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f ) i l i j' PHILLIP T. COLGROVE NEW CHANCELLOR OF THE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. & Keen mi Aide, Woll-Known Michigan Lawyer for Many Teata Hli Advance ment lu the 1'ythlnn Order Not Vet Forty. It. Phillip T. Col grove, who was ,W ntnntml nnnpnltnr of tho Knights of Pythias at Clovo- land, was born in Winchester, Ind., April 17, 1858. His father's family moved to Charlotte, Mich., In 1863, whore he lived un til ho attained his majority. At tho -ago of 14 years ho entered Olivet col lege, where ho remained flvo years. He spent one year teaching in a business college and normal institute. In the fall ho moved to Hastings, Mich., and. entered into partnership with Judge Clement Smith, with whom ho was as sociated in law practice until 1893, when tho latter wbb elected judgo of tho Fifth judicial circuit. In tho fall -of 1S82 Mr. Colgrovo was elected pros ecuting attorney of Barry county and was re-elected twice. In 18S9 ho was elected to represent the Eleventh sen atorial dletrict in tho state legislature y upward of 2,000 majority. Ho bo- P. T. COLGROVE. eamo a member of Barry lodge, No. 13, at Hastings, Mich., Doc. 11, 18S2, and served as prclato during the year 1883. Ho was elected vlco chancellor in 18S4; chancellor commander In 1885, and rep resentative to the grand lodge in 1885 and 18SG. Ho was elected grand master at arms In 1886 and In 1887, and was grand chancellor for Michigan for two years. He has been chairman of tho committee on law of the grand lodge for six years. Ho entered tho supremo Iodgo In 1889 at Milwaukee and was elected supremo vlco chancellor at "Washington In tho Besslon of 1894. In August, 1885, ho Joined Hastings divi sion, No. 19, and participated in every national drill except tho competitive drill at Washington. THE TAAL. I.anjrCaco Spoken by tho Iloor of To d..y A Shrunken Vocabulary. 1 language spoken by the Boer of lo-dci Js callod "tho Taal," says the Fortnightly Review. It Is not French, nor 13 It Dutch, nor Is It even in tho usunl acceptation of tho word a dia lect of Dutch, but it la a broken form of speech based on that language. It is usod at tho present day all over South Africa by the Boers and half castes cg their only speech; It is found in its greatest purity in the Free State, Transvaal and frontlor districts, where it has been least exposed to scholastic and foreign influences during tho last fow years. To analyze fully this tlnv but Interesting variety of speech would tako us far beyond our limits. It dif fers from tho Dutch of tho Hollander not ha archaic forms of speech in Europo often differ from tho literary, aa Iho Itulian of the Ligurian peasant from that of the Florentine, or the Somersetshire or Yorkshlro dialects from the language of tho London newspapers; these archaic European dialects not only often represent tho earlier form of the language, but are Mm WAVA1 i 7 I Uf l WW often richer in varied Idioms and In the power of expressing subtlo and complex thoughts than aro their allied literary forms. The relation of the Taal to Dutch Is of a quite different kind. The Dutch of Holland is as high ly developed a language and as volumi nous and capablo of expressing tho finest scintillation of thought as any In Europe. Tho vocabulary of tho Taal has shrunk to a few hundred words, which have been shorn of almost all their inflections and have been other wise clipped. Tho plurals, which In Dutch nro formed in various and com plex ways, tho Taal forms by an al most universal addition of an "e," and tho verbs, which In Dutch aro as fully and expressively conjugated as In Eng lish or German, In the Taal drop all persons but tho third person singular. t Thus, tho verb "to be," instead of be ing conjugated, as in tho Dutch of Holland and In analogy with all civil ized European lauguages, thus runs: Ik Is, Jo Is, HIJ Is, Ons Is, Yulle Is, Hullo is, which would answer in English to "I is," "thou Is," "he Is," "us Is," "you is," "they is." Tobacco In Amerlra, Caricaturists in depleting a German aro In the habit of putting a big pipe in his mouth. The pipe Is national, indeed, but tho Germans as a nation aro far from being tho greatest Brnok era. They do not smoke more than Frenchmen, Russians, Swedes or Hun garians. The men of the United States and tho men of Switzerland are tho most Inveterate smokers In the