Ars Quatuor Coronatorum (Vi. Part 2).

" ' dim and that you mack instruck aud teach the Mtisonry of St . Johns in all its pairts and st-ureU aud as liko Belted Knishts and

Cros legctl Knight ** with armour , & c . " Declared . * . at Edinburgh The fifth day of March one thousand ouc hundred and forty sever ' , years before there witnesses

"Prince , Henry my Son—Earle , John of Menteith—Earlo , Duncan of Lennox—Herbert , Bishop of Glasgow—Robort , Bishop of St . Andrew—Gregory , Bishop of Dunkoll , and Walter de Ridale . "

[" To which is afixed tho King ' s seal which is all defaced A correct coppy of tho ancient Lodge Charter by a Brother " ] This protended Charter is of course ridiculous nonsense ,

but as bearing upon the alleged entries of 1745 , tho remark may be made , that the Masons of Stirling who so to speak " swallowed a cimel " in 1820 or 1822 , wore not likely to have strained over much " at a gnat , " in 1790 ?

Tho terms Excellent , super Excellent , and Knight of Malta , appear nowhere else in Masonic records , until well into the second half of the la 3 t century , and the appearance of the

last title of all—Knight of Malta—in any records , professing to reproduce an actual entry of A . D . 1745 , would be sufficient of itself to stamp such alleged " entry , " and its surroundings , as apocryphal , upon my own mind .

Still , " all feet tread not in one shoe . " There is no student among us who has done so much to disentangle the real history of the Royal Arch , from the confusion which has been mixed up with it , than our Bro . Hughan . To

those who prefer sheltering their opinions under the authority of great names , there can therefore be no better than his own to rely upon . But I am folly persuaded that his ambition lies rather in the direction of so marshallin *?

the evidence , that the facts may be made clear , than of arranging his proofs in such a manner as to fortify any conchisions that he may individually have arrived at . In the Introductory Sketch , prefixed to the Serims and Impartial Enquiry , of Dr . Dassigny , the rise and progress

of what Laurence Dermott affirmed to ba " the root , heart , and marrow of Masonry , " are fully and eloquently narrated , and those readers who have benefited by its perusal , will , on turning to p . 108 of tho current volume of Ars , find a further treat in store for them , under the title of The Ancient Stirling Lodge , by Bro . W . J . Hughan , P . G . D . ( To be continued ) ,

Masonic Sonnets.—No. 71.

MASONIC SONNETS . —No . 71 .

Br BRO . CIIAS . P . FOUSIIAW , LL . D . — : o : — THE ALL-SEEING EYE .

Omniscient God knows all onr works nnd ways , His eyes , all-seeing , dwell in every place ; Through good , through evil , dark or pleasant days We may not hide from His all-sacred grace . Oar Maker and Preserver read 3 each soul ,

Nonght can escape His searching vigilance j "lis He alone unfolds oar earthly scroll And tells our joys and sorrows at a glance . 'Tis He alone—the One Almighty God

Who , with us always strengthens and sustains ; And comforts with His stall ' and with His rod , And guides and guards and lovingly restrain ? . Watching and warding from His Heavenly throne Until He claims His children for His own . Wiuder House , Bradford , 20 th September 1893 .

Our contemporary , the Voice of Masonry , draws attention to the publication in our issue of the 5 th August of three " Gleanings " from its pages , without acknowledgment . Wo are very sorry indeed , as we are rather

sensitive on this point , making a feature of acknowledging our extracts in tho hope that some of our friends may pay us a like compliment . We certainly offer our critic the amende honorable , and assure him the lack of acknowled gment at the time was a pure oversight .

Summer Heat And Obesity.

SUMMER HEAT AND OBESITY .

Sumnrr , with iti sultry hea * , is not a sourco of unmixed p leasure to tlmse who suffer from escossive corpulence . Health canii ' t he m lii . tai-ii-d under conditions uf greut obt-sity . Iu general tho month 1 oner ^ y of tho l . i » li ' y corpulent become- ) impaired , and thoir e'ip'icity l ' i * r tho conduct uf business i- consequently much diminished . Oiir roader . " , will , therfi iv , b » intorested to know it is

an indi- * put ib ! o fact that exoj sivo corpulency cm , iu all oiao ? , be enrod by tho ayst —< whioh has now for nnny years been successfully practised by Mr . F . 0 . Uu--s » ll , of Woburn Huuso , Store Stroet , Btdford Square , W . C . Mr . llusjtll pis * 03 * es hundreds of testiinonia-s from persons in all c ! a sos of society , many of them holding distinguished positions iu tho leiriiuil professions and in Her

Majesty ' s services , which , taken collecti * > ly , prove to a demonstration that any ono suffering from obesity , who systematically applies his remedy for a few weeks consecutively , can be cured . The patients under his treatment nro net askod to bo "fasting men ; " and it is remarkable that in the cise of many of Mr . Russell's subjects their appetite increases as their weight diminishes . A pamphlet

containing most interesting and trustworthy information , together wi'h the recipe , may be had by writing to Mr . Russell , enclosing 4 d stamps for postage . With such a remedial agent ot their command as Mr . Russell's specific , excessively corpulent persons have only themselves to blame if their unwieldy persoos are not speedily reduced to fitting propoi tions .

