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was fain to stop and asli * the owner , of it if he was ill , . saying , "Are you '*' ill ,. ' . sir .. ' Receiving no reply , ho stepped nearer , and repeated' his question ; still getting no answer he ventured to _ get on the step of tho cart . One glance revealed the truth ; it was a dead body dressed as ' a mail , and fastened-to the seat in a sitting position . " The resurretion men , " he muttered , and forthwith

got into the catt , cut the cords , and removed the body , placing it . at . tho side of ( the house . Then ,. ho removed the'tqp ' cba'fc frbm'ifc' , put ifc da himself , and took up the body ' s position in the carfc . , *' ' , : This" men ' very ' soon made their : appearance , and looking -to the right and left , one said to the other , " All right ^ 'Jiick , " ito which the other responded "All right . "

The one addressed as "Jack " went to the oft-side , and gotinto-the cart taking the rpinsj the other got up at the , nearside . ; ¦ . ; . - . ' , ,-,, ; ., ., - The trio wore comfdrtably jogging along , when tho supposed body fell slightly ,,. bnfc-stiffly , on ono side against thoir-anwho . was not . driving . He jerked it up -yvitb ' his shoulder , " and then it ( the body ) went over to the othpr side and leant against the driver . He . very

roughly jerked it back , and ifc fell rather heavily against the-otlifef : man , who , in a quaking kind of way , ' stammered out , "Jack , I ' m ble-e-est , i £ this fellow ain ' t •^• eM'm . ' ' . ¦ - . •" . ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦ -: - . : . . The assumed dead man replied , in a voice most sepulchral ; ' ' . ' 'Yes- ' and so would you be , if you had cfomefrom-lvhoro I have . " ......

Almost before tho sentence was finished the , daring bqdy-sua ' tcliors jumped clean out of tho cart ; and tho presumably resuscitated man took up tho reins and drive off . Tho liorsb arid-cart woro not claimed . Not many years . ' ago the occupants of tbo . ' cottagcs had occasion to remove the floorings ; and there , sure enough , beneath woro' h ' um ' nnhpnes * plentifully strewed about . The custom ' of those resurrectionists , bad beeu

to wait and wa ' tch ' . for interments '; thencrossmg the road at tho dead of . night they proceeded to the nowmade grave , disinterred tho body ,, iutdconcealed . it in the cottage cellars . Tho next thing to do was to successfully convey ifc to a London hospital or anatomist's dissecting room . Tho facts made known by this short talo will tell tho reader of ono of tho methods adopted , and how it terminated .

MAUK MASONS . —Thoso entrusted with tho restorations of 8 t . Mark ' s , Venice ? "John , did you ' find any eggs in the lien ' s nest this morning ? " " No , sir ; if tho old hen laid any sho bos mislaid them . "

DOOUEKHY , ( City Press ) , understands that a goodlooking man is hired to stand at the entrance to a much vaunted spirit storo in tho City , nnd smack his lips violently at intervals . It mnst bo very dry work . " Is this Trafulgat ' -squni-o ? " asked a gentleman up for tlio day , with his wife on , his ami . "Yes . " "Arid " was it hero , " inquired the wife , " whqro tho Hattl 6 of

Trafalgarwas fought' ?" - This is upositivo fact . —Mayfair . '•> .-. ' . ON * fi ccrttiih American mil road , a Voting man I " ' ' head out of tho carriage window to kiss his girl goodbye , when tho train wont ahoud so rapidly that ho kissed an aged African ^ fqnialo at the next station . This is supposed to bo the fastest timo over mado ou a railway

tram . » A SACRAMENTO lawyer-noetiiarkod-to . the- court : "It is ni-fCowicUd o * pinion , Judge , that you are ' an old fool . " Tho judge allowed his mildly beaming eye to full upon . tilts lawyer a , brief moment , thoti , iu a voico husky with suppressed emotion , said : " It is my candid opinion you aro fined SI 00 . "

AN ubiquitous , roportor rushed , into tho sanctum recently aud bl-eathlcssry exclaimed , " I ' ve just soon something " that I never saw before , anti , alas ! Khali never see again ! " Ho spoko sadly , nnd ' tbo moisture of a tear began to glisten on his chuck . " What is it ? " wo exclaimed ; " whence ! why ! speak !' . ' "Ah , boys , " ho guid , " 1 ' vo seen tho first of December , 1870 . " Ho has

takciultifl lint homo far * repairs . - A YOUNO ludy was sittiug'with a gallant Captain in a charmingly decorated recess : ) On' her - kneo was a diminutive niece . In tho adjoining room , with thu door opcA , wore the- rest of tlio company . Said tho KtMo iiftce , itia'jealoiisand very audible voico , " Auntie , kiss mo too . " Evidently something hod just happened

