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Chit Chat.
been for many years . A friend of mine who watched the procession told me that it consisted of forty eight persons , among whom were two individuals of the highest families in France ; one belonging to the royal house of Spain ; besides a Greek boyard , ancl three British noblemen . Their dress consists of a long black frock coat , upon the lappels of which the scarlet cross is embroidered ; this is concealed when the coat is buttoned , ancl thus escapes observation . Their order still believe that the dying curse pronounced by Jacques Molay upon all kings ancl pontiffs is again at work , and that they shall still exist through time and change when these shall be no more!—Atlas .
ROYAL CANDOUR . ( not a bad hint to the present Grand Master ) . — George II . being informed that an impudent printer was to be punished for having published a spurious king ' s speech , replied , that he hoped the punishment would be of the mildest sort , because he had read both , and as far as he understood either of them , he liked the spurious speech better than his own .
PARISIAN ANTIQUITIES . —The workmen who have been lately engaged in lowering the Place du Parvis , Notre Dame , have discovered several curious objects . Among others , they have found two shafts of a marble column , a fine medal , in yellow copper , of the reign of Louis XIII ; some human bones , part of a spout , artistically worked ; an enormous mass of masonry , appearing to indicate the place of a monument of the Roman Empire , and the foundations of a little chapel , dedicated in the middle ages to Saint Christopher . The crowd was so great around the workmen , that the Prefect of Police was obliged to place a strong force of sergens de ville and municipal guards to preserve ordei-. —Galignani .
INTERESTING DISCOVERY . —A letter from Aix-la-Chapelle says— "A discovery has just been made here of the highest interest in a religious and historical point of view , viz ., the remains of Charlemagne . It is known that in the year 1000 , Otho III . caused the vault of the Emperor to be opened , ancl that Frederick I ., Barbarossa , on the 29 th of December , 1165 , took up the bones of this great Prince after he had been placed among the number of the saints by Pope Pascal III . Frederick kept these mortal spoils in a chest . The vestments ancl insignia of the
Emperor became the coronation robes and insignia of the Franco-Roman empire , and after , in 1792 , Francis II . invested himself with them as King and Emperor elect , and they were conveyed to Vienna , where they are still preserved . But the relics of Charlemagne were lost , except one arm , which was enshrined in a reliquary , and , although great pains were taken , they could never afterwards be found . A few days ago , however , the old chest was found to a place adjoining the sacristy , where it was left entirely abandoned in a dark closet . The discovery was made while two other beatified bodies were being removed in the presence of the director of the Royal Museums . "— Galiqnani .
A PARABLE FROM THE TALMUD . —Rabbi Bun having died in the yothfulageof eight-and-twenty , Rabbi Seia delivered a funeral oration , beginning with the words— " The sleep of a labouring man is sweet , whether he eat little or much ; but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep . " ( Eccl . v . 12 . ) This sentence he illustrated by the following parable : — "A certain master had engaged several workmen for the erecting of an edifice . Among these there was one who excelled
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Chit Chat.
been for many years . A friend of mine who watched the procession told me that it consisted of forty eight persons , among whom were two individuals of the highest families in France ; one belonging to the royal house of Spain ; besides a Greek boyard , ancl three British noblemen . Their dress consists of a long black frock coat , upon the lappels of which the scarlet cross is embroidered ; this is concealed when the coat is buttoned , ancl thus escapes observation . Their order still believe that the dying curse pronounced by Jacques Molay upon all kings ancl pontiffs is again at work , and that they shall still exist through time and change when these shall be no more!—Atlas .
ROYAL CANDOUR . ( not a bad hint to the present Grand Master ) . — George II . being informed that an impudent printer was to be punished for having published a spurious king ' s speech , replied , that he hoped the punishment would be of the mildest sort , because he had read both , and as far as he understood either of them , he liked the spurious speech better than his own .
PARISIAN ANTIQUITIES . —The workmen who have been lately engaged in lowering the Place du Parvis , Notre Dame , have discovered several curious objects . Among others , they have found two shafts of a marble column , a fine medal , in yellow copper , of the reign of Louis XIII ; some human bones , part of a spout , artistically worked ; an enormous mass of masonry , appearing to indicate the place of a monument of the Roman Empire , and the foundations of a little chapel , dedicated in the middle ages to Saint Christopher . The crowd was so great around the workmen , that the Prefect of Police was obliged to place a strong force of sergens de ville and municipal guards to preserve ordei-. —Galignani .
INTERESTING DISCOVERY . —A letter from Aix-la-Chapelle says— "A discovery has just been made here of the highest interest in a religious and historical point of view , viz ., the remains of Charlemagne . It is known that in the year 1000 , Otho III . caused the vault of the Emperor to be opened , ancl that Frederick I ., Barbarossa , on the 29 th of December , 1165 , took up the bones of this great Prince after he had been placed among the number of the saints by Pope Pascal III . Frederick kept these mortal spoils in a chest . The vestments ancl insignia of the
Emperor became the coronation robes and insignia of the Franco-Roman empire , and after , in 1792 , Francis II . invested himself with them as King and Emperor elect , and they were conveyed to Vienna , where they are still preserved . But the relics of Charlemagne were lost , except one arm , which was enshrined in a reliquary , and , although great pains were taken , they could never afterwards be found . A few days ago , however , the old chest was found to a place adjoining the sacristy , where it was left entirely abandoned in a dark closet . The discovery was made while two other beatified bodies were being removed in the presence of the director of the Royal Museums . "— Galiqnani .
A PARABLE FROM THE TALMUD . —Rabbi Bun having died in the yothfulageof eight-and-twenty , Rabbi Seia delivered a funeral oration , beginning with the words— " The sleep of a labouring man is sweet , whether he eat little or much ; but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep . " ( Eccl . v . 12 . ) This sentence he illustrated by the following parable : — "A certain master had engaged several workmen for the erecting of an edifice . Among these there was one who excelled