Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-05-12


Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew,
Thomas, James (son Of Alpheus),
Thaddeus, Simon, Judas Iscariot.
Hercules, the celebrated mythology
cal hero, son of Jupiter and Acme
ma, had to perform t,celce gigantic
deeds: 1st-He killed the lion of |
Nemea, which ravaged the country |
near Mycene; 2d-He destroyed |
the Lernaean hydra, which inhab-
tied the marches of Lern8; 3d-He |
brought the golden-horned stag,
famous for its wonderful swiftness,
alive and unhurt into the presence |
of Eurystheus; 4th-He caught the
Erymanthian boar, and brought it |
alive to Eurystheus; 5th-He
cleansed the stables of Augeas by
turning the rivers Peneus and Al
pheus into it; 6th-He killed the
carnivorous birds of Lake Sym
phaIus in Arcadia 7th-He caught
the fire-breathing bull of the island
of Crete and brought him alive to
the PelopOnnesus Sth-He fetched
the mares Of DiOgenes, king of
Thracia, which were fed on human
flesh; 9th-He obtained the girdle
of Hippolyta, queen of the Anna
IONS; 10th-He killed the triple
headed monster Geryon, king of
Erythea; 11th-He procured the
golden apples from the garden Of
the Hesperides; 12th--He brought
upon earth, from the Internal re-
giOns, the three-headed dog Ger
berus. IIreIue different communi-
ties of Greece formed the Amphict-
yonic Council: The Thessalians,
Beotians, DOrians, DOlopes, Con
ians, Perrhaebians, Magnetes, Lo-
crians, Gteans Cor Hnianians),
Phthiotes Cor Ach@ans of Phthia),
Melians and PhOcians. IOnia, or
the Ionian League, originally con-
sisted of t,CelUe cities Of considerable
note: Chios, Clazomen@, COlophOn,
Ephesus, Erythr@, Lebedus, Mile
tus, Myus, PhOcea, Priene, Samos
and Teos. Northern mythology
mentions tlCelUe As9, or Ksirs,
including Odin, that came from the
East. The Council of the Olympian
Gods consisted of six malemembers,
Jupiter, Bacchus, Mars, Mercury,
Apollo and Vulcan, and six female
members, Juno, Venus, Minerva,
Vesta, Diana, Ceres. Celus and
Terra COR Uranus and Ge) had six
sons, Coios, Cronus, Crios, Hyperion,
Iapetus and Oceanus and six
daughters, Mnemosyne, Phoebe,
Rheia Cor Rhea), THETA, Themis
and Tethys. These were called
| Titanes. There are in FreemasOnry
t1ceLUe grand points which form the
basis of the system and embrace the
whole ceremony Of initiation: 1st-
Opening of the Lodge, symbolized
by the tribe of Reuben; 2d-The
preparation of the candidate SYM
bolized by the tribe of Simeon;
3d-The report of theSeniOr Deacon,
referred to the tribe of Levi; 4th-
! The entrance Of the candidate into
the Lodge, symbolized by the tribe
Judah; 5th-The prayer, symbol
| lied by ZebulOn 6th-The circum-
ambulation referred to the tribe of
| Issachar; 7th-The advancing to
the Altar, symbOlized by the tribe
of Dan; Sth-The obligation, refer
red to the tribe of God; 9th-The
intrusting of the candidate with
the mysteries, symbOlized by the
tribe of Asher; 10th-The inves-
ture of the faAnbskin, by which
the candidate is declared free, re-
ferred to the tribe of Waphthali !;
11th-The ceremony of the north
east corner of the Lodge, referred
to Joseph 12th-The closing of the
Lodge, symbolized by the tribe of
Benjamin. Many Masonic orders
have ttoelce degrees, for instance the
PhilaIetheans, the Holy Royal
Arch, the Swedish Rite, etc.
PROF. l.. LAVALLETTE.
\ baby, says recent French
writer, is an angel whose wings
decrease as its legs increase.