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5 V . JOHN NT. SIMONS. P. G. M-, Editor.
TRUE NOBILITY.
by ALICE GABY.
I,'r.ie worth is iu l> Ing, not sei'miug,
doiox ‘•■rcb flay that ,oi:S by
Somw'b'llle noon, not in dreaming
ot great t.Uugs to do by and I y;
Fi.r whatever men say iu blindness,
Ami epili- nt tire laeeies ol youth,
. ... re s uottimg so kingly as kindness,
i .1 ' nothing so roy 4 as truth.
ff.r r e; u.i. u our mole as we measure,
‘■Ve i .ii not do wrong and feel sight,
Nor can w - give pain and gain pleasure,
For justice avenges each Blight.
1 i.e air tor ths wing of the sparrow.
Tin.- bush for the robin and wren,
But alwavß l lie path that is narrow
ml straight lor ilie children of men.
Its ri in the pages of story
lu- heart o its Ills to beguile,
Tuongu lie wi.ow.ikes courtship to glory,
.1-/ s all . oat he hath for her smile,
i.'ci when from her bights he has won her,
■'.las I it is only to prove.
That nothing a so sacred as honor.
And nothing eo loyal as love.
W. an not make bargains for blisses,
Nor catch them like fishes, in nets,
Ao ' sometimes the thing our life misses
more than the thing which it gets.
For you I lieth not in pursuing,
laiuiug ol great nor of small.
But just in the doing, aud doing,
'.s we would be done by is ali.
Through envy, through malice, through hating,
Against llie world, early aud late,
No jol ol our courage abating,
Our part is io work and to wait,
Aud Blight is the sting of bis trouble,
Whose innings are less than his worth,
For he who is honest is noble
•Whatever his fortune or birth.
AND NOW FOB THE FAIR.
The Summer of 1887 is now ended, and, al
though the Autnmn is in many respects a season
ol delight, and in some even preferable to leafy
Juno and somnolent August, still, the demands
ot business, the ever-continuing process by
which men get wealth in some instances and
ouly enough to provide food and shelter in
' others, proclaim the end of vacation, and call
attention to the realities pressing upon the at
tention of the great majority.
Taking occasion to congratulate those who
have been enabled to wander among the moun
tains, or by the sea, and all, upon the excep
tional Summer we have been permitted to enjoy,
and which the writer proposes to keep on
enjoying, even when the hills and fields are
covered with snow and the brooks silenced in
their babbling by the Frost King, we trust that
there may bo given to all a new lease of life and
renewed energy, for the prosecution of their
several tasks aud for the accomplishment of
eve ry good and perfect work.
To the craftsmen of the State we now make
special appeal that they with whole heart and
full energy proceed to uphold the hands of our
Grand Master in his great and devoted effort
to pay off tho incumbrance on our Temple, thus
enabling you, dear brethren, to open the fold
ing doors that stand between you and one of
the noblest works of charity ever undertaken
bv our brotherhood. The whole matter lies in
your hands, and with such a leader ever on the
outlook and directing our best efforts in the best
direction, it will boa shame to our manhood
and to our resources if we do not bear him in
our hearts and on our shoulders to the victory
he has given and sacrificed so much to accom
plish. Like others who have wrought before
him and who are working by his Bide and under
h e direction now, it is impossible that any ad
vantage can accrue to him that will not be
shared by every brother in the jurisdiction,
and we feel warranted in saying that just what
Grand Master Lawrence wants and the very
aim of his labors is that the craft may be exalted
by the payment of the debt and the work of the
great charity, the beneficiaries of which yet un
born are to gather the rewards of the labors
given by the brethren of to-day, that the widow
and the little ones of the future may know an
inheritance grand as the benison of the Lord.
And mark ye, brethren, that while many of
you have as yet—following the common im
pulse-scarce given the matter a thought,
wives and daughters and sweethearts have
been silently working with active brains and
busy fingers to make the display at tho coming
Fair notable in its variety, extent and loving
appeal to all that is best and most affectionate
in your natures.
We tell you here and now, that if you want to
catch up to the ladies—you can never get
ahead, do what you will—you have no time to
lose. Put on your thinking caps, have the
joints of your resolution made flexible by use,
and, inscribing on your banners: “ A loving
brotherhood and a loving Grand Master,” earn
estly second his efforts, until victory crowns
the effort and the glories of former achieve
ments are dimmed by the lustre ot tho coming
triumph, after which we can reverently say:
“Tb DEUM LAUDAMUS.I”
FROM “UNCLE JOHN.”
Ub in the Mountains, 1
August 81, 1887. 1
Dear Dispatch—We are moving on, our foot
steps ever
■' Beating funeral marches to the grave,”
and yet it is to be hoped that your multitudi
nous readers, like your Uncle, are disposed to
take things as they come, and accepting the bit
ter with the sweet, be grateful that they are yet
in the land of the living and take the parting
salute of Summer with all the more grace that
alter all it might have been worse. For tho
past two weeks we have had cool, pleasant
weather, afflicting the flies and mosauitoes
with paralysis and making a comfortable night’s
Bleep quite an ordinary thing. Next to captur
ing a big Jack pot, which don’t often happen to
mo seeing that I don’t play cards, postal or
otherwise, I think that to an early riser the
sense of having enjoyed a full rest during the
Bilent watches of tho night ought to be an occa
sion ot thankfulness, and 0 how I would like
the blessing to fall upon the weary workers of
great cities who seldom get nearer Heaven than
tho L trains at commission hours.
Nevertheless, I have an indefinite fear that,
although during a long life I have never even
tried to write a poem, yet, somehow, I feel that
in view of Nature as she puts on her best robes
in this delightful valley, there is danger in that
direction. Let mo have the benefit of your in
tercessions that I may keep my record clear—
to the end.
Had a town meeting last night, and taking
into account tho strict decorum observed at our
Masonic gatherings, I think you would have
been delighted to observe the difference. For
instance, it became necessary'to call the roll,
containing some eighty names, and this, with
the tally and interlocutory proceedings, occu
pied an hour and a half. I moved that ths pext
meeting bo called at six A. M., in order to get
tlf."” tho same day, which I believe would
have beenjearried but for a motion to adjourn.
I leave you to imagine that, although wj are mfr
1 payiculariy sleepy cOlSftliUilty, we know how
to take things easy.
Apple crop not good this year, and cider like
ly to be scarce next Winter. It you have tears
to shed, shed them now in condoling with
Your Loving Uncle,
Grand Lodge Library and Free
Reading Room The rooms were opened on
Thursday, September Ist, afternoon and even
ing, after the usual Summer vacation. In the
extensive and valuable library are the works of
all tho known writers on Masonry in this coun
try and Europe, properly classified and ar
ranged for ready reference. Also the morning
aud evening daily papers and the monthly
magazines, beside gazetteers, concordances,
cyclopedias, and many other rare works of
reference. The rooms are pleasant and cheer
ful, and every visitor is given a cordial wel
come by the Ghrand Librarian or his assistants.
Munn Lodge, No. 190.—0 n Thurs
day (25th inst.) there was a large attendance in
this old and popular lodge of zealous crafts
men. The First Degree was exemplified in a
manner rarely equalled. Wor. Bro. Abrahams
presided with dignity and effectiveness, and
rendered the ritual with his known ability, ably
assisted by that eloquent ana finished orator,
Bro. Edmund E. Price, who presented tbe
working tools. An evening with “Old Munn”
Will not fail to repay the ambitious visitor.
The next regular communication of
Washington Lodge, No. 21, will be held at their
rooms, No. 289 Bleeoker street, on Tuesday
evening, Sept. 6, at which time the First Degree
will ba conferred. Visiting brethren are frater
nally invited to attend.
lonic Lodge next Friday, the 9th,
will resume labor, working the First Degree.
We recommend a visit to this lodge, meeting in
the German Temple, East Fifteenth street, to
appreciate the kind welcome which W. Bro.
George Lawrance always extends to visitors.
PACIFIC LODGE.
•• Old Pacific” resumed labor again on Thurs
day last, with the work in the Third Degree.
Tbe lodge was largely attended, and Wor. Bro.
John Pulman, their well-reputed Master, had
an inexhaustive supply of pleasant words of
welcome to his membership and visiting breth
ren. The bronzed faces of the minority pres
ent, showed conclusively that they must have
en oyed this world’s good things and bad good
times generally during vacation, as there was a
perceptible fervor and vim in the work and
voice of tbe officers in charge ol the several sta
tions. Wor. Bro. M. Frankel, Master of Darcy
1 edge, was present and presented the tools to
the newly-advanced Master Masons. Wor. Bro,
E. Loewenstein. P. M, of Eastern Star Lodge,
with Wor. Bro. Collins as his alter ego, popped
in rather late in the evening, and we are also
pleased to record that we were made acquainted
with Bro. A. Robert Pullin, of Cambria Lodge,
Sidney, N. S. W., Australia; also Bro.Hoyland,
of Royal Brunswick Lodge, Sheffield, England.
