VOL. VII.
OXFORD, N. C.,* SATURDAY, JULY 16,1881.
NO. 7.
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MASOi^BC OBAKD LOI>Os^!?»
RKVIEWJOD BY J. C. L. HARRIS, OF llAL-
EIGH, NORTH CAROLINA.
IOWA—1880.
The Thirty-Seventh Annual Communica
tion was held in Des Moines on June 1st,
1880, with Bro. Albert C. Abbott as Grand
Master, and Bro. Theo. S. Parvin as Grand
Secretary. Two hundred and seventy-
seven Lodges were represented. Referring’
to territorial jurisdiction, the Grand ^Master
says :
“III common with our sister Grand
Bodit .s, advocating and endorsing, in all its
entir.-ty, the doctrine of absolute territorial
jurisdiction, and thus consistently express
ing our disapprobation of any enci-oach-
ments upon these rights by foreign Grand
Lodges, I can but express my earnest pro
test against the disregard of this funda
mental principle in its practical application
at home, by those Avho are near neighbors
to us, and with whom we fraternize with
feelings of the highest esteem and regard.
The difficulty which at present exists be
tween the M. W. Grand Lodge of Minneso
ta and the W. M. Grand Lodge of Dakota
is notably a matter of deep interest to us,
insomuch that, although nearly five years
have elapsed since, by the formation of the
Grand Lodge of Dakota, we relimiuished
our control over all Lodges in that terri
tory which owed allegiance to us. yet the.
Grand Lodge of ^linnesota still maintains
jurisdiction in the said territory, fortifying
her position by the adoption of the follow
ing resolution' at their last annual commu
nication, in January last:
Resolved, That any masonic bo<ly hold
ing authority from this Grand Lodge with
in Dakota Territory, so long as it shall de
sire to continue its connection with this its
paternal Grand Lodge, be permitted to do
so, and that tins W. M. Grand Imdge will
defend and maintain its rights and exercise
authority over it until such time as, by its
own free will and accord, it shall desire to
sever connection with us.”
Bro. John Kowton McClanahaii was
elected Grand Master, and Bro. Parvin was
reelected Grand Secretary. The proceed
ings contain a steel engraving of Grand
Master McClanahan. The in.staUalion of
the Grand Officers was grand and impos
ing, and must have added much to the in
terest, enjoyment and pleasure of the com
munication.
Twenty-five dollars was appropriated for
the purchase of vessels for “corn, wine and
oil.” This i.s a new item of expense to u.<,
and needs elaboration.
Raised 845; total number of members
18,207; receipts $11,003.38.
No report on Foreign Correspondence
was made.
A large space in the proceedings is taktm
np in honorable and specific mention of the
Masons of Iowa who died during the yeai’,
and of illustrious Masons of other States,
which is commendable and worthy to be
followed.
intention to maintain and defend Bismarck
Lodge, notwithstanding it is withm tlic
jurisilictiou ot the Grand Lodge, of Dakota,
so long as it sliall desivi; to n*tain its con
nection with the Grand lAidge of Minnesota.
The committee disclaim on the part of the
Grand Tmdge ot Minnesota anv intention
to infringe upon the tm-ntory of this Grand
Body, and charge m their (degant language
that the Grand Lodgi^ ot Dakota has been
‘from tlie beginning on the driving
coercive order.
Fortunatelv the facts do not justify these
statements.
'I'o sustain the cliarge we make, that the
Grand T.odge of Minnesota has infringed
111)011 oiir territory, we state, tliat it cliarter-
ed Bismarck Lodge a vear and a lialf after
the fovnuitioii of tins Grand Body, and with
a full knowledge of its organization and
existence, and persists in maintaining it
to-day. Besides this. the. Grand Master of
Minnesota gave permission to the Grand
Master of Manitoba to make Masons out ot
material in Dakota, a vear and a Iialf after
the formation ot this Grand I.,odge. wiiicli
action was approved by the Gi-and Jmdge
of Minnesota. ’Ihe truth of these state
ments does not rest upon the ipse dixit of
any one. 1 hey appear in the printed pro
ceedings of the Grand Lodge of Minnesota,
where they may be read of all men.
