Tribil And Mechanical Engineer's Society.

trunnions capable of bearing the whole weight of the obelisk . The obelisk would then be gradually raised by hydraulic power , applied at each end alternately , and as it was raised a scaffold or staging of baulks of timber would be gradually built under itthe obelisk still lying in a

hori-, zontal position . When the timber staging had reached the required height , two iron girders Avould be placed parallel with the obelisk . Upon these girders would rest the trunnions before referred to , and the girders resting upon the end portions of

the timber-staging , would allow of the central portion of the staging being removed , so that the obelisk would swing nicely balanced on the trunnions , the bottom of the obelisk just clearing the stoue on which it was to restand from

, that position could be easily lowered into its place by the lowering of the girders to a slight extent . One advantage of this plan was that ou a bri ght moonlight night the stone could be experimentally lowered on to its jieclestal to ascertain Avhether

everything was ri ght , and coidd then be pulled up again ready for the public ceremony . The lecture , which was illustrated by large plaus on the walls , ancl by a model of the proposed cylinder-ship , attracted as unusually large audience , and an interesting discussion ensued .

A Brother's Advice.

A BROTHER'S ADVICE .

BRO . J . H . JEWELL , P . M . ( AMHERST LODGE . ) EVER with fortune ' s bright sunshine around you . Think well of the hearts by adversity froze ;

Objects of pity may oftimes surround you , Aid them with comforts and banish their woes . The tempests of life are oft sad and appalling

, Trouble ' s rough seas oft engulphing the brave : Rush to the rescue when true hearts are falling , Ever be ready a confrere to save .

A Brother's Advice.

-Never through life turn your back on a brother , Whom tempests have batter'd and wreck'd on life ' s way ; Rather be trying his sorrows to smother , With prosperity ' s sun lend him one

cheering ray , Friendship ' s the link which in life ' s cable bindeth Firmer the anchor that Hope leaneth on , And when one faithful , heart a poor wanderer findeth , The haven of life will be cheerfully won .

The Way We Live Now.

THE WAY WE LIVE NOW .

BY MENTOR . I AM not . going to review Mr . Anthony Trollope ' s amusing ancl improving novel , for a notice of it has already appeared in

the MASONIC MAGAZINE . But I have chosen the heading of this article as the text of a Masonic sermonette on a subject alluded to in the la . t number—namel y , what an "Old Fogey , " in Temple Bar , on whom I then commentedthought well

, to term the " Excessive Influence of Women . " I drop the editorial " we , " to-clay , and write in proper individuality—in propria

persona . The " old Fogey " has coolly and calmly propounded the theory that the present relaxation of Society—of the world—that the real cause of the unsatisfactory conditions of conversation , religion , literature , and the stage , personal expenditureand

, tho like , arise from the " undue influence of women , " I entirely differ from him , in all proper deference , and shall proceed to give , not only my reason wh y , but to point out where the " shoe reall y pinches , " or in fact as we often say , and our young

sporting friend Horsey Johnson will quite echo the words , to " put the shoe on'the right foot of the right horse . " The " old Fogey" accuses women of having influenced and infected alike that