world. In theso tiro countries the consumption of tobacco per head is three times greater than In Germany. Exchange. FAROO'S DIVORCE INDUSTRY. It rays the Town About ft Quarter of a Million Dollars Annually. North Dakota has gained consider able notoriety through the east for tho caso with which divorces aro secured within Us borders, says tho Minneap olis Journal. Fargo has more fnmo in this direction thnn any other town, for various reasons. It Is most easily reached and affords tho pleasure -loving contingent greater opportunities than any city in tho state, except Grand Forks. Its hotels aro now and up to dnto and thcro aro numerous private boarding house thnt cater especially to those who aro horo to end their marital troubles. The modus operandi Is simple. In nlno cases out of ten tho defendant In the suit is as willing that a decree should bo secured as the plain tiff and aids In overy possible way by accepting servlco and employing a local legal light to look after his Interests. In such cases tho decreo Is often se cured within ten days after tho ninety day probation haB expired. In fact, It has sometimes occurred that tho di vorce was granted within nlnoly-one days after tho nppllcant arrived In Fargo. In these cases, of course, per sonal service was secured and there was no contest in tho way of alimony. In cases of desertion or in others, where tho residence of tho defendant is un known, six weeks additional 1b re quired for tho publication of summons. Tho attorneys' feo varies from ?50 to any higher amount with the trouble necessary to secure tho decree and the nblllty of the plaintiff to pay. The col ony includes people in an walks of life. Evon laboring men come to Fargo and work while establishing their resi dence. Theso are the exception, how ever. The seekers after single blessed ness aro, as a rule, well supplied with funds and able to pay liberally for what they get. Somo distinguished people have been temporary residents of the state and aro men and women In nil walks of lifo, and titled foreigners are not an exception. Another noticeable feature Is tho hasto with which somo of tho plaintiffs again rush headlong Into matrimony after having been granted a divorce. One caso is on record where a trip was mado directly from tho Judged chambers to tho license room and re turn and tho second marrlago per formed by tho kindly court in fifteen minutes after tho decreo had bcon granted and before the ink utjed in signing the dlvorco papers had time to dry. Indeed, the majority marry again within six months after being divorced. All kinds of schemes are worked to avoid publicity. Members of tho colony often live here under assumed names and do everything possible to keep cor respondents of eastern papers from learning their history. To deceive their friends the contingent sometimes rents boxes In tho Moorhcad postoffice, across the, river In Minnesota, so eastern friends won't know what they are do ing out west. A WOMAN AS AN ORATOR. Voters of the Knit ltolnc Instructed by Mrs. Sheldon Tllllnclnut. Tho West has always had its full share of women who spoko from the platform on politics and other public questions, but tho East has been a Uttlo shy and backward In this respect. Now, however, a full-fledged woman orator has blossomed out on the Atlantic coast and they are making much of her. She Is Mrs. Edward E. Tilllng hast, and Is better known as Elizabeth Sheldon. - She speaks on tho political situation and her audiences are exclu sively men. Mrs. Tllllnghast Is 28, a bright, intellectual woman who looks better fitted to grace a parlor, and her husband is a Yalo man. Their home is at New Haven. When a schoolgirl sho was noted for her brilliancy In rhet oric, but devoted herself after gradua tion to Interior decoration. Sho did the decorations on tho Connecticut building and tho interior of the wom an's building at tho world's fair. Her first public address was a political ef fort before tho woman's council In Washington and her first big audience was tho women's congress at th MRS. TILLINGHAST. fair. Politics is not a foreign subject to her, as her father was a judge and used to discuss politics at tho family table. Sho Bays It Is not embarrassing to address audiences of men, for as soon as tho men discover tho speaker knows Bomothlng, though a woman, they set tle down respectfully. Mrs. Tlllinghast did not have to enter