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Rippingille's Mineral Oil Cooking Stoves And Kitcheners.
RIPPINGILLE'S MINERAL OIL COOKING STOVES AND KITCHENERS .
IF our grandfathers conld but return for a brief season to the scene of their earthly cares , they would be surprised at tho many ingenious contrivances which the skill of man has invented for the lessening of labour and trouble in almost every branch of duty , and especially those on tho proper fulfilment of which so materially depends the comforts and convenience of domestic life . We do not
say thafc comfort and convenience were unknown two generations ago . On the contrary , we often find ourselves disagreeing with people who never know how to exalt too highly the virtues of the present generation . Nevertheless there can be no doubt that the comforts of domestic life are greatly in advance of what they were some half a century ago , when the Charleys were the guardians of tho public
streets in night time , when gas for lighting purposes was but little nsed , and tbe museum of patents had not been enriched by the thousand and one appliances whioh are now in daily use in almost every decent household in the United Kingdom . We have vivid recollections in our sohool-boy days of the wonders of a certain bachelor ' s kettle , and the pride we experienced when , having
purchased one of theso out of our surplus pocket money , we found we could treat ourselves and chums to a dish of tea or cocoa of our own making . What ecstasies we should have fallen into had we been possessed of a patent frying-pan , warranted to prepare anything , afc shortest notice , from a cake of toffy or a welsh rarebit to a rasher of
bacon and chips , may be more easily imagined than described . But our astonishment would have known no bounds if we had ascertained thafc for a small outlay we could purchase an apparatus capable of preparing , without trouble and expeditiously , all the materials for a substantial tea or breakfast—we fear that a dinner would have been
too serious an undertaking both as regards time and money . Tet now there are all kinds of patent stoves , varying in price from a few shillings to a few pounds , whioh the labour-saving housewife may command . Some of these are heated by gas , some by mineral and other oils , and it is with one kind of these latter that we purpose dealing in this article .
We must ; premise that what we are about to say of this particular oil stove is the result of actual and practical experience . Our knowledge is nofc derived from those who have heard of or seen them work , ing , nor are we indebted to a variety of prospectuses for the estimation in which we hold ifc . We have made actual trial of its properties , and our readers are welcome to know all we can tell them of the result of
Buoh trial . The chief merit of these stoves is undoubtedly that they involve no trouble whatever . If a kettle of hot water is wanted , the burner is lighted , and in due time the writer is boiled . If a rasher of bacon or an egg is required , it can be cooked while the tea is drawing . Supplied with one of the smaller-sized stoves , a man in rooms or
chambers would be independent of his landlady or laundress for his breakfast . All thafc is wanted is a fresh supply of oil from time to time , and he may daily prepare his own breakfast or tea , with no further trouble than is involved in filling his kettle with water and putting what food he may wish cooked into or upon the proper apparatus , in the saucepan or frying-pan , or on the gridiron . There is no
objectionable smoke to encounter . He need have little fear of soiling his fingers in the course of his culinary operations , and after a few trials he will have no difficulty iu cooking his food to a turn . The bachelor of simple wants , or even the benedicb who is obliged to be up early of a morning and away betimes , will find that , without any previous course of study at a school of cookery , and with only a hint
or two from his sister or his wife , he can prepare for himself a comfortable and sufficient breakfast wifchoufc difficulty and in the briefest possible space of time . The above remarks , of course , apply to the small stove , such as a bachelor would require on his breakfast-table or ready at hand at other times should he wish for a cup of tea or coffee with light
refreshment . But there is the large stove , which answers at one and the same time all the purposes of a kitchen range , and cooks a joint of meat of several pounds weight , with two or three kinds of vegetables , and on the removal of the joint , will bake a pie or rice pudding , & c , & c , & c . This stove is fitted complete with oven , meat-tray , grid , stewpan , and steamer ( or kettle ) , and costs
£ 2 15 s 6 d , or with extras it will be somewhat over £ 3 ; and as the oil that is used in the preparation of a dinner is inexpensive , our readers will have little doubt about the economy of this Rippingille ' s Patent Stove . The remarks we have already made as to the absence of smell and smoke apply equally to the costliest as to the cheapest stove . Thus , in the summer and autumn , a fire in the kitchen is unnecessary
when one of these stoves is at hand , while the trouble of cooking is even less than with the ordinary range , as there is no need for any . thing like that constant supervision which , in the usual culinary operations , is deemed indispensable . _ Wo have chosen for special mention the smallest and the largest sizes of this Mineral Oil Stove . We may add that there are stoves
of different gradations of size , and therefore of cost , between the two . One of the most popular of these is the ABC Breakfast Stove , thongh it may be made available for other purposes , and the ABC Dinner Stove , which , in all essential particulars , agrees with the large stoves already described , the price , however , is only £ 2 5 s . We have said that one description of this stove will be found
serviceable b y bachelors . Others of the intermediate stoves have been proved to be handy on board yachts , or by parties out picnicking or volunteering : the latter is appropriately called the " Canteen Stove , " and the former the " Hurricane Stove . " Indeed the stove , whatever size ifc may be , being portable , may be taken aboufc as
convenience may suggest , only of course it is better that it shonld be fitted for the special purpose for which it may be used than thafc one stove should be made to duty for all purposes . We have completed our brief notice , but as yet we have only spoken of the stoves aa " Rippingille ' s Portable Mineral Oil Cooking
Rippingille's Mineral Oil Cooking Stoves And Kitcheners.
