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idea of expressing a duality of bodies . These were worshipped , especially amongst the Egyptians ; yet , even by them separately , for we deny that they gave this property to a closer hermaphrodical extent , to these or any other of their deities . Lunus and Lunai were differentl y held in reverence ; those who worshiped the binary god ivere thought to be superior in natureas

, under the governance of a male deity—but those ivho worshiped the lunary goddess were thought to be inferior to the masculine sex , as subject to the woman , or under the influence of a female deity . Further , perhaps for the balance of natural power or love , the men who sacrificed to Venus under the name of Luna , dressed themselves in

women ' s atire , while the women clothed themselves in men ' s garments . The fable of the loves of Luna and her Endyinion has been often written , both in prose and poetry , and never more beautifully than by Keats . According to Apollonius the poetand the historian Plinius Secundus

, , it would appear that Endyinion was the son of iEthlius and one of the shepherd chiefs or kings of Caria , in Asia Minor , who , having entertained Jupiter visiting the earth , was taken by the god into heaven , where it happened that he became so much bewildered by the brightness and enamoured with the beauty of its queenthe celestial Juno

, , as to lose himself in the clouds and even to mistake a cloud for the divinity herself . The king of heaven , incensed at the conduct of the presumptuous mortal , banished him his kingdom , and condemned him to a perpetual sleep . Strictly adhering to our authority we should rather say that he was thrown out of heaven ; of what his bones

were made is beyond conjecture , as he seems , in this fall , to have escaped all fractures or other bodily injury—otherwise , as a natural consequence , we might have dealt with the" perpetual sleep , " and have made an equivocal point of the proverb Endi / mionis somnum dormire . Meanwhile , Luna , liaving gazed night after ni ght upon the sleeping youthwas at last overcome with a violent

, passion for him , insomuch that she descended from her sphere in the heavens , to give him love kisses and embraces , as he lay on the mountain Latmus , or Lathynius . The impassioned tenderness of so fair and pure a goddess might well in itself , without surpassing wonder have been sufficient to break the spell of a man ' s eternal slumber .

At all events , Endymion ' s eyes opened . He saw in reality and in no dream , the body , form , and face of immortality beside him , and with delicious rapture they mutually exchanged their avowed affections . She led him to a cave in the mountain to hide him from Jupiter and from all other eyes but her own . Here she

contrived nightly to visit and converse with him , without occasioning any perceptible disorganisation of the harmonious course and music of the spheres . In simple fact Endyinion was afamous ancient astronomer , supposed to be the first who discovered the motions and circles of the moonand because he made Mount Latmusin Caria

, , , the constant place of his p lanetary contemplations , the ignorant peasants considered it to be his dormitory . They thoughtthat he . was always sleeping there because they observed him stretched on his back on the hill's loftiest slopes , no unusual way , in his time , of studying and reading the starry heavens .

Toousn PEESEXIS TO TE . Puns-en 01 ? AA AM-S . —A Nova-Scotian , a dealer in grindstones , prepared a specimen of his -wares for presentation to the Prince of AVales ! One side of the stone hears this pregnant legend : " For the Prince of AVales , our Hopeful King , 1860 . " On the other side is the business card of the donor . ^ If this sort of thing is to he persevered in the Prince's visit -will he a bore to him . AA e notice in Canada a few persons are preparing to make fools of themselves in the same way . "We ivould advise them to desist . —Toronto Leader .

Masonic Jottings From Abroad.

MASONIC JOTTINGS FROM ABROAD .

The quiet earnest spirit which the German carries into all his learned and social pursuits , receive no better illustration than in the zeal manifested of our Brethren in that country in the support and extension of Masonry . Thej * go to work with a cpiiet enthusiasm on their mission of peace and good-will , and scarcely one of their organs reaches usbut we find some new proof of progress ,

, philanthropy and intelligence . They do injustice to Masonry , or are ignorant of its spirit , Avho fancy that its "be all , and end all , " consists in mere ceremonial , lodgemeetings , processions , and the like . Masonry attempts and achieves something beyond this . Thus we read with leasure in the annual report of the Brunswick Lodge for

p 1859 , that the Benevolent Institution for 'Widows , and Orphans , founded in 1800 by the Brethren , is m a highly prosperous condition . It has an annual income of 1200 thalers ( £ 180 ) , counts 56 members , and relieved last year 23 widows or orphans , to the extent of £ Q each . This may appear a small sum in English eyes ;

but it must be remembered that any part of Germany is poor in comparison with England , and that the sum of £ 6 in the hands of the frugal recip ients , goes much father than amongst us . There is also a college for widows and orphans , which has existed from the same

year , 1806 , and which does a great amount of good . The Brunswick Lodge , including 16 honorary members , numbers ¦ at present 230 Brethren . Ancl yet , we must read from time to time such statements as the following in au ultramontane journal of Vienna , which stj-le itself the " Peoples' Journal " ( Volkrzeitung ) , as

to the characteristics of Masonry . "Falsehood is its principle , the extirpation of Christianity its object , its chief leader must be the devil , not only in spirit , but in person ; and as the Catholic Church may be called the good spirit , so Masonry may be called the evil spirit . Our observations in these sail times lead us to the belief

that Ereemasonry serves the Devil as a tool for making war against the Kingdom ; its founders , continuators , and leaders , inspired by the Devil , labour after his plans , and on their side it represents the great Son of Perdition Antichrist . " This is amusing in its way ; but Masonry lacks at least this much of the spirit of the Devilthat it

, does not " render for railing . " We are sorry to find too , that Alexander Dumas , in his "Memoirs of Garibaldi , " is so ignorant of the nature of Masonry that he confounds it with the secret political sects of Italy . Alexander is a most talented writer ; hut he is too fast to be always correct , or to be relied irpon .

A letter from Bro . George Treu , of Pforzherm , states , that last year in a journey to theEast , he / was present at the reception into the ( English ) Oriental Lodge , of Prince Mirza , Ali Ho Gla Khan . The business was conducted in the English and Turkish languages by the worthy Master Aznavour , who is well known in England , where he was initiated . At the closeBro . Aznavour made Bro . Treu

ob-, serve that the new Bro . was bound by the Koran , which he acknowledged as a " holy book * , " yet that it was only used symbolically as a token of reverence . The Prince was introduced , and the Avhole business conducted according to the ancient usage of England . Eor the rest the service is very uniform , and not so attractive

as in the Lodge of the "Sun" at Bayreuth . The German Brethren are not quite pleased to "to work " with the uniformity of the English system , on the other hand they consider the French Lodges too ornamented , and that ' there is too much levity in the introduction and reception , of members . Our Bro . heard it stated , that an attempt would shortly be made in the Levant to