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"LA BRILLANTINE " METALLIC POWDER IS the best , cheapest and most effective Powder for cleaning and polishing Metals-and Glass , especially Brass . It is used by the Life , Horse , and Dragoon Guards , the Fire Brigades , Sic . Sold everywhere in 6 d . & is . Boxes . Proprietors , J . F . BAUMGARTNER & CO ., 22 , NEWMAN STREET , OXFORD STREET , LONDON , W . Beware of spurious imitations .

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> , FOR MANSIONS OR VILLAS , A ^ £ ? Ar AN ^> ^ I MPERISHABLE FLOORING ^ fa frV * FLOOR COVERING . ¦// £ ) . Estimates Free . < 26 , BERNERS STREET , W .

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GADBURY , PRATT d CO ., 24 & 25 NEW BOND STREET , W ( Corner of Conduit Street ) . Purveyors to , Her Majesty & the Royal Family , CHEESES OF ALL KINDS . FINE YORK AND OTHER HAMS .

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co - J . C . CORDING AND Co , £ ? V VOW THE BEST 0 WATERPROOFS £ eT K 5 ' FOR § ^ SHOOTING , «? tf FISHING , /& J TRAVELLING , fitf g — SV Only Address—K ^ Corner of AIR STREE T , ^ PICCADILLY .

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JOSEPH OFFORD'S J SPECIALITIES IN CAEEIAGES . 26 Prize Medals Awarded and Diploma Honour , London , 18 S 4 . Catalogues free . LANDAUS AND VICTORIAS , & c , Suspended on Patent Silent or Cee-springs . The lightest , easiest , and most elegant of summer carriages for SALE or HIRE , with option of Purchase . On view , 67 , George-street , Baker-street , and 92-54 , Gloucester-road . South Kensington , S . W .

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"F * READ READ , mL 0 R & OUTFITTER , , _ Sixteen years with A LFRED WEISB MILES IVI A R Kj and Co ., 12 , Brook-st ., Hanover-sq . VND SPECIALITE 63 s . SUITS and 16 s . and 21 s . TROUSERS . LEAR N — " ¦*~~ ' 14 , Brook Street , Bond Street , W .

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g ARNOLD .-ANT 1 QUE SILVER PLATE . "D * ARNOLD . —OLD SILVER BOUGHT for Cash . "D * ARNOLD . —PLATE and JEWELS VALUED . "p " ARNOLD . —USEFUL WEDDING PRESENTS . "D * ARNOLD .-MASONIC JEWELS . ID ARNOLD . —Silversmith , 72 , Baker-street , W .

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I DUER , / ^ 146 , NEW BOND ST ., W ., / /\ .. ( Established 1740 J , * y BREAD AND BISCUIT BAKERS , ^¦^ / Vans to all parts Daily . Hampers packed S \ / and sent to all parts o £ the Country with V / FRENCH AND VIENNA FANCY ROLLS AND BREAD .

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CARRIAGES . F and R . SHANKS particularly call . attention to their lig ht ONE-HORSE LANDAUS , of the very best materials , and fitted with their patent Self-acting Head . Several building to order to be seen in all stages at their manufactory , 70 Si 71 , Great Queen-st ., Lincoln's Inn-Fields . Drags and new and second-hand Carriages of all descriptions . Estimates given for repairs .

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_ £ -. By Special Appointment to H . R . H . £ y The Prince of Wales . & v John Underwood & Sons , i ^ , SCULPTORS & MASONS , ^ 4 ^ io , Duke . st ., Grosvenor-sq ., W ., \ 5- . < £$ ' BUCKIIURST HILL , N . li ., AND CHINCTOBD ^ . ^ y M OUNT C EMETERY . 4 ^ ' Reredoses , Pulpits , Screens , Fonts , x $ S * " Mosaic in Glass or Marble , Inlaid and cSv Incised Work . Designs , Estimates ^ and References free on application .

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WINTER WORK AMONGST THE DESTITUTE . FIELD LANE REFUGES AND RAGGED SCHOOLS , & c „ & c . SUPPORTED BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS . 3000 Persons Benefitted Weekly . PRESIDENT : THE EARL OF SHAFTESBURY , K . G . TREASURER : WILFRID A . BEVAN , Esq ., 54 , Lombard-street , E . C . BANKERS : MESSRS . BARCLAY , BEVAN , and CO ., and MESSRS . RANSOM and CO . A Special Appeal is made for Funds . The work is crippled for want of money . SECRETARY : MR . PEREGRINE PLATT , Vine-st ., Clerkenwell-rd ., E . C . By whom contributions will be gratefully received .

