grange will be held with
Verona Mills Grange, October 15.

l\II’..~'. 15. Ntonsr.
Secretary.

A union Grange meeting will beheld
on Friday, October 23, at Fraternity
Grange hall. There will be a literary
program and discussion of the follow-
ing questions: "How can expenses in
our state institutions and county
offices be reduced without impairing
their etiiciency 1*" Hall open at 10 a.
m. and dinner at 11:30 a. m., followed
by program. LECT1'ltl£R.

II\'GII.-\.\1 C()I.‘1\"l'Y l’().\l()_\'_-\ HR.-\X1}J‘I
.\lHI-ITS \\'l'l‘ll L‘.-\1’ITf)L (IR.-\.\‘(;'}£.

Friday, October 223, 2 P. M.

Opened with form in fourth degree.
Instrumental iiiusic by Capitol Grange.
Report of Granges. Election of officers.
Election of delegate to state convention.
Remarks for good of Order.

Saturday October 24, 9:30 A. M.

Instruniental music by Miss Rizpah
Narris; prayer by Chaplain: address of
welcome by A. J. Champion; response
by F. W. Havens: song by first grade
pupils under direction of Miss Jennie
Tibbetts; recitation. “The Soldiers Re-
prieve," by Miss Lizzie Sc-hoolev:
"Ladies' Course at M. A. C.," Prof.
Edith Mclleriiiott: lllb'(‘11SSlOl1 led by
Miss Hannah M<-Henr_y: solo by Miss
Dayton: recitation by Cliarlie Foster:
"Boy's ('.'ourse at M. A C.." Mr. Van-
I\'oi-nizin: song by seminil grade pupils
under direction of Miss Edith Bower.

oI.\':\’i«;lt.
Satiirilay 1:12!) P. M.
Morheris Meeting in North Hall.

.-\il:Ii'ess by Mrs. Mary Mayo; “Teiir
}l1‘1‘ElIllt‘I1l' of (‘liildre-ii" by Miss -Te-lllllt‘
Tibbetts; Discussion.

(ieneral Section in South Hall.

Solo. "( )nl_v Me, " Miss Lizzie Sr:hoole_V:
“Traiisportation," by John R. Potter;
discussion led by R. H. Hewitt: recita—
tion. “How to Keep Apples for Winter
and Spring: Use" by Amos La\vreii<-.e:
(lisciissioii led by H. (.‘. Wheeler: "Sigiis
of the Tiiiies" by Mrs. A. Ayres: solo
by Miss Bertha \Vri;.{ht.

Satiirdiiy sessioiis are open to the
public and all are invited to take part
in the discussions.

All ineinbers of the order are request-
ed to be present Friday. p. iii.. as there
is important business to tl’H.I1S2lf,‘lf.

Hall opposite Hotel Downey, Lan
sing. E. A. Hoi.i>i«:.\',

Lecturer.

Grange; Nears»

\VES'l‘l'2lL\' l'()_\l().\'.\ (}l:A.\'(il:.'

met with Lisbon Grange. at their hall
in Lisbon, Tliiirsday and Frida.y,()cto-
her 8 and 9, and were given a. most
cordial welcome. The weather being
most beautiful there was a goodly
number in attendance, and a spirit of
fraternal love manifested itself in the
warm claspiiig of hands and friendly
greeting among the brothers and sis-
ters assembled.

The afternoon and evening sessions
were open to the public, and were de-
voted wholly to the program.

The following proved very interest-
ing subjects and were well discussed:
“Lessons gained from the past season.”
“Is not the tendency of the times
towards too much newspaper reading
to the exclusion of other reading?"
“How can we winter our stock at the
least expense?" And “What is the
Grange doing to advance the cause of
education ?"

The Grange was highly entertained
by brother George Chubb. a fine elocu-
tionist of Lisbon Granize,who rendered
three charming recitations. Music
and recitations by others were also in-
teresting features of the program.

Friday morning's session was de-
voted to the business of the meeting.
Among other things a project was set
on foot to have a series of lectures de-
livered throughout the jurisdiction of
Pomona some time during the coming
winter. SECRETARY.

At a meeting of delegates at Portage
Grange hall, October 6. Mr. and Mrs.
Ira D. Matteson were elected represen-
tatlves to the State Grange. This being
accomplished in the forenoon. a boun
tiful feast was spread in the basement,
where some 75 members from Scotts,
Vicksburg. and Parkville, St. Jo
county, and yisitors.sat down to dinner
prepared by the ladies of Portage
Grange No. 16.

