3U 5H a ©. fReoorl V O L. 4. L A N S I N G, M I C H I G A N, T U E S D A Y, O C I O B ER 11, 1898. N o. 5 Readiness. In Sunday morning in chapel, Dr. E d w a r ds gave a plain, suggestive, helpful talk on the subject of "Readi ness." T he lessons imparted were drawn from the parable of the ten virgins, and were, as the Doctor said he hoped they would be, homely and practical. the management of the land forces in the late war with Spain he found an example of the readiness of Americans to rush un prepared into momentous undertak ings. T he fact that we were suc cessful does not make the lack of preparation any the less opposed to good judgment. T he management of the navy furnishes a striking con trast. Dewey's whole life had been a preparation for the battle of Ma nila, and when the opportunity of his life came he seemed to be ready In your life for every emergency. and mine, when the occasion, the opportunity comes, there is no time for preparation. Webster, in his to H a y n e, arose memorable reply without apparent preparation and while the whole country looked on in fear and the effort of his life. A nd how was he this? W hy his whole able life had been a preparation for this occasion. He had foreseen the dan ger and prepared himself for it. He saved and won honor and fame for himself. T he thing for you and me to do is to be in readiness. trembling, made the government to do T he man who never has a chance is the man who is never ready for a chance. Success costs; it costs fore it costs self-sacrifice: it costs sight; labor; it costs perseverence. Life does not excuse lack of preparation, or lack of knowledge. T he man who takes no thought for the winter dies; the man who takes poison dies. Life is a stern, relentless task-master; kind only to those who obey abso lutely. in Readiness consists acquiring skill in something. Skill hardens into what we call habit. Physi cally, the hands do their work in stinctively; mentally the mind works automatically in a perfectly logical way—you are not puzzled by a question you. Morally, readiness consists in fixing moral habits. official does not falsify accounts sudderfly; the man has been rotten within for a long time. If you have not made yourself ready for good, you have inevitably made yourself ready for evil. T he bank suddenly shot at they A nd what shall we be ready for? " I do not believe in getting ready for death. T he man who is ready to live is the man w ho is ready to die." T h e re should be readiness to do T he something — capability. clearer your insight into your pre dispositions and what are suited for, the surer is your oppor taking tunity. Don't be afraid of too long to get ready. Secondly, to be there should be T he man something—character. that for both; is ready to do—capable, ready to be— characterful. If you respect your selves and make others respect you for your capability, then, boys, you are a success. Y ou must watch and correct your habits, and cultivate readiness succeeds ready high ideals and noble aspirations. A man can live a thousand lives in one if he widens his environment, touches more people and things. Choose your associates deliberately and choose those whose lives are largest and best. Do not let our lie by your literature magnificent side unused. Cultivate altruism and be able to say when you come to die that somebody has been bet tered. Best of all, stwdy the perfect life of Christ and be guided by it. T he First Football Game: A Victory. T he little group of supporters who accompanied the football team to Ypsilanti on Saturday were ap prehensive of defeat. Our team had had no practice against a regu larly organized opposition, while the Normals had the experience gained in at least one contest with the University. T he victory indi cated by a score of 11 to 6 in favor of M. A. C. is therefore a source of satisfaction the team and to all who are interested in their success. to the members of in in the team insisted on T he Normal T he game showed that the averaged heavier than our boys but our line was more evenly built. T he Nor mal's fleetest half-back could not play, having been disabled the game with U. of M. Captain Ran- to content ney of our team had himself with watching the game from the side line on account of a sore hand. Vanderstolpe acted as field captain and made no mistakes. team work season's training has-been justified in results. some of our It has pointed out among weaknesses as well, chief to the which is a failure ball, resulting