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E . DENT & Co ., 60 " Inventions Exhibition Gold Medal awarded ^ y for Improvement in Turret Clocks . c £ v * 61 Strand & 4 Royal Exchange , London . ^ f ^ CLOCKMJKERS to the QUEEN . £ > . ^^ Mitkern of the C . rcitt IVeKfmimter Clock r *» iS 7 (""¦ , to > - £

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SCHWEPPE'S TABLE WATERS . C SODA WATER . 3 s . 6 d . per Doz . ) POTASS WATER . ( Exclusive of Bottles . ) 1 SELTZER WATER . ( . GINGER ALE . 4 s . Gd . per doz . MALVERN SELTZER . Carriage Paid on Full and Empties to and from any address in the United Kingdom . "Fountain" Trade Mark on all Labels , and all Corks branded . A list of leading Agents sent on application to J . SCHWEPPE & Co ., 5 1 , Berners-street , London .

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These Shades are made in -r t ^> ^ Scarlet , Rose Pink , Light Pink , ^ ^ W * Buttercup Yellow , Primrose , & c . CiCW * Diameter ij-in . 19-in . 21-in . 4 $ r < $ > - Price 9 / 6 I 0 / 6 I 2 / 6 ^* c < $$ r To be obtained only o £ the Manufacturer <& EDWARD HASKELL , VP * 18 , Baker Street , Portman Square , W .

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KNITTING AT HOME , BY which Incomes can be Increased and recreative as well as Healthy Employment secured . Apply for terms to—PATENT AUTOMATIC KNITTING MACHINE CO ., LONDON : 417 , Oxford-stieet , W . ; 159 , Upper-street , Islington . LIVERPOOL : 39 , Islington . GLASGOW : 7 , Howard-street .

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A THE STEINWAY GRAND and UP-/ v /> * RIGHT PIANOFORTES . —Steinway / Ay Hall , New York ; Steinway Hall , London . ' < T ^ , * , The Standard Pianos o £ the World , being > ^ Z ^ . X ^ O * ^ e cheapest because the best and most , / j ^ y rv ^* durable . Preferred by all the great Artists . XJy r-Qr Descriptive Catalogues sent free on ap-< S ^ V v plication . Also for sa . le , at a bargain , v ^ "S . / Steinway Pianos , slightly used ; also new . roJ' / and second-hand pianos of other reliable < £ >^ ' makers . STEIN WAY & SONS , i $ Lower Seymour St ., Portman Sc ^ ., London , W . PARI S . —Boys' Christian School ( founded in 1856 ) . French , German , Mathematics , & c , taught . Twelve French boys , and four English . Meals with the Principal . Moderate Terms . Highest references on application to Rev . G . Thibaudat , K . K . C ., 15 , Rue D'Orleans , Neuilly .

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WIDOW , of Freemason well known in the Midland Counties , offers Happy Home for Motherless or Orphan Children , with Education if required . —Mrs . Howkins , 9 , Braithwaite-road , Birmingham . . £ * lO . A Freemason , aged 59 , will upon •^ obtaining EMPLOYMENT as Time , Store , or Gate Keeper , or any place of Trust by a Brother ' s influence . Present £ 10 to any Masonic Charity to be named by the Brother , Letters . —H . O ., The Palatinate , Deacon-street , Walworth .

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TRAVELLER ( P . M . London Lodge ) , good address and considerable experience , wishes to represent an Established Firm . Can sell nearly anything . Best references . Security . — " Trustworthy , " Freemason Office , Great Queen-street , London .

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OUR EYES . BROWNING'S IMPROVED METHOD OF SUITING THE SIGHT WITH SPECTACLES either personally or by correspondence . Browning ' s axis-cut pebbles are the most perfect lenses made , being cut from pure crystals of Brazilian pebbles at right angles to the axis , and every lens tested separately by the polariscope . Spectacles of superior quality from 4 s . 6 d . per pair ; with pebble lenses in best steel frames , from ios . 6 d . per pair j and in gold frames from £ 1 3 s . 6 d . Full particulars of Browning's Method of Suiting the Sight by correspondence , and testimonials post free , —JOHN BROWNING , 63 , Strand , London , W . C .

