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L A N S I N G,  M I C H I G A N,  T U E S D A Y,  N O V E M B ER  15,  1898. 

N o.  10 

Some  Actions  of  Bacteria. 

At  the  meeting  of  the  Natural 
History  Society 
last  Wednesday 
evening  M r. Marshall  gave  an in 
talk  on  some 
teresting  half-hour 
actions  of bacteria.  After  a few  in 
troductory  remarks  on the  study  of 
bacteria 
the  morphologic, 
physiologic  and  chemic  points  of 
view,  he proceeded  to  explain  more 
at 
the  chemic  action  of 
bacteria  and to  describe  the forma 
tion  of  one important  chemic  pro 
duct,  lactic  acid. 

length 

from 

Pasteur  discovered  in  1857 that 
lactic  acid  was the result of  ferment 
ation  and that  it was  produced  by  a 
specific  germ  although  he  did  not 
isolate  the  germ  in  a pure  culture. 
Previous  to this  time  and  for  a  few 
years  after,  it was  believed  by  Lie-
big  and  others  that  it was  the  result 
of  oxidization. 

T he  most  common  example  of its 
production  is in the souring  of  milk. 
Lactic  acid  germs  are  found  all 
around  the  dairy—in  the  utensils, 
on  the sides  and  udders  of the  cows, 
in  the  dust  of the  stable.  They get 
into  the milk,  where  owing  to  the 
warm  temperature  and the presence 
of  lactose  or milk  sugar,  they  multi 
ply  very  rapidly.  T he  action  of 
the  bacteria  is upon  the milk  sugar, 
the  molecules  of  which  are  split up 
in  such  a way as to form  lactic  acid. 
Milk  sours  more  rapidly  in  warm 
weather  because  the  temperature is 
more  favorable  for  the  growth  of 
bacteria.  With  proper  milking the 
speaker  said  milk  would  keep  ten  or 
eleven  days,  while  with  ordinary 
milking  it  sours  in  two  or  three 
days.  By proper  milking  he meant 
cleaning  the sides  and udder  of the 
cow  and keeping  them  damp  during 
the  time  of  milking,  so that  no  dust 
or  hairs  will  fall  into  the pail.  T he 
latter  and  all  other  utensils  that at 
any  time  come  in  contact  with the 
milk  should  also  be sterilized.  T he 
important  thing  is to  keep  the bac 
teria  out of the milk;  if  this  be done 
the  milk  will  not sour. 

Lactic  acid  is also found  in  butter, 
cheese,  beer,  wine,  vinegar,  sauer 
kraut,  canned  fruit,  sour  bread, etc. 
It  is found  in the stomach  in cases of 
dyspepsia,  and it causes  the  teeth to 
decay.  Under 
the  tartar  of  the 
teeth  the bacteria  act on particles of 
lactic 
nitrogenous  food  to  produce 
acid,  which  in  turn  unites  with the 
calcium  of  the  teeth  and forms  cal 
cium 
lactate,  and  thus  a  cavity  is 
produced.  To  prevent  decay  the 
from 
should  be  kept  free 
teeth 
tartar. 

Mr. M. "W. Fulton  Takes Up  Farm 
ing  for  Himself. 

Mr.  M. W. Fulton  has handed in 
his  resignation  as  Instructor  in Agri 
culture  and  Experimenter  in  Soil 
Physics,  to  take  effect  at  an early 
day. 

He  came  to the Farm  Department 
directly  from  the  graduating  plat 
form  in  1895.  By  his  faithfulness 
to  duty  and  conscientious  devotion 
to  his  work  he  has succeeded  not 
only  in deserving  the public  appro 
bation  of the College  authorities but 
in  winning  a 
large  place  in  the 
affection  of both  his  co-workers  in 
this  department  and  the  students 
that  have  reported  to  him. 

For  several  terms  Mr.  Fulton has 
had  immediate  charge  of  "student 
labor."  He  has made  that  function 
of  appreciated  value  to the students 
and  a pleasure  to the teachers. 

T he  result  of  his long  and  pains 
taking  series  of  experiments  on cul 
tivation  and soil  moisture  and on the 
draft  of wagons  and  other  farm im 
plements  will  be  published  in  t wo 
forthcoming  bulletins. 

Mr,  Fulton  leaves  the College to 
take  charge  of  the  Fulton  farm  at 
Highland  Park,  almost  within  the 
city  limits  of  Detroit.  He  goes  to 
his  work  armed  with  the combina 
tion  of  scientific  training  and  prac 
tical  experience,  which  added  to 
natural  ability,  will  insure  success in 
the  intensive  farming 
adapted  to 
proximity  to a large  city. 

T he  best  wishes  of  the  College 
population  go  with  M r. and  Mrs. 
Fulton  on  their  return  to their old 
c. D.  S. 
home. 

A  Touch  of  Winter. 

paths 

T he  heavy  snow-fall  of last  week 
has  given  to  our  campus  every a p 
pearance  of  winter.  Wednesday 
night  about  midnight  snow  began 
falling,  and it did not cease  until six 
o'clock  Thursday  evening.  Eight 
or  nine  inches  of  snow  fell  and  the 
snow-plow  was kept  busy  nearly all 
of  Thursday  and  part  of  Friday 
forenoon,  clearing 
to  the 
various  buildings.  T he  warm  sun 
shine  Friday  afternoon  and Satur 
day  aroused  a hope  among  our foot 
ball  enthusiasts  that  we  might  be 
able  to  play  the  game  scheduled 
with  Olivet  yesterday  afternoon,  but 
Sunday  more  snow  came  and  they 
were  forced  to  the conclusion  that 
another  week  must  pass  without  a 
game.*  This  was a  sore  disappoint 
ment,  for  our team  is sadly  in need 
of  the  practice  such  a game  would 
have  given,  to prepare  them  for  the 
hard  game  with  Ypsilanti  here  next 
Saturday. 

T he  American  Volunteer. 

T he  distinguished  soldier,  Gea€ral 
O.  O. Howard,  will  lecturejn  Lan 
sing  Nov. 17th on  " T he  American 
Volunteer,"  with 
facts  aboutl the 
recent  war.  No man is better  qual 
ified  by  ability  or  experience  to 
speak  on  this  timely  and  inspiring 
theme.  T he generation  of  leaders 
in  our  civil  struggle  are fast  passing 
away  and this  is a  rare  opportunity 
to  hear  one of  the  sturdiest.  Gen 
eral  Howard's  lecture  is  given  for 
the  benefit  of  the  new building of 
Pilgrim  Congregational  church. 
It 
is  hoped  that  a  generous  patronage 
will  be  given.  T he  lecture  is held 
in  Plymouth  church.  Tickets  are 
50  cents. 

