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The Delaware farmer., 1883-11-30
GRANGE JOURNAL AND ORGANS.

Twenty State Oranges, have official organs
which afford Il medium of communication he
tween the State and Subordinate Oranges. Fit
teen of which are published within the State and
five in adjoining and neirhbOrng States. They
are doing a valuable work tor the Order. It
could not prosper within them. Their clrcula'
ton should be doubled during the coming year.
and can be if the proper effort is made. A Suhor'
dinate Grange can do no act which will benefit its
prosperity, more than TO put good Grange paper
into every family connected with it. This sub
iect deserves more consideration from this BODY
and from the State Oranges than it has hereto
nrn rereiYed
The Delaware farmer., 1883-11-30
LECTURERS.

Eighteen state oranges, have mad eprovisions
for supplying lecturers for public meetings ana
for Subordinate Oranges when called Tor Some
are able to pay portion Of the expenses OF Such
service from the State Grange treasury otners
are not, and require all expenses to he Pmd Oy
the Grange or community employing them. In
either case, this shows important and progress ss''e
work. Other States should lose no time Ia io'-
lowing these examples The Lecturers cannot
be dispensed with, and prosperity expected.
The Delaware farmer., 1883-11-30
GRANGE HALLS.

A large majority OF our Subordinate oranges
have not provide for permanent home' Many
of them rent halls in the cities and Villages
others meet in country school houses town halls
churches, ETC. "As that family is more closely
bound together by home and household ties that
gathers nightly around its own hearths'one and
beneath is own roof tree. So that society IS more
firmly established that meets within its own
walls" Therefore the building and decoration
of the Grange Hall, and beauii.ying the GROUNDS
around them should be encouraged.
The Delaware farmer., 1883-11-30
COMMON SCHOOLS.


There are nearly g. 200 900 pupils in the prima-
~ or common schools Of this country, OF which
only about one in thirty ever reach the high
school. and but one hl one hundred and fifty the
college. Nearly seventy.fve per cent. of all the
children in the nation finish their school educa'
uon in common schaols. Nothing could show
more clearly the importance of these schools in
the educational system of thus country. or better
demonstrate the necessity for increasing their
proficiency, and the comrrehensiveness OF the
branches Of learning taught in them. Here'too'
is work for our organization.
THE GRANGE.
Whether farmers have graduated in the col
lars the high school, or the common school'tAe
Grange supplies to them a long felt want al
,bongh their real educational advantages nave
not vet been fully appreciated or developed eN'
cent in isolated cases. They are institutions on.
vie where the valuable lessons of the school, the
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The Delaware farmer., 1883-11-30
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS.

NGTICU
Eight S,ales ure reported as having agr'cu'u'
raj experiment stations, four OF which nave
been established through the il tuence Of our or
Qanization. Some of thess are probably con-
nec,el with the Agricultural Colleges, but the
number does not include all the farmes connect
ed with colleges where experiments are maee III
connection with the schoo! course Of study The
nuestien OF establishing these stations in several
other States is now being agitated 10y Patrons
and all reliable information in relation 10 the'I
management, AMI the results obtained shoulu
be collected and disseminated as widely as pos
sible.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-13
SET,