tho lecture field, but she thinks If one has clear Ideas and patriotic Impulses and does not voice them he or she Is a coward. "When one's convictions are strong enough to sway others and to really count," sho says, "one will work and speak because tho inward moral necessity Is so great that they must." Were Not Karly Illrds. A German savant finds, on investiga tion, that most centenarians are peo ple who have practiced tho lato to bed and late to rise theory. There must have been a Jubilee In the pit when rum was Invented. IN WOMAN'S CORNER. INTERESTING READINO FOR DAMES AND DAMSELS. Jome Current Notes of the Modes for Rich and !. Well-to-Ilo Folk Vew Idea In Skirt Trimming Wide Hells at 811k Household Hints. OLEUO, Figaro and Eton all throo will prevail in modos for tho coming au tumn. Certain fan ciful ones aro al ready very popular, as, for Instance, tho TurklBh b o 1 o r o, mado of bright cloth and heavily braided In gold. It should be sleeveless and worn over a bodlco of whlto chiffon or moilssellne do sole. Theso Jackets are a truo index of coming modes, since not only will tho bolero bo very fashionable, but braiding of all kinds will bo worn. In general tho bodices will bo covered al most entirely by tho braided design, with tho sleovo loft plain. Tho front or tho sldo panels only of tho skirt should be embroidered, as to cover that garment entirely would make It too heavy. As a hint for summer work, why not braid ono of theso gowns dur ing tho hot forenoons on tho veranda7 A black or brown cloth of light weight should bo selected and it should bo nicely stamped with a design in long lino effects, which prevent tho gown's appearing clumsy. Thus embroider, if a black gown, with black, If a brown with green braid. For a scroll design narrow braid Is usod, sowed on one edge; but many of tho gowns will be trimmed with towb of broad braid, which should be sewed down on both SIMPLE DINNER COSTUME sldeB In order to make It Ho flat. A charming Parisian yachting gown Is of creamy white cheviot, adorned with broad gold braid. A soft blouse of whlto moussellne de sole peeps from be neath a bolero so perverted aa to be almost unrecognizable under that name. It Is cut In a point which runs up tho center of tho back almost to tho neck. In front a similar though small er point Is formed by extending tho sides and crossing them. The neck Is low, encircled by a broad sailor collar cut pointed all round, while a twisted cord about the waist hangs In two long ends down tho front a cord twisted of gold thread and ending with bunchy gold tassels. Tho Latest In Chicago News. No Twentieth Century lllnndes. "Scientific men seem to take pleasure m finding out unpleasant things," said a comely young woman on being In formed that tho gentlemen referred to ore coming to the conclusion that tho blonde type of beauty Is slowly disap pearing. Since time immemorial bluo eyes and golden hair have formed the theme of poets and novelists, as lndlia tlve of beauty and gentleness of dispo sition. On the stage the Ingenue's wig in always golden, while tho adventuress sports locks of raven blackness. And now somo prophets declare that the race of blondes Is disappearing and dy ing from the face of the earth, and that, except In the oxtreme north countries of Europe, the blonde Is fast becoming extinct. The end of the next century these statisticians claim will find a blonde man or woman as raro in th' "mm fJftlV "III '' part of tho country ns they are now In tho east or In 8pnln. Whother this shows a deterioration or an Improve ment in tho human race Is a disputed question among psychologists and stu dents of tompcrament. Tho pootlo qualities of tho fnlr-mlndod man or woman havo not boen disputed, but the actual worth of tho blondo bb compared with tho brunetto Is often debated, tho opinion reached being usually In favor of tho latter. New Skirt Trlmmlnc A charming gown for tho last of tho summer season la of palo-grecn muslin, with tho bodlco entirely covered with laco over bluo silk. Tho, tight-fitting lower sleeves nro of tho bluo silk, with green upper sleeves of muslin puffed loosoly. Tho skirt trimming Is very now. It consists of two pipings of bluo Bilk down each seam, finishing about eight Inches from tho foot, whero each Bet of pipings 1b concluded with a largo rosotto of bluo ribbon, In turn holding a bunch of creamy lace. An old-fashioned, box-plaited