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\ UNITED WORKMEN. 0 Q•VAL A°C . o·no· FELLn\'irs : b!~r,t!l~;;UlleqlpJ~:r.w,l;to~lll)tml '!WP.lo}'D)aQ.l. ,. ~ ·• l'i ANUM. · U!Wt • I Ev.~~ ol~ In th\l l~tD\'1 IIJIQuld have so.oh a . , , .......,.. .. , , bureau.-O~d Fellows' HerilliJ~ ;r....'llk~\F-•-ee•~ 1 ~n~ ~should be no cry that the · ~~J'9.D&lbility or the Lodge Sec:ret.ary Sl~ter· Fannie BilnJalnln pW~ldent ot . 8_, • .4.J~.Jlll1< ll:wping uv to the recOEd of -flr~e•tdly 'Linkle~-N~w 5illldlng the Rebekah 888embly of Oalltornla, ill one 1 The new grand omoers of PtlnllflYlvanill l;he 9lder A. 0. U. W. and that Its mem· at. WAterbln:y...,..Tflple Link Note11- t-f the most aotlve and earnest workers ln 1 are: Grand master worlqnan, John W. bershlp seems to be bettet pleased wlt;h H 1 th U 1 d t S · tho lntQrest of this !;>ranch of the order. Bickel; grand fozeman, Pad; . Davis; tba I!J'&ded assesemei)ts than the ot&er • . e P e nemp oye 0 ec:ure 1 Th · fJl til. 1 1 r t in Re- grand overseer, W. T. Powell; grADd 1\l• 9f Jlli- ·older's m~bers with 't.be •1 to all comers Work -R:ebekll.h ~ltd Various Not~s. ; bilk~ lod: ts n:~~~o~':.'i ~n~d ot lm· oorder, John M. MoNalr; graDd receiver, ::. . ' , from lll to 4/i year4 of ago. Sp much has , The poalUon of !!OO~tazy ln an Odd .Fel- perutin as formerly. 0. K. Gardner; grand guide, Edward E. · . IJeeDheretoforualdonthiS!!Ubl!lOtthatlt lows'lodgecarrieuvltl\ltlnucbllfrespon-J Th 1 ' In h lllblll · Hohman; Inside guMd, F. W.Feld; out· no ts.uot for•ns to zepeat 'll!bere. siblllty The ll!l<lie•·- rtlpresents lD a • ._,_. e uwhgovern 1 g tee g j ty toob- side watoh, H. H. Garringer; medical ex· , Otb.11r llreaooeptlngthe differential ~ ' .. b -h~ •-· • b '!-~ \\\' an onorabe vetamn ewel WW! ramlner Dr P Y Isenberg• represents·· grsau measure, ., e c urao- o. t e ..,.go. amended b th I I dge t ' • · · ' \'e. !·tilled, ~~~=~:1~~·~ i t · li:n t th t s an n v ....., a con u \\ po.ent ... allow an Interruption of not more than Sh id 6 rto w R F 'I'd ' , ·DOW even the A., 0. U. W., A i di id·--·' bl d ot ,_ • 1 _, Y e sovere gn o so as o tlves to supreme lodge, J. 0. Smith session ~he :lurlsdio on of financial fll;andfng of the lodge and In· Y ' I Detroit lodge, No. 6, has a membership • L • come n ° e, 88 a e~ for either {10!]4 or ·~vii upon thB moral and fonr ears er !Ill 0 n, · · 0 • to try the laUe sys- volves the reputation of the order at large. An lnltlat!l:ry member Is eligible to of about 2,600 and Is supposed to be larger pros~ err,ua 11 year. For this reason he should in all oases boa membership In a llebekah lodge. I than any other fraternal body lD tho ifi~~!'s!ta~ooi! · 'rhe applloatlons presented to the su- ooplii!BOus, jlalnstaklng, conscientious '.rhe sovereign grllDd lodge bas decided world. nel Milham Jol!l• preme secretary for the entire order for brother, thoroughly imbued with the p:ln- t1Jat a, brother cannot act as recording soo- i Steps are being taken to organize at ed the ordet' ln S!lP.:telllbe:( were 1, 169, against 84Uor Sap· ciples .of Odd Fellowship, jealous of the retary and treasurer at the Slime time. ll!ll'ly date the gxand lodge Degree of Honor 1S77 ae a chl\tter tember of last year. ' \:\dar's good name and. unfaUlng in: the The total 11ssets of the Colomdo grand of Colorado, New Mexico and Arlzon,.. . B. R. MILHAH. member of Ohrun• The total membership of the order on r1ncert~ observancl!