EXTRAORDINARY SUCCESS IN THE TREATMENT OB OBESITY .

Our corpulent readora will ho glad to learn how to positively lose two stone in about a month with tho greatest possible beneSt to health , strength , and muscle , by a comparatively new system . It IB a singular par . ulox , that the patieut , returning quickly to a healthy state , with increased aotivity of brain , digestive , and othor organs , natarally requires more food than hitherto , yet ,

uotwithstanding this , ho absolutely loses in weight one to two pounds daily , as the weighing machine will prove . Thus there is no suggestion of starvation . It is an absolute success , and tbe author , who has devoted years of study to the subject , absolutely guarantees a noticeablo reduction within twenty-four hours of commencing the treatment . This is different with other diseases , for the patient , in

some cases ma } ' go for weeks without being able to test whether the physician has rightly treated him , aud may have derived no real or apparent improvement in health . Here , we repeat , the author guarantees it in twenty-four hours , the scale to be the unerring judge . The treatment aims at tbe aotual root of the disoase , so that the superfluous fat does not retarn when discontinuing the treatment . It is perfectly harmless . We advise onr readers to oall

the attention of stoat friends to this , because , sincerely , we think they ought to kuow . For their information we may say that , on sending co 3 t of postage ( fourponce ) , a reprint of Press notices from Bome hundreds of medical and other journals—British and foreignand other interesting particulars , including the " reoipe , " can be bad from a Mr . F . C . Russell , Woburn House , Store Street , Bedford Square , London , W . C . —Belfast News Letter .

GOOD NEWS FOR STOUT PEOPLE ? It does not follow that a person need to be tbe size of Sir John Falstaff to show that he is unhealthily fat . According to a person ' s height so should his weight correspond , and this standard has been prepared by Mr . F . C . Russell , of Woburn House , Bedford Square , London , W . C , BO that any one can see at a glanoo whother or no ho

is too stout . People in the post have been wout to regard futuoss as constitutional , and somt thing to be laughed at rather thin to bo prescribed for sorionsly ; but this is evidently an error , ns poraous whose mode of life has caosed a certain excess of ileah ivq-iiio tronting for the cause of that oxees ** , not by merely stopping further

increase , but by removing the cause itself . It is marvellous how this "Pastenr" and "Koch" of English discoverers can actually reduce as much os 1-1 lbs . in seven days , with a simple herbal rem ? dy . His book only costs 41 stamps , and he is quite willing to afford all information to those sending as above ; it is really well worth reading . —Forget-Me-Not , 19 th November 1892 .

A POSITIVE CURE FOR CORPULENCE . Any remedy that can be suggested as a cure or alleviation for stontness will be heartily welcomed . We have recently received a well-written book , tbe author of which seems to know what ho is talking about . It is entitled , " Corpulency and the Cure , " and is a cheap issue ( only 4 d ) , published by Mr . F . Russell , of Woburn House , Bedford Square , London . Our space will not do justice to this book ;

send for it yourself . It appears that Mr . Russell has submitted all kinds of proofs to the Eoglish Press . The editor of the Tablet , the Catholic organ , writes : — " Mr . Rnssell does not give us the slightest loophole for a donbfc as to tho value of his cure ; for in tbe most straightforward and mattar-of-fnes manner ho submitted somo hundreds of original and unsolicited testimonial letters for our perusal

and offered us plenty more , if required . To assist hi * n to make tbis remedy known , we think we cannot do better that publish quotations from some of the letters submitted . The first one , a marchioness , writes from Madrid : — "My sou , Count , has reducod his weight in twenty-two days 16 kilos . —i . e . 34 \ bs . ' Another writes : — 'So far ( six weeks from commencement of following your system ) I havo

lost fully two stone in weJjb ' . ' The next ( a lady ) writes : — 'I am just half tho siz ? . ' A fourth , ' I find it is successful in my CUSP , I have lost 8 lbs . in weight since I commenced ( two weeks ) . ' Another writes : 'A reduction of 18 lbs . iu a month is a great success . ' A lady from Bournemouth writes -. ' I feel much better , have IBBB difficulty in breathing , and can walk about . ' Again , a lady says : ' It reduced IT e

considerably , not only in the body , bnt all over . ' Thcauthor is very positive . He says : ' Step ou a woighing machine on Monday morning and again on Tuesday , and I can guarantee that you have lost 2 lbs . in weight without the slightest harm , and vast improvement in health through ridding the system of r- healthy accumulation ? . "Cork Herald , 27 th August 18 U 2 .