rucho Is arranged In a wavy lino between tho rosottes. To finish the gown bluo ribbon la encircled about tho waist, and a green muslin hat with a bunch of blutes. At last 1b tho pointed shoo losing favor and n medium too should now bo selected. It will make fcot look smaller, for ono was al ways obliged to wear a shoo soveral sizes too largo If sho wlBhcd to havo It sufficiently pointed. Shoes aro higher, too, and that adds to tho small offect, a very Important matter when ono con siders how bicycling Is Increasing the slzo of tho feet of our girls. Tho Latest. Wide Itelts of Ilrleht SIIk. Belts, more or less wide or elaborate, aro a fcaturo of tho moment. They contrast with tho costume, and aro usu ally of a bright color. Motnlllc belts are much HUed for moro or Icbs Informal wear. The best aro mado of spanglci WITH RIBBON TRIMMINGS. mounted on strong webbing. Webbing bolts aro certainly a great Invention. They yield to the contour of the figure and fit well, which rigid ones never do. Somo years ago everything Russian had an immense vogue in Paris. That was tho season of tho Russian blouse, which mot ono at every turn and at all jorts i of places. This fad has not yet entirely disappeared, one of the latest Parisian motlols showing a skirt of white taffeta under a bodice of white chiffon batiste. The full gathered skirt has a border of Russian embroidery on tho extromo edge. The bodlco, which is bouffant, has a yoke of Russian embroidery pointed upward to the middle, while tho deep sleevo caps of Russian em broidery nro tight to tho arm. From them escapes a full puff. Ilou.elintd Hint". To be really and truly "awell," which Is tho ambition of everyone whoso pockctbook outbalances his brains, ono must have servants who have been In the family "for years and years." Rub a curtain pole with kerosene oil until It 1b perfectly smooth, using a woolen cloth for tho purpose. Tho pole rings will run much moro easily If the pole Is treated In this manner. From time immemorial eggs have been the resort of the housekeeper sur prised by unexpected guests. An ex cellent way to serve them is with a cream sauce. Aftor tho eggs are hard boiled dash oold water over them, and when cooled take off the shellB. Th cream sauce should be seasoned with chopped parsley or curry powdr. DAIRY AND POULTRY. INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR OUR RURAL READERS. How Sucreskfut Farmers Operate This Department of the Farm A Few Hint as to the Care of LWe Stock Mnd roultry. WINTER fcodlns experiment with -JjiK. J&S? unrv cowb is ro yj. (S Ported In detail In iJUlietln No. 43 of tho Utah experi ment station by F. B. Llnfieltl. Tests wore mado to de termine tho value ot Utah fodders In finding dairy cows; also as to how much grain It would pay to food with tho fodders, used; and, third, to dctermlno tho offect of feed on tho per cent of fat In tho milk. The ex periment wns conducted during tho winter of 1894-C. Full details nro giv en In tho bullotln, nnd tho results, as far as can yet bo determined, are sum marized as follows: 1. This test adds but another Item to the fairly well established fact that an IncrcaBo In tho quantity of concen trated food in the ration ot a cow, doea not Increase tho richness of tho milk, provided tho cows are well fed to start with. 2. Any increase in tho grain fed over six pounds per day Increased tho cost of tho dairy products almost without exception; and the test Jndlcntos that, with tho fodders usod, eight pounds ol grain Ib tho highest limit for tho great eat profit. 3. Considered from tho point of prico, lucerne hay and grain soem to bo a moro economic ration than ono of mix ed hay and grain, but considering the weight of food, there Is very Uttlo dif ference, though the results aro slightly In favor of lucerne. 4. It Is evldont from theso tests that, with tho prlco of lucorno as reported (?3.7G per ton), cows may bo fod at a food cost In winter of less thnn nlno cents a day per 1,000 pounds live weight, oven with cows that will pro duco ono pound of butter or moro a dny. 6. Tho teat also shows that, with tho right kind of cows, butter fat may bo produced during tho winter at a cost of not moro than nine cents per pound. 