Travelling Craftsmen In Germany.

from a subscription purse of the trade , or made up by small donations which he gets at the several workshops of his calling , Avhere he applies in succession for that purpose ; in so doing , he generally makes good his claim to brotherly assistance

by some token which he bears , or by mysteriously symbolical signs and passwords , analogous to those used in Freemasonry . . At Frankfort , where trade affairs are reckoned to be on a more liberal , or more antiquated footing than elseAvhere , an itinerant

servant of the proud company of hair-cutters receives , from a special purse , as much as thirtysix kreutzers ( one shilling ); but this may be counted exceptional , and in the generality of cases the total amount which a common journeyman

obtains by legitimate means is no more than a few pence : at all events the sum is definitive ; except in case of illness , no further sum can be claimed ,

and it will be well if the next morning ' s dawn sees our wanderer trudging contentedly onward , his knapsack on his back , with a boot sticking out at each end of it , and his faithful pipe dangling at the side of his mouth , whilst he sings some

classical ditty of the brotherhood . Often , however , his prospects are far from encouraging , and his heart grows heavy as he slowly puffs his last ¦ p ipeful . The very apprenticeship through which he has acquired the knowledge of his trade , binds

him to its narrow and exclusive regulations . He can only exercise it by placing himself at the disposal of a licensed master ; the law forbids him , under penalty , to undertake anything on his own account ; and I am assured that this enactment is

rigorously enforced . In relation to its moral ten - dency , this thick-and-thin life of labour and adventure has little to recommend it . In a technical

point of view it is undoubtedly productive of good results . If endowed Avith an observing turn of mind , the gesell may acquire in his travels not only practical experience in all the branches of his ¦ calling , but a valuable knowledge of the various

¦ methods and contrivances used in various countries ; and it is indeed his chief consolation in the hardships he has to undergo , that those acquirements may one day enable him to ascend into a hi gher ¦ industrial region , where he will be no longer a dependent , and need no longer remain a bachelor .

HE who cannot see the beautiful side is a bad painter , a bad friend , a bad lover ; he cannot lift Ms mind and his heart so high -as goodness .

Supplement To The Ten Decades Of Masonic Ppecepts.

SUPPLEMENT TO THE TEN DECADES OF MASONIC PPECEPTS .

Taken from Bro . PUKTOJT COOPEE ' S Manuscript-Collections . For reasons , which it is not necessary to state in this place , the further publication of the " Decades of Masonic Precepts " is for the present postponed . "What is above called a supplement consists of two

precepts only , being , it will be seen , elucidatory of of which have already appeared . A future opportunity will be taken of explaining the employment of the title " Masonic Precepts , " one precept , and emendatory of another precept , both upon which an anonymous critic has sent some not

very good-natured remarks . —December 10 th , 1867 . The Mind's Purification . Brother , prayer for him who has offended thee , and and for him who has injured thee , is the mind ' s purification . It drives away anger , * and it drives

away the desire of revenge . Tfnrepentecl Sin . Brother , every unrepented Sin is a heavy load . f

Her Majesty's Theatre And Bro. S. May.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE AND BRO . S . MAY .

At a meeting of the Masonic , theatrical , and personal friends of Bro . Samuel May , convened by circular , aud held at Ereemasons' Tavern , London , on Monday , 13 th January , 1868 , Bro . John Udall , in the chair , it was proposed by Bro . ~ W . Hale , seconded by Mr . W . Ough , and resolved ,

" That this meeting deeply sympathising with Mr . Samuel May , in the very severe loss sustained by him , as costumier , from the recent disastrous fire at Her Majesty ' s Theatre . " That , recognising the worth , kindness , and many

excellent qualities of Bro . May , more especially the readiness evinced by him in the relief of distress whenever brought to his notice , and in rendering assistance in every case of calamity or misfortune , this meeting is of opinion that the opportunity thus

unhappily afforded should be made available for the presentation to him of a testimonial evidencing substantially the estimation and regard in which he is