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Everybody

[By Antica Mitts in the Manchester Liuardian.}

is talking about it.

of

FREEMASONRY IN

MALACCA.

- FORMAG DEDICATION OF

NEW TEMPLE.

THE CHINA MAIL.

BERESFORD YARNS.

GOOD THINGS FROM THE REMINISCENCES.

sarcasm which will appeal even to The first is a little piece of Laval those who hare hardly ever been upon the sea:-

ano polosk. There was a think. Jog, and the explain of the tag declined to start. As I made it a mule to sloop in my own quarters at Chatham if possibly could, I said I would take the us back. As there were ao light. I found the channel by the simple method of hitting lis banks and cannoning of and or all

A MAD RASS..

Ho tells us bow on one occasion

King Edward VII... then Prince of Wales, had been opening the naw breakwater at Holyhead, and was dreadfully bored by the proceedings, so that he taid Lord Charles he put really do something to enliven them:

Lord Beresford was a bern racon teur and his memoirs abound in good It is a far cry from that wonderful starice. A few which appear the way we made the passage. day in the month Ethanim, B.C.und elsewhere are worth retelling. ∙1005, when (as Holy Writ Informs ne) the Royal Solomon dedicated the first glorious temple mentioned in

There, tras once a captain on the Masonic records. But that great China station who asked the Ad space of time was bridged recently miralty for a baulk of timber, be last, when the Deputy District Grand cause his mainyard had been car Master, R. Wor. Bro. the Hon-ried away; whereupon the Admiral Mr. W. F. Nutt, with due solemnity,ty officially desired to be officially and according to ancient usage, informed who had carried it away, dedicated the new temple recently where to, and why.

The following tells of an Irish petty built by Lodge Elliot, No. 3557, E.Coffeer on the Undaunted." who

District Grand Lodge officers arrived in Malacca during the morning, and drunkenness, but who was so good a was periodically reduced in rank for having enjoyed the beauties of our seaman that he generally caught up oldest settlement in the Straits, whiled his lost positions again. Pat was away a few pleasant hours until near also a good singer and used to delight ly sundown, when officers and brethis audiences at the ship's concerts: thren foregathered for a photograph.

Ee sang, among other beautiful of an historic occasion. Afterwards

a tour of the building was under-egends, the Irish ditty, Bran- He led upon the taken, and much well deserved praiseagan's Pup." was destowed on Wor. Bro. the Hon stage my bull dog, who came very Mr. J. W. Campbell (W.M.) and those sulkily. It never could be (as Pat zealous brethren associated with him, would have said) that the concer for the inception and completion of time accompaniment began when be began. When the concertina start. a valuable addition to the new builded ahead of him. Pat. shifted the ings in Malacca.

bull dog's leash to his other hand, put his hand to the side of his mouth, and staring straight upon the audience, uttered the following furious whisper stage direction in which was bear all over the ships "Don't you shtart that ruddy pump till I would up me hand!"

The dedication of the temple was performed in a manner which befitted the occasion, and furnished food for thought to many who perhaps have not realised the vibrant troths per The D. Grand vading the Craft. Chaplain will, at any rate, have the satisfaction of knowing that the words of an earnest man must bear seed.

ON BUYING NEW CLUBS.club away, but, persevering with It, was by the end of the week driving Learly as long a ball as the "crack.

It is a very great mistake to keep on buying golf clubs in order to improve one's game.

Let a player choose his clubs with all the care successful manufacturer he can, but, once he bas Sally made mustard was once said to have re- the purchase, let him believe in his marked that he made his money choice and play with them in the h us so much by the amount of mus- face of discouragement.