-ln spirit lllld dood-of lodge July 81 were '108,442.28. 1 The grand lodge of Penneylvanla shonld pion lodge of St.. Paul, and at the fo:,m,.. Sept. 1 was 168,781. those benevolent teao!'ingo and praqtlces . ~here are . many beauties befitting the encourage the organization of Degree of tion of the Minnesota brigade, unlfqnn TherewUl probably be no need for wore :mbodi:t In :he prlno1pl~s of :lendshlp, mission of the Rebekah degree which can· Honor lodges In the jurlsdlotion ' rank, In 1890, be was aleotedoolonel of tlie than 15 ass-menta this year. ove an trut .-Odd Fel ows' lftlngs. not fall to arrest a reflecting mind. j Orders oannot be too otlnlfnl ~payment · Second regiment. Be ls still seJ1.Vlng ln OnSept.15 tlJerewasabalanOI!ofl55l,- Ov.er $ 1 0,000tor mpltntlon tax wasre- The warden of 'the lodge shquld have of olnlms whore the oiroumsta:noes ol that capacity. Oolonel Milham Is. well l!2i In the W. alid 0. R fund. Jelved lly the gmnd secretary of Illinois BjlQolal quall1lcations for the office l:n oxder death leave nov opening whereby fraud known thro1;1ghout thp state outrdd~ oOll• WlththeLoyalAdditlonalBenellt68Sooi- duriog the first 15 days of October. to obtain the best zesults. The duties are oan be perpetmtod. )letter withhold pay· Pythlan connection, having been tor~j;h~ atlcin 1n every looallty where the A.roanuxn An expired withdrawal oard rumnot be brlof, but very Important. went until the proof Is beyond question. years at the head of the Son3 of Ve~E!rlljll. · 1 oontlnued. G 1 Belsalsoagrandoffioeroft;llegrandoom· exists m ll!lve an addltlona gnnrantee of ra:ud odges !llld grand enoampmo:nts P. S. M. W. Wilson, ·chairman ot the mandory of Knights Templars protaotlo:n to cover a b\rothQJ:'s wants, bot The work of the subordinate lodge was are dlreoted to require fl'Olll their subordl· bene1lolal oommlsslon appointed at the • , ·. · we.lla~e a guarontoo that every one thus' changed from five to throe degrees Jan. nates annual reports !IS tol,ll'<lperty owned Jnst session ot the supreme lodge, is mov· Dr. H. J. Ravold is :now grand ohnnQQl• beoCJmlng a member only after bel.og lui- 1, 1881. by them, lnoluding size of lot and build· lng energetically In gathering material for lor of Mlasouri, and Jobn H. Holmes ·11 tl~ted into the. R. A. thus becomes and A brother holding an nne:!:pired visiting lng, date of ereotlon, cost of property, the Investigation of the oommlssion. Blank lor the seventh time grana keeper of reo- oontlnues loyal to the R. A., for the In- oard and having the A. T. P. w. has a present value, indebtedness, lneumnoe, n<Jt forms have been prepared and sent to eaah ords and seal .. ·. teresta of one are tbl) mutual Interests of rlgllt to visit lodges in his jurlsdlotion inoome, etc. jurisdiction with request for report bhere· Tile report of Henry P. Caldwell, gran(}.:.