Stoves and Kitcheners . " One farther piece of information is iudis . pensable , or onr readers will bo at a loss to knnw wlioiv to procure these most serviceable of domestic utensils . Well , tho sule mannfaetnrors aro the Albion Lamp Company , 118 Holborn , E . C , where tho fullest particulars as to price , fittings , & o ., & c , will bo furnished .
Tho Company , indeed , is located close by whore the statue of the Into Prince Consort faces tho Holborn Viaduct , and is easily accessible from all parts of the Metropolis . We should adviso any of our readers who may bo desirous of possessing one of these stoves to pay tho Albion Lamp Company ' s premises a visit , if only for tho purpose of inspection . Wo aro sure they will bo well satisfied with what thoy see .
Is Freemasonry Performing Her Mission.
IS FREEMASONRY PERFORMING HER MISSION .
THE question at the head of this article is one of paramount importance to the Craft . It is ono that should bo made a subject of special legislation iu every Lodgo-room in tho country . Wo aro perfectly willing to admit that on great occasions and special exigencies , the wondrous vitality of Freemasonry is exhibited by the liberal manner in which she showers her offerings into the enp of
misery and despair . We desire , however , to see something more than these spasmodic efforts . The clear , crystal waters of Masonic charity shonld flow in their rippling course as from a perennial spring , enriching her barren soil of poverty , and watering her parched sands of misery and distress . Does Freemasonry do so . ' Is Freemasonry today performing her holy mission ?
We take up the reports of Grand Lodges , and what do wo find ? Extravagance and wanton waste in high places , niggardly charity and plenty of rhetorical display . We turn to the Masonic period icals of the day and what do we read ? Do we find their columns replete with the generous deeds and noble acts of individual Masons , or tho liberal donations and timely assistance of Masonic bodies to their poor and
impoverished brethren , their weeping widows , and starving orphans ? No . We will tell yon what you will find : glowing accounts of Knight Templar parades , & c , & c , rite banquets , " hifalntin " speeches of men , rejoicing in high sounding , farcical titles , ancl ancient Craffc Masonry is kept in the back ground . The Masonry of this continent has gone mad after high degreeism
and grand titleism . We tell tho brethren , that if they do not pay moro attention to the pare , simple , beautiful symbolism of Lodge , and less to the tinsel , furbelow , fuss and feathers of Scotch Ritisrn and Templarism , the Craft will yet be shaken fco its very foundations . Scotch Ritism " founded on Masonic forgery , " and only kept alive by proselyting missionaries , is a mere mushroom of the hour , and shonld never be
compared to the pure , holy Freemasonry , which was handed down to us from the Dark Ages , and systematized in 1717 . All other so-called branches of Freemasonry are very pretty offshoots , bufc they aro only offshoots of the parent stem—engrafted branches on the oak , beautiful with leaf and fragrant with flower , but bearing no fruit . What we desire is—to see that Freemasonry which our fathers and forefathers loved kept pure and spotless , and rendered holy by generous deeds and noble actions .
