The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-07
pn. FANToN,s REpoRT
an Commander .GorrITgc's discover
ies-signihcence ~ the EmbIems-
Examining the stone Records
OF the Past.
Now YORK Herald.

emblems found under Coopatra's
Ne,dlc, THIS report ia approved by the
highest Masons AT Caro- and In Alex
andria. Our correspondent sayE--"At the
special request Of the United States
Consul General here furnished him
with u copy Of the enclosed report for
transmission to tho Secretary of State
at Washington. The Consul Gnneral has
also furnished tho Egyptian Minister
of Foreign Affairs with copy" The
following ia Dr., Fantons report
Note upon the Masonic Construction or Rather
tho Masonic Emblens of the Foundation Of
ClOopalra's Ncedle-Tho result Of tho Die
coyoly Made by Lieutenant Commander Cor
rlngo and the Researches made by the New
York Herald.
!. Masonic Pavement This pave
ment represents the various races and
families here below religious, political
or other. This forms the foundation Of
the obelisk. 1t is formed of eighteen
stones, united by coments of two colors.
This cemented pavement Is the emblem
of theunion which binds together all
Masonsand makes OF them one hon.
ogeneous force.
The No. Is in the Mas.',N.'. which
shows that theancients knew the :. de-
grees above those OF M.
In the mosaic pavement a stone is
found Of perfect whiteness and purity.
No one here has ever seen u similar
stone. This stone is without doubt not
only of purity but also of. light, which
buried IN the earth is the. emblem of
the ancient sun religions, which had for
their objects the worshipping OF the di-
vinity in all its brightness and brilliancy.
2. Cubic stone-rhe :. cubic stone is
found in the mosaic pavement.
3. The Perfect Asalar,-roward the
=. east was stone forming '.rectangle.
This stone is beautifully finished.
The place which it occupies in the foun-
dation and its form constitutes A..
Masonic sign. 1t is the figure of l.
:. Moreover, it is in this figure that
the = fraternity place three points to
designate Il lodge. "Loga" in Sansccit
signifies the world, which the ancient
Masons represented by stone of the
share above mentioned because they
did not know that the world was round,
and by an error resulting directly from
their theory, which did not take into
account the An.ipodes, they divided the
earth into length and breadth ongi-
tude and latitude - terms Improperly
employed at the present day.
4.RoughAhslar-- On the opposite or west
side-the side of night, in contradistinc-
ton to that of day. Of light, of science
and of the Perfect Ashlar-is found the
Rough Ashlar. This is the stone of the
apprentice. Itrepresents the imperi ect
state of our nature.
S. Emblems of the Temple. Two
stones placed from :. west to :. east in
dicste the temple. The first represents
on the west side the double columns =.
J...B. The shape Of this stone is also
rectangular. Next it another stone
represents, by cutting on one of its
corners joining the first stone, the
capital of an Ion :. column. Upon the
upper part of its capital is engraved the
form of right angle. This
is the Masonic sign Of D..
-"delts" in the middle OF which is
placed at the preasent day the name OF
Co., A.. &c.-Yod God ,Gott, Dieu-char-
acter unity.
s. The Mason Square.-The Masons
square found at the base is also more
palpable proof of the intention OF the
constru otors of the foundations-and 1t
should here be born in mind that the
priests were the architects of the great
monuments of Egyptian antiquity. This
square bears in miniature on it's interior
base the three -, Masonic :. degrees,
which we find reproduced in the sur
rounding foundations of the structure.
1t is OF red granite, and its dimentions
and its delicate executionproye the care
taken by the architect in ito construct
ion.
7. The Trowel. Trowel, united
by means of complete oxidation to the
stone upon which it reposed for nearly
two thousand years, is sill the :. Ma
sOnlC SIlUitul VI lhNAuAS -hON w P''''
the trowel is to forgive en- injury or
fault.
s. Tho Three Masonic Degrees
These three degrees which are found at
the base of the obelisk are composed oil
two stones. The first is the emblem of
the degree of apprentice, the second re-
presents the degrees of comp. and M.
The union OF the comp :. and NJ lis
most intimate, and consequently these
two degrees are formed of one stone.
Moreover the step of companion :. is
not so large as that of NJ :. and that OF
NJ. and that of app, because the COM
panion has less time to perfect himself
than the apprentice has to become
companion.
Note-lt ia unnecessary to speak here
of the symbolic branches of this Lotus,
the Heli6trope, or the Acacia-sYm :. OF
the present day, Or of other Masonic EN-.
blems. But we think that all these en-
blems are to be found under the foun-
dations of obslisks destroyed by time
and not by the hand of man. Evidently
the cubic stone will furnish indipations