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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-17
Royal Arcanum.

Supreme Regent Apgar has asked for
a membership of 100000 by May 1.
The Royal Arcanum 1ourishes best
where it is best known. 1t invites inves-
tigation and scrutiny, feeling confident
that the pre-eminent merits of the order
will commend it to n thoughtful and in
telligent public.
Members of the Royal Arcanum resid-
ing in Texas cannot have councils, but
will form Texas Arcanian association
No medical examina ton is required for
reinstatement at expiration of term of
punishment by suspension.
Brooklyn council of Brooklyn acted on
over 20 applications during 1899 and mi
tiated 60.
The order now has resources amount
ing to 81, 261 900, with liabilities of only
500, ZOO.
In % years the order has paid out $54.
100000 to $4,000 benefciaries.
Benefciaries of a Brooklyn member re-
ceived insurance on the third day after
proofs were forwarded.
Ozark council, st. Louis, started the
new year with 300 members.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-17

and elected to the grand lodge, where his
usefulness was quickly appreciated. He
served on various committees, acted as
district deputy grand master workman
and was chairman of the press committee
two terms. Mr.. Becker was elected grand
overseer, grand foreman and finally ad-
vanced to his present Office. the highest in
the gift of the grand lodge.
The Degree of Honor IS growing rapidly
In the California jurisdiction.
The work of initiation keeps up in
great shape in Missouri. 200 a week being
about the record.
Grand Recorder Burt of Massachu-
sets is busy these days explaining the
workings of the relief law.
Grand total beneficiary fund disbursed
by the order since organization, 500, 1000,
OO~
Only II assessments can be called in
any one year. Should the losses in any
jurisdiction require a greater sum than
the amount raised by II assessments, the
required amount is paid from the relief
fund of the entire order.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-17
Lettuce In Winter

Lettuce will stand our southern win
tiers without protection if the volun-
teers that come up in the fall are COW
cred with dry grass, bean vines or any
such protective. trashy material says
a Georgia exchange. And they may
also be taken up with a trowel and set
on the sunny side of the garden fence,
at the base board. They will stand the
winter and head up early in spring,
but if fine, crisp heads are wanted for
family use or market a cold frame
must be provided. Lettuce is telltale
plant in the market. The stems eXude
a milky juice that turns brown after a
days exposure. Water sprinkled over
lettuce heads keeps them fresh in ap-
pearance, but no art can disguise the
brown surface of the cut stalk. Wher-
ever that is seen the plant is stale.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-17
RED MEN,.
Testimonial to a Blind Member.
Along the Trail. j


Recently the members of Oneida tribe
of Brooklyn rendered a testimonial bene-
fit to one OF its members. Albert Fay.
who was stricken blind last summer
while playing a violin in an orchestra of
which he was a member. The benefit
was a reception and ball and was attend
ed by more than 100 couples besides per-
sonal friends and brother musicians and
was a social as well as financial success.
The memorial exercises throughout the
country in honor of George Washington
were participated in generally by the Red
Men. At Washington's tomb, in Mount
Vernon, several of the chiefs of the great
council Of the United States were pres
ent, and the gathering of the order was
large.
Great Sachem Wise Of New York re-
ports the order prosperous in his reserva-
ton. Several applications for new tribes
have been received.
Leni Lenape tribe of Philadelphia
adopted 50 new members in December
and On Jan. 10 had class of 100, making
the lodge membership nearly 1000.
The Haymakers are enjoying boom
on the Pacific coast
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-17
MODERN WOODMEN.
Answer All Questions In the Blanks.
Camp Embers.

Answer All Questions In the Blanks.
Camp Embers.
1t is wrong for deputy to waive an
swers to any of the questions in the ap-
plication blanks, and when he does this
he works an injury to the applicant by
voiding any certificate that might be is
sued thereupon. The laws are the chart
for head officers, deputies, physicians,
camps and members generally. When the
laws are followed, there will never be
trouble. 1t pays always to follow the by
laws.
Dec. there were 439, 22S members in
good standing. The record for the month
was 1854 new certificates written and
147 camps chartered.
A few deputies and camp clerks persist
in using some of the old form application
blanks. These are all returned to them.
thus causing delay.
There were no explosions from the So
ciety reported last month.
The fact that you did not have to pay
an assessment for December should make
it easy for you to be prompt in paying
the assessment for January.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-17
woodmen of the World.

