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Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-10-11
TOR THE CONvEYANCE OF MONEY
The Mutual Life Insurance Company

IANE You insurance your Life for the benefit Of
surviving family, relatives and friends thcy
fully protected by insurance life
evils that may arise from your Npeced death
moment OF embarrassment perhaps of after Insolvency
" The relief from anxiety offered bv life
~ frequenSly contributes to proone IL life
sured at the same that it materially aug.Nents
fort and well being of those dependent him has
also obvious tendency streng, hen habits of acc-
muiation.-NoCn Hochs Die. Com
The whole subject of Life Insurance iperfectIy
understood IN TINS country and yet it is certain that
principal Is sound, and sufficiently recupertve
amount upon each life insured with the
party or his survivors than pertains the deposit
same amount of money in Savings Bank.
This Company is based upon the soundest principles
and is designed 10 afford the largest protection ali its
members Large sums Of me are paid to Eastern
Companies annually for Insu anc, which be much
better used here than there f. safety the
II is to be hoped that Western will become deeply
interested IN building up s Institution Of their
own, and thy worthy of home support.
AL information, together with blank appiicat for
Insurance, furnished gratuitousIy bv addressing the See
rotary at the home Office in Milwaukee.
TRUSTEES:
: : Daggett Or. f Il. Wolcott, Henry l.. Palmer.
Lester sexton VIM. J. Whaling, Mitchell Steever
,,tG- % Miner \ H. Scovilie, J. Alien Barber
H. l. DousuIan, J. c. Johnston l. G. Fisher
) IL Earnest, John A. butcher, Charles r IITslev
Ezra Miller, O. Alexander. S,nu.l Marshall
J. b. Martin, Arson Edred Tau,cs Ro,nau
NJ . scott Henry A. Nichols, Daniel NcwhaII
6 T. N'Sh, Alex Graham. : c Hall.
John haekett, John II. RoGntTee, REM + Pixlev
James Neil. s e. Spauldin,. d. 3. Whitacre
u [, Darling, \, c. Wi!llnaGns.
SAMUEL :. DAGGETT. President.
Fa L. b. WoLcoTT, Vice Preat'.
\ ". KELLOGG, Secretary.
C. ID. NASH, Treasurer
ALIEN. WILSON. Agent.
>. d. MoFFETT, Examining Physician. IS
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T AIDES FINE SHOES, Congress Bootsand Childrens
ANTON BERG.
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CONSOIID ALTON Of g BRYANT Str7tton's Mercan-
tile College and Bells Commercial College now CON
Quoted Institution, under the
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SHERIFF's OFFICE, Iowa County,
Min.Eal R..tnt An.. Ia 20 z

>-o-- Mineral Point, Aug. 10, 1859.
,-fpli'E Is hereby given that the above mentioned
ercilon vii be held IN the in the said
OF iowa AT the places prescribed by law
uesGaS succeeding the irst Monday. being eighth
'aN 9" November next for the election of
med officers, and also for the election IF
a Member of the Assembly the Southern Assemble
ptSle' OF Iowa county composed of of MiIin
Linden, Wadwick, and the city and town of Nin.r.i
roInt IA place 81 John Toay, whose Of Office viii
expire on the thirty-hrSt day of December next
Mem er Of the Assembly for the Northern Assemble
blsLct ct Iowa county composed of the Pua.
~, t'tde oinng, Arena, podseviie aud Ridgew.,.
in place OF Gardiner C. Meixs whose term II ofe, viii
expire on the thirty FIRST day of December next
iflOS- McFARI.A NJ.
01te Sheriff Iowa
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HOWARD ASSOCIATION.
PHILADELPHIA.
4 R,rrr55e4f Fa.fIft7H established b. snocI.Y f,4.-
fer tie roiief # fts siri DIstrsss-R ac,-
ed cs'h BsrH'e emf tsi Epsdtmie Diseases

