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VOL. XXL .\'t”). '21.’

Miclzigan School for the Deaf.

I-.1’ 1-‘1:.\..\1'1~ 1.1. 1:..\1:11'1:. s1 1-1:1.-1.\'1.':.\'1-11-;.\'1'.
151111111: 1&1:-1..\'1.1-: \'1.~1'1'11;:: .\ 
.'_\'Hlll' 1'1.-11111-st for i11t'111-11111111111 11- 1-» this
-‘Vllwtl l\ \'*.'1'_\' 11.1lii1'l1ll. 11<-1-:‘1I1s1- ll11-1'1- :11‘:-
s11.111:1n.\'111111911111111111-1. 1111111 :1l‘l11'l1- 11:"
1l1l> *1-1'1. 121- 11-tit 11ns:1i11. 1 s1-1- that 111-.-
-‘1=1lt'l-l'1‘Ul‘."1-1111s1'1-11111-~11-11 its 1-111111111111-e
I11\'isit1l11,-.\'1:1t1- l'111\'1-1--111’. 111111 111.-111-1-1
111111 1'1-11111-1 11.1111.-111.1111.-1 111111111 it 111111111
‘11::1 -_"<111-l tl1111=_-'1’111':1ll. 1111- i1lst1111ti1.111s:1111l
‘.l1<’.111--111l- /1t"l1;1-st.-111-.11’ 1111- 1.11111-1' insti-
111t1o11s w1-1'1- -1'1-.111--1 111' -.1-11111-s111-l1 1l1si1111-1-_
estt-111-111111111111-1-. 111111  11111‘ 1'1-11111": 111“ '1-1'11.-it
1111-_\‘:1r1-1l11i11g' \1.:1s 111:11l1- 111 the 111-111111-_ :11-—
1-1111111.-111i1-11 l1_\’ :1 1-1111111:11'is1111 of I111-11' 1-11st
1111111-1111-11-111-.1’\\'ith111h1-1'111sti1111i1111sof1l1e
s:1l11t-s111'l. 5.111-h:11-1111111111-L111;w1111l1lsl111\\'
1111111111-se .\l11,-l1i_u‘:111 111stit11ti11ns- :11'1- 1-1-11-
n11111i1-11l1_\' 111111 1,-1111-ientlA\' 111:111:1_<_-'1-11.

I t11l1'1- 11111111 _\'1111 111-sire 1111 111-111-le not
11111-11 111111 li1_-'111'e.s. 11111 sl111wing-111:1 si11111[1-
1111111,-le.-11'w:1‘\' what 1111s s1-1111111 is 1loinu'_
111111 what it costs now. 111111 11-h;11 is 1111-
11llll111)l{f111'1l1(‘fll1lIl'(3. -

The 1-11ns1it11ti1111 111' 11111‘ state. as that of
:1l1n11s-t e\'1.-1'_\' one 111 the l'11i11n. 1)l'|)ll]1.\(',~
an e1l111-11111111 to e\'e1'.\' 1-l1il1l. 11“ 1111- 1-111111
is so1111f111't1111:1t1-as to he 111-111‘ 111- },]in:]_
tl1is111-on1is1-1-111111111 111-1-:11-1'11-1111111 111' the
=11'<1il1:1I'_V 11.-:11-111-r in the 111111111: .~1’lll11Ili The
state 1.-annot 1111-111-11 111-11111-1-l_r t1':1ine1l
Ie:11-11ers, with 11r1111e1-1111111111111-es. 111111 what
is most i111po1't:111t. p1'1111e1- s11per\'isi11n. 111
e\'(-.1'_\' 1111-:1lit_\' where there is 11 1113111 111-
11111111 1-111111: 111111 where tl1e :1t1e111ptt111l11
so has 111-en 11111111-. 111 1111- 1-ase of the deaf
at least. it has heen 11 1-11stl\' 111111 far f1-11111
s11c1-essf11l 11n11e1-t:1kin.1_r. For her own con-
ve_niem-1-. M11-.l1i;r:1n m1tl1e.1-.14 these. 1111111-.t.e1l,

ehil1lren at one place. the hlind at Lansing -

111111 the 111-111 at l-‘lint. 111111 the1'e pro\'i11es
111-1111er 1111-1111s for their e1l111-:1tion. The
tw11 _1_-1'1-:11 .~‘1)€t‘11ll s-1-liools t1111s 1'es11ltin_-._»‘
1-:1n 1111 111111-11 hetter work for the el1il1l1-en
than wo11l1l he possihle 111 :1 h11n1lre11 s-1111111
1-l11ss-es s1-11111-1'1-11 all o\'e1- 1111- state.

()111'1111je1-1 111 1111- S1-1111111 for the 111-111' is
t11;_ri\'e 11111-1-1111111-en s111-l1 :1 t1':1i11in1_ra.s- will
1na1{1- them .1_-1111111-1117.1-11s. \\'e 111111 to _1._ri\'e
t11e111 :1 _1_r11o1l 1-11111-11111111. 1,-111111;: so far as to
tit those who wisll it for 1l1e t‘U11('j-_"L‘ at
\\':1sl1i111_rto11. ln 1111111111111 we-t1'.\'t11 11111111
up t11eir 1-11111-111-tei-s 111111 111 _1_-‘ire thcin tl1e
hahit of in1l11st1'_\'.

1-I\'e1'_\' pupil 1-ecei\'es' i11s't1-111-tions in tlie
_<_r1'e:1t truths of 111111-11lit_\': e\'e1'1'o11e is t1111_g'l1t
th:1t l:1|111r is l111no1':1hle. 111111 :1 tl1i111_>' 111 111-
1lesi1-e1l. All ah11\‘e. tl1e tifth }_>'1':11le s11en1l
f1_111r l1o11rs each s1-l111<1l1l11~\'in le111-nin1_: sonie
:1sef11l 1111111111,-raft. At 11res-ent 11111' trades
are l1a1<i11}_r. 1-:111i11et11111ki111_r. .s‘ll06,-l11:11{iI1_5_".
prin1i11_<_-'. sewi11c_r. t11il11rin}_r, 1l1'ess111:1l1'i11}_1'.
w11o11-1111-11i111_r. w11o1l—1-111-\'i11_1_-1. 111111 1lrawin}_r.

hinee t11e fo11n1l:1tio11 of tl1e s'ch11ol 11111
pupils l111\'e left us. They e:11ne here. '11s :1
rule. 111 :1 s’(11te of if_r11111-11111-e 11:11-11 t11 con-
ceive. lla1l they never 1-o111e to seliool.
they w1111l1l have .1_>'1-ow11 1111111 11111111111011 111111
won1:1nl1o111l with the 11l1yisi1,-:11 strong-111111111
all the p:1ssi11ns-’ of 111en and woinen. hut
with tl1e 1nin1ls- of l1:1l1ies. 1'1:11'1ll_\' a. tenth
of the111 w1111l1l ever hare s1111p11rte1l the111—
selves. |111ttl11-11112-lilife wo11l1l have heen
1le11en1lent upon friends- or tl1e 1-1_11n1n1111it_\'.
Many of them wo11l1l eertainlv have fallen
into 1-riuie. 111111 woul1l have heen 11 nienaee
to the 11eace and s:1fet\’ of 11tl1e1's. as long
as they lived. The 11eople who do not e11-
ueate their deaf cl1il1l1-en would he wise to
follow the e.\:a.1nple of the .ln1li:1ns-. an1l
drown them as soon as sure of their af-
tlietion.

An1o11_g- s11cl1 :1 n111nl1er 11s have passed
th1'1111§_rh our school, tl1e1'e are of eo111'se
many of whom we have lost sic_r11t_. for they
are scattered all over our st:1te and the
states smith and west of us. “'0 have
taken great pains, however, to keep in
touch with them, and of the whole number
there is not one in p1-ison and only three
who are not self-supporting. It would be
hard to match this record a1non_c_r the hear-
ing. We can certaiiily el-111111 that the ob-
ject of our school is heing attained, but the
11uestion remains:

noes IT (‘OST TOO 31171-11?

It is not fair to compare :1 school with :1
prison or an asylum, for tam-/u’/zg costs
more than attendance.

N either is it fair to compare 11 school for

  
 

1111-111-:11’. o1'11n1- I711‘ 1111- 11111111. \\i‘1l1 1111
11i11:11'_\' s1-1111111.

111-1111-1111111-1-11111111 111111111-1111111-1-11 1'e-11111-e
111111-11 111111’1- i111li\'11111:1l 11111-11111111 111111 11:1-
ti1-111 1-1-111-1111111111111111-11:11'1 of the 11-:11-111-1
111:1!) 1l111s1- W1111 s1-1- -11' 1 111111 l111‘l‘1_-1111'l-
111--.\'11111st111-111111-1-1111111-1-15111111-11 -111: 151-1'
-'l::s.s1-s. 1111- 111->1 1'-.1~11-1'11 s1-l111-.-.’- thr-
1l1-:11' l1:1'1‘1- 111:11l1- 1111- 11112111111 11:‘ 11':111st1111
I1-:11-111,-1';1sl11w:1s 1111- 111- --1:1. W1
h.-111-111111-1-111.-111 1111-111 _\1i1-11131111. :1'1‘1-1':1:‘-
i11-_-11\'1-1- 111111-11-1-11 11-111il- 111:1 t1—:11-he-1'. still
11\1‘1'1I111>.‘tl'l‘Il \\l1l1.s1‘111111l.~ 1111' 11111111111 
111-1-11.11:1:-11-:11-1111131'11:-1-1-11111s1 l11-11x-1'-.'l:1:';'1-
111111 1-.\'111-11-1-.1-. 17111-11111111:-l.\' \-.1- 11111-1; 11
1:11-1111s1111-1111111111'is1111 with 111111-1-s1-l1o11l~11f
1111- s:11111-s111-1. \\'1- 11.-1\'1-1'1-11111'ts ~1111-.\'i11;'
1111-11111nl11-r11t'1111111ls1111111 1111.-s1-l11111ls' foi-
1111-111-111’ 111 1111- 1-11111111-1'. 1111 N11\‘1-111111-1' 1.7.
1*‘-1-3.:1111l:1ls11the1-X111-111l1t111'1-st11rs11p11o1-1
11111-i11}_rtl1e last lis1-:11 _\-1-111' 111-f111-e 111111. W1-
1-an 1i;._»-111-1-11111 1111111 this :1 111.-1-1-111111111-ost.
wl1i1-11 while not :111s11l11t1-l_\' 111-1-111'11t1-. is as
111-:11'l_\'.so 1'11:-11111-s1-1111111 as it is t‘111':1n11tl11,-1-,
5111111-11f tl1e 111os1 111-11111111 111 ~1‘l111111s'. es-—
111-1-1:111)‘ tl111s-1- 111-111' us. 11re _-_:-111-11 in 1111-
t'11ll11\'1'i11'_* 1111111-.

111--

11-111’.

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51-11-1111 111111 1111-11111-:1. ‘\".'. }i“7‘l" 1""
111111112 ~111111111'f. -_:
_\'1-w \111-11'. .\'1-\\'\111'l{(‘it_\'  ‘J11 $l11:’._1;1
l’1-1111s;'l\':1111:1. l'l11l21r11-11111111.... T1113 1:11 '
U111. " 1111s..  .iil
1: ‘Jul
1‘?
2111*
IN’.
. 1:1-111--l--_\' . .. 11'.;;
1tl1z111:1111111. Mas .. .. 1171
1'1-1111..111-111' l’11tsl1111';.' . 15-11
\\'1-111-.-1'11.\’. \.. l-I111-111-s11-r . . . . . _ .. 1.11
13-11112-11 X. 1.. 11111111-.    1",.

 

It is p1'oh11hle that all of the s:u111s un1.le1'
"l’er 1-11111111 expense" are too l:1r1_re. as the
e111'11i11_1_v"s of the sehools l111\'en11t heen taken
f1-11111 the 111n1,1unt e.\'pen1le11: l111t it will _he

-‘’\.1‘.) at .. _.«_.1...s...,_. +L..e .'.. 41." _,n_11- ".11 “D1,

1111 the .\lich1_ga11 school is l1el11w the (_1tll';'l‘s‘.

(K-\.\' Tlll-I l'I.\l’F..\'.\‘l-l.\‘

I-‘A l1Tll 1-211

111-‘ Tlll-I .\('l1|>(1l.

i’.l-I

l)l-I(‘ltl-IAN-‘.113

That the tot11l 111111111111 e.\pe111le11 here
1-:111 ever 111- lower, 111' even as low 11- it is
now. is 1.lo11l1tful: unless. 1110 \'(‘l‘_\' 11n111st
1-1111rse of 1le11_\'i11}_r the 111'i\'ile_\_-1-s 111' the
s1-hool t11so111e wl111 are 1-1111111-11 to it is
1111111111-11. There are :11 111-es-1-111 in the state
:1t I1-11st :1s111:111_\’ 111-111' 1-l1il1lre1111f s1-1111111
11}_-re. e11title11 to eoine to s-1-1111111. as 1111-1-1-
:11'e 111 the s1.-1111111 now. 1-I\'e1'_\' \‘e111' 1111.-
1111117111-1-111111-w 111111ils:11111l_Vi11g t'111-111h11is-
sion tills 1111 the V111-ant space we have. 111111
this-n111nl1e1' j._r1'11ws f:1ster than new 1.111111-
in1_»'s are 111'o\'i1le1l.

.\s the nuinher of new p11pils- 1111-1'e:1ses.
the per 1-11111111 n111st l1e 1111-re:1se1l for the
cost 11f11111liti11n11l f111'n1t111'(-. l1e1l1lin1_r. et1-..
more than 11tl'sets1111_y s11Vin1_r n11111e h_\' hav-
ing 11 1111-111-1' n11111l1e1' to 1li\'i1le ee1't:1i11 1i.\e11
e_\'11e11ses. When the sehool tinallv l'(’1‘lL‘llt‘.\‘
its n1:1xi1nu1n. an1l we only have 111 renew
what is w111'n out. :1n11 1111 11111 11:1\'e to pro-
vide for 1:11-1_re1' n111nhers. there will he 11
re1l111-tion of the per eapita cost.

Tl1e1'e is. 11owe\'e1'. 11 e11ntin11:1l 111-111111111
from the parents of 1-1111111-en. 111111 11the1-s.
1‘:'or 111ore 111111 l1ette1- work. l’ar1-nts are
espeei:1ll_\f 11nxi1111s tl1:1t a l:1r_1_re 1111111111-1' of
trarles he t:1111_rl1t, and the Tr11s'tees 111a_\' 1111

s-o1netl1in_<_r 111 this direetion, so t11:1t t:1l\'in<_-1 ‘

e\'e1'_\'tl1i11_g into c11nsi1le1'11tio11, it is 11:11-1111'
111-1,1l1al1le that the cost will l1e 111111-11 lower
tl111n it is 111111’. The f:11'n1ers of Blichigan
prol1:1hl_\' 1lo1111t care t11 have 11s :1l1let11
I1u_\' flour at $2.21) 111111 potzitoes at te11
cents. in order t11 keep down e.\'pe11ses.

111s'n1:11-.~‘.1:.\1'::.\‘T:s' 1-1111 1-‘1s1-.11, YE.-\R 1:.\'111.\‘1; J1'.\‘E31-‘. H171.

    
 
    

 
   
   
  

  
 

Dr, (‘r.
Salaries a1111wa1:es............  .¥‘_’:L'_‘:'17 .
F11111l......._...... . 14.79-_»__ ,1;.1~
Laundry ‘ 1‘.-,9. -_;
Heating 6.5116 . _- :::'.
 1.3115’
Stationery. p11sta1.ze. etc. . .. .. 1.011) . 19 F171
.-Xmuseinent 111.111 instruction. l.‘_’-17 . ~ ‘.-_’
Houseliold supplies . . . . . . . . .. " :~ 1:; no

 

Furniture and be-.111ling.
Tools and 1nz—1cl1in1-ry . . . . . . . . ..
Farm. gar-1lt-11. stock and ground
Freight and transxxwtation . . . . ..
Miscellaneous expenses. . .. .. ..
ln1lustrialtrainin(z.... ..  .. .. .. .. .

 

 

1.29% 115
.-1,349 113

 

YEAR ENDING JUNE 311. 11396.

     
 
   
 
 

Salariesaudwages....,............. 2'11)
 726 :19
111 b?

Stationery and printing..
Household Ls-upnlies . . . . . . . . .
Amusement and instruction
Furniture and bedding . . . . . ..
Tools and machinery..
Farm. etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Freight and transportation.
Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . ..
Industrial training... ..   

Flint, Mich1’4_;u'n..

2.690
1.116 '

121
4.754 32

 

 
  

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I-"'1'-'1" l-11- '{'\\11 31-:11-s Lnvling Juno .'.11_ |.\‘-.11},

111 1-':‘1s 1-111.1-:11. \\ \1:111:,\.
T111”!11|l111:1l‘l1s:111 1111.-11'1l1-I 1-1111l1'~1l. 1-111l1—
'H.~'1-1l111"o111- 111-111111-1':1t 211111 21111 111-11111111-
:111.~. s:1j1's111' 1111- 1-1--1111s f111'1h1- past two
1-:11--: "11 is -.11'1§11l11.- 3-11-1111--1 ~:l1l.sli."11-11111!
1.71111::11'-l1111:1%1l1-111-111--111:1? \\1-1'1-1'11- 1-111: 111
11113 \\'.‘l1"11l'1li.~ 11-11111": 111.1111-11:1s1 1-111111-;11«_
‘$1111-11 is 1111-11111-1 f11\-111':1hl1- 11-11111 '1-1'1-1'1‘
st:-.111l1111i11t 111 1111- l1is1111'\- of 1111- 111-11111111111,
To the W.-11111-11 1111-1 his :1.»-ist1111Is -_-1'1-:11
1-1‘1.-1111 sh1111l1l 111- -_-111.-11 11.1-1111-11-1-11'11131s 111
001111111--t this i11stit111i1111o11:111 1-1-11111111111-.-1]
111111 self-s11st:1ini11g- l1:1s'is :1s 111-111' 11s 11111\' 111-."
011111-1-11111111111111-31-1-:11 1111-1111-ss111.-111-1-s—
sion 111111 tl11-p11l1li1- 111-111111111 for l11\\'(-1' t:1.\.-1-
tion the ho:11'1l has 1-111 its 1'1,-11111-st 1111- sp1-1-i-
:11 1111111-11111'1.-1ti1111s 111 :1 total of .\_'14,T1111_
which is 111111‘ half what w11s11sl11-11 for two
1-.'e11rs :1_1_-‘11. 111’ this 111111111111 $11-.1-1--1 is 1111-
an 11-le1-t1'i1- l11_»'l1t plant. 52.111111 t'111':1 hog-
11.-11'11 111111 the l1:1l11111-1- fo1'111i11111'1111111-11\'e—
ments. The 1‘e11111't is s'i1_1-111-11 |1\' 111111. N,
11. ll:1_\'1-.-1111' .\l11i1-. 111111. l.1111is i1\':111i1'/. of
.'1i11s1\'1,-1_r1111. 111111 111111. .l:11111-s T. 11111-st 111'
\V}'11111l11tte.

T111- \\':11-111-11's 1'1-11111-1 1l1:1l\‘1-s 11 s1111win_1_-'
1h11t will. 1111111111111. he \'1-1'.\' j_v'1-:1tif_\'i11g-to
the 1:1X1):l_\'(fI'>. \\'i1h:1n in1-1-1-:1s'1- of 1111'-
ty-se\'1,~11 111-1' 1-1-nt 111 11113 n111nl1er of llllll1Il(-s‘
to 111- s111111111'Ie11. it sliows :1 111-1-1'1-use of
$47,514.51! 111 the net cost to the statt-11f
runnin1_r the 111s-11111111111. The 111-1 per 1-11111111
'.-ost for 1111 pin-11oses was $‘.1l..'1.\ per \'e111-
against $1*.1.'1.2-I2 111-1' _\'c:11' 11111le1' the forni-
er 111:111:'1ge111e11t. 111- 251 1-ents 11e1- 1l11_v11«_»-:1i11st

11%: cents per 1111.1-.

-. \'..:.’1n LI1\n -YJCL:

1
1 .

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an

1111 ex11ensI.-s were 115-} 11er 1-ent (.11-e:1te1' 1111- '

111-1' the foi-1111,-r n1:111:1<_re1i1ent than 1111111-1'

’ 1111-111-es1,-111.

1

1

-\ 1-1111111:11'is'1111 witl1 le:11li111_»' 1-11st1-1'11 111111
w1,-stern 111-is-1111s 111111 1'1-13.11-111:1t111'i1-s s1111ws
that the per 1-11111111 1-ost of 1n:1i11t:1i11i111_-'
the l11ni:1 ref111-111111111-_\' is 111111-h less 1111111
111111 of 11111’ ref111'1n:1t111'_\' 111 the 1111111-11
States. The N1 w Y1-11-11' 111111 l’1-n11s_\'l\'1111i:1
I'ef111‘11111t111'i1-s 1-ost 1'1-11111 tl11-e1- to t'11111-111111-s
as 111111-11 as this. Th1-1-11st of 11::1111t:1i11i11;1'
the .\l11ss111-1111sctts state 111'iso11 is 2111! per
1-1-nt f_"l'(‘tl11"1'. 111111 it has 1111l_\' I31-111411 111-1-
1-ent 111111-e 1111111111-s. A 1-1111111111-iso11 of the
s:1l111'y lists slxows tl111t the 111-1-111,-1's of the
1-as-ter11 st11t1,-s 111-is1111s'1'e1-1-i\'1- -_‘.'1 11e1-1-1-11t
l1i1_rher s:1l:11-ies 111111 the wa1'1le11s 11-11 to '_’<'H
per cent 111111'e than 111 11111111.

l*‘1-e1111e11t 1111f:1\'111-:1hle 1-o11111:11'is1111s of
the 11111111 i11stit111ion with the llt-t1‘111t
ll1111se1,1ft‘o1'1'e1-111111 l1:1\'e heen 111:11le. hut
with the s11n11- 111111111111 of n1one_1' 1-e1-ei\'e1l
froin 111111111 of pris11n1-1-s 111111 li11es. as is re-
eei\'e11 111 the Detroit 1'l1111se of t,‘111'1'e1-111111.
we 1-1111111 turn 11 l1:1n11s111ne 1-:1sh 1111111111-e 111-
to the st:1te t1'e:1s111'.\' for l\‘.H‘1. Tl1e 11111111
prison 1'e1-eives nothi11_<_r f1-11111 tl1es1- s'11111'1-es'.
The :1\'er:1}_re 1111111111-1-of 111-is11ne1-s' h_\' 111-
ennial 1-e1'i111ls. for the past six .\'e:11's'. has
heen as t'11ll11ws: 1-‘or ls‘.1l—‘.12. 31111: for 1-*-
-,1:-:-*.1J,_ ::.’11:f11r 1.s’S1.‘1—‘.11‘1_ 71123. The 111111111111
of 1-as-11 111':1w11 froin the state t1‘1.-11sl11'_y for
the s111ne-11eri111ls. for the 5111111111-1 of e111-11
inniate. 1111-l111lin_:_r' new eo11st1-111-111111 111111 1111
other expe11s'1-s is as f11ll11ws: 1-‘or l\‘.1Al—‘.l'_’.
$-_-11:1:f111- ls-.1:;-‘.14. -$221: for l.\‘.1.’1—‘.H3. $1 11*.
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t:1inin;_r tl1ei11s'tituti.111. has :11111e1lo\-e1' $311’.-
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a1.-counts which cannot he cl1:11';r_re1l to 11111in—
tenam.-e.

