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u ut.'c j- i ! o t t O acass: o o o o o o o o o OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, IS73. VOL. 7. NO. 40. n G c 7 ;,0 r l.t 'a i-r a" THE EHTEBPSiSE A LOCAL DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER V O K T II E Farmer, Business Man, & Family lirelr. ISSUED EVERY FRHAY. EDITOR A XI) PUBLISHER- f OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CLACKAMAS CO. OFFK'K-In Ir. Tliessigs ttrick. ncxf 3 .jaorloJohn Myertore, upstairs. SlnCpynn, Year. Iu Advance " (Six Months Tt-rnn of Ailvrtiiiiri Transient aJvertisemeuts, inehnliic,' all l.-il s Miunr- oi twelve ( () lines one weeK T"! Fr.ach sul.s.-li;.-i.t ms-ni.ui U o..o.i.u..i., ..iu- v.:ar ;1H, ifuswj Cr,l.ls.ltiar,s."n.'"yV;:r 1'J.UQ ocii:tvxo ticks. okdoov i.oih;i: no. i. i.o. i, t ...... 'I'll li r-.i 1:1 v. niii'-Cat 7'v o'el ek, in the t l.i Pel lows' ilttll, .Main i&rZS - f ... i t : . . i t t M iuis c.t tht Or der air invited to attend. l'y order X. ! . hi:iu:cc.v ii:;:ui:s: loi);u no. t r n F.-Micts on the I. (. . r ., .Ml CIS on l!ll' :.,Vf ci.ii.l an. I Fourth Tu.-s- - LTJ-L, '';& iv ev.-nhurs cad, ni.iitl. yfcJU..Vr 7 ... iv do the (Kid s 0:l l-Vll'.ws' Hall. Members of the Dogrcc arc invited to attend. at Ml LTNOM.Ul LOlK.Ji NO. I,A.1 V A. M.. Holds its regular com- A iiKinie.it i.jiis mi l!ie First and -f'- Third Saturdays in each montis, at 7 o'clock from theUoth of Sej. temher t the Jill!: olM at e!i ; and ..'.-l.u-U- IrilMl I'll- "utli in Mai-t-li to the iVla of S 'j.u-m !;er. Jirethrcn in jood .vland'.u' are mviicti to atteml. l,y i rder o: V. M. I'AI.LS liMAJii'MMM NO. 1,1. O. ('. F.. Meet-; at Odd Fellows' r 1 1 .il l on l in1 J- lt si ana imro il.iv ni'c.irli inontli. l'.iti i-trehs ia x.d s'.aii.liu aie invited to attciiu ; i: .s- a vv".s' s v a n n s. I'SIVSK IAN AXU Sl'H'JKOX, f y; -; .v t- r r, o it k " -V f n ' I'ltairs in Ciiari-.eia's T trick Mam Sir i t. ae-i n i. W. K. WATKINS, F1. B-OJ-'FI"i: O'M F.'Ilo-.v's'IVranU'.corticr First hi ill AliT slr-.-ets. ii-sidencc corner of Main strul Seve;it!i st reels. l)i-s. Welch cv Tlionipsoii, r r- B1 K ?. T 2 :Cr-'i, OFFit'C ir O I J) F E L L 0 1I"S- TEMP L E, Cor:n r of First and AKKt street c, I'O'.t ri. v.: - oitcoox. tt"i!l L-.-in Or -,-on ( 'ity oji sali:ri:a .. Nov. .i :tl S. 11 L" F.I. AT. -HAs. k. v,-.:tiCf;N. HU2LAT&V;ARRPS A tto r n ey s - at- Law , OREGON CITY, - - OP.EOGii. BVMFl'H'i: Clmivaan's brick, Main st. :,:i::'l-:2 .11. JOHNSON & McCOWN o ATTOUM'.YS AM) I'Ol'NSEHiRS AT-LAW. Oregon City, Oregon. "Viil praelice in a!i tiie Court s of 1 h" t.it-. !j..-eial atteiit ion iveii to eases m I.'ie I', s. l.auU litici- at Oregon City. laiirlSTJ-tf. J,. T. 35 A J v I ATTORfJEY-AT-LAV, ore'jox cirr, : : OIIEGOX. OFFICE Over Pone's Tin Store, Main street. JlmarT Ml. A. KOLTWER X 0 T A li Y P U li L I C. ENTERPRISE OFFICE. (IHKIiO.V CITY. JOIIX 31. IJAt'OX, JMPORTFr. AND nKAT.F.U jfZf? in lrfxks. statiouey, IVrtum r ry. etc.. etc. iawnvr,y Oregon C'ij, OrtTii. 67"At Chnrman vV: Vv'ciner's oKl stand, ,atcly occupied by S. Ackeman, Main st. W. II. lIKillFIKLI). T:tallUlted ilnrv ' 1 1, at the old Maj'd, 3i;iiu otrnt, Owr.on City, OrcroiL An assortment of Wat hs, Jewel ' t'. and Seth Tiivmas' "eii:lit Clocks all of which n,-c warranted to be as represented, enairiier lion Iyep:iiriiiil ilone on short not ice, are..' anklui for past patronage. NEW YORK HOTEL. (Ueutfchos tiafthaus.) - n- 17 Front street, Opposite the Mail Steamship Lunuing, POKTLAM). ofiKGOX. MOTHFOS, J. WILKEXS, Proprietors. o 1. TKACHIN'C; Il IIJI.IC SCHOOL. Ki-rhty little urchins Coining through tho door, Pushing, cioNvomg, making . tremendous roar. Why don't yon keep quiet ? Can't yoiiinind the rule? l;l:ss me! this is pleasant, Keeping puhlic'xchool. Kighty little pilgrims On tiie road to fame ! If they fail to reach it, Who will be to Maine? Iliirh and lowly stations, liirds of every feather, On a common level yere are brought together. Dirty little faces, Loving little hearts, Eves brimful of mischief, Skilled in all the arts, Thai's a precious darling ! What are von about? "May I pass the water?" ' Please, may I go out ?" Pools and shoes are shullling. Slates and books are rattling. And ill the corner yonder Two pugilists are battling! Others ciuling didoes. What a botheration! No wonder we grow crusty, From ueh association. Anxious parent drops in, .t ert ly to inquire Why his olive t tranches Do not shoot higher. Says he wants his children To mind their p's ami q's. An I hopes their brilliant talent Will not be abused. Spelling, reading, writing. Putting up the young ones, Fannin.r, scolding, lighting. Spurring on the dumb ones ; Gymnasts, vocal music! 