General ]. w. Browning, formerly
head clerk of the Pacific jurisdiction.
Woodmen of the World, with headquar-
tiers at Denver, has resigned his impor-
tant Office to take up the work of the
sovereign camp in the east and south. He
will reorganize the deputy system and re-
district the entire south, after which he
will have full and complete control of the
New England states. also the state of
New York.
A new system of work will be estab-
lished under the supervision of general
organizers, and no more "middlemen"
win be in the field, SO that all business
hereafter will be transacted direct with
the sovereign camp.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-17
KNIGHTS of Honor.

Pabic installations are valuable in
drawing attention to the order and it's
benefits. They have been frequent the
past month.
The new year shows the condition of
the order to be better than it has been in
years. The present assessment rates
producing an income in excess of death
claims being recorded, new members be-
ing added in all sections of the country
and loss from suspensions being normal,
a bright and prosperous year for the or
der is assured.
The assessment rate of every member
is fixed according to his age on Jan. 1 of
each year; hence every member Of the Or
der under 60 years of age will change on
the report for the assessments paid by
members in January and forwarded to
the supreme lodge Feb. 1.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-17
No. 21.-Palin dromes.

"A ID drive out one morning in
the old g-g. She had threatened to
before. H-h vowed that she herself
would never do anything so ridiculous,
but "A Moore replied: "H-h! 1t is
not a id to be ashamed of. 1t is only
little fun, and SIS is no III She
will be back before &c with Nh
for company" Just then a little black
PIP saw fit to PIP around the cor
ner. He beheld the funny old vehicle
and began to bark. ''He s-s the joker
laughed "A. The &c lamb was
attracted by the commotion, and &c
IN the neighborhood was g-g
and, inquiring why g" allowed such
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-17
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CLIPPING A QUEEN BEE.

Why Wings Are Clipped-Is 1t Adj
visabIe :-Hovv 1t Is Done.
The chief object in clipping a queen.
| says DR.. G. G. Miller in The National
Stockman. is to prevent her flying
away. When a swarm issues with 4!
clipped queen. the queen falls to the
ground, and the swarm circles around
in the air for few minutes, but when
the swarm generally returns to the
hive without alighting, although it
sometimes clusters on a tree or other
object and remains hanging there from
five minutes to a quarter or half an
hour. But there is no danger that il
will go off without a queen. Sooner Or
later it will go back where it came
from.
Sometimes it is desirable to have a
queen marked, and a clipped wing is a
permanent mark easily seen. Suppose
a colony has a queen that is 2. 8 or 4
years old. If the queen has been clip
ped, you can tell at a glance whether
the old queen is present or whether a
daughter has superseded her.
Whether it is advisable to have
queens clipped or not depends upon
circumstances. If several colonies
stand near together and no close watch
is kept at the time of swarming, clip
ped queen falling to the ground may
wander off on the ground and be lost
or enter the wrong hive and be killed.
Indeed the anticlippers raise that as
an objection, but the clippers reply
that it is better to lose a queen with
out the swarm than to lose a queen
with the swarm. With a clipped
queen the matter of hiving a swarm is
simplified. When the swarm issues,
watch for the queen and cage her.
Move the old hive off the stand, put
the new or empty hive in its place
and place the Gagged queen at the en-
trance of the new hive. When the
swarm begins to return, let the queen
out of the cage to run with the swarm
into the new hive.
More than one way may be used in
clipping a queen. Some persons hold
the wing with the left hand and saw it
off with very sharp penknife. Most
people use a pair of scissors. Catch
the queen with the right hand ION the
supposition you are right handed).
You may use the thumb and finger to
catch her by the thorax Che part next
the head, or you may catch her by the
wings, but don't catch her by the alb
domen. 1t is soft and easily crushed.
Now you may take hold of her with
the left hand, so that the tail end may
be toward the right hand, when with
the scissors you may cut off the larger
wing on one side. (She has four
wings, two on each side.) She can
not fly whether one or both wings are
cut on the same side, but it does not
spoil her looks SO much to cut only
one wing. On the other hand, there is
an advantage in having both wings
cut, for in that case you can tell at
glance whether she is clipped, where
as with only one wing cut it is hard
to tell whether she is clipped or not as
she runs in and out among the bees.
Instead Of holding the queen by the
thorax to clip her, there is a way that
you may like better. Having caught
her with the right hand, let her grasp
the ball of the right index finger with
her feet, then close down the left
thumb upon her feet and hold her
while you clip her.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-17