"Vou should say twice , Ethel , dear ; two is not grammar , " was the immediate rejoimlon ' " 'POPI'LAIC FAMOVA ' /—How Colorow , tho Uto chief , leading in tlio present war , camo to bo deposed nnd superseded is thus explained ! Colorow , enraged ' , at something , camo to Governor M'Cook's oflice , presented a revolver , and saitl , " M'Cook liar ! " Tho Governor wont on writing .. " M'Cook——linr ! " siiid Colorow

M'Cook continued to write . " M'Cook- — — liai '!" shoutetl tho chief . M'Cook would riotdook at him . liy this time Colorow hatl concluded that thoro was no tight , in tbo Governor , and allowed tho haiiel holding the revolver to tlroj ) to lus side . , Thu movo was a fatal one . In an instant M'Cook seized 'Ids' wrist , knocked the weapon away from him , and , catching tbo astonished

Indian hy the neck , kicked him downstairs and out itito the street , where there were it iiumjierof Uti'n standing about . With great tact M'Cook pointed to the pl-osti-ute mill humiliated form of Coloriiw , aud , turuing lo the L ' tcs , said : " Xo mini to lead braves . Colorow un old woman , ( let a man for a chief . " 'Chen , turning on liis heel , he tvallcecl upstairs . The nexi day ihe mortified L ' te . s deposed Colorow . — . Yen- York Trib . iut ' .

Works On Freemasonry.

Works on Freemasonry .

Early History - and Antiquities of : Freemasonry , The . ' As connected Avith the Norse Guilds , ' and -the Oriental aud * Mediaeval- Building Fraternity . By GEORGE P . Popr . Third , edition , revised and enlarged , ,-Syo , cloth . 15 / - Thc work is the result of years of labour , whose original and persistent design has uniformly been to arrive at truth-. In no instance are traditions Tcsti-ng on ^¦ nswbitA'ftlial grG \ mtl atUluc-etl as corroborative , testimony-of ihe line of research which , after careful examination of ' facts ; We has adopted . M " ere ' legends or guildic talcs do not

appear in this b'tfok , unless produced in . that portion of thc treatise abandoned expressly to the traditional history of the Fraternity . In a , word , the constant and invariable tendency of the author in ttfe ensuing pages is to bring * the history ind antiquities of the Craft down to an undisputed historical basis ; and , in the ; purs * aauce of this subject , he was frequently , competed to abandon the usual track followed by writers on this subject and to rely upon authorities whose testimony—found noted in the margin—will be accepted without suspicion of intemperate or "\ inmerited zeal . The immediate

argument and scope of the-trcatisc may be briefly stated as follows : To commence with a narrative , of the state of fine arts at thc decline of the Roman Enipire . ' and also ofthe propagation of Architecture and Us kindredScicrices liy bodies of buijderswho developed into thcMiddlc Age Frceriiasons ^ whqse-history is carried down to the formal extinction of , this society as an uperative brotherhood in the year 1717 , Among tlie several appendices will bc found a contribution to the History of the * Lost Word , together with other valuable documentary evidence , which is added to make the same more acceptable to the public an *^ Fraternity at large . —sJuthor ' s Preface ,

History of Freemasonry , from its Origin to the Present Day , The . By Bro . J . 6 . FINDEL . Drawn from tho best sources and tho most recent investigations . Second' edition , revised and preface written by Iiro . D . MUUIIAY LYON , B . W , ' Grand Secretary of tlio Grand Lodgo of Sootlppd . 800 pages ; . Svo , " with index , cloth - ¦ -pit . ' , 1016 . ' . . ' . " , " OPINIONS OK If- '' - / PRESS ., ' iiro . I ' i ' id f l , who lias urittt-ei a sober , earnest , and elaborate

history of I' riicmasonry * tiv all' ituarters of the world" , docs not go to so remote a ' leriioil for the origin ee > f tT * c Fraternity . We do-not strppofee that such a mass of material for a history o ' f the . Craft , was ever , gathered together as may bi * found in litis volume , in which' the author seems to have fairly exhausted the subject . —Thcjthcn # uiri . ' Herr Kindel has brought together a large number of facts ; his book is a valuable addition to thc literature of I ' rcemasonrv . —The BuMti .

Thc work seems to be generally correct anel reliable j considerable information is given as to the customs and symbols of thc "Guilds " of l ' nglish , l- " rench , and German Stonemasons . The work is interesting as a novel . . Masonic manuscripts have more than usnal prominence given to them . The author is entitled to our warmest thanks , which are doubly due for so learned a contribution to Masonic literature . — -Ihe IJevnn ami Cornivtill AJeijemr Co ' CHelar . £ tl by llro . tr . y . Ilughjit .

