Scotland.

Scotland .

GRAND LODGE OF THE ROYAL ORDER OF SCOTLAND .

The annual general meeting was held on Tuesday , the 4 th inst ., in the Freemasons' Hall , Edinburgh , when a goodly number attended . In the absence of the Deputy Grand Master and Governor the chair was taken by Bro . C . C . Nisbet , Stwd ., who ably conducted the business . The following candidates were on the agenda , and all but Bro . Gowan attended and were admitted to the Order , the ritual being well rendered by Bros . Geo . DicksonM . D . ; H . B . Ezard , R . K . Inches , and W . W .

, Robertson . Candidates : Bros . Rev . W . E . Hall , C . W . Hewetson , J . A . Gordon Kirk , C . P . Emil Christinsen , VV . J . Songhurst , London ; F . E . Powell , London ,- R . A . Gowan , and A . F . Mackenzie . r ; RA \ rn innr . R .

Bro . the Rig ht Hon . the Earl of Haddington ... [ ^;^ n a o S r l . ^ „ C . C . Nisbet , W . S . ... ... ... Dep . Governor . „ Tames Jamieson , M . D ., F . R . C . S . E . ... Past . Dep . Gov . „ George Dickson , M . D ., F . R . C . S . E . ... S . G . W . „ Herbert B . Ezard ... ... ... J . G . W . „ D . Murray Lyon ... ... ... G . Sec . .. Peter L . Henderson ... ... ... G . Treas .

,, the Right Hon . Lord Saltoun ... ... G . S . B . „ Major F . W . Allan ... ... ... G . Banner Br . „ George Christie ... ... ... G . Marischal . „ Sir Alex . Muir Mackenzie , Bart . .. ... Dep . G . Marischal . „ Robert K . Inches ... ... ... ist G . Stwd . „ W . W . Robertson ... ... ... 2 nd „ „ W . Bowman McLeod ... ... ... 3 rd „ „ Edward Sang ... ... ... 4 th „ ,, J . Balfour Melville ... ... ... G . D . of Music . „ John Arthur Forrest , W . S . ... ... G . Guarder . „ G . Hay ... ... ... ... Dep . G . Guarder .

Scotland.

GRAND CHAPTER .

Bro . the Right Hon . the Earl of Haddington ... Grand T . R . S . T . A . „ C . C . Nisbet , W . S . :.. ... ... Dep . T . R . S . T . A . „ James Jamieson , M . D ., F . R . C . S . E . ... Past D . T . R . S . T . A „ George Dickson , M . D ., F . R . C . S . E . ... S . G . Guardian . „ Herbert B . Ezard ... ... ... J . G . Guardian . „ D . Murray Lyon ... ... ... G . Sec . ,, Peter L . Henderson ... ... ... G . Treas .

„ Geo . Christie ... ... ... G . Marischal . „ Sir Alex . Muir Mackenzie , 131 . ... ... Dep . G . Marischal „ Robert K . Inches ... ... ... G . Intro , and Ex .

„ W . W . Robertson ... ... ... G . Con . of Tower . „ W . Bowman Macleod ... ... ... ist G . Stwd . „ Edward Sang ... ... ... 2 nd G . Stwd . „ J- Balfour Melville ... ... ... G . D . of M . „ John Arthur Forrest , W . S . ... ... G . Guarder . „ G . Hay ... ... ... ... Dep . G . Guarder .

Visitors present : Bros . Chas . Fendelow , Prov . G . M . Northumberland ; S . Ball , Dep . P . G . M . Northumberland ; Henry Lovegrove , P . G . B . B , London ; and several breihren .

THE WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY MATINEES of A . Conan Doyle ' s play " Halves " at the Garrick Theatre ( which , by the way , reached its 50 th performance on Wednesday , the sCth instant ) will be continued until further notice . BRO . W . J . KIPPS , F . R . C . O ., P . M . 1531 , has been appointed organist and choirmaster of St . Martin ' s-in-the-Fields . Sir George Martin acted as umpire . Bro . Kipps has for some years been organist and director of the choir of St . Mark ' s , Lewisham , a church well known in the S . E . district for its beautiful musical services .