Lodges , too , afc the present day are too devoted to work and ritualism . Many brethren seem to think that as long as there is plenty of work in the Lodge that is all that is required . This anxiety to manufacture Masons is a terrible mistake . We have too many in our ranks now . The duty of the Brotherhood is to make the Lodge room a home , to make the members brethren in act , as well as in name ;
to make each brother the missionary ot truth and honour , and the harbinger of goodness , and rendering generous aid to those in sorrow sickness , misery and distress . If Lodges do this , brethren would nofc run mad after spurious degrees and absurb and nonsensical titles , as is now tbe case . What do the brethren mean when they say : " Oh ! Bro . So and So
is a very high Mason ? " High Mason , indeed , because forsooth he has a long purse , and consequently has taken an innumerable number of so-called grades and degrees , and wears stars and ribbons upon his breast ! Why , perchance he has never presided over a Lodge or occupied the East in any Masonic body , yet brethren speak of suoh an one , because he writes his Sir Knight before his name , and on
dress parade , in his cocked hat , with sword and baldric , looks a very handsome fellow , or has the mystic number " 32 " after his name , oreven perchance " 33 , " if he has the money to run over to Spain to get ifc with the consent of the Supreme Grand Council of the Northern Jurisdiction of the U . S ., we repeat , because of these things , he is called a " very high Mason . " What a farce ! What a burlesque on our
glorious brotherhood !! The Freemasonry of the nineteenth century has a holy glorious , God-inspiring mission to perform . In onr ranks are thousands of widows burning the midnight oil with heated brows and aching hearts . There are thousands of starving Masonic orphans running wild in New York and our large cities , learning to curse and swear , and lie and
steal , and there are numbers among us sinking into idolatry , despair and ruin , throngh the love of strong drink . There are many of us ruined seeking solace in the gambler ' s hell . There are some of our daughters , once beloved and admired , who have fallen before the false smile and guilded words of her accursed , and doubly accursed , seducer . Has Freemasonry , then , no better mission to perform than teach her
votaries a love of titles , display , parade , banquet , and regalia ? Surely the holy mission of the Craft is to stretch forth her hand to aid and succour , protect and save . Let the tocsin be sounded , and let the Craftsmen come forward and purge our society of its false glitter and flimsy tinsel , and gild it with the pure gold of Masonic truth , Masonic honour , and Masonic charity . Then , and then only , will Freemasonry have performed her holy mission . —Co-rner Stone ,
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Rippingille's Mineral Oil Cooking Stoves And Kitcheners.
RIPPINGILLE'S MINERAL OIL COOKING STOVES AND KITCHENERS .
IF our grandfathers conld but return for a brief season to the scene of their earthly cares , they would be surprised at tho many ingenious contrivances which the skill of man has invented for the lessening of labour and trouble in almost every branch of duty , and especially those on tho proper fulfilment of which so materially depends the comforts and convenience of domestic life . We do not
say thafc comfort and convenience were unknown two generations ago . On the contrary , we often find ourselves disagreeing with people who never know how to exalt too highly the virtues of the present generation . Nevertheless there can be no doubt that the comforts of domestic life are greatly in advance of what they were some half a century ago , when the Charleys were the guardians of tho public
streets in night time , when gas for lighting purposes was but little nsed , and tbe museum of patents had not been enriched by the thousand and one appliances whioh are now in daily use in almost every decent household in the United Kingdom . We have vivid recollections in our sohool-boy days of the wonders of a certain bachelor ' s kettle , and the pride we experienced when , having
purchased one of theso out of our surplus pocket money , we found we could treat ourselves and chums to a dish of tea or cocoa of our own making . What ecstasies we should have fallen into had we been possessed of a patent frying-pan , warranted to prepare anything , afc shortest notice , from a cake of toffy or a welsh rarebit to a rasher of
bacon and chips , may be more easily imagined than described . But our astonishment would have known no bounds if we had ascertained thafc for a small outlay we could purchase an apparatus capable of preparing , without trouble and expeditiously , all the materials for a substantial tea or breakfast—we fear that a dinner would have been
too serious an undertaking both as regards time and money . Tet now there are all kinds of patent stoves , varying in price from a few shillings to a few pounds , whioh the labour-saving housewife may command . Some of these are heated by gas , some by mineral and other oils , and it is with one kind of these latter that we purpose dealing in this article .