11 iw the heart rejoices Wh m tiie singer comes To cultivate the voices. Institute attending, Mak ng out reports. Giving object lessons. I 'la.-.. u i li !.- of :dl soi ts ; Heading dessert at ions. Feebler 1 ;Kc a fool Oh. th- untold bles-in-JT Of keeping public school. Getting a Jury in New Orleans. Whilst the jury in the case against Melvin Cohen ami Charles II. iJailey, charged" with assault with in lent to nr.m'er the usurping Gov ernor of Louisiana was being im panneled in Carrol I Ion, Thomas Hen derson, colored, testified that he was horn in " the State oi the North," the year that " the great hattle hail lOi n fought by General .Jackson." iloing interrogated by counsel for the defense, v.itii'.,s said lie did not know "whether the General was Stonewall .Tack.ion or Washington." It was " the mini who fought in the battle of the North." aid Smith, colored, evidently sixtv or seventy years old, swore that he was only forty-seven. He testified that he Lad " heard of the shooting the General of the city, lie did not know his name.'" Harrison Shields, colored, testified that he h:-.d li ved in Carroll ton for the last f.nr years. He had. voted at tho last election, but did not know for whom he had voted. The ticket he had given to him. Henry Golover, colored, testified that lie did not recollect his age. lie did not know who was Governor of the State. Isaac Washington, colored, testi fied that he wa s a member of the church, but did not know to what church he belonged. He did not know there was a Governor. Another colored, juror said the " IVesident was the man who had been shot at." Another stat--d with great candor that he lived on lied river, but came occasionally to Carollton where he had registered as a voter." These jurors were of course chal lenged by tho defense and ordered to stand aside, after they had been taken by the State. Messrs. John Sfraider and Geo. Clo.-Ice, native of Germany natural ized in the parish, Thomas Ij. Pres ton, a native American, belonging to ono of our most respectable fami lies, were peremptorily challenged by the prosecution. A1'f Orleans Pv'upoir. A certain French baron whose sci entiiic taste led him to collect the skulls of celebrated persons, one day received a vit from a man with whom he was accustomed to deal. ' What do you bring me here? asked the baron, as the nnv slowly unwrapped a carefully enveloped package. ' ' The skull of Shakspearo." " Impossible!" -"I sjieak the truth, monsieur le baron. Here is proof of what I say," said the dealer, producing some pa pers. "But." replied the baron, drawing aside the drapery which concealed his own singular collection, " I al ready possess that skull." He must have been a rogue who sold you that," was the remark of the honest dealer. " Who was it, monsieur?" Your father." said the baron in a mild tone; lie sold it to me about twenty-nine years ago." The broker was for a moment dis concerted, then exclaimed with vi vacity. " I comprehend. Be good enough to observe the small dimensions of the skull on your shelf. Bemark the narrow occiput, the undeveloped forehead, where intelligence is still mute. It is of Shakspeare eertainlv, but of Shakspeare as a child about twelve or fourteen years old; where as this is that of Shakspeare when he had attained a certain ago and had become the great genius of which England is so justly proud." The baron bought the second head. There is a good deal of sound w is- dorn in the suggestion of the farmer; " If you want your boy to stay at home, don't bear to hard on the grindstone when he turns the crank.' At the Confessioal. Ve commend the following, from a late number of tiie New York Tri bune, to the especial attention of the dominant party who now too late- Jioiu up tneir nami.s before the peo ple ami cry "Peccavi:" If resolutions were anvtire1- but resolutions, and speeches anything but speeches, the proceedings of the Maine Pa-publican State- Convention at Bangor on Thursday would be really quite worth while. The Hon. Eugene Hale, member of Congress from the Eastern District, took occa sion to say, upon taking the chair of the Convention, that he was "tired and sick of some of the carpet bag governments;" that the General Gwf ernment ought to interfere in Louis iana, where President Grant's brother-in-law is the chief figure in polities and the State is run by the Federal Administration, and that the people there ought to be allowed & free and unbiased election. He also denounc ed in the severest terms the salary grab, and said the llepublican party must secure its repeal. This from a gentleman who on the stump last year sustained the Administration because it had reconstructed the Southern States and given theia good government, and urged the claims of his party to public confi dence because it was honest and pure, is significant either ot terrible retro gression on the part of the Adminis tration and party which is improba ble or of a a or.dert'al eye opening on the part of Mr. Hale, which is Avell, people do sometimes see clearer when they are not running for of'ice. The Convention adopted resolutions which were elevated in tone and sr mewhat slashing in character. With entire unanimity it was resolv ed that rigid economy in State and national ati'airs was imperatively de manded: that taxation should be re duced; ' that tiie Credit Mobilim- ! business was disgraceful, and that j the salary grab v. as infamous, "es i pecially its retroactive feature," and a gross violation ot the pledges of the last National Convention;" and they ''demand the immediate and unconditional repeal of an act so dis graceful to Congress and odious to the people." This from g nth-men who Let year boasted that the gov ernment was never admhiislt red so so economical! v am I hoi;.:.;t! that taxation had been reduced, and who how led them: Ives hoarse and pulled their cheeks to bursting- in indignant denunciation of the Credit Mobilier slanders, and who asserted everywhere that the national honor demaded tiie retention in power -i the party which was then and is now administering all departments of the Government is. upon 1 1 : r whole, encouraging. Last year they were patting themselves on tho back and saying to the country, "Me- big In gin.' This year they are confessing they have erred and strayed, and that there is no health in them. There I are times and occasions. This is a good year for confession. Seriously, however, this passing of resolutions that bind no ono, and that meau nothing, that never hurt any body and are not intended to, the mer est bloat of political rhetoric, blank cartridge's of denunciation, empty, windy and pheisphorcsceiit; and all this worse than meaningless cant of politicians who sit by patiently when salary gratis are going through Con gress, and get red in the face months afterward discus ung it In tore their constituents all this business is to honest people? who believe in tilings, simply exasperating. Tho misgov ernmentand robbery are bad enough, but w hen such preaching mid rolling up of eyes are added to it, it becomes intolerable. These Convention peo ple know well enough that tho Presi dent desired the passage of tiie salary grab bill, and signed it eagerly as soon as it was submitted to kirn. They knew tho party was responsible for all the wrongs and shameful transactions which, with so much parade of virtue and platform si rut ting, they affect to condemn but they did not dare to speak above their breath about either President or party. Its for political consump tion, all iliis affectation of indignant virtue, and for nothing else. Its party work for party purposes that's all. Perhaps any other party would do the same. Tho abstract wrong is easy to condemn; the concrete sinner especially if he has a handful of post oilices and colleetorships is a different thing. And yet we are glad these people are sorry, if its only at being caught. What we do protest against is their deluding themselves Avith the idea that they are fooling anvbody. There's been too much of it." Does Gr.AXT