0. Tho cowb which wero tho largest eaters per 1,000 pounds llvo weight, wero, without exception, tho largest and most economic producers. Any ono interested In this experi ment enn obtain tho bullotln, free of coat, by applying to Luthor Foster, Di rector Utah Experiment Station, Lo gan, Utah. Indoor Dairy Work for Women. Mrs. E. R. Wood writes to tho "Jer sey Bullotln" that woman's place In tho dairy is indoors because she has a finer senso of smell and taste than man. Most men uso tobacco, which of Itself unfits any man for handling butter or standing over tho cream vat. Many men absolutely do not know by their own sense ot taste when butter Is right and when It is wrong. The uso of to bacco In any form destroys tho finer sensibilities of smell and taste, par ticularly tho latter. Nolther aro men naturally so cleanly as women. They boo no Benao In "everlastingly scrub bing" a thing. Almost anything will "do," according to a man's Idea of cleanliness. Of course this Is not truo of all men, but taking the country through, Mrs. Wood asks how many men can you find whom you would trust to do the fine work of butter making in your dairy? It Is no placo for a man, moro than to turn the churn handle by force of his superior muscu lar strength. The proper placo for a woman is in the house, not about the barn, and milking should not bo classed as woman's work on any farm, unless whero dairy maids are hired for that special purpose. To this plan, where tho dairying Is extensive enough to warrant it, I have no objection, but I do object most decidedly to making a milkmaid of tho house-mother, who has already more than she ought to do, and keep within legitimate boundaries. Let her do the indoor work of tho dairy and lot tho men folks do the outdoor work. Thla will bo dividing It more evenly. Poultry Science. From bulletin No. 5, of Wisconsin Farm Institutes we republish the fol lowing, as a part ot an address by Mrs. Ida E. Tllson: Since "liko produces like," neither tho largest nor the smallest eggs are best for setting, because neither giants nor dwarfs are desirable. Medium sizod eggs should bo cultivated, as they best fill shipping boxes and cooking rules. A flat or Ill-shaped egg will break easier than tho perfect oval, Nature's arch. If a sitter accidentally breaks an egg, her nest must be repaired, and smeared eggs washed In warm water and wiped, as closed pores will suf focate the embryo chick. I am as ex peditious as possible and otherwise never disturb a nest, not even to test tho fertility of eggs. To sprinkle egg may be necessary when a sitter Is so confined that she can never bathe her feet and trail her wings In dew. One enterprising hen made a stolen nest of a disused horse collar, lying on a bare board shelf, and proaented me eighteen chicks. Another proud mother marshaled sixteen from the hay mow. Both locations were cer tainly high and dry. Even if that akin lining the shell dries. In Incubation, the shell itself grows brittle, and It would seem that any chick worth rais ing might make his own way out, and wo have "the survival of the fittest." The eggs of a mature hen, two years old, are moro satisfactory for hatching than those ot a pullet, and I prefer the layers not to have been unusually stim ulated. Though fredb igga are always zjn fJfraKVTClii proferablo, they will retain fertility fot six weokB If packed In bran and set is a cool plnce. Our grandmothers said points down, philosophers Bay heath down, and biddy leaves her egg side down, My own experience rovcals no great dlfllcrenco la results. Soma recommend thnt tho Infertile eggs left after hatching bo boiled and given U tho chicks. Other poulterers pronounco them very unwholesome. They always seomed to mo a dangerous subject for Investigation. Until overy hen-houso has an almanac, nnd biddy 1b educated, sho will sometimes sit unseasonably. A humnno euro Is confinement In a com fortable Jail; without vestige of n nest, but with Just enough egg-producing food to mako her scratch and long for moro. Onco I ralsod nil but one of 200 chicks hatched, and generally being success ful, was Inclined to think others care less when they complained of weasels and rata. After a long procession, how over, of right-minded, rat-hunting cats, which slept In tho hennery if they chose, my dear kltton proved an aris tocrat, fond of spring chicken. Lator three hawks selected my downy darl ings for family supplies. Grown thin and almost domented, from long watch ing for them, I called in ray neighbors and acquaintances, and sold 1C0 fine chicks. "How aro the mighty