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The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-05-04
patrnn,s Cantannial Encampment.

The Patrons Centennial Encamp-
ment is intended to provide safe,qui-
ct and comfortable home, at an honest
price, for the members of our Order
and their friends, who will visit the
Great Exposition at Philadelphia, this
summer.
The Association.-To do this, a tenn
porary organization of members Of
our Order in Pennsylvania and New
Jersey was first formed, and after three
hundred shares of stock had been sub
scribed, each share of stock having
vote, a permanent organization was
effected, composed of some of the best
and most prominent members of our
Order.
Location. fine tract of land has
been leased at Elm Station, on the
main line of the great Pennsylvania
railroad, containing over forty acres,
the price fixed upon being nearly $4,000,
lease to expire April l, 1877. This
ground is less than three miles from
the Exposition buildings, much nearer
to them than the business portion of
Philadelphia.
Buildings. have already
been made and work commenced on
the buildings, principally one story
with rooms eight by twelve feet, with
good ventilation, each room to be fur
nished with a good double bed, chairs.
washstand, looking-glass, etc. Every
room will open on covered corridor
leading to the dining-rooms, offices and
railroad depot. One thousand OF these
rooms to hold two thousand persons
are now being built, and if the stock
is all taken soon, we can build three
thousand rooms as originally intend
ed, and so as to be able to accommo-
date large part of our visiting Broth
ers and Sisters.
Grange and Lecture Hdl.-A large
hall will be erected, in which Grange
meetings will be held and lectures de-
iIvered by prominent members Of the
Order, and at stated periods, concerts,
and other entertainments. This hall
can also be used for religious services
Oh Sabbath, also as a general sitting
and reading room
Charges for Lodging.-When two
persons occupy room together, the
charge will be but fifty cents each per
day, meals will be furnished at fifty
cents each. A good laundry will be
tablished, and on the grounds will
be found barbershop, cigar stands,
ice cream saloons, stores of various
kinds and all regulated by their agree
ments so as to prevent imposition OF
any kind upon visitors, in fact every
care will be taken that our members
shall be protected in every way from
high charges, and extortion of all
kinds.
No Liquors .Sold.-The sale or use
of intoxicating drinks will be positive
ly prohibited on the grounds of the
Encampment. The grounds will be
well guarded by police force. The
Secretary and Treasurer's offices will
be provided with large fire and bur-
glar proof safe, in which guests may
deposit their moneys and other arti-
cles of Grange Bulletin.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-05-04
Graham Gems.

For the baking of these in perfection
the iron gem pans are indispensable,
and | take it for granted that all house
keepers have them, or will have them.
Put one quart of Graham flour in
basin; add two tablespoons of sugar, a
little salt, aud two heaping teaspoons
full of baking powder. One little dip
more in the baking powder will do no
harm, if you want them extra. Beat
two eggs very light in a bowl, fill up
with cold water. mixing them well.
Stir these quickly in the flour; and
here let me say to beginners, that
herein lies the grand success i'll the
use of baking powder. Stir like light
ming, and always have plenty of flour.
Il suspect that feather cake" tried to
fly away because there was not flour
enough in IN. 1t is not safe to trust
to recipes entirely in this respect.)
But TO return to our gems. The bat
ter should be just thick enough to
barely pour from the spoon, and more
cold water can be added if too thick.
The gem pans are supposed to be heat
ing on the stove Take a bit of butter
on knife and grease them quickly.
If they are heated right the butter will
.'sizzle." Fill half full of the batter,
and bake in an oven almost hot enough
to burn anything else up. If my oven
is not hot enough on the bottom, | put
the pan up on the CRATE. By the time
the tea is made, and baby in his chair,
with clean face and bib, the mullins
are done, and hope they will be good
They certainly will be if the directions
are followed. The pans can be filled
again if there is any batter left. These
are very good cold, and are healthful
and economical, as no shortening or
milk is required.
have tried to write these directions
plainly, and trust that | will not be
judged tedious and tiresome. NJ.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-05-04

When fruit does harm is because it
is eaten at improper times, in improper
quantities, or before it is ripened and is
fit for the stomach. A distinguished
physician has said that if his patients
would make practice of eating a
couple of good oranges, before break
fast from February till June, his prac-
tice would be gone. The principal evil
is that we do not eat enough fruit; that
we injure its finer qualities with sugar;
that we drown them with cream. We
need the medicinal action of the pure
fruit acids in our systems, and their
cooling, corrective influence.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-05-04

What every neighborhood in the
country needs is a good library from
which the people, particularly the
"young folks" can get books to read
so as to cultivate their minds and
spread wide and far the written
thoughts of wise and good men, who
have recorded their wisdom for the use
Of the world. Let every Grange try
to supply this want and at once start a
library of few books, and put aside
Q part of their funds for its support
yearly. Get all the neighbors to assist
and you will be astonished at your
own success.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-05-04
Cleaning Paint.

