The Calumet news., 1910-11-09
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r. c. Povey of Sault St Marie. an
immigration official arrived in Hough-
! ton today to act in the case of Hilma
Steinbach, who is to be deported. MIR.
Povey and his charge will leave to-
| night for Montreal, from where SHE
will be deported.
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of Free and Accepted Masons, was es-
tablished i'm the city of London. These
societies retained only the memory of
their descent and the tools of their art,
which are now so conspicuous in all
their emblems. but gave these signs
new and symbolic interpretations. The
society thus formed is the mother OF
the present society," the first order of
which is the Blue lodge. In all there
are 33 degrees a mason may take and
several orders, but very few masons
reach the 33rd degree.
Lessons of Masonry.
The Masons have many emblems The
most important and reverenced being
the lamb skin and the hour glass The
lamb skin or white leather apron.
which will be worn i'm the parade is
an emblem of innocence, and the badge
of a Mason; more ancient that the
Golden Fleece or Roman Eagle. 1t
is considered more honorable than the
star and garter, or any other order
that can be conferred by King, Prince
or Potentate. except he be Mason.
The hour glass is an emblem of hum
an life. The monitor of the masons
gives the following article regarding
the symbolism of the hour glass:
Behold! How swiftly the sands run
and how rapidly our lives are drawing
to a closet We can not without aus
tonishment behold the little particles
which are contained i'm this machine,
how they pass away almost impercep-
tIbly, and yet, to our surprise, in tho
sort space of one hour, they are cX-
hausted. Thus wastes man! Today
he puts forth the tender leaves of
hope; tomorrow blossoms, and bears
his blushing honors thick upon him:
the next day comes a frost, which nips
the shoot, and when he thinks his
greatness is still aspiring, he falls like
autumn leaves. to enrich our mother
Garth"
Independent Thought.
The greatest principle of masonry
r. that of free and independent think
ing, the men oers being taught to think
for themselves, and to work for the
betterment of mankind. This princi-
pie has led the society into much trou-
BILE. especially during the Dark Ages.
when the members rebelled against the
tyranny which was practised in both
temporal and spiritual affairs.
BrotherIy Love.
by the exercise of brotherly love,
Masons are taught to regard the whole
human species as one family; the high
and low. the rich and poor; who being
created by one Almighty Parent, and
inhabiting the same planet. are to aid,
support and protect one another on
this principle, Masonry unites men OF
every country. sect and opinion and
conciliates true friendship among
those who might otherwise have re-
mained at a perpetual distance.
Temperance is that due restraint up-
on our affections and passions which
renders the body tame and governable
and frees the mind from the allure-
ments OF vice. Every Mason Is taught
to avoid excess, or the contracting Of
anv licentious or vicious habits. indul-
gence i'm which misht lead him TO dis
close some of those secrets which he
has promised TO conceal. To be good
and true Is the first lesson taught in
Masonry.