Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 24, Number 42, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 June 1875 — Page 2

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL THURSDAY. JUNE 10 1875

FARRA.UUT. His was the darin of tbe old Vlk In. A courage constant, confident, hublitue, Which knew no obstacle of tide or tirne.1 Hedtfniel it bat a light or common thing. When tbe wild waves aloft their crests would And through the darkness came the awful roar Of hungry breakers on the d read lee fchore "While Hiiilor lieurd the death, bell's warning Chime, . A . Palm and unmoved his watchful post to keep, And ga.de hin bark in safety o'er the deep. When furious raged the battle's thunder storm. And the fierce hurtling death-bolts shrieked

The gallant fleet wrarp'd in a' sulph'rous shroud li'gh borne aloft was ?een his manly form. While played around his head the lightning warm. As oravely he surveyed the scene afar. To mark the daring foeman's plan of war Hierein with eagle eye the lurid cloud. Then rang hi voice, a clarion, lud and free. To guide the fight, and herald victory. Gentle, as brave of heart " tender and true"ot luiass naa a more c-mvaxrous rui More clear and prompt 'neath duty's high -control ; No thonsntof low ambition's wiles he knew; Cast in tue old heroic mold, how few Who tread the ever toilsome paths of fame Have left to future times as brleht a name. Or won no high a place on honor's roll. For men, weile noble deeds have blazonry May ne'er forget the iiiyard of the Bea. NEWS AND GOSSIP. The lawn mowers are chuckling. l&3,fSi grasshoppers nuke a bushel. A Boston tailor advertises "diagonal boys' suits." Mmo. Thiers is makiag calico fashiona Me in Pari3. Flipper, tho colored cadet at West Point, Kanu Dumber 4o la a class or iw. His Majesty of Greece wishes to abdicate. Anybody deslricg a throne can easily slip The Christian Union thinks churcb fin an c-es are more than a match for angels' wis dorn. "Mr. Variegated Narrative," ia the latest name for tho distinguished Sioux Chieftain. Only 4,600 desertions from the United States array in one year. All can't be gen erals. How to prevent the hair from becoming gray: Cut it oIT, do it up neatly in tissue paper, aad put it away in a drawer. The Hon. George S. Boutwell has resumed the practice of hi profession at his former rooms in Studio Building, UOiton. A lady, on separating from her husband, Changed her rpllgion, being determined, she said, to avoid his company in the next world as well as this. Announcing that the emperors are to meet at Eras, the Rochester Express ask3, "Who is Ein, anyway? Do the empresses Know about ur "It's generally the case with bad boys,' philosophically remarks Miss Anthony, "that they look like their motuer, and act like their father." It is not pleasant to contemplate the par oxysmal expression ot a young lady's face while she is working her mouth in an effort to gee apiece of chewing gum off a back tooth. A Newport, (R. I.) man, who was recpntly thrown from bis carriage and assisted home by a ce'ghbor, was somewhat surprised the other cuy to receive a bill of six dollars for services rendered. I claped her tiny haud in mine, I vowed to shield her from the wind, and from the world's cold storms. Sh set her beauteous eye on me, and with her little lips said .she: "An umbrella will do as well.' A Cleveland woman recently married a Chiaeeo laundryaxan, and three days thereafter the unhappy Celestial appeared at a barber's shop and ordered his pig tall cut off, saying in explanation, "Too muchee lam yank." Am old gentleman arrived from Europe on Friday, and he had no sooner entered his hotel than soma one spoke to him about the Beecher trial. 'What,'" said he, "ain't that thing over yet!" And he sailed for Europe on Saturday. New York Mail. How tew of ns realize the privilege of association with children! They come and go. They claim our aid and defer to our judgment, yet we forget their royal natures, their splendid kingdom of guileless' love and Innocence into which it is permitted us to enter and hold festival. An anornameated Austrian girl, seventeen years of ago, was the most beautiful creature at a recent gathering in a royal dr twin;; rot tu. She hadn't a particle of jewelry about her, and yet she outshone every mother's daughter ot that vain throng as easily as a Kentucky woman could have done it. Pin 'em back, ladies; pin 'em back! Don't be ridiculed out of a darling faähion, even if it did originate among the demi-monde of Fari. Pin 'aw back; draw ibem tight and lighter. Sit side wige, resent lmperinent stares In short, just Lave your own sweet way as usiial. We can stand it if you can. Pin 'era "back. A little girl was once asking her elder sister about heaven. "Do they play in heaven?" she inquirad. "No ; they do not play there." "What do they do there?" "They sing and are good." 'Are there no toys there?" "No, not any." "No doli, nor bails, nor Noah'a arks?" "Oh, no!" "Then," raid the little one, "I shall take my doll and go to hell." A French doctor by an examination of matrimonial statistics, has Uncovered that out ci one hundred blonde wotnea thirty83veo remain o!d maids byHbe way side, while cut ot one hundred brunettes only eighteen stop without a husband. A little three-yeir old girl, to whom he impacted this information, asked him to make her a bruceite. A youcz man with speculation in his eye called at an insurance office in Indianapolis the other day, and asked what a policy on his mother's Ufa for 2,000 would cost. lie explained tnai he had bought Home real estate, and that, an future payment would crowd Llm some, he thought to realize enough on the old lady's death, as she could not live lorn, to help him put. The insurance man ad visa ! him not to stop at any half measures, bat secure the old lady's skeleton as well, and dispose of it to one ot the medical colleges. Of a hals old turtle that lives In a meadow at Soutbington, Conn., the New Haven Register says: "It was first caught by Mr.Luman Lewis in 1823, who cut his Initials, 'L. L.,' and the date, '1823,' on the undershell, and then allowed I: to depart. It was next captured la 1831 by Mr. Asahel UpHon, who also put his initial and the date of his capture noon it. In 1S58 Mr. Hiram Brad'.ey first r.n..! it. and. following- the example ol Messrs. Lewi a sod Upson, he cat his initials and the date by tha side ot the others, and again deposited it in the meadow. Besides th hia turtlobhlD has been captured and anbj"cted to the engraving proos by at least t .t hr perioa once in 1845, and again

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MAGNIFICENT MASONRY.

