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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
THR DOWAGER DUCHESS OF ABERCORN has left London for Belford , Northumberland . LORD PAUNCEFOTE AND BRO . THE RIGHT HON . A . AKERS-DOUGLAS arrived at Osborne and dined with the Queen on Thursday evening * . PROFESSOR HUBERT HERKOMER , R . A ., has received from the German Emperor a foreign knighthood of the Order of Merit for Arts and Sciences . PRINCE CHARLBS OK DENMARK left Copenhagen on Wednesday evening for England , to join Princess Charles , who is at present staying at Appleton .
THE PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER OF CORNWALL , the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe has decided to , hold the Provincial Grand Lodge under the banner of Dunheved Lodge " No . 7 S 9 , Launceston , on September nth . H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES has directed that the grounds at Sandringham are to be thrown open to visitors on Wednesday , the 23 rd ' mat ., and the five following Wednesdays , in his Royal Higbness's absence .
His HIGHNESS PRINCE CHRISTIAN VICTOR OF SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN left Osborne early on Tuesday morning , crossing over to Portsmouth on board her Majesty ' s yacht Alberta , Vice-Admiral Sir John Fullerton , A . D . C . IT IS EXPECTED that the Queen will leave Osborne on the 28 th inst ., and proceed direct to Balmoral . It is intended that the Royal visit to Bristol shall be made before lhe Court returns to Windsor , on the way back from Balmoral .
THE CHESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL has issued regulations stating that all men employed by them should be members of some one or other of the well-established friendly societies . They are to receive an additional Cd . a week on their wages . THE DUCHESS OF SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA and her daughter , Princess Beatrice , left Coburg on Tuesday night for Russia . Their Royal Highnesses will visit the Dowager Empress , and afterwards attend the festivities connected with the silver wedding of the Grand Duke Vladimir .
BRO . EARL CARRINGTON was on Friday last elected an Alderman of the Buckinghamshire County Council in the place of Mr . H . W . Cripps , Q . C . ( who for some years was the Chairman ) , resigned . Mr . Coningsby Disraeli , M . P ., was also a candidate , but he lost the appointment by two votes . GRAND ANTIQUITY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW . —The Queen has been pleased , by warrant under her Majesty's Sign Manual , to direct letters patent to be passed , under the Seal appointed by the Treaty of Union to be kept and made use of in place of the Great Seal of Scotland , granting a charter of incorporation to the Grand Antiquity Society of Glasgow .
BRO . THE DUKE OF ATHOLL has let the shootings of Edradour , in Perthshire , to Mr . Turner , while Auchmore , in Perthshiie , has been let by Bro . the Marquis of Breadalbane to Mr . A . Worthington . There are some 10 , 000 acres of shooting . Kinrara , in Inverness-shire , the property of the Duke of Richmond , has been taken by Bro . the Marquis of Zetland .
BY KIND permission of H . R . H . the Princess of Wales , the work of the London Needlework Guild will be on view at the Imperial Institute on November 13 and 14 . The object of the Guild is to provide clothes for the deserving poor , and the Duchess of Yoik , who is interesting herself very much in the exhibition , will personally superintend the sorting and arrangement of alt thc work of her group .
BRO . J USTICE KENNEDY , Mr . Joseph Walton , Q . C , Mr . Carver , Q . C , Mr . J . G . Alexander , Mr . G . G . PhUHmore , and other membe 7 s of the International Law Association left for America on Thursday by the Dominion liner New England for the purpose of attending the iSth conference of the Association , which , by the invitation of the American Bar Assoc i ation , is to bc held at Buffalo from the 31 st inst . to September 2 nd inclusive .
ACCORDING TO advices from Vienna , H . R . H . the Prince of Wales meets with an enthusiastic reception at Marienbad , which at the present time is crowded with visitors of all nationalities . His Royal Highness always appears at the open-air concerts , given by an excellent band , and takes regular walks in the beautiful country surrounding the town . Frequently he is to be seen shopping . Already the cure seems to rave heen very advantigeous .
NOBODY OUTSIDE of the newspaper profession has any idea how difficult it is for an editor to please some of his patrons . For instance , a pap er referring to a reputation for a careless toilet , announced as follows : " Mr . Maguire will wash himself before he assumes the oflice of Town Councillor . " This made Maguire furious , and he demanded a retractation , which the paper made thus-. "Mr . Maguire requests us to deny that he will wash himself before he assumes the oflice of Town Councillor . " Oddly enough this only enraged Maguire the more . Some people are so hard to please .