Put pint of warm water in bowl
and q tablespoonful of aqua ammonia.
Keep the dish covered, and where it
will be warm, and when you find a
place that needs little extra "persua-
sion," wiring out a soft cloth in the
ammonia water and wipe the stained
spot, and you will be delighted to see
how quickly the dinginess will disap-
near
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-05-04

An exchange says, "there are fifty
one Oranges in Indiana which have
saved their members on an average of
$57S.50 to each Grange, and eighty
FIVE others $407.25 to Grange, on an
average, by making their purchases
direct of manufacturers. Here we
have saving of 81 1925 by Only 1856
Of the 1891 Oranges in the State. We
have no reliable information from the
other 1857 Oranges, but ii is fair to
presume that all of them have made
large savings by direct dealing, and
the whole amount would doubtless
astonish the members themselves"
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-05-04

Advance Grange, WIN. Lockard, Maste,-
NJ. Camp, Secretary, Sedgwick City. Meets
LIST and Sd Wednesdays in each month, p. m
''Ninnescah Grange. "-wilIiam Ross, Master.
Mary K. Chambers, Sec'y., Clear Water. Meets
let Saturday before fun moon of each month.
"wakulla Grange, &c. S Zimmerman, Master.
T. J. Smith, Secretary, Sedgwick City. Meets
I'd Saturday IN each month ut IL a. m.
1sGem Grange ,''-F. j. Canton, Master.
8. NJ: Beiden, Secretary. Valley Center. Meets
I'd Wednesday before full moon Of each month al
ep. m.
.'Prairie Gem Grange, ~. C. Cartwright,
j. B. York, Secretary, Wichita.
"Attica Grange, John Kelly, Master.
J. X. McVicker, Secretary, Attica'
yosemite Grange III. J. Williams, Master.
j. b. Malcom, Sec'y., Ohio Center.
"Clarion Grange"-C. A. vanNess, Master.
Mrs. j. Z. Slaven, Secretary, Clarion. Meets
LIST Saturday in each month : p m.
'Grant Grange, II L. Dewing Master.
Minnie Beach, Secretary, Valley Center. Meets
LIST and 80 Saturdays in each month at p. m.
'fvalley Grange, - E. p Thompson, Master.
Geo. w. Dennis, sec'y., Wichita
pheasant Hill Grange"-Harry Martin, Master
.. Martinson, Secretary, Wichita. Meets Isl
Saturday Of each month at p. m.
'waco Grange, ~. A. Nelson, Master,
Edwin Gee, Secretary, Waco. Meets I'd Satur-
day of each month.
Rockford Grange. ~. Hout Minnch, Master
j. Hufbauer, Secretary, FL Paso. Meets e
Friday OF each month AT y. m.
'Fairview Grange'-S. H. Haden, Master.
G. II. Wamsley, Secretary, Wichita. Meet
I'd and 9TH Saturdays Of each month at 2 p. m
sUnion Grange, ~. W. White, Master.
X. s. Bell. Secretary, Eldridge
Evergreen Grange, Wv. I. Likely Master
]. AMorrison, Secretary Wichita Meets
and 406aturdays OF each month at p. IN.
lone Star Grange, IN. II Miller, Master
Thos Williamson, Secretary. I'll Paso Meet
Cd Friday Of each month at : p. m.
pheasant View Grange, "-P. Watts, Master
ii. Glessner, Secretary, Wichita
s'Illinois Grange''-Jas sacket, Master,
Albert Leichhart Secretary, Wichita. Meet
Thursday before I'd Saturday each month at
O'Clock p. m.
''Heme Grange ,''-william 0'Brien, Master,
j. ID. Clifford Secretary Wichita. Meets 2,
and 4th Saturday of each month at p. m.
Payne Grange. ~. Devore, Master,
James wilson, Secretary, Greenwich T. o
Meets ID and 4fh Saturdays of each n.'nth.
ssCswskin 6arunee''-yas. T. Barnett, Master,
Frank Dale, Secretary, Eldridge
s0ro Grange, "-H. b. wikor, Master.
NJ. A. RALPH, Sec'y., Wichita
''Minneha Grange, John Feagan, Master.
VIM X. Ferris, Secretary, Wichita Meets Is
and Sd Fridays OF each month at p. m.
EDEN Grange''-A. J Wolcott, Master,
VIM. Simpson, Secretary, Wichita. Meets q
and 9Th Thursdays of each month at 6 p. IN.
mount Hope Grange, Amos NJ. Durand
Master.
Mrs. Maggie Baird. Secretary, Mount Hope
Meets LIST and sd Thursdays of each month at
p. m.
Harmony Grange, Nv. n. Woodruff Master
4. A. Dorsey, Sec'y, Jamesburgh
'Seltzser Springs Grange, -. W Bear, Master
Il. Pierp0nt, Secretary, Minneha. Meets 2
and 4th Saturdays of each monthat Up. IN.
"Greenleaf Grange'-E. W. Waters, Master
Thos. 4. Preston. Secretary, I'll Paso
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-05-04
Master State Grange.