I) kink Too Mcc ii? The Chicago Adrance, a Woman Suf frage paper, edited by a "woman which has all along professed the most unqualified admiration for Gen. Grant, puts this question in a recent issue, and then proceeds to answer it as follows: There can be no impropriety in mentioning Avhat every one notices at once Avho looks into his face for the first time for several years, that his bad habits are making their mark on our President. The ever present cigar and the occasional stimulants, Avhose natural effects may have been somewhere neutralized by the active out-door experience of the army, are telling on him in the sedentary life of the "White House. Such self indulerenee is fatal to that clear headed, pure blooded condition which he oavcs it to his high office to maintain; and it is the right of every citizen to speak of it and protest asrainst it. Boxes, it is said, goA-ern the world the cartridge-box, the ballot-bos, the jury-box, and last, though not ' least, the bonnet -box. Oar Ccmiucrcc with China. The alleged motive for ratifying the Burlingame treaty, says an ex change, Avas that it Avould greatly increase our commerce with China, and enable us, to a large extent, to share in supplying her markets Avith products now obtained from Great Britain. Information recently given to the "English journals by the Sec retary of the British Legation at Pekiu throws much light on the commerce of China Avith foreign na tions. The total imports and ox ports in LS7'! Ave re si!:!0,0.jO,0(0. Of this amount Great Britain and her dependencies shared ST!'8,0(M).0( 0. Avhile in the same --ev the United Sfates had Sl8.000,0fi, or about one half the trade of China Avith British India. England has been able to main tain a treaty of commerce Avith Chi na without agreeing to receive .as free immigrants into her dependen cies the laborers avIio are held to ! perform service in foreign countries under contracts made in China for the benefit of her Mandarins. Great Britain allows her colonics the right of local self-government, in several particulars necessary to their well being, to a greater extent than can lie enjoyed by the States of the American Union under the exercise of the treaty-making power by the Federal Government. The people ed' Australia have regulated the terms on v.liieh Chinamen may Avork in their mines, or follow business pur suits in towns or cities. They make discriminations in favor of Avhire laborers ami imposts a tax so as to bring the Mongolians, Avho consume but little in value, to a point Avhere the State derives the profit of their cheaper labor by withholding so much from the companies Avorking them. In this Slate such a course Avas pursued for several years, under an Act called the Fore-ign Miner's Li cense Law, but the sheriif oi ono of the counties, Avho attempted to enforce it, was lined by a Federal Courl. after a conviction based upon an indictmtmt found against him, for disregarding tho Congressional Act. We tit) not think England, who is as anxious to maintain her treaty stip ulations as Ave are. Avoald pass an act f Parliament sobjecting to line and imprisonment the oiheials of any of her dependencies who enforced a law n.iaile by their Itx-al legislators taxing' coolies. And the policy the. Australian colonies have followed in imposing discriminating" taxes on the Chinamen, ha;; had its mten.ic d ct fect in diminishim tin h- arrival at Melbourne, Sidin v and other ports. Our mercc Avith China is tri 1'ing compared ivith that of Great anie count rv. For Britain .ith the tht .ir o; ; s v-i ir,'r June HO. 1ST 1, our '; our total i:uoovs ver ' S!-l-.7r')." exports, .--'7 T '. !:;."., of av!i icil th-M-o was in gold bullion Sl 14,K'.1 ; gold coin, :T.:;.")7,:.:S 1? a.nd silver bullion, sl, 'J'17,071. or a total of specie Si, -7'J'. I, .".'.; quicksilver, SUl.'