Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 30, 1875, Page 7

e e e e e e e e —————— SECRET SOCIETIES. - éuni Conncil of the Red Cross .ol‘ Bome and Constantine. Description of the New Masonio Tem- ple in New York. 0dd-Fellowship in Ontario and Pennsylvania. Organization of New Encampments and Lodges in llinois. Sroubles in the Chicazo Lodges of the Tnights of Pythias, Beneficial vs. Benevolent. MASONIC. CBONS OF ROME AND CONSTANTINE. ‘A convention of delegates from the several Grand Counc.ls will meet 10 New York. Tuesday, for the purpose of oranizing s Geaeral or Sov- ereign Grand Council of the United States. ' The AL L 8ir J. J, French, M. D., of Chicago, Past Grand Bovereign of the Grand Impenial Council of Iilinois, and Iil. 8ir Robert B. Switb, of Alton, Intendant General of the Madison Division, left Priday evening to represent Illinois, There aro pow ten Grand Councis, which were eptablisbed at the time meutioned: Pennsyiva- vis and Iifinois, 1872: New York, Massachu- sotts, and Bhbode Island. 1873 ; Micingan, 1874 : Eentucky, Indisna, Vermont, and Muiue, 1875. A report of the proceedings of the Convention will Ls fonnd 1n next Sunday’s TRIBONE. B o ** BEORES." The folloming is the lalter of the Crown Privce of Deuniark, regretting his inability to be &mzm. at the dedication of the Rew York Tem- o1 . Hexrs, Trrrr.—It han afforded me the most alncere pleasure Lo receive your fraternal jnyita~ tiot 1o the fuitiation of the newly-ere.ted Masonle Hall in New York, which Is to take place on the 2d of Jons. I deeply regret that several hindrznces, snd ‘especiaily the great distance, prevent me from answer- 10 thie inclinatis of my heart to meet on this occa- &lon my Masonic brethren on the otuer side of the ocean. 1 be you to accept my heartfelt wishes for the Eropegity of thle grand tndertaldng, and my ardent ope that the tLreefold Great Architect of the Uui~ verse will b-stow on it Ilis powerfal blessings, and give furtherance and succesa to your sim—esteinally, to_demanstrole the success of the institution ; inter- pally, to coment and strengihen tha tes of brotherly 1ove; ‘and, finslly, to support the ind'geat, the widow, und the orphan. * Fraternally, FikoEntx, L Crovm Prince of eumatk, THE CHURCH PARTY IN FRANCE. A Jetter from Paris coutains the fol.owing : For some time past clerical orutors and ‘writers have been maulging fn the moat vioicnt invectives ageinat ths. Freenasons, Notbing will suit them but that Freemasoury is instituted in order 1o _overthrow thrones and religion. A pumjhiet caded * Tue Free ‘oasons—What Are They 7 * fesued Ly the library of the military hospital of Toulouse, is now being circu- lated Ly thousands through France. The satuor de- clares ihat the Freemasous are possessed of s ‘secret which is the secret of the devil, and Lhat they perform a denil's mussa * on on alr liznted by six candies, Erery one, after having st on tus cracifl s gder foot 47 e diabulical ceiouony Dy every one ascending tie a.tar and striking 5 sacrament with a poufard. The pamphlet declrcs that there are femsie Frecmasons, whose morality it calls in question. . A great deal is sidd about the secret, which is strongly condrmued. Denedict XIV., in tns bull_*Providus,” ssserted that tnere was an Lnpens- trable sccret which waa also fwmor.l, and the author of the pamphiet imitates the poutlil in question in Eondacahing wht he krows notuiag abou. . 2 NON-AEYILIATION. ‘Ths Grand Master of Michigan thus speaks of non-wfliletive “The mere fact of ncn-affliztion cannot be regardedl 80 injury to our Order, nor as conclusive evidence that the rother is not & [over of the Craft, There is s distinetion between tho rights of Mssons, s such, and the righta of memborship. If 5 Mason is wiliing to renounée the benefits of his membereuip, and become non-afifated, be is atiul cntitled 10 his rights as & Ma- son, Tuore may be special reagons {n b & particular case—reasons Jerhors connected with the peace of bis family, or othér causes that we knuw not of, and we ‘bave Do right 10 loguire into, that 1:ud Lim totake his course.. Wby should we zesume to judge bim harsh- Iy?'As the connecifon w:s origially voluntarily farmod, so let it Le voluntarily continged, and if he Gesires ' to sover bis memtership, I think the Fra- ternity is streugthened in aliowing him to do 20 rather than by re.aining him against uis will. Gearing eimply to retsin memberehip, hie does not cease 10 be & ‘Mason, nor does he necessarily cease to practice Aa- sopic virtacs. Let bs hold mon-afEliated Masons strict's to their duty, and requirs of theman observ- auce 4 the moral luw, snd b case of tieir faflure in this regard, treat them as members of Lodges la a like case anoald be treated, with discipline; even to the ex- tens of expulsion, if 1t be necessary 1o purge the Craft ; Dbut do not fet ua put the nou-payment of one, Lwo o three doliure s year as_dues, in the same aciloas i ment cs'we put an 'oficuse against the moral , unieas this non-payment be willful, in which case the question enters tue forum of morals, as an offense sgaitst brothrhood and good fedowaai. DIFFERENT CLASES O MASOXS. Yo su artole wn the Juus Voice, Dr. Meckey @ivides Mazons into three classos : Pirst—~Those who mads_their application for fnitis- ok ot from & deslre of knowledge, but from some sccidental motive not alwayk bouotablo, Such meu havebeen led 10 seek receution either becsuserit was likaly, in thelr opwion, to facilitats their buainess operuiions, or to advande their political prosects, or 10 some other way to personslly benedlt tnem, Their objext baving been attaed, of having farled io strain 1t, thess men bocome fndifiérvat, aud, iu time, faliinwo {he rank of the non-afiliates. Of such Masons, there 18 00 bope. They are dead tress, having no promise of fruit. Let them pass a4 utterly wortuless, and in- capable of improvement. Second—A class consisting of men who are the moral'and Masonic antipodss of the firet, ~ These make thefr application for admission prompted, us tus ritual requires, by & favorable opinion couceived of the Institption, and s desire of knowledge.” As sopn as they are initisted, they see in the ‘eremaonica - th which " they have passed & philosophical mesning worthy of the trouble of - ul.y. They devote themseives to this lnqury ; make Sendiaivos soquainted with the history of the Ausocia- tion; investigate ita otigia and fta vliimate desiy and Explore the bidden sense of its symbols and geitethe interpretation. Such Mauans sroaiwars use- ful and honorable members of the Order, and very froguently became it shiziug lghin * Third—A cluse between the two zbove mentioned, conaisting of Masons who joined the Society with un- ebjectiouable motives, aud, perhaps, the best inten- tions; but they have fuiled" 10 carry these intentions 1010 effect. They have supposed that initistion was all that was requisite to make them Aasons, and that auy fariher study was entirely unnecessary, Aod yet ther 1810 want of Masonic amuiticn in any of them; buf their smbition is ot in the rigat direction, Tuey have Bo thiryt for kuowledge, but tiey bave & very great ghirss for office or for_d “rhcse men do grea injury to Alasonry, They Lisve been called its drones, Taey sra more thap that,—tbe wasps, the deadls ee- Iuies of the indusirious bees. Phe Doctor eays that the altimate success of Masonry depends on the intelfigence of her dis- eaples. P THE NEW YORK MASONIC TEMPLE, The following description of the uew Masonie Temple of New York is from the Tribune : ‘The mew Masonic Temple erected by the Grand Eodge of Froe 3ud Accepted Masons of New York, at Tweats-third strcet aud Sixth avenue, will be dedicat- ed on \Wednesany. Tae oceremonies will take plade in the Grand Lodge-room, EUwood E. Thorue, Grand Master, presidiag, end il coneist of » recejtion to the