The Nebraska Squabble.

It did not there , nor has it ever since , assumed tho Nebraska Masonic Popedom , yo * - thoy were not ignorant of other claimant ? , for Robert Samber , in 1722 , addressed thorn in tho Rosicrrician language , alluding to higher degrees . As it is tho p . rent of a ! Ma .-n'iry in f In -or . ' , it is the only body that ha- ) tho ri-jht to deiino wild , Craft . Masonty i-- ' . Its laws and ce emonies from 1717 on wards havo enacted that pure Craft

Masonry consists of thno degrees and that it is m . t i-i tho p >« TV of anv man or body of men to make innovation !; therein . Nor has it ever passed laws to advance i , v prohibit anything outsido of its own leg itimate thne dugi-iC . It never -vill . The reliability of this account , of 2 , 000 years' policy can bo

ascertained by every one . If the Grand Lodgo of Nebraska has departed fro m it , then it has ceased to bo a genuine Grand Lodge of the Craft , and it would become the duty of gonuiuo Masons t > o . itablish against it and in spito of it , a genuine Grand Lodge . If tho Grand Master has become a Masonic Pope ho should bo met by a Masonio Luthor , able to expose his inspno pretensions . That is a legitimate course . Some , after paying thoir money , will become expelled , and bo

dishonestly deprived of their money's worth and privileges , for which they paid hard cash , bnt what matters it ? Few people caio to associate with liars : perjurors aud rogues , ovon if a littlo mouey is fotfeitod . "" Very un-Masonio language , you will say . It is not addressed to thoso who admit of being called Masons . Real Masons can only be men of honour to whom a promise is sacred . Fraternally yours ,

JOHN YARKER , F . S . Sc , & o . P . M ., P . S . G ^ W . Greece , and Hon . Member of several Grand Lodg ( s . B RETHREN , From tho numerous inquiries mado regarding tho arrest of Charter of Nebraska Lodge , No . 1 , 1 am constrained in a true Masonic spirit , and without the least intention of insubordination , to place

b-fore the representatives of the Grand Lodge of Nebraska the history of the case , together with a few of tbe many criticisms from eminent Masons on tho question , that wo may como together understandingly , and judge with candour , and adjudicate with equal and exact justice to all concerned , as this Virtue is ono of the Corner Stones of the Masonic Institntion . Fraternally yours ,

ALEXANDER ATKINSON , Master Nebraska Lodge No . 1 , A . F . and A . M . In Abeyance .

Happy People.

HAPPY PEOPLE .

Hj UIERE ave certainly many happy people in tho world . X One may safely say as ranch as thi ? , even if thoso he is accustomed to meet seem to him nnhappy , and he seldom or never meets with any other ? . Perhaps tho number of the truly happy will be admitted to be large , if we

consider that the human race is counted up to many millions ; if , too , we think how many children there are who never know any settled grief , how many school-girls trip along the street with arms at one another's waists , how many boys rush out of school , to whom the world is an infinite

field for pleasure ; when we think again of aged people , waited upon with assiduous love , and even think of those who would bo accounted sufferers in sicknesses and bereavements except that they laid up in earlier days an

immense capacity for resignation and sweetness . Oar humble friends of tho lower orders give for the most part wonderful tokens of being satisfied with life . The great Redeemer did not hesitate to observe the mother hen and

her chickens ; and every day that one lives in the conntry he may feel deeply impressed with some lesson of wisdom and reli gion by seeing iu his own or his neighbour ' s yard the various fowls peeking in the crass or on tho oround .

or calling to ono another to come to the bounteous tabic and join in the feast . And is there any pleasanter picture -Jan that of the cows browsing in the pasture or chewing •he cud ? And these examples aro not selected carofoilv

« -om tho races of birds and brutes : thoy aro most familiar examples . Can it bo that the human race , unspeakably jnore highly endowed with means of good , has been denied tne additional ability of usino- its means , without which

ability au other meang anj fe ] fc ^ nsc ] csg ? f nfc wh y do we feel so acutely concerning the various owns and degrees of unhappiness ' that men endure ? They i ass away and many of them are nothing when they have L ,, •, Nol 30 < 3 7 recalls his cries as a child . Nobodv

sho 11 v , Stckn 03 s of some P years ; and that there exn •mysteries or misery even in tho conrso of our been "011 ?] S what is ab 3 o ! ate | y essential to ns , as having fi , ;» i ™ 1 . some where near to angels in capacity . If one

havo 1 fc somo dp gr ° o of unhappiness he might smrprl ! r P a !' ed > tben we shonld or mig ht , Lave been BPQtT * , le i degrCC- If VVG C 0 U , ( 1 W , > 0 fE th ° kr g ° next 11 Smi ' shnikl thon bc troubled b 7 ] nm ; n « ge ' so on ti ! 1 ^ 0 face of that brilliant '" 'nary was mfith „„ hr - u lmfc ^ ^ ^^ ^^