A proper regard for the rights of tins
Grand Lodge would have suggested the
propriety of leaving Bismarck Lodge in the
conditioli it was in when tlie Grand Lodge
of Dakota was fonh^ed. This is the least
tliat could have been'done. It would also
have suggested a courteous reply to tlie
Grand Master of Manitoba to the effect tliat
neither the Grand Master nor Grand TiOdge
of Minnesota had anything to do with Ma
sonic material in Dakota, one hundred and
fifty miles away from the nearest T>o(1ge.
And still it is said that the claim that the
Grand Lodge of Minnesota “lias at any
time, or in any way, infringed upon ” the
territory of this Grand T.odge “ is not in
the least sustained bythe facts in the case.”
Possibly not, but we leave these facts and
this history to the caiidiil judgment of the
Masonic world.
Again, it is said that we have attempted
coercion, and that the action of this Grand
TiOdge has lieim 'uncalled for and unfrater-
rial.’ Because we have protested year af
ter year against this manifest disregard of
our rights : because we have continued our
appeals for fraternal reijoguitioii and de
manded justice at the bauds of those who
are not only our neighbors, but are bound
to us by a common tie of brotherhood ; be
cause all our communications were treated
with silent contempt and a deaf ear turned,
to all onr requests, we are now arraigned
under tiie charge of exhibiting an ‘iinfra-
tcrnal ’ feeling, and an endeavor to coerce
somebody.
Tt is hardly necessary to say th it no at
tempt has been made by the Grand Lodge
of Dakota, or any of its officers, to coerce
or drive the Grand Lodge of Minnesota or
any one connected therewith. We might
liavo closed tlie doors of our Lodges against
brethren acknowledging allegiance to the
Grand Lodge of Minnesota. But we did
not. Although the jjrovocatiou has been
great, we have done no act of retaliation.
We recognize the fact that there is no
power to compel the Grand Lodge of Min
nesota to accept and act upon oiir views.
We have asked them to do so and we had
innocently lioped that our patient waiting
and our earnest appeals to bretliren in that
jurisdiction would bring at last that kindly
and fraternal recognition we so much de
sired. The action of the Grand Lodge of
Minnesota at its recent session, however,
shows that we builded upon tlie sand.
I will refrain from further mention of
this subject, as it will doubtless fully
From At Home And Abroad.
TWO PlCTtRES.
I.
I am watching for my sliip wliieh is sailing
o’er time’s sea.
Viid wondrous are the treasures she is
bringing home to me;
f or tlie richest of tlie cargoes that cross the
Indian main
Are nothing to the treasures of my castles
built in Hpain.
I'Toni them my ship is laden and is bringing
ill licr hold
Imagination’s spices, fi’ankincense, myrrh
and gold.
Her sails are woven fancies and bright
wishes twine each rope,
Thougli calms delay her passage her helm
is held by Hope ;
; efforts to rub the piece of stone-dust
i out. Well, I wilLjust insert a drop
i of castor-oil or best s-weet-oil, and
■ it will soon be easier ; but yon bad
I better cover it up, and not use it for
; a few hours, till it seeins right again.
; Lucky thing for yon it was not
■ mortar or lime that got into your
; eye, for that is not only acutely
i painful, but also very likely, unless
■ quickly removed, to very materially
I aifeet the sight.
• Now, if such had boon the case, I
should at once liavo well washed it
; out with a tepid solntioi of v'inegar
! and water, using ahoui ,i lea-spooii-
; ful of vinegar to two ounces of
' water. After I had £civen it a good
[ see her in the distance with her snowy | J should have everted the
DAKOTA—1880.
The Sixth Annual Communication was
held at Yankton, June 8th, 1880, with Bro.
G. H. Hand as Grand Master, and Bro. C.
T. McCoy as Grand Secretary. Six Lodges
were represented. We quote from the
Grand Master’s address;
“ We step from the decaying portals of
the old year upon the threshold of the new
one, whose golden gates swing open before
us. Whatever there is in our individual
lives of good or bad, is garnered into the
great past, whose unending course reaches
back beyond humanity’s birth, and whose
commencement is as mysterious as time it
self. And thougli it is ever behind us, its
prophetic voice of wisdom, born of human
experience, speaks to us of coming days
whose record shall be bright with better
deeds, or dimmed with failures and broken
resolutions.
