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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,  D E C.  4,  1900. 

N o.  *£ 

Agriculture  vs. Botany  in  the  H i gh 
School. 

at 

N O T E —A 

lady  w ho  was 

one 
time  a  student  at  M.  A.  C.  is  now  a 
teacher 
in  a  normal  school  in  Wis 
consin.  She  is  asked  to  speak  at  a 
their  State  Teachers 
meeting  of 
Association  on 
" T he  Value  of 
Science  in  the  H i gh  School,"  which 
follows  a  paper  on  " M o re  Practical 
Agriculture  in  Our  H i gh  Schools  to 
the  Place  of  Some  or  all  of 
T a ke 
the  Botany." 
I  sent  her  the  follow 
ing: 

W.  J.  B E A L. 

Agriculture  consists  mainly  of  an 
art,  with  a  little  help  from  some  of 
the  sciences,  such  as  botany,  ento 
mology,  animal  physiology,  chemis 
try,  phvsics,  civil  engineering,  bac 
teriology. 

in 

T h e re  are  probably  less  than  one 
hundred  persons 
the  United 
States  w ho  are  well  able  to  teach 
agriculture  in  its  broad  sense,  even 
with  a  good  equipment.  As  now 
managed  in  the  largest  agricultural 
colleges,  more  or  less  of  agriculture 
is  taught  by  fifteen  to  twenty  differ 
ent  persons. 

and 

that 

entomology, 

for  students 

it  may  follow 

Agriculture  proper  is  so  difficult, 
in  college,  that 
even 
most  of 
the  subjects  are  placed  in 
the  last  two  years  of  a  four-years 
some 
course, 
chemistry, 
knowledge  of  botany, 
other 
phvsics, 
topics.  Under  agriculture 
proper, 
come 
soil  physics, 
topics: 
farm  fertilizers,  breeds  of  live  stock 
them,  principles  of 
and 
stock  breeding,  stock  feeding,  mak 
ing  of  butter 
farm 
equipment,  rural  economy  and  more 
or 
subjects, 
which  do  not  look  very  suitable  for 
lads  of  ten  to  fourteen 
in  the  dis 
trict  schools. 

less  of  several  other 

and  cheese, 

judging 

these 

in 

it, 

Many  of  the  common  schools  in 
the  smaller  villages  and  rural  dis-
ricts  of  Germany  have  a  small  gar 
the  equipment. 
den  as  a  part  of 
From 
the 
and 
this  garden 
teacher  can  draw  many  illustrations. 
In  some  instances,  pupils  perform 
much  of  the  work  under  the  instruc 
tion  of  a  male  teacher,  working  two 
hours  a  week,  but  in  nearly  all  of 
the  school*,  the  chief  use  of  a  gar 
den  is  to  help  out  the  table  supply 
instruction 
of  the  instructor.  T he 
is  mostly 
in  agricultural  subjects 
to 
theoretical. 
is 
confine 
the 
school  room  and  not  to  the  garden. 
farmers 
and  fruit  growers  of  a  few  regions 
of  the  State  of  N ew  Y o r k,  money 
was  appropriated 
the 
State  to  Cornell  University  to  enable 
to  introduce  agricul 
the  professor 
ture  into  the  country  schools.  T h ey 
in  1894,  and  a  good  force 
began 
from 
the  University  faculty  spent 
four  weeks  or  more  during  two  or 
more  years  making  the  experiment. 
T h ey  exhibited  great  enthusiasm, 
tact  and  ability.  T h ey  have  thor 
oughly  tried  five  methods: 

T he 
the  work 

tendency 
largely 

the  efforts  of 

liberally  by 

T h r o u gh 

to 

(  1 )  T he  itinerant  or  local  experi 

ment  as  a  means  of  teaching. 

( 2)  T he  r e a d a b le 

expository 

bulletin. 

( 3)  T he 

itinerant 

horticultural 

school. 

(4)  Elementary  instruction  in  the 

rural  schools. 

( 5)  Instruction  by  means  of  cor 

respondence  and  reading  courses. 

that 

from 

In  1S96,  they  reported 

the 
greatest  good  which  had 
then  been 
accomplished  came  through  the  bul 
letins,  and  one  of  the  most  useful 
these 
exercises  in  connection  with 
they  uniformly 
schools,  and  which 
the  beginning  of 
employed 
in  observation 
their  work,  consisted 
lessons.  Some  small  objects 
like 
leaves  cr  roots,  flowers  or  seeds,  are 
put  in  the  hands  of  all  the  attendants, 
them 
and  after  they  have  examined 
for  a  few  minutes,  the 
instructor 
begins  to  ask  questions  concerning 
them.  This  exercise  drills every  par 
ticipant  in  observation,  in  the  draw 
ing  of  proper  inferences  from  what 
he  sees.  This  kind  of  teaching  was 
made  a  prominent  feature  at  every 
session  of  their  schools  of  horticul 
ture  (a  department  of  agriculture), 
that  was  held  in  the  country. 
It  is 
true  that  most  persons  do  not  see 
look  at,  and  still  fewer 
what  they 
correct  Conclusions 
persons  draw 
two 
from  what 
years,  a  Cornell  report  says,  " As  a 
the  holding  of  many  of 
result  of 
these  schools,  I  am  now  of 
the 
opinion  that  they  cannot  be  used  as 
primary  factors  in  University  exten 
sion.  *  *  *  These  observation  exer 
cises  were  uniformly  well 
received 
by  both  the  pupils  and  the  teachers, 
and  to  the  minds  of  our  instructors 
this  work  has  awakened  more  inspi 
ration  than  any  attempt  which  we 
have  yet  made  to  reach 
the  people. 
In  fact,  all  the  instructors  whom  we 
had  in  the  field  during  the  present 
the 
year  are  fully  convinced 
improving 
fundamental  method  in 
the  agricultural  status 
to  begin 
with  genuine  and  attractive  n a t u r e-
education  in  rural  schools." 

they  see.  After 

that 

is 

" T he  great  need  in  this  work  is 

teachers  fitted  for  it." 

to 

later,  they 

report 
the  same  opinion 

in  189S, 
And 
and  hold 
in 
1900,  that,  " T he  district  school  can 
not  teach  agriculture  any  more  than 
it  can  teach 
law  or  engineering  or 
any  other  profession  or  trade,  but  it 
can  interest  the  child  in  nature  and 
in  rural  problems." 

botany,  zoology, 

Nature-study  is  seeing  the 

things 
which  one  looks  at,  and  the  draw 
ing  of  proper  conclusions  from  what 
It  consists  of  the  first  steps 
is  seen. 
entomology, 
in 
geology.  Nature  study,  has  become 
a  prominent  feature  in  Cornell  Uni 
versity,  where  it  was  introduced  by 
P o f e s s or  Bailey,  a  graduate  of 
Michigan  Agricultural  College,  who 
got  his  training  from  one  who  re 
ceived 
the 
great  Agassiz  at  Harvard. 
For 
thirty  years  now,  all  the  students  in 
the  agricultural  course  at  M.-A.  C. 
have  had  daily, for  at  least  one  term, 
thorough  work 
in  nature-study,  al 
ways  with  an  abundant  supply  of 
plants  which  were  diligently  studied 
before  any  use  was  made  of  books 
or  any  instruction  was  given  by  the 
teacher. 