Diamonds are good deal like hens. Much depends upon their setting. .-Philadelph phia Call
 Winter is near and tha trees will soon be in the highest style of the art-the nude.- Philadelphia Call.
 Love is blind. but the rest of the boys can see the long hair on the coat collar.-Bur- lington Free Press.
 True, other armies have more fighting than ours, but the army of the United States has its Phil.-Boston Transcript. ssNo," said MT. Carefulbody 1T never say 8 good word of any man. How do know CT. .''-Transcript.
 New York couple applied for divorce af- ter being welded but three days. Moral be sure your intended doesn't snore before calling on the parson.-Hotel Mail.
 ssMarket !" shouted the street-oar conduc- tor as he reached that street 'All right it is marked, replied an absent minded clerk, figuring with pencil on tab.-Commerciai Advertiser.
 Will some philosopher explain why it Is a man with dozen toothpicks and one match in his vest pocket will always pull out the match when he wants tootbpick?-Mer- chant Traveller.
 In her s.Poems of Passion" Ella Wheeler writes: ''She touches my chetk k and quiv- err" It is very evident Ella does not write the words of Chicago man a commercial traveler.-Lowell Citizen.
 '.No,' remarked Fogg, 1T don't care how lazy Blankin is; not that 1t makes any differ ence to me- for it does make difference Fact is, if all these lazy fellows should take hold and work with all their might, there Wouldn't be much chance for the rest of us Never blanc a man for being lazy; thank him, ather.'-Hawkeye
 'sI don't understand why women dress that way" said a man pointing to lady who passed along the street. 'T don't either, 7" replied a bystander. That woman," con- tinued the first speaker, lis dressed ridicu- lously. Her husband must be fool" Il know he is,'' said the bystander. De you know him ?" ''Oh, yes. I aul the fool!'- Arkansaw Traveller
 Of him we mourn we're not bereft-
 We grieve, alas. that he is left"
 He scattered fortune, in his mind,
 Among the poor; al greatly kind
 Aud bros ! hiS beueficence.
 And reckless of all expenso
 We bear his s. preci us charge,
 Unto his sad Salt river barge.
 New York Journal.
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LaOdfceAns.
From the Waterbury Amer

IfFCm tAS WhL5EUuIS ancrIc1usI
 Everybody knows whaE was written unto the angel of the church of Laodioea: "I know thy works that thou art neither cold nor hot. I would thou vert cold or hot So then because thou ars lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, will spew thee out of nay mouth" ''Spew" is 8 rather strong word to use to an angel, whether actual or gurative-although as the letter was writ ten in Greek the original word may not have been quite as suggestive of the disgusting- but at any rate it is none too strong word for the general feeling toward unfortunate Laodiceans, the people who are neither cold nor hot. They please nobody, but displease every body. They are nRuseous dose, like lukewarEn water, to be taken in only to be expelled vigorously by the rebsllious stom- ach. At least this is 8 general feeling.
 Laodicesns are people unfortunately con- structed mentally. They always see all sides of question and have hard work in making up their minds which is the best. "I wish, :" said Laodicean, referring to the most pop ular historian of the century, "I could be as sure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything" That is wish which, in it's general application, many Laodiceans have echoed inwardly if not outwardly since. Probably Laodieeans, even before the time the letter was written to the angel of their church, felt 8 similar desire even if they could not put it quite so well. They are az gravating sort of people and no mistake. In election times for example, when the party victorious at the polls is parading with torch es, listening to brass bands and applauding the speeches of the conquerors, your Laodi- cean has a cynical smile on his face, thinks how the general rejoicing would have been as great had the other fellows won, and is skep- tical whether this victory is any better worth the pssans than the other would have been. When some great reform is the topic of the hour, say the value of prohibition by force of the law, the Laodicesn again has his tongue ready with numerous statements and statistics, showing the failure of compulsory attempts to make people practice self re- styaipt ss they should and predicting like
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Price Three Cents