As we enter the new Masonic year, let us
resolve in our hearts that whatever there is
of good in practical Masonry shall be ours.
The future is before us. Upon its unsullied
pages let us record our determination that
the standard of Masonry in this jurisdiction
shall not be lowered ; that its benign prin
ciples, which have survived the assaults of
men and the lapse of time, shall be cher
ished by us and retained as our heritage
forever.
We do not need to cling to theories or
wrangle over rituals to make the institution
we represent to-day respected and honored
in the land. But, more than all else, we
need that practical application of its prin
ciples in the lives of men, which challenges
t-lifi •>flmli-ofirin fVifi 'wm'ld. It IS not SO
discussed by the Committee on Foreign
sails all set
Vnd am counting on tlie i-ielies she’ll surely
i)riiig me yet.
tlie
the
file tide of life is ehbing 'y(‘t my ship is
still at sea,
I’m watching now for others, foi- she'll
never land for me.
Hope gave rhe lielm to duty wlieil
barque was tempest tost,
.4nd amid life’s shoals and hreakers
vessel nearly lost.
The sails are gray and ashen every rope is
worn and tliin
And she has no spicy cargo lier shattered
diokl witiiiii.
All mined are the castles that once I built
in Spain
And I can load no vessels at their golden
gates again.
TTet ill tile liazy distance a coming .sail I
spy.
And I’m watching for my sliip, and .shall
watch until I die ;
For tlioiigli slie brings no riches, frankin
cense myrrh or gold,
Witli ‘Mother I.ove she’s laden as full as‘
she can hold.
Mary Bayarh Clarke.
HAVii; soniE'riii.A« in my
EYE.”
BY IHB FAMILY DOCTOR.
Have you, my good fellow ? AVell,
I know it is a painful enough acci
dent, althongli such a slight one, and
I will see if I can not soon relieve
you. It isn’t mortar or lime, you
sa3’? Well, that’s all right: Xow
don’t go on rubbing it so; it will
only make it worse; the more yon
rub, the more inflamed and dry will
your eye become, and the less will
be the chance of the offending sub
stance coming out by itself. Keep
your e3'e shut, don’t touch it, let the
tears, which will surely flo-w, fill
yohr eye, and in great probabilit3’
you will find that they will effectii-
alty bring the fly, bit of dust, or
whatever it may be, to the outer
lid as before described to you, and
seen if all the particles of mortar or
lime were thoroughly removed. I
should have then dropped some
castor-oil into the eye, and told you
not to attempt to use it or let the
light get to it for some little time.
I ma3’ here tell you that if such an
accident did happen to you, it would
be wise for 3’ou in any case to let a
medical man see your eye, and make
sure that no mischief had been done.
If your eye had been injured b}’ a
strong acid, the treatment would be
to at once syringe it out with a so
lution of bicarbonate of soda, about
four gains to an ounce of water, and
after that had been effectually done,
you might then have some oil, as be
fore described, dropped into it. Sup
posing your eyelids were also injured
by strong acids, it is best to dress
them with a liniment composed of
linseed-oil and lime-water, equal
parts, with a little prepared chalk,
well mixed. You dip a piece of
soft lint into this liniment, and ap
ply it over the eye, securing it with
a pad of cotton-wool and a bandage.
Kow sometimes you may fancy
}'OU have suddenl3’ a bit of grit or
brick-dust in your eye, and no argu
ment will convince you that such is
not the case ; but let me explain to
you that this feeling is the first
S3’mptom of an inflammatory cold of
the outer covering of the eye called
the eonjuiiciiva, and a yeiw painful
feeling it is too. "S ou ask whatyou
should do if you caught such a cold
De
Her
de-
tliat
the 19th of June the Rodgers,
recently purchased and refitted
for the purpose, Lieutenant Bek
KY conuuandiiig, sailed from San-
I'rancisco, and on the same day
the Alliance, Commander Wad-
LEiGH, left the Norfolk Navy-
yai'd on the same mission. The
former will go, as the Jeannette
did, by way of Behring Strait;
will visit, if possible, the com-
])ai'Htivelv unknown world of
Wrangell Laud, and will exhaust
the courage and ingenuity of ac
complished and capable officers
in the hunt for cairns or other
traces of the possible visit and
adventures there of Captain
Long and his comrades,
further movements will be
termined bv' the results of
hunt.