One of the brightest and best of our
agricultural, horticultural and family
papers that comes TO our Office, is the
old reliable Moore's Rural Nesc- York
err. We have loved it from boyhood
up. Neither time nor distance can
have any impression upon it, or cool it.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-05-04
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

We invite the attention of all who wish to gur-
chase machines this season to our splendid line,
and we feel assured that no one who buys one OF
ours will ever regret it, but will feel that he has
got more than his moneys worth.
Our Hsrresfer, though equal. If not superior, to
any In the market last season, has been greatly
improved for the coming harvest in many essen.
tial points so that we can safely recommend u
as standing alone, in the front Iank Of machines
of this kind, and very far in advance of all com
petitors.
To this machine we expect to attach our Self
Binder, OF which We shall build q few hundred
this year, preparatory to manufacturing them on
large scale, which We shall do as soon IS
farmers become somewhat famliarized with
them, and have learned to handle them properly
Our Improved Adrdnee is the same us last year.
the seasons work not developing any point OF
Our Improved Prize Mo.er we also present just
as we made ii last year, being 50 good rs to need
no change.
The Droppcr we have improved some, having
altered the sheave on which the reel chain runs.
And now a parting word
We have been selling reapers many years. BY
this time farmers should know what our reputa-
ton is whether We build good reliable machines oy
not whether We do as we agree and make good
our warranty or not. We flatter ourselves, II
1t is flattery to be proud Of well deseryed repu-
tation for honesty and fair dealing, that there
can be but one opinion on this point. Knowing
our record in the past you may be assured for the
posed upon that you will get good serviceahle
machines that will be worth the money you pay
for them, and not be constant source of annoy
ance and delay from breakages or impei feet con-
struction.
We sell our machines as low as any frst-class
machine can be sold, and We ask you ali TO al
least examine ours before giving orders 10 any
Agent for any other machine.
Yours truly,
4 C.. II. 4 l.. j. MCCORMICK.
A full supply of extras for the
above Machines constantly on hand
by F G.. SIN 9TH & SONS, Agents,
rs Douglas Ave, Wichita, Kansas,
next to Adams Express Company.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-05-04

Every Grange should have library.
If each member of Grange, having,
say fifty members, buys one book TO
read, and then pass around, that
Grange will have at once library OF
fifty books. BY consulting with each
other before buying, great variety OF
works could be obtained, and we are
confident that the study of fifty well
selected books will, not only make the
members of that Grange wiser and
better men, but will confer practical
benefits OH them of which they have
no conception.-Pdtrons' Gazette.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-05-04
The Late State Agent.

At the last meeting of the State
Grange Brother George Y. johnson,
of Douglas county, was appointed a
special committee to examine the
books of Brother John G. Otis, late
State Agent and make report upon the
same. From that report l give the
following facts summary:
Brother Otis received cash from
all sources. .......-....,.... SSe,oVi ~
Discussed. ....................-. 5O,s4l o4
Leaving balance Observation-Disclosures. S463 %
Turned over to w. p .Popenoe 49,. 1853 26
From Brother Johnson's report l
make the following extract:
"After the most rigid examination
that | am capable of making, | have to
say that in my opinion the acts of Bro.
John G. Otis, as State Agent for the
Patrons of Kansas, have been scrupu
lousy and conscientiously honest, and
although not being a practical book
keeper, his books have been kept i'll
an upsystematic and scattered condi-
ton, yet they have the evidence all
through of strict integrity and genu-
inc honesty"
At the late meeting of the Execu-
tive Commute at Topeka, l was in
structed to publish summary of the
report, but or account of the great
length Of the final report / deem it in
expedient al this time to incur the ex-
pense of publication in full, but think
it no more than justice to Brother
Otis to say, that after laborious and
careful scrutiny of his accounts while
he was State Agent, we find his books
and accounts all correct and every
thing carefully accounted for. The re-
port in full is in my hands and will be
presented to the next State Grange.
NJ. f. HUDSON,
Master State Grange.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-05-04
sEpGwrcK COUNTY DIRECTORY.

