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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-25
MASONIC.
Lessons Taught In the Three De
Grees-East, West and South.
Receipts
$1,427,4O5

grees-East, West and south.
In the first degree the young entered
apprentice stands before his brethren and
appears an upright man and Mason, and
from that moment he is ever to walk and
act as such. AS a fellowcraft he is ad-
monished by the emblematic working
tools to walk uprightly, to try his actions
by the unerring square of virtue. AS a
master Mason he learnssthat there are
worse things in the world than physical
death; that life is worthless when integ-
rity is lost. So in every lesson, at every
step, the ceremonies impress upon the
mind and heart this paramount qualifi-
cation of morality.-Masonic Standard.
General BalIington Booth of the Volun-
teers was raised to the sublime degree of
master Mason recently in the presence
of large number of men in the Mont
clair lodge, New Jersey.
Noble F. Martin of Utica will direct
the Masonic fair to be held Nov. ID to %
in aid of the new Masonic temple of Will
mington, N. c. The building will be ded
tcated about that time.
Next to the w. NJ. himself, probably
the welfare of lodge depends more upon
the secretary than upon any one else.
There is nothing in Masonry which does
not harmonic with the highest form of
truth and righteousness.
The title worshipful master is not used
in Masonry as term of alteration, but of
sincere respect and Difference. 1t accords
supremacy in the lodge.
Masonry asks no man to surrender any
right or to take any obligation that will
in any way interfere with the duties of
life. 1t teaches a forgiving spirit and an
adherence of chickering's and strife.
To the unworthy the doors of Freema-
sonry should never be opened nor the
wells of her symbolism drawn aside, but
to the just, the upright and the humane
given you
A Mason while under suspension from
his lodge is deprived of all his rights as
q Mason.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-25
EARLY Scythe Patent.

AS early as May, 1855, a patent was
awarded Joseph jerks of Lynn, Mass,
for an improvement in the manufac-
ture of scythes "for the more speedy
cutting of grass" The innovation con-
sisted in giving greater length and
thinness to the blade and in welding a
bar Of iron upon the back. to stiffen
and strengthen it, as in the modern
scythe. This was an essential improve
ment upon the old form Of English
scythe, which was a very clumsy in
strument-short and thick, like the
bush or bramble scythe. In fact, but
little radical change has been made
since in the form of this agricultural
implement Joseph jerks died in 1858.
-HardWare.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-25
UNITED WORKMEN.
Remarkable Prosperity of the Order.
Workshop GleaninGs.

Remarkable Prosperity of the Order.
Workshop Gleanin&s.
From the LIST of January to July the
A. o. q. w. has admitted &c, 2SS MEM
bers, making a net gain over losses by
lapse and death of 1890. This record
for the first six months of 1899 is equal
to, the best whole year in it's previous his
tory. With such a record the brethren
should feel proud of their organization
and should make it a point of honor to
keep up their share Of the work.
The attendance of members at the
meetings of lodges is beginning to in
crease with the advent of cool weather.
During the first half of September Mas
sachusetts received PIP applications.
The supreme lodge has paid $4,000
out of the war relief fund to the bene-
ficiaries of Nebraska soldiers who were
killed or died in the service of the United
States.
The order is growing steadily in Maine.
In several Of the counties the district
deputies, master workmen and past mas
ter workmen have held meetings to boom
the fraternity.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-25
ROYAL Arcanum.

Ozark council of Springfield broke all
previous Missouri records by taking in a
class of Is at a recent meeting.
The $4,000 Royal Arcanumites of
Greater New York have nearly completed
arrangements for the fair to be held in
the Masonic temple. The fair is for the
benefit of the hospital bed fund and
promises to be one of the grandest ever
held in New York. Admiral Schley and
Governor Roosevelt will be present at
the opening, Nov. 6. 1t will continue
two weeks.
The supreme council offers $500 for a
substitute for the initiatory ceremony
which shall be acceptable to the supreme
council 1t must be submitted before
Ian l.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-25

An order to reduce speed to 60 miles
an hour on curves would be considered
startling on the railroads of the coun-
try, where as a general rule 60 miles
an hour is the maximum speed on the
most favorable stretches of track. One
road has, however, issued an order to
reduce speed to 60 miles an hour on
all curves. Not long ago it's president
was riding over the road in his private
car, and when a curve was struck the
big engine was making 80 miles an
hour, and it appeared as if the cars
were running on one side. The presi-
dent then issued the unique order to
reduce the speed to 60 miles an hour
on curves.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-25
ODD FELLOWS.
Interesting Statistics of the Order.
LinEIefa.

