Farming That Pays

Political journals have in late years made familiar the interesting and really important question: Does Farming Payf On the one side it has been contended that farming is the worst rewarded and th most toilsome and least progessive of oocupations; on the other that it is ti best, if not the best rewarded of businS, and that the farmer is the freest and most independent of all classes of busy men. On side represents farms generally as all plastered over with mortgages, the majority of which are sure to be foreclosed; the other side presents the farmer as the least indebted and the surest to psy off his obligations. Whatever may be the trath aa regards farming in general, it is an undeniable fact that some farming pays, and that some farmers are conspicuously successf ui. There are farms and their owners that have wide reputations all over the country. These notable examples are generally known for some specialty, but there are niany of theni, proving that there are many specialties, and that many branches of farming may be made successful specialties by similar care and methods. Evidently it is a good thing for all farmers to have an opportunity to became acquainted with theso successful men and their methods, and to examine their specinlly excellent producís. Henee local county and state faire are good things so 'ar as they go. But there will be, this year, one grent International Fair and Exposition that will collect from all the States nnd territories of the Union, and from all the jrovinces of Canada, hesides from some 'oreign countries, a grand aggregatiou of he choicest farm stock of the whole American continent, from the most famous flocks and herds - cattle, horscs, sheep, swine, poultrj- in all varieties; and wil] addto these the largest display ever ahown in the United States of farming implements and machinery; and the iiiicst collection of frnlte of all sorts, large and small grains, grasses, root crops, garden and farm vegetables, cheese, butter, honey, hees and all beo-keepers' tools and methods; and also a vast and costly exhibition of all kinds of machinery, manufactures, rich and valuablewaresand rockIs, gems and jewels, art vrork, invention; the largest and costliest iicture gallery on this continent; and, in fact. uvtrything that can please or instruct. This will be the Secoud Annual Detroit International Fair and Exposition. It offers premiums amouuting to three times more than any other association has ever oftered in this country, and it is eonducted on a seale larger and more liberal than any great fair or exposition in the United States lias ever before ventured upon. Nor will the useful only bo ainply provided for, but every variety of speotacle and sport, music and art, will furnish charmiiiK ])Ieasures for the multitudes. There will be overy variety of norse racing and exhihitions- running, trottinc, pacine and leaping- by the most famous audcostly bornes in the world. There will be atheletic sports, There will be regattas, canoe races by Indians, and running matches. There will be balloon asccnsions and thrilling drops from the clouds by both men and women. The be.l m usic in America will be furnished in daily and nightly concerts by Cappa's renowned Seventh Regiment New York band, with forty eminent soloists. The mannificeat Art Hall will be fllled with 300 oí the choicest American and Kuropean paintings, statuary and other fine art works, and will also contain the two most famous large paintings of the present age, eacn costing a fortune- one by the famous Rustan painter, Constantin Makoffsky, the favorito of tlie Czar and the unchallenged king of the great colorists of Europe, represented in his surprisingly beautiful painting of "The Judgment of Paris," costing Í300 per day merely for the expense of its exhibition; and the other the grandest religious painting of modern times, the masterpiece of Munkascy, the world-famous ilungarian romancist, Christ on Calvary." Every evening there will be the grandest and most startllng pyrotechnic and dra. matic gpectacular exhibition of the nge Pain Son's magniUcent '"J'he Laa Days of Pompei!"- ia which will be shown theancient Roman amphttheatre, with its flerce mulütude clamortng for throwing Chrfstians to the wild beastsat the gladiatorial game-: ils Bplendid view of the city asd its temples; the vast volcanio mountainof the sea; the sudden eruption of the volcano, and the terriiic scène of the deBtruction of the city and the frantlc rush of the f rightened populatlon to escape to the sea: tollowad nightly by the most rare and magnifleent display of fireworka ever ghown on thi8 continent. This exhibition has been the most startling sensation of London and New York, and lias been secured at an expense of many thousands of dollars. The Detroit International Exposition last year surpassed all the great expositions on tliis continent since the I'hiladelphia centennial world's fair. Rut this year it will far surpass last year's success. lts grounds are now fully developed, and are the finest fair grounds in the world, with their great water front and artificial lakes. lts buildings are the largest fair buildings in the world. lts race traek is now complete, and it is the best in tiie country, with an immense rand stand and long rows of special stables for raciug stock. Tint; greal exposition will open Aug. 36 and close Sept, 5. This will be several weeks earller than the ordinary fairs of the country, heing just in the height of the season when a visit to the cool breezes and beautiful excursions on Detroit river and the lakes are most enjnyable, and when the parks and attractions of the city are at their bost. George Boyer and John Kline have been arrested at Merrill, Wis., charged with blowing tip a Chinese laundry. A peculiar and fatal disease has broken out among the horses in different part $ Allen county, Ohio. The disease resèdlbles la grippe. A large number of deathï nave oceurred.