The afternoon was an open meeting,
the exercises commencing by singing

' the "Red, White and Blue,” declama-

tions, music, both instrumental and
vocal, with discussions. fully occupied
our time until 5 o’clock. Space will
not admit givingafull program, but
the following resolution was passed

IT'S uiicénriiiirriiini iiuiusi

That's what the business men claim, and
why not consider that feature when figuring
on the fence problem. With an unproved
device, you are never sure that your stock
and CPODSILPB safe. Weiare selling Page to
men who have tested it over ten years.
They’re not experimenting.

PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE C0., Adrian,'Mich.

“W66

JWO/(E Y0!/R ME/17' W/TH
KRAusEiis ll|lIllD EXTl1Al2Tui=SMll|(E

ei‘a‘¢'§‘L‘..‘ll'n.£.KiiAus:n:.sno.miuoii.i=A.

unanimously and ordered to be sent
to the GRANGE Vrsrron, viz.,

RESOLVED: That it is the sense of
this Grange meeting that the salaries
of our state and county otlicers are too
high; that they are out of all propor-
tion with all farm products, and prices
generally; and that in justice to all
classes these salaries should be re-
duced at least one-third. That the
secretary of Portage Grange be re-
quested to present this resolution to
the board of supervisors of Kalamazoo
county at their meeting in October,
18190, as to the lowering of our county
otlicers fees; and that our representa-
tives to the State Grange present them
before that body. and labor for such
justifiable reduction as to the salaries
of our state otlicers.

Patrons of the order; we hope this
resolution will be sanctioned by each
Grange in the state of Michigan to the
end that every representative to the
State Grange which meets at Lansing
in December next, will be in hearty
sympathy with this sentiment, and,
that a resolution may go up from our
State Grange to our next legislature
most emphatic for this much needed
reform. Gi~:o. T. l‘l.»\LL,

Secretary.

Ripans Tahules: gentle czithartic.
Ripans Tabules C1ll‘E’.ll\’€‘X‘tl‘O1ll)lPS.

The Sezisoiis at
hand.

Fall Cm“ iBlNDEFl LTWINE

PT‘ ;We’re the largest sellers in the world.

' , .. . . = 1000 TONS lm"l"llI and paid for. for this seasoii’.~
like Wheat’ rye’ barley ‘lndl .~'alr-.~'. Two kiiiils ’.\'i.-"kiln and Maiiilla. Quality the best.
- ' . 3?‘ l v. . . . I’i‘i«-es the lo\\'r-st. There-'.< ‘ust one \\'l.~'c wav to bnv I-liiiiler
e - l . l. _ . . -I - -
Oats’ 1 quln :1 “C1 |) L U1“ d Twiiie. Tlints by saiiiple-. Take lhv saniple in _\'our liuiid.
TEST IT. Look the price in the eye. Tllt‘l'i' you are. frilly
pm,-'t¢-«l.
XV» so-n-I >'ziiiiplr~.-*. and quote priiws. free for the uskiiitr

fertilize-i‘, and {L \\‘<:ll lJJ,l.l.'lllL‘(:Ll:
fertilizer is Lll\\'£l}'.s rich in ‘

,Buy Binder Twine at Headquarters.

P *> ‘I
“flip 1. FOR THE RIGHT PRICE
of :lllll(l>l 0\'oi'_\'lliiii_<_>' lliufs iisi-rl in life. ll:l\'(‘ our (ilCNl‘ll{.~\l.

Soil.‘ ":.'l     . . .
B T “L 1‘) ( .\ l .-\l.()(il la and lil X lullb (xl llll‘. :il\\':i_\'.- with you. Buy l{i«_rlit-

all/71:21‘ prmluce large crops ol Mom-_\' ,\':l\'€il is siiiiie as i-ariied.

' ‘ ‘ VVe hand it to you if you call at our :_:re:it lll-a<'re Store.
or send it for 1-‘: writs. in (‘Hill or stuiiips. to pay part of post-
age 01' €XpI‘P.~'>'2i_.'.{'t‘.

Montgomery Ward 85 Co,

Monarchs of the-Mail Order Business, the Store ofall the People.
Ill, 11;’. 111}. Ill. ll.'i. Elllll 110'» Mil-lii_<__r.-iii .\\'(‘llll(‘.
Directly ( lpposite the new Post (Jfiim-. (.‘HlL‘.\Hl ).