.lbO, leav ing for general merchandise about S-J,."f0,(i(t'd only, the greater portion id' which was required by American and foreign shipping in Chinese ports. T. maintain that trade the Pacific Mail Steamship Company are paid annually one million of dollars, which is more than all the duties will amount to, collectable under the present tariff. The condition of that trade may be thus summed up: We import from China in merchandise, Avliich is paid in gold or silver, di rectly or indirectly, and to carry on that trade we have stipulated to "per mit the importalion of all the Mon golians, Avho, under the false name of free emigrants, can induce the Chinese Compani"s to import them and. to work them in competition Avith our laboring classes, The policy of Great Britain has enabled her to maintain commercial relations Avith the Celestial Empire without flood ing her colonies Avith coolies. We had better abandon our self-laudation and rudeaveir to imitate John Bull's sensible manner of deal ing Avith the Chinese problem. Coviyd not Bizrcsn the Favoti. On one occasion. Sir Robert V.'al poie Avantod to carry a question in the House of Commons, to which he knew there A-euhl be great opposi tion, and Avhieh Avas disliked by some ot his dependents. As he Avas passing through the Court of Be quests, he met a member of the con trary party, Avhose avarice he imag ined avou Id not reject a large, bribe. He took him aside, and said, " Sivh a question comes on this day; give me your vote, and here is a bank bill "of .C2,00!," which he put into his hand. The member made him this answer: " Sir Robert, you have lately served some of my particular friends; and Avhen my Avife was last at court, the king Avas very gracious to her, Avhieh must have happened at your instance. I should, therefore, think myself very ungrateful put ting the'bank bill in his pocket if I were to refuse the favor you are iioav pleased to ask me." Tiie Neehs of tiie YVest. Under the above heading Coleman's Rural World defines the wants of the West exactly thus: . " There seems to be but one opin ion on this subject, and that is, that more manufactories of all kinds are needed in the West, especially those of agricultural implements. We want more skilled and unskilled la borers, who are not farmers but mechanics to consume our surplus products. One of the evident wants of the time is, to make capital more active and useful to the agricultural community, and tliis can only be done by taking it out of bonds and merchandise and using it in the erection of machinery that Avill give employment to at least two-thirds of the prosent army of mkldkmen. COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, TTA'TUTTR.TTY OTT HALTF OPMTA - i:o.XTiTi"Tin: am) preamble of the PATRONS UF MSB.UDRY. issgi:i II v tsii: X.VTIOXAI, GHAXGi:. T 11 E A M BEE. Human happiness is the acme of earthly ambition. Individual hap piness depends upon general pros perity. The prosperity of the nation is in proportion to the value of its produc tions. The soil is the source from Avhence Ave derive all that constitutes wealth; Avithout it Ave Avould have no agricul ture, no manufactures, no commerce. Of all the material gilts of the Crea tor, the various productions of the vegetable Avorl.l are of the lirst im portance. The art of agriculture is the parent and precursor of all arts, and its products the foundation of all Avealth. The productions of the earth are subject to the iniluence of natural laAvs, invariably and indisputable; the amount produced will conse quently be in proportion to the in telligence of the producer, and suc cess Avill depend upon his knowledge of the action of these hues, and the proper application of their principles. Hence, kntiwle-dge is the founda tion of happiness. The ultimate object of this organi zation is for mutual instruction and protection, to lighten labor by diffus ing a knoAvledgo of its aims and pur poses, expand the mind by tracing the beautiful huvs the Groat Creator has established in tho Universe, and to enlarge our views of Creative Avis dom and power. To those who read it aright, histo ry proves that in all ages society is fragmentary, and .successful results of general Avc-lfaro can be secured only by general effort. Unity of ac tion cannot be acquired without dis cipline, and discipline cannot be en forced Avithout significant organiza tion: hence avo have a ceremony of initiation Avhieh binds us in mutual fraternity as with a band of iron; but although its inlhtonee is so powerful, its application is as gentle as that of the silken thread that binds a Avreath of lloAver. The Patrons of Husbandry consist of the following: ORG ANIZATION. st noiiDT.vxr. ;i;ani;es. t"ir.'