Masonic Orphan Boys' School, Ireland.

MASONIC ORPHAN BOYS' SCHOOL , IRELAND .

The usual monthly meeting of the Committee of this Institution was held on -Monday last at the Freemasons' Hall , Dublin . Bro . tlie Rev . Henry Westby , P . G . C . and Hon . Sec , sent forward a letter which he had received from R . W . Bro . Lord Viscount Powerscourt , P . G . M . Wicklow and Wexford , and Junior Grand

Warden , enclosing £ 30 . His lordship was elected a Vice-President of the Institution . The Secretary also announced the receipt of the following donations and subscriptions since the last meeting : — Lodge No . 1 , Cork , ^ 20 ; Bros , the R . AV . T . H . Hall , F . R . S ., Provincial Grand Master for

Cambridge ; Captain Maxwell-Harte , and Lodge No . 112 , Colombo , Ceylon , . £ 10 each ; Lodge No . 3 , Cork , . £ 3 ; the Provincial Grand Treasurer for Derry , £ 2 ; Bros . C . D . M'Carthy , and J . H . AA * allace , £ 1 is . each ; Bros . Captain O'Hara , D . L ., Captain Philp , Scots Greys , Lieutenant Fielding , R . A ., Ernst . Emii AVendt ( London ) , T . Hackett , J . F . T . Green , A . M . Beamish , and

Lodges No . 351 , Monaghan , and 555 , Fermoy , £ each ; Bros . J . Barry , S . Wood , J . Fitzpatrick , and H . Townsend , 10 s . each . Voting papers for the election of two boys were ordered to be issued , and the Board then adjourned until Friday morning , the 30 th inst ., at half-past eight o ' clock , when the half-yearly breakfast of the governors and pupils is appointed to take place .

A FEAV WORDS ABOUT DYEING . —Soiled or faded articles of dress or household wear may frequently be again rendered serviceable by dyeing ; and although the larger ones must , from the trouble and care involved , necessarily be sent to the professed dyer , the smaller ones may often be dyed to advantage at home , and some saving of money and vexatious delay effected , and more

especially in the colonics or in the country , where dyers are not easily reached . It appears desirable , therefore , lhat we should say a few words on thc subject of dyeing , and more especially on that branch of it which may be of practical use to our readers . It is found that some kinds of material are more easily combined with the colouring matter than others , Silk is easily dyed , and takes the

finest of colours . Next in order is wool . The woody fibres 0 / cotton and linen are the most difficult lo dye . But while science improved the art of dyeing , by discovering its principles and adding to its lists of materials it rendered its domestic practice more difficult . AVhile the art was simple , it has been almost as common an accomplishment as spinning ; when it had become complex

this could no longer be the case . Recently , however , the tendency of science has been in thc other direction , and has again made it simple and generally available . As early as 1826 , it was discovered lhat in thc waste formed in the manufacture of coal-gas there existed , among others , a substance which was named aniline . About 1 S 5 S , it was found that , under different kinds of chemical

treatment , this would yield a variety of brilliant colours , which were turned to practical account as dyes . From their beauty some of them became fashionable and popular j the best known of the class are magenta and mauve . Many improvements in the manufacture have since been introduced , and it is found that they have so great an affinity for thc cloth , that the use of mordants may be

dispensed with . By the use of these dyes , the dirtiness and the difficulty of home-dyeing are done away with . Thc work may be done with * t certainty of success , and without so much as soiling thc fingers . The form in which they may most readily he procured is that ol "Judson ' s Simple Dyes for the People , " as prepared by Messrs . Judson ancl Son , Southwavk-street , London . Their

preparations may be bought at any chemists nt sixpence a bottle , and give a considerable variety of colours , mostly of great delicacy and brilliancy . The process of using these dyes being clean and simple , there appears no reason why every lady should not be her own dyer , or why dyeing-day should not , in every wellregulated family , be as common and much more agreeable

than washing-day . Any young lady can begin her experiments on a ribbon or feather , following the directions already given , in a basin of water , and proceed afterwards to larger articles of dress in a bread-pan or fool-bath . The thingwould be worth trying from inotivesof economy , and much more real amusement would result from il than from many of the melancholy recreations to which young