On the Atlantic, the Alliance
will proceed to tlie neighborhood
of Spitzbergen, and will explore
so much of the seas between that
country and Greenland to the
westward, and Franz-Josef Land
to the eastward, as ■ the ice or
other obstacles will permit. Her
voyage is based upon the theory
that while the Rodgers may be
vainly pursuing, in Behring Sea
and tlie waters to which it imme
diately opens, a vessel which
passed, more or less fortunately,
through those seas many months
since, that same vessel, hav
ing been carried by the east
ward drifts, may be coming out
on the Greenland coast, or at
Spitzbergen, or Franz Jos. f
Land, and may be sadly in need
of assistance, which the Alliance
will be prepared to render.
PERSONAL
BITS OF FUN.
Correspondence. My ovn vievs have been
heretofore expressed in connection ivitli
the history of this controversy. I am not
aware of having misstated any fact, and as
this Grand Lodge has endorsed them, I see
no reason to make any retraction.”
On the second day’s .session a commmii-
catioii was received from Bismarck Lodge,
No. 1'20, surrendering its charter to the
Grand Lodge of Dakota, and requesting
that another charter be issued. This was
done, and we hope this action settled the
troubles existing between the Grand Juris
dictions of Dakota and Minnesota.
Tlie report of the Committee on Foreign
Corres])ondence covers 122 pages, and is
the first made by this Grand Lodge. The
question of jurisdiction between Dakota
and Minnesota is treated at great length,
and we conceive the law to be with Dakota.
North Carolina receives a good notice,
and the Orphan Asylum work is specially
commended. Bi*o. "VV. H. H. Beadle, Chair
man of the Committee on Foreign Corres
pondence, says, “ We recall most pleasant
associations with North Carolina bvetiiren
in years gone by when visiting their State.”
part of the eyelid, from whence you
the admiration of the world. It is not so
necessary that we should increase in num
bers as that we should grow in the grace of
charity. Not alone that charity which in
duces men to relieve the widow and the or
phan, but that broader one which controls
the unruly tongue and covers with the
mantle of silence the frailties of our com
mon humanity. The past, with all its rich
inheritance of wisdom and truths will be as
a fitful dream if it does not teach ns that
amid the cares and perifiexities of this busy
life we are not to forget the individual ob
ligations we are under, to respect, defend
and protect the character and reputation of
each other. And so with grateful hearts
we render thanks to Him who has blessed
us in the past, and whose continued mer
cies come unbidden upon us as the gentle
dews from heaven. Keeping, then, onr
high resolves for a better future as the
years come and go, we shall reach the frui
tion of our hopes, and be filled with that
charity which looks to the welfare of each
other, and guards with jealous care the
reputation of every individual Mason.
* * * That Grand Lotlge reiterates its
will easily be- able to remove it. You
disagree with me, do you? You
say that you have often got aflyoiit
of your eye by gently rubbing toward
your nose. I.don’t doubt it fora
moment ; but in all probability the
fly was close to the edge of the eye
lid, and you were possessed of some
little knack in so removing it—a
knack which possibly nineteen per
sons out of twenty are not posses
sed of—and consequently I think
you will see that my advice on this
point is, on the whole, good.
What do you say ?—it won’t come
out my way ? Well,, what is it, do
you think, that has got into your
eye ? A piece of stone chip. Very
HFLIIEXCE OF CHRISTIANITY.
We must remember that the'new spirit
of hope which revived in a weary and
death-struck world at the coining of
Christ, which has breathed itself into
modern civilization in all its great
epochs and movements, which :is born
only of his religion, and as that pene
trates the spirit of the age. is what alone'
can relieve the dreary prospect and light
with new and everlasting beams of glory
the years which are to come. It is be-,
cause his kingdom is to come, because
his spirit and teachings of universal
charity are to enter wider and deeper
into the coming life of the world, that
the doctrine of human progress is possi
ble to believe, that history looks not
backward to Time’s rude and dark be
ginnings, but up to levels of grandeur
to heights of knowledge of virtue^ of
peace, which are the poet’s vision and
the propliet’s promise,
“I hear now the infinite fierce chorus.