At the ta peuple used as by the amount moment, owing to the difficulty of that they left upon their plates. getting good shafts, there are a think that most elu makers would number of very indifferent clubs upon tella shrlar story about "the sale the market. Some are like poleaxes; of golf clube. For of all the posses others have a whippines which mar acquires surplus makes the maintenance of straight to his man, al nerede, thee golf clube direction as much a matter of luck ere and there, played as of judgment. However, there are purchased

two and then discard plenty of good clubs still to be with a time. OL ed, are not an 'ong the least. It is bought. Certainly this year many pot that golf prferionals and club players are buying new duas. mokers ever ask pope to buy clubs.erting to play again after an inter They do not. Tha. the uncanny val of five years some players find that their shafts are brittle," o The club seem to offer themselves for sale us they maybe slightly warped; others haver, skilfully fashioned and tongued by Hiram's craftsmen, echoed the stand in their racks. The predes. lost their clubs; others, again have joyous laughter of the gratified tizet vtin, who has been playing lost the sense of dependence they builders. And how similar in many very indifferently with in brassiefelt for old favourites, and are ready during the morning, cures iz to pay to start on new ventures, b caddie, pick up a brassia while

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part shout it.

On

After the ceremony an excellent banquet was provided, when brethren to the number of seventy broke bread together, and cemented, with kindly speech and true Masonic sentiment, the purpose for which they had ret. And sitting at the festive board, one's thoughts went back adown the long years to that other great dedi

the cedared: of parquet

cation when from and the

Danels

Lond

Of another type and not at all in the teller's favour is the story of his reply to a fellow M.P., who had titted him on his ignorance of Lord, then Jr., Morley's books. Charles had said in a speech that Morley did not believe in religious fanaticism. A member said to him. in the lobby afterwards :----

"You really ought not to say these! things. Why do you make these

aspersions?"

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Because;" said Lord Charles, I have read Mr. Morley's works." "You know very well," said his friend, that you never read any of his books."

Well, sir," said 1, "I wiä rup a hundred yarde" mice with Lord

As be in Irish, he is sure to take me up if I challenge him."' Sure enough, Lord — accept- ed the challenge, but on condi tions. These were: that I should raco in full uniform, excepting my sword, white himself should take his wardrobe from off him.” Loni - then proceeded to divest him. self there and then of his. Patrick ribbon, coat, Waistcoat, and boots, which he confided to the cares of the wife of a certain distinguished Liberal statesman.. He dropped his Patrick ribbon into her lap. saying:

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Madam, will ye have a care now of me Jewel, for glory be to God there's no maying what twist this mad one might give me!"

Batirely at ease, with the seat of his breechen patched with suf of another colour from the rest. and his toes sticking from his stockings, he was wholly unper- turbed by the laughter of the assemblage!

Although attired in cocked hat, frock coat, and epaulettes, I had the speed of him, and waited on him. Then the devil entered into me; and when Lord - dem abreast of a big plant of pampas grass, I cannoned into bim, pitch- ing him head first into the grass, not, course, intending to horm him.

But to my consternation and sorrow Lord —'e leg was broken below the knee. I put the poor lord into his coach-he had a coach and four-in-band and drove him back to his hotel. That ex- cellent and mayasnimous sports man was perfectly unconcerned.

You: His me a bad skelp, andy I ran destroyed," said he. "Never mind, they all hugbed, anny- WIF

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"Sure," says he,ye can parte THE LOSS OF THE CLAN bills with any man that God ever "Tis clear pu two legs under. ye're a grand bill-poster," says he

"Didn't I tell ye?" says I.

A STRANGE EVENT,

And with that I caught him a lick with the full brush across the face, so that the hairs ficked al round his head, and with a loud " While in a comparatively calm #co cry he turned and fled away. | the 3,800-ton British freighter"* Qian Armed with the pail and the Gordon" capsized when 140 miles brush, away I started after him,

Her sinong ot. Cape Hatteras. but my foot caught in the might have furnished another sea of the long coat I had on, and down I came, and knocked my mystery like the disappearance of

the gmund, so that the United States collier !* Cyclope it lend all over me, and I had except that the sank within sight of to go back to the inn.

I took

the rest of the placards, and the the United Fruit Company's steam- pal and the brush, and drove ship Abangarez," which arrived in home, arriving very inte. My bro time to rescue the "Can Gordon ** ther Bill was in bed, and sound

www. Four men lost their liven-s. Bleep. Without waking him, I pasted the whole of his room with wireless operator, whose name is said bills, Vote for Longbottom, the to have been J. Nixon, and three Friend of the People." I passed Cingalese members of the crew. The them on the walls, and on the survivors were brought to New York, door, and on his bed, and on his

towels, and on he trousers, and but the reason for the sinking of the on the four Then I went to bed. Freighter was still unexplained, for In the morning he awakened the crew would not talk of it, if they me, wearing a pale and saleron knew the cause and Captain C. R. McLean, her coroander, said be wouht not talk until he had reported the loss of the ship to the owners, Cayzer, Irvine & Co. of Glasgow, whose New York agents are Barber & Co., of 17 Battery Pince.

countenance.

