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Show rich, Switzerland. The order was planted in the Netherlands in 1877, in Denmark in 1878, in Sweden in 1884, and in France in 1887. Germany has 47 lodges, with a membership mem-bership of 2,380; Denmark, 25 lodges and 1,988 members; Switzerland, 8 lodges, 210 members; Netherlands, 3 lodges, 10 members; mem-bers; Sweden, 3 lodges, 100 members, and France 2 lodges with 70 members. By far the most prosperous of our foreign jurisdictions juris-dictions is Australasia, the membership in that country numbering nearly 18,000. The terms of subordinate encampments of Wisconsin have been changed from one year to six months. The grand lodge of Illinois was instituted in 1838. There are eighty-three lodges of the Re-bekah Re-bekah degree in Massachusetts. They paid during the past year over $2,000 for relief. The Odd Fellows at Spring Ilill, Kan., have sold their old building to the colored Masons. Up to 1880 (the degrees were numbered and named first, or white degree; second sec-ond or covenant degree; third, or royal blue degree; fourth, or remembrance degree; de-gree; filth, or scarlet degree. In 1880 the dergrees were revised and reduced to three in the subordinate lodge-first, second and third, friendship, brotherly love and truth The term "initiatory degree ' is used simply to designate the Orst step m (.lie order. I. O. O. F. rn. Establishment of lb. Order In -rope-Otber Hem.. California to ' can O Id Fel-establish Fel-establish the order rf AWJ- lo-hipia Europe b, was formed in v u planted in following yrar y"i0 and Zu- Berlin. Prus-ia, Drtsuea. |