Multum In Parbo, Or Masonic Notes And Queries.

godmothers then placed them at the altar of obligation ; the brethren present formed in a circle around them , each with his left hand on his heart and his right hand raised toward heaven ; all then kneeled and repeated after the Master the solemn vow to protect the children from all

danger and temptation till their arrival at maturity . After rising , the Master , taking the vessel " of salt in his hand , repeated the Arab vow which sanctifies the enemy with whom he has tasted salt , and placing a portion of the

salt on his tongue , said : "AVith this salt I seal my vow . " The kersel was then passed to each brother , who in turn repeated the vow . The children were then invested with lambskin aprons .

A GOOD RESOLVE , AND GOOD LAAV . The Grand Lodge of New York recently " Resolved , That while each lodge has a right to select its own material , it is asserted to be tinmasonic , unlawful , and a breach of Masonic

courtesy , for a lodge to initiate , pass , or raise a candidate , after having been advised by a sister lodge , or by brethren in good standing , that such candidate is unworthy or unfit to be made a Mason . "

TOMB OF HIRAM . From a work entitled " Sinai and Palestine , " we extract the following : " The plains of Pho-uicia are strewn with distinct fragments of antiquity . One of these is called the tomb of Hiram , and stands inland among wild rocky hills , about three

miles from i ' vrc . it is a smgl" sarcophagus , hollowed out so as just to admit a body . A large oblong stone is placed over it so as completely to cover it , the only entrance being an aperture at its eastern extremity . The whole rests upon a rude pedestal of upright hewn stones . "

Masonic Tidings.

Masonic Tidings .

AMERICA , The Grand Lodge of New Jersey is said to have permitted Alpha Lodge to resumethe making of colored Masons . The St . Louis Freemason thinks the Grand Lodge of New Jersey may find BRITISH , FOREIGN , AND COLONIAL .

itself cut oil" from Masonic intercourse with other States on that account . The Grand Master had arrested the charter of this lodge , but it was restored at the recent session of the . Grand Lodge , by a close vote .

Scottish Rite Masonry , is said to be making considerable progress on the Pacific coast . During the months of March and April fifteen lodges representing that branch of Masonry were organized in Puget Sound .

FRANCE . By a decree , dated i ith May , ' 872 , the Grand Orient of Paris extends fraternal recognition to the Grand Lodge of Canada , and has named AV Rro . Thomas White , Deputy Grand Master ol

Canada , as its representative near that Grand Lodge . A similar recognition has been extended to the Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia , near which Grand Lodge Bro . Benjamin Currier , Grand Secretary , has been appointed representative .

A revival of Freemasonry seems to have commenced in France . The Grand Orient has recently granted warrants to the . following new lodges , which have been duly consecrated and dedicated : —

" La Reveil du Parfait Silence , " Orient ol Sisterton ; " L'Union de Belleville , " Orient of Paris .

" La Sagesse , Orient of Barcelona ( Spam ) ; " Zur Arbeit , " Orient of Pesth ( Hungary ); uid " Egalite , " Orient of Bucharest ( Roumania ) .

The Bulletin () Hide ! of the Grand Orient ot France , publish . es a list of lodges which have contributed to the Fund for the Liberation of the French Territory . Fortr-sb ; lodges contribute 35 . 476 francs , and three lodges subscribe con >

Masonic Tidings.

ditionally the sum of 5 j , 6 i ^ francs , making a total of 91 , 093 francs . A comedy , called " Les Franc-Macons , " has been produced at Nice . It is the production of Bros . Ch . and Aug . Beaumont . The Journal de Nice describes it as an decant defence of an

order which is condemned by those who are ignorant of its principles , and states that the public has done full justice to the false and malevolent misrepresentations of which Freemasonry is so frequently the object . The brethren

have not forgotten that Bros . Beaumont have produced a work unique of its kind . It has just been played at Nice with great success , thanks , mainly , to the zeal of the principal actor , Bro . Bouyer , wdio is equally an excellent dramatic artist and a irood Freemason .

SPAIN . Thr Supreme Council of the 33 Grand Orient of Spain , has summoned a Congress of all the Spanish Masonic bodies , at Madrid , on the 6 th of July , to have read , and if approved , to promulgate the new constitutions which are to rule the Spanish

freemasons , under onl y one authority , as agreed beforehand . AA'e will note the action of the great Masonic body of Freemasons governed by the Supreme Council of the p , ^ ° grade of Spain , on the important subject of the new constitutions , and advise our readers in due time thereof .

TURKEY . At a meeting of the District Grand Lodge of Turkey , held June ifith , the V . W . Bro . Thompson , D . Dist . G . M ., presiding , it was agreed that the name of Ualiin Pasha of Kgypt should be

recommended to the Grand Master ol England as District Grand Master , in succession to the deceased R . AV . Bro . J . P . Brown . An amendment for postponing the choice , in the hope that an English-speaking brother of suitably high

position might be found lor the office , was lost by a majority of 9 to 7 . The appointment rests entirely in the hands of the Grand Master of the Order , the Marquis of Ripon ; but in the case of remote provinces it is usual to consult

the wishes of the brethren respecting the filling up of so exalted and important an office in the craft . Halim Pasha is already District Grand Master for Egypt , but has not discharged any duties for some years past owing to his absence from that country . —Levant Times .