diseases.
rI'HE HOW ARD As CITATION in view Of the ,v-e.t
dvstructiau ot human iiir. caused by Sexual lis
eases, and the r lions pCtcti upon tie ufar
victims ~ sgcH disc So % Qatcks. several years are
directed tErtr coasHttiaS SuIE-on, CHAUITARI7E
~eJtny oi tisvtr name, to open biSpeuSa-v for the
treatment az this class ct DISEASES in all their forms nj
u give tIl ppIy hv letter
WIKI 3y>eIl qiI0n az their condition (sze acciuat
hallts Fl Ete. &C.l IN ct trcue u.vcr7 t,
tJENiSH MEDICINES r REk oF ts=g- Il l. nesilessS
10 all THAT tAv AS~ayttio~ commands CHEST n.
iacl skill e She .-e, and viii furnish he most
modern treatment.
Tae Directors of ti Association in their Aruu,l Re
port upon te treatment 81 Sexual Diseases svpreSs the
highest satisfaction with v success which has attend
- IN lAys OF te consulting Surgeon in the cure of
sperm r-rheta Seminal Weakness Impotence oror
rhoea elect = Ptis. tlc az uauisn or tlf-ause
e, and ORDER continuance OF the same plan for the
ensuing year
The Directors. on review Of the past feel assured
that their lsbor tS pcrc Of hcnexoI effort n. 70
Young. sad they hsve resolved devote themselves
with renewed zeal, 20 and much es,iSeG
cause.
An admiral report on Spe-naatorrhoea or Seminal
e"hneSs- the vice of eBsu>rr Nasterbation or Self
'e- knG other diseases Of tie sexual organs hv the
F+-t SEE oF tHAGE- on receipt Of Two STAMPS for
tos = 'tscr Reports and Tracts the nature ans
' >Siai disease. dict. Sc. are constantly
icing tF- SratuitOus lis trsbu tion and Will be
70 tHs 'sl'eiei some 81 the remedies aud
are II -reaf value 49, ~.
Address, for Eepcr- or trea-.,e,t n SE-r-r->-
HotGHlnN. Actinc surgeon ffayve-4 4ssor...:-
Ne. ;, South Ninth Street PliIadelphis- Pa, 'V''
By orier Of The Directors
,-- h-LtNA - h1ANIWt Ii, Presi4eHf
Csc. FA'RcHILD, SECRETARY lxvII
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-08-12

1.-THE GREAT WEST Is the promised land
in the eyes Of millions, both in the old world and
the new. Ito fertile soil and nagniAecn, opporta-
mites for development are the great sources Of Its
attractions But along its beautiful streams thsrc
lurks malaria OF most deadly inAusnss, which IL
the great drawback Of that splendid region, and
musr remain 50 Tor many years to cons- Kmi-
grants and others who contemplate settlement in
that section, will do we'll TO provide themselves
with the only cure that has yet been found efficient
speedy and certain: We mean DIR. J. HOST ET-
TIERS CELEBRATED BITIERS, which has snatch
ed hundreds fnom an untimely grave. Their ope-
ration upon the gsstive organs Is felt TO b.
bene1oient, without bsing violent.
For sale by Druggists and dsalers generally,
everywhere. s4va @ss ss.
Sold by P. GIBBONS, A. J. WILKINSON, BAsrLsrT,
KAYE Co., and J. BRADsE.
Atg. s., '5o-d&w
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United States Express Company.
rINHE U. s. EXPRESS co. having dissolved
/ thsmselves from the American Express Compa-
ny,will continue, heretofore, Ut their old stand
N Paxsons' Buiiding on ID street, TO do general
Express businsaa between Ill principal points from
Ksokuk, connecting with responsible lines running
south, through California, Oregon and European
countries.
All orders left ut their of6ce will be prompt ly
klled and goods delivered to any part Of the city
rRE1 or CHANGE.
Express leaves daily Sundays excepted.
Photographic dispatches received and sent
promptly.
c. II. TEN-EYCK,
July ~, 'bo-dlm Agent.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-08-12
Keokuk Nursery.