The cries of agony, the cnclle'ss groan,
Thick through the ages that have gone
before us.
well; sit down,, and let me see if I
can not soon remove the cause of
this irritating pain. Now look up
at me. Don’t be frightened; I
sha’n’t hurt you. Now I am almost
sui'e from experience that I shall
find it under your upper eyelid, and
to get at it I must turn this up. How
am I going to do this ? Oh, that is
easy enough. I lay this small probe,
for which I could easily substitute
in your eye ? Most decidedly let a
In long reverberations reach our own.
and
Down the dark future, through long ^
rations,
The echoing sounds grow fainter
then ceaS'^;
And like a hell, with solemn, sweet vibra
tions,
I hear once more the voice of Christ say
“Peace !”
The woman who dyes her hair wants to
keep it dark.
needle, across the upper lid; I now
take hold of the middle upper e3’e-
lashes between 1113.' finger and thumb
and whilst drawing them outward
and upward, I gently press the probe
upon the lid. I now tell you to look
down, and the eyelid at once be
comes everted. Ah ! now I see what
it is giving you all this pain. I W'ill
wipe it away with a oamel’s-hair
brush, slightly moistened, or if I
could not have got that, a piece of
cotton-wool or soft handkerchief
dipped in water would have done as
well. Now it’s all right; you see it
was not a very formidable operation
either for you to bear or for me to
perform. All you need do now is
to keep your e3’elids closed for a
little while, and it will soon he quite
well again, I hope.
’ What should I have done if the
substance had been imbedded ? Why,
that .would have required a certain
amount of skill on my part and
patience on yours, and as no one hut
a surgeon should attempt the removal
of a'foreign body, whiqb has become
inibeded,. from the eye, I need not
describe the process to you.
, The eye pains you still, does it ?
Yes, I see it is very inflamed, owing
in a great measure to your foolish
medical man see it at once, for if
this condition he not properly and
quickly attended to, serious mischief
may be the result. In all probability
he will order you to take some
aperient medicine, to stay indoors
for a few days, and to wear.a shade
over 3’our eye. He ma}' then tell
you to foment it well with a decoc
tion of poppy heads, made by mix
ing an ounce of crushed poppy heads
with a pint of water, and boiling
this for a quarter of an hour, and
straining through muslin ; or he may
tell you to keep a piece of lint dip
ped in some Goulard water over the
eye, with a piece of cotton-wool and
oil-silk outside. In a day or two,
when the acute S3'mptoms have sub
sided, he may then order yon to
bathe it well with cold water or
some astringent lotion. To do this
properly you must procure a regular
eye-douche, or an eye-cup, which are
sold for this purpose. The eye-cup
consists of a small oval-shaped glass
vessel, somewhat larger than the
e3'e, which, as it were, fits into it.
You fill this glass with whatever the
doctor ma3’ have ordered, and press
it against the eyelids, which 3'ou
must open whilst in the fluid, and bi.’
this method the eye is thorough^’
and effectually washed.
Now I have told you all I think
worth your while to know about the
way of dealing with these slight ac
cidents that may at any time happen
to this most delicate and wonderful
organ of sight, and I hope I have
taught you sufficient to enable you
to render help when required to
some momentarily unhappy indi
vidual, who, like yourself just now,
has got something in his eye.—Har
per’s Weeklg.
The Arctic Search.
It is nearly two years since
the brave Captain De Long aud
his comrades sailed in the Jeafl-
nette from the Pacific coast on a
voyage of exploration toward the
north pole. Two months later
the vessel was sighted fifty miles
south of Herald Island, steering
due north, with the evident in
tention of reaching tlie island, or
a point near it on Wrangell Land.
From that day to this no tidings
have reached us concerning her,
but there is no good reason to
fear that any disaster has overta
ken her.
Nevertheless, it was thought
well to send out a search and re
lief expedition, and the United
States government has according
ly dispatched two steamers in
search of the missing ship. On
Witty.
Lord Mansfield, wliose decis
ion in tlie Sommerset case made
it impossible for a slave to live
on English soil, was a remaika-
bly pleasant Judge. Hi.s life is
a good illustration of tlie fact,
ignored by some great men, tliat
a man can be learned and able
and witty, and yet be a. gentle
man.