fallen!" Had I owned a harp, might havo hung It on a willow tree, but instead girded on my big apron, that was at hand, and raised 25 moro chicks, which sur vived, protected by tho higher grass. Thcro are no Bafer foods for Uttlo chicks than milk curd and bread and milk. Hard boiled egg perhaps once ovory other day Is good, but cheaper corn meal must gradually replaco these. Soon, one-third ot bran, ground oats, ryo or beanB, and two-thirds corn meal will be relished. To nolther chickens nor hons do I ever glvo any sort ot meal without scalding it. Salt, popper and ether Bplcea, when used, aro mixed dry through tho dry meal before wet ting. Wheat la a safe food, to bo fed as soon as it can bo swallowed, and meat may bo given with care that It does not prove laxative. Corn Is pre-eminently tho fattening food. Work in l'oultry Raising. In ono of tho United Stntcs consular reports, tho consul has this to say of tho raising of poultry In Franco: "It Is estimated that tho French farmer realizes a profit from his poultry rang ing from 17 to 50 per cont; In somo cases it has gono as high as 85 per cont, though tho average Is not much abovo 20 por cent. This Is an excellent Bhowlng for a pretty, easy and Interest ing industry, where a man can nurse his laziness and at tho same time make monoy. It has been estimated ""by Frenchmen who havo Investigated the matter that ono hcu can lay in three years 450 eggs, or 150 per annum, and that by doing this she pays for herself twice in tho time, lcnvlng a double profit on tho eggB that sho has given her owner and returning him tho cap ital originally invested in her purchase at tho end of the time, when sho is sent to market, as It is supposed that aftor passing tho period of usefulness she Is fit for tho table of the citizen." Wo take exception to the above as to ono item, that relating to tho sup posed soft Job hold by tho French poul trymnn. Imaglno a man engaged in tho poultry business nursing his lazi ness. Only the novlco would do that, and ho would soon find himself out of pocket on account of It Tho man that raises poultry successfully, whother In America or France, must work and doea work. There aro a thousand details that cannot bo neglected. He is en gaged in a constant warfare with dis ease and vermin. The health of the fowls is his constant care. Thoy more than any other farm animals need to bo rightly fed. Of all poultrymen that look after the little things the French probably lead. Value ot Sheep. It does not require n largo farm to keep a small flock of sheep, which ev erything considered is the best, Bays the Missouri Farmer. It should be well fenced so that thoy can bo kept whero wanted. Many a rough, worn out farm might be brought up and made valuable by raising- blicoy. There Is no stock bo well adapted to rugged hillsides or rough pastures, or to pre vent tho growth of weeds and bushes. Where sheep have tho range of a field very few weeds will go to seed, and bushes will bo so thoroughly cropped that they will either dlo or bo kept back. When a farmer can thus easily turn the weeds and bus) sofa farm in to excellent manure, and at the same time have them converted into mutton and wool, it is certainly a good thing. Sheep will thrive In a pasturo and get fat where cattle would almost starve. They also scatter their droppings ovei tho field and never fall to enrich lands, whero kept. Feed them extra, for this additional food works to the profit ot tho raiser in two ways it not only insures a goad growth of flesh, and wool, but It makeB the manure richer and more valuable. To make the most profit out of Bheep thoy should be well fed and cared for, A sheep must be fed to make tho best mutton, but few conceive that a well fed sheep produces moro wool than ono poorly cared for. Wool is a product from feeding, the samo as fat, and many farmers lose halt the profit from neglect to feed properly. Sheep should have, besides good teed, dry. clean quarters, sheltered from rain and storms. Panslea. Some follow the motbod. ot sowing pansy Bcd lat-i lu tho sum mer, as late as the first part of Sop icinber. These are kept well watered illl frost comes, when tun young plants are covered with several inches ot straw or leaves, which covering is held down by rnrans ot boards not too close ly laid. The pansles will :hua get a good start in the spring aud bloom, long before the spring sown 4ead, 1