· bot.ll, and in lieu of losing thai member's though he bas not the~ password. One Important thing a lodge must· do 1e on. Eusides tills, compilation Is bolng keeper of records and seals of Dlinoli{. moral and physlcal support we retain him Members in enterlng the lodge oannot to rell~We the needy brother. The ohariUea made of statistics In sovrl'lll jurledlot!ons shows ~7~ lodges lD good atnndlng Oct~ lf' to speBk good things of tbe order which walt Inside the door for othen; to oome in of a lodge o 11 gh~ 00 be properly organized. specially selected by the commission. Muob with a total membership of 88,4011. T.lliji first oocapted him and then gave hlm the .and join them In addressing tbe ,chairs. 1 believe the adoption of th eli lblllt was expected from this oommlssion by the Is 811 inorease of nearly 9,000 members ill oppol'tllnity ot raising the limit to 14,000 They must go directly forw!Ud, make their clause proposed b th t ed 1 ~ Y supreme lodge, and the members of that one year. The total aseets of the ordor iii o 1 r fi:.,OOO an~ oantlnulng til' the odom.J:any lddress and tnke their seats. Bro. Nicholson, w~ a 8 ~nando a ~,';!; bdily will not be disappointed when tho the state ai:J) f460, ?45. • . · o. e same oon oompan ons an oar· It Is not now necessary to have previ- and sbnllso oonsiderltuntll we have more report ls made.-Keyatone Workman. Eleven new temples of Bath bone Slaten !r~~ 0 1.mmQndlng Its :\lal and pruden· ously served In some appointive office to satlsfnotory light on the subjoot.-P. G. : There are very few old members to bo .. ere Instituted ln lllls8ourl during th~ ea urea to some Ot er Mend. be eligible to either the office of treasurer M. Kidder o! New Hampshire. seen at the lodge meetings lD Mloblgan. past ytlln'. Bost;on oounolilllnltiated more mombora or sooretary In a Rebokab lodge. Tbe t;rue Odd Fellow does the work for It Is tho young membors who take the In· St • .Paul Knights have ded!oated I}Dil dur:lng the first six months ot 1895 than · terest In the lodgBS •- '· I ot tl lr bea lfnl l in the entize preceding year. All past gmnd ames who may attend the the work's snke ll!ld not for the applanso · ...,.on possess on Je ut illl&p ~ annual sos~ons of the sovereign grand he msy receive. 1 Pcnneylvanla shonld h<>ve a grand lodge luill. It lJ not surpassed 1n the west, l ~kh~~tillh :ndolsul. oh world as febll. lDo !lOt lodge will have their names pl.aoed on the Grand Master .Ansell of Washington b&- of the Degree of Honor before the supreme \ oo ,.. e ot ona:ry or it, ut n yow: pay rolL lloves that mnrrled womon whose hue- . lodge meets at Butiaio nlll<t June. RED MEN. innermost consciousness • supplant Its bands anJ not Odd \'ellows should bo ad· • Thero Is 11 fooling In some jurledlotlons lllemory with sucoess. Keep \a-moverin .Aotlon was token on 206 reports of .., ~ f I l aloDg\ for the acoomp11Bbment of your standing oommlttees at the ·Jast seBsion of mltted to Rebekah lodges. In favor of a system o eve asseeamente- The great oouncil of lol'fa was held M grand mgen~'s desire. the sovetelgll grand lodge. I say about 92 per yoar. Ottumwa. Tho following great olllat• C Its lD --\\-- .,_ h .,._ Tho sovorolgn '\\\nd lodge authorized \'-'•hta or st. John and ~-•ta. Grand total bonoflolary fund dlsbuned wero elected: Great saobom, J. J .• ~Pll· .. •, ouno .,......,.u w.ussao uso,..., are ,-- ........ .,._ by the order from orgnnlzatlon to Sept. I, talking of lnaugumtlng a whist oontest.. tho sale of IG,OOO In bonds ln Older to pay great ·senior sngrunorc, Fred 0. ~.vir, the expenses of the session. 