came a member
of the order in
Lotus lodge i'll
1881 and immedi-
ately became in
terested in its up
building, a move
ment which rails
ed the lodge MEM
bership from 80
to over 500. He
served in the sew
eral chairs and in
1884 was elected
master workman.
In 1882 he was
presented with a
ha doc nf honor
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-17
FraternaI Statistics.

The United Ancient Order of Druids
has a membership of 1860.
Woodmen of the World, a fraternal
beneficial order. has a total membership
of 12T, 900.
The total membership of the United
Order of the Pilgrim Fathers is $4,000.
Royal Templars Of Temperance holds
sway over $4,000 members.
Knights and Ladies of Honor has a
membership Of Il, 600.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-17
No. 24-Riddlemeree.

My first is in mouse, but not in rat,
My second in racket, but not in bat.
My third is in block, but not in stone.
My fourth is in give, but not in loan.
My fifth is in sonnet, but not in poem.
My sixth is in loft, but not in dome,
Ny seventh in each, but not in all
My eighth is in young, but not in small.
Ny whole is a man Of great renown
Known in every American city and town
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-17
Order of Sparta

The senates, or lodges, of the order of
Sparta are named after ancient Grecian
localities, as Thermopyl@, Marathon.
Delphi, Athens, Philadelphia, Corinth,
Olympia, Delos and Ionia, or after dis
tinguished men, as Leonidas, Lycurgus.
CIeomenes, Lysander, Pericles, Brasidas.
St Paul, Plato, Homer, Orestes and Soc
rates; or, after gods, as Apollo and Per
seus, and the goddess Minerva; or, after
tribes or communes, as Dorians and Ii
thonian
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-17
Everyday Life.

always do right, and your friends
will stand by you" eyes, but the time a
man needs friends to stand by him is
when he does wrong"
Mamma, what is classical music?"
''Oh, don't you know? It's the kind that
you have to like whether you like it or
not."-New York Herald.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-17
Fraterna1 Mi.celI.nx.

There are 20,344 members of. the Amer
lean Legion Of Honor.
The Ancient Order of Hibeenians has
States.
The Improved Order of Red Men has a
total membership Of about 200, O0O.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-17
Chosen Frieuds.

The prospects for the order in general
for the new year are fattering indeed
The members everywhere are adopting
the new table Of rates, which makes only
one assessment month.
"A new stag council, v nose membership
II composed of prominent members of
various fraternal orders, has been insti-
tuted at St Louis.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-17
No. PA Few Cents

1. The cent that will "change place
from higher to lower"
2. The cent that will "change place
from lower to higher
3. The cent which is placed con some
particular syllable in a word"
4. The cent which is ION a grand
SCALE
8. The cent which is "taciturn."
6. The cent which is "cloSe by
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-17
Mixing Soil and Sunshine.