"Charlie," said he, "there's коде bold

the smong enemy.

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"What do you mean? enid 1. "They are great boys," said he, Why, one of them get into my

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LISTING BADLY.

player, looking unspeakable thoughts/and then follows a period of unhap-strengthened in peaceful conditions him in what proved to be.. a very almost than in the adventures of the great ones of the earth, but he never officers and passengers

Some It would be invidious to mention

ways the occasions! The Royal his father's Solomon, talking_to Speaking of old favourites reminds friend the King of Tyre, had mooted is waiting for the change likes the writer of the very excellent ad- the building of the Temple because the feel of it, and says, "By jovice given by James Braid in his fighting had ended, and the Lord I like the feel of that club. Henry," book "Advanced Golf."

Braid my God hath given me rest on every Henry, the pro, takes it, feels it urges the player never to lose the side." And now in Malacca, with himself, and agrees thus the club is opportunity of matching as nearly a more prosaic surroundings but

he car any also of which he has similar spirit, that a good one.

rest on every I ought to be able to hit a good particularly fond. For one side

made its influence felt in the bull with that, you know, ways the day that favourite cup may break, bonds of brotherhood more firmly at his old, disgraced brassie peeping piness while the player look for at last. from his bag. Yes, sir. Yes the club to suit him. Food club. that."""Well, I will authorities advocate the possession all the speeches, but under the gave a meeting," writes Lord Charles, once, he tell us, at Scarborough seriously as hie jokes. Here, for in-Glenn of the " ..have it." ways the player, and the of two kinds of putter, for when the of Bro. E. E. Smith (D. of C.) a toast and I told him that he must make during the racee, when be and a

player is off with one he may find list was carried into effect with credit himse able to put steadily with to the speakers and to the enjoyment & speech. I can't," he said, I friend happened, on entering the We most of us have in our own anather. Whether it is for this rea of the brethren. Affectionate refer- don't know what to say. I told him long assembly room of the hotel, to homes some corner where there in

san that so many men buy so many ence was made to the spirit and work to begin, because he was sure to be see Mr. Dudley Milner and Mr. stacked no accumulation of Dread-putters I do not know, but I should of W. Bro. Elliot, after "whom the interrupted, and then, being an Irish. Johnny Shafto standing at the other nought" drivers, ." fishing-red

end engaged in a furious argument think that more putters are sold in Lodge is named, and with the usual man, he would certainly find some drivers brussies, buffies, spoons, a year than any other kind of club. loyal and masonic toasts a very suc thing to say. Lord Marcus thereabout horses eleeks and sammie cheeka, Irons and

upon rose to his feet; and a voice I do not anyaalt believe it matter cessful and red letter day was mid-irons, mashies, niblicks, and of much what sort of a putter a player brought to a close at a late hour.

immediately shouted: "Who are ye?" a certainty three different kinds of uses. A ball that is truly hit will Special thanks are due to thetwas enough The fire kindled. putter. To pick them up one by one and try to remember when we go into the hole just well if it ladies who decorated, profusely and be struck with wood, steel, copper, with excellent taste, the banquetting bought them, why we bought them, or aluminiuin. I remember a morn chamber, the floral colour scheme and where we bought them would ag at Sand wich on the day of the setting upon the feast that seal of provide a useful exercise in memory semi-finals in the amateur cham perfection which is inseparable from bruining and if our handicaps be But now plus 4-6 and flustration of pionship. A friend walked up to

deed is done.

the abortiveness of human effort.

common ca·LRE

one of the semi-finalista. who' whe standing by the professionals shop, Many causes lead a man to go on and picking hp his putter said buying new golf clubs. The most By Jove, I do wish I had got a

is the friend who

putter like that." "Do you?" said Bures him a club he is using does the other . "Well, you can not suit him. People ought to be have it. I have time to get another very careful before they offer to before we start." He walked into others a criticism of this kind. the professional's shop, and picking Nothing more quickly devastates a Dun's power of playing with a parti-UP & putter baphazard, of quite a ular club than to sow in his mind different make and shape to the one the idea that it does not suit him he had just given away, bought it He must make up his mind to be played with it, and won the amateur

championship. lieve either in his club of his friend's opinion. Once a player admite that a club he is using bas bad points he had better burn it.

