Lodges Of Instruction.

Lodges of Instruction .

STRONG MAN LODGE , No . 45-The first meeting of the year of this lodge was held at the Blue Anchor Tavern , Fenchurch-street , E . C , on Wednesday , the 5 th inst . There was a goodly assemblage of brethren , including the following o ' fficers : Bros . P . Sharpe , P . M . S 69 , Preceptor ; W . Briggs , J . W . 45 , W . M . ; J . Briggs , S . W . ; and J . Cuer , W . M . 45 , J . W . The ceremony of initiation was rehearsed , with Bro . Keith as candidate , in a manner highly creditable to all concerned , and the W . M . in particular .

After closing the lodge , pleasure became the order of the evening . Bro . W . Briggs had invited the members to inaugurate the new year " with song , and pipe , and bowl , " which is poetic for the fragrant weed from Cuba ' s isle and nectar from the Highlands . A most enjoyable evening was spent , the following programme being performed : J . Ashwell , "The King ' s Minstrel ; " Bro . f . J . Berry , " The last muster" and "Out in the Bay ; " Bro . J . Briggs , "When I was a boy at school" and "Nancy o '

Bristol ; " Bro . W . Briggs , "The owls and the mice" and "The cat came back ; " Bro . T . J . Bunress , " We fake off our hats to the Oueen " and " Hello ! Hello !; " Bro . J . Cuer , " Gentleman John ; " Bro . P . Sharpe , " "' A warrior bold ; " Bro . G . G . Symons , "Gibraltar ; " Bro . A . Whitby , "Good company" and "The tar ' s farewell ; " and Bro . T . W . Williams , " When other lips " and " The yeoman ' s wedding . "

During the course of the evening a vote of thanks to the chairman was proposed by Bro . G . G . Seymour , P . M . Personally he had great pleasure in being present ; he had witnessed the excellent working , and the music and general harmony of the evening left nothing more to be desired . He thought the idea of Bro . VV . Briggs a very happy one , and such meetings would largely tend to knit their friendships more and more closely .

Bro . W . Briggs thanked the brethren for their kindly expressions of feeling towards him . He was only too happy to do anything for his mother lodge or their lodge of instruction , which , as they knew , was believed to be the oldest in the world . A hearty rendering of " Auld Lang Syne " terminated the proceedings .

ISLINGTON LODGE , No . 1471 . The usual weekly meeting was held on Tuesday , the 25 th inst ., at the Cock Tavern , Highbury , when there were present Bros . E . J . Harrison , W . M . ; V . I . R . Longman , S . W . ; J . C Denmead , J . W . ; W . Hancock , P . M ., Preceptor ; J . NV . Clarke , P . M ., P . P . G . P . Middx ., Asst . Preceptor ; J . Petch , P . M ., P . P . G . S . B . Herts ., Treas . ; C M . Coxon , P . M ., P . P . G . D . Herts , Sec ; A . F . Hardyment , S . D . ; W . F . Roberts , | . D . ; F . II . Johnson , I . G . ; A . Oliver , P . M . ; I . Birks , C T . Rayner , C Nicole , E . Yexlev , C Smith , 'I ' . A . Spencer

W . Rapley , and A . E . Hubsch . The lodge was opened , and the minutes read and confirmed . The W . M . vacated the chair in favour of Bro . C Smith , and the ceremony of passing was rehearsed , Bro . Spencer being the candidate . Bro . Harrison resumed the chair . Thc ceremony of initiation was then rehearsed , Bro . Yexley being the candidate . Bro . Lougman was elected W . M . for the ensuing week , and appointed the officers in rotation . The lodge was then closed .

SCOTS LODGE , No . 2319 . A meeting of this lodge was held at the Holborn Restaurant on Monday evening , the 24 th instant , when there were present Bros . D . F . Gellion , W . M . ; E . J . Gurdon , S . W . ; W . Cray , J . W . ; P . C Mallory , S . D . ; C Thwaites , J . D . ; D . A . Ross , Sec . j C F . Ward , J . Imray , and J . Bennett .

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The lodge was opened in due form and the minutes of the previous meeting read and confirmed . The lodge was opened in the Second Degree , and Bro . Imray having answered the questions leading from the Second to the Third Decree—the lodge having been opened in the Third Degree—was raised to the Sublime Degree of M . M . All Masonic business being ended , lodge was closed .

Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . GEORGE HEATON . Bro . George Heaton , of Holinbank-terrace , Heckmondwike , died somewhat suddenly on Saturday morning , the 22 nd instant . He was 60 years of age , and was formerly in business as a manufacturing chemist and oil extractor . Bro . Heaton , who leaves a widow but no family , was formerly a member of the Board of Health , and for a while took an active interest in the work of the Chamber of Commerce . It was in connection with Freemasonry , however , that he was best

known . He joined the Amphibious Lodge , No . 25 S , Heckmondwike , a quarter of a century ago , and has been a munificent patron of Masonic Charities . A few years ago he contributed 1200 guineas to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , and quite recently he gave 1300 guineas to the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls . He was a P . M . of his lodge , and had also held a prominent position in the Provincial Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire . Although his death was unexpected , he has not enjoyed good health for some time .

