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NISSLY & WARREN, Publishers.
SAEINE, WASHTENAW CO., MICH., THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1890.
VOL. X.---NO. 37.
BUSINESS-DIRECTORY.
PROFESSIONAL.
:s.
"P  E. J O N i
Attorney
at Law.
All Business attended to with Promptness and
Care.   Office on McKay street,
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SALINE,
MIOH.
Q.   R. WSLLSAIVIS,
Attorney at Law
Eooml, Blackmar Block,
MILAN,
MICH.
TT   A. fJSCHOLS, Ki. D.t
PHYSICIAN anfl SORGEON.
Office at Nichols Bros', drug store.
SALINE, -        -        MIOH.
p   F. UKTERKIRCHER, Kl. O.,
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON.
Calls promptly attended to at all hours.
Office In Davenport block, second floor.
SALINE, -        - MIOH.
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Q   W. CHANDLER, Sfl_ D.,
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON.
Office on Adrian Street, first door south of the
Wallace Block,
SALINE, - - MICH.
■p   S. HOLKIES, m. D.,
PHYSICIAN aud SURGEON.
Office and residence in N. G. Fowlers house,
one door west of J. Sturm's harness shop.
Calls promptly attended night and day.
SALINE, - - MICH.
TT D. HEi-LEH, D. D. S.,
Surgical and Mechanical
DENTIST.
Nitrous Oxide, and Vitalized Air for the painless
extraction of teeth.    Office over
Nichols Bros*, drug store.
SALINE,   -   -   MICH.
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C. SLASHT,
Veterinary Surgeon.
Graduate of Cliicago Veterinary College,
Residence VA toSes east of Pennington's Corners.   Calls may be left ateither of the
stores at the Corners.    All calls
promptly attended to. „,„,,.
MACON, - - MICH.
DUTY TO SELF.
Oration   Delivered   by Will.   Collum at
High School Commencement.
MISCELLANEOUS.
TOHK Wl. KLASER,
General Auctioneer.
Sales attended in any part of the county.   Terms
Reasonable.   Orders may he left at
the Observer Office.
SALINE -        - MICH.
WATERMAN'S
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY.
(Hiss Gilletfs old stand.)
Will be in Saline every Wednesday and shall be
pleased tp meet all in need of work m myune.
Jullaudsee samples of our work.
T A. ALBEJJ'S
Livery and Feed Stable.
First-class ri-;s at reasonable prices.   Commercial travelers ami their baggage carried to
cialtrave
any ad joining towns.
BU3S to aud from all towns.
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TJ5   GORDON,
The Pioneer .fainter,
Qver Forty Years Experience.
Carriage, Sign and Ornamental" Painting, Paper
Hanging, Frescoing, Etc.
SALINE, - -        MICH.
Y*CT    Wi. BRIGGS,
Practical Pairxjfce^-.**,
House painting, graining, paper- fre&'giife and
kalsominiug.    AU work promptly and
neatly   done,  and   satisfaction
guaranteed,
SALINE, - - MICH.
-NTICHOSON,
The Photographer,
Is now ready to furnish First-class Photograph
Work.   Open ewry day of the week,
except Sunday?.
First door west of Sturm's Harness Shop.
SALINE,      -      -     -       MICH.
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AN OUTER'S
Barber Shop.
iair Cuttinsr.   Shr.vtng.   Shampooing and  all
Work in the Barber Line. J
Hot or cold baths at■!
Bath room in connection,
ny times.
SALINE,
A. B.TANDXJZBE.
MIOH.
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WASHTENAW LODGE,
No. 688, K. of H.
Heelings First and Third Friday of each month.
A.-JULTj-Btt, C. SHAFFER
Reporter.                                  Dictator.