Thanksgiving  Excursion  to  Kala 
mazoo. 

T he  most important  football  game 
in  the M. I. A. A.  this  season  will 
be  our  game  at Kalamazoo  Thanks 
giving  Day.  Both  colleges  recog 
nize  this  fact,  and both  are  putting 
forth  strenuous  efforts  to put a  win 
ning  team  on  the  field  that  day. 
Both  teams  have  won from  Albion 
and  Olivet,  but  our score  has been 
much  the larger  in  each  case.  By 
all  the  indications  we ought  to  win. 

If  we  do  the  cup  is  ours.  We 
know 
that  every  member  of  our 
team  will  "  fight  to  the  last  ditch  " 
for  that  game.  But we  must  not 
ask  them  to  do  all the work  with 
out  our  loyal  support. 

them 

lines  who  believe 

How  can we  give  that  support ? 
the  players;  by 
By  encouraging 
showing 
that  we  believe  in 
them;  by going  with  them  Thanks 
giving  morning,  200  strong;  by 
cheering 
them  on  to  victory.  No 
man  on  the  team  will  lie  down 
while  he has breath  to go ahead, if 
he  knows  there  are 200 men on  the 
side 
in  him. 
forego 
Kalamazoo 
their  trip  home  in order  to be at  the 
game. 
If  150 of  our 400 students 
will  be as sacrificing,  we can  have a 
special  train  with  a rate of $1.50  for 
the round  trip.  Many  of the  faculty 
and  many  of  the  students—nearly 
100  in  all—have  already  signified 
their  intention  of  going.  Hand  in 
your  name at once to the committee. 
Let  us  show  that  we  can  loyally 
support  a winning  team. 

students  will 

household  economics is being  afford 
ed  by  the  Women's  department of 
the  Michigan  Agricultural  College, 
therefore, 

Resolved,  T h at  we  heartily  com 
mend  the  same  to the club  women 
of  Michigan  and  urge  a  larger  ac 
quaintance  with  the  institution and 
patronage  of the same  in the interest 
of  better  homes  for  our  common 
wealth. 

T he  Literary  Societies. 

ECLECTIC  SOCIETY. 
On  November  5th, the  Eclectic 
the  following  pro 

Society  gave 
g r a m: 
Washington  was  quoted. 
Current  Events, 
Declamation,  "Lasca," 

D.  Macdougall. 

Custer  Carland. 

Article,  "Life  of  Washington," 

D.  B.  Finch. 

Original  Declamation,  "  'Ticdom' 

of  Forty  Years A g o ," 

Extemporaneous  Talk,  "Co-eds," 

Jos.  A.  Bulkeley. 

E.  S.  Good. 

Good  N e ws 

from  One  of  Our 

Critic  for the evening  was. 

Graduates. 

Office  of  Superintendent, 

Pima 

School. 

S A C A T O N,  A R I Z .,  N O V. 4,  1898. 
Dear  Sir: — 1  was 

transferred 
from  Omaha  Agency,  Nebraska, 
on  the  first  of  September  and am 
now  settled  very  cosily  with  my 
wife  and  little  son three  months  old, 
at  this  place.  My  transfer  was  an 
unexpected  promotion  whereby  I 
receive  an  increase  of  $200  per 
annum;  hence  I  rejoice. 
in  the  land  of  the  famous  "Giant 
Cactus,"  "Gila  Monster," etc. 
rain  has  fallen 

since  my 
arrival  and, with  the exception  of  a 
few  days  after  my  arrival  which 
were  rather  warm,  the  weather  has 
been  very  pleasant.  T he  universal 
opinion  concerning  this  climate, is, 
that,  with  the exception  of the three 
months  of  intense  heat  during the 
summer,  it  is  very  healthful  and 
delightful. 

No 

I  am  now 

I  have  missed  the  R E C O RD  very 

much  and  shall  be  pleased  to re 
ceive  it at the above  address. 

With  best  wishes  for  the  con 
tinued  prosperity  of  the  Michigan 
Agricultural  College, fond  memories 
of  which  I  will" continue  to  cherish 
wherever  I  may wander, 

I am 

Yours  very  sincerely, 

D.  D.  M C A R T H U R,  '94. 

A  Deer  Park  at M. A. C. 

W o r k m en  are  erecting  a  park 
wire  fence,  seven  and  one-half 
feet 
high,  around  the  wood-lot  north of 
Prof.  Weil's  residence  and a part of 
the  arboretum,  which  will  hence 
forth  be our deer  park.  We have 
arranged  to  secure  three  deer  from 
Belle  Isle  and  later  may add elk  and 
buffalo. 

Complimentary  to  the  Women's 
Department. 

T he 

following 

resolution  was 
adopted  by the  State  Federation of 
Women's  Clubs  at  its  annual  meet 
ing,  held  recently  in  Manistee: 

W H E R E A S, 

and  greatly  needed 

important,  valuable 
instruction  in 

T he  society  was  agreeably 

M.  G.  Hillman. 
sur 
prised  during  the  business  meeting 
by  a call  from  G. B. Wells,  w ho at 
present  has  charge  of  athletics  at 
Alma. 

FERONIAN  SOCIETY.' 
On  Friday  evening,  November 
11,  the Feronian  society  entertained 
their  friends  of the Hesperian  society 
in  the  rooms  of  the  latter.  T he 
following 
literary  program  was 
rendered: 

Quotations 

Papers. 

from  Agricultural 

Oration  — " T he  Prevalence  of 
Modern  Fiction  is an Advantage "— 
Miss  Bristol. 

Select  Reading  from  De  Quincy's 

"Joan  of  Arc"—Miss  Monroe. 

Music—Miss  Rich. 
Society  Paper,  illustrated  by Miss 

Frances  Farrand—Miss  Robson. 
Critic—Miss  F ay Wheeler. 
Light  refreshments  were  served 
themselves 
and  the  guests  amused 
by  games  and  dancing  until  the 
party  broke  up at  the early  hour of 
11 p.  m. 

Miss  Florence  Hedges  with  '01 is 
taking  a  course  in  Latin,  German, 
Greek,  English,  and  history  at  the 
University. 

Miss  Pearl  Kedzie  '98 enjoys her 
work  at Wellesley  very  much.  S he 
is  taking  language  and  music princi 
pally. 