HONOLULU . Our Masonic brethren of Honolulu , Hawaiian Islands , at the request of His Hawaiian Majesty ' s government , lately laid the corner stone of the new government building , designed for a

Legislative Hall and lor government offices , ihe Hawaiian government recognizing the ancient and time-honoured custom of calling upon the Ancient Order of Free and Accepted Masons to perform the ceremonies of laying the corner stone

of a public edifice , extending that invitation to the Lodges of Honolulu , which invitation was accepted , and performed with all the imposing ceremonies of the ancient Craft . The Mechanics ' Union , Good Templars , Knights of Pythias and

Independent Order of Odd Fellows joined in the procession . There were deposited in the casket , with other articles , the list of members of the lately organized Commander ) ' of K . T ., by-laws and lists of members of Honolulu Chapter ,

R . A . M . ; by-laws and lists of members of Le Progres Lodge , No . 24 , and Hawaiian Lodge No . 21 , F . and A . M . ; constitution , regulations

and proceedings ot 1871 , ol the Grand Lodge ol California . Everything was conducted with success , and the occasion was enjoyed as a grand holiday by the people generally .

" I had been laid up several davs in liirniin . rham Willi tUnrrhora , accompanied by iulcnre pain , when a fellowtraveller leecnmicmlcd I" me so urgcrliy lo lie jour Yeeclnble fain Killer for it lliat I liied it , ; md ijot almost

instant and permanent relief , and I can now recommend it as stroll ! ' : !) ' to any eo iiHlictc ' . ! . — ' ! v . j . No'isr . I'dc'iivn ' . < S : Co . ) , Iiuitai-cn-Ticiit , e-. L . \ , isCiS—To V ' e'iy , L \ . r . , c : Son . "

The Good Templars.

THE GOOD TEMPLARS .

The Independent Order of Good Templars was instituted in the state of New York in the year 1851 . It is a temperance society , carefully and completely organized , and is not intended to rival or supplant any existing temperance organisation , but is the willing

assistant of them all . This order was introduced into England on the Sth of September , 1868 , having now a Grand Lodge , and more than 1 , 000 subordinate lodges , numbering upwards of 80 , 000 members . On the 13 th August , 186 9 , the first lodge was formed in Scotland , where

oyer 700 lodges have been opened , numbering more than 70 , 000 members . In October , 1870 , the order was established in Ireland , and is making rapid progress there ; and in AVales thousands have been enrolled . The policy of the order is : —1 . No licence in any form to

sell intoxicating liquor as a beverage . % . Absolute prohibition of the manufacture , importation , and sale of such liquor , to be used as a beverage . Prohibition by the will of the people , expressed in due form of law , with the necessary penalties

for such a crime . 3 . Active dissemination of temperance truth in all modes known to enlightened philanthropy . 4 . Election of good , honest men to make and administer the laws . 5 . Persistent efforts to save individuals and the

communities from tne scourge of drunkenness , against all forms of opposition and difficulties , until success is complete and universal . The object of Good Templarism is to reclaim the lallen , save the young and sober from falling into the snares laid around them , and to increase .

strengthen , and improve , by a !) judicious means , the moral and social tastes and habits of the members . The order is open to males and females of every creed , country , or colour , il they believe in Almighty God . and will abstain

from all intoxicants . In . America and the British Colonies the order numbers qoo , ooo ; in England , Ireland , and Scotland , between 160 , 000 and 170 , 000 . and is said to be increasinr daily .

SALMON FISHIXG . —A careful cast over tinlikel y spot—no rise . Another and another , and still nothing stirring . Another—ha ! a silvery gleam in the water , and a plutige as , either from your nervous haste or his own excess of eagerness , the salmon missed your fly . Back from

the river bank and out with your fly-book , to select a fly of the same make as that at which he rose , only a size smaller . Ten minutes' time passed by your watch , and now for a throw over him again . A cast—no rise ; a second—splash , whir-r-r ; lie has il ; and he is a "bouncer ! " One

rush to the bottom ; a dash to the opposite bank ; another to the bank next you . Back quick ! or he will slack your line . Another rush to the opposite bank , and up into the air , a somersault of iive feet hi gh . Hold him gently , or you are clone for . Stead y , and perhaps the hook , if

resting on a bone , will fix itself firmer . Splash , plunge , whir-r ! down he goes to the bottom , and you may be sure he is now well hooked that he has onl y shortened his lease of life five minutes by his extra activity . Steady now , for he is gathering his strength for a rush . There

he goes ; give him line up stream , down stream , across stream . He is tiring fast . There ! he showed his side on the top of the water ; reel on him gently , and show him the butt . Bring the gall " . Now you have him on the bank a real beauty , and twelve pounds if he is an ounce .

I loi . i . ovv w ' s Pn . i . s—K > : rmsc nn-. sl wondciful ]>; ' .: e : in promoling appetite , improving < lie , cslion , re ^ ulatm" ; tla bowels , and rcmoviirtr nervousness and debility . Tlie weakest will take no barm from the ii ^ e of Ibis al ' . craie . . and tonic medicine , but will ejadually regain their hce (' e . Tlie strongest will preserve themselves from main <¦ : the mishaps , their boasted stren- 'lh and fearlessness oi

results often betray them . I . on ; . ; sul'teiing invalids ma ; , le . os toward ibis rcctitying ami revivify ing medicine , wilii le . reel tain hope of having- their maladies mitigated if not removed by their means . In short , for all aires , circumstance .- , and condition-. , MoU . Avay point : ; out the . t : cat merit w ' .- ' . ch s competent to check thepro' / ici ot diiM'dci- in , and c . e . J ti seeds from the human frame .