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The total annual net cost 111 excess11fea1'11-
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two _Ve:11's e111li119_f June 311. l1\‘.1J,.

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1lust1-V. This cost 352,111 M) hes-i11es all the
lal111r.iof the inniates during the two years
ending J11ne 31), 189}, as 11etern1ined hy
the state a1-e11untant. 1)ll1'll]§_l'tlle past two
rears it viel11e1l $3s,s111,1.28 o1' 47 2-111 cents
per 1lay'/for the 19.11111‘ of each 1-11n\‘ict. Bet-
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f:1eture of novelties than from clianiher
suits, and the l11tter line will he discontin-
e11 as soon as practicable. The best prison
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take. (me was 1'et11rne1l to 111-is-1111 111st
weeli.

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1'1111ne of this i11stit11ti11n that it is :1 1'ef111-111-
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s1-1-1-11.-e for this 111111 11t11e1- states 111-1111111 the
hars. are sent here for 1’(:f111'111:1ti(11'1, while
111:1n_\' of the hetter 1-lass 111'e sent to Jack-
son. An 11111en111ne11t to the law sh1111l1l he

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for the tr:1nsfe1' to .1111.-l<s1111 of those that.
after :1 fair trial. :1ppe:11' to he in1.-:1p1111le of
ret'11rn1:1tio11 or 1letri1nent:1i to ref111-111:1t111'_y
inthienecs. No1-111-11nie1:ri1nin:1l s-111111111 he
sent here.

Go\’er11111- hich has 11tten1le1l 111111111 two-
thir1ls of the 1111111-1l111eetin§_rs, 111111 hits given
very 1-lose attention to the l1usines-s- of the
prison, while one 111e111he1' has :1tten1le1l
every’ 111eetin_t_r 111111 all have 111111113 many
l111s-iness s-aeritices for the henetit of the
state. Their lahors are purel_1'1niss1on3.1‘y,
but they sh1111l11 he paid not less than $111
per day fo1- the time actually spent. This
would n1:1ke the entire s11pe1'v1sion of the
prison hy the hoard cost only $51.10 01' $1301)
:1 _Ve:1r, when 11n1le1' the ol1l law. each mem-
ber of the board was paid $111110 per year
and expenses.

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THE GRANGE VISITOR.

NOVEMBER 5, 1896.

Field and Stetk

Ten Helps in Farming.

BY JOHN J. SNOOK.

Our good editor requested me to furnish
an article for the \ ISITOR, saying that I
might write on any subject on earth—save
one——and I suppose that one must have
been excepted because it might have been
the best. So I have been rambling over our
planet in imagination, and in memory to
some extent, for a suitable victim, and
have finally reached "home, sweet home"
after asking myself the question, what do
farmers want to know f And as there was
no othei' way of finding out, I had to judge
others by myself, and the answer came
ironiptly, “I am hungry for anything that
helps me in my occupation. " So, thinking
that what has helped me might help my
brother and sister farmers, I will mention
some of the things that have contributed
most to my profit, in proportion to their
cost. And first, because it has been the
most profitable, is "underdraining,"
though our farm is slightly rolling and 1.30
feet above the river only half a mile dis-
tant. The cost of the eight hundred rods
of tile has been paid back over and over
again, and helped materially in niakingthe
farm a joy forever.

“The silo”, filled with green corn, run
through a cutting box, will furnish more
good feed for cattle and sheep. for the
least money of anything I have found.
Planted two and a half feet each way. five
acres well tended will feed fifteen cattle
more than half of what they need to eat
for six months, and it can be filled in the
slack time just before corn cutting. Then
if the ground is iniinediately. without pre-
paration, sown to rye, it will furnish iinicli
late and early pasture, and something to
turn under.

A warm, convenient "barn basement”
furnished with water, and an adjoining
>ll(). aw containing one thousand bushels
of bee and niangolds, some for evei'y an-
imal on the farm, except the dog and cat,
and not even excluding the chickens, "will
make a cow laugh in winteiziias my grand-
father used to say in regard to the wisp of
hav his hand—rakc would glean while
crossing the hay field. And if a herd of
cattle laugh often you may be sure they
will grow fat.

A two-horse "tread power" on one side
of the wide barn floor, will always be out
of the weather and out of the way, furnish-
ing some work for idle winter hoi'ses. with-
out harness or even shoes if necessary. It
will cut the silage "and dry “stalks, pump
’sf‘6‘nW,a},r‘i-‘ind thtaifeed, and fimt'{-o6t.£, apples
and small potatoes into fragments in short
order.

"Liberal and frequent seedings to clover"
cannot be omitted without loss to the farm
and pocketbook.

"b'lieep" have been with us thus far all
the way, and coarse wool lamb rasing is
profitable even in these times. Sheep are
as iinicli a foe to weeds as cats are to mice.

An abundance of “small fruits" is a help
that every fariner"s family is entitled to
and can have if they will, coininencing
with early strawberries the first of June,
and having early and late varieties of goose-
berries, raspberries, currants, blackberries
and grapes, a daily supply of absolutely
fresh fruit may grace and cheer your table
till .Vo\'ciiil>ei'.

The family who cannot get five times as
much help out of a good “agricultural
paper” as it costs, could not make money
out of anything. (lne tenth of the tobacco
money will furnish two of them, and help
make the family and the world wiser and
better.

“Fariners' societies" can no more be dis-
pensed with than the associations of other
occupations and professions; in fact they
are even more helpful and necessary. "In
union there is strength ;” in association
there is knowledge and encouragement: "In
the multitude of counsellors there is
safety." They also give a broader ac-
quaintance aiid wider influence to each
member pe1'sonally.

“Fariners’ institutes" are not only a
power of good in themselves, but also in
awakening those who cannot be otherwise
reached to the importance of an enlight-
ened and united agriculture.

Now, brothers and sisters, I have given
away some of my most important secrets
as to how to gain the “needfiil," so if you
have something new that’s tried and true,

or old that hasn‘t been told, pass it along.
Rochester, Mich.

Experiments.

Every farmer should be an experimenter,
and every farm an experimental farm. In
fact, fully half of the farming done in the
country is mere experimentation without
knowing the conditions, or getting any ben-
efit from the knowledge that otherwise
might be derived. Blind farming is car-
ried on to a much greater extent than is
generally supposed. The farmer who is
intelligent enough to make an experiment
with a full understanding of the conditions,
is too intelligent to waste time, labor and

seed in the way that ignorant farmers often

. do. He would note the lesson taught, if he
1 did incur such a waste, and not repeat the ,
= same '

losing operation; whereas, many
farmers go right on, year after year re-

‘; peating the same blunders, without even
‘suspecting the cause of their failures.

Such do not make farming pay, and will
never read this paragraph: hence, they
will not be offended at what we say. But
there is such a thing as paying experimen-
tation that might and ought to be carried
out on every farm. Experiments are pos-

gest themselves to the mind of the farmer

means of improvement. For instance, sev-
eral kinds of fertilizers might be tried
evcryyear, on small plats, of as many
crops, and under different conditions. to
see which gives the best result. It is not

necessary to sow different plats fo' this .

purpose, as the application can be in ale to
small patches of large fields. _ \‘\'hen the
effect is noted, it will serve asa guide in
applying fertilizers the next year. Coi'-
responding experiments can be carried on
in feeding, and all without incurring any
serious risk or entailing any heavy loss.
Some experiinents—such as those in gen-
erous feeding or fertili7.ing!are perfectly
safe to make. Every fariner has it within
his reach to constantly teach hiinself. It
is his duty to do it. lint what one finds
beneficial may not be so to every one else.
l)ifl'erent soils and different conditions,
which infiiience results, nnist be noted.
Every farm, like every individual, has its
distinctive features and cliaracteristics.
Every farmer should. therefore. niakea
studv of his own farm. and note wherein
it difl'ers from others, as well as in what
way it accords with them. and direct his
operations accordingly. Blind copying
does not alvvays l):i_\'.~.\7/_//rmr/./ LI/v--\'fuw1'
-/om‘//rt/.

The Aeration of Milk.

The following is from an Austra.lian
source: “It has been conclusively shown
that bacteria and odors are two of the com-
monest causes of the deterioration of milk.
The air is everywlicre full of bacterial life.
some of which infects the milk the inomeiit
it leaves the udder. The bacteria are few-
est in the milk at this time, but the tem-
perature of the milk favors their rapid dc-
velopnient. ('o—existing are the odors ab-
sorbed by the milk from the air or oc-
casionally coming from the food the cow
has eaten. While it has not been settled
to the satisfaction of all concerned where

the odors come from or what causes thspi.
1 ~., .I.. .. .t,_I...-\..... 41.. 4 .-mung |'0Ol]\‘ put;/’ I '7.‘
the cow Will aft’ cf the inilli, even if tie
milking is done in an atmosphere free from
that odor. It is also true that milk absorbs
odors that could not have been produced
by food eaten.

The odors and taints cause<l by bacteria are
not noticeable when the milking is first
done. but become stronger the longer the
milk stands. ()n the other hand. those
produced by the food eaten are the most
pronounced iiiimediatcly after milking.
As bacteria are living organisiiis. heat (the
teii1pci'ature of the milk) aids their de-
velopment. and cold retards it. Thus the
sudden and immediate cooling of the milk
checks the activity of the bacteria. The

, areation, that is. the exposure of the milk
' to contact with the air. allows it to give

up the foreign odors to a lar_gc extent.
The most practical method of acconiplish-

ing this is where a thin sheet of milk flows ‘

over a surface cooled by running water or
ice and water. In the coolers that use
running water it is forced through in a
direction opposite to that of the milk. so
that the coldest milk and the coldest water
are at the bottom of the apparatus. When
ice and water are used, it is necessary to
stir up once in a while, as the water next
to the surface over which the milk flows
becomes warm. /’m-uu'u_r/ ll'm'/cl.

The Agricultural College.
BY .1.-is. .\'. )ICBRlI)E.

EIJITOR Gn.s..\‘ui-: Visiroii: Referring to
your request. for discussion of certain qiies-
tions of public interest and state policy, I
will write of the Agricultural College 
one of questions named.

(1) The College hasa-field of usefulness.

(,2) It is established by a compact with
the United States, and even were it de-
sired to disestablish it, it could not bedone
except by extra legal or revolutionary pro-
ceedings.

The above being the conditions, the ef-
forts of all should be given to adapt the
College to the conditions of greatest use-
fulness. A college is in its mechanical and
outward appearance a location, buildings,
and appliances. This the Michigan, Agri-
cultural College has in an almost ideal
plant. The real college however is com-
posed of the teachers and students: these
are the spirit and the soul of the institution.
Now, there can be no college without the
students. The buildings and the teachers
alone constitute a sort of literary monastery
where the learning of the learne(l does not
reach those whom it could benefit. It is a

l force without the means of transmission to

the point of application.

TH E I’ROBI.E)I.

The problem before the Michigan Agri-

 cultural College has been and now is to

reach those for whom it was intended.

I There are two different opinions each con-
isistently held
2 Those whom it is intended for think that
‘I it is an expensive. unnecessary institution
, which they pay for for the benefit of those 
.<'ll ' -' ' 1' of farming and will sucr- 5 “_'ho ‘h,"“" *“l‘“"e°* _ _ ll
1 ) e m u my me "’ : ties think that the public, for whose benefit
-  1-. 1th’ ks . i  l kin f ether. =.”'F’
“ho mi“ 5 m‘ m 5 rm‘ 15 U0 ("T or  and indifferent to what the College could
j do for them.

j merchant who has goods but does not have

concerning the College.
The College autliori—
working. is unsympathetic
It is the old case of the

buyers. The goods are desirable and there

, are peeple who want and need just such

goods, but there is no way to bring patrons
but by advertising. .\lercantile advertis-

v ing is however done by printer's ink. while

educational advertising is done like that of
the architect. by his creations, and those
creations of the architectis skill iinist be
where they are seen. llow do the Chi-
versity and State N(ii'iii;il advertise and
secure students! would be a fair question.
The answer is that probably three-fourths
of the teachers of our intermediate schools
are from those institutions. These in lui'n
influence their pupils to attend the Cni-
versity or Normal School. A caiivass of a
class in the Cniversity showed that a large
majority were influenced to attend by their
high school teachers. The graduate from
the A_g1‘icultural College rarely becomes a
high school teacher. The studies he pur-
sues iii addition to agriculture fail to fit
him for such a position as a rule. and he
goes from his college into a field where he
exerts the iiiiniiiniiii power to return stu-
dents to his Alma Mater. The graduate
from the l'iiiversity or ‘.\'ormal as a rule
earns his first money after leaving school
by teaching. The graduate from the Agri-

cultural College is not fit for putting money ,

into his purse in this way, and is at a dis-
advantage with the gi'adiiate of the Cni-
versity or Normal school in the matter of
immediate reinuneration as a rule. The
average student looks forward to secure an
immediate cash situation on completion or
before completion of his college course,
hence is deterred from attending the Agri-
cultural College even though inclined to
do so for other reasons.

liut this is not all, he goes to the
University or Normal School, returns
and influences the pupils whom he teaches.
He is tied to his Alma Mater by the

strongest of bonds, anything that ill af-
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ra ies to repel, and thus the matter that
determined his original choice, viz. im-
mediate cash compensation, has changed

the whole trend of his influence. To _.nm
the matter up, the Agricultural College
does not fit the student for an immediate
cash position and does not have the strength
of its .-\luinni (Ix fa/«-/arm constantly iii-
fluencing pupils to attend that college.

TH I‘) ltE.\I EDY

The remedy is to supply tho,-e tliings
that are lacking. .\lichigan needs more
normal schools. The .\gi'icultural College
has ample class room appliances. its
chemical. botanical, and pliysical labora-
toric.-: are perfectly equipped. The Clll'I'l( -
uluni necessary for a normal course peeds
the addition of but a few studies and pos-
sibly three instructors to make a normal
course the equal of the Ypsilanti school.
.-it/rz'wz/lbw: should be a /m.-rr/7m/ and
necessary part of this norinal course.
Supplanting a few of the presc.ribed courses,
now a part of the Ypsilanti N<)i'iiizil School
course, with agriculture would be a benefit
to agriculture and the literary course as
well. Agriculture is the basis of civiliza-
tion, it envolves all sciences and would be
a liberal education in itself. It would pro-
duce greater syiiipathy between profes-
sional and agricultural life, something
which now seems an absolute essential when
we consider that the farmer in literature
and in drama is represented now as a hay-
seed and uncouth person. \\'ith such a
curriculum at student would leave the Agri-
cultural College, teach for a period, send
pupils of his to the college normal. And
he could explain and teach agriculture as a
teacher and when he ceased to teach follow
farming, or at least have whatever tend-
ency in that direction educated in at the
Agricultural College rather than educated
out at the University or .Vornial School.
An elective in the high school in agricul-
ture as a primary study taught by a grad-
uate of the agricultural-iioriiial course
would prove an attraction to many young
students from the farm. Astronomy is of
less vital importance in the high school
than agriculture, and certainly less attrac-
tive. The gain to the Agricultural College
as now constituted would be an establish-
ment of reciprocal relations between edu-
cators and those whom the College was in-
tended for. There would be an influence
constantly drawing students, and agricul-
ture would be promoted and dignified by
being appreciated and taught in the sec-
ondary schools. A state expenditure of
$5,000 per year would, with the

l

1 inestimable.
‘ amount of change, no amount of pains to

r

present appliances at the Agricultural Col}
lege. provide a normal course for two hun-
dred more students and the gain would be
I am free to say that no

I secure more students nor to popularize the

College will prove effective unless the same
plans are followed that have made other
colleges popular and successful. and their
success has been attained along the lines.

pointed out.

()ico8.\-o.

The Tax Burden.

The tax question we have with us always

i and it is a perpetual source of complaint-
, At present it is receiving more than the
. usual amount of attention. but perhaps no

more than it deserves. The burden is
heavy. all agree to that. and it feels no

I easier when we are told that it is lighter

than in soineother states. That we are not

' getting value received for what is expeiid—

ed is a prevailing opinion. l’»ut little

_, good can be acconiplishcd by this whole-
; sale denunciation of everytliing in sight

1 and out of sight.

The county governinent
in all its branches. the state departinents
and institutions. all come in for this con-
denniation, while national affairs. being
farther away and less understood, receive
the lion's sliarc. However there has been
one favorable result. l’coplc:ire bcconiing
so in earnest that organi'/.cd efforts are now
being made for reforni.

()iie great trouble with these rcforins is
that too much is attempted. It is out of
the question to remove a mountain all at
once, and those who try it only waste their
energy. It niust be done a portion at a
time. These sweeping reforins are apt to
be a failure from being only partially car-
ried out. and from the evils which come ili
at unguarded points. The better way is to
select some one social or political wrong
and reform that thorouglily by concentrat-
ing all the resources upon it before passing‘
to the next. The greatest evil need not be
thc one chosen, but rather the one nearest
at hand and easiest to reform.

lluring several months past nniny qucs
tions pertaining to taxation have been di.»
cussed by the various fariiiers‘ orgaiii7.a-
tions. Siipposiiig we select onc. the ques-
tioii of county e.\'pciiditui'cs. for c.\':iniplc.
as our most important subject forthc pres-
ent. Then, through our state associatioiis,
let us petition the legislature for some sat-
isfactory action. 1’crhaps it might be left
to each county to pay its officers a fixed
salary instead of fees. and adjust other ex-
penditures.

Then let the local Crranges, clubs, and
ulhci iu,‘_;iuJiIi£1lIUuB NUU Lljlll. LTIUSU I'Cf0rlTIS-
are carried out. \\'hen this has been ac-
complished we may reach out to the judi-
cial system. state offices. and other govei-n-
iiieiital departnicnts and institutions. llav-
ing once secured good county and state
govcrninents we need not be j._f1't_-;itl\' tum-
bled by national affairs. '

in 1). iv.
Some Important Questions.
liiirron (licA.\'oi«: \'isi'roi:: I will try
and comply with your request in regard to
questions suggested for discussion for
(irrangcs and for Visiron. \\'ill answer
more directly No. 0. “llow can county airl

township expeiises be i'cduced {"
Let there be a law enacted creating an

‘ exaiiiiiiing board. whose duty it shall be to
~ exaiiiiiie all persons who inay apply, and

grant certificates to all those whom it con

siders capable of holding office. IACt such
offices be let to the lowest bidder holding
a certificate. Let there be a board to ex-
amine into the practical work done in said
office and if the incumbent is not capable
of performing the duties and requirements-
have his certificate annulled and discharged
from the office. I think some law of this
kind might be enacted to include a large
part of the offices, and would stop in a
great measure this everlasting scramble
and political chicanery now going on for
"the loaves and fishes."

"ll()W l_\lI’RO\'l-I OCR l)lSTl{l("l‘ S(‘l'Il)()l.S.‘-‘

Having a free text book law and a
uniform text book law would greatly help.
I think if all the women in the district
whether voters or not would attend the an-
nual meetings it would go a long way
toward the proper decorum of the meeting.
There are those in nearly all districts who
like to “sham off” by low jesting and vile
talk which is in no way ennobling to any-
one and especially to any young persons.
who are generally present. \\'e hardly
hear of alady member of the Board in the
country, but I think they would add ma-
terially to the usefulness and dignity of its
work. Another improvement might be
made by-the-inhabitants visiting the schools,
asking questions, and showing that they
have an interest in the advancement of the-
piipils. One must spend several days to
break a pair of colts for future usefulness;
are not the children of more value than
many colts?

To the question “Shalb women vote in
Michgan!” Yes! yes!! yes!!!

H. C. DENISON.
Ada.


NOVEMBER 5, 1896.

woman’: woman

iWoman Suffrage.

V\'oman suffrage is a question on which
‘there is a difference of opinion. Unfor-
tunately there is no well established pre-
cedent to enable us to decide on its merits
or demerits. A number of states and
territories have had it for a brief period,
but \\'yoniing and Colorado are the only
states that now have it in full. But on ac-
count of peculiar conditions here it may be
considered but a little more than an experi-
ment. Nineteen states have it in a limited
way, either for school or municipal or both.

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I think it may be truthfully said that ii

wherever it has been tried it has never
worked to the disadvantage of either state
or nation. The following are some of the
leading arguments against and objections
to woman suffrage, with answers in brief:

No one has an inherent right to suffrage.
The general government concedes the ri_ght
of the state alone to confer the franchise
and to determine who are the proper per-
sons or classes to exercise it. .\nswcr:
That women have an inherent right to the
ballot is conceded by the Declaration of
Independence and the Bill of Rights. Here
it is declared that, “Governnients derive
their just power from the consent of the
governed."-woinen are governed.

“Taxation without represeniatioii is
tyranny”—~wonicn are taxed. Again.
“Political power inheres in the people“—
women are people. To deny these priii—
ciples is do justify despotism. Men who
refuse the ballot to women can show no
title to their own.

\\'onien have not the pli_ysical strength
to enforce laws therefore they should not

help to make them. Answer: Mere
muscle cannot make law. It requires in-
telligence, conscience. and patriotisin.

And the moral force of women is quite as
necessary for the nation’s well being, -as the
physical force of men. Many ofoi1rgi'eat—
est statesmen and legislators have been
physically weak. And all men over forty-
tive years old and nearly all of those of the
professions are exempt from military duty
on account of physical incapacity.

If women cannot defend the government
by hearing arms she should not have a
voice in making it. Answer: Some wo-
man perils her life for her country every
time a soldier is born. Day and night she
does picket duty at the cradle, yielding up
her beauty, social pleasure. and comfort.
For years she is his quarter master and
gathers his rations. then yields him up
as a sacrifice to her country, or on the
battle field when wounded she soothes the
fallen hero, dresses his wounds, and. if pos-
sible, nurses him back to life. 0. this is
an ungrateful and a cowardly plea.

\\'omen are represented already. An-
swer: Men cannot represent women, be-
cause tliey are unlike women: men es-
pecially represent material interests. wo-
men the interests of the home.

It is unwomanly to vote. Answer: Not
if women have an interest in good govern-
ment and are capable of forming an opinion
and exercising a choice between principles.
measures and men; for this is all of suf-
frage.