breakdown of the present attempt. They thus draw upon themselves hotter fire from the enthusiasts, because they will not go all lengths, than the saloon keepers and more pronounced "rummies." It is the same way when 8 revival of religion is in progress and many sinners are being brought into the fold amid profuse tears and amens. The Laodi- cean stands aloof; wonders how many will hold out sneers at the activity of certain professors, who have suddenly been galvan- ized with spiritual life, when few days be- fore no one would have guessed from their business dealings that their anxieties were not of this world; points out that the law of waves of excitement is, the higher they roll the farther they recede, leaving often the last state of the man worse than the first and generally makes himself unpleasant when everybody else is praying and exhort- od1ceans. The times are with him out of joint, and he is not at all sure that any good will come from attempts to set them right.
 What shall be said of the Laodicean? One uncomfortable thing about him is that he generally has more or less truth on his side. Political victories do not accomplish every thing that is claimed for them temperance reforms leave many drunkards behind and prohibition largely fails to prohibit revivals of religion sweep into the church as much chaH 6s wheat and leave no small room for the scotfs of the ungodly; and so on to the oAo VI Ch0 OAdPtoE. It IS GA1S thought that the Laodicean has much of the proverbial accuracy of the "I-told-you-so'' prophet which causes him to be so universally detest ed. When the feelings of people in general are at white heat, they do not like to &C., knowledge these things even to themselves. But If the Laodicean is thorn in the side of the enthusiast, he is fully as much burden to himself. He feels his loneliness, his ina blhty to join in the press of the multitude. To stand aloof from one's fellows, leaving out the criticism and assaults to which he is subjected, is an isolation heavy enough for a punishment all by itself. It is no small drawback to be so constructed that one can not go anyway, but must finger at the fork Of the roads. The Laodieean also has his place and value. It is true that no prooress would be made in the world but for the en- thuslssts who originate and push forward great movements. But on the other hand. there is no telling to what lengths extraya. gances might go but for the common sensa or the Laodlceans, whose unpleasant words have such cooling effect upon the ardor of the enthusiasts. Let us not, then, follow the advice to the angel and spew out of our mouths the Laodiceans. Let us rather rec. ognize their value and pity them for men, tai makeup which is more of a curse to them than disagreeable necessity to their fellows.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-13
An English View of Hanging.

From the Fortn'ghtly ReV1eH
 It has been the fashion of late to exalt certain foreign methods at the expense of our own, chiefly because the latter has some times broken down. Two of these foreign systems in particular have been glorified, and no doubt both have certain undoubted merits of their own. The Ruillotine is most effective as a means of destroying life. It is an unerring, nearly automatic machine, and probably annihilates without unnecessa- rily protracted pain. It's inventor went so far as to claim for it that the sufferer felt merely pleasant freshness about the neck and nothing more. To the sensitive mind, however, there is something terribly disgust ing In decapitation it Is horrible to see, or rather to hear, the head fall into the basket amid torrents of blood. The Spanish gs- rotte again, which is obviously oriental in origin, and an adaptation of the bow-string, is also instantaneous in it's action. The old mechanism, which was simply 8 rope and 8 piece of stick used tourniquet fashion, has been improved into brass collar encircling the neck. and containing sharp point, which is forced into the spinal marrow. But neither of these forms are really so far supe- rior to ours as to be entitled to supersede it. After all, one method is ss good as another, provided it fulfills certain indispensable con ditions. Capital punishment is intended to remove the criminal, to extinguish life for feited to the laws, and if this can be accom- pllshed promptly, without lnHIct1ng torture, encouraging bravado or demoralizing the executioner, the desired end is achieved. These are not unattainable results, and so long as they can be compassed by hanging there can be no sufficient reason for trying to domesticate exotic methods of execution. 1t has also been mooted recently whether some more scientific process might not yet be adopted with advantage. The chemist and the electrician have tremendous agencies at t,s aI, .f-H,k be utilized for tho destruction of the crimi- nal. But poor humanity is already too sore ly beset by murderous enemies, and legisla- tors may well pause before they permit the development of the means of taking life Great practical difficulties, too, would proba- bly, supervene in giving effect to any new process, whether by poison or electricity. The intervention of some skilled agent would be indispensable the fatal poison must be administered scientifically the dread forces of electricity must be set in motion by some expert, and t might not be easy to persuade
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New York Is great city and contains great many people of various nationalities. It is thought that there are enough Hungar- ians there to support weekly paper printed in the Hungarian language, and a project is on foot to start such paper. The Rev. Drs. Howard Crosby, s. Irensus Prime, Morgan, and a number of other prominent gentlemen, clerical and lay, have issued an appeal for the support of such paper, of Thich the follow ing is an extract: ''The steady and extraordinary increase of foreign immi- grants to the United States has produced 8 correspondingly large demand for news papers in their native tongue. Hence the large and constantly growing number of papers and publications devoted to the in- terests of our citizens of foreign birth. The Hungarians alone, though numbering fully six thousand in the city of New York, and not less than 8 hundred thousand throughout the country, have no American publication in their mother tongue. It is to supply this want that a weekly publication dev oted exclusively to their interests is pro- posed. It will be non-political and non sectarian, but it will be under sound Protest ant Christian influence, and will deserve the confidence and support of our best citizens"
 Further experimental trials of the Haskell multicharge gun are encouraging to those who feel encouraged by very deadly weapons. In one respect it's superiority is great. In all other heavy guns the internal pressure, the strain which tends to burst the gun when fired with full charges, is full twice as great as in the multicharge gun. The req son of this is that in ordinary cannon the powder is all in one charge, and is exploded iustantaneously, developing almost it's full force before the shot is moved from it's place. When the shot begins to move and the space which the gases of combustion occupy IS fast increasing as the space between the shot and the breech is enlarg- ed, the pressure constantly diminishes, until, as the shot leaves the muzzle, the pres sure is comparatively very small. In the muIticharge cannon, the charge in the breeoh which starts the shot is small and causes no great strain on the gun. Each of the four pockets which are arranged along the under side of the gun and communicates with the bore is loaded with eighteen pounds of pow der. As the shot passes the first pocket the charge in it is ignited by the hot gases of the breech charge, and a new impulse IS given to the projectile. And so with each pocket successively. The breech charge is of coarse cannon powder and that of each pocket of finer grain, until that of the fourth pocket nearest the muzzle is of rife powder. The coarser the powder the more slowly 1t burns. The last charge flashes into oombus- tion almost instantaneously. and gives the shot very energetic impulse. It seems to be proved by experiment that with this gun heavier projectile and larger charge of powder can be used without danger of strain ing the gun than can be safely used in any other gun of equal weight and caliber.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-13
Luther,s Famous Hymn.