ON TUESDAY EVENING the Queen visited the annual show of the Whippingham Cottage Garden Society , held in the picturesque grounds of the rectory . Her Majesty was accompanied by Princess Henry of Battenberg and the Duchess of Connaught , and was met at the lawn by the rector , the Rev . Clement Smith ( Chaplain-in-Ordinary to the Queen ) , and Mrs . Smith . Several of the exhibits were brougl t to her Majesty , who remained seated in her carriage , and manifested much interest in the exhibition , the side nf the show-tent being removed for her better view .
ARRANGEMENTS have been made for a route march of the tst Battalion Gordon Highlanders through Aberdeenshire . The battalion , under the command of Lieut .-Col . Downham , will take train from Edinburgh to Stonehaven on September 1 ith , and march up Deeside to Balmoral , which will be reached on the iGth . The men will stay there over Sunday , and on Monday the Queen will present them with new colours . From Ballater they will proceed north-east through the country to Parkhill , returning to Edinburgh by train on the 30 th . The number on the march will be 12 ollicers and 300 nor .-commissioned officers and men , including band and pipers .
A MOST SUCCESSFUL EXHIBITION of fruit and flowers was held on Tuesday by the Royal Horticultural Society at the Drill Hall , Westminster . The entries were very numerous , there being on view some 503 or more specimens of cut Ibwers , foliage , and flowering plants , and various kinds of fruit , and the exhibitors included several prominent horticulturists from different parts of the country . Among those who gained the Society ' s awards were Lord Foley and Lord Gerard , who were each presented with the silver Knightian medal for a collection of hardy fruits , and Sir Frederick Wigan , who obtained the first-class certificate of the Orchid Committee , as well as several awards of merit , for his exhibits .
ON TUESDAY , the Duchess of York , attended by Lady Elizabeth Taylor and the Hon . Alexander Nelson , drove from York House to King ' s Cioss station , and left at 12 . 30 for Longford Hall , Derbyshire , on a week ' s visit to the Hon . H . J . and Lady Katharine Coke . H er Royal Highness passed through Derby at four o'clock , arriving 10 minutes later at Etwall Station , whence she drove to Longford , accompanied by Lady Katharine Coke , in a closed carriage . The house party invited to meet her Royal Highness includes Bro . the Earl and Countess of Lathom , the Countess of Wilton , Mrs . C . Crutchley , Hon . Richard Coke , Hon . A . Hood , Mr . and Mrs . R . Coke , and Capt . E . G . Wynyard .
BRO . KIPLING ' S MARK . —ln the new edition of Kipling's works , the cover bears a peculiar sign , which takes the form of a maze-like cross , known as a " fylfot . " The fylfot sign is of a very ancient use ; it figures as a mystic symbol in early religions in India and Japan , and was woven on the mitre of Thomas a Becket . But Literature , while giving publicity lo these interesting details , does not say that there is no religious association in its use for Kipling . It is nothing more nor less than Kipling's mark as a Mark Mason . When he wrote the Hymn ofthe Mark Master— " My new-cut finial
takes the light "—he could have added that finial was graven with a fylfot . How many people have noticed , by the way , that Kipling , in many of his earlier stories—notably in " Soldiers Three "—uses Masonic symbols and the very words of the Masonic ritual frequently . There is one passage in " The Man Who Would be King" that must , says a writer in " St . Andrew , " be Greek to the reader who has not " seen the light . " Kipling was a prominent member of the Masonic lodge at Lahore ; and in India , Freemasonry is a much more earnest thing than it is Ime . —Newcastle Daily Chronicle ,
Masonic And General Tidings.
THE LORD CHIEF J USTICE ( Lord Russell of Killowen ) has returned from Pari to his country house , Tadworth Court , near Epsom . BRO . THE LORD CHANCELLOR has promised to open the new Central Public Library erected by the Hornsey District Council , in Tottenham-lane , on October 26 th . J ROBERTSON , a survivor of the last expedition in search of Sir John Franklin , died at Newport , Mon ., on the 16 th instant . He had lived in Newport since 1 S 60 .
THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CONNAUGHT , the Princess of Connaught , and Prince Arthur dined on board the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert , in Cowes roads on Wednesday evening . SIE THEODORE MARTIN has given £ 1000 for a new pulpit in Stratford-on-Avon Parish Church , in memory of his late wife , Lady Martin , better known as Helen Faucit , the Shakespearean actress .
IN THE PARIS EXHIBITION OF 1855 the motive power required was 350 horsepower . In 1 S 6 7 it had doubled ; in 187 S it was 2 ,-joo horse-power ; in 1 SS 9 it was 5500 ; in 1900 it will be 45 , 000 , of which 5500 will be utilised in producing electricity . H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES ' S stay at Marienbad will be limited to three weeks . He will probably return to England in time for Doncaster , in which case he will stay for the meeting with Lord and Lady Crewe at Fryston Hall , near Pontefract .
THE TZAR AND TZARINA intend to spend September and part of October in Germany at a hunting seat near Darmstadt , belonging to the Grand Duke of Hesse . It is likely that the Empress will pay a strictly private visit of 10 days or so to the Queen at Balmoral early in October . AMONGST the latest contributions to H . R . H . the Prince of Wales ' slHospital Fund for London are the following annual subscriptions : Anonymous , £ 20 ; Mr . J . F . Schwann , £ 10 ios . ; Shaw , Savill , and Albion , Limited , £ 10 ios . ; John Walker and Sons , Limited , £ 10 10 s . ; and Mr . Lewis Wigram , £ 10 ios .
ON THURSDAY next , Messrs . Brock will present the first _ of four displays of children ' s fireworks at the Crystal Palace . The special items will include four tableaux illustrating ^ the story of " Little Bo-peep , " " Marvellous Featherweight Balancers , " " A Gigantic Puzzle Picture , " and " An Acrobatic Show . " IT IS ANNOUNCED that Mr . James Brown Thomson , of Kinning Park , Glasgow , who died 10 months ago , has left £ So , ooo to Glasgow institutions . The recipients are mostly educational and benevolent institutions . The Glasgow University will receive £ 10 , 000 , and the infirmaries £ 5000 each . The legacies number 100 ;
BRO . EARL CARRINGTON and his three daughters , the Ladies Marjory , Alexandra , and Ruperta Carrington , were present at a cycle gymkhana at the Wooburn Horticultural Show on Wednesday . Lady Ruperta Carrington took part in the Iady-andgentleman runaway race , with Mr . Sydney Gold , of Hedsor . SIR WILLIAM POLLITT , Sir Edward Watkin , Mr . Harry Pollitt , Mr . A . Moss , and a large number of other leading men in the railway world , have written to Mr . H . B . James intimating their willingness to join in the movement to erect a statue in honour of William James , " the Father of Railways . " The statue will be placed in one of the principal railway stations at Manchester or Liverpool .
POSTMEN ' S PARK . —An appeal IS being issued by the Vicar and Churchwardens of St . Botolph ' s Church , Aldersgate-street , for subscriptions towards the purchase of the remaining portion of the land known as Little Britain , part of which is now laid out as the Aldersgate Public Garden , more familiary known as the " Postmen ' s Park . " The sum needed to complete the purchase is £ 3000 .
THE KING OF DENMARK will return to Bernstorff from Gmunden on Monday . Next week the Dowager Empress of Russia , the Grand Duke Michael , the Grand Duchess Olga , the Grand Duchess Xenia , and T . R . H . the Princess of Wales and Princess Victoria of Wales will arrive there , to be followed shortly afterwards by the King of Greece and by the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland with their family .
EXCURSION TO BOULOGNE . —Next Sunday the annual fetes and processions take place at Boulogne in connection with the Feast of the Assumption . The National Sunday League have arranged an excursion there by the S . E . and L . C . D . R .. leaving Charing-cross at S a . m . The special train and boat service for the trip will allow passengers nearly 12 hours in Boulogne . Tickets may be had of the Secretary , Mr . H . Mills , 34 , Red Lion-square , High Holborn , W . C .