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AFRAID OF HER SHADOW .

TN saying that she was afraid of licr own shadow Miss Sarah - * - Harriett Austin is not using an illustration merely but setting forth a fact . Courage is largely if not wholly a matter of natural constitution or of temporary condition . To bo effective courage needs to have a sense of competency and

power to buck it up . Granted a soldier ' s willingness to charge , it is , after all , the bullet and bayonet that do the business , in other words the flesh must always be close behind the spirit in this world . I know not but that we may go further and say that genuine pluck and ambition are direct jiroducts of the physical state of a person exactly as fruit is the product of a tree .

Anything that weakens or upsets the nerves spoils the subject for a fighter . Plenty of slender women arc more courageous than somo big men , but then their nerves are all rig ht . And it doesn ' t do to be going- about afraid of your shadow . And when one dues , it is a sign of strain , shock , or

overwork of some kind . There is need for rest and perhaps sound medical treatment . Now Miss Austin , whose Lame has been already mentioned , is a well-known and respected irained nurse at the Fra / . ier Street Mission at Lambeth , London .

Women who make good trained nurses require u ' . d usually possess more than ordinary courage . Jleuce when one of i . hem breaks down and becomes afraid of her shadow there must be a comprehensible reason for it . There was in this case , as Miss Austin ' s letter shows .

"In April of 1885 , sho says , " my health began , to fail me . I felt low , weak and weary , my usual good spirits deserting me . My skin was sallow and J had a great weight and pain at the rig ht side . 1 had a bad taste in the mouth ami was frequently sick , retching and straining until 1 spat up blood . I

could neither eat nor sleep , and what little food I ate gave me pain at the chest , shoulders and back . I had a feeling of emptiness and gnawing pains at the pit of the stomach . J was

constantly spitting up a bitter greo . 11 iluitl . Cold clammy sweats used to break over me , and I had night sweats to such an extent that my linen was damp with perspiration .

" I lost llesh rapidly and was as thin as a . shadow , being so weak that 1 lay on the couch all day long . I shrunk so much that my clothing- hung upon mo loosely . J . became extremely nervous and could not bear the least noise , or anyone to speak

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to me . The least thing startled me and I was afraid of niij on : n shadow . " For fourteen months 1 continued in this half dead , half alive ' state and was so far reduced that no one thought I should

recover . I was under a doctor all tho time , who gave mo toiiu medicines , frequently changing the medicine , but none of them suited my ailment . At last the doctor said that he could do no more for me , and I gave up all holies of living .

"Jn June , lSSo " , tho lato Mr . I'arnoll , grocer , Camden Town , recommended my mother to give me Mother Seigcl ' s Curative Syrup . 1 began taking this medicine and soon my appetiK returned , and the food agreed with me . 1 now began to pick

up strength , and all the depression left me . 1 continued taking the medicine , and in a short time was well as ever J was in mv life . Since that time 1 have kept in good health taking 1111 occasional dose of the medicine when required . It always hn = the same irood ell ' ect .

"J . fee ) that Mother Seigcl ' s Syrup has saved my life , airl 1 wish others to know of what has done so much for me . Yuti are at liberty to make what use you like of this statement , and refer anyone to inc . ( Signed ) , Sarah Harriett Austin , ' J'Yazier Street Mission , Lower Marsh , Lambeth , London , August ( ith , 1 S . » 7 . "

An eminent medical authority says : "Some people imagine themselves hopelessly ill , and feel that life is too great a biii-dru to bear ; when if they but know that at the bottom of the wli ' - '' ' trouble there lies oulv gout poison , bile acids , or iinpcrl ' t'c !

products of digestion , which being always present in the bl " stream , worry and fret their nervous mechanism , they migl ' summon up courage to face the enemy . Certainly more tin 1 " ninety per cent- of all the cases of nervous depression seem l 0 people under lifty years of age—tho nerve tissue not as y < - '

degenerated—admit ol- thu simple explanation . 1 he m i ' derangements ll | , u 'hie to impurities in the food supply of l ' ' - ' system . " Tin ' s is in peifeet harmony with Miss A . ustin ' s ncciM ' of her own case . She suffered from acute dyspepsia of wli" - ' '

the wasting ami ( he nerve trouble were results . The c ; tu ~ l being removed by Mother Seigcl ' s Syrup , her strength rcturii > ' ''> and she was no longer afraid of anything . Her si ' - "' )' should bo interesting and instructive ! to all nervous stiller ' . ' "'' especially women .