 Mir John s. Dwight contributes througl he Transcript to the Luther celebration version of Luther's famous hymn, which remarkable for it's preservation, in tex argely of Saxon origin, of Luther's homel put vigorous phrases and rugged rhythms Here it is:
 ZEN FEsTA BURe." A mighty stronghold is our God, right good shield and weapon; Ia every strait he'll help us out, Whatever now may happen.
 The ancient bitter foe
 Means our deadly woe;
 Great might and deep guile Are his dread arms the while: On earth there's no one like him. With our own might we nothing can, Too fast the battle losing; There fights for us the very man, The man of Gods own choosing. Ask you who is this?
 Jesus Christ he is,
 The Lord of Sabbath,
 And there's no other God; He'll hold the field forever. And were the world of devils full, All hungry to devour us, Yet fearing naught, wall stand the pull Nor shall they overpower us;
 Piece though this worlds prince Frowneth, we'll not vince;
 Nothing need we fear;
 He's judged, his do m is clear, One little word can fell him. The Word, they'll have to let it stand No thanks for that they merit He still with us is close at hand With all his gifts and SD rit.
 Take they away our life,
 Goods, name, child and wife,
 Yet, after alls done,
 For them there's nothing won, The kingdom ours remaineth
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doctors or savants to act as executioners. But still stronger objection exists to this or any kind of change in the manner of carry ing out the penalty of death. It is not like ly that any such change would easily secure legislative sanction, not from any positive dislike to accept this or that new method, but because the opening of the question at all would end in the abolition of capital pun ishment altogether. Whether society can quite afford to part with one of its greatest safeguards is beyond the scope of this paper to discuss. But all who feel that the law which exscts life for life is our best and perhaps our only protection against the growth of homicide will prefer to leave our system of execution unchanged. An imper- feet process is better than none at all, and 1t will be better to adopt reasonable improve ments than bring about abolition by vain search after an impossible deal.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-13