UP-HON   BLOCK
HXS AT 1WA1UKET
Woelper & Miller, Props
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FRESH & SALT MEATS,
SAUSAGE, POULTRY
LARD   Etc,  Etc
fft also handle tho  I'elebratcd
*'M. B." Brand  of Oyste$
•  Gire This Brand A Trial.      ^-
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WOELPER. & MILLER
In selecting a subject for this occasion
I did not, as you have probably noticed,
attempt to  use  some  deep scientific
question which, neither you nor I know
anything about except as we read the
products of the great minds of to-day,
but have chosen one which concerns
us all and therefore one with which we
are all more or less acquainted.   The
whole subject of duty to one's self lies
in self-improvement,   and for convenience we will divide it into two parts:
Self-improvement directly, and Self-improvement    indirectly,    or    through
efforts to improve others.   Under the
first then we have Physical Improvement.   This may be thought by some
as not a very important divisiou of the
subject, but when we come to consider
it in its true meaning* it is, to a certain
degree, the most important of all, for
we know that it is only by building \ip
a perfect body that we can improve our
intellects and morals to the best advantage, as the old adage is, "a sound
mind in a sound body. ■'   Our faculties
were given to us that we might build
up a perfect body and mind.    We can
build up our bodies only by the suppression of bad habits and the proper
cultivation of powers.   We have formed
our bad habits ourselves and must ourselves  suppress  them.    Let physical
beauty be cultivated, yet it should not
be cultivated from self as central, but
should be in sympathy with every organizing and vital force in nature towards perfection—above all let it be
for others.   If vanity could be exorcised by love, accomplishments would at
once fall in their proper place and become admirable.    But if we are to seek a
perfect body much more   should   wc
seek a perfect mind.   The necessity of
training and, if possible, perfecting the
intellect, if a man would do much for
his own good or that of others, is admitted. To this every seminary of learning
testifies.    Its   relative importance is
doubtless by some overestimated, since
education has come to mean chiefly the
training of the intellect.   The general
statement here is that duty requires
that every talent and means of influence
whether general or professioual.should
be cultivated to the utmost.   Does an
artisan in making a steam-boiler fail
to provide the best means for the safety
and comfort of the community'?   Is the
physician ignorant of the right remedy
or a lawyer of the precedant on which
his case turns?   Does the clergyman
lack quickening* andpersuasivepowers?
Each is condemned and each responsible for the consequences if the failure
'could have been avoided.   There may
have been faithfulness at the moment,
at the bedside, in the court room, or in
the immediate preparation for the pulpit, but the failure and guilt lie far
back  in the indolent self-indulgence
and dissipation of the years of preparatory study.   -Hence we see the necessity of constant study.   No part of time
should be allowed to pass without yielding fruits in the  form   of something
learned worthy of being known;  some
good principle cultivated or some good
habit   strengthened,   for   of   all the
thousand enemies that lie ambushed
along the journey of humau life there
is not one but shrinks and cowers before
a clear intellect, a potent will and an
honest intent.   Again no one need fear
that  great   intellectual   development
will.ever crush out   real   sympathy.
There is enough sorrow in the world
that needs consolation, enough poverty
that needs relief, enough  pain   that
needs banishing to inspire all the sympathy of human nature, and to demand
its utmost practical results.   What is
needed then is not less sympathy but
more intelligence—not a, stoical indiff er-
ence.but a keen preception of the causes
of humau misery aud a wise judgement
in dealing with them.   It may be urged
that because of the worries and perplexities of life   it is  impossible   to advance msntaily to any great extent, but
in all right courses of life a man resolutely desirous of becoming a wiser, a
better informed.better disciplined,more
useful individual, will fine both the way
and the end becoming clearer as he
proceeds in his  wqrk.   He sses more
clearly what it is he wants, and more
fully   the   means for its attainments
aud with better prospects there comes
increased motive for the self-improving   efforts   of  his   journey.   But although there may be difficulties attending mental education, no such difficulties attend moral development.   What
a grand thing it is to think that we can,
'• if we wilh   It needs but the wish to be
morally graat—Shi wish translating.it-
sdf into endeavor,    We can all* at tain
' that supremacy and to th«j weakest and
poorest,debarred by nature from society
nnd pergonal prosperity, is opened the
path of moral granduro, the royal road
.ofvirtue.   But it is one thing for a