GRAND AND GORGEOUS TEMPLE. FLASHING SWORDS, BRIGHT BANNEKS AND BEAUTIFUL KEÜALIA. CORN, WINK AND OIL FORMAL DEDICATIOS OF THE MASONIC TEMPLE A MAGNIFICENT rROCESjilOX TWENTY - SIX THOUSAND CRAFTSMEN IN USE-HALF ' A MILLION SPECTATORS SOLEMN AND IMPRKsSiyB . CEREMONIES. The Sentinel cave by telegraph a brief description of the dedication oi the new and most magnificent Masonic temple in New York. The following full and graphic particulars are from the Sun's report: Free Masonry 's noblest monument on the American continent, completed nearly two years ago, was dedicated yesterday. The vast temple at the northeast corner of Twenty-third, street and Sixth avenue, in its massive solidity, combined with the raie6t architectural beauty, is a home worthy ot the highest body of Free Masons in the state. It is 32 years bines the necessity for such an edifice began to be felt, at a time when the brethren of the mystic tie were by no means so numerous as they have fcir.ee become. In 1S43 the first subscription,' a BiDgle dollar, was paid to the fund. For many years therealter it was not by hundreds or thousands, but by fives and tecs, and even smaller amount, that the dollars were contributed. Most of the old subscribers passed away, as well as the earlier supporters of the scheme, without seeing any material results of their labors, content, however, to know that the fund was gradually but surely increasing. Masonic fairs as well as gilts swelled it, but it was not until 1SG0 that the trustees were enabled to purchase the property at Grand and Crosby streets for $120,000. The buildings had been previously used lor church purposes, and were not very well adapted lor the use to which they were then put. The property was, moreover, too far down town, and in 1SG9 it was sold for f 161.875, a profit of $41,875 on the original outlay. Iu 1873 a graud Masonic fair was held, and from it $00,000 was realized. The trnstees of the fund then felt themselves in a Hsition to enlarge their field of operations, and thev purchased six lota at the northeast corner of Sixth avenue and Twenty Third street, at a cost of $340,000. Mr. Napoleon Le Brun wa9 elected as the architect of the proposed building, and on Jane 8, 1870, the corner-stone was laid, with imposing ceremonies. The building was planned nd EXECUTED ON A STUPENDOUS SCALE, but not one step had been taken until the trustees ct the fund felt the ground firm be neath their feet. The wor k therefore was not retarded by lack of funds, but neither was it pushed forward with injudicious haste. On October 4. 1S72. a little more than two yeara from the laying of the corner 6tone and nearly thirty years aftr the first dollar had been subscribed to the fund, the conestone was hoisted into position. The headquarters of the procession were established at Delmonico's, Fifth avenue and Fourteenth street, and there the ttafl and mounted aids reported to the chief, of staff at 7 a. m. About the same hour the divisions began to lorm in Washington square, and the chiefs, together with the several organizations reported before 8 o'clock to 11. Clay Preston, Marshal of th Day, at general headquarters. At 9 o'clock three guns were fired in quick succession in Washington square, a roll ot drums followed, and the head of the line moved off to the inspiring strains ot martial music from scores of bands. First in the order ot march were two lines ol mounted police, extending acrosi the street, fourteen men in line, followed by two platoons of f jot police, all under command of Inspector Dils, assisted bv Inspector Thomas W. Thome and Capt. Tbeoron S. Copeland. It. V. II. Preston Clay and his mounted starr ionowea. ibb urana Marshal was dressed in the handsome uniform of the Knights lemp lar, his breast decorated with Masonic em blems, crosses, and insignia oi nis ran. Close behind him rode Edward II. Kent, chief of ctaff, followed by William H.Stiner. secretary of staff, and W. Edward Gilon and Bro. Jacob Hess. The starr was composed oi W. Charles S. Arthur, Simuel A. Lewis, fr., and William T. Lloyd, Bros. John E. Bendix. Hiram Calkins, 8ydney P. Nichols, Alex. B. Mott, Daniel D. Wylie, John B. Woodward, Robert Irwin, George Scott, Walter W. Adams, George C. F. Wright, W. George Schoonraaker, and Robert J. Levcraft. Close behind these rode Sir E. M. L. Ehlers, marshal of Knights Templars, and his mounted staff, Sirs John S. Dickerman, William L. Gardner, M. D. Movers, II. H. Brockwav. John Whitaker, Charles Hilton. Claudius F. Beatty, George Kinkel, William W. Law$on. and Frederick u. ueaney. There were in all twenty-six divisions. The first seven were composed exclusively ol Knights Templars, each commandery PRECEBED BY A BAND OF MUSIC, and bearinz banners, many of which were veiy beautiful. That of the Palestine Commandery, No. 18, New York, in the third division, bore a superbly executed battle piece front, and on the reverse a red cross with the motto of the order, In Hoc Signo Vinces. The Philadelphia Commandery No; 2, was preceded by a banner bearing on