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Bro . Rumpelt-Walther joy to the twentyfifth annuary of his initiation , and proclaimed the Head-master of the Institute as an honorary member of his lodge . The Deputy Master , Bro . Heitze , mentioned honourably the numerous and valuable

Masonic treatises ¦ written by Bro . Rumpelt-Walther , and bade him to publish them in print . The deputies of the throe lodges who principally , part of them through sixty years , had assisted the Institute with considerable contributionsthe lodges ' of

, the Crowned Serpent ' at Gorlitz , 'Minerva ' of the three Palm-trees' at Leipzig , and ' of the Golden Wall' at Bautzen , proclaimed Bro . Rumpelt-Walther an honorary member of their lodges ; and so did the representatives of the lodges ' Apollo '

and ' Baldwin of the Linden-tree' at Leipzig , and ' Harmony' at Chemnitz , as well as Bro . Kiichenmeister , Worshipful Master of the lodge ' of the Brass Columns ' at Dresden . Congratulating addresses had been sent by the lodges ' Archimedes of the Three . Tracing Boards' at Altenburg

, ' Frederic Augustus' at Zittau , and 'Pyramid' at Plauen . After all these congratulations had been offered by the extraordinary deputies of the lodges , Bro . Weisse , hi the name of the Masonic club , ' Fraternal Circle' at Praguewished joy

, to the lodge , by which his club is surveyed , and to its Master ; and Bro . von Printz , honorary member of many lodges , did the same in a few cordial words to the Master who , that very day , had earned the like honours . As much had been done to exalt

the mind and to acknowledge actual merit , so the day was rich in supplying means for Masonic deeds . The lodge ' of the Three Swords and Astraea of the growing Rue ' had resolved to sum up for the next ten years £ 45 a-yoar , in order to enhance the splendour with which StJohn ' s Day has

. been of yore solemnized in the Institute , and the lodge ' of the Golden Apple' presented £ 60 , the interests of which are to be granted to a worth } ' pupil upon leaving the Institute . The solemnity was followed by a spirited

banquet , for which far more than three hundred brethren assembled in the upper hall , finel y decorated like the temple and all the house . Enthusiastic songs accompanied the official toasts ; quartettes and vocal as well as instrumental solos ( the latter executed b y members of the Royal

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Chapel ) alternated with choruses , and unfettered more and more the minds and hearts . A telegram from the Zwickau lodge was read . Some more affecting moments deserving to be mentioned are , the presenting a precious vase with the portrait

of the venerated Master , Bro . Rumpelt-Walther , a gift from Bro . Pallme-Konig , at Steinschonau ; a deputation of brethren who formerly had been educated in the Freemasons' Institute , and some songs executed by Bro . Lowe of Prague .

The usual collection , which the lodge had resolved to add to the Pension Fund of the Teachers of the Institute , amounted to £ 75 , besides contributions promised to be continued . The noble dignity of the solemnity and the social merriment of the

banquet will both be remembered by all who shared in those exalting and gay hours , rich in calling forth truly humane feelings and deeds . "

Systematic Masonic Benevolence.

SYSTEMATIC MASONIC BENEVOLENCE .

Our good brother , the Grand Secretary of Louisiana , U . S ., has sent us a copy of the by-laws of a lodge , which are as unique as they are praiseworthy . The title is " Bj ' -laws of Louisiana Relief Lodge , No . 1 , Free and Accepted Masons ; also the Regulations of the M . W . Grand Lodge relative to the same . "

On the 1 st day of July , 1854 , a charter , signed by the M . W . G . M ., and bearing the seal of the G . L ., was issued from the Grand Secretary ' s office , constituting nine brethren and their associates and successors , as a regular lodge under the aforesaid

designation , located in the city of New Orleans for the special purposes of its creation . The Grand Lodge at the same sitting , passed a vote of confidence in the " Masonic Board of Relief" wdiich was the name the society was known by prior to

its formation as a distinct lodge . The organization was first suggested in a letter dated the 28 th July , 1851 , signed by two Past Masters , and in response to their communication the Masonic Board of Rac