Interesting Statistics Of the Order.
LinLIets.
The grand secretary summarizes the
condition of the order as follows: Sover-
elgn grand lodge, /; independent grand
lodges australasia, Denmark, Germany,
Sweden and Switzerland), 3; subordinate
grand lodges, Go; subordinate grand en-
campments, 80; subordinate lodges, H.,
196; subordinate encampments, 2,641;
lodge members, 1929; encampment
members, 12S,267; Rebekah lodges, SOL;
members of Rebekah lodges, 313, 1853.
The total increase in all branches of the
order for the year was 3O,225. The re-
port showed the relief expenditures by
lodges to be So, 126, $50, relief by encamp-
ments $249, 7S6 and by Rebekah lodges
$47 ,149, making total of So .422 1886.
There are 25,5OO Rebekahs in Massa-
chusetts, a gain of 576 over last report;
available assets, $72,94S, an increase of
So, 100 for the year.
At the election for Ohio grand lodge
officers over 1000 votes were cast.
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows
has more homes for the widows and or
phans than any other organization in ex-
istence.
There no longer hangs a cloud of doubt
as to the successful completion of the
Indiana Odd Fellows home at Green's
burg.
P S. Smith of Little Rock has been
appointed by Grand Master Theodore
Treadway of Arkansas to fill the va
cancy as grand secretary caused by the
death Of Grand Secretary j. b. Fried
helm
New officers should not be installed
when they are not in good standing in
the order.
If a member is not entitled to benefits
when taken sick, he cannot become bene-
6ciary during that sickness.
The rule as well as the law of Odd
Fellowship is that honors in the order
shall be earned or won by meritorious
service.
The one fact that the Odd Fellows
have more homes for their orphans, wild
ows and aged members than any other
fraternal organization is in itself sufi-
cient evidence of its superior worth as
benevolent and fraternal order.
The Rebekahs of Indiana have demon
strated their interest, zeal and fidelity to
the noblest purposes of the order by Sc
curing by their efforts more than $11, 200
for the Odd Fellows home.
It is estimated that there were 1000
Patriarchs Militant in line at Detroit.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-25
CELERY CRATE CLOSED.

enough of it to attract attention, and
after one season customers look for
this white package and red label as
guarantee of uniform quality.
A neat, clean package-just enough
difference from the ordinary package
to attract attention-will, in the long
run, always pay. 1t will be a mistake,
however, to pick out a package of this
kind and then fill it with ordinary
goods. The man who does that will be
worse off than he was before, because
1T will attract attention to poor goods,
which ought to sneak into the market
with as little parade as possible.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-25
HOMEMADE HANDY WAGON.

light ScantlingS supported by iron STIR
rups attached to the platform, we can
have first class hay rack that would
often come in good Service in hauling
hay, sheaf grain or corn fodder from
the field.
The mower wheels are especially
adapted to the construction of such
wagons, as the hubs are 81 inches
long, face AZ inches wide, while they
are 80 inches high. There may be
other wheels just as good, however.
The long hub is quite an item, though,
in the wheel, as it gives strength and
durability to the wheel.
We used the original spindles. By
cutting the shaft in two in the middle
and punching holes near the ends for
bolts, we fastened them to wooden
axles of the desired length. We made
the reach seven feet from axle to axle,
which is none too long if intended for
hay and fodder hauling. The platform
is ten feet long by six feet wide, the
front wheels passing under the same
in turning. A stationary board eight
inches high is bolted to upright irons
at front end of platform. Cleats are
nailed to this to receive front end of
side boards. These are only six inches
WIDE but can be made wider if deSir-
ed.
Some persons might object to the
projecting spurs on these wheels. In
practice these do no harm, as their
worn condition from long use and the
packing of the earth between them
leaves so little of them protruding that
they do no damage even on young
meadows
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-25
ARye Sod XIII. Potato scab.