fum bling. Practice should be arranged to overcome this defect. less Another and no important that lesson taught by the game the spectators should be kept from the field while the game is in pro gress. lines should be dis tinctly marked off to make it possi ble for referee and linesmen to fol low the g a m e; and finally, the ref eree and umpire should be persons not interested in the success of either team. in deplorable to stick T he is T he game began at 2:10 and the halves were 25 minutes long. T he field was poorly marked and it was difficult In the to measure gains. first half, M. A. C. kicked off 35 yards. Ypsi rushed the ball back to within 20 yards of center where it was lost on downs. Here began a that occurred too series of fumbles frequently the game. throughout Both sides lost ground on fumbles but M. A. C. suffered most on that account. Curtis repeatedly broke through Ypsi's line for long gains, and Russell and Wolf seldom failed to gain when sent around the ends. T h en a fumble would give the ball to the Normals and they would rush it back a short distance only to lose it on another fumble or on downs. After eight minutes of play M. A. C. the ball on Ypsi's 5-yard line had and Russell was sent around the right end for the first touchdown. Russell kicked goal. Score, M. A. C. 6; Ypsi, o. Ypsi kicked off over fumbles the goal line. On second trial t re ball rolled 10 yards into M. A. C.'s territory and was fallen on by Mc- Clouth. Curtis broke through for a run of 40 yards, but the referee sent the ball back for offside play. M. A. C. held Ypsi for downs, and Russell ran 20 yards. Curtis made 5 more. T h en an exchange of cour tesies by way of the in possession of M. A. C. on ball Ypsi's 40-yard line. Russell made the whole distance in one run and scored the second touchdown. Time, 21 minutes. T he trial at goal failed. Ypsi kicked off again, 15 yards, and got the ball. T h ey were unable to gain and lost it to M. A. C. on a fumble. T he half closed with the ball not far from the center of the field, and the score 11 to o in favor of M. A. C. left In the second half the Normals braced up and played hard. T h ey kicked off 25 yards and M. A. C. brought the ball back 15 yards. T h en Ypsi. got the ball on downs and began to persistently pound the line for small gains until Churchill pushed over for a touchdown. Gor ton kicked goal. Time 15 minutes. Just here someone the crowd struck Russell in the back and an other attacked the umpire, Mr. Keep. A row was averted by prompt action on the part of the Normal boys and it is due them to say that they were heartily ashamed of the disgraceful exhibition. T he trouble was caused by the rowdy element in attendance from the city, and would not have occurred if the field had been prop erly roped to keep out the crowd. in M. A. C kicked off 25 yards and Ypsi. returned the kick to the cen ter. M. A. C. brought the ball to Ypsi's 10-yard line. A long delay was caused by the umpire's decision of a foul tackle by a Normal player. the Ypsi. rushed on center but downs. it the ball in T he game closed with in M. A. C's possession and well Ypsi's Final" score, M. A. C, 1 1; Normals, 6. the ball toward lost territory. T he line-up of the teams was as follows: M A. C. . . .Gorton (capt.) Baker .. .. Thayer . Curtis . Skinner . . . left guard McClouth . . .. center . Vanderstolpe left end left tackle .. Vail Normal. Cross . . . . . . . (capt.). . . right guard . . .. right tackie . . .. Warner Parks Dietz McCue Russell Wolf Lundy . . .. right end quarter . left half right half fullback. . . .. .Churchill Referee and umpire, Mr. Keep and Mr. Jewett, changing positions in the halves.— H. K. v. . . . Kruz Conklin Reid Morse Tyson Meeting of M. I. A. A. Directors. last Friday T he M. I. A. A. directors held a meeting for organization, in J a c k son night. W. C. Stripp, Kalamazoo, was elected president; E u g e ne Price, M. A. C. 1st vice president; G. J. Shaughniss, Hillsdale, 2d vice president; Prof. T. F. Kain, Olivet, secretary; Prof. C. E. Barr, Albion, treasurer. '99 will be held the Field day for first Friday and Saturday in J u n e. L. P. Whitcomb, Ypsilanti, was to secure a appointed committee referee; Messrs. Shaughniss and Stripp, committee on medals, and Kalamazoo Prof. Barr and Mr. Whitcomb were selected to draw up and submit rules for basket ball. A motion to do away with the percentage plan in baseball was laid on the table until next meeting. sub mitted . an amendment extend the time