THE ORIGIN OF THE NAME' * PICCADILLY . "—It is not generally known that it was a tailor who gave the name to one of the most famous thoroughfares in the world . Early in the seventeenth century there flourished at the corner of what is now Sackvillestreet a tailor named Higgins , who amassed a large fortune by the sale of the then fashionable lace collars , called " Pickadilles . " Retiring from business , he invested the proceeds in buying up the property on the west of his shop , building a new street , which he christened Piccadilly .
SIR FRANCIS KNOLLYS has sent the following letter to Mr . A . C Humphreys Owen , M . P ., chairman of the Central Welsh Board : " I submitted your letter to the Prince of Wales before he went abroad , and he desired me to thank you for the copy of last year ' s report of the Central Welsh Board of Intermediate Education , which you have been so good as to send to him on behalf of the Board , and to say that he has much pleasure in accepting it . As Chancellor of the University of Wales , his Royal Highness directs me to assure you that he cannot fail to feel interested in the record of work accomplished by the Board . "
_ MR . FRANK BULLEN relates some strange beliefs relating to Finns . A Finn , it is believed in Teutonic craft , can command what food he likes by simply sticking his knife in the foremast . Hence his fitness . By turning his cap round he cm draw any liquor he likes from the water-beaker , and yet , wonderful to relate , he is always sober . No letters home writes the Finn , for the birds that hover round the ship are ready to bear his missives round the world . His power over the wind is mtrvellous . He can command a good sailing breeze when all the ships around are wind-bound , and , withal , the Finn is a hard-working , humble and quiet seafarer .
THE INSTALLATION of oflicers of the United Service Lodge at Esquimau ( B . C . ) , and the annual banquet , took place at the regular communication last month . This lodge has a large membership of brethren of the Craft who are connected with the services , and most of whom are either serving in the district and some part of the Pacific station , whilst some of the older members are now dispersed over various parts ofthe globe . In the jurisdiction the lodge enjoys much popularity , and the above annual events are usually the signal for a happy and instructive reunion of memb ; rs of the Order at Esquimalt and the neighbouring cities of Victoria and Vancouver .
AMONG THE donors to the Lord Mayor ' s fund at the Mansion House for the relief of the sufferers by the recent hurricane in the West Indies were Sir Thomas Lipton , who gave . £ 100 ; Mr . L . Arden , £ 100 ; ' * Mr . Edmund , " £ 10 j D . S . E ., £ 5 ; Mr . Frank Richardson , £ to ios . ; Sir Alfred Dent , £ 10 ios . ; Major-General Lockhart , £ 25 ; Mr . A . Marc , . £ 10 ios . ; Mr . Archibald Sturrock , £ 5 ss . ; "Delta , " £ 21 General Sir Henry Norman , £ 10 ios . ; F . G . A ., £ 5 ; "C S ., " £ 6 ; General
Henry Wray , £ . 5 ; Mr . Henry I urnor , £ 10 ; Mr . C P . Lucas ( Colonial Office ) , £ 5 ; Sir Harry Poland , Q . C , £ 5 5 s- ; Mrs . Bryan , £ 10 ; Mr . Benjamin Cohen , M . P ., v , io ios . ; Sir Edward Wingfield , K . C . B . ( Colonial Office ) , £ 10 ios . ; "Anonymous , " £ 10 ios . ; Mrs . Kaye , £ s ; and Messrs . Thomas Hubbock and Son ( Limited ) , £ 21 . The West India and Panama Telegraph Company ( Limited ) have volunteered to forward to the West Indies , free of all charge , messages relating to the fund .
GOOD NEWS FROM QUEENSLAND . —The speech recently delivered by the Chairman at the statutory meeting of Roger Golden Gate , Limited , is a splendid epitome of what honest gold mining can achieve , and proves Queensland to be the premier gold-producing district of the world in proportion to the capital invested . The Golden Gate line of reef is one of the richest lodes ever discovered , the crushings ranging from _ oz . to 0 oz . As evidence of the estimation in which Rogers Golden gate is held by the
Queensland Government , the latter has subsidised the mine , a rare occurrence indeed , unless the experts have proved the existence of paying quantities up to the hilt . The share capital is £ 100 , 000 , of which £ 40 , 000 for working purposes is still practically intact . The ^ 1 share stands at present at one and one-eighth in the quotations , but once the fact is known that two strikes on separate reefs have just been cabled , one assaying 2 oz . and the other y \ or .., there is bound to be ap active demand , the tendency , in fact , is already upward .