one side a crown with a sword passed through it, and on the other the words, "Be thou faithful unto death and I will give thee a crown ot life." The uniform of the Knights Templar was a black velvet chapeau, with a white plume over a black one, and bearing on the ride a small red cross, bordered with gold; a black frock coat with a red waist belt and a white cross belt; a sword with a cross hilt of ivory, tortoise shell, or silver, and gauntlets with red velvet crosses on the wrists. The marching was simply perfection, and the rapidity and ease with which the Masons performed various evolutions on the parade would Lave won plaudits for a regiment ct veterara. While moving they formed in lines, columns three deep, single and DOUBLE CROSSES, AND EVEN TRIANGLES. The seventh and last division of the Knights Templar was brought up by the Grand Offi cers of the Grand Commandery ot the state of New York in carriages, and among them was Sir Knight Tboma liege Seale, chief of the Grand Priory, Canada, who wadressed in a white blooded cloak, and wore a red bat with side pieces. The eighth division was made up ot Royal Arch Masons, headed by 111. J. II. II. Ward, assisted by HL W. V. Alexander and 111. Samuel Jones, all of the tblrty-tblrd, or highest degree. The rest of the division consisted ot the Supreme Council, Ancient and Accepted Rite o the Northern Jurisdiction and their visitors; Mcst PuifsantOrand Council Royal and Select Masters of the state of New York; Aid R.E Jackson II. Cha?e; Grand Officeis of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, state of New York. All were In carriages, as were also the aged and Infirm brethren who closed this part of the procession. From ti e ninth to the twenty-filth division, inclusive, the rrocesslon" was composed of Blue Lodge Masons on foot, preceded by bands and decorated with the emblem of their order. They were dressed in black clothes, some wearing dres9 coats and others in frock coats. The twenty sixth and last division was headed by the grand marshal, attended by six- special aids. Gllmore'a

band and .drum corps marched behind, and

was followed by a gentleman who formed a special leaturo in the procession' Worshipful Greenfield Pote, the loval Maon who, thirty-two years ago, contributed the first dollar to the fund which has since swelled to such vast proportions, and enabled the trustees to erect a building worth, with its appointment and grounds, at lrast ?l.500,000. Next in order ia thej division were the grand tyler and grand pursuivant ; the members ot the grand lodge, ten front; four worshipful masters bearing the symbolic lodge; members of the grand lodg, as before; three worshipful masters bearing veFsels of corn, wine and oil, followed bv a third body of grand lodge member; Worsnipful Napoleon Le Brun, the architect of the buildir g, bearing square, level and plumb; the building committee; four worshipful masters, carrying holy writings, square and compasses; grand chaplains, grand librarian and grand lecturer; district deputy grand masters; past grand wardens, past deputy grand masters; past grand master. The most won-bipful John Lewis, the orator of the day, rode next, folliwed by Grand Lodge officers from other jurisdictions, guests of the Grand Lodge. Behind them were the commissioner of appeals, the grand secretary and treasurer, and a worshipful grand master, carrying the Book of Constitution, and supported by junior and senior grand deacons. The junior and sedior grand wardens lollowed, with the deputy grand master. In the rear rode the grand master, supported attach side of hla carriage by two grand stewardwith rods. A platoon of police closed the procession. Tho Master Masons were drawn up in line in the streets right and left of Fifth avenue, and 3 the rear of that part of thd column which had formed on Washington square passed them they fell in behind, so that the procession became every minute larger. When the entire line was at length In mo tion the leading platoon of police were near ing Washington square on the return march. Tbere were 15.443 men in line Dy actual count, a follows; Policemen, 96; musicians, 1,110; Knights Templar, "i.iso; Master Masons, 11,372; Masons li carriage", 170, and Grand Lodge Division, 520. ALL ALONG THE LINK OF MARCH the sidewalks were densely crowded, every window waa filled, and in many instances flags were suspended from the roofs. The columns marched rapidly down Fifth ave cue and South Fifth avenue to Canal street. Thence to Broadway and over the route announced yesterdav. When the Knights Templar reached Washington square on the return march an immense crowd had assembled; their marching, as well as that of the Master Masons, had several times earned tor tbeoa expressions Of approval lroin the spectators, and when Detroit Cammandery No. 1, while passing Twenty-third street on Madison avenue, on the return march, with wonderful rapidity formed into a single line, marched serosa the street, and without baiting fornied a column Tonr deep, marched back acro-s