The work, as was to be expected of eo well
versed a Master as Bro. Pulman, was smooth
and elegantly performed, and we hope the
course of future prosperity will be as auspi
cious lor “ Old Pacific ” as the beginning, last
Thursday.
PIATT LODGE, No. 194.
W. Bro. Charles Emmett was not disappointed
last Thursday, the Ist inst., in bis usual full
house, and it is no wonder that our good ana
true brethren like to visit this now so. promi
nently booming lodge, beoause there is to be
found harmony, good work and good fellow
ship, and one is sure to meet lots of old friends
and become acquainted with new ones, live
sturdy candidates presented themselves for the
initiatory degree, which was conferred with
great impressiveness by the Master, assisted
by such good and renowned workers as W. Bro.
Kelly, of Concord; W. Bro. Alonzo Brackett,
ot Ocean; W. Bro. George Lawrence, of lonic ;
and W. Bro. Barber, of Anoient Landmark, Buf
falo. There were also present W. Bro. Jacobs,
P. M. of Shakespeare Lodge, with a good many
of his confreres of the same ; Gus Baum, P. M.
of Emanuel; Frankel, Master of Darcy, and
hosts of brethren of several jurisdictions. After
labor and at the bountiful refreshment, the as
sembled brethren were pleased to greet W.
Bro. E. Loewenstein and Collins. The former
gave an interesting narration of his visit, that
day, to our beloved “Uncle John” in the
mountains, from whom he brought the heart
felt greetings and fraternal benediction to the
members of the fraternity. Thanks, Most Wor
shipful I We were well pleased and gratified,
and we emptied an extra glass to the health,
prosperity and long life of the cherished bro
ther, the intellectual giant, standing at the head
ot these columns, and who has worked so inces
santly for the welfare of the oratt.
EASTERN STAR LODGE, NO. 227.
This lodge will resume labor on next Wednes
day, 7th inst. We have not been informed what
work, if any, is on hand; but we do know, that
Eastern Star has done nobly in the past, and is
now entering upon a career of renewed activity.
Several new and young men have been added
to the list of membership, who take a very live
ly and earnest interest in the welfare of their
lodge, and this together with the unflagging de
votion of several Past Masters, makes Eastern
Star Lodge one of the most harmonious as well
as one of the many prosperous lodges in the
Fifth District. The attendance is always large,
and the work goes bravely on.
The W. Master, Bro. Johnson, is a good work
er, and has a constant and watchful eye upon
the good and welfare of his lodge, and he is ably
assisted by his two Wardens, Brothers Joseph
Frankfort and Van Wyola Croui.e, .« wall aa by.
the very efficient and well posted Secretary, W.
Bro. Moyarholtz, and Treasurer W. Brother E.
Loewenatein, both active Paet Masters, and W.
B. Hawkins Penberthy and others of the old
school. All hail to Eastern Star Lodge.
ANENT QUEBEC.
The following from the London freemason is
a compliment to American Masonic opinion and
to ourself as one of its expositors, which we
regard with more than usual complacency:
We do not revert to the Quebec difficulty be
cause we have altered or modified the opinions
we have already expressed, or because we are
in a position to throw new light on the question.
We have no new suggestion to offer which is
likely to terminate the difficulty. Indeed, we
fancy that any fresh opinions we might pro
pound would be met in the same manner as
those we have already advanced. We should be
told in plain English that we did not under
stand the doctrine of Grand Lodge sovereignty
as interpreted on the North American continent,
or that, understanding it, we were incompetent,
through prejudice, to pass judgment on the
point at issue. It occurs to us, however, that
greater respect may perhaps be shown to the
arguments employed by the Committee of an
American Grand Lodge and the resolution
which it adopted, than to anything we have
said, or may have further to say. As our
readers are aware, tbe Grand Lodge of New York
last year set itself decidedly against the adop
tion of any course that could be interpreted as
favorable to the pretensions of the Grand Lodge
of Quebec in its differences with England in tho
matter of the three Anglo-Montreal lodges.
Now we have tbe opinions of the Committee
on Correspondence of the same Grand Lodge,
as interpreted by Bro. J. W. Simons, Past Grand
Master, and from these we gather that the com
mittee, while it cheerfully concedes that the
Grand Lodge of Quebec is “just and legally
constituted,” that “ its jurisdictional limits’ are
coincident with the political lines of the pro
vince within which it was located,” and conse
quently that “no act of Masonic sovereignty
can now be inaugurated therein without its con
sent,” it is not prepared to admit that “ there is
any known Masonic law under the operation of
which just and regular lodges hailing from a
recognized and unquestionable and
at the time of their formation in possession of
vacant territory, can be forced to give up their
existence or change their allegiance except by
the exorcise of their own free will and accord.”
The committee very properly distinguish be
tween what people say “ought” to be done “in
the interests ot peace and good Masonic gov
ernment,” and what they say “must” be done
legally. They say that “after long and patient
examination of the various journals and acts of
Grand Lodges” they have found “nothing of
greater weight than opinions which, however
plausible, are not law.” They consider “the
solution of the difficulty is to be sought in fra
ternal persuasion, not in edicts of non-inter
course.” They, therefore, submit a resolution
to tho effect “That the Grand Lodge of the
State of New York, while earnestly upholding
the rights of the Grand Lodge of Quebec as a
sovereign and independent Masonic govern
ment, refuses to accept the doctrine that lodges
legally constituted by competent and acknowl
edged authority can be compelled by any
known law to transfer their allegiance against
their will.
At the same time it is fraternally recom
mended to the three lodges In Montreal hold
ing English warrants, that they cease their op
position, and become part of the constituency
of the Grand Lodge of Quebec. It is almost
needless to add that this resolution, which con
tains nothing but the plainest common sense,
was adopted, so that Quebec, in its conduct, as
in-its exposition of Masonic international law,
finds no sympathy whatever in the Grand
Lodge of New York.
In conclusion, let us add that the committee’s
resolution embodies the opinions we have here
tofore expressed and still hold on the Quebec
difficulty, and we trust that now they have been
set forth by an American and unprejudiced au
thority, instead of by an English, and therefore
presumably a partisan one, the Grand Lodge of
Quebec will show itself just a little more amen
able to reason and Masonic feeling.
RETORT COURTEOUS.
The following, from a cotemporary, appears
to settle point at issue:
“Ihad a letter from Cincinnati to-day (Aug.
10th), saying that Em. Sir Lyttle had appointed
a commission in the case ot Eminent Sir Stan
ton, consisting ot three Knights Templar of the
N. J. Scottish Rite. One of them, at least, a
33°. ”
The statements of the ex-Knight Templar
.would be important were it not for the tout
ing feots:
1. No 6ns of the “Stanton Commission ” is a
33° Mason.
2. Tub iuree Knights Templar oi the Com
mission are not “ot the N, J. Scottish Rite."
3. Sir Lyttle has not appointed a “ Stanton
Commission.”
4. There is no “ Stanton Commission.”
Emanvei. Lodge, No. 654. — This
lodge resumes its labors at their hall, No. 117
West Twenty-third street, on Thursday next,
Eth inst., alter their Summer vacation, when
the work assumed by the Master, W. Bro. J. H.
Goldman and his colleagues in office, as well as
their brethren, will be continued.
To judge irom the expectations and hopes as
expressed by them, that evening will certainly
be one of the pleasant ones and marked red, as
W. Bro. Henry C. Cooper, M. D., will deliver
his celebrated lecture, “ The Drama of Death,”
founded upon Masonic history.
Brethren of sister lodges are respectfully and
fraternally invited to attend.
Arcturus, No. 274.—This lodge will
work the M. M. degree at its next communica
tion, Tuesday evening, the 6th inst. This lodge
has bad no “call off” this Summer, and has
had plenty of work, and a very good attendance
of tho craft. A cordial and fraternal invitation
is extended to all sojourning brethren, to be
present and share the hospitalities of this
thriving lodge.
Crescent Lodge, No. 402.—The next
regular communication of this lodge will be
held in the Austin Room, Masonic Temple, on
Thursday evening, September Bth, at eight
o’clock. The Second Degree will be conferred.
Visiting brethren are cordially invited to be
present.
Independent Lodge, No. 185, will
hold a regular communication to-morrow even
ing, Sent. 5. Tbe Second Degree will probably
be conferred, and a number of distinguished
craftsmen will be present.
Star op. Bethlehem Lodge, No. 322,
will resume labor on Tuesday evening, Sept. 6.
The Master, W. Bro. Alexander W. Murray, is
always pleased to welcome visiting brethren.
NEW YORK DISPATCH, SEPTEMBER 4. 1887.
ROYAL ARCH ITEMS.
We cordially call the attention ol High Priests and Sec
retaries and companions trona everywhere, to tins col
umn, aud respectfully and fraternally Invite them to
send us notice of work on hand, or any items of especial
interest to Royal Arch Masons.