visiting grand otticers, foreign reprasentatives, and prominent Masons, and of a procession fn which the Zoliowing tions will take pert: Kniglts Tempe Jar; the Bupreme Council of the Ancient and Accepted composed of members of the 13d degree, escorted by thoss of the 134 Select Ble on which was sdminisfered to Gen. Washington the Dat of office 28 the firet President of the United States by Chancelior Rovert R. Livingston. Tuers willbea banquet in the evening. The corner-stone of the Temple was laid Juns g, i0, with appropriate Masouic ceremontes, and_the Grand Louge met for the frst time in the Grand Lodge- o0m, in June, 1574, The bullding was opened for oc- oupancy by lodges and commanderies, Mas 1, 1574, 1t may be briefiy desciibea s follows: The land oo- Cupded messures 114 fect on Twenty-third strect, by 81 a2 § inches on Sixth avenue, The main {roniage of 1be building fs on Tweuty-third street, The exierior esigned 1n the pure French Benaissanoe stle, each (3 a: Rucoessively until (be Mansurd, or Sfth story, is 1each- 84 Tho light blue-grantie faciog of ‘the bufld- icg -'4s combined e Tuvan slory with of Quincy syenite of & darker Lue. “The buflding & divided perpendicularly on Twenty- street intoa ceutral columnisted pavilion 30 feor wide;~1n which tbe te work, extending Mapsard story, is capped by 4 quadrangu- 1ar dome; op each aids of which e two **curtadus,” talning niches for allegurical statues, and st exch angloLeavily rusticated pavilians, each 25 feet wide, 0 & masive framework to the design. Tuese Fusticated pavilions are repeated at the augies of tha Bizit svenuo facade, the intermediate pace being Qecarated with pilasters, to harmonize with the cen- &l dividon on Twenty-lhird street, The belght frum tha eidewalk 10 the main cornice is 94 fet. The Magnrd pavilions extend 30 feet higher, ®od, the doms, overtopping all, sttans an sliitnds of 165 feet fram s .cusb level,. and ] glves s pyramidel effect to the structurs, The entire first eiory, exclusive of the entrances, is divided iuto stores. The main store space on thus story oo ‘Twenty-thicd sircot, with ths basement, i uow being fitted Jp with exteusive vaults, at an expenss of $100,~ 00, for the Central Safe Deporit Company. The mam entrance is placed at the southwesiarn durisin on Tweaty third stret, and ia Approached through a four-columned Tuscan portico. At the aides of thix portico are piaced the two emblemaical, pillars, call Jichin ang Boss. The private eutrasce 10 o Tomple 1s on Sixth avenue, In the northern pavilion, En:er- ing the portico on Twenty-tuird strect, tue doorway opens into amgls vestibue walnscol [ parit-colored marlles ud richly painted. Two bronza sphynies, symbolizieg Mystery, esch &de of the grand stuirw: leading to the main corritlor on tus second stor This corridor is 0 fect wide, 68 foot long, aud 28 foet bigh, and fa decorated iu the louic style.” To the weat of the second-stury hallwayare tus parior of the Grand Mster and omces of the Grand Seeretacy, Oa the e.ntern side of the corndor are the entrances wo tha Grund Lodge-room, Over tne central entrance s piece of a: hiar, vouchied for 85 baving formed part of the substructare of the original Temple at Jerusalem, is imbedded in the soiful wasonry cf tae wall, and 18 sic- mounted by the dssonic costof armsof ‘the Gr.nd Ludge of thio State of New York. Ina corresponding penel opposite 1o (his are piaced the arms of the S:ate, The Grand Lodge-room 18 85 foet Ly 2 feet, nud 28 fect bigh, and Will seat 1,000 persons, The order.of architecture in this room is fostoonel Boman Ioulc, The doubls row of colums ware a constructive mecessity, on account of the great weight of the wals stove, The Grand Misters chair fs Phaoed in au apaldil recess in. the esst, with retiring, committes, aud tolet rooms, on the rigut, sud a0 0rgaD on Wie left, The white plas:er surfaves here, a8 elsowhere throughout tus bunding, will s decorated Anully 1n polychrome, At the nortas €ro end of the wain corridor, Leyond a light grille gate, is the mafu staircase aud eutrauce to tue passonger- eiovator. Above the fieat hulf pace of tuis ataircase is 3 uche Wluch is o be tiled wita a white marble statue of Bilcuce. . Lu the meszanine, oF balf-story over the Grand Master's and Gr.ud Secretary’s rooius, i the Livrary of the Grand Lodge, 4ux2) Iest, the Masonic Board of Bedel room, 10221 foet, the Archive room aud & safe-room, wita irou safety aeposls boxes, for lodgs records. 'Tue recejtion-purlors to tue 10dge- o018 are 2)xu0 foet, and decorated with Corintuian pilasters and floored with mosaic tiles, The ante- Tuoms are ample sad convenient, consisting of veati- bule, Tylers', sxsm:nstion, ADnd Prepursuon ToOmS. Over these fOOWS 18 & mezzauine niory, used &8 an orguu-loft for euch !odge-room. Counected with this Toft is a large room furnished with closets for regalis, Macouic parapherualia, ete, The Tuscan Koom, tuird story, i In the Tuscen or- der, 37x00 fuet, {n diinensions, “Tue aides are decorst~ ed with coupled plasters - and tie ool wmus in the east, weat, and south are sdvauced, forn- ing a kind of culopy. ' The altar lights and other ix- tures harmonize wiili the architecture. Thealtarsand pedestds and the furniure throughout the building aze carved in walnut, Tue Doric Room 18 $0x63 feet, and upholstered fn crimson. p . Tue Toute Room i3 26 feet 6 inches by 63 fest, and is ‘upbolstered iu Live, “Iue Liviugstons Room is 21x47 feet, and is on the Sixty uvenue side of the builiiug. “Che Composite Room, fourth story, is’ richly deco- rated with coupled pilasters, It is fibianed in orange. Toe Corlnthan Buom is slso_on this story. Tne main order of fiasters in this room in combined in Pomyeifan style with a_subordinate garlanded {mpost order, the architrave of Waicu, extending around the room between the pllssters ata two-thirds of their beigit, is surmounted by a broad frieza on which, waen the palycarome decorations ars exusuted, will be paintel tn arcasic style & processiou of mea éngsged in the buuding of the Temple at Jerusilem, Tue Clictou Room fs aiso on this floor, ~ The Egyp- tisn Ltoom was desfgned for the uss of Chapters of Royal Arch Mssonry. The ante-rooms are srrunged for these degcees. ‘Lais 700m 14 30x63 fesk 6 incues, aud roproscuts the imerior courteyard of a temple ab the time of tuo Piolewies, surrounded with massive colunus with the lotos capital, and bearing a acraied asd reedea entablature, The Grand E.st roprescnts the entrance focade to the _uslier 1nufr tample, for which tha court yard or ‘main {uclosure served in EZypt as the vestivule, This Litle temple is mode.sd afier tha styla of the Templa of 1sis at Tentyra. Tus room s lighted by tue bronze seven-branch d candlesticks placed on each side of the portico, witu Urackets of lotos flowers between th -culumus on_the mdes, The altars of obligation and sacritice and the furuiture ate in the Egretiun style. Tue entire Hfth floor will bs used by Commnanderies of Enfguts Tewplir and the Aucient Accepted Rite. A tilod corridor 1n bla.k acd white mosaic, 6 fect wide by 18 foet loug, leads wirectly from the main seairway 10 a0 octagonal roowm 2) feet n_ dlameter, and vanited in tent-like manoer. Each side of this octagon con- talns a door fecding to various appartments, The main or eustern door opens into & promenada or pas- sage 7 feet wide, which entirely encircies the asyum- of the Temple, This asylam Js 41xiB fset, 21 fost high, mnd Is desigusd in the Gothio style of the 14th century. The canopied stalls are arrapg dafier the fashion of the middlesges. _ At the East twestatons of the princlpal oflicers are surmount- ed by s Iofty gromed canopy of ve arches, coverad Witk elaborats catving oF intrieate (racers. AB organ gallery ex.cnds ucruss the weslern oud of the room. Tneroom is lighted by twelve coronas of nine Lgats