Alva Agee makes a very interesting
potato note in the Ohio Farmer. He
says:
Another years experience confirms
my statement made a year ago in
The Farmer that one can control pota-
to scab by the use of a rye sod, if this
is done in the right way. This is the
fifth year of an experiment on two
acres of land that had become so in
tested with scab that a decent crop of
potatoes could not be grown. Five
successive crops of potatoes have been
grown in this land, turning a rye sod
under each spring, and the seed used
q portion of the time has not been
wholly free from scab and has been
untreated with any solution to kill the
germs, but the crop is above the
average in smoothness. The seed last
spring, coming from northern Ohio.
had more scab than seemed safe, but
SO far as examination of the hills now
indicates the crop will be all right. It
the rye can be turned during a hot
spell in the spring, it makes the soil a
little acid, and that is fatal to the scab
germs. Two years Of that treatment
practically cleaned the field"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-25

will not, however, sacrifice any needed
power by reducing the weight of the
propellers. A deep centerboard will
give steadiness to the craft in all kinds
of weather.
AS a passenger ship the vessel will
have a speed of from 60 to 100 miles an
hour, floating easily on the surface and
utilizing all it's energies for speed.
Safety is secured in the use of two
pilothouses, one above the other. The
lower one is for the navigator and the
upper for the lookout. The construc-
ton will provide an inside promenade
and quarters which will be impervious
to the attack of the heaviest seas.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-25
Modern Woodmen.

During the first seven months OF this
year 5000 certificates were written, an
average of over Il, 600 a month.
One already a member of another camp
cannot become a charter member of a
new camp.
All members who do not pay their as
sessments on or before the LIST Of the
month following the notice of assessment
must be reported in suspension by the
clerk.
Eighty-six camps and 1900 members
were delinquent on assessment No. last,
payable on Aug. 1, and PIP camps and
5,S9S members were delinquent on per
capita due Aug. 1.
A local camp can by adopting a bylaw
to that effect levy extra assessments up
on the members of the camp to provide
special fund of not more than 81 per
year.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-25
The Clover CrOD.

There are few states in which the
production of clover does not present
q more or less marked contrast to the
almost uniformly large production of
last year. In the New England states
there is a falling off Of One-third to
one-half; New York reports II per
cent of a full crop, as compared with
100 pep cent last year; Pennsylvania
reports 76 per cent, as compared with
90; Kentucky, Michigan and Indiana
show a reduction from last year of Z, G.
and 8 points respectively, while Illinois
has but Ga, Wisconsin 81 and Iowa II
per cent of full crop. Excluding the
states in which the cultivation of clo-
yer is merely sporadic, Ohio alone has
as large crop as it had last year, and
this is doubtless accounted for in part
by the fact that last years crop in
that state was considerably below the
average for the country as a whole.
Such is the report of the August crop
circular.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-25
BUY
ATJONS
CELERY
FRESH B. CRISP
CASe When ErpTY 70 Be
promptly RETURNED