OFFICIAL,
Grand Chapter of the State of New York, )
Office of the Grand High Priest. ■ J
To the officers and mernbers of the several
ters'in this Jurisdiction :
Companions : The announcement has already
been made to you, through the public journals,
that M. E. James E. Morrison, Past Grana
High Priest of this jurisdiction, died in the city
of Buffalo, on the 14 th instant. .
For many years Companion Morrison had oc
cupied a conspicuous place in the councils of
the Masonic fraternity of thia State, Made a
Mason at an early age, he entered zealously
into the service of the craft, meeting and dis
charging, most honorably, the duties and re
sponsibilities devolved upon him by the many
positions of magnitude and importance to which
he was called by his brethren and companions.
For two years he was Master ot Atlantic Lodge,
No. 178, and during the years 1873-1877, he was
Junior Grand Deacon, Deputy Grand Master
for the Fifth Masonic District and Grand Mar
shal ot the Grand Lodge. Ha was exalted to
the degree of Royal Arch Mason in Jerusalem
Chapter, No. 8, in tho city of New York, in June,
1867. In October, 1875, he affiliated with La
Fayette Chapter, No. 207, and in December fol
lowing, was elected its High Priest, in which
capacity, in the year 1876, he became a member
of the Grand Chapter. Thenceforward until his
death, he was a faithful and most valuable con
stituent of that body. For four years he served
most acceptably as its Grand Captain of tho
Host, For two years he filled the office of
Deputy Grand High Priest, and in 1884 and
1885, he served as Grand High Priest. Thus,
through tbe unusual term of eight years, he oc
cupied the most important positions in the
Grand Chapter. How honorably he acquitted
himself in these positions is within the recollec
tion of us all. , ,
To his natural gifts, which were many, he had
added the learning and culture of a profound
scholar. These he was ready, at all times, to
lay as an offering upon the altar of the frater
nity. In his moral nature, he was a man of
most engaging qualities. He was sincere, gen
erous and humane. His magnanimity was such
as to disarm all prejudice and make friends of
foes. a _
His death was untimely. When the dread
summons camo, he had completed only forty
four years of life. At the last convocation oi the
Grand Chapter, he was the youngest of the Past
Grand High Priests, whose names still stood
upon its roll. Full of strength and health and
hope, who could have thought that death would
have passed by the gray-haired and the infirm
of that little band, to lay its hand on him I Who
could have thought that there was not before
him a still more conspicuous career as a Mason
and a citizen! . , .
At the time of his death Companion Morrison
was filling the honorable and responsible posi
tion oi Chief Examiner of the Civil Service Com
mission of this State. It was in the performance
of a duty, thus devolved upon him, that he was
called to the city of Buffalo. He arrived there
on the 13th inst No sign gave intimation to
him or to tho friends, whom he met in that
city, that he was so soon to die. Yet before
another day had passed, be yielded to the in
exorable decree, and, far away from home and
kindred, closed his eyes in death.
Loved and honored by all who knew him,
most loved and honored by those who knew
him best, a few years more of life would doubt
less have added to his fame, but they were not
needed to give to him a lasting place in the
affections and respect of his companions of the
Grand Chapter.
He was buried on the following Saturday.
Both as his personal friend and as the repre
sentative of the Grand Chapter, I deemed it my
duty to be present at his luneral.
That his memory should receive the honor
which it so well deserves, I now direct that this
communication be read at the first convocation
of your chapter, held after the receipt of the
same, and be entered in full upon its records;
and that such other measures be taken by your
chapter as shall suitably express the sorrow of
the Royal Cralt upon thia most melancholy oo
oasion.
o —o Given under my hand, at Brooklyn,
| SEAL. | this 21th day of June, A. L, 2417,
O o A. D. 1887.
William Shebbb, Grand High Priest.
Chbistopheb G. Fox, Grand Secretary.
MANHATTAN, NO. 184.
On tho 7th inst,, next Wednesday evening,
this chapter will confer the Mark, Past and M.
E. Masters Degrees. Each degree will be pre
sided over and conferred by a well known
craftsman.
The Mark will be in the bands of tho High
Priest, Jolly Comp. Billy Smith, who is very fine
in this degree.
The M. E. will be conferred by sedate and
solemn Dr. Worster, Assistant Grand Lecturer,
who has no superior in the delivery ot the lec
ture ol this beautilul and sublime degree.
And tbe Past will probably be given by Frank
Magee, it he can be spared from the lieliet Com
mittee, which is always of groat importance to
the visiting companions; any way there will be
a large gathering of Boyal Arch Masons at Man
hattan Chapter on next Wednesday evening.
EMPIRE, NO. 170.
This chapter will meet iu regular convocation
on next Thursday, Bth inst., when arrange
ments will be made for the holding of the an
nual reunion. Companions are earnestly re
quested to report early, as the chapter will be
opened promptly at eight o’clock. Visitors are
always welcome in Empire.
UNION, NO. 180.
Neither the High Priest or Secretary has noti
fied us of the fact, but we presume Union will
meet ou next Saturday evening, at the Taber
nacle on Eighth avenue, this being the second
Saturday, aud the night of their regular convo
cation, and of course we are in entire ignorance
of what is on the programme or what they pro
pose to do.
WORK IN THE CHAPTER.
Now that our companions are returning to
labor, refreshed and invigorated from the Sum
mer vacation, let them return with renewed
zeal and increased earnestness to work and la
bor for the benefit and for tbe good of their
chapters. Where a chapter is too weak to stand
alone, unite with some other chapter to strengh
en both; where there is good material within
the fold, endeavor to arouse new interest and
keep the “ sacred flame ” alive.
Above all, however, frown down all levity in
conferring the degrees; let no one attempt to
burlesque the beautitul, the solemn ceremony
of our rite; there is no reason why the ehapter
should not be governed as rigorously and as
strictly as the lodge. It lays entirely with the
High Priest and officers to make the chapter as
decorous, earnest and sincere a body as any in
Masonry. We are of the opinion that the more
solemn and tbe more earnest the work is being
done, the more interest will be manifested, not
only by the candidate, but also by the members
themselves.
ITALIAN MASONRY.
A new departure may be said to have been
taken in Italy by an attempt which, if success
lul in its aim, cannot tail to be ot the very
highest importance. Several English residents
in Naples, a short time ago, determined to start
a new lodge there, to work and in all respects
to be conducted in the spirit and in the letter
of English Masonry. With this object, they
have obtained a warrant irom the Supreme
Council of Italy, containing the usual permis
sion to consecrate, and naming Bros. Borsari
and Panunzi, W. Masters of two Italian lodges,
and Bros. Hall and Elworthy, to carry out the
duty.
The warrant contains a special and hitherto
unprecedented authority, for not only is the
lodge permitted to work in the English lan
guage, but also in accordance with the Consti
tutions ot the Grand Lodge of England.
The ceremony of consecrating the new lodge,
appropriately called “Anglia,” was performed
by Bro. F. T. Elworthy, P. M. 261, W. M. 1966,
in the presence of a large gathering of (upward
ot sixty) Past Masters and brethren of Italian
lodges, who were attracted by the novelty of
the event, and also by their desire to witness
the English method ot working.
In his opening address, the Consecrating Of
ficer dwelt upon the importance of the attempted
lelbrm aS Masonry in Italy, and on the
great responsibility thereby incurred by the
louuders of this new lodge. Having reminded
them of the high and noble principles of Ma
sonry, he very pointedly referred to the detent
and religious tone of the Order as practiced in
England, both in its ritual and in its teaching,
while at the same time very strictly prohibiting
all controversy upon religion or politics. He
went on to express his firm opinion that the
rigid enforcement of this law causes English
Masons to remain conscious of their obligations
and in a large measure has lad to tbe great
power for good which is undoubtedly the attri
bute of English Masonry. He concluded by
devoutly hoping the G. A. O. T. U. would so
prosper this little beginning, that it might
quickly bring forth such fruit that Italians
might quickly see all hostility to their order
cease, and before long rockqti among their num
bers not only their king and bis son, but like
their brethren in England, the clergy of every
degree.
The installation oi Bro. Eustace Neville Rolfe,
B. A. (Isaac Newton Lodge, Cambridge,) as the
first W. M., was also perlormed by Bro. Elwor
thy. Bros. Alfred Hall and Dr. Defabeok, were
afterward duly appointed Senior and Junior
Wardens, in accordance with the warrant.
Nearly all the Italian brethren, though but
one or two understood the language, expressed
themselves as much impressed with the solem
nity and beauty ot the English ceremonies,
while several of them went so far as to say they
should in future follow the example set them,
and endeavor to improve their own working.
A banquet was subsequently held at which
the newly installed W. M., Bro. Rolfe, presided.
The usual loyal and patriotic toasts were given
in English fashion, greatly to the entertainment
of the Italian visitors. The banquet ou the
whole assumed quite an international charac
ter; many excellent speeches being made in
both English and Italian. Bro. Borsari gave a
most able resume of the history of Italian Ma
sonry for the last 150 years, which yeally
amounted to a vindication of the present hos
tility between the order and the Roman church;
while Bro. Panunzi gave expression to the cor
dial feelings of brotherhood which Italians en-
I tortaiu for the English, expressing on behalf of
; his own lodge and Italian Masons generally
i their entire sympathy with the well understood
object of the new Anglia ” Lodge.