at which profession als shall be excluded inter collegiate sports from 1899 to 1903; and Ypsilanti, an amendment to rule 5, to allow two instead of one contestant from each college in the indoor F e a t h e r - w e i g ht wrestling was restored to the list of sports. to rule 3, to s p o r t s. from T he next meeting will be held the first Friday night in February. From C a mp Poland. T h r o u gh the kindness of Mr. Gunson we are enabled to publish part of a letter received by him from D - B. Jewell '00, who is with Co. E., 31st Regiment, at Knoxville. intend is mustered " Y ou ask if I to return to College. I certainly do as soon as possible, but at present it is rather indefinite—probably not before next year. T h e re seems to be no possible chance of my getting out until the company I do have any chance I shall make to hear the most of it. the College is doing so well this year, but miss being there myself. If I can get out of this soon I could begin think I could pull through and graduate with '00. the winter I am glad term. out. If I "Arm'" life agrees with me pretty well in everything but my inclina tion. I weigh as much as when I left home and have not had a half- dozen sick days. Millar and Austin expect furloughs soon, so then there will be only four of the original eight left in our tent—Clark, H a r t, Eckenfels and myself. Millar is better than he was but is very weak and has ups and downs in his illness. Clark and I are the only ones who have not had long pulls of illness. T he boys are all anxious to get out, and most of the old M. A. C. boys intend to return for short courses if nothing more." T he First Military Hop. in the course of Military hops will again be a feature of social life at the College. It is now thought that four or five will be held the year. T he first of the series will be he'd in the armory next Friday night from eight to eleven-thirty o'clock. Bristol will surnish music. Following are the chairmen of com mittees that will have charge of these parties: Arrangements, Capt. reception, Capt. F l y n n; Russell; invitation, Capt. H u r d; finance, Capt. Severance; floor, Capt. J o h n son. We suffer more from the devil within than without. A N ew York man is said to have in his sleep because he walked dreamed he had no car-fare. A HOPE. 'Tis expectation makes a blessing dear; Heaven were not heaven if we knew what it were. — S IR JOHN SUCKLING. 2 T HE M. A. C. R E C O R D. O C T O B ER 11, 1898. THE M. A. C. RECORD. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. EDITED BY THE FACULTY, A S S I S T ED BY T HE S T U D E N T S. S U B S C R I P T I O NS S H O U LD BE S E NT TO T HE S E C R E T A R Y, A G R I C U L T U R AL C O L L E G E, M I C H. SUBSCRIPTION, - • 50 CENTS PER TEAR Send money by P. O. Money Order, Draft, Kegistered Letter. Do not send stamps. Business Office with L A W R E N CE & V AN B U R EN Printing Co., 122 Ottawa Street East, Lansing, Mich. Entered as second-class matter at Lansing, Mich. For various reasons T HE M. A. C. RECORD is occasionally sent to those who have not sub scribed for the paper. Such persons need have the no hesitation about taking the paper from postofnce, for no charge will be made for it. The only way, however, to secure T HE R E C O RD regularly is to subscribe. Official Directory. Y. M. C. A.—Regular meeting's Sunday evening-s at 6:00 and Thursday evenings at 6:30. F. N. Lowry, President. C. H. Parker, Cor. Secretary. Y. W. C. A.—Weekly meeting's for all ladies on the campus, Tuesday evenings at 8:00, in Abbot Hall. Sunday meetings with the Y. M. C. A. Miss Russei Taylor, President. Miss Emma Bach, Cor. Secretary. KING'S DAUGHTERS—Meet alternate Wed nesdays. Mrs. J. L. Snyder, President. Mrs. W. Babcock, Secretary. NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY — Meets the last Wednesday of each month at 6:36 P.M., in the Zoological Lecture Room. W. B. Barrows, President. A. J. Cook, Secretary. BOTANICAL CLUB—Meets Monday evenings at 6:30 in the Botanical Laboratory. B. Barlow, President. Miss Marie Belliss, Secretary. SHAKESPEARE CLUB—Meets Wednesday evenings at 7:30. Dr. Howard Edwards, Presi dent. COLUMBIAN LITERARY S O C I E T Y- — Meetings every Saturday evening at 7:00. Fourth floor, Williams Hall. " F. E. West, President. George Severance, Secretary. ECLECTIC SOCIETY—Meetings every Satur day evening at 7:00, Fourth Floor, Williams Hall. ]. Bulkeley, President. F. L. Radford, Secretary. FERONIAN SOCIETY—Meetings every Fri day afternoon at 1:00, West Ward, Wells Hall. S. Gertrude Lowe, President. E. Winifred Can- nell, Secretary. HESPERIAN SOCIETY—Meetings every Sat urday evening at 7:00, West Ward, Wells Hall. W. D. Hurd. President. C. H. Smith, Secretary. OLYMPIC SOCIETY—Meeting's every Satur day evening- at 7:00, Fourth Floor, Williams Hall. F. R. Crane, President. W. R. Wright, Secretary. P HI DELTA T H E TA F R A T E R N I TY — Meeting's every Friday evening at 7:30, East Ward, Wells Hall. H. B. Clark, President. A. B. Krentel, Secretary. T H E M I AN SOCIETY.