The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-04-11

TIE sscret Societies. Il
The many sscrst beneficial organizsr |
tons Of this city ssre. IN Fenernl ~ =
condition, and the lppiori. |
~ Of them are taking In new members |
d almost every Meeting.
eylvanin' Ancient and Iiluetiious Order
Knights Of Mslta, held the annual
convocation ut Lancaster last week,
when In addition to the transaction OF
other business, officers were electeu
for the ensuing year. The Grand
Recorder stuted in his report that slight
Communicates had been stationed dur
Ing the past four months. There are
now eighty-hve commandments IN
active operation in Pennsylvania, To-
Gated at sixty places, In twenty-seVeh
counties.
The order In this city has steady,
healthy, growth, and there are now |
four COMMANDERS: Kadoeb, Brandy-
wine, Golden Gate and True knight, |
anch OF which Ia In an excellent CON |
.lition. This IL an order Of Christian
, Knighthood, to which every PROTEST.
ant should belong.
Il LEGION OF THE RED CROSS.
D The Legion of the Red Gross Is still
|, pursuing the even tenor Of Its way,
, and is actively at work endeayoring
: to ameliorate tile condition OF man
! kind. This order pays IS week alex
benefits, $50 on the death oil q wire,
? and 81 900 to the family OF member
on his death. At cost Of about Sio Z
& beneficial. aid cooperative Insurance
\ order In extstence.
During the coming week the. new
!. paper, the II. o. II, c." will make It's
initial how to the companions OF the
! order, every one OF whom Will receive
I q copy. The paper, In magazine form,
v will be edited by Past Grand Com
handler AdoIph Grant, and his name
itself will be sufficient guarantee that
the reading matter will be OF great In
,terest to all companions.
s This paper will he published In Phil
IS adelphfa, but will go all over the coun-
+ try wherever there is Council OF the
l. RED Cross. Every man with family
T. should connect himself with this or
, der as protection to them In the
/, ley ent Of his sickness or death.
E. THE uEpTAsoPHs.
nj The Supreme Conclave of Hepta-
{ lsophs, OF Seven Wise Men. will con-
.eIvene in Chicago on Tuesday, May 2,
pa and will BIO attended by Joseph Pyle
i. and others from this city. Mr.. Pyle
! enioye the proud distinction Of hay
e@ing. Notwithstanding his protests,
aeelbeen elected Supreme Archon OF the
,aorder In the United States for three
1ysuccessiye terms an honor never DO.
cefore conferred on any member OF the
asorder.
The Heptasophs have conelaves In
:, almost every State in tho Union and
A'itheir principles OF wisdom, truth and
Y lbenevolence are widely disseminated
eaIThere are eight Conclaves In this
CHI State, six of which are located in this
&c city. The fine large room IN EdeI
n Hall has been leased for 8 years ant
4orow all the city Conclaves meet there
N The order pays IS week sick bene
~ lifts. $50 on the death OF o members
natwife and 800 In the event OF hi
ne and the initiatory and degree cere
al monies beautiful and impressive
inIMembers are admitted from Is to 81
years OF age, but every applican
must be of good moral character AM
believe In the existence OF Suprem
being.
oN KNIGHTS OF THE EAGLE.
nc Among tho many excellent order
;ts lin this State the Knights OF the GOLD
,ce len Eagle occupies prominent pos
~ tion. 1t was introduced here fror
seu baltimore about II years ngo. and u
nerS growth has been rapid. Cyrus Castl
in was formed fret, then Apollo and thes
ian were followed BY host OF Others, "
at It'll now the order extends from tn
hills OF Brandywine to the sands. Q
tolSussex. The principles OF this ordel
the same as those OF the others, teac
strictly obey the golden rule by dom
I'm lunto others as they would that other
led should do unto them.
THE ODD FELLOWS.
he The Odd Fellows rank as one OF Ii
oldest ard strongest orders In Deit
ware, and II Its cardinal principles {
T inlFriendship, Love and Truth were moi
ice closely followed there would be muc
art less suffering and less of mans inh'
Il manity to man In the world. Thel
are a number OF lodges In this cit,
lsome OF which have very large men
sc bership. The order recognizes a
on men as brothers of one common far
aecofat th VIA h thi tqte ey Dill d
sick, the widows and orphans, OIL
bury the dead. Sick and funeral ben
lfits are paid, and everything possih
. done for brother who Is sick or
distress.
THE ORDERS IN GENERAL.
All the orders are engaged In
lgood work and there 10 no industl
Ious, sober man who cannot Afford
belong to one or more OF them.
fact 1t is q duty incumbent on ever
man and especially those haviT
= families, to belong to as many. orde
n as they can support. Ii a man belong
i Ito but two, 1t only costs him abo
Hour cents day for each workiil
Ir day, and this trilie which is new
missed, insures him, In the event
e sickness. $40 week and sufficient
K bury him If he should die.
:. But outside of the pecuniary bene
derived, there Is still another and mo
Important view of this matter, al
- THAT is the great moral benefit seeur
10y being connected with these order
q Let the man be who he may. 1t is n
II possible for him to faithfully attel
:. Ibis lodge meetings. and follow I
II teachings there inculcated, witho
d becoming better man, and mo
|, useful citizen. The lodaeroom Is al
:, a school, and there are many men
day who can make creditable spec
before an audience, who, whom tn
first became members of n lodge, cot
mot have rose to and said ten words
The REPUBLICAN conscious of t
vast amount Of good these orders {
doing in the community, proposes
devote some space each week In
sisting them, and II the secretary
any OF the various orders will SO
ANY points of interest to the Sec
Society editor. this Office they will
tusad and M dOubt Droye benetici