There is every prospect of a bright future be
fore it, and we heartily wish tho young lodge
every possible success.— London freemason.
TEMPLAR NOTES.
From an oration delivered by Rev. Sir Charles
H. Strong before the Grand Commander of Ge
orgia we take and commend the following to
our Fratres:
Timo would fail to tell of the chivalrous
deeds of the knights of old; how tho heroic
valor of Jacques de Maille was long famous
through the world; how he remained the last ot
five hundred knights, and, hemmed in on every
side, refused to surrender, but covered with
blood and duet, bristling with arrows, rushed,
lance in band, upon the enemy; how, after the
fatal battle ol Tiberias, Saladin said, “1 will rid
the world of this unclean race,” and ordered
that the Knights of tbe Temple should embrace
Islamism or be beheaded; how not one was
found to deny their laith, but all pressed for
ward with eagerness to receive tbe fatal stroke,
as if they feared they should want executioners;
how in the disastrous campaign in Egypt the
intrepid Gautier de Chatillon remained alone
defending the entrance of the narrow street
which led to the house where the King, Louis
IX, lay sick, and rising from time to time in his
stirrups, enveloped in a cloud of arrows, he
cried, “Chatillon to the rescue!” till he fell
from his horse mortally wounded; how in the
last blaze ot chivalrio glory which lit up the en
sanguined fields of Palestine, when 200,000
Moslems were under the walla of Acre, the
Templars continued for three days after the
fall of tho city to defend their monastic fortress,
a structure of great strength, built upon the
sea-wall, one ruined arch of which still remains
to modern times to symbolize their glory and
the perpetuity of their fame; how finally their
obstinate resistance obtained from tho Sultau
the promise of a free aud honorable retreat, but
as they marched forth, with the red cross float
ing in the breeze, taunted by the insults,of the
Moslem, surrounded as they were by impatient
multitudes, they yet renewed the contest and
fought till but seven remained, who clave
through the ranks of the enemy and took ship
for Malta, which henceforth became the home
of the order.
Such were the heroes of pur, order in the
past. The heart beats with a quicker motion,
the blood courses through our veins with warm
er glow, as we read tho romantic etory of their
heroism. Their chivalrous deeds have fur
nished countless themes to novelists and poets.
But as we read a blush falls upon the glowing
narrative, for, driven to bay by Pope and King,
its members burned at tbe stake, its wealthy
houses confiscated by the cupidity of its ene
mies, the Order of Knights Templar leaves the
world, upon the arena of which it had played
so brilliant a part, and finds a secure aud sale
retreat in the bosom of that institution which
has ever afforded an asylum lor the weak and
the persecuted—tbe sacred retreat of Masonry.
This merger between Templarism and Masonry
was both proper and natural. Tho fitness of
the union occurs to every mind. For, as in the
Blue Lodge degrees, we circle in our traditions
round the Temple of Solomon, and as in our
capitular degrees we centre our rites upon the
Second Temple of Zerubbabel, so it is a natural
sequence to these traditions that in our Com
mandery degrees we should celebrate the
Christian associations with this same Holy
Temple. For that Temple ot Zerubbabef be
came the scene of the most remarkable events
of history. To it came the Redeemer of the
world; in it He taught the most gracious pre
cepts of the way ot life; within its sacred pre
eiucts was preserved a piece of the cross on
which He died for the salvation of the human
race; hither came the devout pilgrims of every
rank and clime; for its possession raged the
fiercest battles of tbe Turk and Christian; over
>4 floated ancoaeivoly the Crescent and the
Cross.
Were these events such as Masonry could
afford to overlook ? Could she, dealing in the
mysterious traditions of that sacred Temple,
stop short of events the most stupendous and
surprising ? The answer is easy; the connec
tion was evident. And thus the Knights of the
Temple and St. John became the higher and
Christian Degrees of Masonry, whose Head is
the Ascended Christ, in behalf of whose religion
and whose church our swords are pledged at
the initial steps of most solemn and impressive
ceremonies 1
DECORATION.
The following from the Grand Commander ot
Missouri exactly tallies with our ideas on the
subject:
I declined to grant special dispensation to a
commandery to appear in public in uniform on
May 30, Decoration Day, for the purpose of
decorating soldiers’ graves, on the fground that
the 30th of May is not a Masonic day, nor the
decoration of soldiers’ graves a Masonic occa
sion. Those who participate in the ceremonies
of the day should do so as American citizens.
ST. ELMO.
The first regular conclave after the Summer
vacation of the above named commandery, will
be held next Wednesday evening at the Asylum
in Masonic Hall, Manhattan, corner Meserole
avenue, Greenpoint. Sir Knights of sister
commanderies always welcome. Sir Knight
Valentine Hammauu is Eminent Commander.
PERSONAL.
111. Bbo. Chables Ogdbn Bingham, 32°, of
Galveston, Texas, made us quite a surprise-call
on Wednesday last. Our distinguished frater,
with his interesting family, has been spending
some time at Rochester, in this State, where
the most hearty welcome greeted him among
the devotees of the “ Mystic Tie.” He will de
part lor bis Southern home in about a fortnight.
Meanwhile, our fraternal assemblies will have
the opportunity of appreciating hie genial
presence.
Bao. E. M. Fbiend, of Munn Lodge, distin
guished alike for his untiring zeal and gener
ous liberality, proposes to give, at his personal
expense, at an early day, to the poor ot the
East side, an excursion up the river. Those
familiar with hie noble nature will not be sur
prised, and when it Is mentioned that Bro.
James J. Jordan, of the same lodge, will have
the chief direction of this pleasing festival, we
maybe well assured that there can be “no
such word as fail.”
Bbo. E. Loewenstein, our long-time, faithful
and accomplished contributor, made a flying
visit to “ Uncle John, up in the mountains,”
last week. We envy him the kindly greeting
received, and, not less, the creature comforts
indulged. Happy Loewenstein I Happy moun
tains 11
Bbo. Clabence H. Alltn, ot Mariner’s Lodge,
Mass., accompanied by hie accomplished lady,
sailed on Sunday last on the beautiful ship
“ Titan,” which he commands, for the East In
dies. The popular yacht “ Fig Leaf,” escorted
the outward-bound voyagers down the bay and
fired a parting gun as the ship faded away from
sight in the dim distance. Bros. Charles W.
Crocker, of James Otis Lodge, Mass.; Charles
A. Barlow, of Zion Lodge, Iowa; Henry C.
Banks, A. H. Bruning, Isaac A. Moran, Max
Frankel, A. Levy and other friends of Captain
A., were the guests of Commodore Edwin Bou
ton of this famous yacht The return trip was de
lightful. Many a bumper was quitted and kind
word spoken, when the goodly company sep
arated, one and all wishing bon voyage and “ a
health to the outward-bound.”
Bro. Lucius M. Sheldon, Jh., ot Montauk
Lodge, has been indulging his vacation at West
port Point, Mass., and returns to us as brown
as an Indian of the Great West. As an evidence
of bis piscatorial prowess while absent, he pre
sented us with a beautiful ten-pound fish of
the bass species, which was duly served up by
Bro. Fowler on Friday last, in his most re
cherche style. Bro. 8. is Intendant at the XIII
Club, aud will be in charge ol the new club
house.
W. Bro. Alfred Taylob, Past Master of
Crescent Lodge, is one of those who believe
that it is “Better to laugh than be sighing,” for
as vice-president of an extensive corporation
he greets all comers with a cheering word of
welcome that “ drives dull care away ” and at
once establishes a bond of good fellowship. In
Hall and Asylum Fund matters he takes a deep
interest, being vigilant, zealous and hopeful as
to tho final extinguishment ot the Hall’s in
debtedness. A loving brotherhood remembers
a faithful Master.
W. Bbo. Geobge Baker, of Eureka Lodge, af
ter an extended Summering at Chappaqua, has
returned to the solids of city lite. If he has
consorted with the shade ol the immortal Gree
ley, while absent, we shall not be surprised to
find the inspiration exhibited in his renewed
zeal as presiding officej in that popular East,
which he so gracefully adorns.
Bao. Augustus Wakelee, 18°, of Toxas, whosd
presence in our city we recently announced, has
shaken tbe dust of this modern Sodom from his
feet, and hied him for a brief visit to that rural
paradise—New Lisbon, Otsego County, N. Y.,
where kindred smiles and open hearts extend
a happy greeting. We can spare him not long.
Our distinguished frater is now and always—
" Though lost to sight, to memory dear.”
THE LION’S PAW.
BY WILLIAM S. PATTERSON, 33°.