Several 

received 

interesting 

letters  have 
been 
from  Miss  Lilian 
Wheeler  '93,  w ho is  spending  the 
winter  in  Washington,  D. C.  S he 
is  taking  advantage  of the Congres 
sional  Library,  and recently  enjoyed 
a  pleasant  trip  to Mt.  Vernon. 

T he  legislature  of  Maryland  has 
appropriated  for  the  use  of  J o h ns 
Hopkins  University  the sum of $50,-
000  a  year  for ' two  years,  without 
conditions,  so  that  for  the  present 
the  University  can continue its  work 
without  contraction  of  its activities 
or  reduction  of its teaching  force.— 
Ex. 

It  takes  tact  to  determine  when 

advice  is  advisable—Pzcck. 

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1898. 

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Y.  M. C. A.—Regular meeting's Sunday evenings 
at  6:00  and  Thursday  evenings  at  6:30.  F.  N. 
Lowry,  President.  C. H.  Parker,  Cor.  Secretary. 
Y.  W.  C. A.—Weekly meetings for  all  ladies  on 
the  campus,  Tuesday  evenings  at  8:00,  in  Abbot 
Hall.  Sunday  meetings  with 
the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
Edith  A.  Smith,  Presidnte;  Elizabeth  Johns,  Cor. 
Secretary. 

KING'S  DAUGHTERS—Meet  alternate  Wed 
nesdays.  Mrs.  C.  L.  Weil,  Leader.  Mrs.  M.  L. 
Dean,  Secretary. 

NATURAL  HISTORY  SOCIETY  — Meets 
alternate  Wednesday  evening  at  6:30  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.  H.  C. Skeels, 
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 TY  — 
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. 
1.  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—Meetings  every  Satur 
day  evening at 7:00,  Fourth  Floor,  Williams  Hall. 
F.  R.  Crane,  President.  W.  R.  Wright, Secretary. 
P HI  DELTA  THETA  FRATERNITY — 
Meetings every Friday evening at 7:30, East  Ward, 
Wells  Hall.  H.  B.  Clark,  President.  A.  B. 
Krentel,  Secretary. 

THEMIAN  SOCIETY.—Meetings everv  Tues 
day  afternoon  at  4:00,  Phi  Delta  Theta  Rooms, 
East  Ward,  Wells  Hall.  Irma  Thompson,  Presi 
dent.  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  — John 

Severance, President.  H.  S.  Putney,  Secretary. 

M.  A.  C. ATHLETIC  ASSOCIATION—E. W. 

Ranney, President.  R.  M. Norton, Secretary. 

Klein  Wanzleben. 

Berlin,  Oct.  18. 

Dear  Record:—On  invitation  of 
U.  S.  Consul  Henry  W.  Diederich, 
of  Magdeburg,  I  accompanied  him 
on  a  visit  to  the  Seed  F a rm  and  the 
Beet  Sugar  Works  at  Klein  W a n 
zleben.  As  a  great  deal  of  the  beet 
seed  sown  on  the  College  F a rm  and 
throughout  Michigan  came  origin 
ally  from 
this  place,  an  account  of 
what  we  saw  there  may  be  of  inter 
est.  Last  Thursday  morning  we 
took 
from  Magdeburg, 
and  as  Klein  Wanzleben  does  not  lie 
on  a  direct  railway  from  Magde 
burg,  we  should  have  changed  cars 
at Blumenberg,but  when  two  Amer 
icans  meet  in  Europe  they  have  so 
much  to  talk  about  you  will  not  be 
surprised  to  learn 
that  we  did  not 
pay  close  enough  attention  to  "where 
we  were  at"—passed  Blumenberg 
unnoticed—and  dismounted  first  at 

train 

the 

to 

the 

roads 

from  our 

side  by 
cobble 

roadbed 
paved  with 

Oschersleben.  After  apologizing  to 
the  Station  Master  for  our  neglect-
fulness  (he  probably  thought  it  was 
simply  American  eccentricity)  and 
paying  extra  fare  for  the  additional 
railway  mileage  enjoyed,  we  did  the 
only 
thing  possible  under  the  cir 
cumstances,  hired  a  livery  and  were 
driven  across  the  country  to  Klein 
Wanzleben. 
Leaving 

the  stone  paved  streets 
of  Oschersleben  we  were  soon  on 
a  good  German  country  road.  This 
in  being 
differs 
much  narrower  and  has  two  va 
side; 
rieties  of 
one 
stones 
the  other  a  well  built  dirt  road. 
T he  sides of  the roadway  are  planted 
with  fruit  trees  placed  at  exact  dis 
tances.  T he  country  through  which 
we  were  driven  is  as  fertile  as  per 
haps  any  part  of  the  Empire  and 
the  two  principle  crops  are  sugar 
Looking  out 
beets  and  chicory. 
over 
fields  as  we 
fenceless 
passed,  our  eyes  rested  on  immense 
stretches  of  sugar  beets—the  lively 
feature  of  the  landscape  being  the 
sugar  beet  harvesters  at  their  work. 
T he  sight  was  a  novel  one  to  an 
yourself 
Picture 
American. 
groups  of  women,  twenty  to  thirty 
in  each  group—distributed  over  the 
landscape,—armed  with  spades,  dig 
ging  at 
the  roots  with  one  hand, 
pulling  on  the  tops  with  the  other, 
and  no  man  in  sight  to  help  or  give 
encouragement  by  his  presence,  and 
you  have  the  harvest  picture  as  it 
appeared.  As  soon  as  the  beets  are 
out  of  the  ground  and  lying  in  rows 
on  the  surface,  there  comes  next  a 
woman,  crawling  on  her  hands  and 
knees,  armed  with  a tool  like  a  meat 
cleaver,  who  trims  off  the  crown  of 
the  beet.  T he  beets  are  then  either 
piled  in  heaps  or  stacked  like  stove 
wood,  then  covered  with  beet  tops 
or  earth  according  as  they  are  to  be 
immediately  hauled  to  the  factory  or 
are  to  be  stored  for  a  time. 
In  our 
drive  of  eight  miles  I  saw  several 
hundred  women  at  work  in  the  beet 
just  two  men.  One 
harvest  and 
was  pitting  beets  and 
the  other 
smoking  his  pipe  and  "looking  on." 
T he  "hired  man"  in  Germany  is a 
woman. 
the  beet  harvest  she 
gets  25  cents  per  day  and  usually 
boards  herself.  This  woman  with 
her  head  wrapped  in  a  shawl,  dig 
ging  and  working  on  her  hands  and 
knees  in  the  dirts  of 
fields,— 
the 
looking 
important  factor  in  the  cheap  pro 
duction  of  sugar  in  Germany. 

so  uncomfortable—is 

the 

In 

At  a  little  after  i  o'clock  we  drove 
into  the  court  yard  of  the  Wanz 
leben  W o r k s.  T he  plant  is  located 
on  an  ancient  estate  or  "gut"  as  they 
call  it,  which  has  been  the  family 
inheritance  of  the  principle  stock 
holders  for  many  generations. 
It 
consists  of  six  large  buildings,  many 
smaller  ones  and  a  kind  of  "manor 
house." 