Two hard hits at ''ths machine" were given in the New York election In the seventh judicial district two supreme court judges were to be chosen. Seven of the eight coun ties are heavily Republican, and the State ticket had in the district about 13 ,O0O major ity. The Republicans. however, largely re- volted against the machine nomination of their candidates, and the Democratic nemi- nees were elected. The other instance was that of senatorial district where the Repub- licans have an ample majority. The Repub- lican candidate was accused of having ex- pressed qualification at Garisld's death, and he was defeated by 5,o00 majority.
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.,a A TRUE assistant to nature in restoring the system to perfect health, thus enabling It [o resist disease, is Browns Iron Bitters'
 COCHRAN, GA.-Dr. A. J. Lamb says: "f eatief, 1,Gfer met with remedy that gave more tfatlon than Browns Iron Bitters.' (~ss
 OWENToN, KY.-Rev. J, W. Wa1droTT says: Browns Iron Bitters greatly re. !i neTed me of general debility and indiges.
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them, and others were unable to find Chinese who would pick their fruit at any reasonable price. The native Californian is unwilling to do such work as the Chinese have been doing, and immigrants do not add to the number of available workmen, because they take farms of their own. It is said that some of the large ranches cannot be man. aged proftably except by the employment of gangs of Chinese under contract.
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The Californiabs were very anxious to have the Chinese go, but it now appears that they were not very wise in allowing such anxiety to get possession of them. The ranch-owners and other sgriculturists in all parts of the State are said to be in great need of farm labsrers. Since the passage of the exclusion act the Chinese laborsrs have raised their prices, and many of them have re- turned to their native country. One farmer received for his grapes this season only enough money to pay ths Chinese who picked
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It is high time for another reformation Martin Luther was arrested for drunk enness in Hartford Sunday.
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The arc light companies in New York city have not less than five hundred miles of wire strung.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-13

William Sidney Downs, of Birmingham, 1 who was candidate for the assistant clerk ship of the House two years ago, is in the
 l field again.
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Colored people don't seem to stand the as well as white ones. There are in the city about 12O. GOO white and about GO, ,OO0 colored persons. In the year ending June 30 last the death rate among whites was only r 97, while the rate among the colored people was 30.6S. The rate for the entire population was 2z 33 In some years the death rate among the colored people has been twice as high as among the whites. The rate caused by ma lArial levers was, for the last five years, three times as great among the colored people as among the whites, owing mainly to the loca- ii ,n of the houses of the colored people ard their greater disregard for sanitary laws.
 There is some talk about non-partisan government in Boston. A stcitizen'' writes to the Boston Advertiser as follows: s,Lst without regard to their politics, and before the Democrats nominate. Then let the Re- pub.icans show their non partisanship by making no nominations and voting as citi- xens. Let the Republican ward an d city committees call csucuses of citizens, regard less of party, for the nomination of council men, and we shall have a real citizens non- partisan ticket, which, with the present feel ing against the city hall ring among all out to get non-partisan government. We com- mend the plan to the consideration of those interested in the matter in this city.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-13
EDITORIAL NOTEs.

Captain Shsridan's fall is very sad affair He sold himself chsaPIy.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-13

N1tSS. J. E. COLVIN AS been adding to her already fine stock of LA- A dies Furnithing Goods some novelties in Bustles which she wishes to call the ladies' attention to at
 se19 3m 1sS CHAPEL STREET
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GMtatiun.

ELOCUTION.
 MMIsS R. M. DAY 8, pupil of the late L. B. Mon- N roe and the Boston School of Oratory, gives in- etruction in EIocution and Shakespeare in schoola 'iIso5s nos sm m" p' REs1pENoE 12 a1LIssTREET.