Michigan Scenery At The State Fair

For the purpose of encouraging artiats to make tho ïnagnificent scenery of Michigan inoro oL a spocialty, in thuir iketching and photographinfr, [is well as to bring together in a panoramic view tho giandest and host scenery from all parta of tho State, tho Executive Committee of the State Agricultural Society have determined upon recouunciuliiig tho payment of the following Special Premiums, in addition to the extended Hst under thia class. For the best, collection of not less than thirty Photographa of Miohigan aoenory, by a Michigan Artist - Fiwt Premium 2 on Second Premium ----- 10 00 Third 1'rerainni ----- 6 00 This should attract the attention of our artista and bring to the State Fair, to be held at Grand Rápida, on the 15, 16, 17, IR, 19 and 20 of September, the fineat display of acenery ever made at one exhibition. Tho Mineral Springs HouM is uow filling up quite rapidly, having reeeived a goodly number witbin the last few lnys trom the south and vvri, with othors inquinng; which is due to the rapid and romarkablo cures performed at tlie "Curo" thm season by the use of the water, .electromagnetic and galvanio baths and healthliit or Uiting cure. Water baths of all temperaluiis vith shower, can be had at all hours of tho day and evening. Electro-magnetic and galvanic baths, at tho " Cure," corner Maira and West Huron streets, from t to 8 A. M., 10 A. M. to 4 p. M., and 6 to 7 m. Inatruction, training, and treating of chronic diseu&os by the Bystem of cumulative exerciBe or Uiting euro all hours of the day and evening at the "cure," and at Webstee & Oo'b, No. 8 East Huron street, frona 8 1-2 to 10 a. m., 4 to 6 and 7 to8p-M. Ubod accornmodoijani for ladies to take baths. Vjsitrs abvays welcome at the cure. The Aldme for July is a capital nuníber, both ardí its Art and its Literatura. 3t v.illi a Cull-page illustration, printod in tiuts, and intitled " Catoh Him ! " It rcpresonts two children, th eider of whom, a girl, is holdil ittle brothor np to a rosebush, onwhioï tcrfiy is about to alight. This is ono of Mr. Tohii S. Davis's studies of cliild Ufo, and a -very excellent one, too. "Moonlight on the Bhenanloah" is tho titleofthe flrstofa series of five Unstrations drawn by Mr. J. I. VTao whoso themet ire the scenery of the Old Dottinion, wbich is ohiefly selected m thia instance from the región around Harper's Ferry and the ihenandoah. ïhey are picturesque and Ijeautiful. Mrs. Eliza Oreatorex transporta us fa HdXewYort, in her spirited skotcli of "Heil Qate Ferry," " A Dainty Bit," after Otto Meyer, is delicious enough to provoke an epicnre and lover. Other flgnre-pieces are the "Mornng Tiath," by H. Wornor, and "You Naughty Rularen ! " by A Uabl. Thore is a noble porrait of "Tlio Countess Potozki;" afine aivhictuntl view of "The 'Frauonkirchc, Nurrm■■■■ " ft woodland ecene entitled " Tiio Onset," y C. Cromer; and a weird piotore oí a bittern, as wo suppose, standing alone in a ! ■■ apon wliich tlio moon Ujust risin;,'. 'I lii-, Thich is aftel Dahl, is a most poetic and I..' ÍT6 realkation ol "Solitude." There are four food storiea: " Sugaring Off," astudy of New ingland life, by Mra. H. G. Rowe, whose name s new to us ; " Return in Peace," a study of ,ld hoine life in the State of New York, by Lncy Helen Guernsey ; "Tho Cornet," by Kr.knnnn-Cliatriiin ; ancL"Tho Turkish Slipper," by Maurifd Tlartmanu. The more 80 neareadabje editorial on "ïho Old Dominr uu." apropos to Mr. Woodward'a illnstrations ; uiniluTon ThePranenkirohe, Nnrembcrg;" ind "A Lifo's Romance," a brief ineraoir of uuiteaa Potozki. The poems are "The í the Hark," by M'ary E. Bradley ; and . Hauo at supper," by Ifargoret I. Preston. Music, Art, and Literatura are intelligently and mili-nriideiitly disoussed. Altopether the ber is remcirkably good. Subscription price $5.00, iucluiling chromos "Village Belle " and " Crossing tho Moor." James Sutton fc Co., Publishers, 58 Molden Laño, N. Y. We are indebted to Okavqf. Judd & Co. for the beautiful and exquisito chromo, " Tho Strawberry Oirl," issuedas a premium to each subscriber to that justlv popular and model family and firesido Journal the Ueorth and Home. This chromo,14x20, ia printed in 18 colors and is a gem of tho art chromo-lithographic, & fac simile. oi tho original painting. Considering that the subsoribei to the Hearih and Ilmne gets the full worth of hia money in the paper the liberality of tho pulilisher is to be highly cominended. From the samo pnblishers wo also have "Mischief Bnrwing " - 12x18 and in 16 oolors - the capital chromo issued as a premium to the subscribers of the American Agiiculturist, a journal too well known to need a puff in our columns. Tho two papers and tho two chromos are sent for 54 Address Oeange Judb & Co., New York.