It would diminish respect for women.
Answer: Power is always respected. The
franchise invests with power: when women
shall exercise it they will be more respect-
ed than ever.

\Vonien should keep out of the filthy po-
litical arena. Answer: If the arena is
filthy. men have made it so and it needs
women to clean it up.

VVomen have no grievance. Answer:
That women are disfranchised is a griev-
ance. It is a stigma upon any class of
citizens that their opinion is not worth

counting. In many of the states laws dis-
criminate against wives. mothers, and
widows. In only three states has the wife

while living with her husband any legal
right to her own children.

‘There are many more reasons sometimes
given why women should not vote. but as
far as I have investigated all are satisfac-
torily answered. If women could vote
they" would soon settle the teinper-.ince
question to the blessing of the whole nation.

“'11. KIRBY.

Hillsdalc.

State Industrial Home for Girls.
BY MRS. LL'(‘Y M. SICKLES, sUrT.

EDITOR GRANGE Vis1Toii:~Yoiirs of
August 21st received. I gladly acquiesce
to your wishes, still would much prefer to
have you visit us and judge for yourself.
“How can expenses be reduced without iii-
juring their efficiency?“ I feel a little
tiinidity about praising our own work. Of
course we feel a different interest in the
institution; we are convinced it is a grand
and noble work, this saying girls and milk-
ing useful Women of them. Every girl we
save means so 7/2210/L to the state. for we ex-
pect that some day she will be at the head
of a home. “That the next generation is to
be, depends largely upon the future moth-
ers. bave them now, before their futures
are blasted and they at last dependent up-

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

on the state for support, in prison or

; county house.

Could I but read you the histories of
some of these poor young girls, of the hor-

; rible experiences. you would scarce believe

it could be true that such things were be-
ing enacted in this grand old state of ours.
of which we are so proud. However,
friends, " ‘tis true, and pity 'tis 'tis true."
but thank God there is a life-savingstation
and crew at Adrian. to rescue and save.
yes .5-ruw/._ for that we do.

()L'TI.I.\'E U1" \\'()l{K l)()Nl‘I.

I think perhaps the best way for me to
deal with this topic. or question. is to give
you an outline of our work, and leave the
rest to our generous hearted people of
Michigan. who are. and always have been.
ready to extend a helping hand to the weak
and erring ones: who have done more for
her children. to help to rescue and save

3 them. than the most of her sisters.

\Ve number to-day three hundred girls
in the Iloiiic. and one hundred and six out
in country liomes. suppoi'tii'ig tlieiiiselvcs,
making a total of four hundred and six
girls under our supervision.

Froni the moment a girlentcrs the Home
until she leaves. she is given some //‘or/.' to
do. Very few. not over one per cent of
our girls. upon entering here. know the
least thing about liousework: to put a patch

. on. to darn a stocking. or sew on a button.

let alone cutting and making a garnient
for herself. To cook a meal of victuals.
to wash or iron. to put a room in order. is
siniply out of the question.

The word “obey“ she has never learned.
To do right becaiisc it is right. is foreign
to her. And yet the average age upon
entering here. is fourteen _vcars. To over-
come all the evil she has learned during
her lifetime. to begin at the beginning and
teach her upon which finger to wear her
thiiiible. how to hold a needle and turn a
hem. or work a button hole, requires time.
Here it is line upon line, pi'ccept upon prc
cept, week in and week out for inonthsand
sometiines years. But when we see this
sainc girl, in a farmer's lionic, going about
her work, making beautiful bread, canning
fruit. and finally sit down to a bountiful
dinner. prepared by her own hands, see
the dainty dress which she wears, cut. tit-
ted and made by herself, we thank God,
and pra_y to be forgiven for ever becoming
discouraged when it seenicd to take so long
to teach all this that we nearly gave up in
despair.

THE C()TTAti‘r}‘I l’LAN FOLLOVVEI).

The Home is conducted on the cottage
plan, or family systeni. In every cottage
is a manager, a housekeeper and a teacher.
with from thirty-seveii to sixty-five girls
in each cottage. The iiianager acts in the
capacity of the mother in a home. She it
is who looks after ever_vtliing in the house,
teaches the sewing, mending, darning,
knitting, crocheting, etc. etc. etc. She
looks after all the clothing, which must be
changed and altered: when one has out-
grown a garment she passes it down to
another and makes new for the one. She
is the care taker. She listens to all the
little troubles and sets them right. In case
of sickness she is the nurse. IIer work,
in fact. like niost of women. is never done.

The house-keeper has cliarge of the work
in the kitchen. dining room, paiitries aml
and laundries. Slie teaches this work to
all who come into her departinent. Very
much depends upon her. She must be neat.
and econoiniczil. for we teach econoiiiy in
all departiiients, knowing this to be' of vi-
tal importance. Many times she would pre-
fer to do the work herself. (and it requires
-.1 great amount of patience not to do so.)
but this she must not do, she must teach
her girls to do the work and do it well.

The teacher has charge of the dormito-
ries and teaches chamber work. Here, as
in all parts of the house, the utmost cleanli-
iiess prevails. The health of the institution
depends largely upon the thoroughness
with which shedoes herduty,airingof beds,
bedding, rooms, cleanliness of bath—rooiiis,
lavatories, etc. etc. In the afternoon she
takes the family in her cottage tothe school
house, where she spends the afternoon
"teaching school." Our school is regular-
ly graded, and each girl upon entering the
school building goes into lierown particular
room or grade. \\'c have seven teachers

' and eight grades.

FAClI.ITIE.\' FOR Ii\'.\‘TKUC'I‘ION.

In each cottage is a kitchen, laundry and
dining room. _ It has been said and of a
certainty it is true. that this  not as
economical as having one large kitchen and
a dii1iiig—rooiii in coninion. But friends,
we are trying to teach these girls to work,
and in having the separate kitchen it comes
nearer a family home, and more girls are
being taught to cook, set table and wash
dishes than could be with one kitchen.
Tliere are more avenues open to boys
whereby they may earn a livelihood. Girls
who can house-keep, cook and bake, we
all know are scarce. ‘We are hoping to
take our girls through this course of train-
ing and in time fill this long felt want.

The girls do a great deal of the light
work about the farm. but We cannot do the

amount of work, (building fences, laying
walks, lowing, dragging, etc. etc.) that
we mig tif we had boys. Many of our
girls are broken down in health and cannot
do even kitchen work for months after en-
tering here. Each girl has a room with a
bed, dresser and mirror. chair, and rug in
it. Back of her door hangs a laundry bag
and everv—day clothing: night dress and
towel. No two girls are in one room. or
using the same towel or soap. Girls are
detailed to one department for three
months and then changed to another.

DAILY l'Rt )HRA.\l.

The bell rings at .320“ :1. iii.. which calls
the housekeeper and her forces to their
work of getting breakfast. At .'»:Ilo a. in.
all rise and breakfast at 0}. Then work
begins. During this time we keep silent.
only talking about the work. or what is
necessary. \\'e dine at 11:! W and after
dinner have a short recess. All must be
ready for school and in line. when the bell
rings at one o‘clocl-:. School closes at 4:: It i,
:1 short recess. and supper at live. il:l.'i p.
in. iiuist see us all in the study room. or
more iiatiirall_v speaking. sitting roolli.
()ur evenings are spent like those of any
well regulated family. croclictiiig. knitting.
reading or studying. and then the officer in
charge will read to them. or they will siiig.
l.)uring the long winters inan_y books are
1'€11<l, and too. we have ciitertainniciits,
sometimes in single families and again we
unite oiir efforts and li:iveaiientertainmcnt
in the chapel.

Sundays we have baluliiitli School from
lllzlltl to llzllll a. in.. church service from
.'’»:W to 42W p. iii.. the Sisters and l’ricst
coining once each month to scethe Catholic
girls.

\\'c do all of our own sewing. besides
shirt making for the ('oldwatcrschool. \\'e
have a dress-iniikiiig departiiieiit. where we
have from twelve to eighteen girls lcarii-
ing the trade. \\'c have several graduates
at the present, who are sewing b_v the day.
earning an honest living: girls who were
on the down-grade when they came to us
and who would surcl_v have gone to utter
ruin but for the lielping hand cxtendcd
here.

As soon as a girl learns to work neatly
and well. and we think she isstroiigciiougli
morally. we: with the aid of the (,‘oiiiit_v
Agent, find good country homes and place
them out. All girls are placed in farm
homes. The kind treatinent and good care
which they receive at the hands of fariners‘
wives carries on the work already begun
here and too, the temptation to do wrong
in such homes, is not, cannot be. what it is
in the city.

I-1AR.\'Il\'(}S()F THE (5lRI..\‘.

They earn. (according to the girl's abil-—

ity.) from 7.’; cents to $1.30 per week.
Quarterly reports are sent to us with a por-
tion of the girl‘s wages, which we call the
“Reserve Fund. " This is placed in the
bank to her account.

The financial statement of girl's bank ac-
count last month read as follows:

Balance on hand at coininencenieiit of ii1onih....$l.:l.'.lI 2&9
Received during the month from girls in homes. l.‘.’lI Til

3-1-.471 E
Paid over to girls discliztrgctl duriniz the inoutli..$ H4 1:;
Balaiice at close of‘ month . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .... .. 

\Vhcre will you find a class of working
girls who can show as good a bank ac-
count? In doing this tlic_v learn frugal-
ity.

\\'hen you stop and think. these girls
three or four years ago were on the down-
ward path. and but for the help received
here would to-da_v have been siipportcd by
you in Detroit Iloiisc of(‘orrection, county
houses, or would have been leading lives
of shame. Xow they are in the right path.
on an up grade and self-siipporting. at the
same time filling places of triist_. and posi-
tions which you all find hard to fill. as
there is a scarcity of help for your kitch-
ens.

('().~'1' To 'riii<: .\"l‘A'I‘l-Z.

The average per capita cost to the state
from June 1H'.l.3 to June l_\‘t,lo; was $‘.l.3.!l.'>.
This includes everything, food. clothing,
light, heating, repairing, salaries tooflicers,
etc. Do you think it exorbitant! It
would have cost more than that, perhaps,
had she staid at home and been allowed to
run the streets. Suppose they were not
arrested in this downward course, what
then would the harvest be!

I)r. Holmes said years ago-—“The time
to begin a reform is before the mother is
born. ‘ Perhaps the next generation may
see the result of our labors.

To show you that our work results in
great good, I would be glad, if at some
time, through the columns of the Giuxiii:
VISITOR I might be allowed the privilege
of taking a few histories from the time of
entering here to date. I would call no
names. I could not, in justice to the girl,
but you would be amazed, and I venture
to say grateful tears would rise. Here is
where our trouble comes. We cannot point
out and name those who have begun life
over again and ai'e truly noble young wo-
men. but you all know the single sinner
wellfi her name is given to the four winds.

Inteniperance and divorce are the main

 

3

causes for coniingin nearly nine-tenths of
all who come here. There is something
radically wrong in our marriage laws. We
have a number of girls today who have a
father and mother, a step-father and step-
mother. In such cases neither parent is
willing to care for the child, who becomes
neglected, wanders from place to place
and finally, and happily for /or. reaches
the Home. 50 long as this exists. these
poor children must sufi'er from its effects
and the state iiuist care for them and r‘/o,/fr
children. The parents are to blame. not
the cliildi'cii. therefore we believe in, not
punishment. but training and education.
.\ow is the time to begin to fit them for

lines of useiulness.
A-i'ri'un.

The Eiifeirifeil

Growing.

A little rain, and a little sun.
And a little pearly dew,

And a pushing up and a reaching out,

Then leaves and tendrils all about_.
Ali. that's the way the ilowers grow,

Don't you know 2’

A little work, and a little play,
And lots of quiet sleep;
A cheerful heart and a sunny face,
And lessons learned, and things in place~
Ah, that's the way the children grow,
Don't you know 1'
—I.iIrl:' Jfcn om? Women.

Consequences.

"Here goes!" slioutcd the stone as he
left the hand of the scliool-boy and clcft the
air. And "Tlicrc an end?" he added. as
he splaslicd tlii'ougli the water and to thc
bottoiii of the pond.

But, though he stuck fast in the mud
himself wheii he got there. that was by no
iiieans the end of the afl'.-iir.

At the spot where he dropped in, sonic
of the water was displaccd by the shock
and driven back in a circle iiiidiilatioii or
wave: and this formed a beautiful. ring-
likc pattern on the smooth siii'f:ice of the
pond.

And the first wave pressed the water be-
hind it into a second. and there came a
second circle a little big_gcr than the first:
and this caused anotlier. and this another.
and so on after the manner of \\'n\'es, till
half the pond was moviiig and inarked
over with circles. which got wider and
wider, but feebler and flutter, the fiirther
they spread.

.\'ow it was evening. and the sun was
setting in ruby and gold: and each circle
of water, as it formed itself, caught the
glow on its edge and was tipped with col-
or and light: and the school-boy stood on
the bank looking at it all. The first cir-
cles glittered most. pei'ha is, because their
edges were liiglicst and sliarpcst: but the
further ones rolled over like molten ore
till, as they stretched out fecbler and flat-
ter, the gleams seemed todie out gradually
altogetlier. and the pond became pale and
smooth. and the boy had seen all there was
to be seen.

Then he. too. shouted. "'l.‘liei'e an end!"
and ran a\\a._v.

l’»ut. though the boy could see no more,
and was gone, that was not the end of the
matter either.

\\'hcn the driveii-back water fornicd the
first circle on the pond it did something
else as well. It pi'csscd against the air
above it. and the air gave way. And the
second circle did the saiiic, and sothe next,
and so the next. till the air was full of
pressure circles. whctherinoi'tal eyes could
distinguisli them or not .-\iid the pressure
went backwards and backwaids. up into
ctlici'. till. for anytliiiig I know to the con-
trary, it went right around the world.

If you are wiser, liowcvcr. and can say
where it stopped. you may shout. "There
a.ii end!" yourself: and there will be an end
to my story as well.

()therwisc. perhaps not. A child can
throw a pebble into ‘the water, but the
wisest man cannot say where the waves it
sets in motion shall be stillcd. It is a light
matter to fling oil" actions and words into
the world. but a hard one to know where
their influence shall cease to act.——-l[/'.v.
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Good Advice.

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we shall use your paint and advise others
to do the same.

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For Discussion.

The followin_<_-‘ :11'1.- q11cs11o11s s11-_-'gcst1.-11
for 1lisc11ssio11 in .\'11l1o1'1lin:11c11r:1ng1-s and
111 the \'1s1'ro1: I11-tw1-1-11 11ow and State
(1‘1r:111gc session. “'e hope that 111-1'1l11'1,-1's
will h:1.\'c each one 1l1o1-ouglily 1li.s'cl1.s‘s1,-11 111
the (1‘1r:1ngc. and brief reports of rcs11l1.s of
sucli discussion sent to us for 11cws items.
“'e :1lso invite short. pithy articles from
our readers bearing on 1111-sic siibjccts.
“'e have divided some of the topics so
that we co11ld arivc at details. “Conic.
let us reason together" and then we shall
be able to know what is best for our inter-
ests and for the general welfare.

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?

3. What specific changes in our tax laws
would be advantageous?

(a) specific taxes.

(b) Inheritance tax.

(c) Mandatory assessment under oath.

(d) County boards of auditors.

(e) Personal property.

4. How can expenses in our state govern-
ment be reduced 2*

(a) ’1‘he departments at the capitol.

(D) 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) Prisons.

1. At Jackson.

2. At Ionia.

3. At Marquette.

(c) Asylums.

1. At Kalamazoo.

2. At Pontiac.

3. At Traverse City.
4. At Newberry.

5. At lonia.

(d) Other institutions.

1. Industrial school for boys.
2. “ “ " girls.
3. State Public School.

4. School tor deaf.

5. School for blind.

6. Home for feeble minded.
7. Soldiers’ Home.

6. How can county and township expenses be
reduced ?

(a) Courts.

(b) Schools.

(cl Jails and poor houses.

(11) Roads and drains.

(e) Salaries.

(f) Miscellaneous.

7. How can our pure food law be strengthened ‘R

8. What can we do for temperance?

(a) As to enforcing present laws.

(b) An investigation of the liquor traffic
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 ollicers be pro-
hibited ‘3

° 10. Shall we have a uniform text book law?

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?

14. Are farm statistics valuable?

15. Can gambling in grain be prevented?_

16. Shall We have state inspection of grain?

17. How improve district schools?

18. Shall women vote in Michigan?

Grange work should begin now. Election
is p21st,‘the 1'ush of falls work is largely
over, the evenings are getting long. “ e
are apt to waste Nove1nl‘1e1' and December
in Grange work. Let us have our meet-
ings regularly, make our programs attract-
ive, inaugurate a campaign for our incin-
bers, plan some few definite lines of work

for the winter, and get settled into the
11111116-ss before holid-.1vs. “'e need more
(ii-zmges. Why can‘t we do the preli1ni-
11:11-y work now: If we wait. the new
li1':111gcs will be nicely :11 work when
spring work begins. :1nd are apt to suffer
fro111 spring fro.-ts. l’1_v the way. we need
111111-e 1,i1'11l1g'c 111-ws. \\'l1:11 .‘l1‘c you 1 oing,
pl:11111i11g, l1opi111_»-f T1-ll us iii :1 few words.
111111 oflcii. .\l:1k1-tl11-, \'1s1’1‘1111111or'1.- v.-1l-
11:1l1l1- 111-1-:111s1-i1 is 111-wsy. “'e c::n't do
1111-fo1'_vo11. 'l'hc -111,-1-1-_-s-11f 1111- 111-1111-_rc
111-ws111-11111-11111-111 1'1.--is c11ti1'1-ly with you.

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<-11111i11g' 1111-1-1111-_-‘ 211 11:1-1-:1}1i1:1l oftlic 11:1-
tion will 1l1--1-1'\'1- ll -1'1-spcctfiil :111cnti11n
of :ill pi-oplc \\l111:11‘c i1111-1'1-~11,-cl i11 tl11_-s11-
1-i:1l 111ov1-1111-11l- of 1111- :1-_1‘1,-. l1si11lluc11c1-
in 1111- p:1.s1 h:1s l1i‘1‘ll .s11-1111g'. :-.11-1 its con-
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work for 1111- 1-1-111111: y1-:11‘ 1-11 :1 1'1-w spi-1-ilic
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11‘_\' 11- l\'c1-p up. “'on't w1-. l’.-111'o11sI’

\\'c w:1n1 1111- cars of the d1-lc-_-‘:1tcs1otl11-
.‘-1:111: 111'.-111_;_-'1-. The w11r1l we \\'11llt to
spczik l1:1- 111-1-11 spokeii 111-forc. but will
111-:11‘ 1'1-p1-:1ti11_1_1'. lt is 1111s: The .\li1‘lll}_-'.‘lll
Ntzitc (ir:111gc. i11 1-oiivciition :1ssc111l>lc1l.
111:1y “pl:11-1- itsclf o111'c1-o1'1l"l1_\' p:1ssi11g
the .str1111g1-st possible rcsol11tio11.s.:1111l l1_v
1111- niosl 111-1111-11 :u1d c:1r11cst disciissions of
policy. 11111 ifits workc111ls1l1crcthcmeeting
will have been but :1 plc:1s:111t social gath-
criiig :111d :1 useful 1lcb:1ting s1,-1111111. It is
not cnougli that the (i1':1ng1- records its be-
licfs. “'l1:1t it thinkis, is 11111 the found-1-
lion for wl1:1t it is to bring to puss. ()ur
suggcstion then is this. and we make it
with all the c:11'11est11css :11 our coniinand:
Introduce your resolutions (111 any subject
you deem i111port:1nt. Adopt them if they
are wise. But don‘t stop there. biift out
the most import-.1nt questions. sink person-
al opinion in the co1111non good. select just
a few lines of (irangc work for special
efl'ort. Last of all, provide the machinery
for carryingout the measures thus selected.
To stop short of this, Patrons. will he fatal.
()ur experience with the last legislature
amply de1nonstr:1ted our capacity to ac-
complish definite things. Shall we now
rest on 11111‘ 0:L1's{ No, let us rather bend
to the task with renewed zeal, conscious
that we are engaged in no child‘s play, but
realizing also that the united power of
Michigan Patrons of Husbandry is capable
of accomplishing almost any honest and
worthy cause.

 

It is asy to criticise other people. “'e
all possess in some degree this ability.
One charzicteristic of :1 democracy, and in-
deed, perhaps its very safeguard, is that the
people feel free to criticise public officials
and institutions. b'o1netimes, and not in-
frequently. this is done without adequate
knowledge. “'e are apt to be most un-
sparing ofthose u1e11 and institutions which
are f:1rthest away, or about which we
know least. .\'ottl1atthcre is not reason for
criticism. “'0 shall not stop to discuss
whether it is possible to nianage public
business as economically as private busi-
ness is conducted, but we are safe in:1ssert—
ing that such :1 state of atlairs is not apt to
exist. Soinctinies public oliicials do not
conduct their businessproperly; soinetiiiies
they do it zidniii-:1bly. b'ometimes people
criticise these men justly; soinetinies they
do it unjustly. In o11r opinion the proper
relation between the official and the people
is that he shall niakc his work public in
such :1 manner that any citizen of ordinary
intelligence can understand: then citizens
should inform tliemselvcs as to the true
condition of things before assuining to
criticise. Now it is in this spirit that we
have secured statements from many of (1111-
state institutions. They have been given
freely and with :1pp:1.1-ent sincerity. '“'e
now invite honest criticism of these insti-
tutions through the \'1s1To11. You may
have questions to ask—ask them. You
may have policies to conde1nn——do it. But
be fair, and be s111-e to separate the institu-
tion from its nianzigement. The institution
in itself may be worthy, and its manage-
ment inefficient. l)on‘t, therefore, vote to
“:1bolisl1“ the institution. The institution
may be thought to be of little value, but
its management.considering the conditions,
may be admirable. I)on‘t, therefore. con-
demn the inanzigeinent. Now we hope 0111'
readers will be free to use these columns
for the purposes mentioned. “'e can all
gain valuable information in this way. The
\'Is1ToR stands today, as it has ever stood,

1 fo1- publicity and ;st1-ict econoniy in public
_ business. But it also will oppose and re-
 sent rabid. uiithinking criticisin. And we

believe that the spirit of the \'1s1'1‘111: is 11111

1:111-ilcctioii of the spirit of 1111- (11':n1-_-‘c.

which is cminc111l_v1-o11sc1'v:11iv1-, whilcut thc
s:1111c 111111,-it l1clicvcs i11 1-1-forin. “'1- 1111
not think any public i11stitu1i11n 11cc1l s1:111d
in 111111,-h fear of 11n\\:11'1':11111-11 1-ri1i1-is111

‘ f1'o111 the (ir:111g‘1-.

