MASONIC.Grand Master of Massachusetts Mn-Hons—Treatlehoard Designs.Charles T. Gallagher of Boston, grand master of Masons in Massachusetts, is a native of the old Bay State and is 43years old. He ; was raised in St. Paul's lodge in 1873, exalted in St. Matthew’s chapter and ; knighted in St. Omer command* ery, all of South B o s t o n. M r. ! Gallagher is also a member of the , Scottish Rite, j During the past , 23 years he has i been one of the commissioners of trials of the j grand lodge and for five years a director of the corporation of that body. Last year he was deputy grand master and was advanced according to custom. Mr. Gallagher is prominent in social and busi- ( ness life and is a lawyer of high standing, j lie enlisted in 1SG4, when less than 13 years of age, as a drummer boy and is a member of the G. A. R.The farm near Beaver, Pa., purchased , some years ago as a site for a Masonic university has been sold for residential , purposes, the university project being abandoned. 'Another fine temple has been dedicated to the uses of the fraternity in Michigan, this time at Rochester.Turkey dinner was served at the Ohio i M asonic home on Christmas, and a j Christmas tree gladdened the children.There are 50 chapters of Royal Arch Masons in Nebraska.In Louisville there are two command- i eries of Knights Templars, Louisville , with over 200 members and Do Molay with over 400.’No salaried officer of any grand Mason- | ic body should be permitted to vote proxies. savs the Toronto Freemason.*• IThe American flag! Let it float over the Masonic temple—the best flag on earth and the best kind of a house for it to wave over.—A. D. Bird.We believe that no Mason can lawfully be deprived of his rights as such without trial, no matter whether the offense be un-Mason ic conduct or nonpayment of dues. We consider nonpayment of dues an of- j fense against the good government of a lodge. — V. V. Harrison.“Masonry considers only the internal qualifications” in theory, but in practice the externals seem to cut quite a figure.— M asonic Standard.‘ ‘ T_ * .. yj'f / k, i1 # x f *L/v / i ''j/* ,C. T. GALLAGHER.