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TO THE EDITOR OF THE " FREEMASON . " Dear Sir and Brother , HAXELL'S HOTELS , LONDON AND BRIGHTON . Permit me to draw the attention of the Craft to the fact that in the alterations and additions to my Hotels I have made provision for the reception of Masonic Lodges . I courteously ask for an inspection , and am Dear Sir and Brother , Yours fraternally , EDWARD NELSON HAXELL , P . M .

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WALTER S . COOPER , TIMBER MERCHANT AND INSURANCE AGENT , HIGH CROSS , TOTTENHAM , N . FIRE , LIFE , ACCIDENT , PLATE GLASS . MORTGAGES NEGOTIATED . Prospectus may be had on Application .

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p REAT NORTHERN RAILWAY . HOLIDAY EXCURSIONS . To SKEGNESS , September 20 , 22 , 27 , and 29 th , and to SUTTON-ON-SEA and MABLETHORPE , September 27 , and 29 th , from Moorgate-street 6 . 37 a . m ., Aldersgatestreet 6 . 39 , Farringdon-street 6 . 41 , King ' s Cross ( Great Northern ) 7 . 0 , Holloway 6 . 59 , Finsbury Park 7 . 10 . Passengers by the Saturday Trains may return on the Monday or Tuesday following at slightly higher fares . To ST . ALBANS and HARPENDEN , September 20 , and 27 th , from Moorgate-street 2 . 15 p . m ., Aldersgate-street 2 . 17 , Farringdon-street 2 . i 9 , King ' s Cross ( Great Northern ) 2 . 40 , and Finsbury Park 2 . 46 . To CROMER ( Beach ) and YARMOUTH ( Beach ) , September 22 nd , by the new route , from King ' s Cross ( Great Northern ) 6 . 15 a . m ., and Finsbury Park 6 . 22 . Return fare , Third Class , 5 s . LAST TRIP OF THE SEASON TO THE MIDLANDS AND NORTH OF ENGLAND . SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 27 th , for 3 or 6 days to CAMBRIDGE , CROMER , NORWICH , Yarmouth , Lincoln , Sleaford , Leicester , Nottingham , Derby , Burton , Tutbury , Stoke Burslem , Oldham , Stalybridge , Manchester , Huddersfleld , Macclesfield , Stockport , Warrington , Southport , Liverpool , Doncaster , Wakefield , Keighley , Bradford , Leeds , Halifax , Hull , York , Scarboro ' , Whitby , Bridlington , Darlington , Durham , Newcastle , & c , & c , from London . For further particulars see bills , to be obtained at Company ' s Stations and Town Parcels Receiving Offices , and of Messrs . Swan and Leach , 3 , Charing Cross , and 32 , Piccadilly Circus . HENRY OAKLEY , General Manager . King's Cross , September , 1 S 90 .

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SAP . DOES IT RISE FROM THE ROOTS ? EXPERIMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS ON TREES AND OTHER PLANTS , BY BRO . J . A . REEVES . PRICE THREE SHILLINGS . CONTENTS . Introduction — Extracts of diverse opinions — Capillary attraction—Leaf Suction—Root-pressure—Transpiration—Protoplasm — Endosmose — All the forces — Hypothetical forces—Vertical cells in wood—Grafts—Why does sap rise in spring ? — Spongioles and root-caps — No rise of sap through wood—Moisture in wood—Growth of wood—Lesson from Nature — Elaboration of sap—Stomata — Gases in plants—Odours from plants—Fruit-trees ( prolific)—Dead soil—Manure—Function of roots—Laws of vegetable substances—Inorganic matter in plants—Knots in straw stems —Silica in straw stems—Inorganic matter ; how obtained —Carnivorous plants—Falling sap—Buds and seeds—Gravitation on plants—Fly-wheel experiment—Water required — Roots grow towards water—Lopping and pruning—Standard rose trees—Nursing of plants ^ Time for lopping' — Knots in wood—Barking oak trees—Growth of trees—Hoop round a tree—Grafting—Fruit trees to raise—Ringing a tree kills it—Fruit trees to plant—Flabby cabbages—Hay stack on lire—Eucalyptus and Miasma—Grass under trees •Heat under hand-light — Leaves retaining moisture—Bloom on fruit—Grape growing—Carbon in soil—Roots from cuttings—Growths from old trees—Faraday ' s experiment—Suckers do not kill—Mode of growth—How roots enter soil—Salt kills plants—Soil not exhausted by growth •Rotation of crops—Gardener ' s motto—Nature improves soil—Parasites—Fungus does not kill—Blight of roses—Blight of trees and vines—Growth of vines—Experiments . EXTRACTS FROM GOOD AUTHORITIES . Bentley—Huxley—Johns—Humboldt—Chambers—Large Map—Flammarion—English Mechanic—Albany Country Gentleman—Darby Brown—Landsborough—Sternberg—Hanks—Jackson — Reid—Aitkin—Ville—Molisch—Warrington—Du Hamel—Smee—Tristam—Seeman—Darwin . LONDON : GEORGE KENNING , 16 AND ICA , GREAT Q UEEN STREET , W . C .