each, Thip wea ern door of the octagonal apartment opens inio the Council Chamber, & roow in the Saracenic style, 2045 feet, The strangers’ parlor and other small apartments are contiguons to this room. The bauqueiiog room is 0 the north of the saylum, and ta in the found-arched early Norman atyle, 27 fest 6 inches by 51 feet, The kitchen is compiotcly oquippod with all Decessary furniture, and hss adjoining rooms with closets for s10rago of banners, eto, * Thers is also alarge armory, contuining 039 closets for the equip- ments of the Knights, This story is also furnished most amply with sl the requiremsats fur conferring th degrecs of the Ancient Accepted Bite. g The janitor's li7ig roams are placed in the mezza. nines of the third and fourth stories, The steaw- heating sud ventilating apparatus is in the basoment story and in the vaults under the Sixth avouue, pave- weut MISCELLANEOTS. The Kuights Templur of Detroit have char- terea a apecial_train, and_will be_prosent at the dedication of the Temple in Nen York. The corner-stone of the new Cbmuber of Commerces at Peoria will be Iaid with Masonic ceremouies Thursday. Bir Enight C. C, Pomeroy delivered a very io- teresting and_instiuc.ave lectuse on ** Masonio Literatura™ befure Cioveland Lodge, Thusads; evening. A new hall, to be occupled by Lincoln Park Lodge, and & chapter which is to bo orgamzed, is bulding on the corner of Clark and Centre streets. ‘Thoe faneral ceremonies of Gen. Johu . Brock- inndge were conducted by the Knights Templar, of woich order :ho docessed Keniuckian was an exemplary meaber. Grand Master Lomsbury left for New York last evenicg to attend the dedication of the Temple X Til. Bro. E. I. Bobey, 32 degrees, aud his famsly will alao be prosent. Bro, H. P. C. Lasson, of Victoria Lodgs, No. 1026, Hoogz Kong, China, will deliver a lectura oo China at the Temple, corner of Halited and Landolph streets, Thuisdsy evening. The corner-atons of the new Masonic Temple at Indianarolis was Iaid 3fondsy with the cus- tomary coremomies. The box con'ainiog the deposits in the corner-stone of the firet Temple, laid Oct. 25, 1848, was placed in the new corner- stone. : The Commandery of Knights Templar of Penpsrivania held their twenty-sscond annual conclave st Pittaburg, Tuesday, Wednssday, and Thursday. Lxtensive preparations were made far the occasion, and the parade, installa- tionol the officers, and reception by the citizens passed off smoothly. : The Voice tor Juue Is & very intcresting tum- ber, containing articies on ““The Obsolete Le- gends of the Older Freemasous™; ‘' The Masons of Brazil and the Priesthood "; ‘‘ Reading ma-~ s0va and Masons Who Do Not Read V; besides s 1arge quaniity of other excellent reading matter. It 13'0ow about the best Masonic' jomnal pub- lished Joseph Shervwin, 32 degreas, and hia wite left for Eurupe in the early part of the week. Pre- vious to their departara a large oumber of their friends met =t their residence, No. 497 Weus Mouroe street, and through Bro. Jobn O'Neil presented Mr. Sterwin with an _elegant_binocu- lar marine glass, and Mra. Sherwin with a besu- tiful diamond rivg. ? The Grand Lodge of Indiana held its fitty- eighth anoual commuoication at Indisnapolis last week. The Grand Secretarv, Jobn M. Bramwell. reported the receipts from sil sources, during the yoar, to hava been $16,740.53 ; bale anco on hand at date of last report, $12,202.15; total, $28,962.66; disbnreemeunts, $15,713.28; learing present balance. $13.249.38. Daniel Mo~ Donald, of Plymouth, wis elected Grand Master. Sir Knight Rob Morris lactared before the brethren of Quioey, Mondar, on “The Holy Laod under tbe Light of Masonry." Dr. Morria is the founder and tirst Master of the Masonic Lodge st Jerusalem, now in full tide of sucoess- fal progress, This lodge is the only one ever organized in the Holy Land. Iu ity membership are profesaors of the three great roligions of the earth. Mohammedan, Jewisa, Chiistian, and it is looked upon, therefors, as a fair proof that theoiaim of Freemasonry to avoid bigotry and intoietance is a just one. It is the purpose of those who have the matter in band to_establish two more lodges in Paleaiins, viz. : at Jopps and Nablous, and then to found the Grand Lodge of Palestine. The occasion of the visit of the Ma- sonic party to Jerusalem next apriog will be seized to lay the corner-stona of & towering tom- plo for Mas0onic purpos - —_—— ODD FELLOWSHIP, CANADA. The Queen's Lirthday (Mondsy) was a gala day in Whitby, ‘Ontario. Eastern Star Lodee No, 71 taking advantage of the holiday to dedicate their new hall. Tho gathering waa prooably the fargest of the kind ever held in Canads, the brethrenof Onterio generally being present. Grand Master Williem Fitzsimmons conducted the ceremonies, and was assisted by Grand Mas- ter Btebbins, of New York, and Grand Sire AL J. Dunham, of Eentacky. . The Hon. Schuyfer Col- THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, MAY 30, 1875.-SIXTEEN-PAGES. fsx, of Indlens, Mr. R. H. Motrison, Grand Treasurer of Michigan, and the Hon..John H. White, of New York, Past Grand Master and Present Grand . Ropresentative to the Grand Lodge of the United Gtates, wers also in at- tendance. 3 The three firsi-named gentlemen were inter- cepted at Tdronto, on their way home, by & com- mittee of Odd Fellows, ‘and formally welcomed to the city ; and. alter being ‘shown the sights, were handsomely entertained st the Queen's Ho- tel. J. F. Kerr, Grand Alaster of the Grand Lodge A:F.and A, M. of Canads, was at the banquat. An acconnt of the progress and present condi- tion of the Order in the Proviuce of Oatario is subjoined. ‘Ths oldest lodge is ** Brock,” No. 8, which was inatituted io March, 1845. From that time up to the 11th May, 1871~the dsieof the institution of Eastern Star—but «36 lodges had been inatituted and were in working order. Eastern Star made the thirty-inih lodge in agtual workiog order, Dariag the four yesrs from May, 18/1, to May, 1875, the number s has increased to 125 lodges. Al the samo date —May, 1871 —ihe memoarship was 3,442, which bas increased to 9,200, according to Lhe Becre- tary’s report for the term ending, December, 1874. The anousl receipts of ali the lodges then in existence were $23,00. This sum increased to $86,000 for the year 1874, The amount paid for relief ip 1871 was $4,700; in 1874, $15,000; beiog an increase of nearly four times in four years. The Widows' and Otphans’ Fund in 1871 amounted to $23,000, aud tnat fund has now in- crensed to the sum of $38,000. The Genersl Fuud—embraciog sll the general investments for the various objecis for which Odd Fellow- ship waa founded—amounted to 931,500 1871 ; and that sum has increased within the four years to 8105,000—maiting the total sum invested turough ths Odd Fellows' lndgaa in the year 1874 for the Widos' and Orphans’ Fund and the Gen- eral Fund over $144,000. PENNBYLVANIA. The Graud Lodgs of Penusylvania met at Williamsport recently, and from the report of the Grand Secretary the subjoiued facts are taken : Members as per last report. Accessions. 95,197 10,469 - 8,822 Abstementa. Present nu ‘Not increaso of membors since Lodges lu working condition. Tucreass of lodges. {0g year..... $ 15,267.23 Total amount of receipts of the subordinate 104geB. e evrrrnnnse <oeee. 81493973 6d amonnt of recelpls frow Lhe pre- ,362.60 Tho receipts of the subordinate lodges for thie past year are reported at.. +.