We must ; premise that what we are about to say of this particular oil stove is the result of actual and practical experience . Our knowledge is nofc derived from those who have heard of or seen them work , ing , nor are we indebted to a variety of prospectuses for the estimation in which we hold ifc . We have made actual trial of its properties , and our readers are welcome to know all we can tell them of the result of
Buoh trial . The chief merit of these stoves is undoubtedly that they involve no trouble whatever . If a kettle of hot water is wanted , the burner is lighted , and in due time the writer is boiled . If a rasher of bacon or an egg is required , it can be cooked while the tea is drawing . Supplied with one of the smaller-sized stoves , a man in rooms or
chambers would be independent of his landlady or laundress for his breakfast . All thafc is wanted is a fresh supply of oil from time to time , and he may daily prepare his own breakfast or tea , with no further trouble than is involved in filling his kettle with water and putting what food he may wish cooked into or upon the proper apparatus , in the saucepan or frying-pan , or on the gridiron . There is no
objectionable smoke to encounter . He need have little fear of soiling his fingers in the course of his culinary operations , and after a few trials he will have no difficulty iu cooking his food to a turn . The bachelor of simple wants , or even the benedicb who is obliged to be up early of a morning and away betimes , will find that , without any previous course of study at a school of cookery , and with only a hint
or two from his sister or his wife , he can prepare for himself a comfortable and sufficient breakfast wifchoufc difficulty and in the briefest possible space of time . The above remarks , of course , apply to the small stove , such as a bachelor would require on his breakfast-table or ready at hand at other times should he wish for a cup of tea or coffee with light
refreshment . But there is the large stove , which answers at one and the same time all the purposes of a kitchen range , and cooks a joint of meat of several pounds weight , with two or three kinds of vegetables , and on the removal of the joint , will bake a pie or rice pudding , & c , & c , & c . This stove is fitted complete with oven , meat-tray , grid , stewpan , and steamer ( or kettle ) , and costs
£ 2 15 s 6 d , or with extras it will be somewhat over £ 3 ; and as the oil that is used in the preparation of a dinner is inexpensive , our readers will have little doubt about the economy of this Rippingille ' s Patent Stove . The remarks we have already made as to the absence of smell and smoke apply equally to the costliest as to the cheapest stove . Thus , in the summer and autumn , a fire in the kitchen is unnecessary
when one of these stoves is at hand , while the trouble of cooking is even less than with the ordinary range , as there is no need for any . thing like that constant supervision which , in the usual culinary operations , is deemed indispensable . _ Wo have chosen for special mention the smallest and the largest sizes of this Mineral Oil Stove . We may add that there are stoves
of different gradations of size , and therefore of cost , between the two . One of the most popular of these is the ABC Breakfast Stove , thongh it may be made available for other purposes , and the ABC Dinner Stove , which , in all essential particulars , agrees with the large stoves already described , the price , however , is only £ 2 5 s . We have said that one description of this stove will be found
serviceable b y bachelors . Others of the intermediate stoves have been proved to be handy on board yachts , or by parties out picnicking or volunteering : the latter is appropriately called the " Canteen Stove , " and the former the " Hurricane Stove . " Indeed the stove , whatever size ifc may be , being portable , may be taken aboufc as
convenience may suggest , only of course it is better that it shonld be fitted for the special purpose for which it may be used than thafc one stove should be made to duty for all purposes . We have completed our brief notice , but as yet we have only spoken of the stoves aa " Rippingille ' s Portable Mineral Oil Cooking
Rippingille's Mineral Oil Cooking Stoves And Kitcheners.
Stoves and Kitcheners . " One farther piece of information is iudis . pensable , or onr readers will bo at a loss to knnw wlioiv to procure these most serviceable of domestic utensils . Well , tho sule mannfaetnrors aro the Albion Lamp Company , 118 Holborn , E . C , where tho fullest particulars as to price , fittings , & o ., & c , will bo furnished .
Tho Company , indeed , is located close by whore the statue of the Into Prince Consort faces tho Holborn Viaduct , and is easily accessible from all parts of the Metropolis . We should adviso any of our readers who may bo desirous of possessing one of these stoves to pay tho Albion Lamp Company ' s premises a visit , if only for tho purpose of inspection . Wo aro sure they will bo well satisfied with what thoy see .
Is Freemasonry Performing Her Mission.
IS FREEMASONRY PERFORMING HER MISSION .