There is point in tobacco culture
which Florida grower thinks is neg
lected more than it should be. He
says: We don't mix the soil and the
sunshine enough, for therein lies the
secret of successful high grade tobac-
co. In the setting out of the tobacco
plants I prefer to have my rows four
feet apart so as to be easy of cultiva-
ton by horsepower. The objection
will be made to this width as causing
a rank growth Of the plant, but this
can be remedied by setting the plants
a foot to IA inches apart in the row.
A wide row is easier kept free from
weeds in its easy access with a cult
vator and it's immunity from damag
ing the leaves with the swingletree
when working in it with a horse.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-17

Profitable Agriculture In the South.
The significance Of renovating crops
has been thus stated: pea vines fur
nish the most. reliable and by far the
cheapest means Of restoring our worn
soils and of advancing them to a much
higher productiveness than they pos
sessed, even when in the virgin condi-
ton. But pea vines will not grow
luxuriantly on a poor, unfertilized soil.
Therefore the true policy of our south
ern farmers should be to plant peas
and other Ieguminous crops. fertilizing
with phosphates and potash. Convert
the product of these into pork. beef
mutton, milk and butter. Return the
manure to the land"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-17
knight. and Ladies of Honor.

AA1SAtD anu A00Ae8 Oh aOnOI.
There are IL lodges of the order in Gin
cinnati. with total membership Of TO.
Dissatisfied members should not with
draw from the order without giving tine
matter careful consideration and satisfy
ing themselves that they will be doiax
right to their benefciaries.
The order has paid out over $15, Co.,
600 to bene6ciaries Of deceased MEM
bers.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-17
Converted.

'My dear" said Mrs. Huneweu as
she poured the coffee at breakfast the
other morning, do you believe in the
eternal fitness of thingsY'
81 used to-" replied Hunewell, "but
that was before you began to make my
Shirts
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-17
No. 2R-Riddle.

Sometimes am very sly;
Other times trade I ply;
Over the pillows swift / fly.
Now, pray, tell me, what am I?
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-17
Conundrums Answered.

What word of eight letters is there
from which you can subtract five and
leave ten? Tendency.
Why is the letter u like the river ANA
zon? Because it is in Brazil.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-17
No. ga Half SQUARE.

1. A pod splitting into two valves.
To efface. 8. Sport. 4. To employ.
A pronoun. 6. A letter.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-17
7HE,:ll@ g)R7kISA
-@&~ '@N


1. In Leviathan. 2. Conclusion. 3. Elk
cessive. 4. A city formerly so beautiful
that it was called Grown of the East.
8. An idler. 6. A unit l. In Levia-
than.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-17
go AJAX

No. 15.-Three Battles: Bull Run. Mis-
sionary Ridge. Cedar Greek.
No. 16.-Word Squares: L. 1. Chat. 2.
Here. 8. Area. 4. Tear. II. 1. Heat.
2. Ease. 3. Asps. 4. Test. Ill. 1.
Kate. 2. Abed. 8. Tend. 4. Eddy.
No. 17.-Numerical: Habit is ten times
nature.
No. 1S.-Verbal Rations: Narration,
alteration, moderation, mensuration, gy-
ration. duration.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-17
UNITED WORkMEN.

Grand Master Workman of Mary
land-WOrkshop Chips.
Louis Becker of Baltimore, grand mas
ter workman of Maryland jurisdiction, be
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-17
No. 22.-Why?

No. 22.-Why?
Can you tell me why
A hypocrite's eye
Can better descry =
Than you or l
On how many toes
A pussy cat goes?
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-17
Key to the Puzzler

No. 10.-Worn by Old Ocean: Capes
a. Good Hope; (2) Cod; 81 Fear; az
Wrath; 90 Horn; co. Clear; "a Look
out; 80 Flattery; 90 Mount.
No. Unchanged Words:
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-17
Sheds For Cattle.