—Meetings every Satur day evening at 7:00, Chapel. Frances Russell, President. Coral Havens, Secretary. UNION LITERARY SOCIETY — Meetings every Saturday evening at 7:00, U. L. S. Hall. John Severence, President. G. E. Towar, Secre tary. TAU BETA PI FRATERNITY—Meetings on alternate Thursday evenings. Tower Room, Me chanical Laboratory. W. H. Flynn, President. P. S. Rose, Secretary. CLUB BOARDING ASSOCIATION — G. B. Wells, President. H. S. Putney, Secretary. M. A. C. ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION—E. W. Ranney, President. R. M. Norton, Secretary. T he W o rk of t he Experiment Sta t i o n: W h at It Should Be. ^EXTRACTS FROM AN ADDRESS GIVEN BY HON. CHARLES W. GARFIELD AT THE DEDICATION OF THE NEW BIOLOGI CAL B U I L D I NG OF T HE N EW YORK EXPERIMENT STATION. T he highest satisfaction comes to the occupation of farming in but is by widen one way, and that ing the angle of vision of the far mer. You may have all the material elements of prosperity within reach, and if the farmer remains in his lit tle hollow he must always be handi capped. is only by lifting him up so he can, from a vantage ground, have a wider range of sight that his success can be broadened and made effectual. T he things, the methods, the promises, the inducements, will be unavailing unless his own angle of vision is widened. It To attain the broad success &o de sirable, requires more than a knowl edge of this highway that leads to ward it. T h e re must be a purpose, something more valuable than lands, barns and stock; more vital even than influence. I mean the oppor tunity for sweet, wholesome, earnest and useful living Allow me to make two prefatory statements of things I can see with out the aid of a glass, which you will readily recognize as soon as your attention is called to them. 1. T he higher education as given in our academies, colleges and uni versities does not promote a love of rural life nor awaken a tendency to enter rural occupations. 2. On the other hand notice that in the struggle for wealth in our ur ban life, there is a very general de sire eventually to retire from com mercial and mercantile affairs to the more quiet, restful life of the farm, the competence shall be ac after quired. T he agricultural college and the experiment station have been brought into our educational scheme to demonstrate that with educational equipment of a high order and of the the right sort, rural finest opportunities for successful enterprise in the broad sense I have already enunciated. These institu tions say to the young people just stepping upon the platform of active " Here in the pursuit of agri life: the best culture you can employ thought, the widest education, in a most effective way, for the betterment of mankind and the noblest life of the individ ual." the keenest acumen, life offers They say to the people already engaged in agriculture, or those of mature years longing for the acqui sition of sufficient property to safely enter agriculture: " You do not need to acquire riches in anottier vocation in order to reap the highest satisfac tion in the pursuit of agriculture. T he possibilities are with you and in you." T h ey say to the man of wealth w ho expects eventually to turn his attention to agriculture: " Y e s, you are unquestionably right; there are delights in rural life you know not of in the activities of trade. Don't wait too long or strive to get too large a competence before you hie yourself to the country." T he experiment station has dig nified agriculture by showing that the successful farmer is scientific in his methods, and that he is successful because he is scientific. It is through together this influence of welding the best practice with the findings of science in a simple and effective manner that the best and most suc cessful practitioners in the pursuit of agriculture have been rapidly drop ping off the manacles of superstition and been awakened to the truth that the curtain has been