$814,930,72 The amount expended for relief at, 378,85415 * $ 430,081.57 Amormt sdded o the assets or reserve fand 39,118,183 Showing the working expanses to bave been $202,63.39 of 34 6-140 per ceut of the entire receipta. Whatever loatea thers mmay have been owing Lo improper loaua or lnvestments, oF by rt, aro muads, In the abovs exbiblly to appear s part of the working expenses. o losses could b ascertained and deducted the pezosnt- age wonld be greatly reduced, "The sggregite cost of tha expenses for reat, light, fac), statiouery, advertlsing, regalis, por capita tix, etc., for the lodges, when reduced to esch individual meiaber, bag besa $L13 for the year, or 4i¢ cents por week for each membar of theOrder, in the jurisd: tion, Theso data afford a basis upon which, by add- ing ihe probabilities of eickneas or cost of reliet, cal- culations may bo made a2 to what amount of dues the ‘members ought to pay into the treasury of a lodge in order to Insure the payment of a certaia amount of benefita to tne sick, NEW ENGAMPIENTS AND LODGES. A dispeusation has been issued for tus institn- t.ixlm of Dosis Encampmeat No. 163, at Meredosis, oL . Efforts_are making to organize lodges at’ Casey, Cass County; Burnt Prairle, White County; Blue Mound, Macon Couuty ;' Minier, Tazeweil County; and Waldroo, kakes County. The membersof Chicago Encampments antici- pato s ploasant meetivg at_the instibution of Apollo Encsmpment No. 165, by Grand Seribe Gen. J. C, Buuth, at No. 103 Clybourne avénue, Wedoeaday evening. This is the first body of the kind ever crzanized on tbe North Side. Maay of the chartor members withdrew from Hlinois Encampmant No. 8, which will visit No. 1051 & Lody. : ; Walhalla Lodge No. 574, of Blue lsland, was imstituted on the 22d inst., by Graod Master E. B. Shorman, assisted by J. Ward Ellis, P. G. M.; C. B. Hefter, Grand Marshal; M. C. Eames, P. G.; Capt. 8. . Brown, and others, Abous 100 ‘members of the order from Chicago were pres- eot, as waa Dalton Lodge No, 505 asa body. After the coremaonies. (ha following officers were publicly mstalled at Turner Hall, in the presence of s large audience of ladies and gentlemen: C. A. Dilg, N, G.; N. Stall, V. G.; E, Blegs, Secretary; Aug. Eaotzler, Treasurer. Ad- dresses were made by tho Grand Maator, Broth- ers Eames, Ellis, Hefter, Brown, Dalton, and others. A coliation waa served by the charter members, Five new members have already been received by initiation, and the lodge bids fair to be a valuable addition to the suburb. THE GEAND LODGE CHARTER-PLATE. The old charter-plate of the Grand Lodge hav- ing been destroyed in the great fire, & commit- tes was appointed to procure a new ope. They Dave boen at work over s year, and have just completed their task. Tve new plate is an ele- gant specimen of ari, Surmounting the border, iuto which are wiought the most pruminent em- blems of the Oider, 18 & medallion of Thonas Wildey, P. G. 8., the founder of Americen Odd- Fellowship. It is, witoont doabt, the finest chartor-plate of tho kind ever produced, and, since it 18 adapted for use in other States, other jurisdictions will probably enjoy the benetit of it. Creditis due to M. C, Eames, the Chairman of the Qommittes, for tha accomplishment of tne work in 8o successful and beaatiful & man- ber. QUESTION AND ANSWER. Can & State bave two Grand Lodges—one working in the English, and ona in the German Ianguage ? - [0 ; not without amending the constitution. Tho constitution of the Grand Lodge of the United States, Art, 1, Sac. 11, says : No mors than ons Grand Lolge snd one Grand En- campment shall be chartered in any State, District, or Territory, MISCELLANEOTS. Anew Encampment was organized at"Pooria last weels. A warzant was fssned Wednesday for the re- mdl}vll cf No. 6J7 from Youagsiomn to Rose- ville, The new North Side German Encampment, to be known as Apollo, will ba instituted Wednes- day eveing. The Grand Lodge of Minnesots will meet at 8t. Paul, Tuesday. Several of tha Grand of- cera of Wieconsin will be present. Elections in the subordinate lodgss, under the coastituzion adopted by the-Grand Lodga at its 1ast seasion, will take placo at the firat meefing in June, i X The first lodge of Odd Fellows was lately or- ganized in Caddo, Indian Termitors, by B..F. Corictian, P. G. AL, snd others, from Sherman. It is catled Cadao Lodge No. L. The Rev. H. N, Powers recently addressed Ex- oelsior Lodge No. 22 on general topics. aud, to shorw their appreciation, the members presented Mra, Powers with a beatiful photograph aibum. A meeting of membsrs of the several encamp- ments was held at Ft. Dearboro Hall last even- ing to consider the feasibility of uniforming the §amu_cm of this ewy. It will probably be one. - KNIGHTHOOD. ONSOLIDATION NZGRSSARY, Bo much ** bad material " has besn admitted into the lodges of Chicago,.oming to a desire to make the Order numerically strong, that the bet~ ter class of Knighta havs become pretty well dis- guated with the manberin which things have bean running. Hence efforts are making to drop objectionabls members, and it is proposed to ac- complish it by giviog vp the charters. Ime poriat and Gauntlet heve already pur- rendered. theirs, and it s probable that Dionysius, Welcoms, snd Ivenhos will do likewise. If they do, 8 new and a strong lodge, which will reflect credit upon the fraterni- ty, il uodoubtedly be organized. The German lodges especially are weak, and the prominent Enights think {svorably of concentrating their membership into ome or two lodges, aud thus insuring {heir prosperity. Otberwise it is doubt- ful if they can live. If thore were fewer lodzes, and more judgment was exercised in the rejec- tion of unsuitable applicants, the Order in this Juriadiction would bea credit, and Dot a8 near disgrace as it now is, SUPREME LODGEZ- THE The B 16 Lodge, at its seasion in Washing- ton last week, abolisted the traveling ahield and reatored the univessal i shield | can be nsed as **setter of oredit " by thoss who desire, but its exhibition is no longer obligatory. Tha tin head-gearing was alao abolished, sod for it waa gubstitated a hat of silk, helmet-shaped, ‘with an appropriata featber in the crown. Amend- ‘menta were submitted to be ected on next year to do away with the ordivary lodge reealis, and raplace it with the_official jewel. The appli- cation of some of King Kalakana's subjects in the Sandwich Islanda to establish lodgea was ro- jected. From “expressions” Woodraff, of Geargis, will probably be the next Bupreme Chancellor. DENEFICIAL V8. BEYEVOLENCE. The principle of -compeling lodges to be benefical when the mombers are opgosed- ta it is detrimental, and this fact i8 iojuring the Order in this jurisdiction. BSeveral of the lodges have been crippled by the withdrawal of the mos:_active material, and unless the Grand Lodxe officers will permit an election to be made between beneiicial and bevevolent, they will 2o longer lidentify themaelves with Enighthood, With a viow to giving tho Grand Lodge oficers an opportunity to ach & conaitution will Lie prepared-in_conformity with the State law, nndp by-laws framed omitting the beneficial clause, which will bs submitted for their ap- proval. Prior to .the action of the Sapreme Lodge making the lodges beneficial to at least the sum of 31 a week, the suboidinate bodies could select between heneficial aod benevolent ; the forcing of the former has proved so objec- tioneble in this jurisdiction that unless ‘the matter is left optinial with' the' lodges, Knight- bood ia Xllinois will not flourish as it hag i the past. o0, ‘The annual meeting of the Grand Lodgs eof Obio was held at.Cleveland Wednesday and Thursdsy. From the report of the Grand Chancellor it appears that twenty new lodges wero instituted during the year. The Grand Master of the Exchaquer reported a balance of #1,522.05. The number of mem- bers Deo, 81, 1874, was 4,850, The receipts of the subordinate lodzas wers 342,440.53; the ex- penditures, $37,268.28; aud tbe cash on hand, $29,093.65. ‘The most important business transacted was the chapging of the ropreseniative syatem. Heretofors every subordinate lodge has been en- titlod to one repressntative for every 100 mem- bers; now the Stale is divided into fifty dis- tricts, for