'I'hill was In The general order referring to tho mill· 1896, e68,105,997.87. \\\\'t juni J .A SmlW l7Mai Familiarize youralllves with tho oonstl· DXOOBll of amount In hand. tarY departm81lt ls WI follows and Is Inter· ! When you aro tompted to glvo up your ·-- or sagamore, ' • · t \\~·~ tutlon and laws of the order, 118 questions • eating to thousands of Sir Knlgbte: Tho oert!llcato, first oonsldor your aotlon from keeper of records, A. B. MoOown; ~.~ $ will !requontly oo asked J'OU by members General E. S. Conway,, grand repre- military dopartruont o! tho Knights o! St. the atnndpoln~ ol your flilllily, who ore to ~~hp~~ E' · J~~geg'W.\~:ro\po,· t~: of oounolill you visl~. sentatlve, bas aooeprod th<> Bppolntmont John ond Mnltn sluill oonslst of the prtlS8llt be tho benollolarlea. It you think It would ti vo to Olo great oounoll of tii':·~ Grand Regent DBvid ol Mlllll!8Cbusette and h!lB boon commls8lonod B88lstant uniformed cumpanlons of tho order anrl be lmnJatorlnl to tbem to bo forced Into n s W B. Kef! · recently oalled hls deputlos together ood quartermaater general on General Crook· snob othor members who ahnll uniform servile oondltlon on your 'death, go abood tatee, · or. · · outlined their duties. Among other things :·~=is~mander of tho department and enroll Ummsolves theroln. The brl· !llld inpoo. But be aura you oro right. b&- The t;rlbos ln wootern M.assaclhlll!lltM ho told them: The DDGR Is appointed by, gndos, regiments, battalions nnd QOmpn- fore so doing. You may rue your action a held a barbecue at Laul'lll PIUk. ~<lrih· ~~~represents, the grand regent and Is ox- When a lodge booomes defunct or ill sus· nli\S sbalJ be nnd nro hereby formed Into little tater on, nnd you way llilk to be rein- IUDpton, reoontly. Great Saohom E\:lltl·. pooted ooald hlm In oarrying out hls pinna ponded, It severs membership in tho oo- districts ns tollows: District No. 1, Do- stated Are you nwa.ro that thOJl your IUld Groot Junlo~ Sagamoro Penn)' 'Vy~ tor the bnlldlng up of tho m'ller In the state. orunpmont and Rebt.kllh lodge. Jlllnion ol Canada; illstrlot 'No. 2, stnto ot physloal condition mr>y bar you from.so- prtlllent 118 represontai.IVDII of tho ~feU All are engaged 1n a labor of love and The 1,200 members of the order In Now York; district No. 8, state of l'onn· . oaring another oortl1lootoP Bofore tnklng oonnoll. Thora wore nbout 1,000 ~n1. eoollllhould give hls bost servioo to the Waterbury mny boexotiBodforbolngproud sylvania; district No. 4, state of Dolo·, weighty stops always take weighty conn- No ohart.ers tor ~t oounolls ot:~ development of tho order und constantly of tho !lno 1100,000 buildlns dedlooted on ware; dlstrlot No. li, states of Now Jersey, sol, nnd tho best oouneclor wo ovar hoo:td bontns can ho granted nntll aftcl' tbil'th!ll exompllty its tratornlty In hls deallnss Wnooln's day, Connecticut's new holiday. Maryland nnd Weat VIrginia; district No. of Is your wlfa. Df oold moon, whon I& Is hoped wo nec)M. with hill fellow men. It Is a orodlt 'to tho frnt<Jrnlty and an or- 6, states of TO:taB and Louisiana. I Tho work for tho grand mDBter work- sary prolimlnarloo II1II,Y be oompleted:, . ', 'rho poptilarlty of thoR. A.. In Plttsllold eomont to tho olty. Tho building Is ln Insignia ol rllllk for tho omcors of t.ho . IJlllll and his assistants Is to promote, an- In G. S. D. 