long  before,  under 

it 

T he  subject  of  botany  has  to  deal 
to  answer  any 
with  every  attempt 
It  has  no 
question  about  plants. 
the 
superior  as  a  study  for  training 
observation 
the 
and 
power  of  arriving  at  correct  conclu 
sions.  W h en  well  taught,  it  gives 
culture  and  strengthens  the  mind,  to 
an  extent  as  any  other 
as  great 

developing 

subject  which 
the 
same  length  of  time  with  the  same 
amount  of  application. 

is  pursued  for 

Seed  Germination. 

trying 

apparatus 

T he  seniors  in  plant  physiology 
industriously 
have  been  working 
in 
with 
improvised 
crowded  quarters 
to  deter 
mine  for  themselves  the  wonderful 
secrets  of  plant  growth.  At  Ann 
Arbor,  where  a  class  does  similar 
work,  each  student  performs  every 
experiment  for  himself.  At  M.  A. 
C.  the  class  has  no  large  room 
for 
their  exclusive  use  or  even  desks  for 
each  student,  but  only  one  corner  of 
one  room  and  three  tables  for 
the 
whole  class  of 
thirteen.  Conse 
quently,  everything  has  to  be  com 
is 
mon  property. 
assigned  an  expeiiment  which  he 
to 
performs 
the  class  from  dav  to  day. 
T he 
class  takes  notes  daily  on  each  ex 
periment  in  progress  until  the  ex 
T h en 
periment 
if 
is  completed. 
satisfactory 
results  have  not  been 
another  student 
repeats  the  opera 
tion,  carefully  avoiding  the  mistakes 
in  first  performance.  Many 
made 
of  the  most  important  are  repeated 
the  class  may  become  more 
that 
the  details  and  may 
familiar  with 
be  in  no  danger  of  suspecting 
the 
juggling  "  to  make  it 
operator  of 
w i r k ." 

and  reports  progress 

student 

Each 

One  of  the  latest  experiments  has 
in  different  methods  of  seed 
Five  methods  were 

been 
g e m i n a t i o n. 
tried. 

is  kept 

" d r y i ng 

saturated 

In  N o.  1 the  seeds  were  placed  in 
an  ordinary  deep  plate  and  covered 
paper." 
with 
This  drying  paper 
in  the 
laboratory  to  be  used  in  drying  and 
pressing  plants  for  mounted  speci 
mens. 
It  was  very  difficult  to  satu 
rate  and  cannot  be  recommended  on 
this  account;  moreover,  it  would  be 
to  obtain  outside  of  a 
quite  difficult 
botanical  laboratory. 

N o.  2  was  quite  similar  only  very 
thin  drying  paper  was  used  and  the 
two 
seeds  were  placed  between 
to  be 
paper 
layers. 
sprinkled  with  fresh  water  each  day 
to  keep  it  sufficiently  moist. 

T he 

had 

In  No.  3  the  seeds  were  placed  on 
a  plate  of  moist  pine  sawdust,  care 
being  taken  that  no  free  Water  was 
in  the  sawdust.  This  cannot  be  un 
because 
qualifiedly 
is  very  diffi 
clean  pine  sawdust 
kinds 
cult 
to  contain  a 
of  sawdust  are  apt 
strong  per  cent,  of  tannin,  which 
would  destroy  the  tender  seed. 

to  obtain,  and  other 

recommended 

N o.  4  is  the  oldest  method  in  use, 
having  been  introduced  from  Scot 
land.  A  small  circular  disc  of  un-
glazed  pottery,  having  on  one  side  a 
large  number  of  pockets  for  seeds, 
was  placed  in  a  deep  plate  of  water, 
care  being  taken  that  the  water  did 
not  come  in  immediate  contact  with 
the  seeds.  T he  disc,  being  porous 
clay,  soon  became  saturated  with 
water  and  moistened  the  seeds  suffi 
ciently  for  germination. 
Over  each  one  of 

these  plates 
another  plate  was 
to  check 
evaporation  and  make  conditions  as 
uniform  as  possible. 

laid 

N o.  5  was  quite  essentially  (lif 
erent  and  employs  what  is  known 
It  consists 
as  the  Geneva 

tester. 

across 

to  reach  across 

the  wires  far  enough 

of  a  rectangular  basin  about 
two 
inches  deep,  a  number  of  wires 
the 
long  enough 
basin,  and  a  strip  of  cloth.  T he 
the  basin 
wires  are 
laid 
about  one  inch  apart.  Over 
these 
the  cloth  is  laid  and  crowded  down 
to 
between 
make  quite  a 
fair  sized  pocket. 
T he  ends  of  the  cloth  are  allowed  to 
hang  down  to  the  water  in  the  bot 
tom  of  the  basin  but  the  pockets  are 
the  water.  Different 
kept  above 
kinds  of  seeds  are  placed  in  the  dif 
ferent  pockets  and  then 
the  wires 
crowded  as  closely  together  as  pos 
sible.  T he  whole  mass  is  moistened 
by  the  capillary  action  of  the  water 
on 
the  cloth.  This 
method  is  now  quite  generally  em 
ployed 
in  experiment  stations  and 
seed  testing  firms  in  the  U.  S. 

the  ends  of 

After 

first  and 

the  experiments  had  been 
in  progress  for  several  days  the  class 
took  a  vote  for 
second 
choice  of  the  different  methods.as  to 
which  could  be  best 
recommended, 
everything  considered,  to  the  farmer 
who  wishes  to  test  his  seeds  before 
planting,  or  the  school  teacher  w ho 
to  germinate  seeds  for  a 
wishes 
class.  T he  results  gave 
ten  votes 
for  No.  5,  eight  for  N o.  2,  and  six 
for  N o.  3.  Numbers  1  and  4  re 
ceiving  no  votes  whatever. 

c.  P.  R. 

Campus  Notes. 

In 

the 

sugar 

factory. 

the  evening 

Prof.  F.  S.  Kedzie  and  Mr.  H. 
S.  Reed  went  to  Alma  last  Thurs 
day  night  and  spent  the  next  day 
T he 
visiting 
Alma  factory  has  made  more 
than 
4,000,000  pounds  of  sugar  thus  far 
this  season. 
the 
professor  and  Mr.  Reed  attended 
the  banquet  given  by  the  citizens  of 
Alma  to  the  Alma  College  football 
team  in  honor  of  their  victory  over 
Albion.  Such  delicious  dishes  as 
"Canape,  a  la quarter-back,"  "Boiled 
Ox  T o n g u e,  Tomato  Sauce  on  side," 
"Roast  of  Prime  Beef,  a 
la  half 
back,"  "Roast  Y o u ng  T u r k e y,  for 
mation 
tackle,"  " H a u n ch  of  Cub 
Bear,  center  rush,"  appear  upon  the 
menu  card. 