how to secure new varieties. They
might well devote more time to telling
how to pack, advertise and sell first
class products. Scattered over the
country you will find men who have
studied this matter of handling fine
products. Many of them have devised
original schemes for handling and sell
ing and have in this way secured a
first class market.
Take celery, for example. This is a
crop that depends largely for its sue
cess upon the way it is presented to
the customer If sent to market in
dirty packages, soiled and poorly trim
lined, few people will pay even a fair
price for it. When packed neatly, well
trimmed, SO that it presents q crisp
and neat appearance, there is always
an eager demand for this vegetable.
We have known farmers to bunch their
celery roughly and send it to market in
old strawberry crates, stained with
berry Juice and frequently full Of dust.
OF course it never brings a fair price.
Celery is a crop good enough to de-
mand a special package for shipping.
With the foregoing Introduction The
Rural New Yorker tells Of neat crate
for handling celery, which can be made
large enough to hold two rows of cell
cry packed with the tops together in
the center The celery is first washed
and punched, then packed as shown in
the picture in a lining of clean white
paper. An advertisement, printed on
white paper, is pasted on the under
side of the top, so that it shows when
the crate is opened in the market or
store When empty, the crate is closed
and shipped back for another load of
celery Simple things like this make
the difference between profit and loss.
One of the great secrets of success
with grower of southern peaches, as
The New Yorker tells, is the care he
has spent upon the package. He buys
nothing but pure white baskets, re-
jecting all soiled or dark colored wood.
He has a large red label, with just
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-25
Public Crematorfum.

According to The American Archi
tect, the city government of Boston is
considering the question of establish
ing a public crematory much after the
model Of the one in Pere la ChaiSe, in
Paris, where the bodies of persons who
die in public institutions, leaving no
friends or relatives, are, as a rule, in
cinerated and where cremation can also
be performed for other persons whose
families desire it.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-25
MAGAZINE TACK HAMMER.

out. The head contains shaft for a
journal, around which a tack carrying
belt is made to pass. There is a ratchet
arrangement with a knob in the han
die, convenient to the thumb. AS one
tack is driven home a movement of the
thumb presents another at the opening
at the rear of the head. One blow
thrusts the point into the wood and a
second one drives it in. A patent for
this idea has been awarded to J. P.
Vanderyeer
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-25
Knights OF Honor.

George E. Henderson, who has been
appointed to the office Of grand chaplain
of New York jurisdiction to succeed G..
G. Herrick, deceased, is one of the lead
ing members of the order in Brooklyn.
He is president of the Past Dictators'
association and chairman of the board of
deputies of Brooklyn.
Missouri deputy grand dictators are to
form an associa ton and hold regular
meetings for conference and unity of &C
ton
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-25

came q resident
of Des Moines,
where he has
since resided and
where he has an
extensive prac-
tice as a physi-
clan. He became
a member of the
order in Saux
In ow Taniah)
tribe in G. S. D.
3S4, at that time
the only working
tribe in Iowa.
The next year he
w a S appointed
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-25
ROYAL Arcanum.

Richland council of Nashville increased
its membership from 81 to 6S during the
first six months of this year.
Every dollar of the emergency fund of
the Royal Arcanum is available for the
payment of death claims. Its one pur-
pose is to provide fund by which the
rate of mortality that must come to every
order and every insurance company may
be met and the payments remain at
fixed sum.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-25
Hammer Full of Tacks.

With the magazine hammer just
brought out there is no longer reason
for having tacks lying around loose.
The magazine hammer, says an ex-
change. consists of the combination Of
a hollow head and handle, with a
trough or guideway extending through
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-25
National Provident Union.

This order is not a large one, but is
composed of exceedingly intelligent and
influential men, who administer it's af-
fairs with quiet dignity and grace. 1t is
becoming one of the leading organiza-
tons, and steps are to be taken this win
ter to increase it's membership.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-25
woodmen of the World.

The new laws of the order whereby ev-
cry member contributes each month to
the reserve fund is now in effect.
The accumulation certificate Is a new
feature which will prove a drawing card
for the order.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-25
1'rzRRfyzI|SgAz|652R9eN
CELERY THAT SELLS.

a Good, Crisp Product In a Neat, At
tractfve Package.
1t is one thing to raise good crops
and quite another thing to dispose of
them to good advantage. Our scien-
tific friends spend a great deal of time
in telling how to improve the soil or
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-25
5H9FE
591.bE1uE5
RED MEN,.