We  were  welcomed  by  Director 
Rickmann,  who  saying  that  dinner 
had  been  waiting  for  us  for  a  long 
time  conducted  us  to  the  "Manor," 
where  we  met  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Direc 
tor  Giesecke  and  were  dined  by 
them  with  lavish  German  hospitality. 
Naturally  enough  the  main  topic  of 
conversation  at  the  dinner  table  was 
the  future  prospects  for 
the  beet 
sugar  industry  both  in  Germany  and 
the  U.  S. 
T he  directors  agreed 
that 
the  export  trade  for  German 
sugar  would  be  entirely  cut  off 
should  American 
enterprise  push 
the  possibilities  for  sugar  production 
in  Hawaii  and  the  West  Indies. 

Director  Giesecke,  a  'young  man 
who  has  not  forgotten  his  experi 

ence  in  the  German  military  service 
and  who 
like  most  German  gentle 
men  is  much  interested  in  military 
affairs,  could  not  find  words  to  ex 
press  his  astonishment  over  the  out 
come  of  the  Spanish-American  con 
flict.  He  didn't  expect  much  from 
the  Spanish  but  he  nor  anyone  else 
here  were  prepared  for  such  victo 
ries  as  those  achieved  at  Manilla  and 
Santiago. 

Aiter  dinner  the  first  part  of 
the 
plant  visited,  very  naturally,  was 
the  chemical  laboratory,  where  beets 
and  nothing  but  beets  are  being 
constantly  analyzed.  T he  product 
of  Klein  Wanzleben 
is 
two-fold: 

industry 

1.  Production  of  beet  seed. 
2.  Production  of  sugar. 
Both  branches  of  work  require  a 
great  amount  of  analytical  investiga 
tion  on  the  part  of  the  chemists  em 
ployed.  An  idea  of  the  magnitude 
of  this  work  may  perhaps  be  gained 
from  a  few 
the 
busy  season,  November  to  January, 
the  number  of  sugar  determinations 
made  daily  varies  between  5,600  and 
6,400. 

figures.  During 

T he 

skin 

taken  being  about 
sample 

T he  greatest  care  is  exercised  in 
getting  the  samples  for  analysis,  the 
two 
amount 
is  carefully 
bushels.  T he 
weighed,  then  the  crowns  cut  off 
and  the  bodies  and  crowns  again 
weighed  separately  to  insure  greater 
accuracy. 
from  about 
the  surface  of  each 
one-eighth  of 
beet  is  then  removed  by  a  revolving 
knife,  the  denuded  portion  of 
the 
beet  pressed  against  a  V  shaped 
wheel  rasp  which  instantly  rasps  out 
about  one-eighth  of  the  beet  body. 
A  mixture  of  the  raspings  thus  taken 
from  each  beet  in  the  whole 
two 
bushels,  makes  the  sample  which  is 
used 
the  chemical  analysis  for 
sugar.  T he  sugar  is  determined  by 
the  polariscope,  but  in  any  doubtful 
case  the  method  of  extraction  with 
alcohol  is  employed  to  secure  abso 
lute  certainty. 

in 

they  plant 

" A n y o ne  can  grow  sugar  beets 
the 
the  bee^s 
if 
and 
second  year 
they  will  have-  some 
sugar  beet  seed,  but  not  everyone 
can  produce  beet  seed  which  will 
yield  profitable  sugar  beets,"  said 
Director  Rickmann  to  me  while  in 
specting  some  photographs  of  beets. 
We  had  stepped  into  an  office  room 
at  one  side  of 
the  main  laboratory. 
One  side  of  this  room  was  taken  up 
vault; 
by  an 
from  this  vault  Mr.  Rickmann  had 
brought  out  a  large  number  of  pho 
tograph  albums,  each 
filled  with 
pictures  of  beets;  nothing  but  beets. 
There  was  no  picture  of  Pa  and 
Ma,  nor  Charlie  with  his  pet  dog, 
it  was  just  a  collection  of  pictures  of 
"Mothers"  and  "Grandmothers"  in 
genealogical  succession,  —  reaching 
back  for  years. 

fire-proof 

immense 

T he  beets  planted  for  the  produc 
the  second  year  are 
tion  of  seed 
called  "  Mother  beets." 
In  making 
the  selection  of  these  beets  for  plant 
ing,  as  many  points  must  be  consid 
ered  as  if  we  were 
to  select  an 
animal  for  establishing  a  herd  of 
dairy  cattle.  A m o ng 
the  various 
things  considered  are:  T he  size  and 
shape  of  the beet,  its  specific  weight, 
shape  of 
leaves,  number  of 
leaves,  relative  weight  of  leaves  and 
body,  finally  the  richness  in  sugar. 
This  last  factor  is determined  in  each 
individual  beet  by  rasping  out  a  hole 
in  diameter 
two-thirds  of  an 
directly  through  the  thickest  part  of 
the  per 
the  beet,  and  determining 
cent  of  sugar  in the  raspings. 
If  the 
per  cent  of sugar  is satisfactorily  high 
and  the  beet  answers  the  other  re 