Thanksgiving  Day  passed  quietly 
and  pleasantly 
the  Women's 
in 
Building.  About  thirty  club  mem 
to  dinner 
bers  and  guests  sat  down 
at  1  :45>  T he 
tables,  arranged  in  a 
hollow  square,  were  decorated  with 
potted  plants  kindly  loaned  by  Mr. 
Gunson.  T he  menu  was  as  follows: 
Oyster  soup;  crontons;  roast  turkey, 
cranberry  sauce;  stuffing;  creamed 
celery;  mashed  potatoes;  gherkins; 
olives;  plum  pudding,  hard  sauce; 
celery  ; cheese;  wafers;  salted  nuts; 
coffee.  At  six  tea  was  served  by  the 
students  in  the  parlors.  During  the 
the 
evening 
gymnasium,  music 
the  music 
rooms,  and  a  marshmallow  roast  and 
reading  in  the  Dean's  office. 

there  was  dancing  in 

in 

" T he  Students'  League  of  Mt. 
Holyoke  has  passed  a  new  law  to 
the  effect  that  any  student  who  wil 
fully  breaks  the  rules  of  the  League, 
governing 
in 
the  college,  will  thereby  forfeit  her 
right  to  a  room  on  the  campus,  the 
faculty  to  give  final 
president  and 
decision  in  all  cases." 

the  conduct  of  girls 

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and 

foulness 

T he  most 

interesting  subject  to 
the  average  young  man is, how to 
succeed.  He fixes  his eye on  some 
one  who, to his mind, has  succeeded, 
and  ponders  over  the  secret  of  that 
In  nine  cases  out  of ten, 
success. 
he  will  attribute  it to some  mysteri 
ous,  some  occult  capability 
that  he 
calls  genius  or  talent,  and  in  nine 
cases  out of ten he will  be  far  from 
the  actual  fact  of the  matter.  T h at 
there  are  no  such  things  as  genius 
and  talent  I  am far  from  affirming; 
but  that  success  in  the  average  suc 
cessful  man  demonstrates  genius or 
even 
true. 
talent  is  by  no  means 
T he  longer  T live  the  more  I  be 
come  convinced 
that  success  is  a 
matter  of  barter  and sale,  sometimes 
in  an entirely  unworthy  sense, some 
times  in  a  sense  which  permits  of 
consideration  by men of the  highest 
honor  and integrity.  T he first sense 
needs  just  now  very  few  words. 
T he  man w ho pays  for success  with 
his 
self-respect,  his  honesty,  his 
that 
moral  integrity,  pays  a  price 
no  kind  of  success  is  ever  w o r t h; 
pays  a price  that  means  invariably  a 
bankrupt  life.  As I  once  wrote  a 
dear  friend,  defeated  in  a  race  for 
an  office  in N ew Y o rk  City  :  "Bet-
ter  a thousand  times, defeat  with  self -
respect, than  victory  through  alliance 
corruption." 
with 
But  the  other  sense  needs 
longer 
I  mean  to  say 
treatment.  W h at 
here  is  that  the  man  of  average 
ability  in  this  our  day may fix his 
eye  on some  honorable  ambition and 
it, 
almost  surely  honorably  attain 
to fay  the 
provided  he  is  willing 
price.  A nd the price  is  self-denial, 
persistency,  singleness  of  purpose, a 
plan  wisely  adapted  to the conditions, 
•quickness  to  take  advantage  of  cir 
cumstances,  and, ever  and  through 
all,  WORK.  Do  not  mistake—success 
is  a commodity  always  on the mar 
ket, but it is  never  sold  at the bargain 
counter.  Y ou  will  never  stumble 
upon  it by accident  and buy it for a 
song. 
It  costs;  and  like  the  dia 
mond,  its cost,  always  heavy,  lises in 
geometric  proportion  with  its  size. 
Macaulay  would  succeed  as a  great 
historian;  he devoted  all the energies 
of  his mind  to the acquisition  and  co 
ordination  of 
facts;  he  ransacked 
libraries;  he  wrote  innumerable  let 
ters ;  he traveled  over  half  of E u r o p e; 
he  spent  more  time  and brain-matter 
over  the  investigation  of  one little 
illustrative 
than  the 
town-history 
average  student  spends  over  his doc 
toral 
thesis.  He  devoted  himself, 
his  time,  his  thought,  his  life — and 
he  had his  reward.  L et  us sum  up 
the  matter.  T a ke  yourself  by the 
hand;  sit down  in a corner  together, 
you  and yourself  all alone, and coolly 
talk  it over.  Determine  what  you 

Our  Matrimonial  Mobile. 

cluded.  ) 

(Con 

BY  F L O YD  \V.  O W E N. 

It  required  a  great  deal  of  work 
to  extricate  the  automobile,  but it 
was  at  last  brought  back  to  the 
house,  and as all was now ready, we 
were  soon  on  our  journey  across 
Kansas.  At  Topeka,  I  wrote  to 
J oe  Bates,  asking  him  to  make  ar 
rangements  for entertaining  the  em 
ployees  of  the works,  at  our  house 
in  the evening  of  the  day on  which 
we  should  arrive. 

the  rear  and  passed 

For  the remainder  of our  journey, 
we  had no trouble  with  the carriage 
and  nothing  of  interest 
transpired 
until  one  bright  morning  when  we 
reached  a  small  village  about 
fifty-
five  miles  west  of  Moberly,  M o. 
On  the main  street  of the little  town, 
we  saw  about 
twenty  determined-
looking  men  on  horse-back,  all 
gathered  in a group,  talking.  V e ry 
soon  several  others  joined  the party, 
and  going  up  to one, I  asked w hy 
so  many  had  assembled. 
" R e ad 
that,"  he replied,  giving  me a  news 
paper,  whose  chief  head-lines  read: 
"$430,000  stolen  last  night  from  the 
Colorado  Limited  Express!  Express 
messenger  shot  dead!  Robber  es 
caped!  $1500  reward  for  his cap 
ture!"  T he  detailed  account  said 
that  one  man had  robbed  the ex 
press-car  a few miles  from  Moberly 
and  escaped  near 
there.  As  the 
robber  was likely  to be not far  from 
Moberly,  we were  not very  anxious 
to  proceed,  for our road  led  directly 
through  the  city,  but  as  these men 
on  horse-back  were  forming  a  posse 
to  go  in  that  direction,  we  started 
on.  T he road  was hard  and  level, 
and  we ran very  fast,  left  the  posse 
in 
through 
Moberly  where  we found  consider 
able  excitement,  it being  only  a  few 
hours  since  the robbery.  W h en  we 
were  about  25 miles beyond  the city, 
our  road  became  narrow  and led 
through  a  low  woods.  We  had 
reached  the top of a  little  hill  from 
which  we  could  overlook  a  long, 
low  stretch  of  the  road  to  another 
hill  covered  with  trees,  where,  al 
though  I  said  nothing  to  Bertha,  I 
thought  I  observed  a person  by  the 
side  of a rail  fence.  After  stopping 
a  few minutes  to  inflate  a  tire, we 
started  on, and  were  just  nearing the 
top  of  the  further  hill  when  we 
overtook  a  man, who was  limping 
slowly  along  with  a cane  in the nar 
road.  V e ry  soon,  when  we 
row 
came  close  to a  pile  of  rails,  which 
had  been 
recently  laid  across  the 
road,  he  stopped  us  and  said  in an 
aged  voice.  "I  am  started  for my 
son's  house,  J a ke  Fenley's,  you 
know,  an' I  wish  you'd  just  gimme 
a  ride,  please,  for I'm  gettin  so old 
that  I  can  never  walk 
though  I  used  to  could.  Say,  I'll 
take  them  rails  outer  the road  for a 
ride."  T he man  did not  appear  to 
be  poor,  for  his  clothes  were  good; 
nor  did he look  old, as  his  only ap 
pearance  of  age  was  his  lameness 
and  feeble  voice.  Bertha,  w ho had 
said  little  during  the whole  morning, 
looked  very  pale  and  nudged  me 
with  her foot  as a  hint  to be  careful 
with  the  man. 