r Nm and sitter the 18th Of September, I will have
~ on hand, for sale, . lot Of choice
FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES,
Small Fruits and Shrubbery adapted to this ell
matS and the wants Of the people; especially
noughton = Seeding Goosebcrry, red and white
Currants, Raspbcrries, Strawberry plants and
0rape roots. Time for transplanting, from Sep
tember to une.
Orders may be left at No. Estes House, Main
street. VIM. BARNES.
Ksokuk, Aug. z, ,59-dhw9m
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The American Express Company.
THE AMERICAN EXPRESS CO., having up
1 pointed Mr.. c. L. ALLEN their Agent for
this city, win on Friday, July 18th, remove to
Stuart 6rifth's old ONCE on Second-st., wcst
side nesr Main. They will do an Express busin ess
for Ill places in the United States, Europe, Calf
fornis. Their wagon will be In readiness TO make
calls for all Express matter that may be offered.
July II. '5g-d1m
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-08-12
Le0al No1lce.

vIloJAMEs K. BRUCE, J. K. Hickey, Simon
1 Mayberg, s. Msyburgh ) Brother: You are
hereby notified that there II now on hle in the
Office q the Clerk of the District Court Of Lee
County, lows, at Keokuk. the petition Of Cum
Minis, Seaman ! Co., claiming Of James T.. Bruce
Co., and as against I'll Of you the foreclosure Of
mortgage on certain resi- estate in which you claim
to have some interest and unless you appear and
answer thereto or before the second day Of next
September l85o) term Of said court, to be held at
Keokuk on the frs. Monday Of said month, judy
ment by defsult will be had against you.
RANKIN, MILLER 4 ENETER,
July IS, 1882 I'm Pitts Att'yu.
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La.ar Antics

LGk0l Notice.
To William w Cotton, Elisabeth Cotton and John
w. Crooks: -
VOU and each of you are hereby notified that
Il there ID now on 6ls in the ONCE Of the Clerk
Of Distri o. Court Of Lee County lows, II Keokuk
petition Of Charles c. Stevens, claiming Of you
the said VIM. W, Cotton the sum OF SIX hundred
and sixty dolars, with Interest u 70 per cent Pay
able annually, from Augnst I, 1858, - money due
On promissory note made BY you and one John
crawford IN his life time, dated August 4, 1855,
Tor 06Oo payable two years after date to order Of
said Stevens and one VIM. r. Cowlss; and also
claiming against each and all Of you the foreelo-
sure Of mortgage given TO secure said note, and
others since paid, on lots and in block g. In W
II. Williams and Perry Reeves addition to the
City Of Keokuk, Ice County, Iowa; the same he
ing for part Of the purchase money, and the inter-
est Of the said Cow1es therein having bAsn trans
ferred 70 said Stevens.
And that unless you appear and answer said pc
tition on or before the morning Of the second day
Of the next term 81 said court, to commence &C
Keokuk on the hrst Monday Of September, 4. p.
1859, the said petition will BE- taken confessed
by you and decree rendered sgainst you In
cordance with the prayer thereof.
July IS, 1S0-Im Att'ys for Plaintiff
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Yesterday Was another warm day, til,
Thermometer ranging something above 90 il
the shade.


The Resuls 81 the Council.
The Baptist Council, called by the First
Baptist Church OF Ksokuk, to advise in rela-
ton to the ustser Of Re1. w. w. Allen, late
pastor OF the Church, closed its session yes
terday. There were ministers OF that demon
instion ia attendance from Cincinnati, Chr
csgo, and othsr places outside. OF the State,
o veil - from various churches in lows.
The general and only charge preferred
against Mr.. Allen imported that hs was a
advocate Of "open communion" and the
principal specification VAS, that be had acted
on bis visws by partakine Of the Sacrament
Of the Lords Supper in another church, with
persons who had not been t'immersed."
The fAsts wero admitted, and after due
discussion the Council decided that such
views and conduct were in violation Of tho
fundamental principles OF the Baptist Church.
The Council, therefore, advised the Church
to withdraw from "fellowship" with Mr. Al
len, and formally deposed him from his min
istry in thssBaptist denomination. At the
same time the Council expressed the most
undoubsing confidence IN tho Christian char
acser Of Mr.. Alien, and rendered their high
admiration Of the kind, candid and courteous
manner in which Mr.. Allen bore himself
throughout the difficulty, and especially du-
ring the discussion. The decision Of ths
Council WAS unanimous; and yet, while ma
king il under tho strong conviction Of duty,
they nanifestsd deep sympathy for Mr.. Al
len and very high estimate Of his talents
and . profound respect for his character.
But, while the decision doubtless accorda
with the views OF . large majority Of the
Baptists hereabouts, the community general.
ly express most sincere and earnest regret
that their church polsy required so severe q
sentence against Christian minister of suct
unblemished reputation, Of such excellsn
spirit and Of 30 great PROMISE Of usefulnes,
in the Church Of Christ.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-08-12
DIR. INGERSOLL

