Rescue By A Liverpool Steamer.

could only express h s gratification that he had the opportunity of making this presentation on behalf of the King of Sweden in recognition of his services in saving the lives of these 14 men from a vessel which , he presumed , foundered immediately the rescue was effected . It was done under circumstan ces of great danger , and showed great skill on the part of the master , and great bravery on tbe part of Mr . Chadwick and the rest of the boat ' s crew . and his thanks would also be

Bro . B ULLOCK expressed his thanks , hoped conveyed to Bro . the King of Sweden for his kin Iness . Hs was merely a looker on for the boat ' s crew did all the work . The CHAIRMAN said that in these cases they al ways felt that a very great deal depended upon the master of a vessel , for without his skill and daring the rescue could not be effected . The proceedings then terminated .

Bro . Bullock , w' o is a lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve , is a member and first initiate of the United Northern Counties Lodge , No . 2128 , of which lodge his father is P . M ., Secretary , and founder .

Craft Masonry.

Craft Masonry .

Era Lodge , No . 1423 . This lodge held its 143 rd meeting at the Albany Hotel , Twickenham , on Saturday , the ioth instant , when there were present : Bros . E . C . St . AubynT W . M . ; D . Hart-Davies , P . P . A . G . D . C . Middx ., I . P . M . ; P . M . Saunion , ac ! in ? S . VV . ; C . E . Dowling , IW I . Beresford Ryley , P . M ., P . G . W . Hertford , P . P . G . D . Middx ., Treas . ; G L Wingate , P . M ., P . P . G . R . Middx ., Sec . ; W . Anning , S . D . ; S . Enever , J . D . ; C R . Conway , LG . ; J . T . Skelding , Stwd . ; T . J . Peckham , P . M . ; J . H . Andersen , P . M . ; F . W . Tallack , P . M ., P . P . A . G . D . C . Middx . ; H . T . Talhck , P . M ., P . P . A . G . D . C . Middx . ; J . Wheatley . P . M . ; J A . R . Duchon Din ; , and F . G . MitchellTyler .

, _ _ _ .... „ After the lodge was opened the Dep . Prov . Grand Master , Bro . Vice-Admiral William H . C . St . Clair , P . G . D ., entered the lodge , and was saluted in due form . The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed , Bro . Jean Amede ; Raoul Duchon Doris was raised to the sublimt Dijrcee of Master Mison by tht W . M ., the charge and the traditional his ' orv being declaimed by Bro . T . J . Peckham , P . M . Bro . J . Beresford Ryley , P . M ., moved , and Bro . Saunion , P . M ., seconded , and it was unanimously resolved : " That a sum of £ 5 5 s . be voted from the Benevolent Fund of the Era Lodge towards the objects of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , such sum

having been advanced by the Treasurer , and placed on the list of W . Bro . Admiral St . Clair , the Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Middlesex . " The Deputy Prov . Grand Master acknowledged the vote , and took occasion to impress upon the brethren the desirability of the study of the ritual , so as to do away with all necessity for the prompter ' s voice to be heaid when the proper intonation and emphasis could be the better realised . The Treasurer having read a communication from the Secretary , being a short report of the installation of H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught as Grand

Master , on the 17 th Ju ' y last , at the Royal Albert Hall , it was moved by Uro . tallack , P . M ., seconded by Bro . J . Beresford Ryley , P . M ., and resolved unanimously , that tie communication bereceivtd and entered on the minutes : " Angcl-ccurt , London , " gth August , 1901 . " To the W . M . of the Era Lodge , 1423 . " Worshipful Sir and Brother , that

" The Grand Secretary having informed the lodge through you the installation of H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught was appointed to take place on the 17 th July last at the Royal Albert Hall , and that a list of members qualified to be present should be forwarded to the Grand Secretary , efforts were made to ascertain whether or not those qualified would be able to attend when a list of 12 names was submitted to Grand Lodge . "The Era Lodge was favoured with eight tickets , and a ballot was taken in the presence of the W . M . before these tickets were distributed .