there,  al 

beiieve  he put there  himself  to  stop 
us,  and  said  he  would  ride  on the 
dash-board.  He threw  away  his  old 
stick,  climbed  on in front,  and sitting 
on  the  dash-board,  hooked  his  feet 
to  the  front  springs  and  said,  " Let 
her  g o ." 

T he  road  from 

this  hill  on was 
fine,  and  as a  strong  wind  was  blow 
ing  in  our  rear,  1 did " let her  g o ," 
at  30 miles  an  hour.  We  went  so 
fast  that  our  man in  order  to  keep 
his  seat,  was  obliged  to  hang  with 
both  hands  to the  side  lamps.  We 
were  glad  that  his back  was  toward 
us  and  that  he  said  nothing,  not 
even  as to where  he wished  to stop. 
Neither  Bertha  nor I  spoke  a  word, 
but  I  thought,  and  from  her  looks, 
she  did also,  that  our man might be 
the  one w ho  had  shot  the  express 
messenger,  and if  so, he was  riding 
with  us to  hurry  out of  the country. 
He  had  been  with  us  only  a  short 
time, when  Bertha  suddenly  shivered 
and  as  I  looked 
toward  her, she 
pointed  to  his hip-pockets,  in  which 
we  could  see  the  outlines  of  t wo 
revolvers  under  his  coat. 
In an  in 
stant,  we  both  realized  that  he  was 
a  dangerous  man and  <very  likely  to 
be  the train-robber.  We  dared  not 
speak,  but  I  increased  our speed  to 
its  utmost 
that  he  might  not have 
the  opportunity  to  attack  us.  In a 
second  we  were 
tearing  along  at 
such  a terrible  rate  that  I  was com 
pelled  to  leave  the  throttle  and  use 
both  hands  to  keep  the  carriage in 
the  road. 
I  could  do  nothing  else, 
think,  so  great  was  the 
scarcely 
nervous  strain;  but  I  saw  Bertha, 
after  hesitating  a  moment, 
thrust 
both  hand's  under  the  man's  coat 
and  snatch  the revolvers,  then  press 
ing  one  to  his  head,  she  said: 
"  Off  goes  your  head  at  your  first 
move,  sir.  You  are our prisoner, so 
take  care  of  your 
peared  surprised  to hear  this  from  a 
woman,  but  she spoke  so  sharply 
that  he drew  down  his head,  breathed 
very  fast,  and  hung  on  the tighter. 
Making  sure 
revolvers 
were  ready  to  fire,  Bertha  held one 
just  back  of  his  head  and  laid the 
other  in my lap, while  I  drove  the 
carriage  as fast  as I  could. 

life."  He  ap 

that  both 

I  stopped 

I  was in  constant  fear 

that  the 
water  or  oil would  give  out before 
we  could  reach  the next  town, but 
it  was  not  long  until  we  came  to a 
crossroad  which  led  to the left, and 
turning  into  this,  we  soon  reached 
the  little  city  of  Macow.  Going in 
on  the  main  street,  we  dared  not 
stop  with  that  desperado  in front  of 
us,  but slowed  down  and  rang  the 
gong  furiously,  which  brought  after 
us  several  deputy  sheriffs  on  horse 
back. 
then,  and  the 
leader  coming  up, I  told  him briefly 
whom  we  thought  we  had.  Our 
man  was so  much  exhausted 
from 
his  cramped  position  that  he did  not 
offer  any  resistance  to  these  men, 
who  soon  had  him  hand-cuffed  and 
into  a  jail.  T he  deputy 
in  com 
mand  took  our names  and asked  a 
few  questions,  after  which,  as  there 
was  quite  a  crowd  gathering  about 
the  carriage,  we  replenished  our 
boilers  and ieft  the  town. 
I  might 
say 
that  our  captive  was  finally 
proven  to  be  the  train-robber  and 
murderer,  but  as  to  the  $1500  re 
ward,  we received  just  $500  as only 
one-third  the money  which  had  been 
stolen  was ever  recovered. 

I  said  to him, " I  don't  believe you 
can  ride,  for  there  is no room  in  the 
seat,  and the space  back  of  it is cov 
ered  by our grips."  He  was  deter 
mined  on  riding,  however,  for  he 
had  cleared  away  the  rails,  which  I 

W h en  we  reached  Peoria,  I  re 
ceived  a  letter  from  J o e, saying  that 
by  the  time  we  should  arrive,  the 
arrangements  would  be  completed 
for  entertaining  the  employees, and 
that  Mrs.  Bates  had seen  that  every 

thing  would  be in the best  of  order 
within  the house. 

W h at  remained  of  our  journey 
soon  passed  and we reached  Detroit 
on  the  morning  of  the  appointed 
day. 
I  was  very  glad  that  I had 
been  fortunate  enough  to  secure  a 
location  and house  which  were  both 
so  much  better  than  our  first  choice. 
H o w e v e r,  it  will  be  remembered 
that  as yet Bertha  knew  nothing of 
it.  J u st  as  we  were  nearing  our 
new  home,  which  was not  far  from 
Joseph  Bates,  Bertha 
said  " O h! 
A re  we to stop  at J o e ' s ?"  " N o ,"  I 
replied,  stopping  at  our  own  curb, 
" t h is  is  to  be  our home,  Bertha, if 
you 
little 
like  it."  S he  said  very 
but  it  made  me  happy  to see by  her 
that  she  was  pleased.  We 
looks 
were  met by J oe and his wife, w ho 
had  made  everything  very  home 
like  for  us.  T h e re  was a  cheerful 
fire  in the library  grate  and a  bright 
little  Swiss  clock  ticking  above  it. 
together  with 
T he  day's  paper, 
lay  upon  the 
several  magazines, 
T h e re  were  also 
writing 
many 
from  the 
garden  back  of the house, and  when 
to  dinner  and  Bertha 
we  came 
poured  the tea, it  seemed  very  much 
like  home,  indeed. 
In the  evening, 
our  guests  came,  in  squads  of  50, 
and  all  the  employees  were 
there, 
including  the old  Irish  janitor, w ho 
had 
just  as  j >lly  a  time  and was 
just  as  welcome  as  M r. Grose, t he 
superintendent. 

flowers  brought 

table. 