the road, and then before the manner m vaicn the evolution was executed could üo üis cerned. moved along the avenue in th9 form of a double cross, the cheering and clipping ot hands by the spectators echoed acrcss Washington square, and being tauen up on the ether side ran along the whole line of march, miking such a burst ot applause as had never greeted any procession in New 1WK Deiore. When at lat the Dead or the procesbion turned into Twenty-third street and marched toward the new temple the po nce had taken possession of the street; the north side was kept entirely clear, nobody bei ns allowed to pass, and the other fide was so densely packed that it was almost impossible to c:Jt br. The oraVers of divisions saluted as they passed the temple, raising their sword? or batons. The masters of lodges lifted their bats. At 11:40 a. m. the advance body of policemen passed the the temple, and it was 2 o'clock when the officers bringing up the rear marched by. The great building was nobly decorated with flags, and two massive brass pillars, each about eighteen feet high, stood at the sides ot the doorway, which was also guarded by two bronze lions. Over the entrance were the words: "Sic Lux et IiUX Fuit." Nobody was allowed to enter until the members of the Grand Lodge had gone in. which was not until nearly 3 o'clock, and during the period of waiting the Twenty-second regiment band filled tho breeze with ONE CONTINUED STRAIN OF MARTIAL MUSIC. At last the police, who for an hour had hardly been able to keep back the crowd, were instructed to allow ticket holders to pass, and Immediately there was a rush for the Grand Lodge room that quickly blocked the stairway, wide as it was. The immense partment, however, was not quickly tilled, and alter half an hour there were still some vacant seats. The platrorm was elaborately decorated with flowers. At one side was a column about five feet high, covered with ivy, lilies entwining it to the top, where, in a basket constructed of red, white and blue flowers, reetpd an immense floral globe. This represented the column of Boaz. and the column ol J acLun was represented bynearly similar pillar.at the other fride. Beside the column at the right was a fliral representation ol the 47td problem. 1st Book of Euclid, the three squares constructed on the sides of the right angled triangle being made of white flowers, bor dered with blue. At the back of the plat form hung the banner of the Grand Lodge. Fully a thousand people were in the ball when the grand master, El wood E. Th-rne, the officers, past and present, of the grand lodg, the representatives ol other lodges, and special guests ot tbe grand lodge having taken their places on the platform the doors were closed, and tbe grand marbal proclaimed silence. Tbe grand master struck his mallet thrice upon the marble f-tand before him, and the brethren arose. Thon the grand chaplain advanced to the front of the platform and offered a prayer, to which the brethren responded in the customary manner, "So mote it be." The anthem, " Glory be to God on high," by band and choir, followed, and the graud chaplain read the 6th chapter of 21 Coronicles. Then"TeDeuua in unison," written expressly for the dedication by Prof. Albert S Caswell, was rendered with grand effect After the last tones of the organ had died, awav, the Grand Master congratulated the brethren on the dedication of the tempie, a fitting work, he said, to demonstrate tb power of 100,000 craftsmen; constructed in tbs highest Mvle of architectural art, and destined to stand with unshaken wails for ages. Tbe accumulated fund was not alone for tbe brethren who had helped to amass it, but for THK WIDOWS AND ORPHANS OF COMRADES who had passed away. He hoped every brother would devote a portion of his Masonic life to the still unfinished work, looking not here lor his reward, but assured tiat God who saw him In secret would reward him openly. The address wan launly applauded, and after be bad finished it tn grand master directed tbe grand stewards to illumine the. lesser light?, and tbe three tall candles placed in the rorm ot a triangle before the platform were lighted, while the orchestra played a selection ot solemn music. Resolutions and other documents relating to the ceremony of dedi cation were read by the grand secretary, and tbe Deputy Grand Master, advancing to the Grand Master's seat, said: Most Worshippful Grand Master; In behalf of the trustees of the hall and asylum fund, under whose auspices and direction this entei prlae has been thus far advanced, it is fraternally requested that

you will now dedicate and set apart this