inch 

the 

it 

is  carefully 

quirements, 
stored 
until  the  next  year  and  then  planted 
for  seed  production.  Seed  obtained 
this  beet  is  sown,  and  if  the 
from 
"daughters"  obtained  are  as  sweet 
and  good  looking  as  the  mother— 
they  are  planted  for  seed  and  the 
process  as  described  repeated  year 
after  year  until  we  have  reached  the 
great,  great,  great,  great,  great, 
great  granddaughter  of  the  original 
mother. 
If  this  descendant  is  equal 
to  or  excels  her  remote  ancester  in 
the 
points  selected  in  determining 
breeding  type  the  seed  breeder  con 
siders  it  to  be  satisfactorily  fixed  and 
the  seed  produced  from 
these  beets 
fit  to  be  placed  on  the  market.  On 
the  descendants 
the  other  hand  if 
deteriorate  and  the  various  genera 
tions  do  not  retain  the  shape,  size 
and  sugar  producing  qualities  of  the 
original,  the  entire  generation  (and 
descendants) 
seed 
production.  Many  strains  must  be 
thus  thrown  out  from  year  to  year 
in  order 
to  raise  the  standard  of 
sugar  richness.  T he  family  photo 
graph  album  has  a  very 
important 
place in  this  work  of  selection,  show 
ing  as  it  does  at  a  glance  whether 
the  race  shape 
By 
this  constant  study  over  every  feat 
ure  of  the  beet  plant  only  is  it  pos 
of 
the  percentage 
sible 
sugar  in  the  beet  from  nine  or 
ten 
where  it  originally  was  up  to  over 
nineteen—a  figure  yielded  by  many 
beets  at  Klein  Wanzleben  this  year. 
Every  law  of  breeding  by  selection 
which  one  might  think  applies  only 
to  the  animals  must  be  observed  in 
this work  of  improvement. 
In-and-
in  breeding,  crossing  of  established 
and 
breeds  produce  as  uncertain 
disastrous  results  as  in  animal  indus 
try.  Each  year  $125,000  is  spent 
here  on  the  work  of  seed  growing 
and  improvement  alone. 

is  persistent. 

is  rejected 

to  raise 

for 

it 

Leaving 

laboratory  and 

is  an  operation 

removed—otherwise 

to 
T he  drying 

its 
the 
records  we  went  next 
through 
the  large  seed  storage  warehouses. 
field— 
T he  seed  is  threshed  in  the 
then  brought 
the  warehouse 
to 
where  by  means  of  machinery 
is 
driven  by  an  electric  motor 
elevated, 
and 
screened 
cleaned, 
the  drying  house 
transferred 
adjoining. 
the 
of 
requiring 
seed 
constant  watchfulness  on  the  part 
of  the  attendants.  T he  seed  is  car 
ried  back  and  forth  on  an  endless 
belt  through  a  steam  heated  room. 
T he  proper  amount  of  moisture 
must  be  abstracted,  sufficient 
to  in 
sure 
attack  of 
the  product  from 
mould,  but  not  too  much  moisture 
must  be 
the 
capsule  becomes  too  hardened  and 
prevents  the  contained  seed 
from 
germinating.  After  drying, the  seed 
is  once  more  screened  and  is  then 
ready  for  storage.  Before  it  goes 
lot 
the  market  each  different 
on 
must  be  tested.  We  next  visited 
the  building  where  this 
is  done. 
Here  we  found  the  inspector  busy 
at  his  work.  Taking  a  sample  of 
several  pounds, by  means  of  a  simple 
device  he  divides  the  sample  down, 
getting  finally  a  small  sample  which 
is  a  fair  representative  of  the  origi 
nal  seed  taken.  One  hundred  seeds 
from  this  fraction  are 
then  taken, 
soaked  in  distilled  water  48  hours, 
then  planted  in  sterilized  sand,  con 
tained 
in  plates,  covered  with  a 
plate  of  glass  and  placed  in  a  room 
constantly  warmed 
to  germinate. 
At  the  end  of  seven  days  the  plates 
are  examined,  the  seeds  which  have 
to  a  second 
removed 
germinated 
plate,  after 
sprouts 
the 
having 
thrown  out removed,  and  both  plates 
room 
returned 

to  the  germination 

N O V E M B ER  15, 

1898. 

T HE  M.  A.  C.  R  E  C  O  R D. 

for  another  seven  days.  T he  points 
noted  in  the  seed  testing  are: 

T he  per  cent  of  seeds  germinat 
i n g,  the  number  of  sprouts  sent  out 
from  each  capsule,  the  effect  of 
pinching  off 
the 
number  of  seed  contained 
in  one 
gram's  weight.  Each  sample  must 
conform  to  a  standard  or  it  is  not 
considered  fit  for  market. 

the  sprouts,  and 

Like  all  highly  cultivated 

races 
the  sugar  beet  is  susceptible  to  a 
multitude  of  diseases  of  a  fungoid 
nature.  A  specialist  in  this  branch 
occupies  a  room  in  the  seed  testing 
building—studying  with  the  micro 
scope  the  habits  of  these  enemies  to 
the  beet  sugar  industry.  So  far  as 
I  could  learn  from  observation  and 
inquiry  the  sugar  beet  has  no  form 
idable  insect  enemy. 

As  we  stepped  out  of 

the  seed 
house  I  remarked  on  the  presence 
of  what  looked  like  an  electric  wire 
circuit 
the 
fields. 

stretching  out  across 

it  economical 

"  Yes,  that  is  what  it  is,"  said  our 
"  We  have  under  cultivation 
guide. 
several 
production 
for  our  beet 
thousand  acres.  Lately  we  have 
found 
to  operate  our 
gang  plows  by electricity;  what  you 
see  are  the  wires  running  from  the 
50-horse  power  generator  in  the  en 
the  sugar  factory  out 
gine  room  of 
to  the  gang  plow.  We  find 
it  an 
economical  success." 

the  family 

We  called  next  at  the  photograph 
gallery  where 
records 
I  thought  as  I  looked  at 
are  made. 
the  glass  skylight  overhead,  here  is 
a  photograph  gallery  where  no  one 
has  ever  been  asked  to  ''look  pleas 
ant  and  smile  a  little."  T he  pho 
is  also  a  chemist  and 
tographer 
spends  a portion  of  his  time  in 
the 
analysis  of  soils  upon  which  seed 
beets  are grown.  Naturally  enough 
it  has  been  found 
that  a  difference 
the 
in  soil  affects 
beets  and  so,  at  Klein  Wanzleben, 
they  are  constantly  experimenting 
to  determine  what  relations  exist  be 
tween  soil  composition  and  beet 
composition. 

the  character  of 

shall  not  enter 

We  next  went  through  the  sugar 
factory.  As  we  now  have  in  Mich 
igan  just  established  such  a  factory 
I 
into  a  detailed 
description  of  this  one  so  far  away. 
T he  beets  worked  up come  from  the 
Klein  Wanzleben  farm  of  six  thous 
and  acres  but  is  bought  from  other 
growers,  brought  in  by  wagon  and 
this 
loads.  T he  price  paid 
train 
year  for  the  trimmed  beets  at 
the 
factory  is  25  cents  per  hundred. 