After  they  had all  gone,  and  J oe 
and  his wife,  who were  to stay  with 
us,  had  said  goodnight,  we  two  sat 
by  the fire  in  the  library,  and  after 
a  while  Bertha  said: 

"  H ow  nice  it is  to  have  so  many 
friends,  and  I  hope  we  appreciate 
t h e m;  but  yet, after  all, J o h n,  the 
truest  happiness  we shall  find  in the 
quiet  life  of this  lovely  home,  which 
you  have  provided." 

About  Our Street  Cars. 

A  person  who,  though  not a  resi 
dent  at the College,  frequently  finds 
occasion  to  spend  a  day  with  us, 
sends  the  following  observations  to 
the  R E C O RD  which  we are glad  to 
publish. 
.  " Lansing  is a city of some  eighteen 
Its streets  are wide, 
thousand  souls. 
well  kept  and well  lighted,  and  there 
are  several  miles  of  excellent  brick 
pavement. 
Its public  buildings  sur 
pass  in  beauty  and  size  the buildings 
of  any other  city  of  its  size  in the 
State. 
Its  schools  are  first  class. 
Its  churches  are  justly  the  pride  of 
the  city. 

" B ut  by far the  most  remarkable 
'  institution  '  in  the  city  of  Lansing 
is  the  street  railway  system. 
I say 
remarkable,  because  I  doubt  if any 
other  city  in  Michigan  can  claim  a 
street  car system  so novel  and inter 
esting. 

" In  t he  first  place,  a  very  pecu 

liar  kind  of  electricity  is  used. 
I 
understand  that  the electricity  is  put 
on  the  trolley  wire  in  chunks  and 
tied  on  in  such  a  wav as  to  leave 
some  parts  of  the wire  bare.  T he 
result  is that  in going  from  Lansing 
to  the College, the car is almost  sure 
to  come  to  a  standstill  at  several 
places  along  the  line,  causing  con 
siderable  delay  until  the  motorman 
can  climb  on top of the car and pull 
the  pieces  of  electricity  together. 
I 
was  amused  to hear  one of  the  new 
students  attempt  to explain  the stop 
by  saying  that  the  power  was off. 
He  had evidently  come  from  a  town 
where  the regular  orthodox  kind of 
electricity  was  used.  But  he was 
wrong,  his explanation  causing con-

D E C.  4,  1900. 

T HE  M.  A.  C 

R E C O R D. 

3 

sideraMe  laughter  on  the  part  of  the 
•older  students. 

T h u r s t o n 's  Economics  and 

Indus 

trial  History. 

"  Another  interesting  thing  about 
these  cars  is  that  some  of  them  run 
at  night  without  headlights. 
I  was 
this,  as 
to  observe 
much  shocked 
there  had  been  some  very  heavy 
rains. 
I  thought  of  the  danger  to 
the  passengers  in  case  of  a  washout 
along  the  line,  or  any  other  obstruc 
tion  on  the  road.  No  power  under 
heaven 
from 
save 
wreck  and  the  passenger  from  in 
jury 
then  I 
in  such  a  case.  But 
learned  that  the  motormen  on  these 
cars  have  owl's  eyes  and  are  able  to 
see  a  hundred  yards  ahead 
in  the 
darkest  night. 
I  was  interested  in 
looking  into  the  faces  of  these  men. 
S u re  enough  they  had  owl's  eyes, 
and  all  my  fears  subsided. 

the  car 

could 

towards  you.  T h ey 

' ' T h en  there  is  'a  strange  queer-
ness'  in  the  appearance  of  these  cars 
the 
as  thev  come  rumbling  down 
track 
look  so 
' w h y ?'  and 
odd.  One  wonders 
finds  the  explanation  in  the  fact  that 
they  have  no  fenders  in  front  of  the 
wheels — nothing  to  save  a  person 
w ho  perchance  should  fall  in  front 
of  one  of  these  machines  from  being 
ground  to  death  under  the  wheels. 
J  could  find  no  one  w ho  could  ex 
plain 
this.  Owl's  eyes  would  not 
save  from  disaster  here. 

"  But  the  most  remarkable  features 
of  the  Lansing  street  cars  cannot  be 
seen  from  without.  T h ey  have  an 
inner  loveliness  divine.  Only  when 
one  gets  inside of  the  thing  and  feels 
it  starting,  twisting,  jerking,  jump 
ing,  and  hears  its  frightful  din  and 
the  stove  slanting-
rattle,  and  sees 
tower  in  instant 
like  Pisa's  leaning 
danger  of  being  knocked  off 
the 
seat—only  then  does  one's  admira 
tion  transcend  all  bounds. 

their  own 

"  These  cars  run 

to  and  fro  be 
tween 
the  College  and  Lansing 
every  twenty  minutes  and  manufac 
time  on  the  way. 
t u re 
Y ou  can  depend  on  them  about  as 
well  as  you  can  depend  upon  the 
weather.  You  must  pay  your  money 
iull  fare  on  the  start,  though  like  as 
not  the  beast  will  balk  before  the 
journey's  done, leaving  you  to  finish 
the  trip  on  foot. 

"  T he  cars  are  well  patronized. 
T he  line  pays.  A  large  number  of 
persons  depend  upon  it  for  transit  to 
and  from  the  College.  T he  Capital 
City  deserves  better  service  from  its 
street  cars;  the  College  needs 
it; 
the  patrons  pay  for  it.  But  alas!—" 
We  have  not  space  to  quote  more. 

the  seed  industry  in 

Botanical  Club. 
Mr.  Jewell  gave  a paper  on  "Seed 
Industry," 
recounted 
in  which  he 
t he  beginning,  growth,  and  develop 
ment  of 
this 
country.  Since its  first  establishment, 
there  has  been  a  continued 
increase, 
until  now  many  large  fortunes  are 
the  business.  During 
invested 
the  discussion  some  seven  or  eight 
M.  A.  C.  men  were  mentioned  who 
are in  the  seed  business  some  getting 
a  salary  as  high  as  $3,000  a  year. 

in 

is  grown 

Mr.  Miller  then  read  a  paper  on 
the  peppermint 
industry  in  which 
he  gave  an  account  of  the  work  of 
raising  and  distilling  the  mint  for 
in  a 
the  oil.  Mr.  Miller  has  lived 
in 
vicinity  where  mint 
considerable  quanti  y,  and 
spoke 
largely 
from  observation.  As  a 
peculiar  soil  and  climatic  conditions 
are  required  for  the  profitable  pro 
in 
duction,  the  industry  is  confined 
this  State  mainly  to  the  southwestern 
counties.  T h r o u gh  this  agency  ex 
tracts  .  of  otherwise  waste 
tensive 
to  yield  a 
land  have  been  made 
R. L.  B. 
profit. 