'l'l11-«l1-:11l1o1'lixlwin “'illits. in 1111-1-ilv
of “:1.sh111g'to11. 1111- \-.1-1-1; 111-11111-1151. 1-1..
l1111\’c.s :1 1111111 who \\';1_si11;11;111\' 1‘('\;y(‘1‘l~

‘om-1-1' .\li1-l1ig':111‘s s11'o11j_1‘1-st 1ig'11r1-s. 111

, yo11n-_»-

his 1:111-111- he was v1-1'.-:11ilc 111111 in his
V11-\\'.s l1I‘11:11l. llis 1'11ll;_1‘l'1‘~.\1l1[1:1l 1-:11-1-1-r
.s1:11up1-11l11111:1s:1111::11 who. l1:11l 111- 1111-11

1'1-1111111-11 111111111 l1111l_v. w1.-1:1l1ll1:1\1- p1'11\1-11
hi.s1'ig'l11 to 111-1‘.-111--11 :1 .s1:1l1-s111:111:1s \v1-ll
:1.s :1 111111111-:11 l1--1111-1'. llis:11l111i11i-11':11io11
of tl11- 11:11]:-11:11:1g1-i--11l1111':1l -11-p:11'11111-111 11 :1s
:11-k111-wl1-11-_-'1-«l 1111-1-s1:p1-1'11. 13111 it \'»:1.s :11
1111- .\'_1'1'i1'l1l111l'.-1l (‘1-1111-gc 111.11 \\'1- 11111-1-.
111111 111-s1.-11111 pi-1'.so11:1ll_v. ll1- 1111'-.1~1~1l 111-\\
lil'1- 111111 1111- i11s1i111lio11. s1-1-111‘1-11 1111‘ 11 1111-
l:11‘g‘1-s1 1'1>ll.-1‘I'llll\'(' .-1pp1'op1'i:11i1111s in its
lii-tory. .-11111 1'1,-p1-1--1-1111-11 11 most n.1‘1lv.
111- 111111 1i111s1,- 11111111111-swl1i1-h1-11:1l1l1-1l 111111
to 1111-11 ;111li1i1-i:111s. 1'.-11‘1111-1'-. 11111-:11:-1's.
11.-1-11. :1111l 11111 1111111111 1111-ii‘ 111111
2'1-11111111. :1111l1oi111p1'1-ssi1i111s1-if111111111111-111.
111 this 1'1-sp1-1-1 111- 111:11l1- :1l11111-1.-1:1 i111-:11
p1'c.si1l1-111. for by 1111- 1'1-sp1-1-1 whii-11 111-1-11-
,-1_-'1-111l1-1'1-11 for l1i111s1-ifh1-11111113111 }_-'1'c.-111-1'
rcspi-ct to the i11.stit1:1io11. “'1- l1:1\‘1-11111
b1-c11:111l1-111 lil‘.‘ll\(' his :11l\’o1'.-11'y of 1'1-1‘1:1i11
polic-i1-s l‘1--_-':11‘1li11j_-' 1l1c ('ollcg‘c. 11111 \\1-
l1:1vc ulw.-iys 1111111111-11 1111- :1l1ili1_\' .-11111
qu:1lit_v 111' his :11l111i11is1r:1lio11. “'1- 111-11
1'1-1111-111111-1' 1111- 1ll.~lll2l_\‘ with \\'lll1'll 1111- stu-
1h-nts h<-:1r1l of his 1'1-sigii.-iiioii. 111111 \\‘1-
know that 1hcr1- c.\i.-t- i11 1111- niinds of
tliosc \\'l111 wcrc fo1'11111:111- 1-111111gl1 to I11-
.st11<lc111.swl1il1- 111- was p1'1--1111-111. 1111-1'1.-1-1111-_3'
111111 1l111.scw_1-1'c the p:1l111y <lz1_\'s11f )1. ,\,
(‘. llis 111-21111 l1:1s1-1'1-1111-111111 g1'1-:1is1i1':
111111111.-wo1'1\' he did w:1s of such :1 n:11u1'c
that its i111luc111-c will rc111:1i11 :-.s long as
the v:11-ious in.-1i111ti11ns wi1l1 which 111- was
1-o11nc1-tc1l cn<lur1-.

Notice.

In accord with Artii-lc V. of its l1_vl:1ws,
the .\licl1ig':u1 State (_}r:1ngc will co11vc11c in
twenty-fourth annu:1l session in l{cp1'csc11t-
alive llall, llzuising, llcc. 1\' to 11. l.\".11‘1.

Tickets for :1 fare of one and one-third
rate nniy be olitnincd oil the ccrtiiiczitc
plan as heretofore. Full information re-
garding rates. etc. will appear in the next
t\vo issues of the \'1s1Tor:.

It is highly import:1nt that every dele-
gates name be reported to 111e as early as
possible. .11-:1\'.\'11«: B1'1-11.1.,

Secretary State (Jrrangc.

 

A Call to Renewed Action in Grange
Work.

When this com1nunic:11tion has reached
the homes of the many l’utrons of Michi-
gan there will have closed a political cani-
paign which will go into history as one of
the most noted since the formation of our
government. From whatever cause or
causes that may have contributed to bring
about the present depressed and :1l11]o.st
distressing condition of business and es-
pecially of agriculture, the people are
anxious to locate the true ones and if pos-
sible to apply :1 remedy. As never before
party links have been ignored and those
defining classes and special interests have
been made more prominent. From the
nature of the n1:1in issue it could 11ot be
otherwise. It is ll()tiL'e{ll)l(-3, however, that
the farmers of the country are more divid-
ed and divisable than people engaged in
other pursuits. Although having identical
interests they antagonize each other and
thus they become the easy prey of design-
ing politicans :u1d their interests are made
of secondary importance. I11 taking :1
survey over years gone by there is some
hope that this condition will not :1lways
exist. Furniers are reading, thinking.
concluding and acting more independently
than ever before, which in time will crys-
talize into :1 seeing of tl1i11gs 111ore alike.
As necessary as are parties to our for111 of
government it is unfortun:1te that more of
the questions which are of great and vit:1l
impoi-tuncc to the social and linanciiil wel-
fare of the people are not considered inde-
pendently and .sep:l1'ale from other ques-

tions that are placed in party plzitforms 1

and which frequently enibzirass action on
main issues. Such separate consideration
would leave people free to act squarely in
accordance with the dictates of conscience
and not be influenced by party preferences
or desires to attain party oliicial spoils.
The close observer can see that in the
game of politics special interests seek to
gain special advantages and that sellislincss
is frequently hid behind the cloak of putri-
otism. “'hether right or wrong these ten-
dencies exist.

Farmers should take heed fro111 this and
fully consider the fact that the classes most
divided are at the mercy of those who
work 111ost compzictly. “l'nited we stand,
divided we fall“ is as true regarding the
securing of justly fzivorablc governmental

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policies and lcgislulioii as in other things.
As we look over the past and prc.sc11t and
that \\'hi1-11 11111st be met 111 the futurc we
1'1-11117.1-:1s ncvcr 111--forc that f:11'111c1's' or-
-_1‘:ll1iZ:1li1111s like 1111- (i:‘:111-_'1-1':1111L- nonc too
s-111111. For it is  1-1111 <1\'1'1«:. l-Z1113
1‘.\'l‘l‘: 111111 is to 111,-1111--111-i:1l s:1l\‘:1li1111 of
1111- f:-.1'111c1-.s of .-‘.1111-1'11-:1. .\lo'1\'l_\' but sure-
ly \\'1- c.-111 scc this g1':1111l work iuoviiig
.‘ll11ll1_-‘. How 111- shoulul }1l‘1Z1- our 11111111-1
1-l'<l1-1'. 1111- l’.-111-11n.s 111' llllsl).'lll1ll'_'\. l’1orn
of 1111- 111-1-1-ssiiics of 1111- times. 11111-sc1l :111d
1'1-:11‘1-11 111i1ls1 1ri:1ls. «loul11- :1111l 1lis:1ppoi111—
11:1-111-. and now -_r1-1111-11 to 111- 1111- most
p11-.v1-1-fill 111111 v:1i11:1l1l1- :1-si-1:-.111 .-11111 1'1-1'11gc
1'1-1’1l'11- 1':11‘1111-1's 111111 1111- \\111'l1l ims 1-\'1-1'
s1-1-1.

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pus-1-11 111»\\' ii :.pp1-:1ls1.~11-111-:1::111l111111l and
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li1-1-1's .-11111 1111-111111-1'-‘1o i1111111-11i:111- :11-lion.
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gx-iiiiz.-1tio11. 'l':1k1- :1<lv:1111:1-__-'1- of this :111d
lll.‘ll(1' l'1'll1-\\'1-11 1-1i‘111’l 111111111111 .\'11111']11(-m-
b1-rsliip. l1_v 11r_<_-'i11g- 111111-rs lo 111-1-o111c
1111-111111-1'sy1111 will st1'c11g'1l11-11 yo111's1-|1':1111l
ollicrs in 1111- work. 'l‘hi11l;. 1:111; :1url :11-1
1-.-11-111-s1l\' and you will i111-1111-:11:-111 otlicrs
1111- .s:11111- spirit of }1l’11g'1'1-ssio11.

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General Topic for October.
l.l-21;l.sl.A'l'l11.\‘.

Q1'1-:.sT1o.\' l. “'h:11 slate and n:11io11al
laws are unjust to f;11'111i11_«_- il11c1'c.s‘1s'f

Q11-.s'1‘1o.\' 2. How can f:1r111ers best so-
cure the cnactnicnt of such legislation as is
ncedcd to give :1 grc:1tcr dcgr1.-e of pros-
perity to :1gricultu1':1l interests!

>‘l'(;(i}'I.\"l‘l()l\'.\'.

This topic h:1s been selected for the last
qu:1rter bc1-:111se niost state lcgisl:11u1'es
will be chosen and some of them in ses-
sion before its close, and congress will al-
so be in session and thus legislation will be
brought more directly to the attention of
the people b_v the as-sc111l1li11g of these leg-
islative bodies. “'hile the siibject iuziy
sec-111 an old one, yet it is over 111111’, and
will continue to be so as long as legislative
bodies are c:1llcd together for the enact-
ment of laws to govern the people. “'l1en
times are not prosperous it seems to be
characteristic of sonic f:1r111crs to lay the
blaine of “hzird times" to unjust legisla-
tion, which may or n1:1y not be true. and
as :1 result of this often tl1oughtlcss:1nd in-
judicious complaint, fzirincrs. as :1 class,
have soinetinies unjiistly been called chron-
ic grumblers, and legislzdivc bo1lics have
paid much less attention to real grievances
than otherwise would have been the case.
X11tl1i11g wh:1.tevcr is gained for f:1r1nc1's,
:1nd 11111ch is lost, by m:1king sweeping
1-liarges of fraud and corruption in con-
nection with lcgislatioii for other 1'las.s'es,
when the real facts in the case will not sup-
port sucli chiirgcs. That there has been
unjust legislation, both in state 111111 nu-1
tion, which has rct-.1rded the prosperity of
f:11'111crs. no careful student of economic
conditions will deny. liut i11 order to get
:11 the root of the evil 111111 correct such
:1b11ses of lcgishitivc power, it is iiccessary
for fax-1111'-1-s to know what l:1w or laws have
been enacted 1h:1t :1re 11nf:1vo1':1blc to their
interests, and in what w:1_vs their interests
are c111l:111gcrc1l by such l:l\\'s. Then and
not until then can they use their united ef-
forts for the repeal or :11nend111cnt of un-
just laws and the 1.-n;1c1111cnt of wholesome
laws. with any direct :1ss11r:1nce of success.
L€t_J‘i>‘l:l1l11l1(.‘illl.~S for the most careful study,
the utinost vigilcnce and the e.\'erci.se of
discretion and good judguient on the part
of oin-f:1r111ing population. The greatest
errors of the past have been the indiffer-
ence of farniers. :1 lack of positive knowl-
edge in regard to legislation and legislative
inetliods, and :1 lack of unity of :1ction.

.\Ie1ul1ers of the (irzmge iii the north,
smith. cast and west should know the
thought of their brethren in regard to any
n:1t'ion:1l legislation which directly or in-
directly affects the interests of the f:1rm-
ing population. The sanie is true in re-
gard to state legizslzition in any single state.

The second part of this topic is of equal
importance to the fir-t. A definite knowl-

 

 

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THE GRAN GE VISITOR.

-edge of existing evils of an_v kind is of no
practical value if measures are not taken
to resist or remedy thcin. In this case
unity of thoiilht and action is of the ut-
most iinportancc for siicccss. It is useless
for farmers to attempt tosecurc lcgisl.-itioli
of any kind if tlie_v are not fully :iL'i-coil as
to what is wanted and how it is to be ob-
tained. After this poilit has been '_':lill(.‘<l
there ai'e val'ioiis ways by which the ob-
ject sought inay be obtaiiicd. In the sec-
ond Qif.\i:'i‘i:i:i.i' Iil'l.l.l-Z'l’l.\' State .\last«-r
Howe. of .\Iass'acliiis(-tts. gave some meth-
-ods that have been sin-ct-ssfiil in his state.
Hiiiiietiiiii-s petitions have been used to ad-
vaiitage. but these seeiii to have inuch less
force than in foriin-r ye.-ii's. and are be-
giiining to be regarded as back iumibi-rs.
I’el'.soiial app«_-als, by letter or otherwise.
are sure at le:ist to secure the attention of
the lr.-_«_v‘i.slatoi': buttlic be.-t nu’-tliod of all is
to elect only such men as it-;__rislatoi's who
:ii'c known to favor the ciiai-tin<-iii of in-t
and \\'li(il0.s‘(illl(', laws which will be for the
iiit-:-rcsts of all the people and not the fa-
vorcd few. lint too much stress c.-iiinot be
laid upon the iiecessity of unitc-.l <-ll'oi'ts
<,'|)lli'(,§llil':ti(‘(l on a single issue.

iii-cciit stateziiul liatiolial li-'_"i-litlitill in
reg.-ii'r.l to the dairy iiiti-i'csts is a notable
.lllllSll'lllI(ill of this point. lly united cf-
forts the l'ai'incrs a few ye:ir.s ago sci-iii'cil
the passage of the (ll:-o law by l'iili“__"l‘f'>‘.
and .-it the last session the I“illi--l ( in-i-sc
I’»ill bi,-cainc a law. and it was the only im-
portant iiieasurc passed by that 4-on2‘i'<'~~.
If the fai'inci'.s had been liopclcssly divided
on these l.\'.s|l(.‘>' it would have llt‘t'li impossi-
blc to have .s(‘t‘lll‘t‘il the (‘ll:l('illI(‘lli of these
wholesoine laws which are of gciicral ‘_’"IH)tl
to all the people and of niitold value to the
«.lairy interests of this t'()llllil'_\'- Ilpon
.soine econoniic «picstiolis now bi-fore tho
+.,-ouiitry the farincrs are divided. l)onbt-
less this divison coiisists more in pi'cjinlii-c

and seiitiincnt than in any real contlict of j

interests. llut upon questions i'clatiu<_»' to
ta.\':itioii. ti'ansportation. .\‘ll])[)l'L‘.~’.siUll.\' of
trusts and monopolies. free delivery of
znail in rural districts and iiialiy otllcr
questions of vital importance to the farin-
ing population. there is geiieial uiiainiiiity
of opinion and much encourageincnt from
the successful etl'oi'ts in the past. I“.-iriliei's
know how the work can be done. It now
only reinains for tliclli to do it. The im-
portance of this topic calls for a faithful
report of the discussions upon both (pies-
tions.

The State Normal School.
Ill‘ DR. RICHARI) c. noo.\'i:, l'I{l.\'(‘Il’Al..

The Normal School of Michigan is one
of the oldest educational institutions in the
state. After the- I.'niversity, Hillsdale
only among the colleges has a longer his-
tory. The latter was founded in lnl.-3, and
the .Voi'i1ial School in lh-iii. Some of the
denominational schools that rank as col-
Ieges now grew out of seininaries of still
earlier founding. The Agricultural Col-
lege was established six years, and the
Mining School thirty-seven years, later
than the lVoi'i1ial School. ()f the other
live of the state‘s educational institutions.
only the Boys’ Industrial School (that was
then a juvenile prison), and that for deaf
mutes. came before 1861'). The State I’ublic
School at Coldwater was founded in 1N_74,
and a school and home for wayward girls
in 187‘). In 15781 a separate school was
provided for the blind, who had pi'evioiisl_y
been cared forin theinstitiltion for the deaf
at Flint.

Not only was the Normal School, next
to the University, the earliest of the. statcis
educational institutions, but its statutory
provisions antedate the establishment of
union schools in the state. Prior to ].\’.'M,
with rare exceptions, the town scliools,
and those in cities even throughout the
state, were administered in separate and
more or less independent districts.

The Norinal Scliool was founded at a time
when the state system was yetinitsiiifaiicy:
and the farseeing wisdom of the law-makers
seems all the more remarkable. At no
time during the tirst decade of its liistory
did the teachers of the state number more
than 6.500: and at its organization there
were barely 3,004? teachers einp|o_ycd in all
the schools. Few of these could be said to
be scholarly, or to care for scholarship as a
means toward success in teaching. Pre-
paration for teaching had not in the east
yet, much less in the west, been proved
necessary, except for best positions. In
these, preparation meant scholarship only.
To train 1,000 teachers who believe in
trained teachers is diflicult enough: to cul-
tivate among the same number a whole-
some and intelligent respect for effective
teaching where a sense of its importance is
lacking, was a task that must have shown
doubtful promise. This was the task the
new normal school undertook.

ONE OF THE FIRST NORMAL SCHO()I,.\‘.

But the Michigan State Normal School
was the first such school established west
of the Alleghany mountains, and the
second one outside of New England. Such
a stand in support of a generous training
of teachers in anew state meant much;
and it was nobly and wisely taken, as it

has been consistently held. In this. as in
the organization of a state systeiii and the
adoptioii of state supervisioii. .\lii-liigan set
the pace for the northwest. In the forty-
seven years, siiicc. the school has rendered
al.-irgc servici-. It has graduated l,.'»‘.io
i(,':li'lI('l'.s’ who were given diplonias and the
lifc licclisc to tcacli. and almost as inali_v
more from sliortcr courses. More than
lH.H|Ni others have attended to take partial
i~oui'.sc.-. and so have ft-It sonn-thing of the
st-liool's illll1l('lii'(,'». It is now one of the
four or live largest schools of the kind
in the I'nitcd 51:11:-s. as it is one of tin-
oltli-st. The state has put into its lillllilillf-_"~’
and grouiids and cijuipiiicnis from $'_’W.-
ooiito>‘::«io.ooii. ltspii-;sciit value is cs-
tiinatcrlat about -\"_’.3I'."l"’. I3.-iscd upon
their :l\'t.‘l':l'_"(‘ iiu-iiihcrsliip for the last ten
ycars. the pcr capita iiivestiiu-lit oi" tin-
.\oi'iiial Si-liool is loss than that of any
other of the state's ninc ('Illl(‘.‘lilHll:tl insti-
tutions. and less th:in li.-ill’ thc .‘l\‘(‘l‘.‘l_'_"(‘ for
all of thciii. .\lor(-o\'i-i' the :-.\'cr:ig‘<- an-
nual iiivcstini-nt by the state for tlii--c nine
institutions \':ii'it-s‘ from »\‘.‘..“'H1ii-"'_'T.”'N'.
.\nd agaiii. the appropri:iiion to the-
.\Ul'liI:ll S:-liool stands lowest. It thc scy-
«-i':il hi-iii-liciarit-s of ill(‘>t' iiistitntions bi-
i.‘ll\'(‘ll llli()2l(‘t‘(>lllli. the :i\'<-i‘:i}_i'c ~_-'i‘aiit to
the :\iIil'lll.‘ll 5<‘li:nil as 1‘Ulllj)2ll'l'(l \\'iili ntlitxr
schools is still furtln-r l'('4lll4'i‘ll.

I“ui'tln-i'. if the ll('lii of <-ni'rcnt 4-\’p«-iiscs
lH'('()ll~lll(‘l'l,‘il. it will still be fouiid that
the state board of (‘illl<‘:llllill is entitled to
not only coiilidi-in-c. but «-4iiiiiiiu-iidatioii. for
thcir 4-«-onoinical lii.‘tll.‘t1_"(‘lll(‘lii of the .\or—
iu.-il Sr.-liool. l“roin ollicial i'cpoi'tsfoi' l*i'l
it appears that the ziggiw-_«_r::tc slat.» appro-
priation for <-urrcnt c\;:<-izscs for inc llill('
institutions isw lil‘~t ‘p.-ii'::g'i'aplii. was

3 $T—lT.">‘-"v’- The per cnpita cxpi-iisc based

upon the _\'cai".s (-iirolliiiciit in each i’.-iiigcd
from $71 to -$4.37. The ycai-‘s c.\p«-nditurc
per pupil in the .\til'lIl:ll .\',i-liool was $73‘,
the .s<‘liool s'i:ill<liil'-_" lH\'\'(‘\l but till!‘ iii the
list.

All this is said. not to siiggt-st oi‘ liiakc
iliyidious coinparisons: but to einpliasixc
the fact that what. fora gt-in-i':itioii. lias
been accepted as a reasonable standard of
dealing with the state educational iiitcrcsts
has not been exceeded at any poilit by the
inanagcinent of the .\bi'iii:il School: has
not been equaled indeed.

(if course it need only be mentioned that
parsiinony in state allairs can be more
safclv practiced anywliere else than ill the
training of its wards—tlic childreii. ling-
lisli l’arliainent statistics show that within
fifteen years after the establishment of
board schools in (lrcat Ilritain. juvenile
crime in the cities has been reduced one
half.

Money invested in well taught schools
makes iinnecessary, or less necessary.
certain more questionable
in other directions. The cost to the state
of apprehending, trying, convicting and
sending to penitentiary one criminal (to
say nothing of the loss to the coiiiiiiiiliity
or to individuals by his depredations). has
been carefully estimated, and placed at
about S.3t)i).—a sum that would maintain a
school of forty pupils in a village for an
entire year.

_'l‘lll-1 sciiooifs ,lI\'l-‘l.['l~I.\'(‘lv1.

Every teacher, however wisely titted,
means an influence for good radiating from
the school through the children to all the
liolncs. Next to the home. the school and

the tcaclici' are the chief factors in most l
children's lives. Inditfereiice in regard to ‘

the character of the teacher means waste
and blunder and injury in the schools,
among children and gciiei'ally in the neigh-
borhood. Money invested in their better
preparation returns to the state in better
social and personal conditions. and greater
security. - i
During the last year 13} of the 132
members of the legislature used the priv-

two of the eighty—four counties of the state
were so represented. Twent_y-two counties
of the state did not use the privilege. By
appointinent or otherwise sixty-four
counties sent students to the school during
the last year. At some time within four
ycars most of the counties have been rep-
resented. There are few sections of the
state of aii_y considerable size or population
that have not, within very recent years, had
ino1'e or less direct interest in the work of
the l\ci'iiizil School. through our gradiiatcs
or undci'—gi'aduates. i '
.\'incty-tive per cent of the outgoing
teachers find employment in the schools (if
the state. A few are called to more prof-
itable positions elsewhere. Froin sixty-
live to seventy per cent of the graduates,
and practically all of the un<ler-graduates.
return to teach in the eleinentary schools
of villages, towns and rural districts.
This is a wholesome influence in any neigh-
borhood: and has been regenerative "to
many an untraveled boy or girl, young
man or young woman, to come in contact
in formal school life with such more
hroadl_y educated and trained teachers who
have seen and worked in well-equipped
schools, with libraries and laboratories:
and have come from a wholesome, intel-
lectual and social competition with other

investinents -

cultured men and women.