Numerical and Numismatical

Register of Lodges under tlie United Grand Lodge of England . - Compiled by WILLIAM JAMES IIUUUAN , Author of " History of Freemasonry nt ... York , " " Memorials of tlio Masonic Union of 1813 , " - " Old Charges of tho British Freemasons , " oto . It contains a sketch of- Freemasonry in Kngland , tho " Articles of Union-of 1813 , " lists of all special and

centenary medals , with full descriptions , roll of lodges distinguished -with special aud centenary warrants , regulations of tho Grand Lodgo respect , ing "dasouio jewels , particulars as to Masonio medals and tokens , list of existing lodges which formed tho Grand Lodgeof Kngland Deo ., 1813 , with thojr numbers before and as altered in 1814 , 1832 , and 18 ( ll ! , thoir names nnd places of meeting

in 1878 , thoir years of constitution , cither by thc Grand Lodgo of England ( modem ) or by tho Grand Lodgo Of Kngland according to tho old institutions ( ancient ) i also a . list of extinct Union Lodges , with their numbers , etc . Tho illustrations conu ptfso lithographs in colours of most of tho medals above referred to . Dedicated to tho U . W . llro . Sir Albert William Woods , Garter l' . U . W ., G . D . C . 4 fco , cloth , oto . 12 / 6

Life of Constantine , The

Written in Greek , by EUSKIIIUS PAMPIIIIUK ( Bishop of C . assarcn , in I ' ulestine ) . Done into Knglish from that edition , set forth by MALES ! us , and printed in 1 'uris in tho your Wp ' J . 1 'rofaco by Bros . fl . WK . - H ' ORTH Linx ** , Troas . Gun ., anti tho Kev . A . F . A : Wooproitu , P . G . O . With Kngravings of Constantino the Great j Lord linncliiTo of Ireland , Grand

Commander of tlio Orders of Constantino nnd 1 'hilippi J ILK . H . tho ^ Duko of Sussex , K . G ., Grand Sovereign from 1813 to 1813 ; the Enrl of Boctivo , M . l * ., Grand Sovereign from 18 ( i ( i to 187 1 " , Sir Frederick Martin Williams , Hart . ; M . l ' ., Grand

Viceroy 18 ( 5 ( 1 to 1874 , ' ('' mud Sovereign 1871- and 1875 ; Coloiiol Francis liimlett , Grand Xiceray 1874 nnd 1875 Hobcrt Wentworth Littlo , Grand *'« L * 6-il 6 *'* . lH 05 to 187 * * , Grand Treasurer 1873-4-5 ; the Knight '' of Coiistantino and tho Vision of tho Cross , & c . 8 vo , cloth . 5 / -

Speculative Preemasomy

Soli's mi tl »< Si'ieiitilk ' . ' mid Keligious Mysteries of Aiit " i ( ii ° t , y ; tin' (' nosiri iilnl Sucrul ' Schools of the Miildlo Ages ; . MIMIOI-II ltohici'tieinnisiu i and the various Kights mid Degrees '« f Fi-ci' and Accepted Miisoury . Hy JOHN V ' AIIKI : II , I' . M ., I ' resident mill ( . ' iniimmiitcrof nil Onlers mill Dogives in Cm ft , Murk , Jtoynl Arch , Templar , itntl otbor Knulish Itilt'H ; P . S . G . W . ( iii'ii-e ; G . M . i . t * ihu A . and P . lliii . ' , itc . Crown Hvo ., cloth . 3 / G-

Kenning ' s Archaeological ' . 'Library

Edited by Kev . A .-.. F ; . A . WOODFO- , - Past . Grand Chaplain . Vol . I . con-jams A * idei * son ? s Constitutions of 1723 , being the first complete reprint ^ jn'England of that memorable book . . It is- admirably printed and illustrate ^ aij it was / first issued ' and will be found a work of the greatest interest to all Masons , ' and especially to" those who like still to

poro over the ancient records of "the Craft . The Wilson MS . Constitution , which forms the second Part of Vol . I ., is also of much value to antiquarians and the Craft . It is first mentioned ia the manifesto of the " Lotlge of Antiquity" in V 77 S , and the story of its discovery by tho editor has been told in the pages of the Freemason . It is hoped

that this will lead to tho discovery of other missing MSS ., and that the future volumes of the Archaeological-Library" will lead Masonic students to a clearer cpneeption of tho real history of Freemasonry and the true bearing of its- very curious and ancient MSS ; ' Handsomely-prinfod iu antique type , large . 4 to , cloth . 7 / 6 . ..