SCOTT  FARESMAN  &  CO.,  CHICAGO, 
ILL. 

to  the  un 

innovation  of 

This  is  a  work  adapted  to  the  use 
of  our  public  schools  and  is  repre 
sentative  of  the  newest  methods  of 
studying  society.  Emphasis  upon 
inductive  methods  of  study,  upon 
going  from  the  " k n o wn 
this 
k n o w n" 
is  the 
book.  Categories  of 
skillful  and 
suggestive  questions  are  presented 
by  the  author,  the  answers  to  which 
found  by  any  observant 
can  be 
in  his  own  neighborhood. 
youth 
Questions,  for 
instance,  concerning 
the  nature  of  neighborhood  busi 
nesses,  distribution  of  occupations 
among  the  people,  the  proportion  of 
wealth-producing  persons 
to  non-
producing  persons  and  the  require 
ments  of  the  neighborhood  for  food, 
luxuries  are  among 
clothing  and 
those  asked. 
the 
is  hoped  by 
It 
author  that  the  materials  of  economic 
thus  be  dealt  with  at 
science  may 
first  hand  and 
reality  and 
naturalness  better  established  in  the 
mind  of  the  student.  Having  accus 
tomed  students  by  these  means  to 
the  right  standpoint  from  which 
to 
regard  society,  in  another  portion  of 
the  book  the  author  depicts  our  in 
dustrial  history,  and  thus  the  student 
is  guarded  from  shallowness  in  his 
judgments 
economic 
concerning 
phenomena. 

their 

A  last  portion  of 

economy.  Money 
described 

the  book—and 
the  smallest  of  the  three—is  the  cus 
tomary  descriptive  and  explanatory 
and 
political 
markets  are  here 
and 
economic  laws  and  beliefs  are  ex 
plained.  Withal  the book  is a  small 
one 
though  beyond  doubt  more 
means  are  afforded  to  put  the  young 
student  in  touch  with  his  social  and 
in  any 
industrial  surroundings  than 
other  collection  of  similar  size  thus 
far  made. 

w.  o.  H. 

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T he  m a in  item  in  Stoves  is 

to 
get 
the  best  for  t he  least  m o n e y. 
We  h a ve  t he  nicest  assortment  ever 
in  t he  city.  Steel  R a n g es  $ J  8.00 
to  $40.00;  Cast  Cook  Stoves  w i th 
to  $25.00;  Base 
Reservoir  $ J 6.00 
Burner  Coal  Stoves 
to 
$25.00 
$40.00;  Soft  Coal  A i r - T i g ht  Stoves 
$12.00  to  $J8.00;  A i r - T i g ht  W o od 
Stoves  $5.00 
to  $9.00;  Nice  Oil 
Heaters  $3.25  to  $4.00.  Everyone 
of  t h em  fully  guaranteed.  A  nice 
line  of  Pocket  Cutlery  Razors. 
Shears,  in  fact  a n y t h i ng  needed  in 
the  H a r d w a re  Line  y ou  will  find  it 
a nd  at  prices  to  suit  y o u,  at 

NORTON'S  HARDWARE. 

" T he  total  income  of  the  colleges 
of  agriculture  and  mechanical  arts 
supported  wholly  or  in  part  by  the 
government  was  for  the  year  1S98- 
99,  $6,193,016;  35,458  students  were 
registered." 

SIMONS  DRY  GOODS GO. 

Opening 
September  Sale* 

Of 

the  NEW  FALL 

STYLES  in 

DRESS  GOODS, 
SILKS,  GLOVES, 
JACKETS,  SKIRTS, 
WAISTS  and 
UNDERWEAR. 

Exchanges. 

"  Don't  try  to  get  through  college 
on  a  bluff;  you'll  find  yourself  pecu-
liarly  conspicuous  on  such  an  eleva-
tion." 

Our  Carpet 
Department  •  • • 

offers  special  induce 
ments  in 

RUGS,  MATTING, 
CURTAINS,  etc. 

WE  GIVE  SPECIAL  ATTENTI0M  TO 
STUDENTS  AT  M.  A.  C. 

Simons Dry  Goods 60. 

104  Washington  Ave. South. 

Furniture  Headquarters. 

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Woven  Wire  Cots  at 
Mattresses  at 
Chairs  at 
Arm  Chairs  at 
Students  Tables  at 

$1.50,  §2.00 and  $2.50 
$1.50, $2.00 and  $2.50 
$1.75,  $2.00. $2.50 up 
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i 

Finest  imported  Patent  Leather—black  as  mid 
night—soft  as  silk—just  the  shoe for  social  functions 
or light  street  wean 

We sold  this grade  of  shoes  for  several  years  at 
six dollars a  pair.  We  wish  to  double  our  sales  on 
this  shoe, and  this year  we make  the 

Price $5.00. 

OTHER  STYLES  AT 

$4.00  and  $3.50.1 

£  D a n c i ng  P u m ps  at  $1.50,  $2.00  a nd  $2.50. 

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HOLLISTER  BLOCK. 

5 

T HE  M.  A.  C. 

R E C O R D. 

D E C. 

1900. 

Former  Students  and  Graduates. 

C.  E.  Parsons,  ' 0 1,  is  employed 
as  a  missionary  of  the  Sunday  School 
Union.  His  work  extends  over 
several  counties  in  Southern  Mich 
igan. 

C.  A.  Dockstader, 

' 8 1,  of  T h r ee 
Oaks,  Mich.,  was  elected  probate 
judge  of  St.  Joseph  county  at  the 
late  election. 

Laverne  Seelye  of  Hadley,  s p . ' 00 
in  live  stock,  had  his  left  hand  badly 
mutilated  in  the  snapping  rolls  of  a 
cornhusker  last  Friday. 

R.  B.  Buek,  '96,  stopped  at 

the 
College  a  few  hours  last  Tuesday 
on  his  way  to  Topeka,  Kan.  where 
he  will  engage  in  newspaper  work. 

H.  E.  Rupert,  with 

'OOTW,  spent 
the 
Thanksgiving  with  friends  at 
College.  He  has  a  good  position 
as tool-maker  with  the  Daisy  Manu 
facturing  Co.  Plymouth,  Mich. 

Geo.  B.  Hannahs,  '75—'76, is  one 
of 
the  proprietors  of  " I d y l w i l d e ," 
one  of  the  most  beautiful  mountain 
in  Southern  Cali 
summer  resorts 
fornia.  He  is  also  one  of  the  mem 
bers  of  the  Native  Lumber  Co.  of 
San  Jacinto  in  which  city  he  resides. 

W.  A.  Bahlke,  'S3, is  a  prominent 
Prof. 
lawyer  of  Alma,  Mich. 
Kedzie  found  him  up 
the 
other  day  doing  duty  as  chairman 
of  the  citizens'  committee  who  gave 
the  Alma  College  football  team  a 
banquet  on  N o v.  30  in  honor  of 
their  victory  over  Albion. 

there 

We  quote  the  following  from  a 
letter  dated  Nov.  25. 
" R o b e rt 
Sprague  Mayo, ten  pounds  in  weight, 
but  valued  atove  ten  millions  came 
'to  make  our  hearts  rejoice'  on  Nov. 
19—Mollie  Carpenter  M a \o 
'SS, 
and  N.  S.  Mayo 
'88."  Dr."  Mayo 
is  secretaty  of  Exieution  Depart 
ment  of  the  Storrs  Agricultural  Col 
lege,  Storrs,  Conn. 