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PARIS EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT for the Sons of Gentlemen . Principal : M . G . Ovrce , Officier d'Acadcmie , late Inspector of the Ecole Supiirieure de Commerce de Paris , and Translator ol Higsjenson ' s United States History . For terms , address G . Ovree , 14 , Rue David , Passy , Paris .

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Naval , Military , and Tropical ^^ BOOT MAKER ^ ^ r ^ g 0- ?^* ^" _ .- - - "''" " PICCADILLY , LONDON , W

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INVENTIONS EXHIBITION-GOLD MEDAL AWARDED DENT'S ! ILLUSTRATED ^ 1 CATALOGUE of HIGH-CLASS WATOTTFIS WA TCIIES and CLOCKS at A . ' REDUCED PRICES , sent post ^ s ^ V * , j free on application to E . DENT jt $ j £ ^& L . and Co '' Makers to the Oueen , ^ DENT X 6 l > STRAND , LONDON , W . C , < > or 4 , ROYAL EXCHANGE .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

Correspondents are particularly requested to write on U . VE side of the paper only . BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . " Voice of Masonry , " * ' Effective Advertiser , " * ' Piano , Onjaii and Music Trades Journal , " " La Chainc D'Union de Paris " "Citizen , " "Hull Packet , " " Newcastle Daily Journal , " " Die Bauhutte , " " Allen ' s Indian Mail , " " Court Circular , " "Masonic Tablet , " and " Bulletin Grand Orient of France . "

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SATURDAY , OCTOBER 10 , 1 885 .

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of the opinionsexpressedby ourcorrespondents . but we wish in aspirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion , ] .

MASONIC EXCHANGE COLUMN . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , I think Bro . George Taylo r ' s suggestion , which I am glad to see you have at once thoroughly appreciated , will prove a source of much interest to your readers . I can testify to the want of such a column , and it will certainly have my cordial support . The model of the " Oueen "

newspaper might be tried , but I know no one more able to "devise the p lan " than my esteemed friend , Bro . Taylor , Besides tending to spread those studies with which it will be more particularly connected , I trust it may be the means also of adding materially to your subscription list . —lam , dear Sir and Brother , yours truly and fraternally , J . RAMSDEN RILEY . Bradford , October sth .

To the hdttor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , I heartily support Bro . G . Taylor ' s suggesstion for a Masonic Exchange ( and Sale ) Column , for I consider it would be a most useful medium for Masonic students to

obtain books wanted , and to move off duplicates . A cost of sixpence for each article , exclusive of the address ( payment being on such lists being forwarded ) , would doubtless cover the cost of the printing , and I feel assured that the Freemason would increase its usefulness thereby . —Yours fraternally , W . J . HUGHAN .

SUBSCRIPTIONS OF LODGES . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Will you kindly answer the following question : — In making bye-laws , who has the inherent power to fix the

amount of subscription payable by members of a lodge ? and is not the following bye-law contrary to the spirit of the Constitutions ( see 16 3 ) : — " That these bye-laws shall be transcribed in a book , and that the same shall be signed by every member of the lodge , so far as can conveniently be done ? " Your answer , through the Freemason , will be esteemed . A SUBSCRIBER . [ The lodge itself has the power to fix the amount of subscription , and although ; the signature of a member to the bye-laws is not required by the Constitutions , wc can see no objection to the practice , which is very general . —ED . FM . ~\

THE A . & A . S . RITE IN GERMANY . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , In reply to the inquiry in your issue of the igth Sept . as to the Scottish Rite and the railing , I can inform you that the Scottish Rite does not exist in Germany . The Grand Lodge of the Three Globes , at Berlin , works the " General Old Scotch Lodge " and " The Inner Orient " 0

( German-Altschottische Loge ) degrees , 4 to f , whereof I am a member . In front of the Oriental chair there is not placed a railing , made of metal faced with gems , and , of . course , it cannot have cost 80 , 000 dollars . Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany is Protector of ah German lodges , but G . M . of none . In consequence of his great age , he has very seldom visited any lodges during the last ten years . —Fraternally yours , ADOLF OVERD 1 ECK . Uelzen , Hanover , September 27 th .