ladies of the present day arc condemned . In addition to their use as dyes , wc find that these lluids are applied lo a curious variety of purposes . Such of our lady readers as practise illumination will find them , from their brilliancy , valuable for that purpose ; and to the designers of stained glass windows they are likely to prove of great importance , since , by their means , something of the lustre

of actual glass is to be attained in thc preliminary paper cartoons . Architects and engineers employ them as Hat washes on their plans and sections ; photographic colou ' rists lint photographs with them ; we are not aware that artists have painted with them as yet . Thc edges of book may be coloured with them in a pretty manner by pressing the volume tightly together and laying on tlie fluid lightly

and ([ iiickly with a soft brush . Deal may be stained wilh them to imitate oak , mahogany , satin wood , or ebony . For staining leather they answer well . Many other uses might be mentioned ; but on eof the most curious which has come to our knowledge is that recently adopted by a

proprietor of hackney carriages . AA'hen the linings of liis vehicles become faded he stains them , without removing , with a solution of blue or crimson , and they look fresh and bright again ; and the otherwise necessary expense of refining is thus avoided . — Vide Cassell s Household ' untileon Decorative Art , March , 1 S 70 .

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Jottings From Masonic Journals .

Die Bauhiitte , of 3 rd mst ., has agood article on Goethe , by Bro . Heinrich Goll , member of the Lodge " Carl zur Eintracht , " in Mannheim . Bro . G . Treu is appointed Representative of the Grand Lodge of Portugal ( Lusitania ) by the Grand Lodge ofthe "Sun" at Bayreuth . The Grand Lodge "Royal York , " of Prussia , has contributed 2 , 500 thalers to the funds of the Central Committee for succouring the sick and wounded in the field .

FROM the Masonic Trowel , of Springfield , Illinois , we learn that at the celebration of St . John ' s Day at Fairbury , in that State , R . AV . Bro . AV . Rounseville , whose name is favourably known in English Masonic circles , delivered a stirring oration on the principles of the Craft . " THE Kentucky Freemasonry hits hard at the use

of Mnemonic keys or ciphers in Masonry . IN the Freemason of St . Louis , Mo ., for August , Bro . G . F . Gouley , the editor , contributes a fine article under the caption "Is Freemasonry Ancient ? " and we thoroughly agree with our talented brother ' s conclusion that " AVhat we want most in Freemasonry to-day is more of a LIVING HISTORY . "

ST . John ' s Day was celebrated with an imposing procession and other demonstrations by thc Masonic fraternity at Denver , Colorado , when thc corner-stone of the great Union Passenger Depot was laid with great solemnity , and an eloquent address was delivered by the Right Rev . Brother George M . Randall , Bishop of the Diocese .

AVE thank our brother of The Landmark ( New York ) for his kindly notice of the excursion given to his employes by Bro . Kenning , whom he not inaptly terms " a whole-souled brother . " It is pleasing to record the interchange of these fraternal civilities between members ofthe great guild ofthe Masonic press . A " Statement concerning the Grand Lodge of

Quebec has been issued by M . AA ' . Bro . Graham , the Grand Master . Its arguments are lucid and conclusive , and thc spirit of moderation which pervades every page equally deserves commendation . From our American exchanges we learn that the right of our Quebec brethren to self-government has been recognised by a large

number of Grand Lodges in the States , and it is almost needless to add that English Masons will not hesitate to acknowledge the diplomas of thc Grand Lodge of Quebec as being equally valid with those ol the Grand Lodge of Ontario , nee Canada . Time and the good temper of the Quebeckers have virtually decided the question in their favour .

THE Masonic Review , edited lay Bro . Cornelius Moore , of Cincinnati , Ohio , reaches us for the first time ( two numbers , June and July ) . AA e would remind one of Bro . Moore ' s collaborateurs that it is not usual to speak of editorial remarks as those of " one of the English brethren , " and with respect lo the particular question of union between thc unrecognised degrees , which he states

we " graphically described , " it may not bc out of place lo state that we represented the opinions of avast majority of the thinking Masons of England . AA ' e are well pleased with thc Rcvicvo , which is ably edited , and when we add that it has commenced its thirty-eighth volume , " nothing more is needed to show thai it possesses thc confidence and support of thc Craft in Ohio .

