So-Called Webb's Work.

< : Wo ask for information , when did Webb visit England ? " We remember hearing tho story many ' years since that Webb and two or three other names not given had been

deputed to visit England for the purpose of getting the work ! There is no written or printed evidence that any body of Masons deputed a Committee to go to England , or that Webb was evor out of tho United States . What

was the necessity when his intimate friend and tutor , John Hammor , who had been tho W . M . of the Lodge of Antiquity , London , was in possession of both tho Preston and Hemming systems . "—Keystone , 17 th August 1880 .

Remarks On The Above, By Jacob Norton.

REMARKS ON THE ABOVE , BY JACOB NORTON .

As Bro . Pierson ( for that is his name ) rejects the hearsay story that Webb had visited England because there is no written authority for it , he should surely pardon me for asking him for written authority upon

somo of tho above statements , which aro entirely now to mo , at least . I remember having seen Bro . Gleason , and have also heard about Snow , but have no recollection of over having seen the names of Nye , Fowle , or Hammer .

With regard to Hammer , Bro . Pierson was evidently labouring under a mistake in stating that " John Hammer , " the tutor of Webb , " was in possession of both the Preston and Hemming systems , " because

Hemming s system was unknown before the Union of the two Grand Lodges in 1813 , while the first edition of Webb ' s Monitor was printed in 1797 . I would also wish

to learn on what evidence ( asiele from the unreliable Dr . Oliver ) Bro . Pierson has for his belief that Martin Clare and Thomas Dunckerly had built up Masonic systems ? BOSTON , U . S ., 20 tb August 1889 .

Masonic Home Of Pennsylvania.

MASONIC HOME OF PENNSYLVANIA .

AT a recent meeting of the Board of Managers of the Home , it was stated that in accordance with the requirements of the charter , individual members now have all the rights and privileges of representative members , the only difference being in name .

Luo membership has also been established , and those now individual members can become life members b y the payment of one hundred and fifty dollars . Master Masons

not members can become such by the payment of one hundred dollars , or become life members by the payment of two hundred and fifty dollars .

The fees received for life membership , for the admission of inmates and from donations or legacies , unless otherwise directed by the donor or legatee , are invested as a permanent fund for the maintenance of the Home .

It is expected that those already actively interested by membership in tho Home corporation will do their utmost to secure additions to the membership , from both Master Masons and Masonic Bodies , and also annual contributors

from those who are not Masons , or from amongst Masons who aro not prepared to take an activo part in the management of the Home as members of the corporation . The Board of Managers is composed of twenty-one

members , seven of whom aro elected annually . The Home , from the commencement until the present , has been u great success . The inmates now number twenty , two of whom were recently admitted—Bro . Wilcox of W . B .

Sohnider Lodge , No . 419 , and Bro . Pawling of Rising Star Lodge , No . 12 G . All that fraternal love , tho mystic tie of brotherhood and a judicious expenditure of tho money at

their command can do , is being done by the Managers for the comfort and happiness of those who are inmates of the Home , and they all seem to be contcut , and enjoying themselves as well as any ono can with the loss of youth and health .

to the inmates and those born in the month of August . They were as follows : Bros . Wagner , Henderson , Steffe ( Secretary ) , and Dr . Yard of the medical staff ; inmates Bros . Keck , McCuro , Rntter , Knox and Cairns , also the matron , Mrs . Babb .

On Wednesday evening , 14 th August , a social and fraternal season was enjoyed . Tho occasion was a lunch and entertainment given by Bro . Louis Wagner , Prcsielent

Masonic Home Of Pennsylvania.

Tho Masonic Homo of Pennsylvania is a noblo Institution . It is doing a glorious work , but tho field is a broad one , and much more ought to bo now done , and it might and would be done if the Brethren would only heed and

respond to the appeals for help according to their ability , for with the number of Masons in Pennsylvania , and their financial ability , tho Home never ought to lack a elollar in the accomplishment of its fraternal and beneficent designs . —Keystone

Opposed To Secret Societies.

OPPOSED TO SECRET SOCIETIES .