Ulan to improve his physical, intellect
ual   and  even moral powers, as one
might his knife or his reaper, -and another to improve those which are more
distinctly himself.   It is in these that
we find the worth and dignity of man,
in these the seat of spiritual conflict,
in these the image of our maker.   But
some may ask is it possible for a man
to educate his spiritual self?   It certainly is.   We know that the more an
idea is developed the. more concise becomes its expression;* the more a tree is
pruned the better the fruit, the more
one purges himself from sin the better
and  nobler he becomes.    There is a
great difference of opinion as to what
extent one may educate his spiritual
being.    I think it   possible for man,
by a continuous purgation of sin, to
improve  himself  to   such,   an extent
that it   would  seem   almost   beyond
the power of   humanity,   yet   if   we
study the bible and nature we will, I
think, find that such may be the case,
for did not Christ say "Be ye also perfect even as your Father whicli is in
Heaven is perfect," and although this
may be a distant goal I do not think
Christ would command us to do or he
anything  that  is impossible.   Again
we have in the Lord's prayer  "Thy
Kingdom come, thy will be done on
earth as it is in Heaven."   But let us
now take a few examples which we see
illustrated almost every day and against
which, I think, there can be no argument.   We know that men who make
specalities many times attain to great
proficiency.   For instance an East Indian dyer cau detect shades of color
which   are impossible for us to see:
skilled mathematicians can solve difficult problems more quickly than their
pupils can write them down, and in almost every phase of life we hear of
men attaining   a  remarkable   proficiency which would seem, but is uot
miraculous.   And all these things are
accomplished by a most rigorous self-
training,   and   as  we know that the
spirit is far in advance of the physical
or mere mental powers, being immortal
while they are mortal, is it for man to
restrain the possibilities of the human
soul?   But it is absolutely neeessary
that we should attain to some degree
of perfection, if we are to be any good
to ourselves or to others.   One who is
leaning  and tottering   cannot   assist
others to rise.   He must stand firmly
on his own feet if he would put forth a
strong hand to help his fallen brother.
But we shape others not so much by
what we say and do, as by what we are.
"Man is his own star and the soul that
can render au honest and a perfect man
commands all. light, all influence all
fate."   For the education of these powers, called by some the governing powers, we haVe many good books with the
bible at the head aud God's spirit pervading all.and if these are rightly used
they will train us up in the likeness of
Christ and hence of God.   Nor would
merely human institutions be of any
avail.   Improvement here must begin in
the will itself by submitting to the laws
of reason and conscience, and opening
tho whole man to everj' high and holy
influence which may be brought to bear
upon him.   Our powers are to be improved by their being exercised in the
sphere and under the conditions appointed  for them, but the sphere of
these powers  is to rule,   hence they
can be improved only as they are permitted to be active in ruling.   But that
they should do this, nothing can secure
but that ultimate act of choice which
determines character and which lies
beyond the reach of all institutions and
external ai>plianees.   If these powers
be constantly exposed to the influence
of habits  or  appetite   they   will be
perverted and  will   manifest   themselves  in   every   form    of    superstition aud fanaticism, but if we make
them, as we should, our light and guide
they will govern safely and uniformly.
So they will gain strength and so shall
Tje walk in increasing light even " "till
the perfect day."   But   self-improvement, or we may call it self love, must'
not be confounded with selfishness; for
while selfishness Is the root of all evil,
self love is legitimate.   Our own good
is of intrinsic value and we are especially bound to care for it, as it iS that part..
of the universal good which is entrusted to us.   Go J cares for it and why not
we.   Iu this we have reason to believe
that we work not only with him for our
own good, but as he himself works.
'From hence it is evident,"says Edwards
in his Treatise on the Nature of Virtue
"that the divine virtue or the virtue
of the divine ir*ind must consist principally in love to himself."   II this be
correct our. virtue will consist in some
degree in love to ourselves.   Again as
we can help others only as we are perfect, so they can help us only as they are
perfect.   As social beings, our whole
interest and enjoyment will depend upon
the condition and state of others and the
promotion of their well-being is that
of our own, so intimate and reciprocally
dependant are a rational suit love, and a
love of others. They are not only not
opposites as some have supposed, but
are different phases of one common
principle.