''1n ordinary cases, it is better to feed
fattening cattle out of doors in open
feed trOughS than in sheds. The cat
tie have the advantage over those be-
ing fed inside of having constantly an
unlimited supply Of pure, fresh air in
stead Of close, stuffy, bad smelling air.
Cattle feeding on ear corn always drop
more or less corn around the troughs,
and when there are hogs following
them they can pick up this corn be-
fore it gets as dirty as it would if the
cattle were fed inside, and they will
gather up more of it, SO under ordi-
nary conditions there is less loss of
grain when cattle are fed outside. But
in the north it is so cold in winter that
cattle would perish in large numbers
If sheds were not provided for them.
The value of the cattle lost in Mon
tana, Wyoming and Idaho during the
last five years has been enough to
build sheds for tens of thousands of
them. People living east Of those
western states have been building
barns and sheds for feeding cattle for
years, and the number of them doing
80 is constantly increasing. Cattle are
so high now that it is entirely out of
the question for feeders living on the
prairie in the northern states to feed
them at profit without protecting
them from the cold. Where cattle do
not have proper protection it takes a
large amount Of the grain given them
to keep up the animal heat. Sheds
with feed troughs and which can be
closed in case of hlizzards should be
built SO that cattle ean be fed in them
in storms, in the coolest winter wealth
er and once in awhile a heavy rain"
And after watching the results Of cat
tie feeding in different parts of the
country a Prairie Farmer correspond
ent concludes that when cattle not in a
timber country are fed they must have
sheds.
How to Use Lime on Sour Soil.
The Rhode Island station finds it
strfkingly exemplified by one of it's ex-
periments that In seeding sour (acid)
land to timothy lime should be thor
oughly worked into the soil before the
seed is sown. A top dressing of lime
applied subsequently to seeding, while
it may prove somewhat helpful, exerts
but little benefit in connection with
timothy as compared with lime bar
rowed into the soil.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-17
The Lumber Situation.

At the recent st. Louis meeting of
12O lumbermen, representing 10 states.
it was agreed that great shortage of
lumber exists, both north and south.
and that lumber prices will go still
higher. One hundred and six mills
reporting from Missouri, Arkansas.
Texas, Louisiana and Alabama, had ON
hand Dec. 1 $4,000 feet less than
they had one year ago. Yards in Iowa.
Illinois, Wisconsin, etc, are very low.
md 1t is expected that the next will be
one of the biggest lumber seasons
known for some years on the upper
Mississippi.
A serious fungous disease is affecting
the sea island cotton. This disease at
tacks other plants than cotton and
seems to be spreading. The fungus
appears to be Of great vitality and
may live in the soil for years. attack
ing the cotton plant when planted
again after other crops.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-10-20

PREDICTS A LANDSLIDE.
MeKinIey's Electoral Vote Will Be Much
Larger than in 1896.

WASHINGTON, D. c., October 13.-
Walter H. Chamberlain, who has
recently returned from the West, says:
SIN my opinion, Mckinley will re-
ceive the 27l ELECTORAL votes that he
received four years ago, with the
possible exception OF Kentucky's
twelve. and in addition he will have
one more from California, ten from
Kansas. four from South Dakota and
four from Washington, with the
chances in favor of seventeen from
Missouri and thirteen from kentucky.
In other words, | believe that the
climax of the Bryan waive was reach
ed two weeks ago, and that from now
until election day the pendelum viii
swing the other way, with the result
that if the present hard work by the
Republicans is continued there will be
a Republican landslide
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-10-20
GOVERNOR SAYERS'S ESTIMATE.
Says Galveston Hurricane Destroyed Twelve
Thousand Lives.

NEW YORK, Oct. l6.-Governor
Joseph ID. Sayers OF Texas. who is
here attending the bazaar for the
benefit of the Galveston sufferers.
says that the horror of Galveston has
been in no way Overestimated. The
most conservative now put the loss of
life at 5000, and the estimates run all
the way from this minimum to a max
imum o! 1900.
In response to an inquiry as to
wether. in his opinion, the new Gal
weston could be made safe from the
danger of future storm, Governor
Sayers said:
Il think that much can be done
looking to the safety of the new city,
but do not believe that there will be
a repetition OF the frightful hurricane
that visited us. If storm of such
awful proportions should strike this
city it would utterly wreck it. You
do not appreciate here the tremendous
strength of the elements as it was
shown at Galveston. No safeguard
of human constructions could have
withstood it. But such a storm is not
likely to come again. We have little
fear of that
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-10-20
MECCA, ILL.,, Oct. IA, SO.
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