Some few weeks ago a man was

OUR RUSSIAN BILLA

playing over one of our champion- A White Paper issued recently ship courees with a leading amateur.chows that we the ve spent The "crack was hitting some very £60,285,000 on naval and military long balls from the tee, and the operations in Russia from the date other player was at a constant dis of the armistice to July 31.

hobes. He advantage at the par

Details are: complained to the Crack that he Occupation and within drawal from North Bunia

!!

£17,010,000

a woman's touch.

**

on the

"I beg your pardon," replied Lord Charles, "I never go to sleep without reading one of Mr. Morley's hooks, and I never read one of Mr. Morley's books without going to sleep 1"

Protical jokes were always, of

room last right.” When be contested York he had course, Lord Charles's strong point. for opponent Sir Christopher Fur He delights in meraries of scrups

"Impossible," said I. "Come and see.

The Clan Gordon, freighter af said he. news (afterwards Lord Furness), and and scrimmages, into which his mals- "When I woke this morning the Can Lime, had left New York

brothers, Lords William and Marchievous skill was able to plunge

ior Dairen. She curried a cargo of cus Beresford, came down to help other people, with more exhilaration

thought I had gone mad." Lard Charles has met many of the dent happened in plain sight of the case oil and parufin wax. The acci-

fierce contest :--

Condor" itself Here is a speci-seems to have taken them quite so Abangares." **Lord Marcus accompanied me to men of one of these jeats. He was

Captain C. R. Abongarez was st stance, is all he has to tell us about a fork to account for the sudden cap- an interview he had with Bismarck sizing of the British vessel. He said in 1889 about feets and things: that on the third day out of Kings-

Bismarck said that he could not ron he noticed the Clan Gondon understand why my own people about half a mile away, and appar did not listen to me (her could I)ently headed for his ship. What for (said he) the British Fleet was attructed his attention was that she the greatest factor for peace in was listing badly to starboard. Europe. We had a most interest Thinking the list too acute for salety, ing conversation upon matters of he swung his helm about and started defence and preparation for war: toward the other craft for a closer, and his tone was most friendly inspection. The manoeuvring of the towards the English. He very vessel attracted the attention of the kindly presented me with his sign-passengers on board, and they came ed photograph. I stayed with on desk, and most of them were at him for two hours; and we drank the ruil watching when the Clen much beer; and all the time his Gordon suddenly rolled over in the gigantic boar-bound, lying beside water.

Who are we?' cried Lord Marcus. 'I'll tell you who we are. We are three brothers, and our names are Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. And we have come here to put out the burning fiery Furnes

They did, but only just, for Sir Christopher Furness lost by only eleven votes.

The D. G. Organist, Bro, Beding- ton, not only carried out the duties of accompanist most efficiently, but charmed the assembly with his.

Two of his most delightful stories fine singing, a charm which was record the quaint remarks of a dis- also added to by Bros. N. K. Bain tinguished Turkish Pasha, during the and Caradine, whose sungs (with trouble in Crete, when "Christians that delightful recitation about and Mohammedans were joyfully "Little Jean") formed enjoyable in-shooting one another ""; terludesduring the evening. Amongst | "Cannot you stop these mus the descendants of Hiram who ders?" I said to the Fasza. It sought their beds with that feeling is really very diegusting to see so

many dead bodies." of pride at good work accom plished, surely Bro. Beilby, the hard- working secretary, must have been the most gratified..

DIPHTHERIA-HOW IT MAY

BE AVOIDED. IPHTHERIA is usually entracted when the child is a cold. The

and off the street until recovered. Give

"Yes, Lord," said the Pasha (he always called me Lord).

Very Bad, Lord. I am sure you must feel it Fery much, Lord. It must make you think you are back in your own country."