it 

After  the  sliced  beets  have  had 
the  sugar  soaked  and  squeezed  out 
them  the  pomace  is  carried  out 
of 
of  the  factory  by  an  elevated  electric 
tramway  and  dumped  into  immense 
silos  where 
is  stored  and  from 
which  it  is  fed  out  to  the  herd  of 
beef  cattle  which  may  be  considered 
an  important  part  of  the  plant,  as 
they  convert  into  beef  not  only  the 
waste  pomace  but  also  much  of  the 
molasses  produced 
sugar 
in 
factory  and  for  which 
there  is  no 
market. 

the 

T he  factory 

tour  completed,  we 
library. 

last 

reference 

the  scientific 

visited 
H e re  we  found  everything  pertain 
ing  to  sugar  beet  culture  and 
in 
addition  a  very  complete  chemical 
and  botanical 
library. 
T he  growth  of  the  Klein  Wanzle 
ben  enterprise  has  been  no  mush 
room 
1859  Messrs. 
In 
began 
Giesecke  and  Rabbethge 
growing  sugar  beets  and  selecting 
those  beets  for  seed-producing  pur 
poses  which  were  the heaviest  when 
tested  in  a  solution  of salt  and  water. 

affair. 

continued 

In  1861  they  began  the  use  of  the 
polariscope  to determine  the  amount 
of  sugar  in  the  mother  beets.  Their 
the 
descendants  have 
work,  using every  available  scientific 
fact  and  method,—calling  to their  aid 
the  best  trained  men  obtainable,— 
striving  each  year  to  persuade  the 
than 
beet  root  to  be  little  sweeter 
its  two  years  previous  parent. 

In  the  39  years  of  work  the  sugar 
percentage  in  beets  has  been  more 
than  doubled.  What  will  be 
the 
results  in  the  years  to  come  ?  That 
I  will  leave  to  some  other  visitor  to 
to  describe  later. 
Klein  Wanzleben 
F.  S.  K E D Z I E. 

TheM. A. C 

Special  H at 

Is  now  on  sale;  much  nicer 

hat  than 

last  season;  better 

material  and  workmanship— 

the  price  remains  the  same, 

At  the  College. 

Fifty  Cents. 

If  you  want  up-to-date  neck 

wear  I would  have great  pleas 

3 

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We  make  a  special  effort 
to  sell  only  the  best 

KID  GLOVES 
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Our  $1.00  Ladies'  Kid  Glove  we  fit 
and  guarantee,  in  black  and  new  fall 
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The LeClarion $1.50 Glove. 

We  have  a  large  line  of 

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Advertised  letters—Byron  Driver, 

Herman  Nelson. 

A  new  furnace  and  radiators  are 

being  put  in  at  Abbot  Hall. 

Miss  Grace  Townsend 

is  enter 

taining  her  sister  Mable,  of  Ionsa. 

Miss  Maud  McLeod  received  a 
visit  from  her  father  and  sister,  Sat 
urday. 

T he  botanic  department  has  re 
ceived  from  Harvard  eighty  plants 
for  the  botanic  garden. 

Correspondence  shows  the  enter 
ing  mechanical  class  at  the  College 
to  be  larger  than  that  in  any  similar 
institution  in  the  vicinity. 

T he  class  of  1900  will  publish  an 
annual,  of  which  Miss  Harriette 
Robson  will  be  editor-in-chief  and 
Carl  H.  Smith  business  manager. 

At  an  adjourned  meeting  of  the 
freshman  class last  Wednesday,  Miss 
Myrtelle  Moore  was  elected  secre 
tary  and  Mr.  W.  V.  Robinson, 
treasurer. 

seniors 

T he  mechanical 

have 
completed  an  apparatus,  for  testing 
the  steam  consumption  of  engines. 
T he  vertical  engine  in  the  testing 
room  will  be  tested  this  week. 

Upper  classmen  in the  mechanical 
course  are  contemplating  a  trip  to 
Chicago,  for  the  purpose  of  visiting 
the  Illinois  Steel  Works,  and  other 
large  establishments  of  the  kind. 

President  Snyder,  Dr.  Kedzie  and 
Secretary  Butterfield  are  in  Wash 
ington  attending  the annual  meeting 
of 
the  American  Association  of 
Agricultural  Colleges  and  Experi 
ment  Stations. 

Sunday  morning  we  listened  to  a 
very  forceful  and  scholarly  address 
by  Dr.  J.  G.  Roger,  ex-president  of 
Benzonia  College,  on  "Science  and 
the  Bible." In  the  evening  he  talked 
to  the  Christian  associations. 

T he  Shakespeare  Club  met  at 
Dr.  Kedzie's  Wednesday  evening. 
By  request.  Mrs.  Kedzie  gave a  very 
talk  on 
interesting  and  instructive 
ceramics,  illustrating  with  a 
fine 
collection  of 
of  various 
kinds,  several  pieces  being  very 
the  close  of  the  meeting 
rare.  At 
the  club  expressed  its  appreciation 
of 
treat  by  a  rising  vote  of 
the 
thanks. 

pottery 

At  the  Natural  History  Society 
last  Wednesday  evening,  Prof.  Bar 
rows  exhibited  a  recent  addition  to 
the  museum,  a  trio  of  horns  from 
the  head  of  a  cow.  There  were  the 
two  ordinary  horns  and  between 
third 
them,  projecting 
horn,  in  shape  and  appearance  much 
like  a  cocoa  nut.  Someone  asked 
if  the  cow  produced  two  kinds  of 
milk. 

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T HE  M.  A.  C. 

R E C O RD 

N O V E M B ER 

15, 

1898. 

N e ws  from  Graduates  and Students. 

W.  C.  Stewart  with  '98  is  visiting 

at  the  College. 

Born,  Thursday,  to  Mr.  and  Mrs. 

M.  W.  Fulton,  a  son. 

C.  E.  Townsend,  '98,  visited  his 
friends  at  the  College  a  few  days 
last  week. 

C.  E.  Ingerson  with 

'79,  visited 
over  Sunday  with  his  cousin,  S.  L. 
Ingerson  '99. 

T he  wife  and  daughter  of  L.  A. 
'89,  of  Ithaca,  N.  Y.,  are 

Clinton 
visiting  in  Lansing. 

Ira  T.  Sayre  with  '80,  Flushing, 
the  13th  Senatorial 

will  represent 
District  in  the  next  legislature. 