hall to the uses of tbe Mott Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons, and its revenues to the endowment and perpetual maintenance of an asylum for the brotherhood. The building committee then escorted W. Bro. N. Le Brun, the architect, and the master builder, the former bearing the insignia ot his profession, to the center platform, and presented them to the Grand Master. The architect spoke briefly of the great work of the past five years, and savin- that he respectfully and fraternally returned the implements intrusted to fcim at the layiDg of the corner stone, be laid them at the feet of tbe grand master. The choir at once sang a Masonic ode composed expressly for the dedication by Hm. II. Millard, alter which the brother builder addressed nri the grand master and tlen the brethren. Prof. Albert S.Caswell played a piece on the oran while a procession lormed on the platform. The grand pursuivant and.grand tpler, with drawn swords, headed tbe line, and were followed by the grand sword bearer, with the sword ot state; the grand standard bearer, four rast matters bearing lights; f mr past masters bearing the tj'pical lodge; grand chaplains; scinor and junior graud df aeons; grand lecturer and grand librarian; district deputy grand masterr, two abreast; grand-secrt-tary and grand treasurer; grand junior warden, grand senior warden, and deputy grand mister, bearing respectively a vessel of corn, oltil, and of wine. Behind these were two grand steward., with rods crossed, aud closing the procession, came the grand master, HupporttHl by two rrand rewards, with rods erect. While the band played a march, the grand marshal conducted the line TO THE FRONT OF THE PLATFORM, an J at a sigual the grand honors were given by the brethren, who clapped their hands thrice in perfect time. Then th3 grand chuplein off red the consecration prayer. wbichhe brethren heard standing, respond ing wixb "So mote it me " The boantifu wrrds of Mozart's "Great Jehovnb Guide U" were sung by the bas solo with chorus, and the junior grand warden presented the vesafl of corn to the grand master eay ing, "Most worshipful matter. fraternally present you with the ele ment of corn, to be used, according to imme morial custom, in the dedication of this new Masocle Hall.'' The Grand Master called up the Grand Lodge, and, pouring some of the corn upon the typical lodge, said, "In the name of tbe great Jehovah, to whom be ascribed all honor and glory, I solemnly dedicate this ball to tbe purposes of Free Masonry." At a signal from the Grand Marshal, tbe Brethren gave the Grand Honors once wi:h the earae precision as before. A chant from Beethoven by the choir followed, and the Bame ceremonies were performed with tbe wine and oil, except that when the wine was poured on tbe Typical Lodge the hall was dedicated to virtue, and with the pouring of the oil it was dedicated to universal be nevolence. The choir chanted between each dedication, and the brethren gave the grand honors respectively twice and thrice. Then the grand chaplain solemhly pronounced the invocation, and the grand mast introduced M. W. John L. Lewis past grand master, who delivered the or&tior. of th day. When he spoke o Greenfield Pole's gift of a silver dollar, from which tbe fund had sprang, be was greeted with loud applause, and he was similarly interrupted when be said every Mason in the ptate who bad contributed in however small a degree to the fund could now call himself a landlord in the citv of New York. Then the grand marshal, turning to tbe South, said: "In the presence of the Supreme Architect of the Universe, whose UDnumtered blessings we humbly acknowledgby order of M. W. El wood E. Thome, Grand Master of Masons, under the auspices ci the Grand Lodge ofthe Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York, and tbe brethren owing it fealty and allegiance, I declare this new Masonic Hall dedicated." 'lhis irom the South. Tbe same formula was re peated from the West and frem the East, and the chorus, "That this may bo a hallowed place, by Wagner, was sung by the choir. Amid the strains of solemn music tbe grand master directed the grand stewards to cover tbe Typical .Lodge, and tbe brethren rising to their feet con eluded tbe impressive ceremony by singing to the tune ot "Old Hundred," the lollow ingdoxology: Be Thon, O God, exalted high, A&d as Thy glory H U the sky, So let the earth's resounding strain, Kepeat the praises ot Thy name. A STUPENDOUS STRUCTURE. THE NEW YORK MASONIC TEMPLE. COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF THE BUILDING WITHOUT AND WITHIN WONDERt OF OPERATIVE MASONRY AND THE BUILDER ART. The great event in the Masonic season was the dedication ol the new temple in New York this week. Tho cere monies were attended with all the pomp and circumstance of the great and gorgeous order, as appeared in full elsewhere in the Sentinel. The following full and complete description of the building is from the New York tVorld: The exterior of the Masonic Temple fronts o"e hundred and forty-one feet on TweDty-Third street, and extends ninety-one feet nine inches on Sixth avenue. Thö first story is Tuscan, tbe second Ionic, the third Corinthian, and the fourth composite, above which ia upreaied a very hitch Mansard for the fifth. Toe lower Btorv is relieved in bands of dark Qulncy syeiiiie, the rest of the building being faced with light blue graaite. A central colutuniated pavilion on the Twenty-Tuird street facade, fifty feet in width, rises to a quadrangular dome above tbe Mansard roof. At each angle are heavily rusticated pavilions. 