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lives iii their vain endeavor to pay off the mortgage upon the farm, 

 which very few were ever able to accomplish ; and the hundreds of 

 car-loads of early potatoes, cabbage, green peas, string beans, cucum- 

 bers, onions, squash, melons, apples, peaches, pears, berries, etc., that 

 are annually transported over these roads, would not have been pro- 

 duced for want of a market. 



As the carrier is indispensable to the producer, so is the producer 

 indispensable to the carrier, and as their interests are so closely allied, 

 both should use their utmost endeavors to become personally acquainted 

 with the other, and by personal and confidential intercourse learn how 

 best to promote their mutual interests, and much annoyance and many 

 misunderstandings might thus be avoided. The managers of the 

 various departments of a railroad company are always selected for their 

 especial adaptability for the position they are to fill, and be quick to 

 see anything that is likely to result in a benefit to their employers. But 

 it is so common for people to seek to take advantage of a public car- 

 rier, that they are usually on the defensive, and slow to yield a point, 

 especially to a stranger. 



Whenever you have any business with a transportation agent, 

 always approach him in a business-like manner, tell him what facilities 

 your business requires to make it a success, get his confidence by fair 

 treatment, let him understand that you are not trying to get a conces- 

 sion from him for the purpose of forcing some other line to make 

 similar or better terms, and when you do receive a favor at his hands, 

 treat it as strictly confidential, and you will soon gain his confidence 

 and esteem, and always find him ready to meet you half way, and give 

 you all the facilities in his power. 



OUR INSECT MUSICIANS. 



BY MARY E. MURTFELDT, KIRKWOOD, MO. 



Among the comparatively few insects that attract popular atten- 

 tion and stimulate popular curiosity, not the least prominent are the 

 so-called "musical" species. In comparison with the myriads that 

 appear on the earth, round their little cycle of existence and disappear 