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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
THR DOWAGER DUCHESS OF ABERCORN has left London for Belford , Northumberland . LORD PAUNCEFOTE AND BRO . THE RIGHT HON . A . AKERS-DOUGLAS arrived at Osborne and dined with the Queen on Thursday evening * . PROFESSOR HUBERT HERKOMER , R . A ., has received from the German Emperor a foreign knighthood of the Order of Merit for Arts and Sciences . PRINCE CHARLBS OK DENMARK left Copenhagen on Wednesday evening for England , to join Princess Charles , who is at present staying at Appleton .
THE PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER OF CORNWALL , the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe has decided to , hold the Provincial Grand Lodge under the banner of Dunheved Lodge " No . 7 S 9 , Launceston , on September nth . H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES has directed that the grounds at Sandringham are to be thrown open to visitors on Wednesday , the 23 rd ' mat ., and the five following Wednesdays , in his Royal Higbness's absence .
His HIGHNESS PRINCE CHRISTIAN VICTOR OF SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN left Osborne early on Tuesday morning , crossing over to Portsmouth on board her Majesty ' s yacht Alberta , Vice-Admiral Sir John Fullerton , A . D . C . IT IS EXPECTED that the Queen will leave Osborne on the 28 th inst ., and proceed direct to Balmoral . It is intended that the Royal visit to Bristol shall be made before lhe Court returns to Windsor , on the way back from Balmoral .
THE CHESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL has issued regulations stating that all men employed by them should be members of some one or other of the well-established friendly societies . They are to receive an additional Cd . a week on their wages . THE DUCHESS OF SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA and her daughter , Princess Beatrice , left Coburg on Tuesday night for Russia . Their Royal Highnesses will visit the Dowager Empress , and afterwards attend the festivities connected with the silver wedding of the Grand Duke Vladimir .
BRO . EARL CARRINGTON was on Friday last elected an Alderman of the Buckinghamshire County Council in the place of Mr . H . W . Cripps , Q . C . ( who for some years was the Chairman ) , resigned . Mr . Coningsby Disraeli , M . P ., was also a candidate , but he lost the appointment by two votes . GRAND ANTIQUITY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW . —The Queen has been pleased , by warrant under her Majesty's Sign Manual , to direct letters patent to be passed , under the Seal appointed by the Treaty of Union to be kept and made use of in place of the Great Seal of Scotland , granting a charter of incorporation to the Grand Antiquity Society of Glasgow .
BRO . THE DUKE OF ATHOLL has let the shootings of Edradour , in Perthshire , to Mr . Turner , while Auchmore , in Perthshiie , has been let by Bro . the Marquis of Breadalbane to Mr . A . Worthington . There are some 10 , 000 acres of shooting . Kinrara , in Inverness-shire , the property of the Duke of Richmond , has been taken by Bro . the Marquis of Zetland .
BY KIND permission of H . R . H . the Princess of Wales , the work of the London Needlework Guild will be on view at the Imperial Institute on November 13 and 14 . The object of the Guild is to provide clothes for the deserving poor , and the Duchess of Yoik , who is interesting herself very much in the exhibition , will personally superintend the sorting and arrangement of alt thc work of her group .
BRO . J USTICE KENNEDY , Mr . Joseph Walton , Q . C , Mr . Carver , Q . C , Mr . J . G . Alexander , Mr . G . G . PhUHmore , and other membe 7 s of the International Law Association left for America on Thursday by the Dominion liner New England for the purpose of attending the iSth conference of the Association , which , by the invitation of the American Bar Assoc i ation , is to bc held at Buffalo from the 31 st inst . to September 2 nd inclusive .
ACCORDING TO advices from Vienna , H . R . H . the Prince of Wales meets with an enthusiastic reception at Marienbad , which at the present time is crowded with visitors of all nationalities . His Royal Highness always appears at the open-air concerts , given by an excellent band , and takes regular walks in the beautiful country surrounding the town . Frequently he is to be seen shopping . Already the cure seems to rave heen very advantigeous .
NOBODY OUTSIDE of the newspaper profession has any idea how difficult it is for an editor to please some of his patrons . For instance , a pap er referring to a reputation for a careless toilet , announced as follows : " Mr . Maguire will wash himself before he assumes the oflice of Town Councillor . " This made Maguire furious , and he demanded a retractation , which the paper made thus-. "Mr . Maguire requests us to deny that he will wash himself before he assumes the oflice of Town Councillor . " Oddly enough this only enraged Maguire the more . Some people are so hard to please .