It must be a grateful memory to those
who have been long in the >l:ll<'. as it is a
cherislied assui':iii<-c to tliosc who are now
connected with the school. that not once in
its history has the l<-g‘i.sl:itiii'c rcdiiccd the
cstiinatc of the board of i--lucatioii for tin-
.school's support. Tiic work of the .\oi'iii:il
>1-liool covers by its lllllIl(‘ll<‘k‘ c\ cry corin-i'
of the state. and coiii-crns <-ii-ry pati'on.
It li.-is vcry rcasoiial~ly in-cii i'<-cogni‘/.4.-cl as
oiic of tlic oi'g:iiii<-. aiil vi-ry fiiiifliiiii--iital.
p:il‘t.~' (if the .si1i‘u- .s_\'s"ii-iii. niivl <lt‘.~('l‘\'lllg‘ of
support and pi-oinotion.

The :l(‘1,'UIlIl::;ll_\lllj tal»h- \\ ill show tin-
inorc inipor'.:iiit ll(‘lli~Hflllfi>l'iIirilil1ll con-
ccrliiug the ‘__’l'«i\\'ili of tln- school {or ii
doze-ii yc.-ii's.

l"i'i'l: .‘~-V’-,\l.\I. ~ll|i|1'l. *i.\'ll‘:lV -

NI-!:i..ii .' ‘ -:i"‘.siIv 'l‘i -("so-1.: Ti’ ~'!:‘ 

‘Hm l'li|’Irll  Liv‘.

The Tax Laws.
.\r«- tlic  ~| Ill I' :\ I ::\\s «I \!i4-!.i'_-.~.u Just .:llIl I .‘.ll’
In all ( lussu ~’.’

‘VP i‘t‘ll('\(' tin-‘v are not. 'l‘ln-i'<- urn-
iu.-iny iii:-«pialitiw that should lI(‘<‘<il'l'1‘(‘I¢‘-l.
\\'i- shall cii«lc:l\'oz' to cite a ii-w o: then: in
this -hort sp:n-c allottc-l us.

In the iirst placc. ‘c:-.l cst.-.1c is a-s----nu!
far above its real \':duc. “Iv l\HH‘~\' of"
many part-cls of land :i-so-.--<-sl for about tin-
sainc as tlic_v wt-l'c lit'ii-cii or ti-.cnt_v yc.-ii's
:i<_-‘o. with no lit'iii'l' iiiipi'o\'t-iii:-iiis upon
them. In inaiiy c:i.si-s the l|lljil'ii\,l‘lIl(‘lIis
li:i\ci'i-in:iiiic«l tlic sanu-. The real valui-
of this land has frillcn full_v onc lialf.
Sonic one iuay say “th.--.t will make no dif-
fcrciu-c as long as real estate is :issi-sscil on
the same basis." I.i-t us think one moment.
h'uppos(- a person has his pi'opci'ty in tin-
foriii of iiioiicy. as in:ui_v do. instead of
real estate. The real estate is t.-i.\cd for
about double its real value. while the
inoiiey is taxed for only its actual valiic.
while in many cases it evades ta.\':ition cli-
tirclv.

Aiidagain~undcr our prcsciit laws as
interpreted——money and pcrson:il property
are not taxed from a standpoint of justice.

For instance. if I have inoucy loaned to the 3

amount of $1,<NNI and at the same time
owe notes to the amount of $1.WN', the
notes that I, o\ve are to be taken as an otlsct
against the notes that Ihold. Ilence. I

5 am ilot taxed upon the notes which I hold.
‘ This. we claim. is just and right. Now if ‘

I should take the $l,ooo of notes which I
hold, alid put the same into personal prop-
erty, as sheep or cattle. this personal prop-
ertv can not be taken as an offset against
the.$l,|NNi which I owe. according to the
interpretation of our pi'escilt tax laws.
No one can but see the unfairness of the
law. '

In the first case I really have no money

to be assessed, for I owe just as much as .

the value of the notes which I hold. The
saine is true in the second case. Sonic of
our best attorneys tell us that it was not
intended that the statute should act in that
way: but it so does, through some error
or oversight of our law niakers.

It is held that there is a dili'ercncc be-
tween money and live stock, or. in other
words. that money is not personal propci'ty
according to the intei'pretation ofour laws.
This has led to considerable dissatisfactioii
in some localities by taking an unequal as-
sessment. Ilillsdalc county is, pcrliaps,
engaged in the sheep feeding biisiiics:s as
much, if not more, than any other county
in the state. A great lnajority of those

engaged iii this business are obliged to _

hire the money of the banks to purchase

ilcge accorded them of appointing persons  the 511901’ ‘Vllltll “WT f°“‘l- If tile-5"-' -"ht"-‘ll 

for free adiiiission to the school. Sixty-

are in the possession of the feeder when
the supervisor takes the assessiiu-lit--to
my personal kiiowledgc—tlic most of them
in this county do not assess them at all. be-
cause the fceder still owes at the bank
for the purcliaseof them: but. ocz-:isionall_y,
a supervisorinsists upon asst-ssiiig them.

Ilelice, in one townsliip all of this kind of :

property, which is one or two tliousaiid

‘‘ dollars; to a single person. niany thousand
- dollars worth in all, is taxed: wlnle in all-

other township the same kind of property
escapes taxation.

\\'e believe that a law that works sucli
injustice and inequality should be strikcn
from our statute books as soon as possible.
and one placed there that will cause all
property to be assessed for its real value.
and not allow one kind of property to es-
cape taxation while another pays a double
assessincnt.

N. I. Mooiliz.

M osco :13. Mich.

Rlpans Tabules: one gives relief.
Ripans Tabules cure headache.
Ripans Tabules cure constipation.
Rip-.>.ns Tabules cure flatulence.
Rip  Tabules cure nausea.

Rig» ns Tabulesc pleasant laxative.
Rii.-ans Tabules cure dizziness.
Ripans Tabules cure dyspepsia.
Ripans Tabules.

l’.«-\\';n'o- of Uiutim-nts for (':|l;ii'rl\ that
(‘villain .\Iv'l‘('ll|‘).

as mercury will surely destroy the
sensc oi smell and conipletc-is dfifllllge
the whole system \V'llt‘ll eiltelizn.-; it
through the mucoiis .s‘urfaces_ such
articles should in-ve-r be used except on
pl‘€:‘:€Cl‘lptlt)ii.\‘ irom l"r“,illtH.i)iL‘ physi-
czans, as the daniai:.- tin-_v will do
is ten fold to the go-iii you call _nossibl_v
derive froiu lllt‘ll}. ll:ill's (‘atai‘i'h
("arc-, iiiaiiiitaciiiri-it by I". .l. (flu-iiev
.\1'o..'l‘ol»-do. Uhio. contains no mei-
c-iry. and is taken lllIPl‘ll‘rl.ll_\'. zictin-.:
dii'ect._v oi-or. the blond and nzucou-'
stiiriaces or" the sistein. In bll)‘l!l.’,’
lluli's (‘atarili (fiire he S'l2‘r*_\Ull gel
the gciiuiiu-. it is taken lli'it*l‘ll‘rlll_'s'.
and is lli’:i.(lr* in 'l'.-~1edi-. Uliio.bV I“. .l.
(‘lie-in-_v .\ (‘o 'I‘;-siiiiioimels tree.

soid by driiguis-.‘s_ price T-ic. a bottle.

llall‘s l-‘ainily l’i.-is are the best.

lialdriess is itii-ii i»i'i-"i--lr-il or :11-i-o!ii\,iai2
ll‘1i M L'id)'lil‘.~~ oi :l:-- lu-.i;'. To l>l”k‘\'k‘ll{
lu-tl: lull-l'i(‘.~~ and ‘-_’l'1i)1;|'.~\.ll.~i' llail‘s lluir
ll-'in-we-i’. an l.iv!i--~'i l‘cii:m?_\.

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SE-iii C:-i.LLED
AT  OFFECE

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cccimd Sight

ls the title and it is one of
our new series of Copyriglited
Stories by I-'a.nious Autliors.

M()1'e Potash

in the fertilizers applied
on the
larger and better yields
of crops, permanent

farm means

of the

improvement
soil and

More Money

in the farmers pocket.

All about Potasli—tlie results of its use
by :iCtu_:il experiment on the best farms in
lllc‘IIl'lll.l'.’(.l 5t:ites—is told in a little book
which \\'t_.'l)l1l)llSIl and will gladly mail free:
to :_inv farmer in Aincrica who will write
[or it

UERMAN KALI W()RI~'.S,
93 Nassau Sr, New Yu'rk.

The COAST LINE to MACKINAC
—-—:>-+'rAKE ‘rm-: +~<—o—

MACKINAC
DETROIT
PETOSKEY

I CHICAGO

2 New Steel Passenger Steamers

The Greatest Perfection et attained in Boat
Construction -—Luxurious quipment. Artistic
Furnishing. Decoration and Efficient Service,
insuring the highest degree of
COFIFORT, SPEED AND SAFETY.

Foun Tarps PER WEEK Bsrwssn

Toledo, Detroit.l?Mackiiiac

PETOSKEY, “THE soo," MARQUETTE,
AND DULUTH.

LOW RATES to Picturesque Mackinac and
Return. including Heels and Berths. From
glevcland, $18; from Toledo, $15; from Detroit.

13.50.

EVERY EVENING

Between Detroit and Cleveland

Connecting at Cleveland with Earliest Trains
for all points East. South and Southwest and at
Detroit for all points North and Northwest.

Sunday Trips lune, July, August and September Only.
EVERY DAY BETWEEN

Cleveland, Put=in=Bay .¢ Toledo

Send for Illustrated Pamphlet. Address
A. A. SCHANTZ. e. p. l... oernon-, men.

Tile Iieiioii and iiieveiaiiii steam lav. to.

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i 1 ltatoes is onlv attained when it con- lalmitrhtv dollars which are talked l is all that is necessary. \\ hile we 5*‘°m*."'>'*J°nn.1.° 311911--»A -~   1°11 M59? Q

Q‘   . . a  . " . - , . *5 ~ . . 1 . . -' .Gate I\eeper—W illiam Robertson espena 9

' ' 1tains all three of the chief constit- lot so much Just now! ,notice with others that they deem ;ceres—Mrs. Mary Robei'tson.... Hi-speria. '1

_ uents of ferthity, nitrogen as well1 Let every Subordinate Grangelmore than just this necessary to.l§§:;;:;.&§.;}§?‘,f3,’1‘:.'3§"$“-,~.;..;1::.,,_Ff‘.‘?§‘i.Lii§¥

Grading 0'f Butteh as phosphoric acid and potash. ;awake from its lethargy and takel make them a full fledged Granger. L- A-5*~‘W*"d—MFiA-l1¢miu~- <GramlRanids y 

The commission mer1.1hm15 Of} ln the absence of clover or other  immediate action in this. inatter1’ To be a Granger needs not only Execiitive c...mhim»e. 
Chicago have adopted the f(,“0“._ : legiiininous crops, the iiiaxiiini in-1and have it brought before the1a little etiort on your part in con-.11.12).\;1ri1z1n............ . .....c1»i.iv1au-r L
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mg 1.1aSs1hC1m0n 01 111111“. 111111  tieise hI1bfl)€e_Itl produced 1x_he1:n the 1bta1ttl3 (JI‘t[1lIl19'Pe at its r(ifxt meeting, ‘necltion with the alioxe to iealize  11_ 111,“. ________ H V1_W1.1H;_§v1*:f1f; .1,
$11,111 of 1111Ck11g.eS: 1<1uantit_y 0 m iogen app let 1 was 1 .11).!‘ et a omona ranges urge 1 am appreciate the full benetits and F111;. 111:11f.1.‘.r.u., . 1..'.1.-.1.‘.1._.'.Ml:1il1lz-R(a1‘E11l: 1
EX11.,1S___ghu11 c(,h_,.1:.1 Uf th1.1ei1ii:il or giieatei than that of phos— 1jtlZll:.[s‘h1i1ai;l2eI‘ at all meetings. <[)le:lSill'(3S to be derived from the . 11. i1<.}pilv1h.—. . . . . . . . . _ . ..1.ii.,i1y. "3

_ ‘ _ . .. . - . . ' .. ‘ " '. _, 1 _ ,1  omen...   .........iinsiu 
highest grade ot butter produced l l’h}’} 1“ “L” ' 1 1 _ 1” 15 3 l""'el.Y («"'3n.‘%’e_h'l°”17e5-‘1(r'm“¥e- _““-5 “"11” “L (“H19 l’.V o. B.vHorton ._ 1,_x0hml_ \  Hp...” R111; ..
(1hI.1n., the season when "W19. 1 llie work has not _x et gone far 1 and none but members in good . your staying at home on the Jk*U!)1L‘BHt>ll . ~ 7 _ . . . . . ..\iiuArhor ,2
Fl-ilvor \Iiist he ‘llll('l{ tint. lciioiigli to Elve detinite inforniatioii l-5'l’.3.[1(llIl9.’ are taken into the insur— night of your (lraiige niectiiigs. (‘I-II---title» nu \‘Vo-n--n‘-i Work in the 

4 mi _ . .j_ _* . . 1 _ '1 _,‘ I  V V __ 1 '1 1': 1 _ '1" .1 1 ' 1 ériuige. ‘ L
f1.eSh1m11L.1e1m if of I-1&1] n1“keM(()1ll(eI1nl[1}1 the etlect of _tl(111er oi iantle company Let aklll. lV1\0Il\ ‘to l{ui1eiiibei )t()lll 1)I‘t,.~iL1lltlL a1 the111,‘.__11_m.111_h,u“]__H1___l_  -_m1M.mk ,1:

.. i .- y ‘-- v -V-‘ 1 . - -  v . \ XI . - .. v - --1.-_, -5.-., ‘..._  ,
and grood, sweet and clean it held. 2"‘ 1" ‘’.‘-‘‘’‘”'m‘'”' “"1"” "1 e 1" F“ M9 "m e-‘l’9“*‘e”i “ ‘C “an " m“ ‘"9 “"1” ” 0m‘ ‘"l‘ ”' “" “um” ML. BcallllxR«li'§:.‘i.i.,..1.l: .... .. ..‘i'i$lrlt»li: I

tation. but at the present stage of , done by organizing. Also it is a your good intentions. and at tinics
i the work it seems doubtful whether ‘ good stimulus for getting new of liiisy seasoiis or iiiicci't:iiii weath- f _
3clovei' can be relied upon to fiirn- § menibers to our Order. icr l!1:l\' ll],~‘lll'(.‘ a meeting with rcc— llllllil .i".I"ii"'.‘l.'.Li'.'...~’.L.'
ish suth'cient nitrogen for niaxi-I Yours in Hope. ord of the same. While in your ""“' ‘V “' l‘“"“
imini crops, grown in rotation of: H. C. l)r:.\'iso,\'. :1l)~'cl1('() no meeting could he held.

BodV—.\lust be tirin and solid.
with an perfect grain or te_\'ture.
free from salviness.

Color——.\liist lie uniforni. neither
too light nor too high.

léeiieracl l)4»-puty Iii-1-tu rcrs.

. .. .l§;ittlc (‘reek
. ,. . Paw Paw
.. t‘ol«l\\'ati-,r
Biitilo Freak

. ..l§i-rricii ("enter

   
 
    
   

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Hon. l’i-rry .\la_vi-.,
Hon. Tlioiii.'i~‘ Mars.

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b»111t_“ve11(11Sm1’;.C(11 “.e11“.01.h_ live years or more. _  <'1"'t- ‘Thus it is plain to be seen how  '11”  '‘
ed in, not too high or too llllltl I.t ap.pem".S tljfltrcolln’-.31.“  Ullwlutlh. .-depends 0," ll,“ llulmlh-eH'_ _ll’- 3 l*iI=i1‘1’»lAl-"Tl .. . ..._.."{~‘.‘.}'.T£§I‘i§§.
salted’ 1l:l_y ‘pot.it1‘ies. 1hay e1  fali. }_:‘1t.f3.tCi11 Interest. ~ vhlcl  l1l>lll()1._\11(.)l1Il _o iligations‘ (.1_umy "H_um____

i)‘"l"-“*‘“'°‘(l-"-"(I ‘lml ”W'"l‘” "0' ‘i)l:I:ll)I‘lLL\1\i'l\10:1(tn()(I{llllrfe  EDITOR Gi<A.\'<:i: V1>IToR: 1.“ iliicwtlie lI1Cct— T 'L)I«}'{.'r‘<‘l'-3§l"”."‘ " I "lli‘.‘3‘.i3£il' hi.’-I-‘vi'.‘. 
quii-ed in classification. Cl-up Imflwtion simwinlg that an1hmvc heeh Very much intel-e5te.lih11n1_,._\. ‘1.e(_,h11u.11. 1.011 11111.9 "U Iwwm R B. i¢.....,..i.i- f.'I.ini.u.ii."ii.-urn.

" —.' 2 l i . rale 'ii.'t lie- . l .   . - . . _ . . ‘*“““~".‘ ”."“’~‘~ .l)--wlinv. ii: ry
hht 5h!“ it ‘lg ( J 5 average crop of corn may obtaiiilth“ ‘l‘”‘“5°‘Un 5l‘l’.leCt—‘ N1.‘-—’.‘—"‘«‘-‘te‘l|t(icoiiipliiin that vou are not i'c-l~"'“""“'“  "1ll’-"-kltmlirfli

 

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The experiments herein reported the last three years. This rate hasgrolled on the roll hook and the:{ff1‘3l“E:1‘;rjE:f1'fl:'_1:2Ffilhl'4l:lE¥{:“P(fl::%]i;%E:‘:l ’ 1 1 1  .

x which have extended over eight run the I\. H. Go. _over four yearsigood standing in which you 1ll:1y1J.J.Woodinaii ............ ..Paw Paw.l\licl1isan _,,~_G_, FOR §ALIL Z @139  l
seasons on two separate tracts of and it has on hand §2,9l9.:t6. 3511.3 he in is a suflicieiit giiarante_e thatg Otficers Dlivhigall State Grange. AAt_1reai<fiXI1al_Jl1§ ric1=§,-he ch0.i9€' S(?1e°*i°n.°‘ F
land, and over two seasons on two were received for accrued interest you are a nieniber. But is it like- 1 1\)i‘a:rr:ere~1§:uii.Tri131112111.‘.... ........... ..Fi-hilt) 31111115: p§{r|Si_8"he11fgbree°v§f;11 “IE1! 181.:-1;. (gufurhisirlf 1

ii location and character of soil, in- _Would it not pay the Patrons of Granger? It seems as though with ‘ igififggféigggfdfihfgffiijh 1 11X11z_1].mndl OHN BOWD
if dicate that the highest efficiency of Michigan to organize at once and some, so long as they have gone as (V Raigids. 1 M B 111 (V k I ITCH,  2
 a fertilizer for cereal crops or po- each save to himself a few of these far as What I have just stated, that T{‘§‘a‘;‘,j‘,‘;‘,”_ 5,',0,j;‘?;"'*  _"f‘V1§kS,§.';‘§g Hillsdale, Mich. 1-. l

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

  
 
      

 

  

    

   
  
  
 
  

    

  

 

    

   
   

   

  

 

 

 