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ELOCUTION . —MISS OLIVE STETTITH ( late leading lady vvith HERMANN VEZIN ) has afew VACANCIES FOR PUPILS . Daily Telegraph says : — "Tones and accents thoroughly musical . " Referee says : — " Miss Olive Stettith is not only a pretty Portia , but a promising and an intelligent withal , so much so that it vvas borne in upon me that if Olive wished to present herself in this part she would have been better advised to have simply given a recital thereof , & c . " Figaro says : — " Worthy of her master . " Daily News says : — " Recited vvith pathos and fine elocution . " Address , 31 , John-street , Gray ' s Inn .

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Just Published . Cloth , 5 s . THE HISTORY AND RECORDS OF THE HARMONIC LODGE , No . 216 , AND THE SACRED DELTA R . A . CHAPTER . By Bro . J OSEPH HAWKINS , P . M ., P . Z . To be had from Messrs . C . and H . RATCLIFFE , Printers and Publishers , 32 , Castlestreet , Liverpool .

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Price * , 5 . HISTORY OF THE APOLLO LODGE , YORK , in relation to Craft and Royal Arch Masonry ; with Brief Sketches of its Local Predecessors and Contemporaries ; the "Grand Lodge of All England" ( York Masons ); the Provincial Grand Lodge ; and various Lodges from 1705 to 1 S 05 . By WILLIAM J AMES HUGHAN , Author of " Origin of the English Rite of Freemasonry , " & c . With valuable Appendices . London : GEORGE KENNING , 16 , Great Queen-st ., W . C .

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MASONIC ORATIONS , by Bro L . P . METHAMP . G . D . Eng ., P . D . Prov . G . M

Devon , & c , delivered in Devon and Cornwall , from A . D . 1 S 66 , at the dedication of Masonic Halls , Consecration of Lodges and Chapters , Installations , & c . With an Introduction by Bro . WILLIAM J AMES HUGHAN , P . G . D . Eng ., P . Prov . S . G . W . and G . Sec . Cornwall , & c , on Freemasonry in Devon and Cornwall , from A . D . 1732 to 1 SS 9 . Edited by Bro . J CHAPMAN , P . M . 1402 , & c , P . Prov . G . D . Devon , Author of "The Great Pyramid and Freemasonry . "

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WIDOW OF FREEMASON earnestly pleads ASSISTANCE to pay debts incurred through long illness , also to save furniture . Fullest particulars and references to Masons . Address , " TRUTH , " Office of this Paper .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

INDIGNANT . —Joining members , as well as candidates for initiation , are balloted for , and if a reason is to be given for rejection , vvhat becomes of the ballot ? We fear our correspondent must be content to accept the decision . Several communications , including the Notes on the Revised Rules of the Boys' School , stand over until next week .

BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . " Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Tennessee , " "Masonic Chronicle , " "Masonic Review" ( Ohio ) , " Liberal Freemason , " " Proceedings of the Grand Chapter of Canada , 1890 , " " Keystone , " " Canadian Craftsman , " " Freimaurcr-Zeitunp ., " " Die Bauhutte , " " South African Freemason , " " Masonic Advocate , " " Masonic Constellation , " " Freemasons' Repository , " "Australasian Keystone , " "Voice of Masonry , " and " South Australian Freemason . "

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i ^ r ^^^^^^^ VW ^^^^^^ !^^^ SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 20 , 1890 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

The _ Quatuor Coronati Lodge is to be congratulated on the very considerable progress vvhich its Correspondence Circle has made . We understand that the iooist application for election to this body was received and entered by the Secretary ( Bro . G . W . Speth ) towards the close of last week .

In the early days of next month , the City of Worcester will be the scene of certain proceedings of unusual interest to the Masonic fraternity . In the lirst place , the Provincial Grand Lodge of Worcestershire will be held there on Wednesday , the Sth prox ., under

the presidency of Bro . Sir E . A . H . Lechmere , Bart ., M . P ., Prov . G . Master , when due honour will be paid to the Lodge of Harmony , No . 280 , vvhich vvas founded b y the " Modern" Grand Lodge in 1790 , and thus completes the first century of its existence . Then there

vvill be a conversazione and ball in honour of the same auspicious event , the conversazione , as vve understand , on the evening preceding the meeting of Provincial Grand

Lodge , and the ball the evening following it . We trust the gathering of our Worcestershire brethren vvill be worthy of the occasion , and that the arrangements will be carried out successfully .

