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less true, and the botanical problems as
to whether carnivorous trees exist or not
is affirmatively answered.
THE CHANGERS.

THE CHANGERS.
The National grange meets at
Charleston, S. O., the third Wednesday
| in November.
The charter of Moscow grange,
Mower county, Mimi, has been revoked
on account of dissensions among its
members.
Lawyers, merchants, grain buyers,
ETC., because they have farms outside of
their regular business, and have an an
nual income therefrom, are not entitled
to become Patrons of Husbandry.
There is no officer in either local,
state or National grange, that is known
as grand master. The presiding officers
are invariably addressed as worthy
master; it is the highest title known or
recognized in the order.
The Wisconsin State grange is
about to issue the manual in German.
The difficulty thus to be remedied
has kept a great many nCn-English
speaking Germans out of the order
heretofore, and the result will be a
large accession from the Germans.
Buck Greek grange, Indiana, No.
779, declare their I'm willingness to par
| ticipate in any political issue of the
| day as an order, and regard it as the
duty of the master of the State grange
to revoke the charters of all subordi-
nate oranges that attempt to introduce
political issue in the order.
The Rock Valley Iowa) Patrons
went to the farm of B. F. Taylor, who
had been sick for a week or two, and
wholly unable to SOW his wheat, re-
| paired to his field with twelve teams,
and dragged in, in good shape, sixteen
acres of wheat. It was the intention
of the P irons to have surprised Mr..
Taylor, but he got wind of it and hob
bled out to see them.
The Patrons throughout Rawls
county, Mo-, have resolved to encour-
age home mechanics and home industry,
and in consequence the blacksmiths,
wagon-makers, ETC., are as busy as bees
preparing the necessary farming imple-
meuts for the spring trade. If other
counties would emulate the example of
Rawls, the mechanics would have but
little cause for complaint about Or
ganization.
"A bill has been introduced into
congress entitled can act to incorpo-
rate the National Grange Fire Insur-
ance company" 1t provides for the
incorporation of a company with cap
ital of 100000 to insure houses and
personal property against fire. One
provision of the bill is that the compa-
ny shall make full annual reports of its
affairs to the officers of the National
grange of the Patrons of Husband1y.
We do not know whether this move
ment is made under the auspices of the
National grange. Perhaps some of
the "organs can tell more about it.
We think it a legitimate direction for
the grange movement to take.
! World.
I fear there are too many that mis-
take the real object of our meetings.
We come laden with debate and long
speeches and resolutions to offer, that
perhaps are of minor Importance, or
such as we can not reach until we fun
ther advance, and I would suggest to
all true Patrons to be very careful in all
our meetings, to act with discretion,
grasp at what we can reach, and hold
fast to that that is good do more and
talk less, and wisdom will be displayed
in action and not in words. Introduce
nothing for mere argument sake or
pastime, but introduce such as will be
for the good of the order Let us work
together for our own benefit by COM
mencing Immediately at home, and as
we grow older, wiser and more power
full, then we can reach further.-A Ten
neSSee Patron, IN RuTal Ne1U Yorker.
Let each grange require every mem
Der to plant out one or more fruit trees
or grape vines (Which duty might be
held as q debt against the member until
the proper season Occurs). If the GUS
tom is permanently fixed, that there
shall be as many fruit trees set out as
there are meetings of the grange, it will
convert even fence-cOrners into places
of profit, and supply an immense
amount of fruit to the country,
without feeling it pecuniarily or other
WISE On old fields, where scarcely
anything else will grow, peaches and
grapes, plums and cherries may be made
to yield in prodigal profusion. By all
means the fence corners around the
farm, should be devoted to this purpose.
At present they are usually given up to
briers and bushes, and form uncouth
borders to our farms.-RuTdI Sun.
II. r. Allen, master of the State
grange of Missouri, in a recent letter to
the Rnral World, says: "The system
of crop reports, by ourselves, and for
ourselves, is the great lever that is to
raise US up financially, and to give us a
potentiality that we are justly entitled
to and fully worthy of. To talk about
the dignity of labor now is burlesque
then, it will be appropriate and just.
&c 10
people now, is arrant humbuggery
then. it will be a practical fact. We
are by birthright and inheritance the
true sovereigns, having ear right to
reclaim our patent of nobility directly
from the king of kings. In our bust
ness plans and purposes we recognize no
necessity or propriety in making war
upon any other class or interest. We
propose to seek our own interests by a
fair and legitimate course, and in doing
so feel that we are advancing the true
interests of all others. We do not pro-
pose to lnjure or take the advantage of
any, but to observe as far as possible
the golden rule of doing to others as
we would be done by. We believe in
the doctrine of fair equivalents, in fair
and lust compensation for servic s act
ually performed in no sinecures or
special privileges to any; Justly dis
tributed burdens andEjustly distributed
power This is the doctrine we teach !;
we labor for this end. Wehave a strong
faith in the inherent goodness of our
cause; an abiding hope of its success !;
a charitable regard for the good and
true of all classes, if we can have any
reason to believe they are honestly sim
cere, no matter how much we may be
| impressed with the belief that they are
mistaken in their course. We intend to
be true and faithful to our principles
and purposes. Fidelity is our watch
word, hope eur shield, perseverance
| our motto. We have stricken the word
fail from our vocabulary. We intend
to succeed"
Instinct of Turtles.
Audubon, the naturalist, stated that
at a certain place on the coast of Flori-
da, sea-turtles, those huge, stolid-look-
ing reptiles on which aldermen are fed
| at the expense of the taxpayers, pos
sess an extraordinary faculty of finding
,Jooos WOrlripo their wav mn ont of