26 In width, and between these retired curtains each 18 feet wide. The Sixth avenue facade is in harmony with this design in reduced proportions. Themain cornice is 94 feet above the bidewalk, tbe Mansard 30 feet higher, and the apex ot the dome is at an altitudo of 165 feet from the curb level. On either sideuf tbe main entrace on Twenty-third street is a massive pillar ot bronze fourteen feet in hight. Each rests upon a base cf eolld Sw.cn granite. Above the "cushion" eacti pdiar is ornamented with semi-incised lotus fliwers. Higher up appoar the thrt-e eccircliog bands, iud at tbe top ol tbe reeded column is a cap, iu the form of an inverted bell, decorated with pampyrus leaves and pomegranates in high reliet. In the basket resting upon this cap is placed a large globe. That on the EASTERLY PILLAR IS TERRESTRIAL, the other celestial. Over the main entrance, rising behind the pillars just described, is a portico formed of lour Tuscan columns supporting an entablature. The only other ornamentation requiring remark is the ooat-of-arms of the Grand Lodge, in bronze, which is placed n the fifth story, beneath the dome. Tbe temple underground Is as perfect in all its appliances ot ueceBitv and comfort as science, ingenuity and liberality could make It. In a great vault exiebding eight ft beyond the curb line ou the Sixth avenue side is space far the storage of 250 tons ot coal. At tbe northern end of tbe vault ure the furnaces aud boilers Irom which the entire building 1 furnished with steam heat. There are also two engines, one for working the passenger elevator, tbe other f r driving the neoasary machiuery for peifoct ventilation ot every , part ol the

edifice. The supply of either lot or cold air may be regulated at will, and some idea of the ex'ent of the appliances therefor may be gleaned from the fact that there are no le8 than five miles ot pipe, flues and radiators in this service. In tho engineroom are also the fire pumcs, capable of throwing 1M0 gallons per minute into the water-tanks immediately beneath the root. These tanks, by .the way, hold 6,000 gallons, and attachments on everv floor render this huge volume of water Instantly available anywhere lor the checkiog of au Incipient conflagration . In the basement are also extensive vaults for the nee ot the storekeepers who occupy the first floor of the temple. One ot these has been made burglar and lire proof by a sate deposit company at an expense ol over one hundred thousand dollars The grand stairway at the main entrance is oi white marble, with a silver hand-rail on each side, the walls being wainscoted with paneled parti-colored marbles. The stairwell is guarded from tho corridor aoove by a bronze balustrade, capped with A RAIL OF BLACK BELGIAN MARBLE. The corridor, 66 feet long, 20 feet wide iand 28 feet high, is of the Ionic style of architecture. The plinth course is of polished marble, but the walls are dead white. The ceiling is to be decorated in polychrome. Panelled and coffered arches, springing from a broken entablature over coupled pilasters at tbe side, divide tbe ceiling into compartments. The flooring of the cortider is Minton tile, laid in alternate squares or black and white. This floor is const ructed with iron beams, brlok arches and cement deadening, so as to complttely cut oil all danger of lire from the stores beneath. On each side of tbe corrider, at its remote end, are great panels of dark marble, bearing the names, numbers and times of mfeting of all the numerous Masonic bo-lies asternbling in tho building. On the eastern wall.

over tue mam entrance to ine uranu Lodge room, appears in high relief the coat-of-arms oi me urand .Lodge of the state ol isew lork. ibe former rests upon an ash lar of semi-calcined tone taken from the foundation of the temple at Jerusalem. The Grand Lodge room is a handsome hall, 85 ieet Dy yjicet, capable of seating comforta bly 1,000 persons. Festooned Roman Ionicis tbe style or architecture prevailing here. A double row of columns supports the weighty walls above. The seats, upholstered wim piue piusn, are arranged in curve lines, and all command a good view ot the stage. The Grand Master's throne is sta tloned in an apsidal recess in the east. It 1 in the Pomneiian style, and is 15 feet high by 6ix in widtbr of black walnut, carved to represent winged lions at the base, behind anu aoove wmcn rise ionic pillars support ing a canopy, ine urand Master's chair i upholstered with dark-blue velvet. Four other chairs for officers of tbe Grand Lodge designed In harmony with tbetnrone, FLASK THE SEAT OF THE GRAND MASTER, two on each side. To tbe right of the sUge are retiring, toilet and committee rooms elegantly and comfortably furnished. To the left is a great vacant space designed for a powerful organ which is now building :or the Grand Lodge. On dedication. day thi space will be occupied by an orchestra and