This emblem was found on the sarcophagus
of one of the great kings of Egypt, entombed
in the pyramid erected to his everlasting re
membrance. It brings to mind the representa
tion of the king’s induction into those greater
mysteries of Osiris held to be the highest aim
of the wise and devout Egyptian, and preserved
with great secrecy among only the higher priest
hood and royalty. The ceremonies were so well
concealed, that but few details can be gathered
from those who received the mystic light in
Egypt, and afterward, in their writings, care
fully alluded to their secrets in hidden symbols
and allegories. Enough ie known to make it
certain that it was a legend of the death and
resurrection of Osiris. Osiris was a great king,
who governed his people with love. Marrying
his sister, Isis, he endeavored to ameliorate the
lot of man, taught agriculture, built temples to
the gods, and adorned them with gold ; carried
civilization by his armies to the barbarians,
cultivated the vine, sowed grain, introduced
iron for weapons and agriculture, and with
Isis, who invented laws, was the beneficent
patron of art and science. One son became
their idol, named Horus, and the three were
regarded as divine beings. Purposing to make
extended travels to all countries, Osiris left the
kingdom under the direction oi Typhon, whose
ambition led him to covet the throne and pos
sess Isis. Frustrated by her, he resolved to
kill Osiris.
By the device of a golden sarcophagus, to be
given to him whom it fitted, he persuaded Osiris
to try it, when the lid was closed and the box
I thrown into the Nile,
Isis, after long search,assisted by all the orders
of priesthood, found it and concealed it in a
forest, where it was found by Typhon, who cut
the body into fourteen pieces, and scattered
them. Isis found thirteen, the missing piece
being the organs of generation, which were re
placed of wood, and the body buried at Philip,
where a magnificent temple was erected to his
memory.
When the body was first found, the chest had
lauded at Byblos, around which a tamarisk tree
had grown up. The tree had been cut down to
make one ot two pillars used in the palace near
by, and Isis, aware of this, prayed for the pil
lar, removed the body, and buried it. In
endeavoring to raise the body, the two lower
orders of priests failed, but it was accomplished
by the highest order. This is the oldest kuown
form of the exemplification of the resurrection,
and carries the Masonic legend far back to what
is deemed to be its origin. The beautitul sym
bol ot the weeping virgin, broken column,
acacia, aud time standing behind her, combing
the ringlets of her hair, is but the actual repre
sentation of Isis weeping at Byblos over the
column torn from the palace, which contained
the body ot Osiris, while Horus, god of time,
pours ambrosia on her hair.
Tho whole is but a legend, the warring of
evil against good, and is the prototype of all
the mysteries which have been since so carefully
concealed by every nation and in all countries,
under various names. The Hebrews, probably,
were instruoted in that of Osiris, and afterward
changed the whole to accord with the wonder
ful and wise Solomon, and his master architect,
Hiram.
ON TO LABOR!
In Masonry, as in the world, brethren are in
cited to actiou by au inspiring call. As at Elod
den Field,
*' On, Stanb-y, on t
Were the last words ol A’.aimion.”
As at Belgium’s capital, prior to the battle of
Waterloo, Brother the Duke ot Wellington and
bis general officers were at a ball given by the
Duchess of Richmond, seemingly ignorant of
Napoleon’s approach, but really conscious of it,
when the order (given for a purpose) was
"On with the dance 1 Let joy be unconflued I”
As at the battle of Holienlinden, the command
went forth:
Oh, ye br/ve,
Who rush to glory or tho grave I”
So now, at the close of the Summer's vacation,
the edict of the craft goes forth, “On to Labor,”
and the lodges, one and all, are called on to
labor for another teu months at least. It is a
joyous call, and as joylully answered and
obeyed. It is a Masonic summons which may
not be neglected. Nay, more, it is a regulation
of the fraternity. One or two months of re
freshment may be indulged iu during the heat
ed term, but after that comes the call to labor.
We voice to-day this call of the craft. We bid
the brethren come up from the seaside and
mountainside, from your rest and refreshment,
whether indulged in at home or abroad, and
again attend your Masonic bodies. Answer, as
it were, at roll-caU. And you are called be
cause you are needed.
Tho order is “On to labor.” See to it that
you obey this order. You cannot send a proxy.
It is a personal summons. The fraternity needs
all of its membership—it needs you. You are
not too old, if you can comfortably get there.
No length of service, of itself, can excuse you;
indeed, the greater your length of service the
wider your experience and the larger its value
to the craft. The oldest Past Master and the
youngest Entered Apprentice are alike needed.
Remember this also: it is as much tbe duty ol
the members as it is ol the officers to be pres
ent. The cry is “On to Labor,” and let every
craftsman hear it and joyfully obey it. It is his
privilege uo less than his duty, aud bis reward
will come instantly with its periormance.
There are different kinds of Masonic labor,
and different manners of its performance. The
conferring of degrees is the work of the officers,
while the miscellaneous business of the lodge
may be participated in by every member. Let
us speak of them in order.
Let tbe call to labor, this season, be given
hood to by.all Masonic officers. Ever remem
ber this fact: Good work goes very far to
ward making good Masons. If the candi
date for Freemasonry is received into the cralt
with impressive zeal; if he.be made to feel that
it is an honor to be entered,’and that the officers
and surrounding brethren are imbued with the
high principles of our fraternity, which are in
stilled into him; if he be made to feel that he is
a different man after initiation from what he
was before—that it was no unmeaning cere
mony through which he passed, but a serious
and solemn reality; that before his initiation
he was one of the profane, and afterward one
of a world-wide brotherhood, bound by a mys
tic tie to every other brother, and under as sol
emn obligations to them as they are to him—if
Masonic work be of this description, and with
this result, the call “On to Labor,” will have the
happiest consequences, both to Masonic lodges
aud to their initiates.
But there is another species of work, in which
every member may join—the miscellaneous
business of the lodge. This is highly important,
often of primary importance. The government
ot a lodge is practically iu the hands ot its mem
bership. They mold it—subject only to the
constitutions, rules, regulations and by-laws,
and the will ot the VV. M. Hence it is all im
portant that there should be a full attendance
of the members at every meeting. They know
not what vital questions may come up for settle
ment. It is not right to leave the government ot
any body in the hands ot a few, and it may be
those few composed of the more inexperienced
members. Brethren, attend your Masonic
bodies because they are yours— you having an
ownership in them; because you are practically
one of their rulers; because neglect, in its re
sults may be almost criminal.
You will not only witness the Work of the
Graft in the conferring of degrees; you will not
only enjoy social intercourse with your breth
ren, but you will participate in the current
business of tbe body, impress your individual
views upon the members, and aid in the method
of their action. On every account all Freema
sons owe it to themselves and to their frater
nity to be active during the approaching season
of labor. Let us enter upon it in the truest fra
ternal spirit—with the desire to build into the
temple of Freemasonry living stones of strength
and beauty; with the purpose to honor the craft
which has honored us by accepting us as initi
ates, and it may be by elevating us to office;
and ever recalling vividly to mind all the obli
gations we have assumed, and the fact that they
are of perpetual binding force upon each one of
us.— Keystone,
The Chaine d’Union, of Paris, quotes
from a Hungarian newspaper an account of the
initiation of a lady. According to this authori
ty, the promoters had chosen a provincial lodge,
ten members of which had been induced to fur
ther the object of initiating the Countess Helene
Hadik Barkoozy. The Master of the lodge was
tbe depute Geza Moczary. Outside of the ten
members mentioned, no one in the lodge knew
that they were to bring to light a member of the
female sex. On the 11th of November, 1876,
there was a meeting, and the countess was pre
sented, unexpectedly, and without examination
or scrutiny, and contrary to the convontionai
rules for the admission ot candidates. Once
admitted, the ceremony was performed in the
usual way. The facts were no sooner known to
the lodge generally, than a tempest arose. The
Grand Orient appointed a commission of in
quiry, who, on learning the facta, annulled the
irregularly accomplished act. aud the ten who
had assisted in its accomplishment, were ex
cluded from Masonry. The countess remained,
however, until her death, a faithful friend of
the order. —Masonic News,
Conoobd Lodge, No. 50, will work the
Second Degree on Monday, Sent. sth. Breth
ren of sister lodges are cordially invited. The
Master, W. Bro. Alex. McGrath, always has a
kind word of welcome for brethren of Bister
lodges.
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MASONIC DIRECTORY.
NEW YORK.
ACACIA, No. 327, meets first and third Tuss
days, Clinton Room, Masonic Temple, Twenty-third
street and Sixth avenue, Adam G. Vail, M.
George D. Sauer, Treas, James D. Out water, 3, W*
ErauK A. Hovey, Sec, Win. H, Ferry, J. w,
ADELPHIC, No. 348.—The regular commu
nications are held on the first and third Tuesdays of
each month, at 3 o’clock, P. M., in lonicßoom, Masonic
Temple. Wm. Wallace Walker,'M.
J. w. Sandford, Treas. H. J. Emerson, S. W.
Wm H. Innet, Sec. R. H. Foote, J. W.
AMERICUS, No. 535, meets first anil third
Thursday evenings of each month, in Tuscan Room.