Great Senior Sycamore e. ID. wiley.
Around the Council Fire.
E. D. Wiley of Des Moines is native
of the province of New Brunswick and
was born So years ago. In 1870 he be-
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-05-19

Time has been called for the first
round with the Spring garden. We
have All exceptionally large and war;
led stock of Garden Seeds, also full
line of Garden tools. &
Noble.
Take your hens eggs over to Green's
grocery store and get cents per doz-
en- and buy good Rio coffee for ten
cents. No goods sold for less money
than we pay for them, for bait. When
folks offer you II pounds of sugar for
a dollar or Lyon and Arbuckle coffee
for ten cents, nab the bait,-but the
hook. Look out for it! That bait is
on very dangerous hook: it nabs
folks sometimes. E. A. Green. Up
The postmaster at Belpre seems to
have fallen down over the red tape of
the department technically, while DING
just what any other postmaster would
have done. A large amount of mail
was sent to him TO send out through
the Belpre postoffice. He sent it out
The department concluded that, mas
much as his salary depended on the
number of stamps cancelled. he must
have offered the party sending this
mail to him some inducement to do SO,
and SO notified him that he would be
removed as soon as his successor was
appointed and qualified. The inqu iry
instituted by the GRAPHIC fails to
show that the postmaster made any
agreement in relation to the matter at
all, and that he is simply the victim of
circumstances over which he had no
control. AS we said before. this is
base ingratitude on the part of the
party. Some of the local politicians
think that the verdict may be reversed,
but this is doubtful, although the
matter has been urgently insisted on.
There seems to be no decision yet as
TO who the successor will be, as the de-
partment wants to find Someone q few
feet nearer the depot in order to save
the few dollars paid for carrying the
mail to the present Office, which is just
outside of the distance where the rail
road company would have to deliver
it free. So the tempest in the Belpre
teapot goes merrily on. 1T has been
suggested that the charge alleged Is
simply preteXt for removal. ard
that the real cause has not been given
out. If this is the case, We know
nothing of it.
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Parties wanting ice can have the
same delivered to their homes by
leaving their orders at the Almo hotel.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-05-19

Our grocery stock is fresh and clean
and prices the lowest. Evaporated
fruits q specialty.-A. Hottewitz.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-05-19

Harper Andrews, wife and baby, ar.
rived:from Arkansas City last evening
and will visit here several weeks.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-05-19

We fill your family receipts and
prescriptions with the best of drugs at
a low price NJ De'Tar.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-05-19

Get sack of Garfield flour from
Fravsl. There is nothing better on
the mar'-et. Every sack guaranteed.
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Great reduction in prices of station
ary and notions a. Schnatterly' S
iewelry store.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-05-19

Garden Seeds, and flower seeds of
at shades and colors at Green's Gro
Gerry store.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-05-19

have the Forbes patent pipe cutter
and threading machine. All work
promptly and neatly done on short
notice.. 81. Falk.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Colver went to Hutch
inson, Tuesday to do some shopping
and attend the Jubilee.
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New Lire of Spring and Summer
Underwear for ladies, gentlemen and
children. Edwards < Noble.
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Get your news papers and maya
zines at M. DeTar's.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-05-19

w. E. Fravel handles the Justly cell
ebrated Garfield Mill -four, Five Ros-
es and Golden Gate.
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Judge Smart, of Ottawa, Kans. spent
Sunday with his brother, J. H., of
this city, -.
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can Old Maids Convention" at thu
Opera house, May 26.
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WALL PAPER
p PAINT!


will
guarantee We
Guara
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II your pillow or lister needs new
shear, remember that we have a full
:ne.-A. Hottewitz.
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Plenty of Bran and Shorts at the
Creamery Feed Store.
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Read Marsh & Bidwell's advertise
ment this week.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-05-19

Il. A. Bigger passed through the
city. Monday He says he has not
yet done anything toward refunding
our bonds
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The repairs on the Congregatio
church are being pushed along, but it
will not be finished in time for the lect.
ure this evening.
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Mr. Smart is completins-his barn.
Miss Eva Force returned from Tex
as last Tuesday night.

Guy and Harry Jenkins arrived thiy
morning from Albuquerque.