legialative purposes, and each district is to have one representaiive, the lodges fto be apportioned accordingly. MISCELLANEOUS. Supreme Representative Cashman returne home yesterday. y Dr.T. W. Deering, Bapreme Representative of Kansas, has moved to Chicago. Bro. H. V. Rice, of Aurors, has been appoint- ed Grand Scribe, to fill the vacancy occasoned Dy tho resignation o H. C. Berry. Cosmopolitan Lodge No. 6 is said to be the strooeest in tho city, having about 120 members in good standing. During the last three months over 600 has been paid out for relief snd burial expenses. Gen. Lew Wallace, in an address to the Knights, at Crawfordsville, Ind., the other day, told them that *secret societies flourish and grow strong ooly when they are agreeable to the wants, tastes, and characier of the- peopla among whom they are erected. So it hap) that the incrense bf Masonry and Odd Fellow- ship in America teaches that Jesuitism and the Internationals of Pans are not things of fear to ns. The fire of our liberty will scoroh them to death. They may trouble, but they cannob en- danger.” . OLD’ TIME AND NEW. Read at the New Enland Society's Festival at New Yerk, Dee. 22, 1818, by C. Spooner, of Boston, "Twas in my easy chair st homs, ‘About week ago, ¥ sat and puffed my mid cigar,— As usual, you must know, 1 mused upon the Piigrim fl rhose Tock i win o Tpon aimost the only rock ‘Among the Plymouth and, In my min®s eys Tsaw them leavy B;Ih:.h'l:a »lhu-bu&n h'l‘rl';’ fors them sproad the wiutry wilds, Behind rolled ocean dark, Abovs that little handfal atood, ‘Whils savage foe Jurksd nigh, Thelr creed and watchword, * Trust tn God, And keop your powder dzy £, Imsgination’s pencil th Thelr Arst atern Winkr painted, When more than half tisir number dled, And stoutest spirits funted. A& tesr unbldden filled os eys,— 2y smoke had Ailed tte other : Ono ees strange sights st such & tima, Which quite bis senses bother. . Imew I was slcve—butlo! (Lt Bim who dare deide me) Tlooked, and, drawing tp chair, Down 5at & man besids me, ‘His dress was anclent, ard his atr ‘Was somewhat strangeand foreign, ‘He civilly returaed my sire, And said, # I'm Richard Warren.® #You'l ind my nams anong tho lst Of haro, sags, and maitsr, Who, in te May-Flowar) cabin, rignsd Tt first New-England charter, . “J could some curious focts fmpart,— Porlups some wine sugzestions ; But then I'm bent on seang sights, And running o'er with questions,” “Arkon,”sald I; “1i Lo my besh o give you Informatica, ‘Whether of private men a1 ask, Or our own renowned aution. Says he, “First tell mo vhat is that, 1In your compartment sr row, Which seems o dry my sye-balls up, And scorch my vecy microw 2% ‘His finger pointed to thegrate— Baid &, < That’s Lohigs conly Dug froin the earth,” £ shook his hesde 41t is, upon my soal ? 1 then took up & pleco of stick {One end was biack aanight), And rabbed it quick azreas the hearth, When Io! a sudlen ligat} My guest drew back, upmiled hiy A Birove b brauth catehy “What uecromancy’s thst7” cried ha? Quoth I; * A friction-natch,' Tpon & pipe Just overhed, 1 taraed s litde screw, When forth, with instanianeous fasb, Thros streams of ligh-aiog Aew, Tprose my guest : * Nov save ma Heaven ™ ’A‘Jmiu,flxguttdthal; “ il 414 that Lell-Are 7"+ THy gas,™ sald T,— Siecall i Bydrogens S AT Then forth §nto the Seld wo strode; £ train camo thunderiag by, Drawn by the suorting imn stoed, Bwafter than eagles 1y, Dovwn on bis knees, with hands uprals T worsbip Warren fe s % “Great is tns Lord ourGod ! ™ oz 1ad by “ He dosth all things vell, # I've ssen His chariots of firs,~ The Lorsemen, 00, thireaf : OR 1 may I nwes provoks His ire, Nor at His threateaings scof 1 # Riso up, my friend, rse up,” sald L~ “ Yonr terror's sll in vain ; T'hat was no chariot of :te sky— "T'was the New York mll-trainl® We stood within s chamber small; Men osme the news tekuow From Woaster, Byriogeld, and Now York, ca. [ ‘Taxas and It came—it went—ailent, but sure s He started, burst ont liughing © What witcheraft’s that? 7 ¢ It's what we call Magnetio telegraphing” Once more we ste] foto thi Wi'nfg \vmmflflnp Fet s gn‘l e movea slong acrois As softiy asa uf? e “Imean the this two legs, i foathers 018 e onstrous bump ber ita watst, Targo 13 & fouther-veq “Tthas the gIft G apeec), —T heat,~ iy plind s (TR 2y amiablo friend,” id I, “That's what we calla woman,® ~ * Eternal powera! {t camot be,” Slgaed Bo with volce :at faltersd #1loved the women inny day,— “Butoh! they've sadl; aliared.” 2 Tshowed him then a new maching r turning eggs to cuickens,— Alaborsaring teanery, That beata the very ciekent, Thereat ho strongly gruped my hant et "Twill naver do for n.o‘i:l'ilfl A man will carry $500 i bis veat pocket, but s ‘woman-needs & morocco piremonnaie as large as » fist, and too heavy to cary. in tby t, to recipe for ing jelly, i drons goods, do town xnd back, svery plessmt afieraoons, | .ried up with EFFERVESCENT - JOYS. The Quantity of Carbonle Acid Gas Used in Chicago, Method of Manufaotnring and Dis- pensing Soda-Water, ¥ Fruit Sirups from Rancid Butter---Hor- rid Suspicions. S Dread of Explosions---A Couneil Com- mittee Needed, Mead and Ginger Ale. A few days ago a newsboy found one of Buok & Bayner's noda-water tickets, ynd, presenting it at their connter, asked whether it was good for anything. He was told that it was good fora dime's worth of soda-water, and was asked what he would have. Ho was somewhat at a loas to know how to” make & selection, but finally said : “*Give me soma of what they'ra a-drinking, BMis- ter,” pointing to a couple of gentlemen. The clerk accordingly handed him down a glass of bitter Kissingon. The newsboy put it to his lips. His expression of cheerful expectancy changed to ome of dismsy. Setting the beversge precipi- tately on the counter, he smiled s sickly smile and said: “*Itdon’t taste like it used to do, Mis- ter,” and then quickly vamosed, lest his expres- sion of distaste might be resented as libelous by the proprietor. If soma oldater who had not kept up with the times in that partioular, and who retained old-time notions of sods-water, should be handed & glass of cream sods, he would be very apt to use the same expression as the newsboy. 1Itis not so very many years ago when soda-water was chiefly used in its plan stace a5 aimple water impreguated with carbonio acid gas. Then it was *the sovereignest thing on earth " for the crapulous depression following 8 night'a excesases in vinous potations, amd was in general use asan effervescent diluent for bravdy or whisky, s seltzer is used. But America, the land of the free and the homs of the mint-julep.and whisky cock-tail, applied the inventive gemius whick had produced such s mauliicnde of fancy drinks to the elaboration of soda.water as a beverage, until the soft gush of & cream-topped, effcrvescent liquid, tinged with the bus and filled - with the taste aud odor of delcious fruits, gladdened the sys and soothed the palate of the eoda-water drinker, Like the dream of an epicurean, iws dulcet excellence insinuated itself npon- tha Ppalate of traLs-Atlantic gourmets, when Ameri- can exhibitors i Europesn faizs propagated & koowledge of the new beverage. Iut the penn- rious_babits of Enropeans render thex averse tc* sapending their money for such evamescent drinke as soda-water. - Woen they expend as much 25 the value of 10 centa for a driuk, they ‘want sometbing that thoy cao sit at & table with »nd chi.t balf an hour over, and, however sweet may ., be the soda-water . that . fizzes aw; l’ its brief period under their noses, it leaves with them disturbing recollections of large expenditure for exceedingly transient pleasure. But the unthrifty frea-handeduess of the American people sticks at no such scruples, and the sale of soda-water in this country is simply immense. In the City of