Masonic Temple, Sixth avenue and Twenty-third st.
Daniel T. Samson, Tie.is. James S. Fraser, M.
William R. Relyea, Sec., Samuel Pickford, 8. W.
No. 3 Wlett st., City. L. H. Decker, J. W.
ARCTURUS, No. 274.—Regular communi
cations of Arcturus Lodge are held at Miller's Hall No.
202 E. 86th st., S. E. cor. 3d avenue, on the first’and
third Tuesdays ot each month. Chas. A. Stevens, M.
Albion T. Stevens, Treas. Ben’]. F. Ferris. S. w.
John J. Becker, Sec., Bernard W. Hough, J. W.
Residence, No. 20 East 134 street.
I BUNTING, No. -655, meets first and third
Mondays of each month, corner 124th street and Third
avenue, Harlem. Theodore A. Jasper m
Cyrus O. Hubbell, Treas. Geo. 1). Leech, 8. W’.
Z. T. Sec. Hubert Mullany, J. w.
CITY, No. 408, meets first and third Wed
nesdays of each month, at Na 33 Union Square (Decker
Building) „
H. P. Muller, Treas. Fred. Hartenstein, M.
Francis Clery, Sec., M. Dittenhoeier, 8. W.
52 East 3oth street. Simon Bower, J. W.
COPESTONE, No. 641, meets second and
fourth Wednesdays of each month, at Corinthian
Rooms, Masonic Temple, Twenty-third street and Sixth
avenue. Wm. Mcl aul, M.
Martin Kalb, Treas. Win J. Mathews. 8. W. ,
11. T. Gibson. Sec., Joseph J. Moen, J- W.
Residence, No. 203 West 48th street.
CORINTHIAN, No. 488, meets second and
fourth Thursdays, at Grand Opera House, 23d street
and Bth avenue, at BP. M. Fred. K. Van Court, M.
Geo. Stone, Treas. Thomas Bonner, S. W.
Geo. F. Thornton, Sec. AlonzoM. Robertson J. W
CRESCENT, No. 402, meets second and
fourth Thursdays, in Austin Room, Masonic Temple.
Strangers in the city and others of the craft are cor
dially invited. Edward B. Harper, M.
Julius W. Krafft, Treas. F. 11. Wall, S. W.
Jas. H. Bailey, Seo. Chas. R. Pearse, J. W.
DIRIGO, No. 30, meets second and fourth Mon
days of each month, in Composite Rooms, Masonio
Temple, Sixth avenue and 23d street,
Moritz N. Sill erstein, Treas. Aaron Morris, M.
William R. Oldroyd, Sec., L. Jacobson, S W.
No. 67 Charlton st. A. Crozier. J W.
EASTERN STAR, No. 227, meets on ths first,
third and fifth Wednesday of each month, on N. E.
corner of Thiid avenue and Seventh street.
E. Loewenstein, Treas. Samuel K. Johnson, M.
John H. Meverholz, S c.. Joseph Frankfort, 8. W.
410 E. 791 h street. Van Wyck Crozier, J. W.
EMANUEL, No. 654, meets second and
fourth Thursdays each mouth, at Koster <t Bial's Hall,
No-117 West Twenty-third street.
Jere. H. Goldman. M.
M. Laski, Treas. Henry H. Wilzin, S. W.
Leonard Leaser ohn. Rea Wm. M. Watson. J W.
EVANGELIST, No. 600, meets first and
third Tuesdays of each month, at Masonio Temple,
Twenty third street and Sixth avenue
J. M. Layman, M.
Mitchell Halliday, Treas. Wm. P. Mitchell, S. W.
Wm. J. Gamier, Sec. J. Oscar Morgan, J. W.
Address, 263 West 17th street.
GIRARD, No. 631, meets first Friday in each
month, Livingston Room, Masonic Temple.
Peter G. Arnott, M.
Thos. P. Clench, Sec. E. S. King. 8. W.
J. Blankcnstein Treas. U. L. Washburn, J. W.
HIRAM, No. 449, meets first and third Fri
days of each month, at Clinton Rooms, Masonio Tem
ple, Twenty-third street and Sixth avenue.
C. A. Winch, M.
J. E. Connor. Treas. G. H. Rudolph, 8. W.
J. Farrell, sec. F. J. Feeney, J. W.
INDEPENDENT, No. 185, meets first and
third Mondays of each month, at German Masonic Tem
ple, East Fifteenth street. C. B. Parker, M.
Lemuel Russell. S. W.
W. Llndemeyer, Treas. Geo. B. Hebard, J. W.
E. R. Brown, See.. P. O. Box 3.551.
KANE, No. 454.—Regular communications
of Kane Lodge will be held on the i.rst, third and filth
Tuesdays in Austin Room, Masonic Temple.
Tiiomas E. Stewart, M.
Chas. A. Whitney, Treas. Charles F. Ulrich, 8. W.
Henry W. Penoyar, Sec. RolEn M Morgan, J. W.
LAFAYETTE LODGE, No. 64, meets sec
ond and fourth Mondays of each month. In Tuscan
Room, Masonitf’Temple, Twenty-third street and S.xth
avenue.
F. Ackerman, Treas. Jas. P. Clark. M.
F. J. Milligan. Sec., David McKeisey, S. W.
No. 73 East 124th st. Philip Bar dons, J. W.
MUNN, No. 190, meets on the second and
fourth Thursday evenings, at Livingston Room, Ma
sonic Temple. Joseph Abraham, M
H. F. Huntemann, Treas. W. E. Harwood, 8. W.
Ezra B. Stock vis. Sec. Jas. A. Delehey, J. W.
No. 413 West 18th street.
NATIONAL, No. 209, meets in Clinton Room,
Masonic Temple, 23d street and 6th avenue, second and
fourth Fridays each month. David Newmark, M.
J. L.Voorhees, Treas. Wm Schlesinger, S.W.
E. Percival. Sec., Ben VanLeenwen, J.W.
Residence, No. 304 E. 85th street.
NEW YORK, No. 330, meets the second
and fourth Tuesdays each month, Tuscan Room, Tem
pi©, Twenty-third street and Sixth avenue.
John J. Brogan, »
W. M. Thomas, Treas. G. W. Anderson, S. W.
J. J. Fox, Sec , Wm. 11. Smith, J W.
N \ 3 Jacob street, New York.
PACIFIC, No. 233, meets first and third
Thursdays of eacii month, in the lonic Room, Masonic
Hall, Sixth avenue and Twenty third street.
W. John Pullman M.
Francis McMulkln, Treas. William J. Conway, S. W.
James Hyde, Sec., William Irvine, J. W.
Address, No. 66 Lynch stree , Brooklyn.
PARK, No. 516, meets first and third Tues
days, N. W. corner of Seven!h avenue and Forty-ninth
street. William W. Seymour, M.
Charles Lehritter, Treas. James Ferguson, S. W.
Horatio Sands, Sec. John 11. Bellas, J. W.
PERFECT ASHLAR, No. 604, meets first
and third Thursdays, in the Doric Room, German Ma
sonic Temple, Fifteenth street, east of Third avenue.
Moses Greenbaum. M.
L. Greenbanm, Treas. Henry Willson, S. W.
S. Bibo, Sec. Henry Konig, J. W.
POLAR STAR, No. 245, meets first and third
Wednesdays of each month, in lonic Room, German
Masonic Temple, No. 220 East Fifteenth street.
George A. Harkness, M.
Guy Culgln, Treas. \\ m. H. Miller, Jr., S. W.
W. S. Lightbody, Sec, "B A. Carlan, J. W.
SHAKESPEARE LODGE, No. 750, meets
first and third Thursdays in each month, at Composite
Room, Masonic Temple, Twenty-third street and Sixth
avenue.
S. J. Brown, Treas. Moses Mariam, M.
Ed. Gottlieb. Sec., Chas. Rosenthal, S. W.
104 Second street, city. Asher Morris. J. W.
ST. CECILE, No. 568, meets the first, third
and fifth Tuesday afternoons each month, at 1:30 P.M.,
at Tuscan Room, Masonic Temple. Visitors are always
welcome. Myron A. Decker, M.
Martin Papst, Treas. John E. Morse. S. W.
Lawrence O’Reilly, Seo. Wm. H. Livingston, J. W.
STRICT OBSERVANCE, No. 94, meets
. first, third and fifth Wednesdays of each month, at No.
953 Third avenue, corner of Fifty seventh street.
James F. Bragg, Treas. Sylvester D. Smith, M.
Jackson Bell, Sec.. Robert Kopp, 8. W.
Address, 1035 Third av. Wallace Duryea, J. W.
VERITAS, No. 734, meets every second
and fourth Tuesdays, at Grand Opera House, 23d
street and Bth ave. James N. Johnston, M.
Richard Koch, Treas. Dan. C. Springsteel, S. W.
P. M. John W. Sokel, Sec. Dunham Emery, J. W.
WASHINGTON, No. 21, meets on the first
and third Tuesdays of each month, at No. 289 Bleecker
street (Dixon’s Building).
