Christian Cynosure . osed to lay the corner-stone of the HighSchool with Masonic ceremonies, re-spectfully represent, that under our con-stitution and laws, no society, sect, ororder is entitled to official or other publicpreferment over any other order, sect,or society; and we, therefore, do earnest-ly protest that the secret society, to whichit is thus proposed to delegate a workof public interest, should not be allowedsuch recognition, either in its rites, cere-monies or festivals, which are justly of-fensive to the great body of the Ameri-can people. Names. King Louis XIV, who had as court


Christian Cynosure . osed to lay the corner-stone of the HighSchool with Masonic ceremonies, re-spectfully represent, that under our con-stitution and laws, no society, sect, ororder is entitled to official or other publicpreferment over any other order, sect,or society; and we, therefore, do earnest-ly protest that the secret society, to whichit is thus proposed to delegate a workof public interest, should not be allowedsuch recognition, either in its rites, cere-monies or festivals, which are justly of-fensive to the great body of the Ameri-can people. Names. King Louis XIV, who had as court-preacher Archbishop Fenelon, found oneSunday that, instead of the usual crowd,there was no one in church besides him-self, his retinue and the preacher. Whatdoes this mean ? he asked the clergy-man. Your majesty, answered Fene-lon, I had published that you wouldnot come to church today, in order thatyour majesty might see who serves Godin truth and who Matters the king.—Selected. 36 CHRISTIAN CYNOSURE June, 1918 \. k \ r FISHERMANS HUT, NEW ORLEANS. THE Y AT CAMP CODY. JAMES E. PHILLIPS. Camp Cody, on the outskirts of Dem-ing, New Mexico, was established lastsummer to receive the federalized Na-tional Guard troops from the states ofIowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, and Northand South Dakota. The elevation of thecamp is approximately forty-five hun-dred feet, so that, no matter how hot thedays, the nights are cool. The vegeta-tion consists of sage brush, yucca plants,and now and then some species of lowgrowing cactus. In other words it is the plain, ordinary American desert, and be-ing desert, it is inhabited by all thosepleasant companions known as centi-pedes, scorpions, tarantulas, lizards, rat-tlers, ugly looking beetles and bugs of alldescriptions. I am told by those whohave had more experience in this regionthan I, that, during the warm weather,one is wise to make a search of the bed-ding before retiring, lest the presenceof some of these creatures be ascertainedat an inconven


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