"Kansas State Grange''-Business Officers.
NJ. L. Hudson, Master, Mapleton,
p. b. Maxson, Secretary, Emporia.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-05-04
NATIONAL GRANGE-BusNEss OFFICERS

Jxo. 7. JONES, Master, Helena, Arkansas.
o. III. KELLY. Sec'y, Louisville, Ky.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-05-04
DISTRICT GRANGE-ad Dist,

A. NJ. Dufand, Mhstef.
+. A Dorsey, Secretary, Jamesbnrg.
Meets LIST Tuesday in each month, IL, a. m.
The Lake County star., 1876-07-20
A Bees Base Ingratitude.
Editorial in Louisville Courier Journal !

Editorial in Louisville Courier .Journal.I
An intelligent young gentleman, not
wholly unconnected with the Office OF
one of the leading hotels of this city, re-
lated to party of friends the other
evening curious and interesting story
illustrative of the proposition that some
insects are not incapable of ingratitude
the basest of crimes. He said: One
day some years ago found honey-bee
which had been caught out in the rain
without either umbrella or ulster, and
was evidently what the doctors-I be-
lieve it's the doctors - call in drTicutO
mortis-dashed near dead. Touched with
an emotion of pity and compassion, /
took the poor little creature tenderly on
a chip, the best stretcher | could inn
provise with the limited facilities at
hand, and carried him to the top of the
house, beyond the distracting hustle and
noise of the street, where | laid him
gently down i'm the warm sunshine, and
watched over him as an anxious mother
watches over her babe with the cholera
infantum or some other disorder of its
little bowels not less dangerous. Pres
emily he began to show signs of life.
First he shook his left wing, and then he
shook his right wing; after which, with
seeming effort. he shook both wings.
1t was now evident that / had prolonged
his days; that he owed his life to me
and when he turned his head and looked
up into my face, with ap eye sparkling
with the light of newly enkindled life,
he seemed to express consciousness OF
the fact and to say, in that inarticulate
dialect of the eye which is so much more
eloquent than all the syllabled rhetoric
OF the tongue:
." III not forget thee While the busbins rose
Its wealth of honeyed sweetness keeps for me,
Or TO my generous benefact0rs noble rose
Its dewy fragrance yields, I'll think Of thee y
Then he spread wide his wings, stood on
tiptOe n moment-pausing momentarily,
il seemed, as if to be quite sure that he
hadn't left any of his baggage behind
and then he shot into the air and sped
away "swift as meditation on the
thoughts of love"-and damphive ever
seen him since
The Lake County star., 1876-07-20
CONGRESSIONAL.