(l(fllCltTlll in

these r(:r<:al2-1.

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applv lllclll, and lii-av lll'lCll l’ot.'isli the-_'.',
should <’iIlll.’1lll—~l..\ told in our lllllfilfillkftli
v){l.lll[hl’llL‘l.% \\'e- will ‘.{l(l(ll\‘ 2-.2-u'l [hi-in tr»-c
ofcost to all filriiiesrs \\ ho will ‘.\ Tiic for them.
()ER.Vli'll\ K.\l.l \'.‘i)llK\‘,
.~ .\':i. _iii >r , New Y-iii.

All about ll-rtilizers-liow uni \‘.'llt‘il tel --
1

THE

No. 238, 240 and 2

 1,351  Elli? 33$  ‘Lia

Williurii Hamilton. 'l‘rea.=-ii l‘(‘l'.

James Hamilton. Prosideiit.
We are prepared to fill all (ii-urigr

HAMILTON GROCERY CUMPAITT,

:0l‘llL‘l‘.~' at lowest \Vll()l(‘F8.l6 rates.

GAMPBELL’S EARLY

Bo-st and most vnlimbli-. Hizliest coiiiiiii-niliition from bi-.:hr-.~1 aiillmi-iiii=~'. lhircly, lll‘lIllll_\'. \'i-_'-
orons, \'l‘l'_\' pr‘4Nllll'll\'(‘, Early or late. l.lll",!v‘.~'l ('lll~lI*l'\, finest 4lll1llIl_\‘. iioi fin}. Seeds need
g not bg swallowed, .\'ol<l b_\' iiiiiii_\' rt-1 'll(‘Nlll'5l‘l'_\'lllI'll. Noriv ‘.,'I‘Illllll\' \\ ilbv-Iii Hlll"l‘.ll‘, Wi-

00000000 OOOO&OO§
Our lllarrcloizs New
G RAPE .

42 East Pearl St.

T T. ‘    Kll:|l'£Ullf'l‘ szife :Lrri\'u.l l>_\‘ iiiiiil. I. . st stock of grape \'lllI'*4 in HM‘ \\oi'|il .\ni;i!l .’."iii‘\. .
*‘ - . 1 1.  liiIroilIii~i-rot llllI'l\':lllWl It:-Al .l1|£'l((*l {u'o«-.-o-- _

bi-rri iinil l“;i,\' l'urr2irit. (.‘uiulu,-_'u¢- fr:-i-. GE°- 5- JOSSEI-V"; Ffedonlfiu NGW V07“-

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOCCOOOCOOOCOOOO OOOCGOOO

(Thus. G. Shane, Secretary.

A Year's Grange Work.

ICm'i‘oi: (ii:.\.\'i;i-3 \'i.~'1'i‘oi<:: l’i'onif
and iiii,-lii<liii}_r ()l'l.()l)(,‘l' l. l>~".l;'». to‘
and lll(‘ll1lllllf_" Scpteiiiliiw IEO. l>iN‘».i
being the (i1‘:lllf_'(.‘ _\'(‘:ll' just clo.-‘ed. 
the follo\vin;_r new (ii':in_<_res \\'ci'c;'
(ll‘_t_":l.lll’/.t5(l: ('olo.. 12 Conn.. 31}
Ills., .7: lnil.. 21: Iowa, 2: l{:iii:~'.. 2:,
.\li-.. S: .\l:iss., F»: .\lii-li., l2: .‘vlinu..f
l: K. II., 211: N. .l., 2: Ohio. 3135.:
Ore_«_r., ll: l’:i.. .15’: R. I.. 1: N, (2,?
+:\'t..1l:Wi.~:..'_’:.\'. Y. 27: 'l‘ol:il,.
loo, ‘

l)l]l'lll_1{ the (ii':iiii_re _v(-iii‘. ciiiliii;_r
Septciiilit-i‘ Sill. lN!l3. tlierc were
()l'$I:llllZC(l lllllCl.\'-l\\'l) (112,) ll(‘\\',r
(.ii':in;_res. I

Total nuinber oi (,il':lll§_"C.\‘ or_<_r:iii—l
ized siiii-c the foiiiidutioii of the}!
Gi':iii_t_re. 1weht_v—scvcii llioiisuiiil,‘
three liundreil and scvciit_y—iiiiic.i
(27,379).

