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warmly seconded by the Grand Lodge . The position of Grand Ty ler has been a heritage in the Schnider family for very many years past . The late William B . Schnider succeeded his father , who held the position for a considerable portion of his life , and the present Tyler , Brother Charles Schnider , is a son of William

B Schnider , and he inherits the family talent for the arduous and important position . Invitations were sent to all the lodges in this jurisdiction to attend , and at 11 o'clock , when all the delegates had arrived , the procession was formed at the cemetery gate by Grand Marshal , George W . Wood ,

After a prayer and a few remarks from the Grand Chaplain , the brethren present marched to an adjoin , ing grove , where a platform was raised ; on which Acting Grand Master Samuel 0 . Perkins ; Senoir Grand Warden , Alfred C . Potter ; Junior Grand Warden , Robert Clarke ; Grand Treasurer , Peter Williamson '

Grand Secretary , John Thomson ; Grand Chaplain , Mac . Laughlin ; Senior Grand Deacon , Andrew Robeno . Junior Grand Deacon , Jos . H , Boswell ; Grand Stewards William Noble , L . A . Ridgway ; Grand Marshal , George W . Wood ; Grand Sword Bearer , James Simpson ; Grand Pursuivant , Charles R . Shantz ; Grand Tyler , Charles

Schnider ; and Past Master , Henry M . Dechert ; Lodge No . 274 , took their seats . The latter then delivered an elegant tribute to the memory of the deceased , of which the following is an abstract : —

Right "Worshipful Sir and Brethren : Soon after the death of our brother , a few warm-hearted men , some of his personal friends , suggested the placing of a suitable memorial stone over his grave . The proposition was so favourably received by the brethren that a committee was formed on behalf of a large number of the lodges in the jurisdiction , for a purpose of completing the work

'The monument stands upon a granite base , and is of pure and unblemished Italian marble ; it has been sculptured by skilfu l workmen . The delicate carving almost rivals the tracing upon the leaves of the forest trees , the monuments of God ' s mercy and care for man .

"We walk reverently down the aisles of this peaceful cemetery consecrated by the tears of thousands who have carried piously and tenderly their loved ones , called from earth to heaven . They are at rest now—all dust—and the grass waves in the summer breeze , and the rain falls upon them , but they heed it not .

"We have turned aside for a brief hour from the busy scenes of life to take part in these solemn services . Standing in this resting place for the dead , we are reminded that we too are mortal , and that all those now sleeping around us once were animated with the hopes , the fears , and the joys of life . Their morning hours shone bright in the beams of promise ;

they passed away as the leaves of the forest before the summer ' s storm or the autumn ' s blast , and like unto them , their bodies have withered and gone again into the dust from whence they sprang . The infidel would stand here as one without hope . These graves , this silence of the dead , would tell him nothing , save the dread story of decay and of eternal death . Masonry teaches us the doctrines of a blessed immortality

We have deposited in the grave of our lamented "brother the evergreen as an emblem of our soul . We are reminded by it that we have an immortal part within us , which shall never never die . We have come here to renew our faith over the grave of our late brother , William E . Schnider , and to testify to each other

as to the purity and in faithfulness of life . He walked in and out among us in the discharge of his official duties , and by his honesty and manliness of character won the esteem and love of all his brethren .

ive were accustomed to receive from him the friendly sum * moiis to our several Lodges and Chapters ; he is now gone , and we are left to commermerate his virtues , so that he may become an example for his children and children's children . His brethren in Masonry have erected this monument , that all men who pass by may know of him as we knew him . Bro . Schnider was born in this city on the 28 th day of

March , 1817 , and died on the 19 th day of December , 1867 . He was appointed in the month of December , 1844 , Grand Tyler of the Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania , and continued in the laborious discbarge . of the duties of that office until his death .

He was a man of quick apprehension , and of clear and decided judgment . His poivers of memory were extraordinary , and beyond those of any other man known to our community . These characteristics eminently fitted him to be a faithful and sentinel at the portals of our temple . No eaves-dropper or cowan could gain admittance while he stood at the gates .

His genial smile welcomed the fraternity when they went up to the temple . Young and old alike sought for advice from him as a friend . Visiting brethren came to him as one they would uot ask of in vain . The stranger or wayfaring man appealed in his distress to the Grand Tyler , and our Brother Sehnider » first finding the complaint to be just , responded with alacrity and tender sympathy to the cry of distress . His purse was

always open for the relief of a worthy but distressed brotherhis hand was ever ready to sustain him ; his heart beat responsively to our joys and sorrows . In this solemn presence I would use no words of studied eulogy . This monument has been erected by his brethren from no spirit of display or worldly show . This polished marble , those emblems , that Corinthian ' columc .

are types . They do not speak to him that is dead , but to the living . The granite and marble will perish with the lapse of ages , but to us and to those who shall come after us , these emblems will make the honest and faithful labours of a brother who lived justly towards all men , and reverently and piously in the presence of the sovereign Master of the Universe ; the column , pointing to the skieswill remind us of that house not

, made with hands—eternal in the Heavens . The body of our beloved brother rests beneath this monument , dedicated by lawful authority , that we may show his and our faith and abiding trust in Almighty God , the Grand Architect and Alaster of the Universe .

At an early hour on Tuesday last , their imperial majesties the Emperor and Empress of Brazil terminated their short visit to the hardware metropolis . They again travelled by the Great Western JRailway , leaving for the old-fashioned Roman city of Chester by the 8 40 train . They were attended to the platform by Mr . Reeves , the Brazilian Consul , and by Mr . Hall , proprietor of the Great

Western Hotel , to whom the Emperor and Empress expressed their high satisfaction at the Hotel and other arrangements which had been made for their comfort . They also expressed themselves as greatly delighted with everything they had seen , the courtesies they had received from all they had come in contact with . They will proceed from Chester to Bangor , returning again to the former city , en route to Scotland . —Birmingham Morning Newt .