choir. The parlors and offices of the trrand master, grand secretary and grand trehsurer are all en Boite, on the western side of the corridor, and are elaborately Snhbed and furnished in the most liberal and exqoisitf eopreiauy mat assigned to the grand master, on the southwest corner. Beyond a light grille gate, at the northern end'of the ocrridor, risfs the main t-taircasa leading to ifl uoora aoove. jiue entrance to tbe pa." senger elevator 13 also here. This eUvator is one ofthe finest In the city. Its pnger cur wu accommodate sixteen persoca, and it runs noiselessly and smoothly from basement to dome withia fiity soconds. An automatic stop, a powerful brake on tbe safety drum, a sensitive governor attach ment, safety rachets and lock pawls se-m to secure the car from even the possibility ot accident. Ilalf a story up from the level of the main corridor is the mezzanine floor, covering tne western end or tne building above the officers of the Grand Lodge. It is 25 feet in width by 75 in length. The north ern portion of it is the safe room, contain Ing M safes for the use ofthe several Ma sonic bodies meeting in the temple. There is in addition a small fire proof chamber for tbe deposit of valuable documents and other property not in cotstant nee. Ee yood this is the Grand Lodge library, wnere, in lä nandsome black walnut book cases, are about 5,000 volumes.arare. valua bie and exceedingly interesting collection of literature CONCERNING EVERY DEPARTMENT OP MASOSRY. When the arrangements are completed tbere will be kept here regularly all the Masonic papers and magazines published both in thicountry and Europe. The library launder the charge of R. W. Isaac B. Conover. The board of relief room is also on this floor. Upon the walla of this anartment is an ex cellent portrait of R. W. James Herring, f Minder of the hall and asylum lund, a also a line picture of the Grand Masonic Uuiou at Tripler Ilatl in 1850. In the niche upon tbe first landing ia to be placed a marble s atue or '"Siience." wuicfi is now Deing ex ecuted In rtome, and will be presented to the Grand Lodge by one of its ex-officers. Opening from the spacious corridor, tiled in mosaic with an Exruscan border, is a magniheeut parlor on the western side. Intended for re ceptions, refsctions, and other general purposes of tbe several bodies meeting ou this floor, in the Tuscan, lxrlc, Ionic, and Liv ingston rooms. It is CO by 25 feet, and 21 feet 6 inches in height. A similar parlor occupies the same space on the fl or above. All tbe lodge-room are of ample size and admirable in their details ot arrangement. Tbe most superb is tbe Egyptian room, de voted to chapter Masonry, on t:e fourth floor, and the commandery ball, oocupying tbe entire space of the fifth. The Egyptian room and commandery ball is symbolic in all it details. Four curtains, blue, purple, scarlet, and white, representing the veils of the tabernacle reared by Moses in the wilderness may be used at pleasure to divide it. In its entirety tbi9 room is 62 feet 6 inches long, 30 feet wide and 20 feet high, and represents an Interior court of aTheban temple. Twenty-six MASS1VK EGYPTIAN COLUM-NJ, with the lotus capital and scrolled and reeded entablature, are on the west, north and south walls. In the east is the entrance to an inner temple, made after that of Isis at Tentyra. Isis-headed capitals surmount the columns at the portico ot this inner temple. Light is afforded by two seven-branched candle-etisks and bracketsmodeled aftsr tbe tabled bird ot Juno, and dazzling with prismatic hues whlqh are placed between the columns. Tbe altar of Obligation is triangular, supported in three-winged sphynxes. I ne altar of sacrifice and incense is fash ioned like an ancient tripod, in bronze ard marble. The effect of the polychromatic broDza employed in tbe bracket, the decorations and the many symbols which appear on every side, all together render tbe spectacle peseuted by this apartment one to be remembered with pleasure, even by one who does not look upon It with a knowl edsO of its lull meaning or an appreciation . of ''the mysteries here symbolized. Tbe spacedevoied to the commanderi, on the fiitb fl or, is claimed to be more perlectly dt-signed and completely arranged tor its usea than any other ball In the world. An octagonal tent vaulted vestibule, thirty f-et in diameter, is tbe en-; trance. On each side ot this octagon a door

opens to other apartments, devoted to armories, etc. and employed for esoteric purposes. The main hall, or "aylum," ss it is technically termed, is forty-oue feat wide, ssventy-ejgbt feet long, and twenfy-one feet b.gb, designed in the French GV.hic style of the fourteenth century. This spaclous pavilion U lighted by twelve antique chandeliers, ot nine ligh's each, the significance ol which 8yratK)lism wiil b9 readilv understood kv tb initiated. The canopied stalls lor tbe Sir Knights are ol Mack walnut, upholstered ia maroon leather. Each canopy is twelve feet in height, ricbly carved with crockets, finials and pLcnacles.