Jos. Morrison, Treas, Irving Hazelton, M.
Jas. S. Foote, Sec., J. H. Malees, 8. W.
74 Broadway. H. J. Freeman, J. W.
WORTH No. 210, meets second and fourth
Mondays or each month, in Doric Room. German Ma
sonic Temple, No. 220 East Fifteenth street.
John J. Burchell, M.
Edward J. Fearon, Treas. Thomas P. Bolles, S. W.
Geo. W. Connor, Sec., Elmer E. Feistel, J. W.
Care of Fearon & Jenks, No. 158 South street.
CHAPTERS.
ADELPHIC, No. 158, meets 2d and 4th
Wednesdays of each month, in Egyptian Room, Ma
sonic Temple. P. C. Benjamin, H. X»
J. V. Kirby, Treas. R. S. Larason, K.
Wm. H Innet, Sec., H. J. Emersou, Scribe.
Res., 102 Sixth avenue.
AMERICUS, No. 215, meets the third
Tuesday of each month, in the Egyptian Rooms, Ma
sonic Temple, Twenty-third street and Sixth avenue.
Wm. H. Adams, Treas. Christopher Johnson, H. I’,
Oscar G. Ahlstrom, Sec., Bernard A. Carlan, Ift
162 William street. Fred. D. Clapp, 8.
MANHATTAN, No. 184, meets first and
third Wednesdays of each month, at Masonic Temple,
Twenty-third street and Sixth avenue.
Wm. Henry Smith. H. P,
F. Oscar Woodruff, Treas. Sam’l M. Perkins, K.
Frank Magee, Sec., Miles W. Goodyear, S.
238 Greenwich street.
STANDARD, No. 252, meets first, third and
fifth Saturday of each month, at Decker Building, No.
33 Union Square.
J, P. Clark, King. E. Ringer, H. P.
Wm. Stoll, Scribe. A. P. Lockwood, Sec.,
R. J. Black, Treas. No. 719 Fifth st., city.
UNION CHAPTER, No. 180, stated convo
cations second and fourth Saturdays, at the Taber
nacle, No. 161 Eighth avenue, noitheast corner oi
Eighteenth street.
Wm.gJ. McDonald, Treas. Wm. Hall, 11. P.
John Hoole, Sec , Alex. W. Murray, K.
No. 63 Bleecker street George Miller, s.
COMMANDEBIES.
ADELPHIC, N0.*59, meets in conclave sec
ond Thursday of each month, at Masonic Temple, Twen
ty-third street and Sixth avenue,
Valentine Mott, Comi
J. W. Sanford, Treas. J. 11. Downs, G.
W. H. Innet, Rec. Geo. W. Corliss, C. G.
CCEUR DE LION, No. 23, assembles in con
clave second Friday of each month, at Masonic Temple,
Twenty-third street and Sixth avenue.
William Otis Munroe, C.
Edwin R. McCarty. Treas. Cornelius Waydell, G.
George W. Thorn, Rec. Claudius M. Roome, C. G.
CONSTANTINE, No. 48, assembles in
stated conclave on the fourth Tuesday' of each month
at their asylum, 130th street and Third avenue.
W. L. Chester, E. C.
A. C. Marsh, Treas. A. M. Underhill, G.
J. I. Conklin, Jr., Recorder. L. S. King, C. G.
IVANHOE, No. 36, assembles in conclave
third Friday each month, bank building, Fourteenth
street and Fourth avenue.
E. C. Harwood, M. D., E. C.
Harvey Benjamin, Generalissimo,
H. D. Menzies, C. G.
William H. Peckham, Treas.
William S. Hemming, Rec., No. 77 E. 86th street.
YORK COMMANDERY, No. 55. K. T.,
assembles in regular conclave, fourth Wednesday of
each month, at their Asylum, Masonic Temple, corner
Twenty-thira street and Sixth avenue.
James 8. Manning, Com.
Henry Hutchison, Treas. James S. Fraser, Gen.
Alexander W. Murray, Rec., Geo. B. French, Capt. Gen,
259 Humboldt street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
ANCIENT ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE.
(Four Bodies.)
THE LODGE OF PERFECTION OF NEW
YORK CITY, meets at Consistorial Chambers, Masonic
Temple, on the first Tuesday of every month, at 8 P. M.
G. 11. Fitzwilson, D. M. Joseph B. Eakins, M.
N. Ponce de Leon, Treas. Geo. W. Van Buskirk, S. W.
Win. S. Paterson, Sec., Charles A. Benedict, J. W.
No. 100 Reade street.
THE COUNCIL OF PRINCES OF JERU
SALEM OF NEW YORK CITV, meets at Consistorial
Chambers, Masonic Temple, oa the third Saturday of
every month, at 81*. M.
E. Porter Cooley, D.M. Stephen D. Affleck, M.
Martin Kalb, Treks. George Wood, S. W.
Wm. S. Paterson, Sec., G. W, Van Buskirk* J,
Na 100 Reade street.
THE CHAPTER OF ROSE CROIX OF
NEW YORK CITY meets at Consistorial Chambers,
Masonic Temple, on th© fourth Saturday of every
month, at 8 P. M. James W. Bowden, M.
Charles A. Benedict, Orator. John 8. King, S. W.
N. Ponce de Leun, Treas. Thomas Moore, J. W.
Wm. S. Paterson, Sec., No. 100 Reade street,
THE CONSISTORY OF NEW YORK
CITY. S. P. R. S., meets at Consistorial Chambers, Ma
sonic Temple, when specially convened.
Charles H. Heyzer, Ist L. C. C. T. McClenachan, Com.
Joseph M. Levey, Treas. Geo. W. Millar, 2d L. C.
Wm. S, Pateison, Sec., Wm. D. Garrison, M. S.
No. 100 Reade st.
NOBLES Off HE MYSTIC SHRINE.
MECCA TEMPLE, A. A. 0., holds its ses
sions at Masonic Temple, New York city, on the least
day of every Mohammedan month, of which due notice
■will be given. Walter M. Fleming, Grand Potentate.
A. W. Peters, Chief Rabban.
Philip C. Beniamin, Assistant Rabban,
Charles H. Heyzer, High Priest.
Joseph B. Eakins, Director.
kWm. S. Paterson, Grand Recorder, No. 100 Reade st
BROOKLYN.
COMMONWEALTH, No. 409, meets every
Tuesday, at eight o’clock, at Commonwealth Hall, No.
317 Washington street, over the Brooklyn Post Oilice.
Theo. A. Taylor, Treas. John W. Evans, M.
E, J. Campbell, Sec., E. F. Gordon, S. W.
p. u. Box No, 161, Edwin Knowles, J.W.
CHAPTERS.
NASSAU, No. 109, meets first, third and
fifth Wednesdays ot each month, at Masonic Hall,
304 and 306 Fulton street, Brooklyn.
P. Fred. Lenhart, H. P.
Robert Black, Treas. Wm. A. Bennet, K.
C. P. Marrat, Sec., P. A. J. Russell, 3.’
26 Vesey st., N. Y.
COMMANDEBIES.
DE WITT CLINTON, No. 27, meets in as
•»mblv on the second, fourth and fifth Tuesdays of
each mouth, at Nos. 87, 89 and 91 Broadway, Brooklyn,
x. *r, Juan l>. Arci. C<
Tames S Fairbrother. Treas. Vm. H. Bryant, G.
8. “ Waterhou e, Keo. ... Goo. B. Claflin, C. G.
ANCIEM' ACOBPTBD SCOTTISH KITE.
AURORA GRATA LODGE OF PERFEO
I TION Ancient Accepted Scottish Kite, Valley of Brook
I ivn ’lies tilar coinrout'.ications are held on the second
j IncMy oi eatj mouth, Nos.J S and. 4 0 oourt street,
i Mark Mayer, i rcas. John V,'. Kichardson, Deputy,
t rank B. Jackson. Sec., J-ldwin Knowles, S.AV.
' lie I’er.rl sc, N:Y.City. James Stuart IBdlefi, J.W.
TOO MANY DEGREES.
The middle-aged lady with the black alapaoS
drees, worn shiny at the elbows, and a oheau
shawl and a cheap bonnet, and her hands alj
puckered up and blue, as though sliehad jusi
got her washiug out, wont into the office of ft
prominent Mason a few mornings ago, and
took a chair. Bhe wiped her nose and the per
spiration from her lace on a blue checkered
apron, and when the Mason looked at her witU
an interested, brotherly look, as though alia
was troubled, she said:
“ rlre you the boss Mason ?”
Ho blushed, told her he was a Mason, but not
the highest in the laud. She hesitated a mo
ment, fingered the corner of her apron and
curled it up I ke a boy epeukiug a piece iU
school, and asked:
“ Have you taken the whole two hundred and
thirty-three degrees in Masonry ?'’