ON TUESDAY EVENING the Queen visited the annual show of the Whippingham Cottage Garden Society , held in the picturesque grounds of the rectory . Her Majesty was accompanied by Princess Henry of Battenberg and the Duchess of Connaught , and was met at the lawn by the rector , the Rev . Clement Smith ( Chaplain-in-Ordinary to the Queen ) , and Mrs . Smith . Several of the exhibits were brougl t to her Majesty , who remained seated in her carriage , and manifested much interest in the exhibition , the side nf the show-tent being removed for her better view .
ARRANGEMENTS have been made for a route march of the tst Battalion Gordon Highlanders through Aberdeenshire . The battalion , under the command of Lieut .-Col . Downham , will take train from Edinburgh to Stonehaven on September 1 ith , and march up Deeside to Balmoral , which will be reached on the iGth . The men will stay there over Sunday , and on Monday the Queen will present them with new colours . From Ballater they will proceed north-east through the country to Parkhill , returning to Edinburgh by train on the 30 th . The number on the march will be 12 ollicers and 300 nor .-commissioned officers and men , including band and pipers .
A MOST SUCCESSFUL EXHIBITION of fruit and flowers was held on Tuesday by the Royal Horticultural Society at the Drill Hall , Westminster . The entries were very numerous , there being on view some 503 or more specimens of cut Ibwers , foliage , and flowering plants , and various kinds of fruit , and the exhibitors included several prominent horticulturists from different parts of the country . Among those who gained the Society ' s awards were Lord Foley and Lord Gerard , who were each presented with the silver Knightian medal for a collection of hardy fruits , and Sir Frederick Wigan , who obtained the first-class certificate of the Orchid Committee , as well as several awards of merit , for his exhibits .
ON TUESDAY , the Duchess of York , attended by Lady Elizabeth Taylor and the Hon . Alexander Nelson , drove from York House to King ' s Cioss station , and left at 12 . 30 for Longford Hall , Derbyshire , on a week ' s visit to the Hon . H . J . and Lady Katharine Coke . H er Royal Highness passed through Derby at four o'clock , arriving 10 minutes later at Etwall Station , whence she drove to Longford , accompanied by Lady Katharine Coke , in a closed carriage . The house party invited to meet her Royal Highness includes Bro . the Earl and Countess of Lathom , the Countess of Wilton , Mrs . C . Crutchley , Hon . Richard Coke , Hon . A . Hood , Mr . and Mrs . R . Coke , and Capt . E . G . Wynyard .
BRO . KIPLING ' S MARK . —ln the new edition of Kipling's works , the cover bears a peculiar sign , which takes the form of a maze-like cross , known as a " fylfot . " The fylfot sign is of a very ancient use ; it figures as a mystic symbol in early religions in India and Japan , and was woven on the mitre of Thomas a Becket . But Literature , while giving publicity lo these interesting details , does not say that there is no religious association in its use for Kipling . It is nothing more nor less than Kipling's mark as a Mark Mason . When he wrote the Hymn ofthe Mark Master— " My new-cut finial
takes the light "—he could have added that finial was graven with a fylfot . How many people have noticed , by the way , that Kipling , in many of his earlier stories—notably in " Soldiers Three "—uses Masonic symbols and the very words of the Masonic ritual frequently . There is one passage in " The Man Who Would be King" that must , says a writer in " St . Andrew , " be Greek to the reader who has not " seen the light . " Kipling was a prominent member of the Masonic lodge at Lahore ; and in India , Freemasonry is a much more earnest thing than it is Ime . —Newcastle Daily Chronicle ,
Masonic And General Tidings.
THE LORD CHIEF J USTICE ( Lord Russell of Killowen ) has returned from Pari to his country house , Tadworth Court , near Epsom . BRO . THE LORD CHANCELLOR has promised to open the new Central Public Library erected by the Hornsey District Council , in Tottenham-lane , on October 26 th . J ROBERTSON , a survivor of the last expedition in search of Sir John Franklin , died at Newport , Mon ., on the 16 th instant . He had lived in Newport since 1 S 60 .
THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CONNAUGHT , the Princess of Connaught , and Prince Arthur dined on board the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert , in Cowes roads on Wednesday evening . SIE THEODORE MARTIN has given £ 1000 for a new pulpit in Stratford-on-Avon Parish Church , in memory of his late wife , Lady Martin , better known as Helen Faucit , the Shakespearean actress .
IN THE PARIS EXHIBITION OF 1855 the motive power required was 350 horsepower . In 1 S 6 7 it had doubled ; in 187 S it was 2 ,-joo horse-power ; in 1 SS 9 it was 5500 ; in 1900 it will be 45 , 000 , of which 5500 will be utilised in producing electricity . H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES ' S stay at Marienbad will be limited to three weeks . He will probably return to England in time for Doncaster , in which case he will stay for the meeting with Lord and Lady Crewe at Fryston Hall , near Pontefract .
THE TZAR AND TZARINA intend to spend September and part of October in Germany at a hunting seat near Darmstadt , belonging to the Grand Duke of Hesse . It is likely that the Empress will pay a strictly private visit of 10 days or so to the Queen at Balmoral early in October . AMONGST the latest contributions to H . R . H . the Prince of Wales ' slHospital Fund for London are the following annual subscriptions : Anonymous , £ 20 ; Mr . J . F . Schwann , £ 10 ios . ; Shaw , Savill , and Albion , Limited , £ 10 ios . ; John Walker and Sons , Limited , £ 10 10 s . ; and Mr . Lewis Wigram , £ 10 ios .
ON THURSDAY next , Messrs . Brock will present the first _ of four displays of children ' s fireworks at the Crystal Palace . The special items will include four tableaux illustrating ^ the story of " Little Bo-peep , " " Marvellous Featherweight Balancers , " " A Gigantic Puzzle Picture , " and " An Acrobatic Show . " IT IS ANNOUNCED that Mr . James Brown Thomson , of Kinning Park , Glasgow , who died 10 months ago , has left £ So , ooo to Glasgow institutions . The recipients are mostly educational and benevolent institutions . The Glasgow University will receive £ 10 , 000 , and the infirmaries £ 5000 each . The legacies number 100 ;
BRO . EARL CARRINGTON and his three daughters , the Ladies Marjory , Alexandra , and Ruperta Carrington , were present at a cycle gymkhana at the Wooburn Horticultural Show on Wednesday . Lady Ruperta Carrington took part in the Iady-andgentleman runaway race , with Mr . Sydney Gold , of Hedsor . SIR WILLIAM POLLITT , Sir Edward Watkin , Mr . Harry Pollitt , Mr . A . Moss , and a large number of other leading men in the railway world , have written to Mr . H . B . James intimating their willingness to join in the movement to erect a statue in honour of William James , " the Father of Railways . " The statue will be placed in one of the principal railway stations at Manchester or Liverpool .
POSTMEN ' S PARK . —An appeal IS being issued by the Vicar and Churchwardens of St . Botolph ' s Church , Aldersgate-street , for subscriptions towards the purchase of the remaining portion of the land known as Little Britain , part of which is now laid out as the Aldersgate Public Garden , more familiary known as the " Postmen ' s Park . " The sum needed to complete the purchase is £ 3000 .
THE KING OF DENMARK will return to Bernstorff from Gmunden on Monday . Next week the Dowager Empress of Russia , the Grand Duke Michael , the Grand Duchess Olga , the Grand Duchess Xenia , and T . R . H . the Princess of Wales and Princess Victoria of Wales will arrive there , to be followed shortly afterwards by the King of Greece and by the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland with their family .
EXCURSION TO BOULOGNE . —Next Sunday the annual fetes and processions take place at Boulogne in connection with the Feast of the Assumption . The National Sunday League have arranged an excursion there by the S . E . and L . C . D . R .. leaving Charing-cross at S a . m . The special train and boat service for the trip will allow passengers nearly 12 hours in Boulogne . Tickets may be had of the Secretary , Mr . H . Mills , 34 , Red Lion-square , High Holborn , W . C .