-f 1)rp-rc: Laborer, (male,) (male,) (male.) Maid, (female. ) frrcnud Dtyr-'o; Cultivator, Shepherdess, (female.) 'third .'''re: Harvester, Gleaner. ( female. ) En rrili ': : litis! a: i d ni an ( m ale ) Matron, (female.) STATE CiT.ANOE. V'.ph I h-ff ,''': Pomona, (Hope.) Composed 'f Masters and Past Makers ef Subordinate Granges, avjio are entitled, t.-' cif':io, to the Fifth IVgrce. national oi;a:ge COUNCIL. Si.rh 7 ".- Flora, (charity.) Composed of Masters and Past Masters of State Granges, who nre entiled, r.r mjirioAo the Sixth Degree, and meet annually. They constitute the National Grange.. SENATE. Serad'i 7),ysre: Cores, (Faith.) Composed of members of the Coun cil a1h have served one year therein, w ho. after the expiration of their first year's service in the Council, are en titled, c.c titirio. to the ScAenth De gree, to be conferred at the next or any subsequent session of the Nation al Grange. All Aho have thus attain ed to this degree are thereafter members of the Senate, and entitled to seats and votes therein. All acts and resolutions originate in the Council, (Sixth Degree,) sub ject to tho approval or rejection of Senate, (Seventh Degree.) The Suboidinate Granges in tho District of Columbia elect on joint ballot, once in two years, a delegate tt represent said Granges in the Na tional Grange. He must be either a Master or a Fast Master, and, on receiving the degrees, ranks the same as a representative of a State G range. The Senate of the National G range, having the power, may confer De grees of the Order Avhieh they have received upon such persons as they may deem Avorthy, and may delegate that power, except as to the Seventh and last Degree, to one of their number, to be used for the purpose of establishing the Order in such paitsof the United States Avhere it does not now exist; but the Degree of Ceres or Pemet-r shall not bo con ferred, unless in open Senate, at an annual ineeting. CONSTITUTION. AKTICLE I. (hjieers. Section 1. The oilicers of a Grange, either National, State or Subordinate, i consist of and rank as folloAvs: Mas- j ter, Overseer, Lecturer. Stew ard, Assistant Steward, Chaplain, Treasurer, Secretary, Gatekeep er, Ceres, Pomona, Flora, and Ladv Assistant Steward. It is their duty to see that the laws of the Or der are carried out. Sec. 2. llor Chosen. In the sub ordinate Grange they shall be chosen annually; in the State (J range once in two years. and in the National Grange once in five years. All elections to be by ballot. Yacancies by death or resignation to le tilled at a special election at the next regular meeting thereof officers so chosen to serve until the annual meeting. Sec. li. The Master of the Nation al G range may appoint Lecturers to to visit State and Subordinate Granges for the good of the Order, and Deputies to organize Granges where no State Grange exists. AKTICEE II. Meetings. 1. Subordinate Granges Secxion shall meet once each month, and may hold intermediate meetings as may be deemed necessary for the good of the Order. Where it is con venient, weekly meetings are to be held expressly for lectures and dis cussions xqon agricultural topics. All business meetings are confined to the Fourth Degree. Sec. 2. State Granges shall meet annually at such time and place as the Grange shall from year to year determine. Sec. o. National Grange shall meet annually on the first Wednesday following the first Monday in Jan uary, at such place as may be deter mined upon by a majority of the members, and they may adjourn from time to time as a two-thirds vote on joint ballot may decide. AKTICLE III. The National Grange, at its annual session, shall frame.ametid, or repeal such laws as the good of the Order may require, but a tw o-thirds vote in each branch shall be required to pass or repeal a law. All laAvs of State and Subordinate Granges must conform to this Constitution and the laws adopted by the National Grange. AKTICLE IV. Ritual. The Ritual adopted by the Nation al Grange shall be used'in all Subor dinate Granges, and any desired alteration in the same must be sub mitted to and receive the sanction of the National Grange. AKTICLE v. I J".j?i7r.