What Does Freemasonry Teach?

Ask the wealthy brother what it teaches , and he will tell you that it teaches him to remember the poor and fatherless , the widow and the orphan—to be benevolent with his riches , and , by his example , teach the world that Masonry has made him worthier and better . Brother , what does it teach you and I ? It teaches us to be temperate , to deal justly , be charitable to all men , and so walk and act that the world may never , through us ,, have an opportunity of casting reproach on our ancient institution .

Obituary.

Obituary .

THE LATE BRO . WILLI A . M JERDAN .

The death of Bro . William Jerdan , for 50 years one of the names best known in literary circles , is announced . It occurred on the 11 th nit ., as Bushey Heath , in his 88 fch year . He was for many years the editor of the Literary Gazette , and was intimately associated with L . E . L . and other literary celebrities of his day . He was a Scotchman , and , like so many of his countrymen ,

began his career in England as a Parliamentary reporter . It was he by whom Bellingham , the assassin of Mr . Percival , was seized . He was one of the founders of the Royal Literary Fund , and by his influence greatly aided its prosperity . His kindly help was always afforded to young aspirants in literature and art , and his memory will be cherished by many whom he helped to rise to

positions of honour and independence . Late in life he received a pension of £ 100 a year for his long services to literature . Bro . Jerdan was a member of the Grand Masters ' Lodge , No . 1 , several years previous to his retirement .

Literature, Science, Music, Drama, And The Fine Arts.

LITERATURE , SCIENCE , MUSIC , DRAMA , AND THE FINE ARTS .

Madame Anna Bishop has arrived in England from the Antipodes . Mr . Thomas Hughes , M . P ., is writing a history of "Alfred the Greaf . " Mr . Henry Kingsley has gone to Edinburgh to conduct the literary department of a daily paper . Messrs . Moxonof Dover Streetare about to bring

, , outan edition of Tom Hood ' s poems illustrated by Qustave Dore . " An Old Score" is the title of a new comedy by Mr . W . S . Gilbert , which was produced at the Gaiety Theatre on Monday week . Two enterprising native females have applied to the

registrar of Calcutta University for admission into the entrance examination . Mr . Charles Dickens will contribute to the next number of the Atlantic Monthly an article on Mr . Fechter and his acting . Oovent Garden Theatre will re-open for an autumn reduced of Italian

season ( prices ) Opera , for five weeks , next October and November . A new work is announced under the sensational title of ' A History of the Devil . " The book will be a critical history of the doctrine of evil spirits . The Edinburgh University Court has sanctioned the matriculation of ladies medical

as students requiring separate classes from the other students . A German astronomer has written a pamphlet to prove that we are soon to have a second moon , and that it will be nearer the earth than our present Luna . Mr . Longfellow , the poet , recently received the honorary degree of D . C . L . at Oxford , a special convocation being held for the purpose of conferring it .

Dr . Hooker has been appointed Examiner in Botany for the Natural Sciences Tripos at Cambridge , and Mr . W " . Savory for the degree of Master in Surgery . Canada has adopted a new patent law . It excludes from its benefits all aliens and non-residents . A person may secure a patent only by a residence of a year in the dominion .

The working men of London , in conference assembled , have passed a resolution affirming the necessity of establishing a national inventors' institute , to obtain for the poor inventors of England a reward for their industry . The question of obtaining uniformity in the plain song and Gregorian chants employed in the Roman Catholic

service , will , says the Musical Standard , be brought before the approaching so-called CEeumenical Council at Rome . In pulling down the church of San Domenico at Cremona , the tomb of Antonio Stradivarius , the great violin maker , has been discovered . His remains have been transported to the cemetery , where a monument will be

erected to him . The late Sir Charles Eastlake's library , which was bequeathed to the nation , is to to be kept in connection with the National Gallery for the use of students and other persons frequenting that institution . It will not be a public gallery . The Oourtof Common Council has unanimously passed

a resolution to provide a building in the city of London for the purpose of a public library and museum , and the subject has been referred to a committee to " count the cost" of such a work . Mr . Panizzi , late principal librarian and secretary to the British Museum , and General Sabine , President of the Royal Society , have been appointed Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the Second Class or Knights Commanders of the Bath .

A Parliament return gives a list of pictures presented to or purchased for the National Gallery—284 presented , 256 bequeathed , 313 purchased . The cost of the 313 purchases , which has been spread over 45 years , has been £ 254 , 527 . Mrs . Scott-Siddons has accepted an engagement to play at the Fifth Avenue Theatre , New York , in

September . She will give a reading in Exeter during the British Association week , and leave England for the United States on the 28 th of August . The latest novelty in the newspaper world is the Credit International , published at twopence . It is an Anglo-French commercial journal of twelve pages , each page containing two columnsone of which is in Frenchthe

, , other in English , the news being the same in each . The Queen has commanded Mr . Woodward , the Royal Librarian , to edit a series of exterior and interior views of Windsor Castle , together with descriptive text . These views , which will include several of the private apartments , arc from photographs printedin permanent colours by a new process .

The inventor of a new life-saving apparatus , it is said , wishes to he dropped in mid-channel between England , and France , and to be left to his own resources . Considering the trouble these inventions invariably give , and how seldom they turn out to be of any practical use , it might be as well to make an example for once , and let this gentleman have his own way .

A good story is told about a gentleman , at the recent Boston Festival , who seeing " Gloria from Twelfth Mass " down in the programme , and not Knowing much about Mozart , said when the performance of the "Gloria" was " through "— "There must be some mistake about this ; I don't see just the relation of the Twelfth Massachusetts regiment to this thing . Hadn't they ought to come in somewhere ? "