8711 tho ordm for th11 1Im ls steadily lnoreaslug, and Its bost citizens lhe bnslnees center of the olty and ooou- milltnry department shall be worn upon · oourago nnd dovolop the aoolal footurea; t.lmo exceoded 10,000 members, the nnilv are npplylng for membership In muob tho pios aground space of 80 feet front by U6 tho ooot oollnr only, for tho nonoommls· ; ln!orm tho members of tho bonoflts of the ber thou being 10,1!38. ID G. S.D. ~7~. ~Q \1'\'BY ns. a mun seeks the boot store in loot doop. The front I.e six stories high sloned offioers on the sloave. Tbo sbouldor ordor to themaol ves whllo living fllld to tho nom bor was 1!8, 781, ll!wing mote·ttu.n ' town for trade. ~d CXlntalna, above-tho liNt floor, ~· of- Btmps sbnll be used exolusivoly to doa!g- I b:rlng about suoh a dogreo ol SO::U01 IWd donblod In fom groo.t l!UU. In 11.ve n:iciie • .Milko yoursolves espoolnlly frunlllar with 4Qos end tho pm:lora o! 'the lodgos. 1'he unto knightJy rank In tho order. Rank In fraternal lifo 88 will soonro to thom tho grcnt suns tho order had n!Mhod 4.0jliiT/, · dntlos of regent, orator, secretary, ooUootor ~ear building ill three atorlos hlgb, and tho order will roooive no oollBideration to fullness of tbt>llo benetltn. I but tn G. S. D. 889 nurdbBrod only ll'l;iln,•::: and treasurer. The colleotor ls not oust;o- bRS within its walls tho hnlls and other offioinl position In thle department by ren· I li'allaolcua ldoos and theories h t In 111 groat !IUDS from that aate thb:oii<· , diiUI of ot~unoll monoy; mouoy must bo quartora dovoted to tho work of tho order, son of snob rank, but tboee Sir Knights Into tho order !rom tlmo to tim a~e crop , dor baa m~do a net lnlll'lli\So of more tiraii·' tyrned ovor W l.reruluror. !lolld a banqueting ball. These nre tbe best bost odoptod to drllllllld command Y'lll be of lnoxperlonl'll. Ono ol tho mo~ f::~~= II 00,000, tho total being 13ll, 705, anq :tile Sea that rltnallstlo work Is oorreoruy ~d most oonvenlont froternity quarterll tho first to rooelvo promotion. 1 of thoso hBB btlon tho Idea that t.bo mom-~ total funds of theordor lllllount to$1.~119.· dooo, and do all you can to ponmnl}o offi· V. E. Blr Sanluel O. Rlddlo of Bmdford bersblp ol aobordlnnta lodgea oan be do- 54 1.1 6 · • cor.. to memnrlzo their parts. Tho degree enoampmont, No. fiB, Brndford, bu.s been ponded upon to mnlntain tho order unn!dOO. The deatll rate of the L 0. R. M.· Wl!4 wo:rk must be In conformity with the appointed 8Ild commlssloned grand prior by tho grand lodgo. IICBS tlum 8 In 1,000 last year. !rhll! 14 \book of duties,\ wtthont omission, un· for tho jurlsillotlon o! Ponnsylvanla. I Competition with other orders 1s not so tho lowest in any aooioty of Its ab:o ~n less permission 1Jo granted 1:0 nse a special During tho pll8t fiscal year $ 84 • 000 In serious n mnttor ns It wns for tho mcm- A.marloo. The oost per member forill.Ck ritual. olalms hns boon paid to bonollolo.rlos by bers hove been In a large .\nensuro tan ht . bennflts wns B fnthoms U lnohell. Tho. to: Examine oorofully books of tballnanoinl tho endowmontdopnrtmont, mnklng$164,· the dlffernnco and aro prepared to def:nd 'tal cost per member for relief pu:rpci1161 oll'ioerti. See that auditing COJilmittees 897.66 paid sinoo Ita orgnnization. tho order and show lts udvantagoa. 