" On the day appointed an Especial Grand Lodge was held at the Albart Hall , The arrangements which had been made by Grand Lodge were so perfect that , notwithstanding the large number of neaily 9000 brethren being present , no inconvenient ; was experienced in finding or taking up the position and seat which had been allotted to the different brethren . "The ceremr ny was the cccasion of a noteworthy assemblage of some of the most distinguished Fieemasons from all parts of the world owing allegiance to the United Grand Lodge of England , and also of those of more humble lank , but none below the ofiice of Warden .

"After having taken a solemn obliaratio . i uith regard to the duties H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , K . G ., who then held the office amontr others of Provincial Grand Master of Sussex , was installed as Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England by the Pro Giand Master . "the Earl Amherst having addressed the Grand Master 01 the suSj ? cJs of Loyalty and Charily , H . R . H . stated , in reply , he was proud to occupy the position of Grand

Master , an tfficc that had been held by some of his ancestors , rulers and Princes of this country , and mentioned the fact that during the 25 years his Maj -sty the Kine held Ihe office of Grand Master nearly two millions of money had been subscribed for the benefit of the three Charities , in addition to local and many other contributions . In ccrrnunoraticn of the occasion the Giand Master promoted several Grand Oliicers and made many appointments to Past Grand Rank .

" 1 he Grand Oiganist pla ) cd seleclions from an overtorc by King Hall , a Cantilene by Wo ' stenholme , an Andante religioso by Grison , and the March from Athalie , by Mendelssohn , during the progress of the proceedings . " In conclusion , may the pure principles and precepts of our Order , whether taught in allegorj 01 illustrated by sjmbols prosper continuously unler the fostering care of our Grand Master , whom may the Great Architect of the Universe long preserve . "I am , " Worshioful Sir and Brother , " Yours faithfully and fraternally , "G . L . WINGATE , Secretary . "

Bio . P . M . Saunion propo-ed , and Bro . Anr ing seconded , as a joining member Bro . Chailts Blondin Gammon , a member ofthe Benevolentia Lodge , No . 2540 . Communications fiom absent brethren ar . d others having been disposed of , and all business being ended , the ledge was closed . The wan ant cf the lodge was prcduced , and remained in lodge du : ing the meeting . The brethren then partook of refreshments at the Albany Hotel , when the usual lojaland Masonic toasts were proposed and responded to , Bros . Anning , Doris , and 0 hers joning in the entertainment by recitations , songs , and music .

Science, Art, And The Drama.

Science , Art , and the Drama .

INSECTS USED AS FOOD BY MAN . { Continued ) . In the liemipteroits order cf insects , none are more widel y dispersed or ( if you will forgive a pun ) have made more noise in the world than the Cicada tribe . From the tir . ee of Homer , who compares the garrulity of age to the chirping of these insects , they have been celebrated by the poets ; and Anacreon has inscribed a very beautiful ode to them . We learn from

Aristotle that these insects were eaten by the polished Greeks and accounted very delicious . The worm { larva ) , he says , lives in the earth where it take ' s its growth ; that it then becomes a Tettigometra { pupa ) , when he observes they are most delicious , just before they burst from their covering . From this state they change to the Tettix or Cicada ( Grasshopper ) , when the males , at first , have the best flavour , but after impregnation , the fern lies

are preferred on account of their white eggs . Athen ; eus also and Aristophanes mention their being eaten ; and / Elian is very angry with the men of his age , that an animal sacred to the Muses should be strung , sold , and greedily devoured . The imago of the Cicada septendecim is still eaten by the Indians in America , who pluck off the wings and bail them ; and the aborignes of New South Wales formerly used various species of the