-7 in. - i Any person interested in agricultur al pursuits, of the age of sixteen years, (female.) and eighteen years, (male,) duly proposed, elect and complying Avith the rules and regula tions of the Order, is entitled to membership and the benefit of the degrees taken. Eery application mu.-t be accompanied by the fee of membership. If rejected the money Avill be refunded. Applications must be certified 1 members and balloted for at a subsequent meeting. It shall require three negative votes to reject an applicant. AKTICLE AT. Pee for Membersliip. The minimum price for member ship for males in a Subordinate Grange shall lo five dollars for the four degrees. For males, the mini mum to be established by the Nation al Grange. The rates shall be two dollars for the first degree, one for the second, one for the third, and one for the fourth. For females, tifty cents for each degree. All applica tions are received by the Secretary, Avho shall pay the money to the Treasurer, taking a receipt for the same. AKTICLE VII. JtL'.t'.f. Section 1. The minimum of regu lar monthly dues shall be ten cents from each member, and each Grange may othewise regulate its oavii elnes. Sec. 2. The Secretary of each Subordinate Grange shall report quarterly, to the State Grange the names and age of each of all persons initiated or passed to higher de grees. Sec. 2. The Treasurer of each Subordinate Grange shall report quarterly, and pay to the Treasurer of his State Grange the sum of tAven-ty-rive cents for each degree confer red on males, and tAvelve-and-one-half cents for each female, during that quarter. Also the annual due of twenty-live cents for each member, in quarterly instalments, except in the District of Columbia, where all payments be made direct to the Na tional Grange. Sec. 4. The Secretary of each State Grange shall report quarterly to the Secretary of the National Grange tho membership in his State, and the degrees conferred during the quar ter.' Sec. 5. The Treasurer of each State (J range shall pay to the Treas urer of the National (J range, in quar terly installments, the annual due of ten "cents for each member in his State. Sec. C. Payments in all Granges shall bo made to the Secretary, avIio shall pay the amount to the Treasur er, taking his receipt for the same. AKTICLE VIII. Jleserred Etuid. All donations or receipts from fairs or any source other than than membership fees, by either Subor dinate or State Granges, shall not be subject to any tax by the National Grange. AKTICLE IX Requirements. Section 1. Reports from subor dinate Granges relative to crops, im plements, stock, or any other mat ters called for by the National Grange, must be certified to 1a' the Master and Secretary, and under seal of the Grange giving the same. Sec. 2. All printed matter on whatever subject, and all informa tion issued by the national or State to subordinate Granges, shall be made known to the members Avithout unnecessary delay. Sec. 3. If any brothers or sisters of the Order fall sick, it shall be the duty of the Patrons to Aisit them, and see that they are well provided with all things needful. (This may be done by a committee regularly appointed.) Sec. -4. Any member found guilty of Avanton cruelty to animals shall be expelled from the Order. Sec. 3. The oflicers of Subordin ate Granges shall le on the alert in deA ising means bv which the inter ests of the whole Order may be ad vanced ; but no plan of Avork shall be adopted by State or Subordinate Granges without first submitting it to, and receiving the tanctioc of the National Grange. ARTICLE X. Charters and Pi.yettsations. Secticn 1. All charters and dis pensations are issued direct from tho National Grange. Sec. 2. Nine persons, haA ing re ceived the four Subordinate Degrees, may receive a dispensation to organ ize a Subordinate Grange. Sec. 3. Applications for charters or dispensations must be signed by the persons applying for the same, and accompanied by the fee of fifteen dollars. Sec. 4. Nine Subordinate Gran ges Avorking in a State can apply for authority to m-ganize a State Grange. Sec. 5. When State Granges are organized, dispensations Avill be re, placed by charters, issued Avithout further fee. Sec. C. All charters must pass through the State Granges for record, and receive the