Masonic Jurisprudence.

assent of the lodge m whose jurisdiction such applicant last resided . A lodge cannot examine a candidate for advancement , except at a stated meeting . A candidate cannot be examined at a special meeting , nor a ballot taken at such meeting . The examination and ballot must be hacl at the same

stated meeting - . The dimit of a Master Mason will not entitle the person presenting it to enter a lodge without examination . Every visitor must be examined strictly , before admission , either as a member or

a visitor , unless he is vouched for by a Mason who has sat with him in a lodge . A Fellow Craft bringing a permit to a lodge to confer the degree of M . M . upon him must also be examined , unless vouched for . He must petition

for the degree of M . M ., and such petition must take the regular- course . A person who is engaged in any busintss or occupation which , is forbidden and against the exercise of which penalties are denounced by any law of this State or of the United States , cannot be a Mason .

If the W . M . elect declines to be installed , the Wardens in succession being installed , take his place , and the right of the late W . M . to hold this office ceases . In such case , the M . W . Grand Master may , if the lodge desire it , issue his

dispensation authorising the election and installation of a W . M . for such lodge . IIMNOIS . —Decisions by M . W . J . R . Gorin , Grand Master .

Q . How long- does an E . A . or F . C . have to wait , whose application for advancement has been rejected , before he can renew his application ? A . One year . Q . How long does a Master Mason whose

petition for membership has been rejected , have to wait before he can renew the same ? A . Until the next regular meeting . Q . Can a brother who has not served as a Warden be elected and installed Master , while

there are those who have served as Master or Warden , in . the lodge' ? A . Yes , by dispensation . Q . What officers are elected , ancl what appointed , by the W . M . ?

A . There are different customs in the lodges . ¦ Some-elect all ; others elect W . M ., S . W ., J . W ., Trea ? ., and Sec , and the rest are appointed . The latter is the more usual custom .

Q . Where a committee on the petition of a candidate report unfavourably , is it necessary to take the ballot , or does the report reject the candidate ? A . A ballot should be taken , although the

committee maj r have reported unfavourably . Q . Can a brother who has lost his left hand be elected ancl legally preside as Master ? A . I know of no law in Masonry which renders a brother who has lost an arm ineligible to the office of Master .

The Nemesis: A Tale Of The Days Of Trajan.

THE NEMESIS : A TALE OF THE DAYS OF TRAJAN .

By BRO . A . OXEAL HAVE , KM ., K . Gal ., Corresponding Member ofthe German Society , Leipzig ; Knight Templar , Scot . ; Author of " The ICistory of the Knight ' s Templars ';" " Vara Queer ; " " Gatherings in Wanderings ; " "Songs and Ballads ; " "Foermta ; " "Legends of ' Edinburgh ,. § -c ., Sfc , § -e . ; Poet Laureate of the Ganongate , Kihvinning ,- P . M . St . Stephens ; P . P . Z . of St . Andrews , B . A . Cheep . ; Sfc . ; Sea . ( Continued from page 108 . )

CHAPTER XXI . UNDER THE POETICPS CONCOEDIZE . " Listeners never hear good of themselves . "—Proverb . A sharp shower of rain fell in the forenoon , shortly before Adrian and Gains set out for

Murtius's house . It caught Balbus as he passed the Portions Concordias , and he stepped under a porch to shun it . Among the buildings of Rome , the porticoes have ever held an honourable place , many of them were works of curious and

extraordinary beauty , and were built adjacent to sacred and public edifices , being designed as much for use as for ornament . They derived their names either from the temples against which they stood , such as the Portions Herculis , from authors as the

Portions Pompeia , from the nature or form of the building , as the Porticus curva , or again from the shops that were ke | Dt in them , such as ihe Hargaritaiia and Argentaria . The Senate sometimes held assemblies there , the jewellers , and dealers in

precious stones were accustomed to expose their wares also under them , but their general use was for the purposes of recreation , the Romans walking or riding in them , to avoid the sun in summer , the wet in winter .

Balbus had withdrawn himself into a recess , behind a statue of the Emperor Augustus , just as two other persons made their appearance in the Portico . These were the High Priests of Vesta and of Mars . Deep in an interesting conversation ,