Performs all operations on the Teeth and Gums,
conocts Irregularities Of the Teeth, inserts
A r TIL ICIAL TEETH
Of the Best Style and Finish,
Puts in Artificial PILATES and Obturaors for cleft
PILATES.
Believing that the best operations In Dentistry
the safest and therefore the cheapest and most
satisfactory both to the operator and patient, Dr.
l. does not o6sr any particular inducements Ia the
line Of "CRsAF DRxIsraY, !" preferring the patron
age Of those who prefer the best operations andcan
appreciate the necessary care and skill in pro-
auoing them.
An examination Of specimens both Of Artificial
Teeth and Of very beautiful filings Of Cysfai Gold
F0il, 10 invited.
- Prices for fun set Of Teeth, from SIS TO
SITS. Examination Of the Teeth without charge
DsHfAL Roons-Corner Of Third and Main sts.
over Rix, Halo 4 Co.'s Hank, Ksokuk, lows.
Entrance on TAird-st. do0l tdAw1y1
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III HHDS. BROWN SUGAR,
III Is bills. Re boiled Molasses,
10 /" Sugar-Ho Syrup,
" Crushed Sugar,
" Powdered do
- Orleans, Refined and Clarified Sugars,
receiving this morning per steamer Warsaw, and
for sale low for cash, by
July I'D KELLOGG 4 BIRGE.
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M w. II ICKS, M. n, surgeon
Nls Dentist. Office on Sscond-St.,
between Main and johnson streets, Keo-y
kuk, Iowa. 0l1U

DR.. Hicks, in renewing his card to tho public,
would call attention to new style OF 'sPlate
Work, which IL peculiarly adapted to fat, irregu-
lar, and otherwise dif6cult jaws. This Improve
menl Dsen tested three years and has sustained
its early promise Of filing = real want In plate
work. The work 10 now worn by many Of our most
prominent citizens, who give it Ahealty pproval,
and to whom he is permitted to refer those inter-
ested. 47s
DR.. II. is also mounting Continuous Gum"
work, "Biock" work, and ordinary s'Gold Plate"
work, for which he has superior stock OF mate
rial. He ID prepared TO I'LL teeth with Gold Foil,
adhesive Gold" and "Chrystal Gold, !" In the most
thorough and durable manner.
In view Of the stringsncy in money matters
some alfusion to PRIcKs may not be improper
While, on tho one hand, DIR. H. believes 1t no the
better policy, ~ we'll the honestcr course, not
to work IT I'll than to work 1t prices that will ne
csssitate inferior work on the other hand he il
willingto conform In his charges to the lower
standard Of remuneration that other occupations
have suffered.
With Afteen years experience, thorough devo-
tion to his profession, and an earnest desire to
please, he u determined TO merit and hopes 10 re-
oeive, continuation Of the liberal patronage here
tofofe enjoyed.
Julyl1.dAw
l INSEED OIL AND LARD OIL for sale by
II KELLOGG BIRGE,
July lid IS Main-st.
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C.. e. Cole.