He 

last  week  visiting  friends 

C.  B.  Smith,  '94,  spent  a 

few 
days 
in 
is  Horticultural 
L a n s i n g. 
Editor  in  the  office  of  the  "  Experi 
ment  Station  R e c o r d" 
in  the  De 
partment  of  Agriculture,  Washing-
and  H.  W. 
"  C.  B.' 
ton,  D.  C. 
cently  Parted 
:e 
Lawson,  'o = ,  have 
orth-
up  a  larjje  sheep  r 
ern  part  • f  1 
J o hn  D .N 

e  1  over 

• 

•  the  Col 

to  Ho 
•  I 

Sunday  and  Mdi 
on  bis  w »j 
U  Mich., 
•  electrician 
where  he 
- 
ipal  Lighting 
for  the  Holland  Munic 
• L-cn  doing 
Plant.  Mr.  Nies 
Cornell  Uni-
post-graduate  work  at 
versity  for  several  months  pa'-t  and 
hopes 
to  return  and  complete  his 
work  there  in  the  near  future. 

Quite  a  large  number  of 

former 
students  were  present  at  the  military 
hop  last  Wednesday.  T he 
follow 
ing  list  is  given  bv  the  State  Repub 
lican  : 
"Miss  Vera  O'Dell,  Jones; 
W.  C.  McLean,  Jackson;  Harry 
Rupert,  P l y m o u t h;  Homer  Clark, 
Coldwater;  Ben  L  iubitcr>,  Grand 
Rapids;  B.  P.  Rosenbury,  Oak 
P a k,  111 ;  C.  B.  Lundv,  Detroit; 
and  C  W.  Christopher,  O.  H.  Reed, 
A.  C.  Krentel,  and  F.  H.  Thoman, 
Lansing." 

Mrs.  H.  N.  Turrell, wife  of  H.  N. 
T u . r e i l,  with 
' 6 1, died  N o v.  13, at 
their  home  in  Litchfield,  where  they 
had 
lived  for  3S  years.  She  was 
an  earnest  christian  worker,  a  mem-
the  Congregational  church, 
b rr  of 
and  grt-atly 
those  who 
loved  by 
knew  her  best.  She  leaves  a  prec 
to  a  sorrowing  hus 
ious  mtmory 

their 

band  and 
daughters,  who 
mourn  the  loss  of  such  a  pure,  true 
and  beautiful  life. 

R.  L.  Reynolds, 

'g^m.,  writes 
from  Sacramento,  Cal.,  under  date 
of  N o v.  25:  "I  am  in  the  drafting 
room  of  the  So.  Pacific  Co.'s  prin 
cipal  shops,  and  very  pleasantly 
located.  T he  office  is  pretty  busy 
just  now,  and  we  are  doing  some 
work  in  the  evenings. 
I  am  on  car 
work  at  present,  but  my  work  will 
include  both  car  and  locomotive  de 
signing. 
T h e re  are  about  2,500 
men  employed  in  the  railroad  shops, 
and  as  Sacramento  has  only  about 
35,000  population,  the  railroad  men 
form  a  considerable  element  in 
the 
same. 
"I  find  Sacramento  a  very 
pleasant  place  though  this is the  rainy 
season  and  in  the  two  weeks  I  have 
been  here  it  has  rained  half  the  time. 
" My  address 
is  Drawing  R o o m, 
S.  P.  Shops,  Sacramento,  Cal." 

" R o b"  adds  that  his  brother  F. 
Llewellyn  Reynolds  (sp.  92-93)  is 
employed  as  assistant  superintendent 
by  the  Mexican  Gold  &  Silver  Re 
covery  Co.  His  address  is La  Mina, 
Colorado;  Matape,  Via  U r e s;  Sono-
ra;  Mexico.  Latcha  Waters,  M. 
A.  C,  '90,  is  superintendent  of 
this 
mine  and  smelter. 

About  the  Campus. 

Mrs.  Nellie  Kedzie  spent  Sunday 

at  Dr.  Kedzie's. 

Club  C  recently  enjoyed  a  venison 

roast,  the  gift  of  Professor  Smith. 

Professor  Weil  was 
Friday  and  Saturday  of 

in  Detroit 
last  week. 

Professor  Ferguson  went  to  Chi 
cago  Monday  to  attend  the  fat  stock 
show  throughout  the  week. 

Prof.  Smith  made  a  tour  through 
several  of  the  southwestern  counties 
of  the  State  last  week  preparing  ioi 
institutes. 

Professor  Mumford  went  to  Chi 
cago  last  Thursday  to  look  after  his 
work  as  secretary  of  the 
Intercol 
legiate  Live  Stock  Association.  He 
will  also  attend  the  fat  stock  show. 

T he  " At  H o m e ,"  December  7,  in 
to  all 
the  W o m e n 's  Building 
members  of 
is 
given  by  the  entire  Women's  De 
partment  who  will  be  the  hostesses 
of  the  evening. 

the  College  and 

is 

home 

A  large  number  of 

the  students 
for  Thanksgiving. 
w e nt 
Many  who  are  too  far  from  home 
went  with  students  living  nearer  to 
the  College.  F ew  that  went  away 
returned  for  Friday,  so  that  classes 
were  small  that  day. 

Messrs  J  I I.  Skinner,  Geo.  Sever 
ance,  G.  C.  H u m p h r e y,  M.  V.  Shoe-
smith,  N.  A.  McCune,  and  J.  B. 
Strange  are. in  Cliicayo  representing 
the  Chicago  Stock 
M.  A.  C.  at 
show.  Thev  will  take  part 
the 
stock  judging  contests.  T he  farm 
department  has  sent  a  carload  of 
stock—' hree  steers, 
three  mutton 
sheep,  five  bacon  hogs  and  eight  fat 
hogs—to  the  show. 

in 

of 
the 
T he  A rt  Department 
Youth's  Companion  has 
recently 
sent  to  the  College  some  material 
three  processes  of  en 
illu-<trating 
g r a v i n g,  wood-engraving, 
z i nc 
etching  and  half 
tone  engraving. 
T h e re  are  four  cards  ready  to  hang 
upon  the  wall  and  each  contains  the 
block,  or  engraving,  and  a  proof 
from  the  same.  T he  material,  which 
is  finely  prepared,  is  very  good  in 
deed,  and  serves  admirably 
in  ex 
plaining  processes  in  graphic  repro 
duction  to  the  class  in  graphic  arts. 

We  Welcome 

THE  STUDENTS'  RETURN  AT THE M. A. C. 

It  gives  new  life  to  the  Capital  City-  We  cordially  invite  all  to  m a ke 
their  home  at  our  store.  Mr.  H o m er  Burton  and  M r.  A r t h ur  H a rt  will 
make  daily  trips  to  every  one  w ho  desires  to  see  them  on  the  M.  A.  C. 
grounds  Or  in  the  vicinity. 
If  you  are  not  called  upon  drop  us  a  postal 
and  we  will  call.  Samples  sent  on  application. 

We  Guarantee  Satisfaction. 

