The Grange advance., 1874-03-04

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Kenyon College, Ohio, has con-
ferred the honorary degree Of LII. D.
upon Chief Justice Waite.
"A member of Congress suggests
that as Il means of preventing useless
debates, the cost of printing the speech
es be deducted from their salaries
That is not 50 bad.
The Secretary of War asks appro-
prlatlons for improvement of the mouth
OF the Mississippi, for next fiscal year;
and tor improvements of the Rio Grande
at Fort Brown, $4,000.
In Cleburne county, Alabama, on
the Sd inst, an immense eagle endeav-
ored to carry off a girl named Elizabeth
Moore, aged IA, and weighing about
50 pounds She Was borne along for
some distance at about four feet from
the ground, when the bird dropped her.
E. 0. Stanard, member of Congress
from the First District of Missouri,
sports the most scrumptous equipage in
Washington. The buttons on his driy-
er's coat are as large as soup plates, and
the cockade on his hat about the size of
turkeys wing-while three yards of
blue ribbon float from the whip handle.
When ex-president Theirs entered
the Assembly at Versailles, on the 25th
ult., he was greeted with a perfect ova-
tion from the members of the Left, in
consequence of his letter published the.
day before, stating his conviction that
the republican is the only form of gov
ernment for France.
1t is gratifying to learn that the
savings banks in New York are receiv-
ing largely increased deposits from per-
sons Of small means. This looks as if
the hard times had spent their force,
and although there is doubtless good
deal Of destitution, these evidences of
frugality and thrift among the laboring
classes are certainly encouraging. It
will be we'll if the experiences of this
winter are turned to account in greater
economy and providence among those
classes who are in especial need of
| them.
"A correspondent at Washington,
writing to the New York Graphic, says !:
The National Grange circular for Janu-
ary shows an increase since the 18th of
December. when the last circular was
issued, Of 1866 oranges. The total
number at that date was 1896; the to-
tai of that of the last circular was 10, 1862.
The membership is only approximately
stated at about 100000. The increase
is largely in the South and valley states.
1t is proposed in Massachusetts to
have third class cars for workingmen
attached to railroad trains. In Eng
land the running of cheap cars, the
fare being one cent mile. has proved
very successful. To English railroad
charters condition was in each case
attached that at least one train daily in
each direction must be run, on which
the fare was not to exceed Il penny d
mile. This provision was virtually dis
regarded by the railroad companies un-
til 1872, when the Midland attached
penny mile cars to all it's trains. The
result has shown decrease in first and
second class travel, and an enormous in
crease in third class, with large net
gain to the companies.
! A recent writer offers certain in
teresting facts regarding the relative
weights Of men and women, from which
we condensed the following: ssThe av-
erage weight of boys at birth ranges a
little over six pounds and half while
girls fall little below this figure. For
the first twelve years the two sexes in
crease in weight in about the same ra-
ito, after which time the boys take the
decided lead-the result being that
young men of twenty average about
! 143 pounds, while the average for
young women of the same age is twenty
three pounds less. Men reach their
heaviest bulk at the age of thirty-6ve
their average weight at that time being
l52 pounds. The maximum of weight
is attained by women at fifty years is
about 128 pounds. The weight of the
average man or woman at full growth is
about twenty times that at birth.
HE new State officers are taking
hold of their duties efficiently Gov.
Davis in his message called attention to
the fact that the Southern Minnesota