CtcadcD as food , stripping off the wings and eating them raw . They are aware that the sounds made by these insects , which they call galang-galang , are peculiar to the males , and depend upon their drums , and say in their peculiar Enelish , " Old woman galang-galang no got , no make a noise . " The ancient Greek taste for Cicadtc seems now much gone out of fashion ; but , perhaps , if it were revived in those countries where the insects are to be

found—for they inhabit only warm climates—it would be ascertained that so polished-a people did not relish them without reason . No insects are more numerous in this island than the caterpillars of Lepidoptera ; if these could be used in aid of the stock of food in times of scarcity , it might subserve the double purpose of ridding us of a nuisance and relieving the public pressure . If , however , we were to take to eating

caterpillars , we should be of the mind of the red-breasts , and eat only the naked ones , those without hair . But there is some encouragement from precedent to make a meal of ihe caterpillars whxh infest our cabbages and cauliflowers . Amongst the delicacies " of a Boshjesman ' s table , Sparman reckons those caterpillars from which butterflies proceed . The Chinese , who waste nothing , after they have uncovered the silk from the cocoons of

the silk-worm , send the chrysalis to table ; they also eat the larva of a hawk-moth { Sphinx ) , some of which tribe , Dr . Darwin tells us , are , in his opinion , very delicious . A spxies of butterfly congregates on the insulated granite rocks of a particular district of New Holland in the months of November , December , and January , in such countless myriads ( with what object is unknown ) that the native blacks , who call them Bngongs

, assemble from far and near to collect them , and after removing the wings and down by stirring them on the ground , previously heated by a large fire , and winnowing them , eat the bodies , or store them up for use by pounding and smoking them . The bodies of these butterflies abound in an oil with the taste of nuts , and when first eaten produce violent vomitings and other debilitating effects , but these go off after a few daysand the

, natives then thrive and fatten exceedingly on this diet , for which they have to contend with a black crow , which is also attracted by the Bngongs in great numbers , and which they despatch with their clubs and use as food . The next order , the Neuroptera , contains the white ant tribe { Termes ) , which , in return for the mischief it does at certain times , affords an abundant supply of food to some of the African nations . The Hottentots

eat them boiled and raw , and soan get into good condition upon this food . Konig . quoted by Smeathman , says that in some parts of the East Indies the natives make two holes in the nests of the white ants , one to the windwaid and the other to the leeward , placing at the latter openingapot rubbed with an aromatic herb , to receive the insects driven out of their nest by a fire of stinking materials made at the former . Thus they catch great

quantities , of which they make with flour a variety of pastry , that they can afford to sell cheip to the poorer people . They are also eaten alone , without sauce or other addition , by the Africans , who consider them delicious food , and eat th m b y handfuls , as we do comfits . Mr . Smeathmin has eaten them several times , and thought them delicate , nourishing , and wholesome , resembling in taste sugared cream or sweet almond paste . The female ant ,

in particular , is supposed by the Hindoos to be endowed with highly nutritive properties . The Hymenoptera order also furnishes a few edible articles . Knox says that bees are eaten in Ceylon . Pis 3 speaks of yellow ants inhabiting Brazil , the abdomen of which many used for food . " It is said that ants have no unpleasant flavour ; they are very agreeably acid , and the taste of the trunk and tbdomen is different . In some parts of S veden ants

are distilled along with rye to give a flavour to the inferior kinds of brandy . Some of the galls , the product of gall-flies { cynips ) , ae esteemed in the Levant for their aromatic and acid flavour , especially when prepared with sugar , and form a considerable article of commerce fro m Scio to Constantinople , where they are reguhrly exposed in the market . The galls of

ground-ivy have also been eaten in France . Insects of the class Arachnida ( spiders ) are sought for and eaten with avidity hy the inhabitants ol New Caledonia . These spiders are nearly an inch long , which they roast over the fire . Even individuals amongst the more polished natives of Europe are recorded as having a similar taste , so that , if yoa could rise above vulgar prejudices , you would in all probability find them a

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