THE ORIGIN OF THE NAME' * PICCADILLY . "—It is not generally known that it was a tailor who gave the name to one of the most famous thoroughfares in the world . Early in the seventeenth century there flourished at the corner of what is now Sackvillestreet a tailor named Higgins , who amassed a large fortune by the sale of the then fashionable lace collars , called " Pickadilles . " Retiring from business , he invested the proceeds in buying up the property on the west of his shop , building a new street , which he christened Piccadilly .
SIR FRANCIS KNOLLYS has sent the following letter to Mr . A . C Humphreys Owen , M . P ., chairman of the Central Welsh Board : " I submitted your letter to the Prince of Wales before he went abroad , and he desired me to thank you for the copy of last year ' s report of the Central Welsh Board of Intermediate Education , which you have been so good as to send to him on behalf of the Board , and to say that he has much pleasure in accepting it . As Chancellor of the University of Wales , his Royal Highness directs me to assure you that he cannot fail to feel interested in the record of work accomplished by the Board . "
_ MR . FRANK BULLEN relates some strange beliefs relating to Finns . A Finn , it is believed in Teutonic craft , can command what food he likes by simply sticking his knife in the foremast . Hence his fitness . By turning his cap round he cm draw any liquor he likes from the water-beaker , and yet , wonderful to relate , he is always sober . No letters home writes the Finn , for the birds that hover round the ship are ready to bear his missives round the world . His power over the wind is mtrvellous . He can command a good sailing breeze when all the ships around are wind-bound , and , withal , the Finn is a hard-working , humble and quiet seafarer .
THE INSTALLATION of oflicers of the United Service Lodge at Esquimau ( B . C . ) , and the annual banquet , took place at the regular communication last month . This lodge has a large membership of brethren of the Craft who are connected with the services , and most of whom are either serving in the district and some part of the Pacific station , whilst some of the older members are now dispersed over various parts ofthe globe . In the jurisdiction the lodge enjoys much popularity , and the above annual events are usually the signal for a happy and instructive reunion of memb ; rs of the Order at Esquimalt and the neighbouring cities of Victoria and Vancouver .
AMONG THE donors to the Lord Mayor ' s fund at the Mansion House for the relief of the sufferers by the recent hurricane in the West Indies were Sir Thomas Lipton , who gave . £ 100 ; Mr . L . Arden , £ 100 ; ' * Mr . Edmund , " £ 10 j D . S . E ., £ 5 ; Mr . Frank Richardson , £ to ios . ; Sir Alfred Dent , £ 10 ios . ; Major-General Lockhart , £ 25 ; Mr . A . Marc , . £ 10 ios . ; Mr . Archibald Sturrock , £ 5 ss . ; "Delta , " £ 21 General Sir Henry Norman , £ 10 ios . ; F . G . A ., £ 5 ; "C S ., " £ 6 ; General
Henry Wray , £ . 5 ; Mr . Henry I urnor , £ 10 ; Mr . C P . Lucas ( Colonial Office ) , £ 5 ; Sir Harry Poland , Q . C , £ 5 5 s- ; Mrs . Bryan , £ 10 ; Mr . Benjamin Cohen , M . P ., v , io ios . ; Sir Edward Wingfield , K . C . B . ( Colonial Office ) , £ 10 ios . ; "Anonymous , " £ 10 ios . ; Mrs . Kaye , £ s ; and Messrs . Thomas Hubbock and Son ( Limited ) , £ 21 . The West India and Panama Telegraph Company ( Limited ) have volunteered to forward to the West Indies , free of all charge , messages relating to the fund .
GOOD NEWS FROM QUEENSLAND . —The speech recently delivered by the Chairman at the statutory meeting of Roger Golden Gate , Limited , is a splendid epitome of what honest gold mining can achieve , and proves Queensland to be the premier gold-producing district of the world in proportion to the capital invested . The Golden Gate line of reef is one of the richest lodes ever discovered , the crushings ranging from _ oz . to 0 oz . As evidence of the estimation in which Rogers Golden gate is held by the
Queensland Government , the latter has subsidised the mine , a rare occurrence indeed , unless the experts have proved the existence of paying quantities up to the hilt . The share capital is £ 100 , 000 , of which £ 40 , 000 for working purposes is still practically intact . The ^ 1 share stands at present at one and one-eighth in the quotations , but once the fact is known that two strikes on separate reefs have just been cabled , one assaying 2 oz . and the other y \ or .., there is bound to be ap active demand , the tendency , in fact , is already upward .