BRO . THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF VORK , with Lady Catherine Coke and the Hon . Derek Keppel in attendance , visited on Monday afternoon Queen Charlotte ' s Lying-in Hospital , for the purpose of opening the new Nurses' Home . Their Royal Highnesses were received by Viscount Portman , tile President , who , in the course of the opening ceremonial , read an address in which the Royal visitors were thanked for the interest which their presence indicated in a charity that from its foundation 150 years ago had enjoyed the continuous patronage and support of the Royal Family . The Dukeof York , replying for the Duchess , declared the building open and expressed their deep sympathy in the work of the hospital .

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Roofs And Boots And Headaches.

ROOFS AND BOOTS AND HEADACHES .

rPHE man who invents a roof that never leaks and needs no repairs will be a true benefactor to his race . So will the man who invents a kind of boot ( comfortable and right in every

way ) that will stand five years of continuous wear without obliging us to patronise the cobbler , Of course , one of these inventio : s would be tough on the roofers aud the other on the leather fellows : but all tho same

they would tot up as a public good . No fear , however . It won't be dono . ' Now if , on my side , I could get up some sort of thing which would cure women ' s headaches in two minutes- by the town

clock , every time , to an absolute certainty , and leavo no bad effects behind ; why , I should soon be the most popular man between the four seas that girth Britain , aud as rich as the famous American Vandevbilts .

But that cannot be done either—not in snch fashion . For , like a volcanic eruption , a headache—particularly the sharp and ugly kind that makes womeii half crazy and lasts for daysalways signifies something gone wrong with tho nerves ; aye , and with something else behind the nerves .

Mrs . Jane Boswell says that once sho had a headache so bad she could hardly see . The breed of headache this was which sends the poor creatures who have it to bed , with towels tied

around the head and a hot water-bottle for a pillow . None of the host of " sure cures for headache " touches this variety of cranial torture . Thoy are all vanity and vexation of spirit—to say nothing of wasted sixpences and shillings .

Before these fearful headaches came to keep her unwelcome company , Mrs . Boswell was out of sorts with the very identical ailment which manufactured and introduced the headache . " In

September , 1896 , " she tells us " my health broke down . I lost all my strength and was low down in feeling . I could eat scarcely anything , and what little J did manage to swallow gavo

Roofs And Boots And Headaches.

me great pain at the chest and a sinking feeling that sometimes fairly frightened me with an idea that I might die in tho midst of it . I had headaches so bad I could hardly see , and while they were on ine the pain constituted my entire world . I had no sense or thought for aught else .

" I got little sleep at night and felt so exhausted in tho morning that getting out of bed was a matter of necessity—not of choice . I came to bc so weak I could not do my own housework , and my life was a burden and a misery .

" Ono day I read in a newspaper an account of persons having been cured by Mother Seigel ' s Syrup of complaints exactly like mine— -judging by the symptoms described in the letters they sont to the paper .

" I began taking this medicine and felt much better in a feiv days . My food agreed with me and strength began to return , A little later ( it was not more than it few weeks at the utmost ) I had no further occasion for the medicine , as I was well ancl

vigorous as ever . The indigestion was gone and the headache as well . I have told my neighbours of what Mother Seigel ' s Syrup did for me , and am willing that what I have written

should bo published for the benefit of other women who suffer as I did ; and they are very many . "—( Signed ) ( Mrs . ) . Jane Boswell , Goldsithney , Marazion , Cornwall , March 23 . 1899 .

\ ery many indeed they are , and not ono but will be glad she read what is here set down , after she has known by happy experience how sure and sufficient a remedy Mother Seigel ' s Syrup is for the nervous troubles of her sex .

Aobody will ever invent a perfect roof , or a shoo that will last five years without mending . Neither will anybody ever invent a nerve medicine that will cure by acting on tho

nerves directl y . It must first correct tho stomach and liver —which is the way Mother Seigel ' s Syrup does the work ,