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Masonic Chit Chat.
THE KING OF PRUSSIA . —It has been observed with regret that an especial Grand Lodge was not held on the occasion of the visit of this illustrious Brother to this country . BRO . BERNHARD HEBELER . — " His Majesty the King of Prussia , shortly before leaving this country for Berlin , was graciously pleased to confer the Order of the Red Eagle of the second class , on M . Bernhard Hebeler , the highly respected Prussian Consul-General , resident in this
metropolis . It was , we believe , the only order conferred by the Prussian monarch during the royal visit to this country ; and what enhances that mark of his Majesty ' s favour , is that M . Hebeler is the only consul-general who has received similar decoration . " M . Hebeler is deserving of this order of merit—distinguished alike for knowledge of his official duty and urbanity in the discharge of it . As a Mason promoted to hih rank by our Grand Masterhis appointment
g , was universally approved , and the notice taken of him b y his own sovereign , will gratify the Craft , the mysteries of which both the monarch and the subject are exemplary observers . RULES FOR ALL WHO WRITE FOR NEWSPAPERS . —Write legibly . Make as few erasures and interlineations as possible . In writing names of persons and places be very particular to make every letter distinct and clear ; also in using words not English . Write only on one side of the paper .
Employ no abbreviations whatever , but write out every word in full . Address communications not to any particular persons , but to " The Editor . " Finally , when you sit down to write , don ' t be in a hurry . Consider that hurried writing makes slow printing . —Sun . SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIANS , Dee . 2 . —A paper by G . Godwin , Jun .,
Esq ., was read , on certain marks discoverable on the stones in various buildings in England , erected in the middle ages ; which stones , both inside and outside , in many cases bore a peculiar mark or symbol . It occurred to Mr . Godwin that these marks , if collected and compared , might assist in connecting the various hands of operatives , who under the protection of the church , mystically united , spread themselves over Europe during the middle ages , and are known as the Freemasons . In Poictiers he found severalnot merely similar marksbut the
, , identical devices , on buildings of a different date from those in England . Drawings were exhibited of marks from various cathedrals and churches in England and Poictiers ; these marks vary from two to seven inches , consisting of a line slightly indented , crosses , known Masonic symbols , emblems of eternity and of the trinity , double triangle , trowel , square , & c . & c . The object of the paper was to collect these marksthat they miht
, g be investigated and compared ; as no circumstance which promises to throw the smallest additional light on the early history of those wonderful men to whom we owe so many fine buildings , can be deemed unworthy of consideration . —Archaeologist , No . 5 . WESTMINSTER LITERARY INSTITUTION , Jan . 20 . —Bro . J . Lee Stevens delivered a very admirable Lecture on wood-paving , and invested a dry and hard subject with so much interestas to make the time
, pass as agreeably as profitably . Brother Major Beniowski , also , in February , delivered a Lecture on " Phrenotypics , " to a numerous auditory at the same place , and was greeted with considerable approbation . We have heard many pupils acknowledge themselves much indebted to the worthy lecturer for their improvement .
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Masonic Chit Chat.
THE KING OF PRUSSIA . —It has been observed with regret that an especial Grand Lodge was not held on the occasion of the visit of this illustrious Brother to this country . BRO . BERNHARD HEBELER . — " His Majesty the King of Prussia , shortly before leaving this country for Berlin , was graciously pleased to confer the Order of the Red Eagle of the second class , on M . Bernhard Hebeler , the highly respected Prussian Consul-General , resident in this
metropolis . It was , we believe , the only order conferred by the Prussian monarch during the royal visit to this country ; and what enhances that mark of his Majesty ' s favour , is that M . Hebeler is the only consul-general who has received similar decoration . " M . Hebeler is deserving of this order of merit—distinguished alike for knowledge of his official duty and urbanity in the discharge of it . As a Mason promoted to hih rank by our Grand Masterhis appointment
g , was universally approved , and the notice taken of him b y his own sovereign , will gratify the Craft , the mysteries of which both the monarch and the subject are exemplary observers . RULES FOR ALL WHO WRITE FOR NEWSPAPERS . —Write legibly . Make as few erasures and interlineations as possible . In writing names of persons and places be very particular to make every letter distinct and clear ; also in using words not English . Write only on one side of the paper .
Employ no abbreviations whatever , but write out every word in full . Address communications not to any particular persons , but to " The Editor . " Finally , when you sit down to write , don ' t be in a hurry . Consider that hurried writing makes slow printing . —Sun . SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIANS , Dee . 2 . —A paper by G . Godwin , Jun .,
Esq ., was read , on certain marks discoverable on the stones in various buildings in England , erected in the middle ages ; which stones , both inside and outside , in many cases bore a peculiar mark or symbol . It occurred to Mr . Godwin that these marks , if collected and compared , might assist in connecting the various hands of operatives , who under the protection of the church , mystically united , spread themselves over Europe during the middle ages , and are known as the Freemasons . In Poictiers he found severalnot merely similar marksbut the
, , identical devices , on buildings of a different date from those in England . Drawings were exhibited of marks from various cathedrals and churches in England and Poictiers ; these marks vary from two to seven inches , consisting of a line slightly indented , crosses , known Masonic symbols , emblems of eternity and of the trinity , double triangle , trowel , square , & c . & c . The object of the paper was to collect these marksthat they miht
, g be investigated and compared ; as no circumstance which promises to throw the smallest additional light on the early history of those wonderful men to whom we owe so many fine buildings , can be deemed unworthy of consideration . —Archaeologist , No . 5 . WESTMINSTER LITERARY INSTITUTION , Jan . 20 . —Bro . J . Lee Stevens delivered a very admirable Lecture on wood-paving , and invested a dry and hard subject with so much interestas to make the time
, pass as agreeably as profitably . Brother Major Beniowski , also , in February , delivered a Lecture on " Phrenotypics , " to a numerous auditory at the same place , and was greeted with considerable approbation . We have heard many pupils acknowledge themselves much indebted to the worthy lecturer for their improvement .