 

low Fxtra.‘ lacking soiiiewhat in . 1 . . ' . . , _ . , _ , ii. \'.1‘I: i'l(  .. i .- .l§~ 
, 4. >7 ‘. . . .t l nearlv twice as large a total tllllln-"}_’.‘ thb V‘-‘1T"Rt" be l’1"”%5ht l’9‘;ceiviiig the sanie l)CY1t‘l1l:~ as your J. W. I-Ixlmu.-. ._ .  . l|rIllllliK~l.l'll'i-lrlliiili
l'la.\()l, which. howexei, mus ie . .. . _ A . . 1101.6 the _t.1te1e1,1S1,1th1.e th1 “.1me1.. . - . -« . 131...,-,\__\1....., ____ ,_ 1,»,,,,1,..-,,.,.1.1-,1,h._m1
. . . 1 h .. titv of nitrogen. pliosphoric acid: ~ * ~.- ‘ i -‘ »ll(3l0‘lll)()1‘ who niakcs it a practice 1.; 1;, \\-....1i .1,. 1. '
orood sweet andilean. Al ot £1 —. - ..1 . 1 .  .. _- . . . P . . _ _ . -~ -1“
Pa ~. . 1 11. .1 .—..1 .11. .1...“ ..( (1. IV tie (JIJ.Il0‘(-3. especiallx tliose1,.1t .1 1 .11 H1 1,. 1, 1 . .i.m..-.i...\i:u.h.  .  1
i'e(1uireiiients are the saiiie as in 3”‘ l”*‘”‘ 4” *” ‘ 9 “>9 “‘ ’l’ ’ lt1'1.1ttcn11t0I.1’1:1u1_e 1118 11111.16“ 01-.‘ ‘ ‘l ‘ 1‘ ‘l 1"“ ”'-“Z .1‘ -“"‘1F._ii.o.i...n.  .. v YHI1 ii.-.‘,.i.i.. Ellttiii I
~. . . , - . .1 1- _ _h wheat or oats. growii under thel ‘ , ‘ 1cvei' hear :1 iiieiiilier of this later \\,H.I%-m--~..... .. ..\’«-rii..~'i.-.r.«smn..i
la.\tias, c.\ccpting st_\ e o pat. - _  1 ~ . 1 . . .1.“-.mhh 01. to 1.1L.V.1te the 1h01..11, . . . . . ;n.inrh.-.~ .............i=i.i.i. 1..-...i-...»
{we same conditions of soil and Cll-‘ ‘ A *1 1 31 ‘ ‘ ic:_ip:icit_y coinplain ot no_t i'ccei_ving lg. ‘o. Lu-lil. . _ limiiil 1'.-.~.».»r... my
_~5'h.L.1,n.1 gh.111 1.01151 .1 111- .1 0.1.1.10 mate. lmlhbl 0 1.1“ l’e"l’l9- _ ;his or her Just proportioii of the.‘ .P"1l,‘,“‘.“.*"‘,"’“' “"‘”“ ‘,"‘1'1“‘.';'1’;1 ""l““""
A T. 4 .5 4 _ 1. - .. —. . I , <1 1 . V . 1 - -'~.~I*..i-.-~' o. '
-mt M11)“. 1.~h.‘.t‘. ‘ \\ here the cereal crops have‘ 1 “J9 1" one ‘llle-‘tum .‘_”“ _-9_01"1 lieiictitsf i\o I do not believe _vou R. .\. ii_mwh  ..~'in..i li«'.‘l1'li. llllrtiii
'l K , " " ~ - been 0‘I‘()\\'n in contiiiuous culture t" 113"“ ""‘5"l“"k‘3‘l that 1" “i "Ital lcan tind one. Such will tell voli l ii" i‘i‘4ml'-‘ll’ " '"’i“'(il'iW'”"r" I'M‘
1‘l1i"01"‘M“>'t "9 h111'l\'.‘-"""lim‘l “ - - iiii iortanc- )l'() or con to more - ‘ - li'\\"-«.'"ii"”i"'  l‘-H"-W‘ lwl-1””
sweet. ‘ ff?" “‘°.‘1"" ‘1"'1°“1-9".‘ -"°‘.“';",‘“;““'1“""‘1;,,e51,i.. in f1;.,‘..,,t..t1,..,. 1,... .,.1,..,. “mtE‘19«""¥'fi1‘=‘°°?<**"¥ '~.~',1*.1<*n$“¥§ 11...1.'.=.1i‘...1’.‘."1""‘_i.,;...;‘;:::"i;:;.;{:::‘.:.:‘.::* 1
1‘."‘l3"‘l“”‘"°*""“‘l“"‘l"“""”‘  ‘tliiiliellilntilléliillgillfettlligtllil. land that  “liiteI'95l3-" This  -ll«1:i»}i».i “tjliLli\1li:Ul:)eliL' (lL]‘l‘l\e'l(‘lilEH:;”'pi:';lll:(lr]'i‘:l'.'i'.'-"Lkllll;}fll:“l\'f‘l3llll.kil:l:l‘: ‘
bonng. , 4.1 ] _ 1 . .1 tcregtg both bin} 1-hilt 1"‘ inter 1 11 1 . _l . 1__ 1 __ 1 - 1 ;‘llK‘8lIlIl)laI‘:{tl>ll2[\\<_,_.Nlhiliill l¥r:iiir'l_i._l.:ipu.»r
C(iloi'——l*"iii~]1- wood 'ilthouoh it l’." the “mils t0 ‘Vhlch tlley ‘V91"«‘ 11 1' th 1 _ < P1 .5 - ‘vb from the (Jrange by being an zict— . F'“1‘V ,1‘1h‘. “  ‘”‘*''1’§‘,T§fhl“‘1‘''.‘,’f1j{.‘1'1
‘ ..-~_ * .— -, 11.1 _ 11 _ ‘. am iini areceivesi.  . }.._ I '  ,1‘; 1";  '  ‘ “
may be soiiicwliat ii'regulai'. “l’l’l‘‘.‘l= 1”’ "Em 1 "mt .0119 thud 11 h.“ heeh _.hme 1.6111.‘ 5.1m.e.m . "L mu“ M ‘hit “K” '5 hm‘ If : ..l.C.‘.'.’. llnll ii ii..{n-. "".}.'i‘i...{.}.'{\~}Zn --
Sa1t‘_1\[ayheh_m(ru1m_ hiurh or 11110 n1t1.01_,.h1] and One_1e1Iht11 the [CUM 1.1.1118 111.10“ huh 11.6.6“ 1113] you :11-3 not. It 17 tlli]cdiit_\« of :ill1<Ii).=.}.1r.;.\§ii.1..-..1i.. ,....“..t'r[ 1i.i11...ic;ii.x. ..
_ - -"‘ ' -" - -' . . .' . .~ _._.i (T :7 ’ ii’ r-_- 1 i 1 . ‘ - . -. . . an. iiiicn:  i-ar in’:-.. .-ii‘.-in ‘-
 .“2l.lI€(l. P .U>l‘) 101 H’ dtld Lin‘ I)({t‘Lb,1' by the ‘bite in this fine \\vhen l_“e”l.'(‘l‘ U) lttkni  .”“etl“g“ ‘[51Fr:iiikl".l'ptoii ..lli<_: l\‘.'i[_>iil. l“l':,‘ll»~‘i«'(| "
1>.wh.1o.h_g.hhC .15. 1.91 11:11:11 in “heie they lia\e been grown in . * * ~ ‘ _ - l:LI':l.~ the health of _\oui'selt and;.I._§.i,.i\1v..... .. . .. ..___..iii~<-o.M:m.n.h ~-
F. ‘t ‘-“ ' ‘ " l ‘ rotation with clover liftv per cent the l’1'C‘-Wnt “W9 ‘V115 hX‘¥“l- 3'01"" familv will permit ll~"ll"‘ lA‘"“'l""' '”-‘.1"“"‘1' "‘1’"l",' ““‘"‘“"‘ "
ll-S 5-_ ‘ _ ‘ ., _ V - 1 .1 _ 1 _ 1 ‘ . _ '1 "1 , _ ' - . '4. _ .  nnrn_:uii . _ ' "
r1‘hh.(1‘. 5111111 1_1,m1‘.t of 11111101. uiore nitrogen was recovered in the thln‘-5th*1tlh9 t‘1“““ hit” ml 541% Anotlier tact that cannot helpl‘1‘-I“ --  1.\’~"i'1=1'li'1'.~> " *
.A*u  . . . - ; ' . .. . A . . . --»  >~‘:il. . ‘
’ . , 1 -  fl_ , _ - 1m,-i-ease than was applied in the 01 “mt the m9t‘”.l Put” ‘"1 thb but to lie noticed is that too 1ii:iii‘,':‘S:i:n > . ...‘in<>vliiiu.tt ‘
below bet-oiids. < efettiu; .i\ Oi, in . . . 1m“.ket h1.0h(,h1 .1 0.1.8.11 11e.11 mm. . - i\\'_1-1 .
.h .- . . ._ 1 ..-1 . . fertilizer. but onlv one-sixth as» _v F) « .— c i 9 depend upon sonieoiieelse to do or 9.31 ..
s 0\\lllU' stiontr tops an: bit es. no . - . . =11]. 1 . 11 1, . 1 -. 1 . . l .
" - "“ -. - much pliosphoric acid and half as’ ‘W 1 “°“‘ 1"‘*‘§- nmlte‘ preparesonietliintr. Hei'eisanotli- ‘-“ ‘
smooth boring, nii.\ed or streaked 1 1 1 — t11.1tUm.01-1118 101111111, 111111013 in _I 1 * 1  _ 1 1‘. 1 ‘-
. . . . - ._‘. t - __ . - 1_-i - )‘l - :'A c-- 0-: .
in color, irregular saltiiig and niis- "“,1(‘l’“,*“’ _ _ _ ‘n1,1_m11 in c()I1!l11entinLr on 1he L l’ “.C “ 1”“ db .”° 1" mi“ i 1 5.1,, y,,.,,,.,,,, .
. ,‘ .k_ _ ‘ I‘lie iiiiniediate increase from ‘ .— * _ — supposiiig we all fallintotliispi'ac- 1,“... .1-."‘,. . .
('9ll’m“‘“‘” l"“ ‘'‘3"3”- 1 1 1 1 1 H h|l]‘1l'(l times in knieric-i recoiii- 11 L hm‘ 1, , 11,1111 11‘ , 1 ii.-im-‘iiurli "" “ “1,.'\."1f1‘;,,h"‘“-‘1‘{;1f‘ .,
1 . . . 1- -1- I -) 1_- i - 1 A t, -)1. - 1 v 5 -: v1 , ........‘...‘i‘I>| '. :1 I
(rrease l3tutei'——bliall consist of 121111111-130:}‘inm‘1%“)“1_ti’:1 '1 ll  11161111011 1111111111150 who 111111 1110110‘, Ugh 11. m_‘1 1‘_ "1-_ _‘1_ H‘ 11. 1:1‘. (5 I 11:‘ 'JRul1iii .'si_viioui.n.i. \li.~‘l1l:'\li1?_l]. w ;i.‘.ih.»:_.;iw ‘- 1
ah 01.111105 of 1)001.1m11 1.1mc111 $101.1‘. .1 .i _pi 1o o o _ s L l(,1l- 1 _ 11” 1 _ 1__ 1 t_ _ 1 I 1 1 c 1 1 < ti_i I. L ass i_ u. mess e.\-11l.m1.R.1.11;1.1.._;’.....W,“1.1.i‘i,h.\v ..i..:.i
1,6131‘. r1‘hh.(1\. ical constituents, than from the 3 1“ “C” {*3 “lg” Wm‘ 1.‘ 51°? ‘ - ist. llius it is lle('(}.~‘.s':LI'1\' that you1 ' ‘ " " " ‘ '"“"“ ‘“"-“"
' 1.}1ch1h.a_1 fe1.t111Ze1.5 115011 in 111850 as an act of _]ll.5'tlL‘.C. and liuinanity, 1.(,m1.1h,. 1111511 1,111.1 of 11.01”. 1191.1 * ~ —~”~~~ —~— —-~ —«———
_ _ tests: but the residual etfect of 1°l‘l”C9 H1319 FEW “t_11’1_tC1'9-‘t‘l°“““l‘l' sonal interest and deal with it asj Revised List of Grange Supplies
Dalry Cows and Feeding 11111111111; 15 shown to lie much gl‘e;it- U 01” it 7 t 31 ekliglllhg ‘7”n.uact5i .~‘llL'li. “ hilt can :1 mail in lilislness Kciit in the ollicnof .~‘i~c‘y orthc
I , ' ' :,v ' I v_ 01’ than that from -liemic-1l_;_ “loll ‘rllfresi 6 0- u we canmn (l0 {l.ll)0Ilo— l)ll.,‘ll](:.'[' nien  he (l(3- ' '
l3u“Lun‘:\0-' 4} of the L tab IA \'m- t) of . 1.L h. .  th look rfor-la general voluntary act of .1111. w'h,11  1 T, . 11,11 .. 11 1, Mlchlgan State Grange ,
periiiieiit btation has recently been A 3.0 _ B0‘ «1_ J-5 _> 911 0 this kind from all who 11111.11 Hume _ l_’9 «T ‘H.‘_ ‘PK ‘ 4' ‘U _ ’ ‘ ‘ A 11 11 1 ,1 _ ;
issued. This bulletin reports (1) _I1l0St €‘fl6'Itl\€_Cft1'1‘101‘ <_>f n1t1'0.$2'911 11, ‘1_n1 1) 1 _ . 1 ‘  ~ ‘I ml‘ h””‘ .1 “““""1ll,"l’l?l.." 5”1ml’l." 133-5}lli.l3‘h.-l.’i'”.h‘'Zll§illll.liiillllli—‘'l;l§lI.l;.ij';l}]f1 ,
Dairy Herd Record for 1.5‘$l4—95; 1I1_ tl1eseeX_peI'i11iei1ts. with sulphate  90l’e4”3 00 EH4-’l’1“.‘-’ to the (.rl':lIig‘(§.' l\othing can be illl!.~‘lL.'llHlllrl‘til‘li.< .\l:i~ti-riirfio-('ri-tiiry. 1.
 \"1nte1- Icleedingr lj:_\'1)e1'iu1(_i1]tS OI 3.IIlHl()lll:I, (lI'l€(l l)l0Otl dlltl lll]- 011 N1:“]"t"l C8130 in hdnd la t “eek ;1_(7-L-0111111151181] “vlthout $01110 httlc. Porrclaiii lizillh-:t‘iii:irlil:~<.pi-rliiin4lreil.....!E4)  .
with l)a,11'_y (jows; (.3) some 5.11319-eh- seed oil meal but little inteiioi. 11 0‘m,_1*leaded Old veteran mme etioit upon ()l1(3.s(,ll.' One of oui h.‘.”.l.“.11.11;r.1.111'11l.M.,.. 
tions on the Building and lat l1l)— Ofthe "M10115 Ci11'1'l€1'5 0fl>l10SPh01'- 1 5 ‘-l V . -‘ A . ‘ f.’1'0i1t6b‘t0ftl'0lllilea‘15thatWe M0 Secretar_ ~'r1-rnipts fl|X‘illI(*.~‘.]i4*I‘ iiuniir.-}'i'.f as
l . . . . . 1 fl]. . . . . .
'1'" - " ‘ Th f ll V‘ ic ‘l.Cl(l dissolve bone black acid mt0"~ 3“ 0 “el°l’3.l’1nt‘31e°t 0“ tooa it ‘lflll do too often under- T“‘*‘~.*'“"‘.F-*‘"‘°"1i**-'l“““"'~-I~'r|mwirwi>- 35
nlent OI ‘l’Lt‘0lle‘5' e 0 O“ 111.1‘-T ‘ ' . ' .ln101.t0.a0.c of $3113 at 5‘ )el. Cent . I ‘ . .’. . _ r\RDll(‘atl()IlS foriiieiiihersliiii.per hundred 50 I
c0m.1uSi0nS.,u-9(11-awni,yt},ew1-1191-1 phosphate and_basic slag seem to ‘He hala .—evi(1ently'S1Wedl U) 1111-) estimate our abilities. Y\_e slioiild 1w[11Ii1ii<1i:ii1»11.11n$11h1;111,,311.111.1111‘;1 , _,  .1 r
F_ 1;. 11111116111, from the 1.960111 of produce_practieally e«‘1nal results, amount "er 1 Careflullv 3 H111 of it bearwin mind that the ethciency 'of B1lv;)]‘:1“-_.~(~,fl1]14x5“n1i 1;..,.,m._,1.,,,1, "
- - « - -. . .7 . . i ' . .. . : c - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ".
the(1a11-11-116,-1101 the btat1(,h,“«1m-h pound I01. pound of phosplioiit 1' h_1  _ A1_t1_l v__1_ U tl_1(..(11.l.I]f_Te(l(3pen(l&. upon the in- ._1hm1¥‘h;1‘11‘)f;!'. WM ””hicH1_1”1_1._C -5
Constitutes the fil-_-st ,-eh-tjhh of the acid contained. t11J"m 1‘? tl’:1’11*’1‘]’"- E11 “ 111,1“.- (IlVl(lll2l.l nienibers and their geiiei'— 1V25c;;n»h.i1.z.1-_.i.  1 M10
. ' ' -1 1 _ 1 _V _ 1 _ 6 re .81 1 0 81“. .e1. 1:, I I s. . 1 1 1 1 r - - 1 iranizc i o in ie. ~iiii: e co iy. Ila; DUI‘! (Z, 4 [)
},u1]etm; It is shown that poisons nniy moltogwg is m 1 dine ‘:‘m‘1 uufillil .il .ittend.in< e. l‘he iiieeting of .i (1;11('lilll|L!?fiiii1(';11--1[131.},.h ', 1;.-,9 .1,,',,-,.,‘.,j,,,1,.,5
.. '.  '-. .. '_ in s ,.z :-"<-.  ..' .. ;.-.7»'r'. -' .. '» 
1_ It w0uh1h1,1,em- that 11]1]()1)g' s.i_\e fiom tllllt) to l1‘iIt_\_1_)el tent 111011) ii; terlmg 1 Mn. ch‘u_0‘e “M suthticnt iiumher to ioiistitiitc .i l_,5';* M1:'1'_1‘_;'11_:'{:'1f'i§Hii*fi"1'111flj'ff'_1”*z 75
our coniinon cows, we have those 01 the 09st Of then‘ 1_€1't1l174‘~‘1'-" _l’.V' 1115161, chm g?011‘“.111 11;, '11‘, “ cl. lluomm "l.fl~V. make it (‘mule ‘W iiiillillifIlil1-3lllhi5"L'ifi'.li.5l.'l,'.'l-"" "   5
which 11.011111 form ,1 £1,011 f(,umh1_ purcliasiiig the inaterials and 11il.\'— cenlt after 1111;-—1_ “But I C‘m1~1 lg” name liut_it is pnly by the lieai'l)' i'..iic_.xr...11.1;,,.1..l...,,1h,...,].1,,.;.S_,,;:,',;,1,'_jjjjj 40
- - - ' v v 7- .-i- A. . . .-. . L .-- . .ii-r: .: .- - ’: '.- 21' : .:'. .
mon 101- ,1 1,1-0hhli,1e (11111-‘Y he;-1], ing them (when mi.\ing is ne<.cs- ,1 _, f1 _ 1 tbi H 1 I 1_ “T1 . t,()—()1)(.l.ttl()[l of all _iiiciiilicisHtli.iti miLvI1_1,11"111i11111113111111 Ru-1r“11i1v_11-1i11riW«w.' 
2_ The 1-01.h,O1.1\—1,e of ,1c(,w is sary) at home. 1 s N“ 1 0 0 ‘ -50‘ 1°13 t 13f] we have a (rrange in fact. llius Boll iI.....i.v...1,..,..........1_...]_..  .. 
' . . . ”. - - . _, 1 s. ', ., . ' 1 I11 ' ‘ ’ ’) ‘ '11‘. *,‘ ., . . . .‘ .1 _ _ -_H”1l>{'I>-’|f"-Hui-co-on-r:i IW‘ ll1'Hitlll'I*... I
a strong indication of the niilkiiig A >0 hlllul .\J1l11-ll Plant -‘shew 3:11 l":1lmfi1g1bt11‘(:°i)F'l%:“ wc should not only htlnb to lit «I i\.‘.71'i.«,_1.1i.<r..;\-..riil.-<;1;1..r.»...,1 . . . . . . . . .. 7.-i
qualities. hood is shown to he .i (.lll(lC iotk York l_..e(1u1U*1i-the low” imew 1 1” inciiiliei but .1 (riaiigii. mg 1}_1'_1__f’:1§111"*W:l:;1h1m__IHi
. rs .. " r '5 ‘ ‘vv<- 'i.‘- . .. ,  ,_
3' 1110 l)mbL‘Ock test and the ph”?['mte- ’ ’ ti )0!‘ cent lIl(l UTO 1l(, )1 ll]! 'J' (T. (Ill/I H l EU ll amid”) mlnrlmllw  ll\\'ll~‘ Bri-ii
scales are of iiincli value to the _“’th feltlh/‘€17 1.‘m'"l ‘lt 11"“ thalt no“. (In 11 Im,1.t,,.a.,cI.,"1‘.1,B UwW”m('m'm'A" M ihi. Arbor. Mich. J
l)l1I'Uh3-501' of c0‘V5~ but Should be I)1’lcC‘\'. “v1,u".h _()h“) tarnlcrs hufivel n_i01, to  reductioi: :1:i;“”1‘_-1' Kl”, Restraint In Doing Good. —j— _—_._._.___ ...,;-..(‘__.,
used with .l”(l.(—rment' tlifell pa-Y1n.9,. hill‘ &l]et)11‘1 and wlth 1.6111; , l “A Rreat (l<-sire t()2l(lI11l1llSt(‘l' justice,
-1. Tests in coiiiiectioii with the 9 1m’1"3“59 "3 U9 51 19 “"9139-"'~‘ 7' _ - - and evcii to cxeeute veiigeaiicc, ()ppI‘L‘.~Z.~.‘<
weig]1t_.«,(,f the milk 11101-Hing and iiiai'l;e_t prices of'rc-cent years. the _ "t“n€‘.“‘~lV ~‘Ve“_’1°(r‘1“-‘-)"1’ tQt{|“1”11“'l.‘l_ es many persons," \V1‘1tt’S Mrs. Lyman
evening tahell for the sixth month cost of the _fei'tilizcr_lias never been 1“”l’1“l 10?? “l91?1.- ‘1“_ _:’”“ \,“”’_ Abbott in Ladies’ Home Journal.
after the cow coiiies in. seem. in 1'°"‘r"'“'“"l 1" the dlmct Hmiwm nrilll l.llI3b1Ii(l(L)Il1tt:‘.V' tlileii  Chill“ hafiuy ii“? thm.li1.w(i1S (lifi
the Ill:l_]()l'lt_\' of cases, to indicate _When_ used on cereal crops. exceptl _I   1 « .1 1 V O t- “,1._ ;V;::1Cn  6it““ti(:1 u=:D1>1<]«11I5ri $1: 1
not onlv the )1'()l):ll}lC‘ value of the iI1:1fcW1nstaiicc>: which have not ‘W’ "1 ” ." P.“ .“9"- 1-‘ 7‘ Y.‘ “Y "_ 3 1’, ‘vi V1 1 «
" l - 1 . .. . 1.1 ‘ . 1 . , . 1 .. . should a private individual pav P1800 U1 the iibll-0<11101"h*¢: tlW11iri;<*b0Y<
cow. but her relative value as coiii— K011 1£[>0~1 U 111 MI iauilltll Clops. _ _ . - in finch of 1111. _.m,,11 it-.1, -. the 01.19,‘
, . .- 1 - I ~ ‘ 1 \\'h(-n the 1.91.6111. 11.1“. 11%,” more than .> per cent such times :l> , I _ «' ~ ‘fag ‘ -A 1 ,
lliucd “H11 the "t lei *1)“-5 Ur 119 ' . . 3 . ‘ 11115., 11 “.111 “he more (N15. ' sister in the youiiger‘s position and so: _
herd. .Jl'0“'n 1“ 1"’mt1"” w1th_ Cl0"9l'a , w11"e1'1t corn or an ‘V other n_("1‘1l;_E on to the end of the chapter. When the '  . vi
5_ 131.01“ 1116 -‘.e1u.1'1. I.cCm.111t15 there has lieeii ll larger 1nci'e:lse. 1 ‘:7 [Y - 1. I .1)” now lam“ it t€111}')fili‘I0lil)('(_‘0111(*.s‘tO0SlCl'Oligandtllfifiell .1. 1 1
clear that a herd of coiiiiiion cows, fI'01ll 0110-tl1ll‘<l_ t0 U119-lliilf _th0 '9 l"l~lh '‘’V P“ __‘c 1 V . ‘ _ W011“) be ’H1§1li“T1Sl1fS’ <101IJtt'T1f'r0, fh*‘)’ " . . _ __r_,, .
- -] —fe1-ma h-111.11-(1 will 1- - total recovery of plant food being “‘”‘l‘l me when 1" W.‘ “‘ U’ 1”. are IHOFU llkvly t0 make thlng-3‘ ffirl "
p1()pel_)t. . L, e‘ , ., .1_,1tf,____ _11_‘ . ..1 3
turn 11 1.61.1. 11111111501116 pmht (“-61- found in the hay crops, and when P9} W_“_  fl“ )0“-5 ‘1.‘—’“a, fm‘ _ 1 WOFHG thi1H1t0 1H1PT0f'9th‘}I111- Tlmrt‘ ‘S      l ‘
th 1 111 01.111911. kee _ fc1.t111Ze1.S 11111.6 heen 115011 on h0m_ think it_is time that the legislat1iie1 a better attitude toward ir.e than that ,1 9”
(lws - 1) ~ . h . h . 1 . 1 . - turned its attention to the relief of Of 0118 W110 take-9 pleasure 111 the 0Xh1b1- -
h. ltis clear also that. iron: the tweet em as ieena goo: piotit. . , 1- f . ,,-1  _, (1..  , ,
_ _ , . _ _. . . the mteI.e.t nnl. as we“ .15 11". ion 0 mansui pas_ions .i isposi If not, theglmy 1.
~13 1 tot u- 11011- 1- (lug-t1()1 with ordinarv yields. and average 3 l‘.l‘« * *‘ - - " *
3 3"‘ lmm ‘(L0 l 1} l’ 9- l - . . ~ .— F“ H ,el_ and I 110 )6 11111 yuu “.111 tion we see niziiiifestecl when ii. quarrel The New Franklin Typewriter _.
Utah has nothing to fear from oiit- PFICGS 01 l)"t3t095- ;1;m£‘t-he i’nte1_eSt 1 llestién on wmg arises in the street and a crowd flocks Tm “WAT ’
side coiiipetitioii in the production 1.1%  Sulyects forlthe Granueu (H5 at once to encourageand enjoy the spec- I _ H U _
of dairy products. Our average - ‘ , .l 1 .— - taele. The retributive feeii_ugmay_be1A n l; l- T I‘ ust lVl21ClllnC.
- ‘- - - ‘ Grangfi F1“? In5'-11‘3f1C3- c ‘sltllt lti l > resented to the .. . . .
. . . . V . Uh 9 UK ( )0 1) right bntvseiiiust not put into action
cost foi feeding .1 Low foi one _\eai _ .1 . _ . . . v _ _ . _ . 25_ er t h 1
is from 35 to 50 per cent less than FDITOR GR1\V(‘F VIQ‘T0R_ ___I next le1gl.~.‘l2ttlii'(E l tlllllllx it (if ilii-I all our right feelings. Restraiililt in do- I) Cell C eaper.
_ '  . ‘ . * ‘ ’ ‘ ‘ . ‘ . iort nie em or to ma 'e it one Of! in ood is im ortaiit as we as re- V_ . , , .
1S re iorted from eastern btatioiis would like to call the attention of I a -L , J"-" ‘ i ‘.33 ..-p - 1945." t" 10511113 "
. . ) . the thmqs to have our n]e”]l)(5I'S ‘straint from t.V1l. Isuppose children _, , _ 1
and our advantage of food, water. all lati-oii_s of Husbaiidry to the to he elgcted pledged to Summrt’ ~ have Sufiered quite as much fmm the .51m1)1e m L-oust;-uh-tron;
and climate is equalled by few. 9111,1601 ht hre lush,-ance, 1 hhye Of 0011136 it *Wm 11; _1 hot 1_(mtegt1 interference of friendsvvho wm11dm011_‘F1ve Years on the Market
places and surpassed by none. Our an otiicial report of the i\ew , j . l . _ ;_. ifyatoo strict diet and enlarge :1 too S, um. . ,, . ,1, 1
- -- - V . as the w hole force OIill0l)0\ leiideis . . . odo _ 3 naynie ts. For samp so work.
market too is good. and if im )- Ham ishire btate (xranoie lnsiiraiice f. . .  - ‘ ‘ llmlted 11St0f amusement-‘3 as fheyhave t°5”"*"““*l5- €“°-~8d‘1"~‘55‘-
’ ’ ~ ’ . . *" - with all of their power will be pit-. f th ~ . . v 1 ~ 3- n ST “.1. Ah“. .1.
ei-ly looked after and developed. Lompany. It hastheiisualotiicers, te11,wuinS1it A 1 Wm 9"‘ Pdrmts "35 F1°10115- * ‘ 3 1 ~ 9 ~_ _ R.
will continue to be so: our prices a board of twelve directors, an “ Yomjs Res 11611-11111, 1   *"“*"~‘"‘” 1,,_11Nw,H0uSemag'”3“‘lR“P‘d5~ M10“ '
being fully equal to and surpassing auditing lioardoutside the directors. p - ' 3 OFFICIAL DIRECTORY