Mansfield was a Scotcliman
who had emigranted early in life
to England. Such were ids tal
ents and courtesy, tliat even Dr.
Sam Johnson, who liated tlie
Scotch, alluded to him as ‘an in
stance of wliat miglit be made of
a Scotcliman who liad been
caught young.’
One of the severest speeclies
recorded of tliis pleasant judge is
a witty interruption of'-ir Fletch.
er Norton, a lawyer noted for ids
want of courtesy. Pleading, one
day, before Lord Maiisfieid on
some question of manorial rigid.,
he clianoed to say,—-
‘My Lord, ] can illustrate the
point in an instant in my own
person. I myself liave two little
manors.'
‘We all know that. Sir Fletch
er,’ interrupted the judge, with
one of ids blandest smiles.
Another case illustrates ids
good nature, and liow little he
was prone to take offence A
sailor was giving testimoii}’ in a
case of collision at sea.
‘At the time,’ said the sailor, ‘I
was standing abaft tlie binnacle.’
•Stay a minute, witness,’ said
Justice Mansfield, anxious to un
derstand the nautical term ; ‘you
say that at the time in question,
you were standing abaft the bin
nacle. Now tell me wliere is
‘abaft the binnacle’?’
Tlie old tar liad drank too niucli
rum before coming into court,
and the question was too mucli
for his gravity. Lookii.g upon
tlie spectators with a comical ex
pression, lie shouted,—
‘He’s a pretty fellow for a
judge ! Bless my eyes ! You’ve
got a pretty sort of a land-lubber
for a judge ! He wants me to tell
him wliere abaft tlie binnacle is !’
‘Well, my friend,’ rejoined
Lord Mansfield, laugldug, a on
must fit me for my office by tell
ing me where abaft the binnacle
is ; you’ve already shown me the
meaning of half seas-over P
Young men should early learn
tliat the figure of a bear is not
the most appropriate for a great
man’s coat of arms.
EiiKirson fre({Upntly makes a coiieise
statement wliicli at once Ix'gins to circulate
thronglioiit the country. His latest is about
religion, which he says has become “pew-
holdiug.’’
Oliver Wendell Holmes says that -'a free
public lihrar}' i.s as necessarv to a town as
a nest is to a ]>iiir of l)irds. Scholars are
sure, to be hatched in it sooner or later.
Tliere, too, jniii will see a good many old
birds nestling, wiiether they bi-eed and sing
or not ’*
Hon. Mr. West, who is announced as the
successor of Sir Edward Thornton at
Wa.^hington, is flft.y-four years of age, and
a brotlier of Lord De La Warr. He is a
baclielor of handsome iiresence, fond of
society, and liberal in hospitality. He is
now Britisl) Minister at Madrid.
Dean Stiinlcy has made another and very
popular innovation in the services at West
minster-Abbey. On church festivals that
do not occur on Sunday, instead of giving
the audience the usual half-hour preach
ment, he is so thoughtful as to preach only
ten minutes. Tlie worldl}'" Journals heartily
commend this new practice of the good hut
eccentric Dean.
The mild way in which Carlyle sometimes
addressed people was exemplified in his re
mark to an acciuaintance who had oeen
combating some of his opinions. On taking
leave of him at the door, Carlyle said :
'‘Good-night, sir. And let me tell you that
you have capaliilitics for becoming one. of
the greatest bores in England.”
Inidy Hill, widow of tlie late Sir Rowland
Hill, died recently in London, aged eighty-
five. She aud her husband were play-fel
lows from a very early age, and her earnest
and intelligent co-operation and assistance
were of the utmost value to her husband in
his struggle to effect the postal reforms
which have made his name famous.
Prince Torhuiia, of Rome, is practical iu
his charities. He employs two doctors
especially to attend poor families who have
a horror of hospitals; he eiitirelj'^ provides
for 300 children, and educates 350 more;
aud he has establislied an asj’liim for old
people, and a hospital for the blind. Every
day he gives 120 dishes of soup, with bread
and meat, to the poor. Tt is said that no
one has ever applied to him in vain for help.