DIvvvii . ...iu OF GRAPEVINE MOULD ING. nr a . neue stalls occupy two sides of the room In the east Is the dais of the eminent cam mander, overhung by a great canoDy. which is really a wonder of wood carving. Springing from beneath a Maltese cross are five iioitic groins, betweed which are armorial shield. This is its general design, but particularization would require too much space. -"' v-aui uor iujinn g mis asy lum is in Saracenic style, am', althcutrh elegant In all particulars, tbe most noteworthy feature it presents is tne throne of tbe master, which is of ivory, surmounted by a purple canopy. A grand banqueting hall, early Norman ia style retiring rooms, kitchen, banner room and an armory room, containing 630 closets :or the sir knights occupying the remaining spac of tbi floor. The lodge rooms on the third and fourth floors are all richly dee rated; neither cn lie said to have the preference for beauty ovrthe others. Tbeir arch-.tecture is in different 6tyles. The furniture throughout is of black walnut, upholstered in colors to match with tne carpet and canopies. Tbe Tuscan room on tbe third flnor is of sober drab hue throughout, exceptiog the tnazzirine blue tanestry of the master's and warden's platforms and tbe rich medallion border of the carpet. Tbe black walnut altar a instructed upon the mode of an Etruscan tomb. In tbe Doric room erimvn is the prevailing color. The altar is constructed with 'fancy panels, with a pedestal surrounded by bound reeds and a carved cornice of Roman tret-work. The Ionic room i carpeted in blue, with crimson in relievo; the furniture all upholstered in blue. The altar is quite plain, in consonance with THE PREVAILING ORDER OF ARCHITDCTUEK here, from which the room takes its name. Tbe first lodge room mentioned conveys to the visitor's mind ideas of sober quiet; the second is suggestive oi richness and pomp; the third is eminently cheerful, and, though no larger than either ot tbe others, seems of superior size because ot the lightness of its prevailing tone and tyle. Keh has a fl Kr space of about 1.739 pquare feet. A fourth lodge-room on this floor is the "Livingston." It waa not contemplated In tbe original plan of the builditg, and is smaller than the others, bnt its arrange nvht are as perfect as any, and its ornamentation, though not distinctive, is at leat pretty. The composite room, on the fourth floor, is furnished in orange, and it chairs are a'lorned with bronztt Maonicf mbleina. The Corinthian room, adjoining, is carpeted in blue and asheä of rose, with a border of crimson aad rarl. The traditional pillars are ornamented with pomerauates in solid bronze. When the polycnome decorations ara completed, upon a bread irit-za around the room at two-tbirda the :iKht of tbe pilasters, will be painted a series ot scenes at the building of the temple at Jerusalem. "Clinton" Lodge room, on this floor, is precisely the same as tbe "Livingston" room below, in size and all other repec'.s. Connetted with each lodge-room ia a vestibule 14x27 feet, a ryler's room 10x11 ieet, and examination and preparing rooms of similar dimensions. Over these runs a mezaonine floor, reached by a staircase from the examination room, where the organ loit is situated, and where also is a large room fitted with twenty-four large closets for storage ot regalia and other paraphernalia. There seems to be quite a contusion about whether the building should be called a 4hall" or a "temple." The title contemplated by its founders was certainly tbe former, but the weight of popular preference is decidedly on the side of tbe more imposing w ord, "temple." Whichever it is to be. it is to be hoped that the Grand Master will authoritatively decide it Wednesday. THE RAILROAD RUPTURE. ALTON & TERRE HAUTE RAILROAD. The New York Times of Thursday says: An election for officers of the St. Louis. Alton & Terre Haute Railroad Company, is to be held next Monday. Yesterday an ap plication was made by William F. Mott. one of tbe stockholders of the road, to Judge Lawrence, in bupreme Court Chambers, tor a mandamus to ompel Henry A. Crosbv. who he alleges is the transfer ageut for the company in this city, to allow Dim to examine the lust of tbe bondholders of the ' road. Tbe combnny has issued tock to the amount of $4.700,000 and $3,000,000 worth ot bonds, and Mott alleges that there have been irregularities in some of the bondhold ers voting by proxy, and he wants" to find ut who the bona n ie bondholders are. In opposition, it was alleged that Crosby is not the company's transfer agent.and that this Is not a proper case for a mandamus to issue: tbatthe right of Mott to examine the list is very doubtful, and that the legislation of this state in relation tt corporations of other states should be interrre'-ed liberally. The court took the papers, and reserved its decision. Beef Stkak.--A method ol broiling equl in every respect to tha gridiron, except that , If 1 n I. I... 1 ..... I . t t i iacin iuv Biuu&v laio. lk is: oet VOur pider on the stove and let it get smoking hot. Put in no batter or any kind of grease Have your meat previously prepared bytrimming ofT all pieefs ot bone, gland, superfluous suet and tissue that will bum tbe edge and make it turn up. Lay it very carefully and smoothly in the spider. It will fctick last at first, but an 8 Ku a it ia browned rn be loosed witu a knife. Sprinkle a littid 8alton the upper sui face and. turn it over. Let the other ride brown the same as the first. Have a platter warmed, lay the meat carefudy upon it besmearing the edge?; dress with butter and pepner aud ssnd to tbe table hot. By this process you have a crisp and brown ear.'ace, with tha juice retained as well an by broiling, and the additional advantage tnat tha iuevitabie drippings ara saved aoi caa ba converted into gravy. Bret Harte is quoted as saying that he has in his forthcoming book "one ot the sweetest d d fools anybody ever saw.' We had not supposed the volume was to be an ' autobiography, wickedly Bays the Norwich Bulletiu. An Indiana corn-planter has discovered that a crow knows twice as much as an " eagle, and be wants the crow adopted as the national emblem. This isn't sufficient caws for bankhing the eagle. Detroit Free Pi ess. The New York policeman who clubbed a citizen to death last fall has just been acquitted. The poor man has been out of a situation for months because the friends ot the murdered man made a lusi about it.

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