In the Senate, July z, the bill to provide
for the sale of the Fort Kearney Reservation
in Nebraska was passed. A resolution re-
questing the President to inform the Senate
whether the Sioux Indians made any hostile
demonstrations prior to the invasion of their
treaty reservations by the gold hunters, and
whether the present military operations are
conducted for the purpose protecting said
Indians in their rights, under the treaty of
1868, or of Furnishing them for resisting the
violation of that treaty, was adopted.
During the morning hour the conference
report on the Legislative, Judicial, and
Executive Appropriation Bill was discussed,
and new Conference Committee ap-
pointed. The impeachment trial was then
resumed, at the close of which notice
was given that changes in the rules of the
Senate sitting as q Court of Impeachment
would be asked for......In the House, a bill
relieving the State OF Kansas from charges
on account of ordnance stores furnished the
Territory Of Kansas was passed. The Senate
bill establishing the rank of Paymaster-
General, providing that the rank of the
Paynaster-Generalb be that of a Brigadier.
General, passed. A bill providing for the
repeal Of all laws authorizing the appoint
ment of civil engineers in the navy, and
providing that all persons now holding such
Offices shall be mustered out of service. was
pusocus ihO oii w tnc IdClUC rail-
road companies to create a sinking fund to
reimburse the United States was called up,
discussed, and passed. A new Conference
Committee on the Sundry Civil Appropria.
tion Bill was appointed, and the House adj.
journed.
In the Senate, July s, the bill 10 provide,
temporarily, for the expenditures of the gov.
ern ment, and also the bill to authorize the
Public Printer to do the public printing,
we're passed. These bills extend the time
allowed in the former bills on these subjects
for ten days. The impeachment proceedings
were then resumed, at the close of which
the death Of Congressman Parsons was
announced, and, as mark OF respect, the
Senate Acknowledgement the House the
whole day was spent in discussing Indian
affairs, but no action of any kind was taken.
In the Senate, July 10, the resolution
amending the rules of the Senate, so as TO nj.
low only thirty minutes tj the argument OF
the managers and counsel In trials of i'm.
peachment, and interlocutary and incidental
questions, was called up and amended, 80 ms
allow only fifteen minutes, and passed.
Inc impeachment trial was then resumed.
......in the House, bill TO continue for
ten days thetact TO provide temporarily for
the expenses Oh the government was passed.
A resolution calling on the Secretary of
War for all documents and orders relating
TO the Indian expedition in the Northwest
was passed. The Conference Committee
on the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill
made report that they were unable
to agree with the Senate committee, and were
discharged and new committee appointed
A number Of bills were introduced and
referred. The Speaker announced Mr.
Blaine's resignation Of his seat, 10 take effect
from to-day. The Conference Committee on
The Lake County star., 1876-07-20
Myriads of Files.

The Richmond (Va.) Dispatch, of Sat
urday, says: "1he business occupants
of the Basin Bank were surprised Thurs
day night and yesterday morning at
roofs, cOrnices, and, in some instances,
the entire fronts of their places of busi-
ness being literally ornamented with a
sigular, gossamer-like finish, which, on
inspection, proved to be formed by lib
eral coating of species of fly, which had
deposited itself during the night. Bush
els of them might be easily collected.
The fly is black, and the body about an
inch in length, slender, and similar in
appearace to an ordinary dragon fly
differing from it, however, in that it is
furnished with four transparent wings,
two of them large and two of them
small. IL is also furnished wit. long an
tenpe and two hair-like appendages
in the rear, straight, and one and a
half inches in length. A boatman in
formed our reporter that like visitation
was observed last spring, about this time,
at Maiden's Adventure Pond, on the
canal, when the surrounding shrubbery
was literally laden with the insect. They
seem to be perfectly harmless. If the
fly was only yellow, our friends in Alex
andria would recognize our description at
once, and exclaim, Why, they are our
May flies We have seen them so thick
around the gas lamps in that city that
the light would be obscured, and at the
bottom they might be shoveled up by
the peck measureful at time. They are
generated about Fishtown, and strong
northeaster will carry them all away in
a night. The flock of flies that yester-
day visited Richmond came from a
southerly direction, and in their pro-
gress seemed to cover space of about
four squares in width"
The Lake County star., 1876-07-20
Billiards.

A few days ago Twain went over to
New York, and In the course of his ram
blings about the metropolis, dropped into
the billiard-rooms of Vignaux, the cham
pion billiardist of the world. As Mark
entered gentleman stepped up to him
and inquired:
"Do you wish to play a game, n"
"Well, ! don't care If / do" replied
Mark, who took down cue forthwith
and carefully chalked it. The two gen.
tlemen banked" for first, which the
stranger won. Mark sat down to await
his turn at the ball, and the stranger
commenced to play. He ran the game
out.
"Do you wish to play another game,
sirW he asked, turning to Mark, who
wondered when it would be his turn.
"Whats your name?' inquired the
humorist, who didn't look at all funny.
"Maurice Vignaux."
"No, guess / won't play any more /;
/ just came in for practice. Good after
nOOn."
This is probably a revival by Twain Of
the good old story about John 5. Secret
ter, who used to do some fancy playing
at his billiard hall on Jefferson avenue.
A rather verdant looking chap came in
one day, and as no one else was there,
Seereiter obligingly offered to play 9
game with him. Barkis was willin', and
SO coats were hung up and John strung
for the lead, won it and run the game
out, while his opponent looked on in q
helpless sort of way till John got through
punching the balls. When the punch.
ing and the game were concluded, the
stranger put on his coat and deliberately
started for the door.
Hold on! squire" said the genial
John. "Guess you've forgotten some
thing-who's to pay for those billiards.
"Hain't played no billiards." was the
response, and when John came to think
| il over he hadn't.