e.. q. Cole.
This gentleman addressed our people night
before last. We wore not able to attend the
meeting until he was about closing, and the
only substantial statements that We heard
from his lips wers that the Democracy
we're unanimously in favor Of non-intsrven-
ton in the Territories that it WAS perfectly
demonstrable that non. intervention Was Ger
tain to exclude slavery from the Territories !;
and that it was the Democratic party, not
the Republican party, that was the party Of
Human Freedom.
unanimously in favor OF Intervention?
Are not nearly all the Democracy Of the
South--the old and eminent leaders in that
quarter-dsmanding Intervention to protect
Southern property in the Territories, and
clamoring for the specific measure Of Tor
ritorial Slave Code? 10 that not the reason
Why Douglas has been placed hors d. COM
bali And 10 there one man Of sense and
common information who can be made 30 be-
lieye that tho leaders Of tho Democracy are
managing that organisation fer purpose
which can be Demonstrated to assure the az
tirpatlon Of slavery in the Terfitories7 u il
for that that the South unanimously supports
the Demooracy7 Are the Southern politi-
clans fools or dupes Or docs Mr.. Cole think
the people Of Iowa are? We suppose the
gentleman would allude to the history Of
Kansas, and tho remarkable efforts Of the
Administration to prevent the revival Of the
foreign slavs-trAde, to demonstrate the fact
tina. the Democratic party j. tho true party
Of Human Freedom, for that 10 the latest evil
dence bearing upon the question which We
know any thing about.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-08-12

Also, IN the MUsEJM, an
ENORMOUS LIVE AFRICAN BOA CONSTRUCTOR,
81 feet long, weight, 2da bs consuming good sized
calf IT feed and
A Huge Live African Anaconda,
Is fset bong. weight, 81 lbs.;
And, ALEX. MoSrARG, ths celebrated
Living SKELETON VIoLINIST,
% years old weight, "a lbs;
Aiso, in thu RIDOrTO. the newly organised
CAMPBELL MINSTRELS.
ADxrssrox--CTRcrs so Cents to Dress Circle "a
Faulty Circle, Children and attending servants,
% Cents 70 Family Circle; Galleries, rs Cen4s -
MUSEUM, 26 Cents :--RIDOTTO, 25 Gents.
WIN exhibit on the PALACE FLEET, q
XE0KUK, August 17th. 1850,
WARSAW II ALEXANDRIA
August 18th,
Aux. bdAW.
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STATIONERY.
pLANK BOOKS, Day Books, Ledgers, Journals
ID Cash Books, Invoice Books, Letter Books, Bill
Books, Composition Books, Copy Books.
Papers.
Foolscap, Bill cap, Legal cap, Packet post, Pack
ct note, Commercial letter, Commercial note, Bath
Poet, Billet note, Wall papers, Window papers,
Wrapping papers.
Envelopes.
White Buf, Canary, Opaqne, ali sizes.
For sale by M. w. WESTCOTT,
junel4d No. ~ MAin-st.
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In preserving the natural organs.
III. The Teeth Nay be preserved through life.
III. Teeth Affected with decay msa be attended
10 in season.
Nv. Timely and skillful filing with pure gold
il q csvtssa vssedy for decay.
v. 1t il serious neglect 20 wsit for tooth ache
to drive the sufferer 10 : Dentist.
VI. Tartar destroys Teeth and Gums, without
the agency Of decay.
VII. Many suffer for years with Neuralgia Of
the fass, stomach and lungs, from no other cause
than bad TasfA.
VIII. Bad Teeth dis6guse the countenance, In
feet the breath, dsrange the stomach, impair
health, distract the nerves. and war With rood ma
tufe.
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l INSEED OIL AND LARD OIL for sale by
IL KELLOGG 4 BIRlE,
July lid IS Main-st.
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mississippi Valley Nursery.
WESTERN GssOwN TREES ron
TINE WkSTI

NV II several years
w experience the Pro-
prietor can now furnish =
FRUIT TREES A N d
SHRUBBERY, acciima-
ted, and found to succeed
In the Vest.
Many Of these Trees
are Of extra size, and
have produced Ane speci-
mems Of fruitthe past sea-
son. These interested are
invited to call and ex-
anime for themselves.
Ordsrsfor Apple, Pear,
Peach, Plum and Cherry III
Dwarf. Crane Roots or On
The Kanzas news., 1859-06-25
The Territory OF Arizona,