THE question at the head of this article is one of paramount importance to the Craft . It is ono that should bo made a subject of special legislation iu every Lodgo-room in tho country . Wo aro perfectly willing to admit that on great occasions and special exigencies , the wondrous vitality of Freemasonry is exhibited by the liberal manner in which she showers her offerings into the enp of
misery and despair . We desire , however , to see something more than these spasmodic efforts . The clear , crystal waters of Masonic charity shonld flow in their rippling course as from a perennial spring , enriching her barren soil of poverty , and watering her parched sands of misery and distress . Does Freemasonry do so . ' Is Freemasonry today performing her holy mission ?
We take up the reports of Grand Lodges , and what do wo find ? Extravagance and wanton waste in high places , niggardly charity and plenty of rhetorical display . We turn to the Masonic period icals of the day and what do we read ? Do we find their columns replete with the generous deeds and noble acts of individual Masons , or tho liberal donations and timely assistance of Masonic bodies to their poor and
impoverished brethren , their weeping widows , and starving orphans ? No . We will tell yon what you will find : glowing accounts of Knight Templar parades , & c , & c , rite banquets , " hifalntin " speeches of men , rejoicing in high sounding , farcical titles , ancl ancient Craffc Masonry is kept in the back ground . The Masonry of this continent has gone mad after high degreeism
and grand titleism . We tell tho brethren , that if they do not pay moro attention to the pare , simple , beautiful symbolism of Lodge , and less to the tinsel , furbelow , fuss and feathers of Scotch Ritisrn and Templarism , the Craft will yet be shaken fco its very foundations . Scotch Ritism " founded on Masonic forgery , " and only kept alive by proselyting missionaries , is a mere mushroom of the hour , and shonld never be
compared to the pure , holy Freemasonry , which was handed down to us from the Dark Ages , and systematized in 1717 . All other so-called branches of Freemasonry are very pretty offshoots , bufc they aro only offshoots of the parent stem—engrafted branches on the oak , beautiful with leaf and fragrant with flower , but bearing no fruit . What we desire is—to see that Freemasonry which our fathers and forefathers loved kept pure and spotless , and rendered holy by generous deeds and noble actions .
Lodges , too , afc the present day are too devoted to work and ritualism . Many brethren seem to think that as long as there is plenty of work in the Lodge that is all that is required . This anxiety to manufacture Masons is a terrible mistake . We have too many in our ranks now . The duty of the Brotherhood is to make the Lodge room a home , to make the members brethren in act , as well as in name ;
to make each brother the missionary ot truth and honour , and the harbinger of goodness , and rendering generous aid to those in sorrow sickness , misery and distress . If Lodges do this , brethren would nofc run mad after spurious degrees and absurb and nonsensical titles , as is now tbe case . What do the brethren mean when they say : " Oh ! Bro . So and So
is a very high Mason ? " High Mason , indeed , because forsooth he has a long purse , and consequently has taken an innumerable number of so-called grades and degrees , and wears stars and ribbons upon his breast ! Why , perchance he has never presided over a Lodge or occupied the East in any Masonic body , yet brethren speak of suoh an one , because he writes his Sir Knight before his name , and on
dress parade , in his cocked hat , with sword and baldric , looks a very handsome fellow , or has the mystic number " 32 " after his name , oreven perchance " 33 , " if he has the money to run over to Spain to get ifc with the consent of the Supreme Grand Council of the Northern Jurisdiction of the U . S ., we repeat , because of these things , he is called a " very high Mason . " What a farce ! What a burlesque on our
glorious brotherhood !! The Freemasonry of the nineteenth century has a holy glorious , God-inspiring mission to perform . In onr ranks are thousands of widows burning the midnight oil with heated brows and aching hearts . There are thousands of starving Masonic orphans running wild in New York and our large cities , learning to curse and swear , and lie and
steal , and there are numbers among us sinking into idolatry , despair and ruin , throngh the love of strong drink . There are many of us ruined seeking solace in the gambler ' s hell . There are some of our daughters , once beloved and admired , who have fallen before the false smile and guilded words of her accursed , and doubly accursed , seducer . Has Freemasonry , then , no better mission to perform than teach her
votaries a love of titles , display , parade , banquet , and regalia ? Surely the holy mission of the Craft is to stretch forth her hand to aid and succour , protect and save . Let the tocsin be sounded , and let the Craftsmen come forward and purge our society of its false glitter and flimsy tinsel , and gild it with the pure gold of Masonic truth , Masonic honour , and Masonic charity . Then , and then only , will Freemasonry have performed her holy mission . —Co-rner Stone ,