Chicago alone, it 18 eatimated that OVER HALF A J{ILLIOX GALLONS A TEAR are consumed, aud the busivess of supplying it répresents a large investment of capital. Sods-water, 28 Dow preglxgd. has o soda 1n it, nor pertaining to i, and the desig- nation is a thorough muisnomer. Probably the name came from the fact that formerty carbonic scid gas was generaily obtained by the action of unl)pl.mrin acid on carbonate of zoda, bat now marbledu-t, which iss carbonate of lime, is the materia! used. THE APPARATUS for the manufacture of soda-water consists of & generator, an acid chamber, and one or more gas washers. Marble dust is placed in the gensxrator, and sulphuric scid let down on it from the acid chamber. Sunlphate of lime is formed, and car- bonic acid gas disengaged, which passes off icto the gas-washer, which 18 a chamber flled with water, through which the gas bubbles. Gen- erallyitis passed through several washers, soasto remove from it xny Impanties before passing into reservoirg, Srom whicn it is drawn off as needed in the aeration of liquids. The generators in ordinars nae are of iron, aud are tested at 300 pounds to the squareinch; the best are of steel, and are tested at 1,000 pounds to the square inch. THE YXPLOSION IX A BOSTON DRUG-ETORE 1ast week, and the demolition of a four-story building, shows with what destructive violence these generators may explode. With ordinary precactions the danger is emali, if any. ln soma generatora the pressure of the gasin tho gen- erator may force open the vaive at the botiom of the acid chamber, letting in a large guantity ot sulphurio acid aud disenzaging & large volume of carbouic acid gas, the sadden in- cioaze Of pressure endangering the security of the apparatus. In tbe case of the Boston ex- plosion, something may have clogged the duct Dy which the gas _escaped from the generator into the Bas-washer. The gas, collecting in the generator, forced up the vaive in the bottom of the acid-chamber, and a large quantity of acid pouring in suddenly, disengaged an enormons quantity of gas, bursting the genérator, and blowng up the building as narrated. : 1f soda-water generators are such terrible bombshells as this wou!d scem to indicate, then the explosion should sound A LOUD XOTE OF WARNING in the ears of our Commoa Counciimen. While they are fretting themselves over small and mesn concerns, engines of death.are being worked in crowded scctions of the cily or borna sbout our thoroughfsres. If generators may explode, why not the portable fountains also? The pressure of the carbomic acid in their interiors may some day sud- denly explode one. It may be acalm summer's day—one of those mild, balmy days when the south wind comes to one with an unction of re- pose. Little Freddy, tired of sand architecture, may be aitting by the side of the gutter thought- fully running bua fingers through che marbles in his pocket, when the soda-water man dnives up befure the drng-store. He lifts out the soda- water reservoir, and then, as the poet romarks— ‘Thers comes a burst of thunder sound, Theboy! Oh, whers s hol and little Freddy has to be scooped up in a dis- tresewngly mixed condition. It will be small consolation to the afiiioted parents to know thas large portion of the soda-water man was found on the roof of the drug-store, Or, suppose the explosion shonld tako place in & crowded thor- oughfare, sending people through the adjacent lato-glass windows in an nnseemly condiuon of R ainecaration, DUTY OF THE ALDERMEX. According to the recent eioguent snd pathetio speeches of ‘Messrs. Storrs _wnd Frank Adams, the Common Council sre the guardian sugels sod special policemen of Chicsgo. They are in the habit, according to their counsel, of lying awnko mights thinxing what way they may best protect spd advance the interests of therr flock, sod are truly grateful to any one who wil . suggest to them any manner in which the interests of the people can be subserved. They are specially grateful forany suggeation which involves the appoint- ment of & special committes, with unlimited power to° * inveatigate and examine,” "partioc- Qiarly if the investigstion and sxamination relate to eatables and diinksbles. Now, than, 16 appeara to be the duiy of the Common Council to appoint a Bpecial committee, coasisting of at Jeast three from each division, for the purpose of looking into this important question of the dangerous charsoter of sods-water. This will involve s thorough search of the different fac- tories, and the consumpticn of au enormous qusatity of the effervescent beversge, toereby restoring to the Aldermen little gaa to replace the amonnt of which they have recently been so Iavish. it seems proper that i AX ORDINANCE SHOULD BE INTEODUCED with the view of reguiating the trassportation of sods-water through the public sirests, pro- viding, among other things, thatthe driver of every vebicle shall set astride of the receiver, 80 that in case of aD explosion, its main force may be expended upon himself, and he may be car- izzy rapidity tothe beightof a ‘four-story buildiog, and thus remove, to & gree at least, the Liability of daoger to otbers. The Aldermen in their investigations will slso callat B THS DIFFERENT ZG—8TO) | Wil wlea carry home for trial specimens Of perfumes. 1t will bs seen that a broad fleld is bere opened for AJdermanic examination and acquisition. The tender-hearted Aldermen must be touched by the thought of their constituents, while gently zippiog s little sods-wster, beiag lifted np 2ad out by an unseen pawer sad blawn ‘violently acroes thaatreet. They will undoubted- Iy take measures to prevent mg&aink of this kind, 1O matter what personal eacrifices in the Way of lookipg up the subject, smokiug froa cigars, and drinking fres drug-store liquar, it may entail upon themselves, i The procuriag of the carboni scid gus is the maig g in the manufacture of soda-waters and almost every other kind of serated bevarsge. Boda-water is nothing but pure water atrongly charged with carponic acid 8. Water will aborb abous 15 per cent of car- onic acid by aimpla mechanical mixture, but under strong prasaurs & great volame of gas il be retained by the water, gi ing it ont a8 soon as the pressure is romoved, and it1s the escaps of this surplugage of gas which makes the sods. water, a3 drawn from the dispensing fountain, i{:m upin our glasses. The waier is charged PORTABLE RESERVOIRS, containing from 4 to 10 gations, and these are served to deslera by the manufacturer. Tha water costs to manufactare about half acenta gallon, and in retailing it the principal cost is tbas of the flavoring sirups and the elogant dis- pensing apparatus, . The fountaina from which the retailer draws the beverage cost from 350 to 000, sccording to the styls and magnifi-+ cence, The fancy apparatus used in our first-clees drug stores does not generally cost more than from 600 to $1,000. Thesa fountans contain small reservoirs for the sirups, and a coil of block tin-pipe connectiog with the soda-water ressrvoir below. Space is left for ice, which cools the sirups and soda water as it is dispensed. The levity imparted to the sods water by the gas within it carries it forcibiy from the reservoir up the connectng fubes, a3 may well be imagined, a8 the water 18 charged under a pressure sometimes of 200 pounds ta the uare inch. - here is nothing in all the steps of the pro- cess of makiog and dispensing soda water itsell that would impart deleterions properties to it if ordinary care be used. Theinterior of fountaing 18 geoerally lined with porcalain or blockstin, which are not affected bv the contsct of the water, Bat tha water itaelf is merely ths basia of the drink a8 propared when retzilea, and tha proparation of THE FLAYORING SIRUPS must coms in for some description : Thers is such a_thiog sa a pure fruil sirup, erally