19!18 8 fR•h\'lls 88 lnobOIJ. . pl'Operly perform their dutioa. m::!~~~n:nf'~:~oe.steady Increase In 1 Tho supnune oourt of Ohio holds that Cl'h010n Frlendo. Following Ia tho polloy adopted by tho 1111promo conno11 nt Clevelaod and known a~ the ·'Morse equalization plan,\ so oallod froro H. H. Morse, the supremo oounoilor: \'Seotlon ll87A. On tbo first clny of Oo· toiHir, 1895, tbers shall bo chlll'god on 'Ghe relief fund books agaiost Dvery JUI)mbor then In !!ood standing and thereafter ogniDBt every member to whom a 'l'ol1ef fuDd certtil.oate is Issued mah number ol ossessments oa will :realize tile full sum of $5()0 on eiiOb rellof fund oertl:llonte tor *1,- 000 and pro rata on a oertlftcato !or a ga.a~i'l1' toos trum, ru~d there shall abthe ~e tllile be credited every suob member ~ 1t:IU 1\Ihount paid oD e.coonnt of each llili!ei!Billimt prior to llllid da.te and every member shall thereafter be ()red! ted with ·all hlisoesmonte paid until such member •lt81} pay tho full sum cf $500 on a rellet fll!ltl 'Cert.ifioate for $1,000 .md pro rata tor a gr!lilter ur less sum.\ OW'Ing to dl.sa1rootlon ln the ranks of t~ order (It Ohosen Friends In Chloago, Snp~me Qonnollor H. :S:. Mcrso has siul• pel:lded 1i'. V. Busick, gmnd oounoilor or the German jnrlsdintlob, and Samuel Bel· go;· grand councilor of the th!rt;eenth dls- triot, and ordered Past Supreme Counoil- WUllam G. Morris to administer th() . of tho order nntll a settlement can rbi!l11ffeeted. The new equal~lon plan is now tb~ mbjeot of dlscJ!sslDn and explanation In the various counolls.of the order, and M th~ mlll'its of .the plan we developed It be- . oorues &be theme of universal oommen' IIDd Blltlsfaotlon. The officers of the vari- ous fraternal sooleUes ol the oonntry are looklng ip-to t~e plan with a view of adopt- Ing it ln tha future. Daring $he present year I? 8S8BS81llents have already been made. ODD FELLOWS' HALL, 'WATERBURY, CONN. In the etate. The front of the building ill deSigned lh the Vunetlan·Gtlthlc style. The general oonstruatlon of .Jili.e building Ill thorough and practically ilreproof. AU of thO floors are carried on stool g\rdlll'll and· steel colnmn8 Bnd 111'11 supported lnde- poudently ot we partitions. One hundred . thou•and Odd FelloW's have died lllnce the order was organized In tbe United States. Phlladelpbla ls t;o have an Odd Fellows' band and orohestro. It will consist of nbout 60 musicians !llld wlll wear the ani- form of a obev&lier of the PBtrlo.rohs Mill· taut. ru. 0. P. Meredith Is grand master of Kentullky Bl!d Bro. R. G. Elliott grand BeOretary. • Th~ are 9'7 canton\ lD Miohlgan wlth ~00 Patrlarohs MllitlUit . The 111and lodge of Iowa bae decided to build em orphan's bome and bas appropri- ated $10,000 for thnt purpose. A oommlttee has been Bl'polnted by the grand lodge of Mlohlgan to sollclt funds for a state home for Indigent and aged members I'Ud their wlvss. ·nebrew lrrl&temtti... Th!J exempMoation of the prlnolplea ot Grand M~ter Samuel Dod of the Order Odd Fellowship Is not round In the secret B'rltb Ab:ruh.hln Is known aa tbe farm.., work nor In the ritual, nor lD the lectures trom Ballliillote. o~ the obligBtions, but In the acts of the Tile memlJe'rshlp 41f B'nal B':rlth Individual members. tbr\i'ilgh6u1;,.tbe world Is BO,OOO. There Gra.nd &presentative Joseph Klddlll' of rtr~ tw.o lodges 1n Egypt and one In Syrl&; New Hampshire on the !lith of September . F~dinan~ ·'!