those of Elgin and Chicago.
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price of grain and todder, one (lol— in his township. A person pays 1smwdn11_ . plid iTIl«:3l(')1”l»;I-,1-1;1'u}:" _{.l;‘;;‘,‘}f;,:,,‘,.l ‘ 2
lal'”S worth of feed fed to a good one dollar for nieiiihershi ) and ILDITOR GRANGEVISITORZ Iherc .\.~—.- r .~h-w.-mi—.i. A. .\ewcoinb.. .5 4-l-irado' See what good people say of our harness
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h l f -  i ill return tw lol—  - ' f h- lf f  « I '~ mt f . . 1 110 m , 4 lia1»lniii—(). n. llale........... \_L\V i_..ri.— and sendtor cataloirue 1 1
eI‘( 0 LOW S, V . 0 (. pa) b 3. pieniiiilii 0 One ‘J. 0 0116 lb  fill. JJCL. 0 Pen pl eS(?n e(. _\ 1“]'i1,'{_~l1X’l->¥‘*'i\{I".~. %\::d l\1llcl)i>W(%l' ll 1 New J\JuI(‘l( 1 Lfagtep 5 QmQe_ Michigan §[1£{ite Grangel l5
lars worth of milk, butter. or per cent for three years, four tenths mind in this light, w_hich ‘I hope . ;‘1‘;f,f;",;‘.{;‘,,T.:,?L’\’\‘v, fi_"l'1;.‘.f,;.'.;;.i,,‘TT_‘.‘T7’?TKlli...{u;i 1 The nah5'iiiial§‘i(i§ihg§§lei:r_’ Mieli. '
cheese. of one per cent for two Years, or will he of some benetit. 'lhe dif— ; «I1.-r.»..-—.\ir.-1.Ii.xigi'<i-1 7'.“*1§'§;1-1-  in to 01:4‘ fuear girs: The live fsets 0flll8.I1‘neSS bought, 7
- r w - . . j o i 1111*’; rs. .,arzii 1. '1 I . . . . .. ii S :0 ‘ ie 0 ‘ e ‘
. — three tenths for 0116 X9111" “"5 f91'9’1f3" OI 053,5 being 3 me}11l)e1' Of 1 £i.l'1r§.':.\i 1 .5112. I_4'1 A.‘1\\'s§_r-1:.» RN11 .....   en3ii:f‘i:'§a:‘1]si§cl‘i;rr§:r a%d(li"ci11i)1c:arlg»§i§inl‘ecoaii1'? 3 .
, .  '~ v -' v - . - . ' . -- ~ :1-3'.  -. cwi —. r.<- . 1. no .  - _ men your arncss as eing rst-c ass in: u - ii
The Maintenance of Fernhty‘ iate is only a tiifle OVCI half of the (Jriange and being .1 (iriangei. I 3 .

other tracts, all widely diverse in

and an agent in each town. The L‘ B’ RICE‘

agent receives and forwards appli-
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Port Huron.

 

Grangers and Grangers.

what it has cost in Kent county for The fact of one’s name being en-

the last year. wise a guarantee that you are a

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Hand Made Harness 00., S‘.:;;;,gf>"-
Maniifacturers of Horse Furnishings.

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THE GRANGE VISITOR.

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Paints for Barns and Outbuildings.

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10.000 Farmers testify to their

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some of them painted 15 years ago. still looking well. prove them the most

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SECON_ll_ SIGHT.

By J. H. OONIIBLLY.

[Copyright, 1806, by the A‘l:t‘nor.]

As a rule the consciousness of adult
human beings is determined by their '
sensuous perceptions. But all rules have
their exceptions, and there are persons
who do not find themselves trammcled
by such limitations. They see, hear and
know things remote, silent and hidden.
Some scientists tell us that is due to 1
telepathic influence by mental vibra-
tions-——which by no means covers all
the ground. Others, who (lid big chunks
of the incomprehensible out of the un-
knowable, call the faculty “percipience
on the astral plane of (~.onsciousness.”
But, after all, the old Scotch name for
it is best—-—“second sight. ” Everybody
has heard enougrh of that to at least
know what it means, and he must be
an obstinatcly stupid person who will
deny its reality, inexplicable as it may
appear. You and I may not have it suf-
ficiently to even realize its possessioii;
but perhaps we cannot do all the other ,
things that some folks find easy——dis- .
tinguishing delicate gradations in turns
and faint shades in colors, for instance,
or even turning hand:-'prings.

It is more than probable that we all
possess more of this capacity in early
youth, when it is loosely called “intui-
tion, " than we retain in later life, after
we liavc been trained to distrust it and
put our confidence in tliose :irchtrait-
ors, our physical senses. and that most
variable quantity we call “reasoii. ” As
unused faculties are lost, it is quite
rare to find, among pi-«ple who have
grown up to years of lll(ll.<('1‘(‘llUll, any
who pus:-‘(ass clear "sic<;ii<l siglii, "' (xv
cept perhaps such as have enough ( lat-lie
blood for it to linger in as an hereditary
accomplishment.

Florence Cameron was one of those
exceptions. “The gift of second sight”
belonged to her, as it had to her mother.
her grandmother, and yet more remote
ancestresses, and though the power had
been much weakened in transmission
—if half the stories cherished in family
history were half truc—Flossy had
enough of it to nnikc her sccni to some
folks quite a surprising and rather un-
canny young pv. l'.\'()ll. Certainly that was
the only 6}S('<‘}i.'l :1 the severest critic
could have takt-n to her. Slic was as ac-
ccnnplished as a girl needs to be, good as
any girl wishes to be ('o1l.<i(lcrc(l, and
pretty as all girls like to consider them-
selves. Not so blond as to be colorless or
so brunette as to seem murky, she was
a delicious medium between the two,
with s -ft. cln-smut brown hair in
dainty little wavelets and crinkles mar-
gining a broad white bro\v, and tendcr
brown eyes full of expression and soul.

Yet, wit-hal, Flossy was a (langerous
girl. Hcr fortune was fair, her social,
position good and nothing could be said I
against her family. She had only one.
brother, a young man so good that he
always seemed sad, :1. plump and amia-
ble mother and a. father absolutely safe,
since he had been dead ten years. And
yet Flossy was dangerous. Why? Sim-
ply because of her “gift of second sight. ”
Her faculty of “seeing things” was al-
together independent of her volition,
never more than momentary in mani-
festation, but intensely vivid while. it
lasted, like clear glimpses of actual
sight, and might be exercised upon a
friend or a total stranger, near or far,
at any moment. To some extent unusual
mental excitation both stimulated and
directed the power, but she could never
apply it by will or prolong it even a
fraction of a second. It was as if a rap-
idly shifting mirror in her mind from
time to time caught instantaneous re-
flections of whatever might happen to
be in the right line of incidence. And
unfortunately the power did not extend
to hearing or intuitive understanding of
the real meaning in things she saw.
She could see moving the lips of a per-
son many miles away and so know he
was speaking, but would not be able to
hear him any more than if he had been
in the moon. If we make so many blun-
ders in life, even with all our senses to
aid us, how is it natural to suppose that
Flossy should have escaped grievous
mistakes in judging things simply by
sight? That reflection, in its legitimate,
logical extensions should have made
marriage with Flossy seem a. hazardous
thing to prudent young men. But it did
not even occur to the mind of Algernon
Thimberly. Miss Ca.meron‘s “second
sight” amused and even pleased, instead
of frightening him. That she could and
often did see him when he was far away
from her evidenced to his thinking that
he was much in her thoughts and flat-
tered him. He did not realize how dif-
ferently some things seem under the
fierce light that beats upon a marriage
certificate. Yet fate was kind enough to

it-ould have told her?

' supervision.

gl\'(‘ mm ample. warning.

 anairs. but sweetened his existence with

“Do not go and play billiards again  the happy thought that she was all the

tonight," Flossy said to him one even-

ing when he was leaving her.
“I shall not, " he replied.

ever play billiards now."
“But you did last night. "
“ Ye.-'. Some friends I met would have

“I hardly

lnegoalong. But how did you know it?” l Algernon was met by :1 friend, Mr. '
, Samuel Wkigstafl", who put in his hands

a

“I saw you.‘
“.\.'onie one told you. ”
‘ ‘No. I :-znv you." She told him the

truth, but he, knowing nothing as yet of §

her “gift, ” thouglit she was jokingly
covering
some m<~ddling gossip.

Again, when he was making: love to

‘ her, slit- said to him o_iiit<-coldly: “That

will do You had lvsm-1 re-,cr‘.'e such
(‘(illfl(lI'llI"T‘S for the lady who was in

. your oflice this afternoon. "

He was uglia.-‘t and .stammcrcd, “Lady
in my ofiict-I"

“Yes. a pretty little vroinan (lrt-sat-<1
in lIl:l(‘l{. "

It made him dizzy. The little widow
certainly was not dz-void of pi-rsonal at-
trnctions, but was altoj_~~tlier a stranger
to him and had visited his oflicc only for
a minute to solicit t_\‘])('WI‘ltl1l§.{ work, as

otln-rs did daily. But how could Flossy =

have known she was there at all? Who

she repeated ‘'1 saw her, ” he could not

quite ignore the fact  \vas,,tl3r_u§t_ing ;
upon his attention, and when he pressed 1

for an explanation, having first cleared
away her suspicious. which were prob-

ably more affected than real, she fra.nk- 3
He ,
miraculous 3'
Mellie ‘
Puncher of Brooklyn, whose case has be- ‘
come fainous, and xv:-.:-' too sensible to dis- ‘

ly told him of her strange power.
had read of the almost
psychic perceptions of Miss

believe her. Yct cvcn thcn he was just
as much bent. upon marrying her as he

was before, seeing \\’l1i('h, fate abandon- .
ed him to his own devices, that experi- J

ence might make him wiser.

Knowledge of Flos.-".y's faculty did I
The ever i
that her eye 
might be upon him at any moment made ‘
him a very correct young man, much.
; the forenoon it was sharply recalled to

him moral good no doubt.
haunting consciousness

better than he had ever been before.

But he did not find that unpleasant. On .
, had been reported as “on the war path”
, called upon him.

the contrary, he enjoyed being good,
much more than he had ever before
imagined he could. Only he sometimes
wished she. could hear as well as see in

her mysterious way and so understand ,
I will make allowance for my agitation. ”
himself that if Flossy had one fault it :‘

things better, for he. had to admit it to

was that of being inclined to jealousy.

Even that, liowcvcr, made her more:
; see her agitation or polite disbelief that

charming to him, for he famously
argued to himself that it was evidence

of her love for him, which was arrant ‘

folly, since jealousy is an inherent vice,
the fruit of 1-.\'ccssivc sc-If love, and may

er.
possible, for. since he would always be
nothing to fear from her adventitious
who are most likely to get caught.
least, that is, circumstances conspire
to make them seem to be caught doing

things they really have no mind to, and
to appear guilty when you are innocent

may be more exasperating under cer—‘

tain conditions, and certainly is more
hurtful to your reputation, than to seem
innocent when you are not so.

CHAPTER II.

In due course of time, when the ap-
ple trces were in bloom, Algernon and
Flossy were married and deemed their
happiness thenceforth assured. Married
life finds its parallel in streams. From
the pretty, merry, silvery, singing and
laughing little brooks——which symbolize
courtship days—the current grows wide
and deep, gliding placidly and strong,
as the great, calm. conte of thor-
ough union betwe' _, earts
may be supposed to .108 V lth a.

l flood of bliss. But all the time, you ob-

serve, going down hill toward the falls,
the precipice, the jumping off place
where the third party waits. Of course
it is not always so in either streams or
lives. Some currents flow so sluggishly
they hardly seem to move at all, and,
with no rapids or falls to vary their
monotony, end by dumping their al-
most stagnant volume into the cloud
veiled ocean which may as well be
called death as anything else. But of
their sort stories are seldom written.
Flossy’s second sight f1‘( quently made
little ripples in the domestic stream,
but not unpleasantly as yet for Alger-
non. When she said to him, “Alger-
non, my dear, where were you going in
such haste on Broadway this afternoon?”
or, “Who was that ugly, black browed
man with the crooked nose who was in
your oflice today?” or something else of
the sort, her pretty sympathetic way of
questioning not only afforded cues for
pleasant, confidential chats about his

information obtained from"

This time, when I

about it if you will.
faithful and innocent, he would have‘

time thinking of him; that her be ‘t
ever turned toward her love as the
faithful needle to the pole-—or the hun-
gry cat to the canary, he could also
have thought, only he did not.

On the way to his oflice one morning

a package of l(‘ll€1‘l4, saying: “Thimbcr-
1y, I was just looking for you. I wish
you would take care of tln-sc for me a
day or two. They are Jennit-‘s letters.

My wife is on the war path, and I don’t ‘
dare to keep them either at home or in ‘

my ofiice. f<.r I must be in a position to
let her sczxrcli everywhere if she de-
mands it, as I have no doubt she will
when fully worked up. The letters are
innocent enough when all the circum-
stances are und(-rstoo(l, but I wouldn’t

likc to undertake making Mrs. \Vagsr:ilT ‘

11.ll(l(’l‘.\'iZlll(l them properly. They ought
to be burn:-d, but Jcnnic wants to do

‘ that lit.-r.-‘elf to make sure they don’t go

astray. and so she shall as soon as I can
put her in po.w-ssioii of them. ”
Algernon threw the package into a

drawer of his desk, and, being busy, soon ‘

".-ll_qw'lzo:i, my «Imr, irhojrc Here you go-
ing in NIICIL luzsla. this ¢11tcnlo:m.”‘
forgot all about it. But in the course of

his remembrance, when the lady who

“Mr. Tliinibl-1~ly,” she said, “I come

" to you as a friend, and I am sure when

you know the (‘ill'l:~‘(,‘ of my trouble you

He bowed with a vaguely deprecatory
gesture, which might. have meant a. uni-
verse full of allowances-or inability to

so charming awoman could have any
trouble, or indeed almost anything she

, might choose, but it seemed to reassure
, her, and she went on, more confidently
be spurred to den1onsl".'a.tion 0:1 behalf ‘
of a. cat or :1. pct goat. as well as a. lov- ,
That it might make. her gift of sec- 5
mid sight (langerous he knew was im- 

and very rapidly.

‘ ‘I don’t want Sammy to know I have
been here, but I felt that I must see you,
because I’m sure you can tell me all
And you will,
won’t you? Mr. Thiml)erl_v—Algcrnon

‘ —-—for we are such old friends, and you
Alas, it. is the innocent‘
At ,

used to pretend that you thought a lit-
tle bit of me once, though I suppose you
have forgotten all about it by this time
—you men are so forgetful.”

She was a plump lit-tle woman, with
big eyes, into which she could cast a

very appealing expression or make them |
. so round and bahyish that they

seemed
to the unsopliisticzitetl masculine mind
full of innocence and guilelessncss and
trustfulness, in which estimate the mas-
culine mind would have been distinctly
wrong. Algernon stanunered and blush-

ed, actually blushed, and she believed;

him at her mercy. He said hesitatingly:
“I don’t. seem to exactly grasp the idea
of how I can be of any service to you, as
naturally, you know, I would wish to
be, Mrs. Wagstalf. "

“No! Haven’t I told you‘? I thought
I had, but I’m so fluste red. Wxill, it is
all in one word. I want to know all
about Jennie. Who is Jennie?"

“Jennie, Jennie.” he replied, assum- I

ing his most puzzzlcd expression and
looking as if laboring to dig up from
unfathomable abysscs in his memory
some reminiscent suggestion of having
heard some such name.

“That is what I ask you, and Jennie

What? Oh, now, Algernon, don’t 119- .

tend you don’t know, for I‘m sure you
do. You will tell me, won‘t you, Al-
gernon?” In her wily feminine way
of cajolcry she laid her chubby little
hand upon his shoulder almost care.-‘s

ingly and filled her round eyes with up

peal.

At that precise moment Flossy, sew-
ing in her own room, miles away. clear-
ly saw, with her mind’s eyes, the tab-
leau thus presented—A1gernon, in the
private room of his oifice, c.'tressc(l——0r
rather, she should say, familiz-.rl_v pawed
—by a creature who made baby eyes at
him! And he seemed to like it! What
an astounding revelation of perfidy!

To understand correctly even the best
nantomimic performance on the stage ‘

l

“Jennie who?” ,

one must know something of the canons I 11185 8-1111 111»‘T*-“1 0f l‘‘-‘0 by 1‘9d11("U011011

of expression by which certain abstract
ideas are arbitrarily conveyed, and is,

i
l

the pages of the magazines. The origi-
nals are clever and bold and free, but

.furth(-rmore, aided by the sequence of  they are 301119‘Vh11t “'flmiUg in H19 '9'
‘action through which the story is pro- lfin°m"”‘ which u-“u"'“3' distinguishes

, grcssively developed.

But frunl ,, um. |the prints after them. For this reason

im(intary g11‘mp_.;e’ Such as ,,m. might  smaller single figures, where _tl_iero
l catch in tumbling from the gall:-rv to ‘ 15 110 at“-‘mlfit 33 €‘18b0Ti"C‘ (‘0111l1051t1011-

the parquet, little could be a<~<-uratcly
apprclil-mlc(l. So it is in real life.
instant's view of the attitudes of two

.4311 ,

persons may suggest an infinite wealth -

of various inisundcrstiuidings. \Vr- tin-d

words, and even with them do not al— ,

ways succeed in putting th.ing.~‘ any too
clearly. Judging by llll]N.’l‘ft'(‘f sight

alone our deductions from what we 5: <- ‘

are in-cc.~'.~'arily simply re-flectioiis of sub-
jective conditions in our own minds.
Had Mrs. Thimbcrly be:-n a vvry unso-
pliisticatcd and uiisu.~pccting ]lt'l‘K(lIl,
she would probal.il_v—-or-at ll--.i.~'t po.-‘sibly
—-have imaginvll that her
visitor was simply soliciting lypf-\\'1'it-

lni.~'bai1:l's Q

ing work. or selling tickx-ts for sonic‘
cliuritablc “l)(‘ll(‘IlT." or .<(*('l{lll,L{ sub-

scriptions to son1ething—tlie common
. annoyzmces of ofiicc men.

But she was ;

,naturally jealous. and—-another wife‘

was starte( “on the \\'£ll’}l‘.lIll. ”
dropped her sewing and lwgllll dressing
hastily to go down town.