On another occasion be seked the Pasha why he had never been pro- moted; and this is the peculiariy Oriental reply:----

know!'!

The God

There was nothing at all in the great room, so far as I remember, except & nideboard and a dish filled. with pats of butter which stood on the sideboard. I picked up a pat of butter on the end of the sh plant I was carrying, and told Vyner that if he would come out- side I would throw the pat of but- ter to a surprising distance.

"Why go outside?" said he.. "Why not take a shot at those two fellows who are arguing so busily over there?"

"And so I will," said 1. The pat of butter described a beautiful yellow pumbols at high speech, and lighted upon the eye of one of the disputants. The im- pact doubled him up, and 'bè thought that the other maa had hit him. Drawing bis right fiet hack very slowly and carefully, be struck his friend fall on the point of the rose. The next moment the they were both rolling on floor, fighting like cate. My come panion and I were laughing D much that we couldn't separate them; and they finally had to go to bed for a week to recover them- selves of their wounda..

́À BILLPOSTING FARCE.

One may quote as an equally re- markable specimen of the Admiral's gifta, the story of the billposter whom

him, stored fixedly at me with a red and lurid eye. Disraeli, he confesses, rather puzzled him:

NO TIME FOR LIFEBOATS. Lifeboats were at vice manzed and launched. It was fortunate that

We stayed at Sandringham, and the Abongarez" was so near the went for long walks together, dur-reighter, far, apparently there had ing which Disraeli talked and been no time for them to launch a boot. The Abangirez" picked up loughed with the greatest enjoy bae Captain and ten officers, and 47.00 ment. But I remember how, in

The boat

the pauses of the conversation, he member of the crew, would stand still, and, gees in eye, the Clan Gorden" she was on her crew reported that when they left dreamily surveying the landscape,

would make some such observation side, her forward part swash and the The air balmy... and it part about six feet out of the serene!'" or "The foliage is stuzt-

At the office of Barber & Co. no

ed

water,

..but productive!" with the most weighty and measured em- explanation of the accident was phasis, as though these were proment that the vessel had capsized. forthcoming except a brief announce. phetic utteranceś. I was quite

bewildered; for I did not then An official investigation of the sci- know whether he were serious, ur dent will be made, representatives of were indulging recondite wit. the British Consul said. He was a visionary, dwelling much

and serious on these occasions.

The "Clan Gordon was of the

cold properes the child's system for the

"I do not know, Lord. reception and deve opment of the diph Government does not know. therin german. When there are cases of Almighty does not know. Even Hie

in a world of his own; end I know turret type of construction, and was. | diph⋅heria in the neighbourhood children

now that he was perfectly mitural built in Glasgow in 1900. that have colde should be kept at home Imperial Majesty the Sultan does not £2,860,000 them Chamberlain's Cough Remerly and Another story recalia the spirit of the found pasting up his opponents He met Li Hung-chang, but he has they will not have to remain at home dare-devil which prompted the popu-bills on the ccousion of his standing less to tell us about him than about 85,200,000 long. It also cleans cat the culture lar Admiral at Alexandria:-

as candidate for Waterford. Pre- Help to Koltchak ...£14,430,000 beds, which form in a child's throat when it has a cold, and minim zes the

A party of us went to a ball attending to be a biltposter, Lord the comic side of Chinese demo- Help to Denikin £28,050,000 risk of aptracting infections dias en Sheernese, going thither in a tug: Charles took the man's brush and China is one of the most de Help to Baltic. States

For sale by all Choinists and Bters and intending to return the same pail and began to show him how bills

mocratic countries in the world. and North Russinne ****. 42,885,000 koopers.

night, we do the house at about should really be posted:

could get no length with his dzive. The "crack picked up his driver and said, "No worder-olumsy Caucasus army .......... shuft-bud balance; I should scrap Naml operations in Bel- that club." Now, as it happened, tio and Elbek Seco this club had been specially picked out for the other player by 3. H. Taylor and vetted by Mr. Hil. ton. He therefore did not throw the

'cracy:

I have seen the great Li Hung chang stepping into the Yamen aver the bodies of the coolies, who refused to move and who chafed him as he passed.

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