FROM the Masonic Record ( editor , John Frizzcll , Nashville , Tennessee ) wc learn that the New Brunswick Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters have adopted nn amendment lo their Constitutions , based upon one of the statutes of the Imperial Council of the Red Cross Order in England , authorising theappointment of Inspcctors-Gencral of Divisions as Delegates of the Most Puissant

Grand Master . Dr . J- C . Hathaway was elected M . P . S . Master , and V > . R . Munro , Grand Recorder . Masonry in Newlirunswick is greatly indebted lo the zeal and activity of 111 . Bro . Robert Marshall , T , f , for much of its present prosperity . THE Treemaxon ' s Monthly Magazine , of Boston , U . S ., for August , has arrived , and its venerable and distinguished editor , Bro . Chas . AV . Moore , contributes

several well-written articles—one on the " Persecutions in Cuba , " where Masons are being tortured and mur . icred for their devotion to thc Craft ; and another—whieti exhausts the law on thc subject—on the "Right lo Visit . " AVe should like to hear liro . Moore ' s views on the Quebec difficulty in the Magazine , liro . Drummond , P . G . M . of Maine , confirms and supports his previous arguments in favour of prompt recognition .

The following letter from thc American Free mason will be read with interest : —

HIRAM Alill * . ( To the Editor of the American Freemason . ) Dear Bro . Brennan , —I thank you for the file of Tun FKKKMASO . V papers , which you senl me"for perusal . No doubt you meant lo interest me in the subject with which I head this letter . I trust , loo , lhat you will not refuse mc the privilege of replying in the columns of ' J ' he American Freemason to the criticism which my " Contribution

to the Antiquity of Masonry , " republished from your paper into the Loudon FREEMASON , has met in its columns . My critics are a Mr . AVilliam Carpenter , . seem ingly a scholarly gentleman , though apparently not open lo conviction , and a certain AV . I . 1 ! ., of whom I cannot in conscience say as much . To Mr . AVm . Carpenter I will head my reply with : "Dogiislilms non est disputanduiii . " But to AV . P . li . I am almost inclined to say simply : " Shoo , fly I don ' t hodder me ! "

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" First , then , as to Mr . Wm . Carpenter . This gentleman appeairsfp have written an essay on the legend of Hiram Abif , in . frliich he intimates that he has given reasons for not accepting , my assertions or statements respecting the subject in question . This , Mr . Carpenter says iu reply ( London FREEMASON for April 23 , p . 200 ) to a certain "Pygmalion , " who had my article-republished in that

paper ( April 16 , p . 181 ) for Mr . C . ' s special benefit . But MY . C . sees no benefit to be derived from , my simple averment that Abiv or Aviv is a . proper , name , and no mere . Mr . C . further believes , that had I read his article I " would have deemed it necessary to say something in reply to my ( C . 's ) argument . " Now , whatever the arguments of Mr . C . may be in his article , viz ., "Legend of

Hiram Abif , " one thing is certain to my mind—that C . s arguments against rny " Contribution , " & c , contained in his letter to THE FREEMASON for April 23 , 1870 , p . 200 , are very susceptible of being answered . But , for the sake of clearness , though at some hazard of being tedious , allow me to lay the case plainly before you and your readers . In reading the scriptural passages

which refer to Hiram Abif , . we meet first in the English common version , 1 Kings ' vii . 13 , 14 : "And King Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre . ( 14 ) He a widow ' s son of the tribe of Napthali , and his father a man of Tyre , a worker in brass ; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding , and cutining to work , " etc . Here the difficulty of referring the last pronoun " he " is

not apparently great in the English version ; it is somewhat greater'in the original Hebrew , still not insurmountable . But reading the parallel passages in 2 Chron . ii . 13 , 14 , the difficulty increases : "And now I have sent a cunning man , endued with understanding of Huram my father ' s , ( 14 ) The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan , and his father a man of Tyre , skillful to work in

gold , and m silver , etc . Ihe difficulty increases here m referring the " skilful to work , " etc ., to the " cunning man , " whose name is not given . But the difficulty increases beyond any help in 2 Chron . iv . 16 , which reads ' . " The pots also , and the shovels , and the fleshhooks , and all their instruments , did Huram his father make lo King Solomon , " etc . The question is , AVho is

the artificer here spoken of , and whose father was he ? Mr . Carpenter says , in common wilh many other commentators , that his name was according to Chronicles ( 2 , i v . 16 ?) Huram , and . he was regarded as father to Solomon for services rendered . Further , that the '' of Huram my father ' s , " in 2 Chron . ii . 13 , 14 , means of Huram my father ' s ( the Tyrian king ' s ) household . Further , that this