NEW YOUK , 31 sb August 1889 . IN all the Catholic chnrches of this archdiocese to-morrow morning will be rend a pastoral letter from Archbishop Corrigan and the papal allocation of 30 th Jane , atready published . The letter reinforces the admonitions of tho allocntion , which was based on the

erection of tho statuo of Giordano Bruno in Eome . The Archbishop discusses free thought . The chnrch , he says , maintains that as truth can nevor contradict truth , true scientific research can never conflict with Divine revelation . But free thought , as advocated by the admirers of Bruno , denies the right of a higher and Divine authority

to command tho mind's assent and control its speculations , and constitutes human nature the sole supreme judge of all truth , human and Divine ; it as 3 erts the absolute independence of the mind of man from all responsibility , even to the Supreme Lord and Master of all ; discards His revealed Word and rejects His authority ; in a word , it

is the deification of human reason . This doctrine is false in philosophy , false in the ology , false in ethics . He says , in conclusion " And now , dear brethren , the grosser the insults offered to onr blessed Lord , tho more fervent and devoted in proportion ought to bo our love for Him , and our care not to offend Him ourselves . In onr

day and generation one of the most fatal snares laid for the faithful is the affiliation with secret sooieties that aro based on mere naturalism in exclusion of , and by inference at least , in opposition to onr divine Redeemer . The harm that has come to religion in the Eternal city during the past twenty years is attributed mainly to tho

workings of secret societies . In our land of freedom there is no need of burrowing in tho dark . Mnoh less ought Catholics to patroniso associations in which the Christian faith and the divinity of Christ our Saviour are ignored . Our sympathy also goes out to the vicar of our Lord on earth . "We grieve with Him for the outrages inflicted

on religion . We griove that Eome , sanctified by the blood of myriad martyrs , has seen the standard of tho evil one flaunted through her streots in memory of an apostate whose sole merit was to repeat with Lucifer of old : ' I will not serve . ' In the pain and insult offered to the head all the members necessarily share . In tho wrongs done to the

sovereign pontiff the faithful of the whole world are assailed , and against such indignities , continued now for nineteen years , all of as , as Catholic ? , utter our indignant protest . The reverend clergy aro hereby directed to resume in the mass , and to continue until further notice the collect pro papa . They will also please read to tho

faithful under their charge the allocution of 30 th June , and announce a solemn tridnum of prayer for the intentions of the holy father , to bo held on the 6 th , 7 th and 8 th of September , the exercises consisting of the Litany of the Blessed Virgin and Benediction of the

most Holy Sacrament . In accordance with special powers granted by the Holy See , and contained in the faculties of the diocese ( No . 9 ) , the faithful who will receive Holy Communion on next Sunday ( where tho faculty has not already been made use of ) may gain a plenary indulgence on tho usual conditions . " —Boston Sunday Herald .

At ( he ordinary meeting , on the 5 th inst ., of the United Industrious Lodge , No . 31 , Bro . Prank Wacher was unanimously elected to fill the chair for the coming year . ¦ Ti FT r «^ - . ¦¦¦ CT ^ MPHnr ... ^ jMamfH ^ WWaMWiOiWI r « P ^« - ^ -fT»»—T--,-M- n . rrln ^ T

Obituary.

Obituary .

— : o : — BRO . W . WRIGHT . THE remains of the late Bro . William Wright were conveyed to their last resting place , in tho Maldon Cemetery , on Monday , tho 0 th inst ., in tho presence of a large concourse of spectators . The funeral was attended by all

tho principal traders and merchants in tho town . The St . Petor ' s Lodge ( of which deceased was a member ) and tho Blackwatcr Lodge were represented , the former by

Bio . Arthur Barritt I . P . M ., P . G . Green Secretary , Bros . R Orttewcll and C . R . Gowcrs , and the latter by Bro . S . 11 . Ellis . At tho conclusion of the burial service tho Freemasons present advanced to the grave and threw in a sprig of acacia , according to ancient custom .

Bro. John Watson.

BRO . JOHN WATSON .

THE remains of the late Bro . John Watson , of Gonrock , of tho Lodge Firth of Clyelo , No . G 20 , were interred in the New Gonrock Cemetery , on Saturday , the 7 th inst . There was a very large turn-out of the brethren from tho various Lodges in the district .