raised between them and the workers in laboratory and the they knowledge that ail are fellow work ers in the same field of activity, even employing the same tools. All are scientists together library; rejoice in To-day, in my own state, the hor ticulturists are openly and without loss of self respect, acknowledging their dependence upon the Experi in ment Station for constant and the creasingly valuable aid. And men of science are happy in their opportunity to take off their hats to men like Lyon, Morrill, Stearns, Monroe and Kellogg, leaders in our horticultural practice, and acknowl their scientific ability. This edge relationship and inspiring. . . .. is healthful, beautiful tuition the man to emphasize In running your eye over the great field of work for the experi should be ment station, the first and most important object of consideration. the evolution In of the highest type of farmer we must not only quicken his aptitude to turn the raw material things into money, but we must seek to develop a full, rounded manhood,and insofar as the experiment station can teach men a keen appreciation of the won derful eadowment God has given the farmer in the storehouses of na ture, it can properly be a teacher of It must not neglect in all religion. this the fact that nature resents any abuse of her beautiful offerings. T he tearing off and casting aside all of nature's embroidery in shrubs and trees; the burning of her drapery by sweeping out of existence the vines with which she has embellished the waste places, creates a barrenness in life more to be regretted than barren acres. T he ruthless destruction of forests will the immediate not be balanced by income from the virgin soil thus ex posed, nor will the offense be con doned even if the wealth thus gar nered is employed to endow a hos pital, a library, a university or even an experiment station. T he best product of the farm, the children, may be dwarfed and warped out of comeliness by a bald, barren home from which has been taken all the beautiful things which were intend ed as a legacy, in the interest of more acres or a larger bank account. We have been endowed with five senses for a higher purpose than to gather wealth or satisfy the necessities of animal nature. T h ey should be quickened and rendered acute in the the noblest side of our interests of station nature. has a duty to perform in enlarging the usefulness of these attributes of man by giving a wider range to their activities and exciting them to a more delicate conception of na ture's creations. To develop fruits and vegetables with infinite variety in beauty of form and color and taste and aroma; by bringing out, through nature's wonderful pro cesses, poems in trees, shrubs, vines through combination, and that increase the vari ations that are to add to the attrac tions of sight, smell, taste and feel ing—these are some of the avenues of usefulness the experiment station has not utilized to any great extent and through which the money spent in its support will pay a large return for the investment. Better than all this is the quickening of the senses to keener observation, thus adding to the pleasure of existence and to a the intense appreciation of more wonders of this world of ours. Does not this thought widen our concep tion of the height and length and breadth and depth of the possible . . .. work of the experiment station? T he age of a country seems to have a good deal to do with the im portance of the experiment station as a factor of assistance. Wholesale thieving can be practiced on the soil in a new country, drawing upon stored fertility; but after the hus bandman has stolen from the soil until it is impoverished, after he has destroyed the lungs of the country through elision of the timber growth, and shorn the landscape of all its beauty, and taken away all protection from drying winds and parching sun; when the relief and restfulness that once came to tired human nature flowers; indefinitely T he experiment the Almighty from woodland and streams and soft breezes and bird songs are no more, because of man's rapacity and short sightedness; when in sheer despair the soil drops down tiller of the files a petition on his knees and with for help be cause he sees no other avenue of as sistance, then the answer to prayer comes through the work of the ex periment station. It is a minister of good come to answer the " cry of Macedonia," and fulfills the same kind of a mission as the pulpit in ex pounding to the