Huram is the same as Hiram of 1 Kings vii . 13 , 14 . Now by Masonic light ( notwithstanding AV . P . B . ' s boastful modernism , paraded in the London FREEMASON for May 7 , p . 225 ) , 1 , with some others , choose to read Abi , or Avi , or Aviv , or Avif , instead of "and his father , " " my father , " and "his father ; " and all these in perfect accordance with the Hebrew text . Finding , moreover ,

that this my Masonic rendering of the original text differs from the oldest translation of the Hebrew Bible , viz ., the Septuaginta , / ash whether Masonry , or a part of the legend of Hiram Abif —/ . < ¦ ., his very name—is not ante-Septuagintic ? I wished in my " Contribution , " etc ., lhat " some Masonic archteologist would give me some light . " Mr . AVm . Carpenter gives me the darkness which covered

the minds of all non-Masonic translators and commentators of old ; and Mr . AV . P . B . is condescending enough to laugh at me and my desire for light . But let mc answer Mr . C . ' s remarks against my views , in FREEMASON , April 23 , p . 200 . Mr . C , to my question , " AA'hethcr Masonry is not ante-Septuaginlic , seeing that it translates the Hebrew text , or , rather transcribes it

differently , and better , than the Septuaginta ? " replies "As well might he ( Dr . Epstein ) argue that the German and Swedish versions of the Bible were made before the Septuaginta , because ihey also retain the word Abif , and do not translate it . " My answer is : 1 st , The German and Swedish vcr .-ions were made after Masonry was already in the world . 2 nd , Masonry never made it its business to

translate the Hebrew tcxl , but shows only incidentally that it understands the Hebrew text of certain passages differently and better than the current translations do and did ; and the question is ,, where did Masonry get its peculiar rendering ? And , 3 rd , Did Masonry get the rendering of those passages from the German and Swedish versions ? I repeal , "I wish some Masonic arclneologist

would give me some light . " Mr . Carpenter says , he has anticipated !) ' ( in his essay ) shown all I say to be without foundation . "Will he be kind enough to send ^ ue that essay ? I promise him an attentive reading , and a readiness to accept his arguments , if in accordance with truth and reason . Mr . C . asks of " Pygmalion , " who has read his essay ,

the following two questions : —1 st , " AA'ill he favour me with any passage in the Old Testament in which a Hebrew bears a second name , or , as wc should say , a surname , as Hiram Abif ? " Let me answer this for " Pygmalion , " and I cannot think that my not having read Mr . C . ' s essay could disqualify me for doing so . It is true no Hebron is called in the Old Testament by a surname , but foreigners

to the Hebrews are , and Hiram Abiv -, oas a foreigner . Thus we have in the Old Testament : —Kvil Mcrodach ( 2 Kings xxv . 27 ) , Ishbi Benob ( 2 Sam . xxi . 16 ) , Ksor jladdon ( 2 Kings xix . 37 ) , Pharaoh Necho ( 2 Kings xxiii . 20 ) cl passim , Pharaoh Hophra ( Jer . xliv . ^ o ) , Mcrodach Beladon ( Isaiah xxxix . 1 ) . The Hebrews named their children after certain family or national events ; and hence we find but few Hebrews in the Old Testament bearing

the same name . This was not the custom with the Gentiles ; hence their need of a surname . Mr . C . asks again : " ( 2 ) AA'hy is there more want of sense in making Hiram father to Solomon , than in making Joseph father to Pharoah ( Gen . xlv . S ) ? or in Micali making the Levile his father ( jud . xvii . 10 ) ? or in Eh'sha making Klijah his father ( 2 Kings ii . 12 )? or in King Jehoram making Elisha \ m fattier ( 2 Kings vi . 21 )? or in King Johab doing thc same thing ( 2 Kings xiii . 14 ?