Let us now notice for a few moments
some of the ways in which we may perform duty to self through ministering
to others^'emembering that we are benefited as much as they. In our duty to
others the law is that we shall love our
neighbor as ourselves, hence we must
do for them as we would for ourselves;
but as we have seen we must improve
ourselves and all there is of us which
is noble, therefore we must do the
same for society. The policy of right
doing can not be o ver-estiinated. Every
intelligent man and woman must see
that in every instant it pays richly for
whatever labor and self sacrifice it may
involve. Nothing in this life of ours,
whetherjitbelong or short,good or evil,
can be lost. For the good we do we
shall receive our justreward;for the evil
we do we must pay in sighs and regrets.
God's books are well kept and it remains with us, and us alone, which way
our earthly balance shall tend. But
no one can improve himself or his
neighbor without neighborly help.
Hence to better the world is to set the
world to work together. When flocks
of wild geese and ducks have long distances to travel they form a triangle to
cleave the air more easily, the most
courageous bird taking its position at
the forward angle, supported by his
weaker followers, each in the place
best adapted to its strength. Thus we,
by doing all that lies within our power
working jointly, may accomplish great
results. We see too it is not always
the greatest things which are the most
helpful. For example, a very small
thing will save a man's life, an oar
thrown overboard will buoy up the
drowning man; a string scarcely thicker than a knitting needle will draw him
safely to the shore. Franklin when a
boy used to float on the surface of the
water sustained by the pull of his flying
kite and men have ridden out great
storms on the ocean sustained by in-
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July 7th to 12th.
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1,000 YARDS, ALL'lN REMNANTS.
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PURE INSECT POWDER,
PABIS GKRIEZEILSr <fco.
Chancery Notice.
In pursuance and by virtue of a final order and
decree of the Circuit court for the county of
Washtenaw, in Chancery, in the state of Michigan, made, dated and entered on the twenty-
seventh day of Slay, A. D., 1890 in a certain
cause therein pending, wherein Elizabeth J.
Sally is complainant, and Arthur Salty is defendant. Notice is hereby given that I shall sell at
public auction, or vendue to the highest bidder,
at the east main entrance to the Court House, in
the city of Ann Arbor, in said county of AVashte-
naw, and state of, Michigan, said Court House
being the place for holding the Circuit Court for
said county, on Monday the 21st day of July, A.
D., 1800 at ten o'clock in tlie forenoon of said day,
allot the folllowiug described piece or parcel of
land mentioned and set forth in said decree, to
wit: All that certain piece or parcel of land
thirty-two rods long nortn and south, and ten
rods wide east and west, in the south-east corner
of the north twenty acres of the east half of the
south-west quarter of section number thirty-three
in township three, south of range six east, county
of Washtenaw and state of Michigan and being
the south-east two acres of the twenty acres,
deeded by Eichard O. Brower to Leveret B. Kellogg.
Dated, Ann Arbor. Mich.. June 4. A. D., 1SJ10.
PATRICK McKERNAN.
Circuit Court Commissioner,
Washtenaw Co., Michigan.
Frank E. Jones, Solicitor for Complainant.  88
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to protect tlie eye from tlie bright sun,
Oh, by the way, when you sell your wool
don't forget that little bill yon owe
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NOTICE.
All kinds of Forging, Repairing Horseshoeing,
and general Jobbing.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED and prices reasonable.     Shop   on   Ann Arbor street,
near Main.
SALINE,      -      - MICH
Ford & Son's.
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REPAIR SHOP.
When in need of Repair Work in tbe
line of
JEWELRY,
WATCHES,
'   CLOCKS.
SEWING MACHINES,
BICYCLES,
GUNS, ETC.
Give me a call and I will guarantee
satisfaction. Respectfully,
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Wallace Block.
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