people the law of God and giving light as to the only method through which forgiveness and pardon from a deserved punish ment for infraction of law can come. I wonder if it has occurred to you what a mean the average fellow man of this country has been in his relation to God? T he question of how he prays, or how devoted he to his church, or what has been church he belongs to, has nothing to do with his case. He may keep the Sabbath, and, in truth, be exem plary in obeying the injunctions of the decalogue, have family prayers and give tithes to the poor, and still in his most direct relationship to " T he giver of all good and perfect g i f t s" be thoroughly mean. I have known many a God-fearing man, full of religious fervor and activity and overflowing with love to his fel low man, sweep off the great herit age of timber from a wide area of land, convert the income from it in to his bank account, leaving behind him debris which becomes tinder for a passing spark, which soon turns a beautiful piece of green earth into an abomination of desolation; and not only this, but through his crim inal carelesness unmeasured wealth of beauty and utility destroyed from untold acres upon which he had no rights whatever through the impetus given an element of destruction there is no power to stay. I have known men renowned for sweetness of temper and perfection of character, taking crop after crop from a rich virgin soil, returning nothing, and without a word or an act of gratitude continue the process until the humus was all gone and only barrenness remained; then abandon it and invest the ill gotten proceeds in mortgages upon other lands notyet impoverished. Is this treating God fairly ? A son w ho would thus treat an inheritance from an earthly pa rent would justly receive the sever est condemnation of his sta T he agricultural tion finds things and a good many of those men w ho have not yet met with a change of heart. to aid in the work of regeneration and has only entered upon the threshhold of its usefulness. this condition of instrumentality experiment It is an fellows. T he redmption of the race is not all in the hands of the clergy nor are church methods the only profitable ones to employ in this greatest work investigation in the world. Every into the hidden processes of N a t u re having for the better its subject ment of mankind; and every act in the harnessing of Nature's laws and directing them in the work of de veloping is in the there world in the interests of a higher type of manhood, puts man in closer touch with the creative genius and gives him clearer conceptions con cerning the divine plan. T h us is his religious nature quickened and there is opened to his view a great field of useful labor which has in it an eternal meaning. the best To seek the hidden movements of O C T O B ER 11, 1898. T HE M. A. C. R E C O R D. to develop God's laws, and give to them a new and marvelous application in sub serving the highest interests of man hood; to awaken in men a knowl edge and appreciation of the won drous beauty of the world and de velop an ability to utilize its prin ciples in the evolution of a beautiful farm; in man a con science with reference to leaving that part of the earth in which he dwells and for which he is responsible, bet ter, more attractive and more useful as a result of his sojourn in it, cer the attributes of tainly deals with what we denominate the higher life and places the work of the experi ment station as an ally to the pulpit. We cannot afford to lose sight of the catholic view and to use our in fluence in engendering in the minds and hearts of the station workers a devotion to the best thought concern ing the ultimate influence of these efforts. Let us give them to under stand that we expect them to create a sentiment for the highest aim in life. Let us not forget, ourselves, that in their earnest endeavors they are not only seeking light, but they are aiding us to have it more abun dantly. their angle of In this manner will be emphasized and rendered effective the points I have tried to make, that the experi ment station shall center its activi the purpose of ties upon men for widening vision, and in so doing awaken in them a keener appreciation of this beautiful globe and the laws that govern it; develop a desire in us all to do some thing to perpetuate the most satis factory conditions for happiness on the part of those who come after us; to evolve methods of dealing with the material that will awaken in men