=oe4y, Te@ltm;llr ~ew .York<, oompletlid Ill YBiml of memborslllp in the ~I '6e re-eloolied grand ,!!l&Sj;er .o(tb\'< ln~ ordlll'. ' dependent Order of Sons of :Benjamin. The semiannual reports show large gain• Bro. Paul Monk,' the silver tongued In membership in Illlnols. o:rator otthe Independent .O.xalir•of B'rlt~ Great ciredlt ill due Grand Represents- Abraham, Is the da'H)lo'rse lo: the grand of IUipqls for tha abla and -tershlp. ·• · p•;t~•~\\l'.H!•mner In w)lloh he handleiJ the tho snpromo lodge hns tho legal right to Tho present memborablp ls 4,800 Red obnngo lll!SOBBmootB. Cross Knights with liD average endowment I __ __ ___ _ membnrsblp from Sept. 16, 1894, to Ang. 15, 1896, of 3,610 Sh:Knlgbta, representing KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN EAGLE. $!,8l6,000lnsurunco; tho averngo a.monnt [ ol assessment peld per $1,000 lnsnmnce Is $7.28; avorn 31 lcath mt<J per 1,000 roam- · Tbe !awe or the death bone1lt fund were bora IH 9.6. . changed bytbesnpreme onstleso \\to pro- ' vlde 46 as tho maximum oge Instead of 60 . years. Tho salnrles of omoara of the death benefit fund wore llxod ns follows: Su- Kntabta of Donor. Graoa lodge of New York oltylntemls to tJrem~ master of records, $800; supreme oonfer tho fourth degree in Deoombor. k\\per of exchequer, $60; clork of death This dogroo Is conferred only once In 15 bene.llt fnnd, $500. Tbo nmmmts nnmod years, and as the lodge had the last oolo- for tho sn)>rcmo mn.stm- of records and the bratlon In 1880 the time has nrrivod for mprerue keeper of exohequer are 6 volnn- the conferring of tho degree. t.ary donation ol 50 por cent from last yiW'. Sulffilm& P.epuFte1' B. F. Nelson ll3SR tbe Tho law l'ilgM'lllng tllil forma.t!Dn of degree stnff of Middleboro lo<lgo of Mid- grand temples was amended so as to ro- dleboro, MdBBBth., 1e onke of the best be has quire tbo nxiBtonoe of five Instead of teo ever seen o e W'or . minor castles. Samuol Hathaway, reporter of Easton 1 The prize for the oommanaory traveling lodge for nearly 20 years, ond the oldest tho longest dl.stimoe to reach the sixteenth teporter In offioo, was elootoo supreme lUln nal sasslon wns aw&rded to Auburn trustee of th11 Knights aiJd Ladles of oommandery, No. 9, of Maine, A. and L 0. Knlcbto of Malta. . Chosen Knights oommandery. No. 1rzi.. WBSrccontly stntlonedat York, Pa. Thlil'li · tho eooond cowmnndery In thil oity. .., The grflild of setts was lnll1il.tuted at 17,wltb Sir J. W. Hicks of BayRtJ•tii·itn:rft~ mnndery o.s grand comm~mda:r. tutlou oerernonles took place 1.p ~~~]~~~~ nificent Malta temple, where 'f bove boon set apart for tho work of.'tM1.tmo uer, ond whore tho ~~~,u::~~:~~;e der ln ~uootta Honor at the recent session In St. Louis. I Tho minimum Initiation foo In jurlsdle- Pennsylvanlo.jnrlsdlotion oontains 170 tdoDB under the supreme oaatlo Is'S lb'oth~rhood ~t.be lodges with a membersblp of 6,460. 