seal and official sig natures of the same. Sec. 7. No Grange shall confer more than tAvo degree's at the same meeting unless by virtue of adispen-. sat ion. O Sec. 8. Afte.r a State or Territo rial Grange is organized, all appli cations for charters must pass through tho same and be approved hy the Master and Se-crctary. AKTICLE xi. G Tred ti) crs. The Treasurers of the National, State, and Sube-rdinate Granges shall give bonds, to be approved by tho oilicers of their respective Granges. They shall make annual reports of all receipts and disbursements of their respective Granges. Those of the National and State Granges shall be transmitted to all State arid Sub ordinate Granges. In all Granges bills must be ap proved by the Master, and counter signed by the Secretary, beforo tho Treasurer can pay the same. Hard to Kill. It is a faA-orite delusion of tho Radical press that the Democratic party is dead; and this idea has been so often promulgated during the past ten years that many honest people have got to believe it true, and think ' the organization ought to quietly submit to inhumation. It makes no ditt'erenee that it indicates vitality and power by polling a million or so of votes, it is still insisted that it is really dead, and its maniiestations of poAver are merely A isitations from tho spirit Avorld. So thoroughly are these Badical people determined that it shall be dead, that they lurvo seized upon and attempted to appro priate its estate, which is uoav par aded in all their reform platforms in communities Avhere a pretense of honesty and reform must be set up to Avheedlc the people. They pro nounce against subsidies and mon opolies, back-pay steals, Credit Mo bilier frauds, the squandering of the public domain, and other Radical Avrongs Avhieh luwo worn out tho long-suffering patience of the people filching Democratic garments Aith Avhieh to conceal their Badical de formity. This is done because it is claimed that the name of Democrat is odious to the people, hoAvever much they may become convinced of the soundness of Democratic principles. This arises from bigot ed prejudice, begot by Radical slan der and misrepresentation. In tho language of the Cincinnati Enquirer, " if there are'Bepublieans who dis liking the party and wishing its OAcrtliroAV, are yet so full of preju dice that they can't act with those Avhom they formerly combatted as Democrats, because they don't likG the name or its remiscences, they certainly are neither Avise nor liberal. Having so much party bigotry them selves they are not in a good coneli tion to conquer it in others. The Democracy are perfectly Avilling to co-operate Avith Bepublican reform ers. They Avill ever, as they did in PS72, put them in the lead, backing, them up Avith all their strength, but further than that they Avill not go, and it is idle to talk about it. "YVo rather suspect that the Democratic parry Avill be in existence and voting its tickets long after this gene-ration has passed away. It is one of tho hardest parties to kill that Ave eAer heard of, and so those who want a new party Avill find out." . Another Man Wanted. Old Farmer Pettingill went into his house one day and caught John, tho hired man, hugging Mrs. P. The farmer said nothing, and went into the field. After dinner he wanted John for something, but John Avas not to bo found. He Aent at last into John's room, where the latter was on his knees packing his trunk. "What's the matter John?" said. P. " Oh, nothing," re-plied John. " What are you packing yovrr trunk for?" " I'm going aA-av." " Going away! What going aAvav for?" are you "O, you know," answered John. " No, I don't know," rejoined P. " come, give me the reason of your sudden desire to go aAvay." "Well," meekly answered John, " you know what you caught me doing this forenoon!" " O, pshaw!" laughed Tettingill, " do not be so foolish. If you and I cant hug the old woman enough I'll hire another man." The Pittsburg girl has sent back those two barges of coal, which her father gave her for a bridal present, and says she guesses she can make it hot enough for "hubby" without any outside help. Many men of many minds; many birds of manv kinds. o c O O O O O o o o o o o o o G (v O (?- o- e o o o - iv ) I 0 G c i via O