Happy People.

those spots mean , and how our abundant harvests and our beautiful day ? , might all be spoiled it" we hud not this kind of veil to shield ourselves aud fcho earth . One need not

ask why so much of misery is brought to afflict the human race . The subject is too deep , too largo for human comprehension . But one can say , at least , tho opposite idea is an absurdity .

But , when ono has iu his family or his immediate acquaintance somo one or more of tho happiest youths thafc nature ever exhibits , he cannot but ask hims ? lf on what their happiness rests , if thoir days of brightness will never be clouded over , if it is within their power to prevent some

silver cord from being loosed , some golden bowl or pitcher from being broken at tho fountain , or clouds from returning when once they havo all been cleared away . As a caudle may begin a conflagration and spread ruin over beautiful homes , small contingencies may interfere between

tho heart and its continued enjoyments . A little flame may bc fed from tbe thousands of cubic miles of oxygen with which we are surrounded , and a word spoken in thoughtlessness may multiply its influence through life to tho most painful destruction . Ifc is unnecessary to

recount temptation , disappointments , and other forms of ill that creep in upon the unguarded heart , or rush upon it to break it down . The happiness of youth is the happiness of nature ; and . human nature cannot be preserved in its strength and in its beauty , ifc is thought , except by

knowledge of its dangers and of its means for security . There are many persons who will , whenever they are led to see fche finer examples of 'happiness , be saddened with the thought of its frailty , as , in the spring of the year , some cannot prevent themselves from the vision of its changes and its close .

But shall we tell theso young and beautiful people what evils wo possibly see npon their pathway , to assail them at some earlier or later day ? Yet would it bo wise or consistent with tho sincorcst action to lift a warning voice ,

to present tho vision of evils that may never come ? Ifc would rather be an artificial proceeding , an affectation , to withhold ourselves from clearer sight of a present happiness , because we can turn tho picture of life , if we will , and show bare canvas , which it was never intended should bo

seen . But shall we never guard tho young ? Yes ; but , in building your honse , would you make tho observer stop , and tell him , "This corner-stone hero will some time crumble , timbers and rafters will fall , and tho ground will

present by and by a sightless ruin ? " No : wo build as well as wo can at tho beginning , with beams and rafters well fitted to their places , with corner-stone well levelled , so that even the power of gravitation , which makes all things fall to their centres , only adds to its security . In

our own moral endeavours , wo always look up moro than we look down . The inspiration derived from the knowledge and love of excellence is more effectual than oven the contemplation and abhorrence of evil . Give to tho

young their happiness . Enjoy it with them to the full . Only give them such a beautiful example that tbey cannot fail to love goodness for its own sake . Impressed by the constant example , their hearts will grow clear in knowledge , strong in principle . —Freemasons' Repository .

The Committee of Management of tho Royal Masonic Benevolent Institntion held its regular meeting at Freemasons' Hnll , on Wednesday , Bro . Dr . Jabez Hogg in-the chair . He was supported by Bros . 0 . A . Cottebrnne , W . Smith , S . C . Haslip , A . H . Tattershall , E . West , Henry

Garrod , C . J . Perceval , C . Kempton , Alex . Mullord , W . H . Hnbbort , A . Forsyth , W . J . Murlis , Jas . Porcy Fitzgerald , Thomas Cubitt , 0 . F . Hogard , and James Terry ( Secretary ) . The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and verified , the Secretary reported tho death of six

annuitants—two men and four widows . Tho Warden ' s * report for tbe past , month was road , and the report of tbe Finance Committee read , adopted , and ordered to bo entered on the minutes . Five petitions ( four mon and ono

widow ) were considered and accepted , and the names of the petitioners having been directed to be placed on tbo lists of candidates for the election in May 1891 , tho proceedings terminated with fche usual vote of thanks to tho Chairman ,

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