She -

Algernon stood well the assault by;
l\Irs. W:1gst:i.fi”s<-yes. He nu ttl1<-nifiriu— I

 ly, thought of his duty to his fellow m:.n
and said, “I don’t know anything about
any Jennie. ” Tho l‘t'('(l1‘lllllg lll1;:1'l

:(l(l1lllfl(‘.~‘f~‘. sighed as he jottvd down the

’words. but pcrliaps, when b:il:uicing his

‘books, made a little credit entry for Al-

gz-rnon‘s fidelity to his friend. "If you

know llli'I‘8 is a Jcnnic, ” he continu<~d,

. “yr iur knowlcdge is just that much more

‘ CUlll])1'(‘ll('ll.‘~‘l\'t.‘ than mine. "

“But that is all Ilcnow. And I insist 1

upon knowing <-vci'_\'tl1i11g. I halvc no
, doubt she was one of :~':unmy's old
l'lLl.lll<‘5 before we wore mzirricd, who
j continues flirting with him yct—the
sllaniclcss thing."
i “But how do you know she exists or
, ever l1-.ts‘:"
1 “Ah! It was fate! I called at my hus-
i band’s oflice yesterday and went into his
-,privatc room, as I always do. He was
lout. but his desk was open, and tlicrc,
lwrittcn on a pad to catch his eye when
.! he caine in, was a im-ssage from his
l confidential hoolikcc-per, Mr. Morgan,
5 who, as it happened, had also lit-eii call-
icd out. The iiiessagc ran: ‘J:-nnio was
i in. I told her you were in the country
l and I didn‘t expect you back for a.
inlonth.‘ I hunted his desk through and
;through for furtlicr information about
lher, but found nothing. The safe was
3 l()(‘l{('(l, so I could not search it, or I‘m
‘ sure I would have found a lot of her
Eletters, possibly her picturc. I left the
: nicsszige \Vll('l'('! it was, and when he
!('.llIll(‘ in ])1'(*f(‘Il(l1'*(l to be reading a paper
. and never let on I knew anything of his
Qvillainy, but I watched the wrctch out
F of the corner of my eye and read his
; guilt in the furtive glance he cast at
- me while he tore the inc.-'s:igc up in lit-
? tlc bits. Still I made no scene. He do: s
,!not suspect that I know anything or am
If on his truck. (“Oh, don’t he, tlio11;_'li',*"
: thought Algernon. ) And I do not incun
!that he shall until I have the proofs.
§Then let him tremble. I shall tell all to
‘ my mother. ”
“Well, I don't see how you could sup-
3 pose I should know anything about it. ”
“Because you and Sammy have all-
; ways been so thick together, and you
9 men know each other's goings on. May-
, be you think Mr. Wagstaif hasn’t told
‘ me a lot about you?"

Even that failed. Against such armor
of innocence as Algernon wore, the keen
: darts of innuendo hurtless break. So
3 Mrs. VV:igstalf gave up her attempt and
.3 went away, by no means convinced,
? however, that he could not, if he would,
; have told her a great deal, and it is

truly amazing how correct woman’s in-
‘ tuitions sometimes are in such matters.
1
i [To BE CONTl‘.\'I.'ED.]

‘ English and American Illustrators.
, In the little outer gallery of the Fine
Arts society a. few of Mr. 0. Dana. Gib-
son’s drawings are hanging. Mr. Gib-
son, as is well known, is an American
illustrator. In America artists who
work in black and white are less ham-

pered by traditions, and conventions
‘than they are here. It has been, one
might say, a part; of their artistic creed

hat the business of the wood engraver,
. or the process man, is to reproduce their
, drawings and not theirs to see that the

reproduction is made as easy and sim-
, ple as possible. They do not allow them-
‘ selves to be bound by any hard and fast-
rules as to size, lines or materials.

Mr. Gibson works on a scale that
would take away the breath of the Eng-
lish photoengraver, who looks upon the
draftsman as a mere slave of the
footrule. But so well does Mr. Gibson
know what he is doing that his draw-

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Port Huron Tunnel. .
Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .

Toronto . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
Montreal . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

are here most; charming—tho “Rejane"
and ‘ ‘A Sketch, ” for example. —Loudon
Chronicle.

LOSS OF VOICE

After Acute Bronchitis
CURED BY USING

AYER’

A PREACHEIEXPERIENCE.

“Three months ago, I took:1vio-
lent cold which resulted in an attack
of uciltl-. bronchitis. I put Ill_\‘Sclf
1lllll¢’I' luwlical ll't’:lllllt‘lll, and at the
cud of two months was no better.
I l'ound it \'«-r_v dillicult to prcacli,
and concluded to try Ayers Cherry

Cherry
Pectoral

I‘cr'tor:ll. The first bottle gave me
great rclivl"; the second, which I am
now tzllcinz. has rr-lir-veal me almost
(‘lllll‘('l_\' of all iinplvaszuit symptoms,
and I fl-cl mire that one or two hot.
tlcs more will cl‘fe.-,1: ll. permanent
cure. To all mini.-‘tors sufl'ering from
throat ll'lllllIl".<. l l‘4'('l>llllllPll(l A_\'er‘s
('llcr1‘_v l’cr-lor:il."-~ Ti. ‘Al. lln.-\wi.i-:v,
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Ayer’s cherry Pectcral

GOLD MEDAL AT THE WORLD‘S FAIR.

AYERS LEADS ALIJOTHEH SARSAPARILLASQ

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THE GRANGE VISITOR.

NOVEMBER‘ 5. 1896.

CirMi,9e: Nlew» l

l
l

.\It)_\"l‘l '.\L.‘[ l’()_\lU.\'.-X (ill.-XNHE

met with Crystal Grange at their hall
on Thiirsday, October 22. As it was !
the annual ineetiiig the election of‘
oiticers irnmediately followed the re-‘
port or (ii-aiiges. At recess the county‘
delegates ml-‘C in session and elected
state delegate. Fhe iiieetiiig was agaiii
called to order and the-. t’-moi-viiigr exs '
cellent prograin Wu.-l i'eiidered: '-.V't:‘l—
come, by .\ll‘>J. Geo. llogart, of Crys:-«ii;
respoiisc, by Mrs. Janics 'l‘a;:lor, or"
Greeiivilie: “l’UlllIl‘_V raising," (llRf.'|lS~ ,
sioii:"\\'i::»i: state and iiatioiial lawsf
are iiiijiist to iariners iiiteri-sts'."‘ le-dl
by lleiirv )1. (‘aukiii-, "llow can farm
ers best svciire the l>’Yl‘(l'3ill]€’llt of .‘l|l('lli
legislati-in as is llv‘t‘tlt'.(l to give :0 great‘
er degree of prosperity to Hlgflcllitllréllj
interest.s“.‘" which called forth (‘.‘dl'll€SE[
discussion: “What is iiieanr by than
p‘.‘lTlClpl9< -)t' theflraiige '3" "ll<)llSI.‘llHl(l
economy.” .\‘pe=c-iinens of fruit were:
preseiiterl .-is an otlkriiig to l'()lllUil?l.l
also «iiiotatioiis about fruit. The iicxtf,
ineeting of Zvloiitcaliii (‘oi1iitV Poiiioiiiil
will he held in (il“‘:*ll‘v'lll|3, iii .l:iiiii‘iry.{
l>-‘.4'.'. L
.‘-li:s. (T. H. ’l‘.. srcr-:tai~-3.’ of ?-:l\‘.

l
Wliitrieyville Grange 
l'illi(E'iIl:ll’.‘vl l‘:l'lli ii
l,l«'liilil'i' '_‘l. lll :_lns-:i.«'-* Hl lillllltlllfll
usl‘-I’. i\:\'nt.ti;'\’ .\l..~t<»l‘ l)|‘ll‘l'~(llli

' {ill :llIl><ill‘-ltil lli'o.f
t‘:iiiip:iii :,s :i<~iiii;‘ _\l:isI<-i'.j

. :‘«>‘tli4'i' :.‘ii<i .‘il~l<'l' .‘\l. ll. l“osli*‘:'ol"
l':isvr:i'lc lii':i:i'_"c \\c~'c <‘l‘.i)s(‘ -ll-ll‘-
'iill(' ii-il—

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I:-ii lo out»-i :1

(i‘i‘::‘;i,_"-‘.
il)\‘»'lll'__*‘ '»‘.:is ll'.'.'ll Hiil":'lllI

‘.\'iii-‘.i:i:=.s. It is sl.o\vii by =>%lE< ial
Z‘i.‘]H>l’l of tlic .\'L;iti- ti1':lll“‘-.‘ .\liitu:il
l“ii'c lll>ill'.l}E<".‘ l'o. of .\<"-.'-.‘ ll:iiiip-
.siiiri- that ill.‘ cost of lil.slll'2lll<_'(' iii
s:ii«l (‘Ulil]):lll_\’ is only uboiit Hill'-
izalf of thc cost iii tho miiiiitry‘
iiiiitu:ils' in this statc. and bo-
il(".'lll;_" that .\ll(‘lllf_";ll1 l’:iti'oiis«-aii
<lo liiisiiicss as (’l‘()llUlllll'.‘ll a.s our
hrotlicr l’atroiis of X. ll. 'l‘lici'r—
fort-, be it

[1,/N/I//'1//. by l{‘s‘lll l’oiiioii:i
tiriiiigc. that our Statv (ii':iii_<_-‘c at
its aiiiiual iiicctiii<_-' in l)l‘l‘(‘llll)(’l’
in-.\'t'. iiiakc an cllort to Ul‘|_1':llllZ(.‘. u
.\llClll<_":lll State lil':lll}_:'L‘ liisIiraiic<-
(,'oiiipaii_\'. :tllll bc it fiirthcr

1L)'>"”/"L//. that cach l’oiiioiia
:iii«.l Siiboriliiiatc (irraiigc in this
state arc licrcb_\' i'(-niiicstcvl to tzikc
iiiiiiicdiatciii-tioii on this siibjcn-t,
and :l.s‘(‘(‘l'l:llll about how iiiaiiy
would join said (‘Hlll}):llT.\' and re-
report by their <lclc«_r:ites to the
State (lraiige in l)cceiiibcr ncxt.

Attcr rcccss the prograiii as pro-
pared by Iiectiircr was t:il<c1i up.
'‘.\re the pi'csciit tax lziwsof Mich-
igan just to all class'c.s- of ])t‘l‘.s‘l)l‘i.\‘{i
If not. why not E"

The iiiijiistiicrss of the :ll‘ll0ll of
the laws .~'\‘£‘l1ls'L‘l) t'()lll0 from the
1ll>ll(>l1t.‘.s'i_\’()f tlic ,\".ll).l('1‘l.\‘ of thc
laws and tliooiics whoalliiiiiiisti-i't-«l
tliciii. It was llclll that lll:lll_\’ snip-
cr\'i.s'ors' wcrc partial to i-crtaiii
oiics tlizit tlicy iiii<_rht be rctaiiicil in
otlicc and coiiic up liiglicr. Pcoplc
«lcviatcil zi little in thc aiiioiiiit of
their pi-opcrt_\' in their statciiiciit to
the :isscssoi' from wliattlir-_y ii.su:ill\'
did. wlicii (‘()l1l1):ll‘ll1;:‘ tliciiiselvcs
with otlicr inch of iiioncy. More
lioiie.s't_\' iiiiioiig all would scciirc to
all more _iii.stiic.ss.

"How can our L‘i’)lll1t_\' and town-
ship taxcs he rcduccrl 1" ll_\' re-
(lll(‘ll]_;-_"O.\'1)t‘l).s'l\'€ .s:ilai'ics' and by
.loing away with iisolcss clcrlcs. let
the official liiiiisclf «lo iiiorc work
and not have so iiiaii_\' clerks to be
paid by the o\'ci-hiii-«leiicd ta.\'pa_y—
crs. It now l:ll{t‘.\' twicc the pro-
duce and labor [0 get :1 dollar to
pay the tax and .sal:ir_v than it did
when such s:il:ii'y and debt wcrc
contracted. l)i\‘iile—e«1iializc. by
statistics it was shown that in .\Ii«-h-
igan real estate bears 82;‘; per cent
of taxatioii, personal property ;3.\',';
per cent; personal estate lias only
141% per cent ofits true value. Here
is :1 grcatinjiistice, but if the law
was properly a-liiiiiiistercil. and
hoiiesty 1)l'0\':1ll(2-l this would not
be so. .~\nothcr source of taxation
which is unjust is the large foreign
pauper and criminal eiiiigrant
population. Oiil_y one-tliird of our
population coiisists of foreigners,
yet they furnish more than three-
tifth of our paupers and more than
one-half of our criminals. The ex-
pense of feeding and clothing such
an arniy of paupers and apprehend-
ing, restraining, feeding and cloth-
ing such -.1 large class of criminals
is alarming.

The great depression in foreign
countries causes vast numbers to
seek our shores and at such times
the least desirable-is the greatest.
From Austria, Hiingary and Italy,
the number in each hundred that
came who could neither read nor
write their own language was
thirty-two—or one in three.

Italian immigrants are the most

;‘::?.os ll; .‘~t:.l(-

‘the rural l’ro\'iii<-c;s' and about

nuiiierous and furnish the most il-
literate and criminal portion. In3
Russia the liigliegst mark  six in a
l)llI1(ll'e<l that attciiils school, and in 3
St. ‘
l’ctcrsl»-.ii'-_r and .\lo.s«~ow only four
in onc lllllllll'(’(l 2lllt‘IlIl school.
'l‘}ic unit school s_'i'.sll‘lll' ~ r<-solu-
tioii :-ill-i'4-«l b"-.' llro. l’:-'.ci'soii iiiaéz
“l)|:l'-lé}lf‘3‘:ll':‘~lli?§l;11i*iil':lll_Q'i-lilf
il.'.~lE‘ll<'l‘-"ll to opposo all :i:i:isIii'r-s
ll‘lllllll_’_3‘ to 7 llf' zieloptioriotlln-toI\':i—
ship iiiill .~_\.~l(‘lll.” 'l‘li:- 
isihi of tho unit an-l -listrixt p!:ai;s
as sh-mii by li. .\. llv-l.li-ii iii

ilfiii>:ll *

[l'ii:\\«.i; \'isi'i‘oi: last ~‘lli!!li¢‘l' \\'i'l'('
'iis«-«l as :irg‘iiiiix-iits.

‘.‘,7.- 'pi4l}_v‘c of
:i .s_\'s1«-iii ll)‘ tlic i'c.s;ilt.s: l‘llIll‘l' -i
. :i‘.-'- law lll:ii{lll_‘_{' it optioiial to
adopt llll‘ iiiiit plan. .sl‘\'(‘lll‘\'-ll'»’(‘
towiisliip.s' lll l'pp(-r l‘t-iiiiisiilsi
uiloptc-Tl it ziii-l thi: rt-ports at thc
ollii-i-ofpiiblivihsti'ii<'lioiiarc-:iinat-
tcr of public iiispi-ctioii. 'l‘li<- milli-
pririsoiis arc lIl:lil-‘ 1-iitii'cl_\' :i.i;oii2'
lllt'l'|ll'.'il ull.~ll‘l<'l illlll no _~':':i«lc«l
(illl‘~ arc int-lii«l<-«l:

Viii. l'ii l‘i:!‘«-V l ‘ 

‘lull i'.\i.. . Ti~l l"v‘w ~. ..l'.w xi‘ E

{l:siv,i-'

1." -I-..'-l lE.'i
l'ii ll‘l‘ llllll plan .-i-ghi ii;oi'r--.l:i_i'~-
-l!I.i'iiig' ti»: \‘<';:i'. i'~::<'lic«l
'_". pl-1‘la'iil ic.sspI1pils.<‘Iisl 7'? pr?
1‘ ‘ill l:l'il'€‘. lii .\|;_1‘ci' t‘o..iiiiit plriia.
<iliii'<-its -"Til lit!’
l=lHl\'ll!‘__" ?lll"l' l~ s«.lior>ls.1“ll pcr
lii .\lll‘f_1'.:ll zwiiiiily. oili--~:'s
l’-‘I‘l‘l\t' -‘."-'?'C- lint‘ l‘~l sci2o<vl.s.
l)ll'i{lil.\iill «*«'illlll_\'. iizii‘. plan.
'“'l.<"'l tor l-'r.s<‘liool.s: lC:iloiii-«n;iil\'
ill.~l1‘lI'l.s.  H in» HT '
.\'o:i:t- 1o\\'ii.sliip.s llll<l<'l' iiiilt piaii
2II".‘ l‘(';i'>l'l<'~l \\'ll(‘ll tlic Ulli<‘(‘l'~ i'c~.
wciiw-ll ox'-.-i- 72'. for i-\'<,-i'_\' ptipil that
Ell.ll‘ll\l(‘(l s.~liool. .‘»lr. llrlilcii
lllf_{‘ :i clcrk iii ollicc of St-itc Hiipt-1'—i
llll('l)ll(‘lll of lii.striii-tioii. l‘.\:llIllllt'(ll
l'_'\ schools. rcports 2).’; wcrc troiii;
unit plan :iii<l ninc llflll to bc rt-—:
llll'll(‘ll for ('Hl'1't‘\‘lliiil and of the-§
I192’. <ll.'~'ll'l1'l l'\‘l)()l'i.\' lcss than iiincl
hall to bc <‘(il'l'(‘I'l(‘ll. 
ll1Ill:lll:l has ll:l<l unit s\'.s‘l(‘lll furl
o\‘cI‘ ii” .\'l‘:ll’> :iii«l a coiiip:irisoii isi
ii::ulc bctwt-cii llic tlircc l1Hl'lll(‘,l'l]i
ticrs of voiiiitics anal tiic tlircc-l
.s'oiithcrii tit-rs of couiitics of Mich-1
igsiii. ;

.'\\'L‘l‘:l"-_*‘(.‘ aiiiiiial cost of £‘:l(‘ll
scliolar is $12.2‘ in lii-liana and
55.137 in i\liclii_~_»‘:i1i. Total cost at
the saiiic ratc $1'=.Tll<>.lNW in Iiidiana
and $3l.THH.Hl!H in .\lit-liigan. Ac-
coi-iliiig to cleventh ccnsiis report
the per cent of llllIL‘1':lC_\'lll liiuliana
is: (3 4-5 per cent and L’ 23-10 per
cent in .\Iiclii_«_:aii.

All thcsc .s'tateiiient.s' arc :i lll:ll-:
tor of l'(‘L‘\)l'(l and no giicss so about
tliciii. 'l‘licrcforc wc s-cc that the
unit plan fails in >«'llUUllll3'iL~ iiiaiiy
t‘lllltll‘L‘ll2 fails in the t,-llit-iciit-.\' of
school oliiccrs and fails to })l‘(Mllll,‘U
as ciiliglitciii-il pupils but the cost
is far alicail. wliicli \\’c «lo not want
:in_\' more of.

llcsoliitioii
arloptcnl.

l‘..\'('1'l'i.sc.s‘ \\’c1'c iiilci'.s‘p(*l‘.s'c(l b\‘i
\'cr_\' (;‘Xllll:1l':lllllf_“illslrlllllclllzll and
\‘1)t‘lll iiiusic. by Sister llood of
\\'liitiicy\'illc (_‘ri':iiigo. also a line:
recitation. "'l‘lic()ld and New," by
Sistci' Sarah l’attisoii of \VllltllC_\'—
villc and :1 _<_ri':iii<l recitation by
brother 1‘). K. Kcccli, of llockford. X

(hi motion a rcsolutioii \\':l5]):l.s'.s‘(:*(l
that the \\'ortli_\f Lcctiirer call :1
iiicctingin .Vo\‘ciiibei'. at (irrangc',
rooiii. ('oiirt block. city of (_lran<l
liapitls‘, for the purpose of organ-l
iziiig :1 tiraiigc liisiiraiicc (‘oiii-E
paiiy. 

Vote of tlianlgs to \Vliiti1c_v\'illel
(irangc ‘for ldiilliicss. 

(lrauge closed in pcacc and har—l
iiion_y until agaiii l:iwfully opciicd.
H. t‘. l)i-:.\'isos'. Set-'_\'.

sI'l]1lvil

svliool 1'z«'<‘i\’i-

st llniil.

scliinils.

b:'—,

of lira). l’ctcr.soii

88§88S88§88§88S8t2%t28§t28$

The Giant of Lobsters. p
The largest lobster c.\'(-rc.iiiglit on the i
coast of A1lll‘1‘l(‘lt\\'1l$ tukcn by a Bel- 5
fast (Me. lfislicrniaii in 1691. It weighed ‘
23 pounds and iiiczisure-d 37 Zlll(‘.l]E'S from g
the end of its tail to the tip of the long 1
front claws. The inonstcr was too large "
to cntcr a coiniiioii lobster trap, but as I
the trap was being drawn up it was
caught in the iictti' * and safely landed.
Many years ago a i»iiJ.~It‘1' we-igliing 22
pounds was captured near the Sam
place, and the event» was considered to
be of enough importance to be given a
place in Wil1iamsoii’s “History of Bel-
fast. ”—St. Louis Republic.

l
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Not a Mere Pedestrian.
The New Pastor—-I bog pardon, but
in what walk of lifc are you engaged?
The Brand—None, sir. Iam a. sprint-
er!—Clevclaiid Plain Dealer.

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Apple, Pear, Plum, Cherry,
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Benton Harbor. Mich.

The Sea.s‘oii'.s' at
hand.

BINDER TWINE

We’re the largest sellers in the World.

1000 TONS, liHl‘l‘.£l.1I and paid for. for this ~t'il.\'i\llA“
szilifs‘. Two kiiids .\'i.s';il and _\l;iiiilla. (,)ii;ilii}‘ tli» lmsi,
l’i'1i'c.s the li>\\'t'>f. Tli»-i'~'.s‘ just our wisc \\'zl_\‘ to l»u_\' l',in-in-i'
T\:'ll'1¢-. That's by s‘iii»p1.- Takv llw saiiip‘u- in _\‘our li:iii-l.
Tl:..\‘l‘ lT. Inn-k thv !ll‘l('¢' in tho ~-_\'e-. Tlicrc j.‘-=ii :i:'~ t’iill\_'

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Buy Binder Twine at Headquarters.

FOR THE RIGHT PRJCE

f aliiiosl t‘\'t‘l‘V\’llllllg' tli:it'.s ll‘('ll iii lit}-. ll:l\'(~ our
t‘.\'l‘.\I.( )(il‘l§ :iii«l l’»l'Yl’.l{>" (ll'll>lC :ilw:i\'s with you.
.\loiic_\' ,.:i\’c«l is .suiiic as cariicil. . i
\\'c liaiiwl it to you it" _\‘Hll l'2lll at our LII‘:-ill l!’ 2lt‘l‘o- Six-i'»'.
l>I' Srllll if fut‘ l3 l‘i‘lli.‘ llll‘Hlll‘|l'\l:lll|1»>.liIl>:l)'1iJlI'l Ml. post
a;'v- or expi'~s.s'a::~.

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No. 238, 240 and 242 East Pearl St.
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NlANl;VlOTH CATALOGUE for Fall and Winter of 18% and 1897
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Hosiery, Shawls, Corsets, Notions, Curtains, Wall Paper, Underwear,
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al Instruments, Saddles, Harness, Tents, Brus'hcs,Toys, Pipes,Guns,

Fishing Tackle, Seines, Crockery, Tinwarc,

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Blacksmith Tools, Scales, Pumps, Agricultural lmplements, etc, etc.

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