a right habit of thought concerning the relationship to all of science and art as applied the affairs of rural life; and beyond and above all to demonstrate that in the occupation of agriculture there is opportunity for the exercise of the widest range of faculties in the pros ecution of the noblest purposes of life. things of earth At t he College. Prof. Holdsworth is receiving a week's visit from his father. Messrs. Bulkeley, Edwards and Hilton are assisting Dr. Marshall. C. A. McCue has been elected football the sophomore captain of team. Our grain was threshed Saturday with a "separator having a wind stacker. Mr. Alvord was called to the funeral of his mother at Reading last week. Mr. and Mrs. K. L. Butterfield have removed to 311 W a l n ut street north, Lansing. T he farm department reports corn as a good crop. About 500 bushels have been cribbed. Miss Welch, of Ionia, spent Fri day and Saturday with her niece, Miss Erean Rich '02. T he Misses V an Loo were much surprised Thursday at receiving a visit from their father. Mrs. W o o d w o r th and Paul are spending the week with Mrs. Wood- worth's mother in Chicago. Professor Blunt is entertaining bis mother, Mrs. E. L. Blunt, of A nn Arbor, w ho will remain here until Christmas. T he football team goes to A nn Arbor for a game tomorrow, and to South Bend, Ind., for a game with Notre Dame Saturday. H o w a rd Severance, of East Jor dan, is visiting his brother, J o hn Severance '99. He expects to be a student at M. A. C. next year. T h e re will be a recess tomorrow afternoon to allow College people to attend the exercises at the unveil ing of the Blair statue in Lansing. Joseph A. Bulkeley, of N ew South Wales, Australia, will represent the College in the intercollegiate stock- judging contest at the Omaha Expo sition. Prof, and Mrs. Smith, after at tending the Omaha Exposition, will take a through the sugar beet fields of Nebraska and visit the beet sugar factory at Grand Island. trip T he union meeting of the Y. M. C. A. and the Y. W. C. A. will be held Sunday evening from 7 to 8. Leader, Mr. Beal. Subject: " T he relation of the M. A. C. to mission ary work." T he librarian will no longer send notices to holders of books when their time has expired. Books may two weeks and for each be kept day that they are kept after the two weeks have passed a fine of five cents will be collected. T he King's Daughters will meet with Mrs. Babcock Thursday after noon at 3 o'clock. Lesson, the 103d This Psalm. is " pound w e e k" and time for election of officers. A full attend ance of members is desired. " Bless." the Text T he taken four colonies of bees that to Chandler's marsh were August 1 were brought back last week, and upon being weighed were to have gained about 40 found pounds per colony more than four colonies of equal weight left here. Promotions and Appointments in Cadet Battalion. T he orders published October 4 the following promotions included and appointments: Company B. — Private J. B. Stewart, to be corporal. Company C. — Sergeant F. E. West, to be first sergeant; corporal F. L. Radford and privates S. L. Ingerson and C. H. Smith, to be sergeants; privates F. H. Foster, B. Laubach, and W. B. Nevins, to be corporals. Company D. — Sergeant S. T. Swift, to be lieutenant; privates S. L. Christensen, H. Rupert, B. P. Smith and W. W. Wells, to be cor porals. During the absence of First Sergeant Ranney, Sergeant Hilton will act as first sergeant of Co. D„ and Corporal Bailey will act as ser geant to replace Sergeant Hilton. Corporal R. L. Bigelow was ap pointed drum major. A Curious Custom. Scotch thrift is commemorated in the caps worn by the presiding of ficer at the graduation exercises of the universities of Edinburg and of St. Andrews. At the former the cap is made out of the seat of an old pair of breeks that once belonged to George Buchanan, while the latter makes use of a cast-off pair of J o hn Knox's. Prof. Chiene, President of the Royal College of Surgeons at Edinburg, is authority for the statement.— The Pen nsylva nian. The M. A. C. Special Hat Is now on sale; much nicer hat than last season; better material and workmanship— the price remains the same, Fifty Cents. H you want up-to-date neck wear I would have great pleas ure in showing you the most complete line of natty ties in Lansing. Sweaters, Golf Hose, Caps, Hats and Shirts are lines in 3 SIMONS DRY GOODS CO. OPENING SALE OF Ladies and Misses Fall and Winter Outer Garments. —1 u 3 O -*-> in &0 ft •2 u. 3 a n o C/5