The Camp Of The Michigan State Troops At Island Lake

A notable milititry sextette, composed of Quartermaster General Hart, Adjataut General Kobertson, Brigadier General Sinitli, Cois. Caulkins and llerkner ol Grand Uapids, and State Treasurer Bnttler, descended upoa Island Lake un Wednesday and wandered meditatively over the ground which withln sixty days wlll be dotted by the white teiits of the Michigan State troops. Inspector General Kitld urrived during the consultation, and State Armorer Baker was also present, but Detective Abéis, who wlll have charge of the pólice service during camp, was obliged to decline un iuvitatlon lo join the party on account of the Reynolds trial in Ionia. A general outline of the camp was made during the forenoon and several changes projected. TUK MOST INPORTANT CHANOE declded upou was to face the camp east tliia year Instead of south as heretofore. In tuis way a much Isrger and flner drill ground is secured and the arrangement of the tents and headquarters eau be made much more convenient. A pair of ravines running north and south through the grounds whlcli have always proven a serlous nusiauce as the camp has been arranged will by this method be much less in the way tlian ever before, and th generala' headquarters, which were located so near the railroad track that they proTed m irresistuble attraction for tramps and idlera to lurk about, will go to a poaition well removed f rom the rattle and confusión. The muny advantages of chauging the camp are so obvlous that wlieu General Hart suggested It the entire party conceded that it was advisuble from evury gtaudpoiut. CAMP WILI, BE I.AID GIT week aker uext and the cook shauties removed from their present location to the east line. An avenue 100 feet widu will be opeued on the south side of the camp mar where the cook shanties now stand and will extend from the street to the parade ground. All teams will be compelled to enter the camp by way of this avenue Instead of drlving in by the railroad in the easy, go-as-you-please style of the past and circling arouud behind the colonels' headquarters. The D., L. & N. rompany has agreed toadd a 20-footaddition to its warehouse to the unalloyed delight of State Armorer Baker, who will take f ully two car loads of camp equipage to the grounds. BEYBN NEW COMPANIES will take part in the encampment this year, and Quarterrnaster General Hart is conildenl that the attendimce will be brought up nearly 2,500. ün liia returu to the city Weduesday atternoou the General engaged tbe noted military band of Prof. Reisg, of East Saginaw, for the entire encampment. The boys will thus have the charms of martial music to solace tlii'Ui for the war-like inspirations which aome would acquire in another way. Gen. Hart has made up bis mind thal the encampment nliall be one of the cleanest ever held in Michigan, and with that end in view will not permit a drop of liquor to be sold on the grounds This rule will be rlgidly adhered to, and whirl¦g'gs, chuck-a-luck, snaps and all otlier games of chance have also been placed on the Ubooed list. (Jood Koadx and How to Hak e Thetu. It costa but little more to put a rond in auch a couditioii that il will remain good for years, than It does to scrape dirt up from the edges of the roud year ut lei year. Macadam ueeds no foundation. The big stones are removed frorn the road and broken with the rest into angular pieces from one-half inch to two and a half inches in diameter and not over bix ouncea in weight - from one to two ounces in weight aro preferred. The road is tht'ii smoothed down and leveled with the center a few inches higher than the sides, then the broken stone is spread on the road-bed very carefully. As this is of great importance to the future qualily of the road, the stone is not to be dumped on the road, though it may be left iu heaps along the side of it to be hand y for future use, but t is to be scattered on by shovelful atter shovelful uittil a depth of six to ten inche ia uniformily deposited over the width of the road. The deth of of stone required depeuds on the quality of the material used, soft stone requlring the greater and hard, the lesser depth. The middle of the road should be six inches higher than the eides, for a thirtyfoot road-bed, or in general, oue inch for every livu feet of width. Ditches must be made on each aides of the road a few iuches deeper than the lowest part of the road-bed, preferable outsideof the fences. Let us fay right hen;, the lack of ditches is tht-jprincipal cause of muddy roads, no niklterwhat the composition of the roadbed. To macadamize acommon county road, cosU less labor or money than to keep most roada in repair two years, yet it Is set aaide as "imposslble on account of the cost, you know." "Agood husband"aay8 Johu Plowmun, makeiagood witö. Some mancan neither do without wives nor with them ; they are wretched ín what is called single blessedness, and they make their homes miaerable when they marry. They are like Tompkin'g dog which coukl not bear to be alone and howled wheu it was tid up. Happy bachelors are likely to make happy huabandi, and a happy husband Is the happiest of men. A well matched couplecarry a joyful Ufe between them. TUey are a bruce of birds of Pardise. 'i'hfj multiply their joys by shariug them and leasen their troubles by dividing them. Tilia is fine arithmetic. The wagon of care rolls lightly along as they pull together, and when It drags a little heavily, or there's a liitcli anywhere, they love each other all the more and so lighten the labor.