The man assured her that there were only
thirty-three degrees, and that he had only ta
ken thirty-two. The other degree could only
be taken by a very few who wore recommend
ed to the Grand Body. The lady studied ft
minute, unpinned the safety-pin that fastened
her shawl together and put it in her mouth,
took a long breath, and said:
Where does my husband get the two hun
dred degrees, thou ?”
The prominent Mason said he guessed her
hueband never got two hundred degrees, un
less be bad a degree factory. He aaid he didn’t
understand the lady.
“ Boos my husband have to Bit up with ft
corpse three nights m a week ?' she asked, her
eyes hashing fire. “Do you keep, a lot of sick
Masons on tap or my husband to sit up with
the other three nights I”
The prominent Mason said he was thankful
that few Masons died, ami only occasionally was
one sick enough to call lor Masonic assistance.
When a Mason took sick and away irom homo
or when hie family desired it, the brethren
were only too glad to sit up with him ; but there
were so many Masons and so few sick, that it
was only once in two or three months that#
brother was called upon to sit up witii anybody.
“But why do you ask these questions, mad,*
am >” said the prominent M .sou.
The woman picked the iriuge off her shawl,
hung her head down and said :
“Well, my husband began to join the Masons
about two years ago, and he has been taking
degrees or sitting up with people ever since,
and he comes homo at all times of the night,
smelling of beer and cheese. 1 thought at first
the cheese was the result ol going to the
morgue to help carry brother Masons home af
ter they had been found in the river. He has
come twice with the wrong pair ol drawers bn,
and when 1 asked him how it was he said it was
a secret he could not reveal under penalty ol be- .
ing shot with a cannon! All ho would say was
that he had took a degree. I have kept a litttlo
track of it, and 1 figure that he has taken 233
degrees, including the Grand bky ugle degree,
which he took the night Le came home with his
lip cut and his ear hanging by a piece of skin.”
“Ch, madam, ’ said the prominent Mason,
“there is no Sky l ugie degree in Masonry; you)?
husband has lied to you.”
“That’s what I think,” said she, as a baleful
light appeared in her eye. “He said ho was
taking the bky Fugle Degree, and tell through
the sky-light. I had him sowed up and he was
ready lor more degrees. Alter he had taken, I
should think, about a hundred and fifty de
grees, I told him I should thmk he would letup
on it, and put some potatoes in the cellar for
Winter, but lie said when a man once got
started he had to take them all, or he didn’t
amount to anything. One time I wanted a new
hat to wear to church with a leather on, aud ha
said leathers were all nonsense, and the next
day he brought home a leather case with a lelt
coal scuttle in it, and a leather on it that
couldn’t have cost less than ten dollars, tho
way that I figure millinery. And when be put
it on and 1 laughed at hie ridiculous appearance
he began to throw his arms around, and I asked
him what was the matter, aud he said that was
the grand hailing sign ot distress, aud if I didn’t
look out an avenger would appear from a dark
closet and run a toad-sticker through me ior a
scoffer. He must have spent a fortune on tho
last hundred aud titty degrees.
‘‘ One morning he came home with his coat
tail split right up the hack, and his pants torn
just as though a dog had chewed them, and one
eye closed up, and a wad ot hair pulled right
out ol his head, and he said he had been taking
the two hundredth degree, but he wouldn t tell
me how it happened, because it was a dead
secret Sometimes a brother Mason comes
home with him early in the morning, and they
talk about a ‘lull Hush,’ and they both act lull
as they stand on the steps aud talk about * pat
hands,’ and ‘raising ’em out,’ and ‘calling,’and
‘ bob tail tlush.’ One night, when be was asleep,
I heard him whisper, ‘I raise you ten dollars/
aud when I asked him what it meant, he said
they had been raising a purse for a poor widow.
Another time, he raised up in bed, alter he had
been asleep, and shouted, ‘ 1 stand pat,’ and
when 1 asked him what he meant, he said ho
waa ruined if I told it. He said he had spoken
the pass word, and if the brethren heard of it,
they would put him out ot the way, even aa
Morgan was put out of the way. Mister, is ‘ J
stand pat,’ your pass word ? ’
The Mason told her it was not. That the
words she had spoken was an expression used
by men when playing draw poker, and he added
that he didn’t believe her husband was a Ma
son at all, but ho had been lying to her all these
years.
Bhe sighed and said: “ That's what I thought
when he came home with a lot of ivory chips in
his pocket. He said they used them at tho
lodge to vote on candidates, and that a whits
chip elects and a blue rejects a candidate. It
you will look the matter up and see it he has
joined the Masons, I will be obliged to you. Ho
says he has taken all the 233 degrees, and now
the boys want him to join the Knights of Py
thias and Odd Fellows. I want to get out an
injunction to prevent him from joining anything
else until we get some underclothing lor "Win
ter. I’ll tell you what I wilt do. The next tims
he says anything about Sky Fugle degrees and
Consistory nonsense, I will take a washboard
and make him think there is one degree in Ma
sonry that he has skipped, and now good-by,”
—Scottish Ude JJutletin.
FRIENDSHIP.
The following by M. W. Joseph W. Congdon,
of New Jersey, is well and truly said:
Man’s greatest need on earth is friendship,
constant, true and hopeful. Masonry multiplies
friendships. Thereby we tread the way ot life
with lighter steps, and find our pathway toward
the imperceptible boundary line where we step
across in to “the undiscovered country,” blessed
with flowers ot charity and love. The quality
of sweet Friendship, like that of her sister,
Mercy, “is uot strained.” “It blesseth him who
gives and him who takes.” Like a gentle Sum
mer's breeze from Heaven, it soothes the tired
and fevered brow. It sustains a weary soul in
dire distress, aud comforts one “in doubtful
time of troublous need.” It helps a man to
know he is not a marionette, and involves his
life with others in mutual hopes and aims that
makes it noble and exalted. “Life is the web,
and we fill in the woof that make the warp and
weft for eternity.” With golden threads of
triendship we weave in the fabric pictures that
make up a beauteous and harmonious rob«, fit
for "nature’s noblemen.”
Let our aim and efforts ever be to establish
and maintain true, abiding friendships, and life
will teem with richer blessings. Thanks to
Heaven, whence it comes, for that friendship,
tried and true, which holds a friend, present os
absent, against every question and aspersion,
to be honest, just aud right until he is proven
wrong.
Bro. General Jacob Mobton, Grand
Master of New York from 1801 until 1803, was a
brilliant lawyer and a popular man. For up
ward ot thirty years he was Major-General of
tho First Division of the militia of the State.
Ho held many municipal offices of trust, and
his face was almost as familiar to the eyes ol
New York as the City Hall itself. So strong
was his hold upon the popular regard, that no
change in politics ever disturbed his position.
He was a perfect gentleman, of tho old school.
There are persons living who remember his
fine presence, military bearing, alert air and
cordial manners—with powdered hair and fault
lessly-elegant costume. His brother, Washing
ton Morton, on one occasiou walked from New
York to Philadelphia on a wager—then an un
precedented feat. His walk finished, his wager
won, alter a refreshing bath aud toilet, ho
spent the night with his friends, who had ac
companied him on horseback, and a party of
Philadelphia choice spirits, over a supper-table
spread in his honor, at which the conviviality
was answerable to the greatness of the occa
sion. —Martha J, Lamb, in the Magazine of
American History.
The Etrubians. —It is known that
they were the inventors of the so-called Roman
numerals, and had made advances iu naviga
tion aud astronomy. The origin ot this people
is unknown, but they were yet thriving in the
days of David and Solomon. Unlike the Ori
ental nations, and like the people of Teutonic
origin, they believed that there was something
divine in the nature of woman. And yet, unlike
the ancient Greeks or the poet-hearts of all
ages, their ideal was not tho spiritual aud the
beautiful. Their genius was of an eminently
practical turn. They believed in a comfortable
if not in a luxurious existence. In the antique
world they were renowned for their temples,
amphitheatres, sowers aud bridges. In fact,
from earliest times, these were gigantic cyclo
pean#. Such was their skill iu architecture, that
as Solomon called Phoenicians to assist him in
the building ot his temple, so the early Romans
sought in Etruria the framers of their grandest
Slasonic structures.— Examiner,
Masonio Home.—A bequest of one
thousand dollars has been le t to the Homo by-
Bro. Joseph Ktnike, oi Mt. Moriah Lodge, this
city, who died suddenly at Asbury Park, N. J.,
on July 22d last. Bro. Kinike is thus the first
to recognize this great Masonic charity in Lis
last will and testament, and Mt. Moriah Lodge
may be proud ot his name being upon its roil
of members. Our brother had been noted tor
many years for the interest he manifested in
the charitable institutions ot Philadelphia. Ho
was one of those honest, liberal-minded, open
handed Germans, respected by all who knew
him, aud tvhose loss will be widely lelt among
his acquaintances. He took a lively interest ia
Freemasonry, until recently was seldom ab
sent from the meetings ot bis lodge, and was
for many years its Treasurer. The Masonio
Hume enlisted his sympathy s, of which his lib
eral be quest is a proof. May other brethren
lollow his example.— Keystone, I’iula,
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