* * * We are in receipt of copy of the report of proceedings of the District Grand Lodge of New Zealand South under the Scottish Constitutions , and it is almost needless to say that the recent establishment of a

socalled Grand Lodge of New Zealand occupies a prominent place in the report . Indeed , vvith the exception of a few matters of local interest , the addresses , resolutions , and correspondence all relate immediately to this subject , on which and the circumstances attending the fulfilment of the movement they throw much addi-

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tional lig ht . We shall have occasion to look more narrowly into these particulars , which , on the assumption that they accurately represent the facts , show that the movement has far less support than has hitherto

been supposed from the lodges warranted by our Grand Lodges at home . In this case it seems all the more reprehensible that the promoters of the said Grand Lodge should have pressed their scheme forward instead of waiting patiently for a more favourable opportunity .

# # # According to returns obtained by Bro . J . P . Clarke , District Grand Secretary of the District Grand Lodge of Auckland ( N . Z . ) , under the English Constitutions , who has been in correspondence with the other District and

Provincial Grand Secretaries in the colony , the result of the voting on the question as to the establishment of a Colonial Grand Lodge shows 3 6 " lodges in favour of the scheme , 29 lodges undecided one way or the other ,

and 79 lodges in favour of remaining under the Grand Lodges of England , Ireland , and Scotland . These figures are far less favourable to the new Grand Lodge than any vve have seen as yet .

# # # The report of the proceedings of the annual Provincial Grand Lodge of Lincolnshire , held at Sutton Bridge on the 5 th June last , under the presidency of Bro . Major W . H . Smyth , P . G . M ., contains a full

account of what passed on the occasion , as well as full particulars of what has been done during the past year in aid of the local and general Charities , as well as relating to the Oliver , Smyth , and Sutcliffe Funds , which

are the local funds just referred to . The account is most creditable to our Lincolnshire brethren , whom we warmly congratulate on the zeal and energy they have shown in the conduct of their lodges , and the generosity with which they have contributed to the Charities .

* * * We regret to announce the death of Bro . Robert Bradley , Provincial Grand Secretary of the late combined Province of Berks and Bucks . Bro . Bradley was a Mason of long standing , ancl had held the important

office of Provincial Grand Secretary under the late Bro . Sir Daniel Gooch for many years . His services in this capacity had been most valuable , and when the

meeting was held at the Royal Albert Hall on the 18 th June , 188 7 , - for the purpose of commemorating the Jubilee of her Majesty , he had conferred upon him the brevet rank of Past G . S . B . of Grand Lodge .

There will be grand Masonic domgs at Douglas , Isle of Man , to-morrow ( Saturday ) , when Bro . the Earl of Lathom , D . G . M ., and Provincial Grand Master of West Lancashire , will lay the foundation stone of the

approach tovver to the proposed suspension bridge with Masonic ceremonial , and when , no doubt , the brethren of the Province of the Isle of Man vvill assemble in considerable force under their chief , Bro . Major Goldie-Taubman , P . G . M ., in honour of the occasion .

* * * After an interval of about 11 years , the Provincial Grand Lodge of Cheshire has paid a vi sit to Stockport , and there held its annual meeting , under the presidency of Bro . Lord Egerton of Tatton , Provincial Grand

Master . It vvas reported that during the past year warrants had been granted for two new lodges , of which one had been , and the other shortly would be , consecrated . The number of subscribing members in the province had also increased from 1683 to 1737 , while

the Cheshire Masonic Educational Institute is in a most gratifying condition of prosperity . This is satisfactory news , showing , as it does , that , while our younger provinces are making steady progress , those of old standing are well able to maintain their prestige .

The Provincial Grand Master of Devon , Lord Ebrington , paid a flattering but well deserved compliment to Bro . Hughan at the meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge last week , by offering him the collar of

Senior Grand Warden . Although Bro . Hughan ' s Masonic work is more cosmopolitan than provincial , he has found time to devote special attention to the interests of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Devon and its neighbouring county of Cornwall , and the desire to

recognise those services is not surprising . We are g lad to learn that although Bro . Hughan has not been in good health for some time , it was not on that account he declined the honour , but from a characteristic wish on his part not to stand in the way of

others to whom it would mean promotion . It would , we feel sure , be valued by him , but one who has filled the office of Senior Grand Warden in Cornwall , and in three Foreign Grand Lodges , to say nothing of his Grand Lodge honours , can well afford to be generous .