The correspondent of the ST. Louis Re
publican writes as follows concerning the
| Territory of Arizona, about which so much
has been said within year or two past:
This Territory is collection of rugged
mountains, rough hills, and sandy gullies,
with hard rocky soil. upon which The rains
of heaven rarely descend. The Glla is the
most reliable stream in Arizona, but In the
summer time comes very near drying up.
At ordinary stages. the river is from six
inches to one foot in depth, and from fifteen
to twenty-five yards wide. The water is
clear, but strongly impregnated with alkali
in some places to such an extent as to
render the water unfit for USE Between
Fort Yuma, and a point one hundred miles
up the river, the only durable land is occu-
pied by the Pimo villages.
As you ascend the river. the bottoms are
narrow, the soil light. sandy, and covered
with an almost impalpable dust, which near
ly chokes the traveller as he journeys along
During the summer, the weather is intense
ly hot, sweltering, nearly insupportable. and
the river water so warm that it is absolute
ly nauseating. For reptiles of all sorts
tarentulas. snakes. centipedes, ravenous
bugs, and ferocious hies-it is the finest
country in the world; and they combined
with the heat, dust, and bad water. are
enough to sicken person of the GIla in a
very short time. and so far have had that
effect.
Even if good land and water were abun-
dant, the region is isolated, almost inacces-
sible, traversed By Indians, and. in fact,
never can be of any value except for its
minerals. if any should be found sufficient
ly valuable to pay men for risking their
lives in one of the most desolate regions Of
the world. In the winter season, the eli
mate is extremely cold. with severe frost
and biting winds. Of game there is very
little; fish are found in the upper waters
and tributaries, but they are coarse. fabby,
and, in the warm season, as soft as mud
Still they are the only fish in Arizona-that
is, in the streams proper of Arizona
Around Mount Graham there is little
patch of land that might be farmed, but il
will probably be needed for an Indian reser
walton. So much for the Gila river valley,
which has been mentioned as a paradise and
a garden spot of the world. Il is con-
Summate bumbup
The Kanzas news., 1859-06-25
Independent Order of Odd Fellows.


On the 26th of April. 1919, al. the house
OF VIM. Lupton. sign of the Seven Stars.
Second street. Baltimore, Thomas Wildey.
and four others. being the only FIVE MEM
bers of the Order who could be found in
that city. met and formed themselves into a
lodge. under the name of Washington
Lodge No. 1. Very soon after this. fore
seeing the evils that would ensue if the
system of self institution was continued.
they applied to and obtained from COM
petent legal authority, viz: the Duke OF
York Lodge. of Preston. England, char
ter by which they were legally constituted
and duly authorized as the head of the Or
der to grant charters and exercise supreme
authority within shese United States
From this humble commencement origina-
ted the Grand Lodges, with their numerous
train of subordinate lodges and contributing
members. From SO small germ has
sprung that mighty tree whose branches
have spread throughout every State in the
Union.
Forty years have now elapsed, and Thorn
as Widely, who had so much difficulty in
finding four others to aid him in starting
the first lodge, and TO whose energetic and
indefatigable exertions the Order is chiefly
indebted for its prosperity and existence.
still survives, to see lodges numbering over
200, 900 members, established from New
England's bleak and rock bound coast to
the golden sands of the shores washed by
the Pacific ocean-to see, wherever the foot
of enterprise and civilization is planted a
lodge spring up; to behold Grand Lodge
in every State and district of the United
States; to know that there are over two hun
dred thousand human beings who sympa-
thize with each other, who rejoice over each
others prosperity and whose hands are ever
open to relieve distress or to grasp with
friendly cordiality stranger brother.
During these forty years it is impossible
to enumerate how many have been relieved
on the bed of sickness; how many death
beds have been lightened by knowledge thai
those that were left behind would be sue
cored and cared for; how many widows
tears have been dried by the kindness oi
sym pathizing brothers; how many orphans
have been educated and guarded during
their infancy, or how many have been re-
claimed from the downward paths of vice
and induced to become worthy citizens OF
the state. by the acts and principles of the
order. In the past year alone there has
been expended more than $225,0OO IN re-
lieving the sick and the widows and for the
burial of the dead, while upwards of S12,-
900 bad been paid for the education of or
phans.