History of the Lodge of Edinburgh

Mary ' s Clrapel ( No . 1 ) . Embracing an account of the riso and progress of Frefcmhsbnry in'Scotland . By D . MCTRHAY LYON , Grand * Secretary Graud Lodge of Scotland , P . Prov : S . G . W . of Ayrshire , ere . This history is based upoii . the oldest Lodge records extant , and other maliuscripts of unquestionable authenticity . It treats of tho

ancient laws and usages or the Operative Fraternity , and trace * . * " tlio development of that association into one of Theoretical Masons .- It has boon got up at great expens-o , and contains ' twenty-six b ' oautifully-exccuted facsimiles , embracing the

Masonic Statutes of 1598 , tho llistofy and Charges of Masonry used by tho Scotclf Lo ' dgfe-s two hundred years ago , the St . Clair Chnrtefcs of 1600 and 1 GS 2 . Mason Marks , Seals , etc . ' ; also Authentic Portraits and Autographs of eminent' Cittftsmcit ol Oto past and'present time , etc . 'Imperial 8 vo , cloth gilt .

31 / 6 ; . ¦"• * * Antiquities of- 'P ^ emasonry .

By Rev . GEOJIOE OUVKII ,. D . D . Comprising Jlltistrntions of tlio Five Grand . Periods of Masonry , from the Creation of tho World to tho Dedication of King Solomon ' s Temple . Folding Plato and Four Maps . London , 1823 . Svo , boards . 12 / -

EncyclopEedia of Freemasonry and

its Kindred Sciences , An . Comprising tho wholo range of Arts , Sciences , and Literature ns connected with the Institution . B y Bro . ALHEKT G . MACKAV , M . D ., author of "Lexicon of Freemasonry , " "A Text Book of Masouic Jurisprudence , " "Symbolism of Freemasonry , " etc . -Jto , cloth , with illustrations . " 38 /

---Four Old Lodges , The

Th ' e- founders of modern Freemasonry , A . D . 1717 , their history , statutes ; and privileges , together with full histories ( completed * nnd connectedly nrrmigeil for tho first time from the old records ) of all regular lodges in England from' A ' . b ' ., 1717 to tho Union in 18 l 3 , constituting an unique tecord ' of the progress of English Masonry , by proseutiBg nn outline of tlio history of every Lodge constituted by tho

Grand Lodgo of England within that period . By HOIIERT FUEKK GoULiij P-M ^' - ^ ariasttT-at-Law . Tho five closings-lip 1-ihid alterations of numbers which occurred in J 7 I 0 , 175 ( 5 , 1770 , 1781 , nnd 17 !) - ' , 'droshown in'so ' j ' nrnto lists , ench- ' of 'thorn indicating in a distinct column the nutriucr which wns borne by each lodge on tho prerious' list , thus affording a key to its continuous historical idontification . Demy -lto ; cloth . 10 / -

Israelites Foimd m the

Anglo-Saxons , The . Tho , Ten ( Tribeg supposed to be lost traced from the Lund of thoir iCtjptivitj to thoir occupation of tho Isles q £ the Sea ' . , ' With nn exhibition of those tra ' ts of Character niid Nntioiml Characteristics assigned to Israel-in the Hunks of tho Uebrcw prophets . By Bro . WILLIAM CAIH-KNTKK , P . M ., P . Z ., author of " Scicntia lliblicn , "

"Scripture Kuturnl History , " "Guido to the rending of tho Bible , " " Lectures on Biblicul Criticism and Interpretation , " "A Popular . Introduction to tho Bible , " " I-ec ' tires on Biblical Criticism and Interpretation , " "A . Popular Introduction to tho Bible / ' "The Biblical . Companion , ' - ' . "Criticn

Biblica , " " Calcuduriuin Pftlestiutu , "An Jntro . dnctioii to tho lientliiig und Stutly of the English Bible , " . ami editor of the fifth large edition of "Calmot ' i * Dictionary of tho Bible , " mid of tho Abridgement of the same , etc . IMS pages , ilemy 12 mo , handsomely hound . 2 / 6

Masonic Trials

A Tri-iediso of tho Law suvd Practice < if Masonio Trials in the Lotlge , Chupter , Ac , with forms nnd precedents . Containing also the Constitutions and '• 'diets of the General Giitnd Undies , the Ancient Landmarks , Ancient Constitutions , Charges , and Bi . 'gnlittiotiH , uiul nil Appendix of General Forms . Colth . 7 / 6 G KO . KKNNIX 0 . 1 . » 8 , FLKKT-ST ., 1-ONDOX .