'rhe Princess Tionlse know.s other things
than the polite ones sometimes supposed to
be only permissible to royalty. In the
clever article on.“Life at Rideau Hall,” in
the July number of Harper’s Magazine, it
is stated that the Princess does not think it
beneath her dignity to go into the laundry
and instruct the maids concerning their
duties, or to give an occasional eye to the
marketing when it is brought in. A lady
dining lately at tlie Hall alluded to the ex
cellence of the oyster iiates. “Yes,” re
plied one of the ladics-in-waiting to the
Princess, “they were made by her Royal
Highness.”
T'lie London correspondent of the Mel
bourne Argus was puzzled by seeing among
the arrivals in that city that of “the Rev.
Henry Pahtahquahong Chase, hereditary
chief of theOjilbeway [Ojibway?] Indians.”
'I'he puzzled scribe goes on as follows : “He
may he a clergyman, or he may be a red
Indian, but he surely can’t he both. I have
never so much as heard of a red clergyman.
If he was a bishop, nothing would induce
me to permit this divine to confirm me; the
laying on of hands might he a temptation
too great for him. It would he very wrong
of him to give way to it, of course; but
imagine what a sensation he would make at
home by exhibiting in his wigwam the
scalps of a whole confinnatioii class !”
Dean Stanley is proverbially kind to the
younger elegy, and frcquentlj’' asks them
to preach id Westminster Abbey ; nor is he
particular as to their notions of church-
manship. Among the recent preachers
were II. E. J. Bevan, R. H. Hadden, C. AV.
Stubbs, and S. D. Headlam. The last
named is well known as a clerical patron
of theatres and music halls, and a great
power among the London Secularists; Mr.
Stubbs is a friend of Joseph Arch, and an
earnest exponent of the cause of the agri
cultural laborers ; Mr. Hadden is an active
advocate for charity reform, and a writer
and lecturer uxion friendly societies ; and
Air. Bevan is great at Sunday-school organi
zation.
“Swans sing before they die.’ They
have to if they ,sing at all.
Old maids are described as “embers from
which the sparks have lied.”
It is a queer circumstance that a miller
often makes a meal of what he never eats.
The chimney-sweep should he a good
customer, for he aiqieaas with a fresh soot
on every day.
A woman who has four sons, all sailors,
coiiqiares herself with a yeai*, because she
has four sea sons. ■. • --
A small reward will be given for the pro
duction of a young lady who has eloped
who is not beautiful and accomplislieil.
“Hands wanted on hoys pants” is the
daily advertisement in the newspapers.
’Twas ever thus from childliood’s hour.
'riiere are some men so tender-hearted
that they would decline to kick a bucket.
They prefer to leave well enough alone.
When it is written D. D., it stands for
doctor of divinity, but when it is written d
d it signifies something altogether dif
ferent.
Airs. Fennell says her minister’s sermons
are “ a little obscure, but,” she says, “ I do
love to sit and watch the lineages of his
face !”
“AATll your mother ever marry again?’’
he inquired. “Not with my approval,”
she answered. “Such is my opinion thus
far, aud not a step farther.”
Short courtship : “Rachel, the Lord hath
sent me to marry thee,” said the suitor.
“The Lord’s will he done,’’ was the sub
missive reply.
A North Carolina w'omen stabbed the
man who attempted to hug her. This
proves that all women are not enthusiastic
cally in favor of a free press.
An old lady in New Scotland, hearing
somebody say that the mails were irregu
lar, said : “It was just so in my young days
—no trusting any of ’em.”
A dull old lady, being told tliat a cer
tain lawyer was “lying at the point of
death,’’exclaimed : “My gracious ! won’t
even death stop that man’s lying?”
If you want to study the immense varie
ty of the human face in expression, you
should bend your gaze upon the mobile
countenance of a deaf and dumb man when
he reaches under the plank walk for a lost
nickle and picks up a raw humble-bee by
the stem.
“X can t go to the ' party to-niglit,” said
Jones; “the truth is, my shirt is in the
wash.”. “Shirt in the wash!” shrieked
Smith. “Why, man alive ! have you but
one shirt?” “One shirt!’ exclaimed Jones
iu his turn ; “you wouldn't want a fellow
to have a million shirts, would you ?”