1 The per CHplta ta.x has beon fix~ at 11 The report. of the sup:tGme \'tliii rnports of the officers of the juris- oonte, with tho exception that $200 was shows a membership of diction o( New Jersey show that there are flxed as the maKimum tax for a ll88tle- of New JerS<Jy, Pe:oO~r.ll~aolla now 80 loilges In tho st11te, with 5,000 that Is, when the membership ot 8 castle Wlil'(!, 8,oll2 of members. During the 11ast year the state reaches morn than 4 000 the tax will not pnst YRI\r. A bout orgnnlzatlon bas paid ln death benefits be lnoreased above e2oo per Sllnum. Cas- ' ont In 82 death bonlillts, alone fi!OO,OOO. , ties that have no state organization and son:,e fund. of ~2,014,67. The financial statement of the grand are under tile jurlsdlotlon of tbe llllpreme trustees of tho supreme lodge of Pennsylvania shows that from . castle wlll be tn.xed 10 cents per capita per Bllts of .1,1!06.20. Oct. 1, 1894, to Sept. SO, 1895 1 the totnl annum. 'l'be order ll! gain.lng __ .,.,,.>.cr.., rooe!pts were $7,080.22 and the e:xpendl- I Bro. A. C. Lyttle Is now supreme chief York. tures $4,104.87, leaving a balapoe of *2,- and Bro. William Cnlbertson supreme 921>. 85. 1 master ot reoords. Supreme Dictator John Mulllgnn, stnoe I 'The degree of past supremo chief bas bls election to the highest office in the gltt been conferred tor ll)erltorious service on The titles of the offiC<ll'll ot of tho order, seems to bave been applying Daniel Ziegler of Maryland Lyman p olrole are as follows· ~!:!elf very olo!Jely to the duties of his Lewis of Mnssoohusstts and john Dlokln: . ton, su11rome · I son of Penneylvanla. I lin, suprem:J;h;er;o~l~d,;~;;~ lllodern Woodmen. The supreme castle eommittee on badges erh, supreme , and degtees was instructed to Beleot a sign t e dny lllld . There were 8, 7711 new members a.dded to · of recognition flild a cap IIDd badge for the I th\l Modern WoodDI!Ill during August, . ladles of the Golden Engle, and a commit. \'•TOr llt!CJ•es '\\''le$10.. makingatotalmeml,li)MblpSept.l of 144,- tee was 11 ppointed with power to act to At tbe recent E'Van,IOl!o!U •os. Tho growth tor 1895 is 689 new ohooee a desl,gn f~r on emblematic obart ()f , terence &t Elgin, TI!s., uamps and !il,160 new certlfi<>ates. the order. 1 revision zeported !¥1versely Sll: OOl_JlPB of the Woodmen ot the World Tile suprsme O!IStlo deolded to confer the mendatlons that pTesl<llug ate 11oul\lshlng In St. Louis !!!he aoolety rank of past grand templllol.' on grand be eligible tor only malntp.i.ns many of the customs of the a:n- prieStesses IUld grand gna.rdlana cJf mm<lo and to lncorp6rata olent woodmen, euoh liS frequent trips to Riter their term of office has reached fi'Ve rule P;\<Jhiblting• '\\~\·\- the groves, and obligates itself to mor.k years. It. was also decided to oonfer tile from JOining the last resting . plooe of each ot 1tll melll· tllilo of grAnd telllpla:r ID litlites that have · bera with a snitoble monument. no ~iitld temjlles. • 1 I The Ladlas ot the GDlften Eagle and the grand ;te:tilples are exempt trom lillY per · Cilpita.asse~sment. I Grima oblefs alld lnstrllotoi'll aro entitled to lM title '• J!IIBt\ ~r theJ' have ilel'\TEJd tb.ree ~llilri!· : ; . . a~· P. \iii\lniobi't~~l!eut®ai.\t (enllX'IIl .:fe~&fJV~'lf.:~.m ot,:;;~-.KntS:~ta ~t R.BCLAIMINC 'the Simple and Drab;lage and St There are hun trnota of swamp from a few squat 'Where the natura for impro l'lG. 1-DRAINA.G , s,gencies of druil Faxm and Fixesii trations, shows ~ been oon:~erted i1 The conditl on• ment are loam £ With gravel resti olay, and an byFig. 1 the firs by II