C.  B.  Collingwood 

'85,  Lansing, 
was  elected  State  senator  in  the  14th 
Senatorial  District  by  a  majority  of 
about  900. 

in 

Allegan  county  will  be 
the  next 

repre 
sented 
legislature  by 
two  M.  A.  C.  graduates;  H.  F. 
'78,  re-elected,  and  B.  A. 
Buskirk 
Nevins  '75, 

L.  J.  Cole  with 

'99  is  doing  20 
hours  a  week  as  assistant  in  the  de 
partment  of  zoology  at  A nn  Arbor. 
is  also  carrying  12  hours  of 
He 
university  work  and  has  joined 
the 
zoological,  botanical,  and  held  clubs. 

'85,  of 

Prof.  H.  T.  French 

the 
Idaho  Agricultural  College,  called 
at  M.  A.  C.  Friday.  He  was  on 
to  Washington,  D.  C,  to 
his  way 
attend 
the 
American  Association  of  Agricul 
Experiment 
tural  Colleges 
vStations. 

the  annual  meeting  of 

and 

Dr.  A.  E.  Smith 

'81, Olean,  N. 
Y .,  has been  appointed  clinical  assist 
ant  surgeon 
in  the  nose  and  throat 
department  of  the  New  York  Post 
Graduate  Medical  College.  As  the 
position  will  not  require  Dr.  Smith's 
presence  in  N ew  Y o rk  more  than  a 
few  weeks  each  year,  he  will  keep 
up  his  practice  in  Olean. 

to 

G.  H.  Hicks 

'92,  first  assistant 
botanist  in  the  U.  S.  Department  of 
and 
Agriculture,  has  prepared 
is 
now  sending  out 
the  various 
agricultural  colleges  and  experiment 
stations,  sets  of  economic  seed  sam 
ples  for  use  in  the  identification  and 
study  of  seeds.  Three  sets,  each 
containing  100  bottles  of  seed,  are 
now  ready  for  distribution. 

Colleges  and  Exchanges. 

Lake  Erie  College  and  Seminary 
has  a  new  skating  pond  but  no  boys 
—nothing  but  girls. 

Although  not  apparently  a  bad 
class,  still  the  men  of  1902  follow 
the  Naughty-
in 
ones  in  being  Naughty-two.—Ex. 

the  footsteps  of 

President  Elliot  prophesies 
fraternities  will, 

college 
in 
cause  American  universities 
broken  up 
English  plan. 

into  colleges  after 

that 
time, 
to  be 
the 

Mr.  Rockefeller  has  offered  $2,-
000,000  more  to  Chicago  University 
that  an  equal  amount 
on  condition 
latter 
be  raised  elsewhere.  Of  this 
sum  $1,500,000  has  been  secured. 

Notre  Dame  University  has 

just 
spent  $20,000  on  a  gymnasium,  and 
wants  to  dedicate  it  with  a  triangu 
lar  indoor  meet  between  Michigan, 
Chicago  and  Notre  Dame  Univer 
sities. 

Albion  College  has  a 

trophy 
for 
room  and  general 
athletes,  in  the  basement  of  Central 

rendezvous 

Building.  They  hope  to  have  some 
use  for 
room 
this  year. 

it  as  a  real 

trophy 

N ew  Spellings  Authorized. 

An  important  step  was  taken  by 
the  directors  of  the  N.  E.  A.  when, 
by  formal  vote,  they  instructed 
the 
the  secretary  of  the  association  to  use 
the  following  reformed  spellings  in 
all  publications  of  the  association: 

t h r u — ( t h r o u g h ); 

P r o g r a m — ( p r o g r a m m e ); 

tho— 
( t h o u g h );  altho—(although)  ;  thoro 
thorofare-(thorough 
- ( t h o r o u g h)  ; 
fare); 
thruout— 
(throughout);  catalog-(catalogue): 
prolog—  (prologue)  ;decalog—  (dec 
alogue); 
demagog—(demagogue); 
pedagog—(pedagogue). 

l'Good-bye,"  said 

the  gun,  "I'm 
going  off."  And  it  wasn't  a  minute 
before  everybody  heard  the  report. 
—E x. 

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I J lC  •  •  • 

D/ivis  CLOT^IIYQ  STORE 

104  WASHINGTON  AYENUE  NORTH, 

You  can  buy  Sweaters,  Supporters,  Foot  Ball  Pants, 

Foot  Ball  Jackets,  Gymnasium  Suits,  and  the  finest 

line 

of  Tailor  Made  Clothing  in  the  City. 

Come  in  and  see  us  any  way. 

BICYLCLES  REPAIRED 
FOR  SALE  OR  TO  RENT. 

Furniture  Headquarters. 

•  AISO complete  GuG|6  su n rjrj6S  for  Sale. 
F.  J.  COLE, 

Bell  'phone 445. 

411  Michigan  Ave.  E. 

Alsdorf  & Son... 

THE  DRUGGISTS. 

Everything 

First 

Class, 

Fresh  and  Up  to  Date. 

- 

- 

Cots  at 
Wire  Springs  at 
- 
Mattresses  from 
Tables,  Rockers,  Bureaus,  Iron  Beds. 

$1.25,  $1.50,  $2.00  and  $2.50 
$1.50  and  $2.00 
$2.00  up 

- 

- 

AH  goods  delivered free to  College. 

H. J. & B. n.  Buck. 

Lawrence & VanBuren  D I R E C T O RY 

PRINTING  CO., 

Ottawa  St.  E. 

L a n s i n g,  Mich. 

LANSING BUSINESS and 
PROFESSIONAL MEN 

** 

FURNITURE  DEALERS. 

J.  &  B.  M.  BUCK.—Furniture.  Cor.  Wash 
ington  Ayenue and  Ionia  Stree 

i 
R B.  SHANK  &  CO.,  200 Washington  Ave.  S. 

The  leading  grocers.  Both  phones.  Daily 

GROCERS. 

See ad. 

delivery  to the college. 

T he  n a m es  in  this  Directory,  as  well  as 
those  of  all  our  other  advertisers, are  of  reli 
able  parties.  We  hope  that  the  faculty  and 
s t u d e n ts  will  t a ke  pains  to  patronize  those 
who  patronize  us. 

HACK  AND  BAGGAGE  LINES. 

M A.  C.  STUDENTS—Don't  forget  W.  H. 

PORTEK,  the  Hack  and  Liveryman.  Rubber 
tires a specialty.  300 Capitol  Ave. S.  Both Phon<"?. 