suspect, and tne ariticial tiavors are mors commovly used. The fruis tirups aro the blaci- berry, pinespple, strawberry, raspberry, peach, cheszy, aad Catawbs grape. ' The juices of thess {ruits are supplied to the trade in sealed bottles, a8 the air must be exciuded in..order. to keep them _epoiling. A quart of fruit-juice boiled with 8 pounds of = crushed suger, aod diuced with simple sirup to the required strengub, gives a fruit-sirup. Another way is to apply the sngar directly to the fruit, leaving it stand uatil the sugar is melted, when the jwce s expressed. Lemon and orsnge fia- vors' are procured by exoressing the essentisl oils of the two fruits from Lheir peals, and citrio acid, which is the acidulous quality ia lemon- juice, is slso wused to procurs the lem- on favor. The vanills flavor ia extracted from the vanilla bean by maceration in alcohol Coffes, and chocolate, aud ginger, "are simply strong infusions of thove substaoces. Barsaps green, sasgafras, snd anise. Kose s simple Sirap tincired with the attar of rose. Nectar, ambrosts, etc., are mixtures of flavors and aze rarely fruit-girupa. Fruit-sirupsara act to spoil, 20d even when used there is irequently s largs admixture of ARTIFIOIAL FLAVORS. ‘There is no doubt that many druggists who profess to keep fruit-sirups really do, bat ths Rreater portion of the so-called fruit-sirups in the market have nothiog fruity in their composi- tion. The banana flavor which many first-class soda-water dealers keep is invariably an mtincial flavor, there being no gennine Juice to be obtained in the market. The principal 2riificial fisvors are raspberry, strawberry, pineapple, nectar, banans, peach, pear, spple, aud vamlia, THE VANILIA is, more properly speaking, an imitation flavor. The genuine vanilla bean 1a & long, slender bean, worth $26 per pound. There is' a shbort thick bean growiug in Alexico, called the Tongus besn, - which does mot cost more than a dollsr 8 pounct From this tolerable imitation of the vanill is obtained, and burns sugar is used to obtain the yellowish color. The othe: fiavors evumerated are, however, innocent o any contact with fruit-juices, and, indeed, ara mote animal products than veaetable. 1IF BANCID BUTTER— and the more disgustingly rancid it is the befter for the process—be treated with potashand sul- phuriso acid, a thio, coloriess product is obtain- ed, styled butyric acid. If this acid be diatilled with alcobol and sulpburio scid, s product is ob- tained called buytno ether, having a strong odor, somewhat resembling' pineapple. Tnis buytrio ether is the principal nmmE constituent in the aruificial sirups, althoug other ethers, such as the milo-acetic, amyl-ace- tats of oxyde, amyl-butsTio of oxyde, etc., are used to modify it for producing other fiavors, such as strawberry, raspberry, elc. Thess ethers are very strong and pangeat_in odor, 8o that & pint of some of them is sufficient for mak- ing 10 galloos of astificial sirnp. These ethors are nearly or guite colorless, and the raspberry color, et is obtained by tho use of ANILINE DYES, or cochineal. From them are manufactured flavoring exmracts for use in cooking and in the making of ice-cream and confactionery, and also sirups for flavoring soda-water. The ether flavors are cheaper by 200 per cent than the genuige, 80 that the artificial sirnpa cost from 75 centa to $1 a gallon less than the real. Rosa is nniquo among Havors in being inimitable. 1t would be some sazisfaction to one's palate to be certain that nothing more offensive than rancid batter was ueed for the production of these ethers. They are largely axgoned from France, and are very chesp, 28 the Pennsylvani- ans have noi yet gone into the business, and have not therafore seen fit to cause the Govern- ment to clap o protective tax on those articles. Tne fact that they can . be manofsctured 8o cheaply in France as to bear all the charges for trapsportation sod yet becheaper thau they could be manufactured in this country, where common butter is cheap and plentiful, begeta & dark suspicion that the chemists who can make butter dirsct from the animal fats have invented o process for obtain- ing those ethers from the same source, 80 that their manufacture may be & branch of the busi~ ness of » rendering_company. To yary s little from Shakspeare—* Why may not imsgination trace the noble dust of a Bucepbalus till it be found going into a glass of soda water? ” —~The fiery courser dead and turned to greass, Might flavors yield, by chemic artifice :— O tuat that earth, which made two-forty time, Bhould spice a drink, & glassful for a dime | It cannot be s3id that thess flavors areat all ‘burt{al, and that for ordinary puiposes they may not do sbout s well as the yenuine. Orgest ia made from the bitter oil of 1lmonds, which con- taius prussic acid, but the small amount nsed to flavor the sirup could not be dels ous. In both the fruit and artificial sirups. BUBSTANCES ARE INTRODUCED to communicate certamn properties. Powdered arris-root is used a great deal in softening and toning down the rankness of the artificial sirupa. Gum-arabic is used in all the sirnpsto give body and consistence, and gelatine to give the fosm- ing quality, which makea the cresmy head to the sods-water s it is drawn from the fountain. Notyithstanding the variety of articles used, the products are so cheap that ‘& glsss of sods-water with fine ewrup only costs a cent and a balf, and, while beer is Belling at 5 cents a glass, 10 cents is too much for o glass of fizz and foam. GINGER-ALE, the manufacture of which sparkling beverage has of late assumed very large proportions, is dirt cheap, and the protit made on it is scionable. The ginger extract from which it is made is 80ld by the manufacturer st from £1.25 10 $1.35 s pound. One pound is sufficient for fitty dozen half-pint boltles, which, at a reail price of 10 cents apiece, makes §60, a8 the return Ter $1.35. MEAD is & mixture of lavender, ginger, cionamon, cloves, ‘sllapice, &c., saetened with boney, and churged with carbonio acid gas. Tonio beer is substantially a sarssparilla strengthened and roughened by some tonic bark, and then charged with the gas. The diferent venders bavoprivata receipts for thsir mixture, but they are all made in the way described. The artificial oil of apple is sometimes used in mak- ing champagne cider, and ¢ s fall, rich frut flavor™ is communicated withont the nse of so much 88 an apple-peeling. An- other sort of apple extractid made by bollicg and evaporating apple-juice to thick copsist- ency. The bottling spparatus now in uss is vary perfect, the fiavor being mixed with the gods-water a8 the Iatter is incrodnced into the botkle, the guantity being meausured sutomat- ically. Carbonic scid gas is extensively used in E RES, and, for the. purpose of becoming thoroughly equainted wifh the strangth Of the sods-miter xeceivers found there, will sample_the different brands of cigars for sale, will make themselves uainted with the medicinal-“gualides of :gga;-u- commicgled with - whisky, and the manufacture of CHAMPAGNE WINES. In the genuine champagus, the carbonie acid gas is evolved by nutural fermentation, but American manufacturers know a trick worth two of that, and the maaufacture of champagoe is but its use is more infrequent than paople gen-| 1ills i3 & compound made from ths oil of wgn:at-‘ 25 every year becoming more and more a *‘homs industry.” White Bardeaox wine, or any other light white wine, is sweetened with fine sirup or rock candy, fined with isinglass (which the reader will bear ‘in mind is an ammal prod- uct, and not the mineral “mics,” which is . erroneousl; called . isinglass), - aod then chatged with carbonio scid gas and bottied up a8 imported champagno. Native still wines, such aa Catawba, Isabolla, etc., are converted into champagnes by