Visit  Donsereauxs  Department Store. 

and  tti6  Donsereaux  Glottiina  and Grocery  Store. 

312  to  320  Washington  Ave.  South. 

One  door  south  of  Hotel  Downey. 

CHAS.  A.  PIELLA  .  . 
JEWELER  A ND  O P T I C I A N. 

DIAMONDS,  WATCHES,  JEWELRY,  CLOCKS, 
SILVERWARE, ART  GOODS. 

Repairing  Nneatly  Done. 

121 Washington  Ave.  N.,  Lansing,  Mich. 

ALL  MEATS 

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.. 

May  look  alike  to  you,  but  there  is  a 
very  great  difference  in  the  quality  we  han 
dle  and  that  sold  by  some other  markets. 
We  handle  none  but  the  very  best.  Like 
the  pudding,  the  proof  of  good  meats  is  in 
the  eating.  A  trial  will  convince  you  that 
you  ought  to  trade  with  us. 

We  make  daily  trips  to  the  College. 
BOTH  P H O N E S.  Careful  attention  given  to 

'phone orders. 

GOTTLIEB  REUTTER. 

Washington  Ave. South. 

DIRECTORY  I J.  &  B.  M.  BUCK.—Furniture.  Cor.  Wash 
O RDER  your  hacks  for  parties  at  Carr's  Hack 

LANSING BUSINESS and 
PROFESSIONAL  MEN 

Line.  Livery in connection.  410  Washington 

ington  Avenue and Ionia Street.  See ad. 

HACK  AND  BAGGAGE  LINES. 

«& 

FURNITURE  DEALERS. 

Ave.  N. 

The  names  in  this  Directory,  as  well  as 
those  of  all  our  other advertisers, are  of  reli 
able  parties.  We  hope  that  the  faculty  and 
students  will  take  pains  to  patronize  those 
who  patronize  us 

ARCHITECTS. 

W JUDD  CCMINGS— Architect.  Sparta,  Mich. 

Rural  architecture  a specialty.  Patronage of 

M.  A. C  men  solicited. 

BARBERS. 

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

College work  especially solicited. 

BOOKS  AND  STATIONERY. 

CITY  BOOK  STORE.  Fountain  Pens,  Drafting 

Tools,  Stationery,  Cards  Engraved,  Pictures 
and  Picture  Framing.;  Tennis, Football  and  Base 
ball goods.  Crotty  Bros., 206 Wash. Ave.  N. 

[  ANMNG  BOOK A ND  P A P ER  CO.  Water-
\j  man  and  Sterling  Fountain  Pens,  Stationery, 
Pictures  Fran es,  Wall  Paper.  120 Wash.  Ave.  N. 

BICYCLES  AND  ELECTRICAL 

SUPPLIES. 

c APITOL  ELECTRIC  CO. 
c  D.  WOODBURY.—Roots  and  Shoes.  W< 

shoe the students.  See ad. 

BOOTS  AND  SHOES. 

CLOTHING. 

Hats  and  Caps.  112 Washington  Ave.  North. 

LOUIS  BECK.—Clothier.  Gents'  Furnishings, 
H KOSITCHEK  *  BRO.—Clothing  and  Drv 

.  Goods.  113  Wash.  Ave.  N. 

210  Wash. 

Ave.  S. 

CROCKERY  AND  GLASSWARE. 

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

105 Washington  Ave. S. 

DENTISTS. 

R  W.  MORSE, D. D. 5. 
D E.  PARMELEE—Dentist.  218  Washington 

Ave.  S,, Lansing, Mich.  • 

HolHster  Block, Room 517. 

DEPARTMENT 

STORE. 

DONSEREAUX'S  DEPARTMENT  STORE 

is  the  place  to  trade.  You  can  .get  a  warm 

lunch  in  our  cafe  for  10c.  See ad. 

DRUGGISTS. 

R OUSER'S  CAPITAL  DRUG  STORE.  Up  to 

date.  Corner  store.  Opposite  Hollister  Block. 

DRY  GOODS. 

«IMONS  DRY  GOODS  COMPANY. — Dry 
)  Goods and  Carpets.  See ad. 

FURNISHING  GOODS. 

j»LG[N  MIFFLIN.—Ladies'  and  Gentlemen's 
j  Furnishing  Goods.  See  ad. 

HARDWARE,  STOVES  AND  TINWARE. 

Ill  Washington  Ave. South.  See  ad. 

Stoves,  Tinware,  Graniteware,  Cutlery,  etc. 

N ORTON'S HARDWARE—General Hardware, 
J ACOB  STAHL  &  SOX,—Wholesale  and  Re 

tail  Hardware  and  House  Furnishings.  211 
and  213 Washington  Avenue  North. 

HARNESS,  TRUNKS,  ETC. 

J W.  EDMOND'S  SONS—Keep  the  finest  stock 

of  Trunks, Traveling  Bags,  Pocket  Books  and 
Leather  Goods  in  the  citv.  Also  a  full  line  of 
harness and  horse goods.  Repair  shop in  connec 
tion.  107 Washington  Ave. south. 

INSURANCE. 

THE  DYER-JENrSON-BARRY  CO.,  LTD,, 

Incorporated) HolHster  Biock.  All  kinds  of  the 

best insurance.  Strongest agency in  city. 

JEWELERS. 

B P.  RICHMOND—Watchmaker,  Jeweler  and 

Engraver.  200-202 Washington  Avenue  N. 

LAUNDRIES. 

T HE  VANGORDER  PALACE  LAUNDRY.  Col 

lege  agents, Rudolph  and  Mills.  S. P.  Lantz, 

Prop. 
rp A K V O R I AN  & JEWELL.—Agents  for  STAR 
LAUNDRY.  We return  your  work  on  Thurs 
1 
day  p.  m.  Either  high  polish  or  dull  finish.  NTo 
saw-edge collars. 

MANICURE  AND  HAIRDRESSING. 

M RS.  O,  T.  CASE—Mauicure and  Hairdressing 

Parlors.  Masquerade  wigs  for  rent.  All 
styles of  hair  goods  in  stock  or  manufactured  on 
short notice.  New  'phone  118.  22254 Washington 
Avenue S.,  up stairs. 

MERCHANT  TAILORS. 

trade solicited.  Opposite Hotel Downey, North. 

WOODBURY  &  SAVAGE.—Tailors.  Student 
J OHN  HERRMANN'S  SONS.  Fine Tailoring. 

218  Washington  Avenue  N. 

MUSIC,  PIANOS,  ETC. 

THE  POST&  BRISTOL CO.  Pianos and every 

thing  in  the  line  of  music  and  musical  instru 
ments.  219  Washington  Ave.  N.,  Lansing, Mich. 

OCULISTS. 

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

Throat.  Hours  9  to  12 A.  M.  City  National 

Bank  Building, Lansing. 

PHYSICIANS. 

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

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

Washington  Avenue S.;  home 419 Sevmour St. 

RESTAURANTS. 

GILBERT  M.  HASTY,  Proprietor  Hasty's 

Gem  Lunch.  Best  meals  and  lunches  in  the 

city.  Quiet  place for  adies.  113 Wash. Ave. S. 

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