HARDWARE,  STOVES  AND  TINWARE. 

CHAS.  A.  PIELLA, 

DEALER  IN 
DIAMONDS,  WATCHES,  JEWELRY, 
Clocks, Silverware,  Art Goods. 
121  Washington  Ave. N.,  LANSING,  MICH. 

HERR1CK  BROTHERS 
Fine GROCERIES and MEATS 
Everything  guaranteed  first-class. 

219 N. Washington  Ave. 

Opera  House  Block 

AjyL  MEATS.... 

May  look  alike  to  you,  but  there  is  a 
very  g r e at  difference  in  the  quality  we  han 
that  sold  by  some  other  m a r k e t s. 
dle  a nd 
the  very  best.  L i ke 
We  h a n d le  none  but 
the  p u d d i n g,  the  proof  of  good  meats 
in 
the  eating.  A  trial  will  convince  you  that 
you  ought  to  t r a de  with  u s. 

is 

BOTH  PHONES.  Careful  attention  given  to 

phone orders. 

GOTTLIEB  REUTTER. 

Washington  Ave. South. 

Employes of 
M.  A. C. 

ARCHITECTS. 

M EAD  & WHITE—Architects,  Lansing,  Mich., 

115 Washington  Ave. N., and Harbor  Springs, 

Mich., Clark  Block. 

BARBERS. 

J H. WOOD—Barber.  106  Michigan  Avenue  E. 

College work  especially  solicited. 

BOOKS  AND  STATIONERY. 

1 ANSING  BOOK  AND  PAPER  COMPANY. 

_y  Books,  Stationery,  Wall  Paper,  Engravings 

and Frames.  120 Washington  Ave.  N. 

BOOTS  AND  SHOES. 

D.  WOODBURY.—Boots  and  Shoes.  We 
shoe the students.  See ad. 

c 

BICYCLES  AND  MUSIC. 

PIANOS,  Organs, Sheet  Music,  Guitars,  Banjos, 

Violins,  etc.  Bicycles,  new  or  second  hard, 
for  sale or rent.  Repair  shop  complete.  Bicycles 
and  Guns to rent.  Holmes  Music  and  Cycle Co. 

GEO.  H.  RICHMOND.  Pierce  Cycles.  Full 

line  of  sundries.  Repairing  and  renting  at 

reasonable  rates.  200 N. Washington  Ave. 

CLOTHING. 

Hats  and Caps.  112 Washington  Ave.  North. 

LOUIS  BECK.—Clothier.  Gents'  Furnishings, 
A  E.  DAVIS.—Clothing  and  Gentlemen's  Fur 

nishings.  See ad. 

Desiring 

to  build  should 
not  purchase  their  material  be 
fore  consulting  with 

CROCKERY  AND  GLASSWARE. 

H  H.  LARNED.—China,  Glass  and  Lamps. 

105 Washington  Ave.  S. 

DENTISTS. 

Hiram  Rikerd, 
Lansing,  Mich. 

Lumber  of  all  kinds. 
Interior  Finishing  a 

specialty. 

R W.  MORSE, D. D. S. 
DR.  DAWLEY,  M.  D  ,  D.  D.  S.  Office  over 

Postal Telegraph Co., Michigan  and  Washing 

Hollister  Block, Room 517. 

ton  aves. 

DRUGGISTS. 

C J. ROUSER—Capital  Drug  Store.  123 Wash 

ington Avenue  South. 

213  Washington  Avenue  North. 

tail  Hardware  and House Furnishings.  211 and 

JACOB  STAHL  *  SON.—Wholesale  and  Re 
N ORTON'S  HARDWARE—General  Hardware, 

Stoves,  Tinware,  Graniteware,  Cutlery,  etc. 

Ill  Washington  Ave. South. 

HOTELS. 

THE  N EW  GRAND—R.  M.  Renner,  Proprie 

tor.  Special  rates  to  students.  Washington 

Avenue  S. 

INSURANCE. 

THE  DYER-JENISON  BARRY  CO.,  LTD.. 

(Incorporated)  108 Michigan  Ave.  West.  All 
kinds of  the  best  insurance.  Strongest  agency  in 
the city. 

JEWELERS. 

B  P.  RICHMOND—Watchmaker,  Jeweler  and 

Engraver.  200-202 Washington  Avenue  N. 

LAUNDRIES. 

THE  VAN  GORDER  PALACE  LAUNDRY. 

C.  H.  Hilton,  Agt.,  Wells  Hall,  Room  97. 
Irving  Gingrich,  Agt.,  Room  47,  Williams'  Hall. 
S.  P.  Lantz,  Prop. 

LUMBER  DEALERS. 

H  W.  RIKERD.—Lumber  Dealer.  Mill  Street. 

See  ad. 

MERCHANT  TAILORS. 

trade solicited.  Opposite  Hotel Downey,  North. 

WOODBURY  &  SAVAGE.—Tailors.  Student 
J OHN  HERRMANN. 

Wasl  ington  Avenue  N. 

Fine  Tailoring.  218 

MILLINERY. 

M RS.  L.  S.  HUDSON,  Hudson  Block,  where 

you can find the best  styles  in  simple  as  well 

as elaborate  Hats at  lowest  prices. 

OCULISTS. 

J OSEPH  FOSTER,  M. D,—Eye,  Ear,  Nose  and 

Throat.  Hours 9 to 12 A. M.,  2 to 4 P. M.  Sun 
days,  12 to 1.  City National  Bank Building,  Lan 

sing. 

PHYSICIANS. 

A D.  HAGADORN,  M. D.—Office  hours,  11  to 

12 A. M.,  2 to  4  and 7 to 8 P. M.  Office  at  212 

Washington  Avenue S,;  home 419 Seymour St. 

PRICES  RIGHT. 

SIMONS  DRY  GOODS  COMPANY.—  Dry 

Goods and  Carpets.  See ad. 

O P E C I AL  PRICVS  to  M.  A.  C. Students. 
v>  Hatton, Photographer, over State Savings  Bank. 

Office  and Factory,  Mill St. 
Both Phones. 

FURNISHING  GOODS. 

ELGIN  MIFFLIN.—Ladies'  and  Gentlemen's 

Furnishing  Goods.  See  ad. 

RESTAIRANTS. 

GILBERT  M.  HASTY.—Proprietor  Hasty's 

Gem  Lunch.  Best  meals  and  lunches  in  the 

city.  113 Washington  Av snue S. 

DRY  GOODS. 

PHOTOGRAPHERS.