the same process, and, in- deed the mame tricks are extensively practiced on theother sido of the water. Persons curious the subject may gain some intereating in-. mauon in regard to methods of manufactar- infi “im%orted wines™ froma book entitled “Rock's French Wine and Liquor Manufactur- if they cau get it. i X ‘A SPECIAL PLEA mads in bshaif of the general use of soda-water ia, tnat it is purely » temperauce drink. While it tickles the -palste and gl!xpl the blood, it con~ tains no spirituous admixture, A New York dealer has gotten up s large picture, conceived from this Point of view, representing the * grand victory of the American national beverage over its foraiign rivals,” Columbia arrayed in the stars and stripes and with a soda-water reservoir girded to her back like a Babcock Sre-oxtingaish- er, is directing a stream againat & Gerr2an whose middle is & baer-mug, while a Frenchman. with pagne, an [rishman with his whisky, and a Scoteaman with his ale, are tumbling over. Coosidering the methods of soda-water manu- facture, if ever Moore's convivial song should be adapted to temperance use, it should be cast in some shape luke the following : Friend of my soul this goblet sip, Tta atrength you need not fear; bobea, Noc half as strong as beer. From butter-extract comes the tasts, A man may drink bis ll of this And not go resling kome. - HUMOR., Tt appears that coining copper fs mot profita- ble. ‘''he Government has not made 2 half-cent sinea 1837, $ What is the differance Botween ¢he' Emperor William’s chzonometer snd s bitl-postar? One is Bull's tioker, and the other a bill-aticker. A cartain Weatern editor, who waa prasented with & box of callars in pay for an advertise- meat, is waitiog in dail; exs:“muon that gbmo one will present hum with a shirt. Taks Lfe easy; and don’t al#ays be tryingto beat the eun up. You may win for a while, bat in the long rua you are sure to be beaten, and gome morning it will rise when you don's. He held the old shirt up by the neck before discarding iv forever, but be wasn't mourving L ha ot i i ont v gono throush the drinks \v2 gons throt that old neckband!™ 8 el A gentleman advertises his willingness $o ex- change a cork leg for a revolver. This is tas nearest approach ¢o the old law of rataiiation we have seen for a long time. Itisn't ansye foran eye—but it'a a leg for an arm. A literary ico-cart driver, who has besn an- noyed by children who bayve been in the fabit of mifering his ics, now displays as & warning: “N.B.” He thinks they will underatard thst that means “Take Not-ical* +#Now, myson,” said a Brooklyn father, “take this castor-oil, or ont you go through the wine dow.” ''Boo-hoo-hoo!™ eald the little man, af- ter applying the pownt of the spooa for a mo- ment o his lipa. Mo can’s take it, papa. Fo. me out do winner! ™ s % Our confirmed materialist states that the dif- ference between theelog’ and science is, that one's s ledgs and the other’s noledge. {If, asis surmised, the writer alludes to ‘allega™ and **kmowledge,” then hava spelling-matches boea in yain.—Pr. Dev.] o Bubject of Discussion—* Women's Rights."— Youthfal Entuusiast (who bas had all the talk to himself)~—* And now thas I have eatablished my En!iliou on an nosssailable basis, aad thor- oughly refuted by snticipation any poseibls ar- gument yon might have brought to besr on oo side of the question, I will say good-by—for I bave to catch a train.” Two friends meeting after an absenca of some years, during which time the ons had increased considerably in bulk, and the other still remained the ** effiey of & man,"—said the ztout gentle- man, “hy, Dick, you look asif yoa had no¥ bad s dinoer since I saw you ldat” **And you,” replied the other, “lodk as if you Lad beeu at dinner ever since.” Ona of our physicians, who had been grestly anng; by nuaerous questions concerning tha. condition Of a certain patient, was stopped. while on his busy rounds, g’ s man, with the old question: ** How's Ar. ?2* Sick,” re- plied the physician.: ¢ Doss he keep his bad ? +0f coursa he does. You don't suppoas ha's foal ?encngh tosell his bed because ho's sick, da you?™ A 4 Ish dere soms ledder here for ms ?” inquirsd # German at the general delivars-window of the Post-Offics yesterday. *‘ No, none here,” was the reply. Vhall, dot is quer,” be contmued, getting hia head info the window ; *my naigh- bor geta somedimes dree letters in one day, und I gnf none. I bays more taxes as he'does, und £ haf never got one ledder yet. How comes doss dings ?"—-%drml‘ Fres Press. A migerably-shod tramp called upon s Dane bury family for a0 old pair of shoes. Ths lady af the houss gave bim a shoe, observing: * I'va only & pair to spare. 1 give you onme, and will Keop the other for some other_uofortunate who may coms along.” The man dropped a gratefnl tear in behzlf of the other nnfortunate, it i3 sup- posed.—Danbury News. Young Coville was in the het-atcre with & com- panion Iast evening. * What kind of a ha:do you want, young ,—~8ofL or sliff ?” inquired the proprietar. “Soft,” said younz Coville, # Why don’s you git s 8tiff “up, Bill ” whispered his surprised friend. ** A stiff "un!” ejaculsted Young Coville, staring contemptuousiy s his companion. ** An’ what kind of a chance do you suppose I'd have for getting out of the houss with o 8 hat under my. jacket without ma see: iog it an’ maki im coms back?” Hiz fiiend wa3 silent.—Ibi . A MEMORY. “Tis only & year sinc this delieats fern ‘Waa the loveliest thing the ey conld discern On the bumid banks of ths Lovers Glan,* Or its thirsty breath had lapped Tho gleofal waters as they onward spe S0 peceed From n ton, ik 2 Bart ‘peered from 1ts b an To léarn the fate of the bickering ri Which it never before had known to bastill, And, caught in the crisp and brittle batr Of the underbrush, had composed itself thers 1o perretual shsde, ke some malden swost When touched with the biight of lifo’s virgin dscett, 1 was not alone, for 8 maiden’s face Bhod beauty o'er the weixl, still plsce; Her s Balr, by i3 golded aheen, Made aweetly buman tha syiva scene; A tenderer biue dwelt in ber eyes Than eer waa seen on Samer-skios Her voice Lthrew songs upon thealr, ‘And wood-nymphs from some cuvart lalr Flung beck, in softer cadeacs yeb, Low, aweet replics, to music set, Ab, fittle fern | whila toyiag with thee, A meadow-lark from s neigaboring tras, Who bad watched us all tn live-long day, Spoke up Ia » brusqua, unmannerly way': ¢ Kisa her | iss her! you craven rogug,— With lovers here 1t is all the yogue : Kies her mouth and her dimpled chin,~— That's whers she hides her honey in: Kisa her Cheeks, And mast of all, if you would The despest joy and the puscat bius, Why, kisw ber lipa of crimson stain,— Eu them oves and over 3gain. If you needs must fear, why, fear her cysa,— They are circied round by » thousand sytes ; And tbe only death a hero fearn 13 to dia transfix'd by their Aashing speare, Then tell ber you love her | tell her, 300 chTR = B how the Winda 1 & bt e, ow A licacme Are chasing her carls all over your faca 1 Then tell ber you love her,~sko will rejolce In the heart that haa made her i3 virgin cajos, ‘But now farewell| you timorous swain,— siay aho be your bride when I see You again® Thus ending, the Iazk from the tilting bough ’?' ) lm’l'-l 08 fanned the bgl' 8o Toey.red that crima Could bave left 1o sweeter tingo o clay To mark its bright, delactable 8ol bless thn lark, whoea argument ‘Waa wita such seass and beaaty blent, Caszwriy A, Bramrr, %Ob, yes, gimme 10 cents’ worth of ha'r- pins,” added & farmer as be was about to leave a storo ; snd, while they were being handed down, he continued : ** It's ba'r-pins to-day, and ribbans to-morrow, and a tooth-hrnsh the next dvy. The gfl is always wanting some flim-flaza dfi:mg‘n sod d;au!dn': be mhr,p‘l;il‘b‘! if she'd nn;: up 20d want me Bomo ons