“Have you givvii electricity a trial for your
conqilaint, madam ?” asked the minister,
as he took tea Avith the old lady. “Elec
tricity?” said she. “Well, yes, 1 reckon
I have. I .was struck by lightning last
summer and hove out of the Avindow, but
it didn’t seem to do me no sort of good.
Emerson says a man ought to carry a
pencil, and note doAvn the thoughts of the
moment. Yes, and one short pencil, devo
ted exclustvely to that use, would last some
men aa'c knoAA' about tAA'o thousand years,
aud then have the original point on.
A Avicked Connecticut man being recent
ly taken ill, and believing tiiat he was
about to die, told a neighbor that he felt
the need of preparation for the next world
and AA^ould like to see some proper person
in regard to it. Immediately the friend
sent for a tire-insurance agent.
Father I.a Rocea, General of the Domini
can Order throughout the Avorld, arrived in
NeAv York a feAV days ago, on a tour to the
Dominican priories at Somerset, Ohio (the
oldest in the United States), Alemphis,
Tennessee, Newark, NeAv Jersey, Spring-
field and Louisville, Kentucky, and San
Francisco. The Dominican is an order of
preachers, founded by St. Dominic in 1215
in Toulouse. It is quite liberal in its gov
ernment, the superior of every convent
having discretionary poAver to dispense
from the common rules Avhere the objects
to he gained by preaching may he better
subserved. The officers of the order, from
highest to loAvest, are elected for terms of
from three to six years. This arrange
ment is favorable to manly independence
and freedom of action, and has greatly
contributed to tlie preservation of the order,
Avhich has given to the Avorld such men as
Albertus Magnus, Thomas Aquinas, SaA^o-
narola, LasCasas, A^incent Ferrer, Lacor-
dairc. and Father Tom Burke.
There was a man in our tOAvn,
He was so Avoudrous Avise
He thought liis business Avould run itself.
And he didn’t advei'tise.
AAYll, business was dull at first.
But better times came, and it’s queer,^
One day Avith a rush he sold all his stuff',
But the sheriff' Avas auctioneer.
A crash is heard in the kitchen of a house.
The head of the family calls out to the cook:
“What have you broken iioav, you blank
black idiot ?” Alatilda stops singing a hymn
to ansAver : ’Taint the forf commandment
bress the Lord.”
There is a man in our toAvn, and he is
Avondrous wise; AAdienever he AV'rites the
printer man he dotteth all his i’s.—Toledo
Commercial. And Avhen he’s dotted all of
them, Avith great sangfroid aud ease, he
punctuates each paragraph and crosses all
his t’s.—Meriden Recorder. Upon one side
alone he writes, and never rolls his leaA’^es;
and from the men of ink a smile, and mark
“ Insert ” recewes.—Cincinnati Commer
cial. And rarer yet he always knows AAdien
it is time to stop, and does not let his sub
ject “die,” as boys a spinning top.—Or
phans’ Friend.
To escape from being talked to by candi
dates a prominent Gah^estionian rushed in
to an eating house and ordered a plate of
soup. He nearly choked to death on the
first mouthful, and, on examination, found
the foreign substance in his throat was a
large coat-button. “This election,” howl
ed the unfortunate man, “will be my death.
Outside they button.hole a man to death,
and inside he is strangled Avith the button.
I Avant a monarchy from noAV on.”
. A young man, Avhose mind was Avander-
iiig, AA'as placed by his friends in the care of
Dr. ,of the tOAvn of , in the Slate of
NeAv Jersey, in the hope that he might, un
der his judicious treatment, soon be re
stored to health. He AA^as, however, A^er}'
discontented Avitli the place, and with the
restraint on his movements that Avas felt to
beueedfid; andthe doctor, more than once,
iu kind and friendly conversation, endeav
ored to make him feel reconciled to his
situation. And, as the young man Avas of
a religious turn of mind, and a constant
reader of his Bible, the doctor, one day,
Avhen talking Avith him, said: You ought to
remember, my friend, that the apostle has
taught us that, in Avhatsoever state avc are,
AA-^e should thercAvith be content.” “Yes,”
replied the other, “I knoAV Raul says that;
but then I don’t think Paul ever was in the
State of Ncav Jersey.”
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