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their poor box , not a system of morality veiled m allegory , & c , and its accompanying idea and universal brotherhood—for the spirit of these old lodges was one of cxclusiveness , and as to supposing that any old Scottish lodges either knew aught of or practised our symbolic teachings before last century , that is a mistake . The " symbolic teachings" now taught in

Scottish Lodges being simply borrowed from England , in and after A . D . 1721 . The first Masonic Grand Lodge in the world was held in London in 17 l 7 , with Anthony Sawer , Esq ., for its first Grand Master , but none such was ever held in Scotland until nineteen years after , viz ., in

1736 , when William Sinclair , Esq ., of Eosslyn was elected as its first Grand Master . I am , Tours Fraternally , W . P . BUCHAN .

Masonic Sayings And Doings Abroad.

MASONIC SAYINGS AND DOINGS ABROAD .

On the 17 th June , JBro . J . D . Goutu was elected W-JM , ; and Bro . J . G-. Langsburg , Sec , of Manzanilla Lodge , Aspinwall , Panama , No . 25 , of Grand Lodge of California , At a recent meeting of Union Lodge , No . 60 , of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons , Baltimore , there was

presented to the lodge , to be laid np in its archives , a . portion of one of the stones of Solomon ' s Temple . The corner-stone of the new Court House at Williams , port , Warren Co ., Ind „ was laid , with Masonic ceremonies , on the 2 nd day of last month , under the auspices ofWilliamsporb Lodge , No . 38 , M . W . Martin H . Eice , Grand Master of Indiana , being present , and

ofiiciating-Ihe "Masonic Advocate" says : —We frequently receive notice of the expulsion of Masons by lodges in this State , with a request that the same be published in the " Advocate . " By referring to the regulations for the government of subordinate lodges , we find that rule 115 reads as follows . — "Lodges aro prohibited from

publishing , in a newspaper or periodical , the suspension or expulsion of any of their members . " This will explain why such notices have not appeared in the paper . [ We concur in the suggestion that this rule should be adopted everywhere . ]

" Our Mutual Friend" is the title of a Monthly recently started in Detroit , Michigan , U . S . It is ably edited , and the varied contents are more than ordinarily interesting . Apropos oi the high prices paid to those peculiar American Authors , who have lately become the rage , the Editor publishes a corespondence between

himself and " Mark Twain . " 500 dollars per page were offered for such matter as the latter saw fit to furnish , money paid on delivery of manuscript , and security

given for fulfilment of contract . Those terms were declined as Mark Twain , was about taking a lengthened holiday . * In answer the Editor states , that the same offer is still open to any one who can write as well , or command the same popularity . A well-arranged Masonic department occupies a portion of its pages ,

conducted by Bro . Czar Jones , who has " passed through all stations and grades of office , from that of Tyler of a blue Lodge to the highest office in the gift of the Fraternity . "

The grand Masonic celebration of St . John ' s Day at Nantucket , has been one of the most interesting festivals held by the Masonic Fraternity of New England for many years . The germ of the affair was the proposed celebration , by the Union Lodge of Nantucket , of its one hundreth Anniversary , it having received its Charter

from the Grand Lodge of Scotland , in May , 1771 , four years previous to the war of the Revolution . The visiting brethren numbered about 500 persons , and , with their lady friends , and a very lage number of persons attracted by the pleasure of a visit to this charming little sea-girt isle , augumented the number of visitors

to about 2 , 000 . Tho hotels were crowded , and hundreds of the wealthiest citizens extended their hospitality to the visitors . A mammoth tent was erected for the purposes of tho oelebration > the proceedings were

inaugurated with the ceremony of the " Lodge of sorrow , " in honour of the members of Union Lodge of Nantucket , who died duz-ing the past eentuz-y , and whose names are on the records of that Lodge . The ceremonies of the day were inaugurated by a grand dinner at 1 o ' clock , at which nearly one thousand

persons were seated . Afterwards a procession was formed , with the members in full regalia , and the orator of the day , Joseph S . G-. Cobb , of Providence , was assorted to the Methodist Church . The oration , which occupied about one hour in its delivery , was of deep interest , especially to the members of tbe Fraternity . Following

this , a centennial ode , written by Dr . Jecks , of Nantucket , was sung by a quartette choir . The festivities of the day closed with a grand centennial ball in the mammoth tent , commencing at 8- | o ' clock .

A monument was dedicated to the late Bro . William Schneider , at Philadelphia , on the 24 th June , with impressive Masonic ceremony . Bro . Schneider was Grand Tyler of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania and Tyler of all the subordinate lodges in the jnz-isdiction , for a period of nearly a quarter of a century .

The monument , which cost about 7 , 000 dollars , was a voluntary offering of the Masonic fraternity of Philadelphia , and is intended to perpetuate the memory of the deceased , as a slight acknowledgment of the distinguished services he has rendered for the Ancient Order in the prolonged discharge of his duties as Grand Tyler ,

The idea of the monument originated with the "William B . Schnider Lodge , " and the Committee who took the matter in charge , found a ready and hearty co-operation from the other subordinate lodges , and the movement waa