Fiiitlifiilly Yl)lll‘>'.
.loii.\' 'l‘i:i)ii:i.i«:,
Heci'ct:ii'_\' Xiitiiiiiiil (ii'aii_i_v'r-.
Wu.sliiIir_/(on.. D. (1.. ._\'cptu:ilic7' Z10, ls.'m'.

The National Grange,

l,)l-2.-tli Sin AI\’l) iuoriii-11:: In
3.t‘C()l‘(l:lllCe with the provisioiis of.
its constitution and the resolution I
adopted at the scssioii of l.\“.l.3, thcl
thirtieth st-ssioii of the Niitiiiiiiill
(i‘r:iri_<_ze oftlic l’:iti'ons of llll.s'l)1lll(l-(
ry will be held in the Cityof “':isli-
ingtoii. l).(}.. ('.()llllll€llClll_9f on “the
tirst \\'cdnes<la_v after the second
Monday in ;\'ovenibei-" (llth) at
eleven o’t-lock a. in.

At-.coiiiiii0<latioris for the I\'ation-
al (i‘rrangc have been secured at:
the National Hotel (as head-
ql12ll‘te2‘S) at the rate of  per
day, including heat and light.

Meiiihers of the Order \'isil.in,<:
Wasliington during the scssioii,
and friends 2lC(:()l1][)&Hyln_,(_{' them,
will be entitled to the above hotel
rates on presenting 1!. certified card
to the hotel oiiicials from the sec-
retary of the National (i‘rran,qe.

Ari-angeinents have also been
made for visiting Pzitrons and
their friends, who prefer to stop
in private families or on the
European plan, which they can
have by applying by letter in ad-
vance to the national secretary, at
the following rates: Rooms, 50
cents: each meal, from 20 to 50
cents; or by the day or week, in
private families, for $1.25 a day or
354.3 per week.
By order of the Executive Coni-
niittee.

J OHN TRIMBLE.
Secretary National Grange.
Washington. D 0.. September 24, 18.06.

Press Notes.

The October number of the North
American Review may be titly called a
campaign number. It contains articles
on campaign subjects by speaker Reed,
The Secretary of the Navy. Andrew
Carnegie, Bishop Merrill of the M. E.
church, Louis Windmuller, and Judge
Walter Clark of the supreme court of
_North Carolina. Judge ClarK’s article
is specially interesting as being an

authoritative outline of the ‘changes
which he and other advocates of free
silver would make in the constitution
if Mr. Bryan is elected.

The Midland Monthly for October is an inter-
esting nnmber. containing an excellent portrait
of [lysses S. Grant as a frontispiece, and an
illustrated article on his life in the west and
his Mississippi Valley campaigns. In its "Club
I\ote_s ’ department which is a regular feature
of this excellent magazine is an article on "A
Group of Michigan Women Writers"Which con-
ta_ins_ portraits and brief sketches of eleven
Michigan women who have written more or
less for the public print.

You’ll pay too much if you do, unlessyou consult OUR
MAMi\’lOTH CATALOGUE for Fall and Winter of l8%z1nd 1807
You will be amazed at the prices we quote on everything.

I NEVER BEFORE
WERE PRICES SO LOW.

We have thoroughly revised every department and quote the
lowest prices in Dry Goods, Laces, Ribbons, Trimmings, Gloves,
Hosiery, Shawls, Corsets, Notions, Curtains, Wall Paper, Underwear,
Cloaks, Carpets, Furs, Clothing, Mackintoshcs, Nlillinerv, Hats, Shoes,
Clocks, Watches, Jewelry, Silverware, Books, Rubber Goods, Music-
al lnstruments, Saddles, Harness, Tents, Brushes, Tovs, Pipes, Guns,
and Sporting Goods, Fishing Tackle, Seines, Crockery, Tinware,
Stoves, Hardware, Tools, Baby Carriages, Trunks, Buggies, Wagons,
Blacksmith Tools, Scales, Pumps, Agricultural Implements, etc, etc.

READY TO MAIL SEPTEMBER 25.

Send 10 cents to partly pay postage and we will send it FREE
with our complete Grocery List. Sheet Music Catalogue and Fashion
Sheet

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68 and 70 Wabash Ave. Chicago, Ills.

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