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f . 1 > . I THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : oUIiDA'xS DECEMBER 8. -KIXTEEN PAGES * I m SORROW IN THE LODGE ROOM , H H The Elks Commomornto the Dooda H of Departed Brotliora H B H | KNIGHTS OF THE RED CROSS B An tulnrcslltiK Chnritor cm the Colet H hratcri Order Willi n. Variety of K Nown Helming to Oilier B Secret Orders H H Over llio Hlver " H At llio Elks Ledge of Sorrow lint Sunilny H nltornbou , Hon John M. Thurston delivered H the following eloquent nddrcssi B In every human heart is uu altar , cense H crated to the holy dead H 'J ho days , the u-oclti , the months , the H years po by ; the tratmlngs of woo nro dl - H carded , the mourning garments laid awav , H and the world forgets that wo have iovod H and lost ; but every life liai Its sal memories H nud Rouibra shndown-nuvor wholly dispersed H by Ilia suuslnno of time nnd change , nua tn H thu sorrowing * oul the sacrifice of unshod H tears goes ou forever Death is the penalty H of birth Light nnd darkness I The begin H fling nnd the end ! Alpha and Omega I In H the slindow of every er.ullu Is a grave Prom H whence , to whence ! Is the unceasing cry of 1 mortaK m The answer has boon sought for , tolled for , R longed for , prayed , for , through all the ecu * B , turics of human exlstcnuo ; but the Infant K still prattles In an unknown tongue , and the B nngolof death has laid his sword on the lips 882 of those who might rospoud 13ut the mystic BBBj cable of human hopa strutcbos from shore to B shore , and ever it wo whisper messages of 882 love to those In the inllmtu heyond BBBJ It is well wo tire met today In the solemn BJBJf contemplation of the iuovltablo , Death is BJKJI the great luvolcr The city of the dead Is BJBjB the only univorsnl republic To it the prince BJBJC and peasant must both bo borne , nnd in it BjBjf the beggar and < ho king have equal share BJBJt Wo gather heroin the sympathy of ser BJBJI row lluarts , that suffer draw near to each BJBJf other Thu communion of grief mellows BJBJI human nature and gives to the individual BJBJj character the strength nf n broader phll- BJBJ | unthropy and a truer nobility BJBJI The impressive ceremonies of this hour BJBJj bring back to us vivid recollections of our JBJ dear departed Tender incidents , long for BJBJ gotten , uro revived 1 have boon told Hint a JBJ grain of wheat , resurrected from.tho cata- BJBJ combs of Home , where it had lain burled JBJ beneath the aecumvlated dust of tbo con BJBJ turics , exposed to the springtime rnin and HJBJ sunshine , has germinated into green and HJBJ beauteous life So lot us hero today rosur- BJBJ rcct from the catacombs of the years each HJBJI priceless seed of memory , connected with the BJBJj daily lives nnd deeds of these bo dear to us HJBJ nnd with the rain of our tears nnd the HJB8 Bunshino of our love inako them to bloom HJBJlj and blossom once again HHHJ Our holydeudl Some fcllupon their coun- HHHj try's ' battle fields , fnco tn the fee , eslluntly HHHJ lighting for liberty nnd the Hag HHHJ Some went down In thodrcad darkness and HJHH wild confusion of shipwreck , and round their HJBJfJ coral beds , tno dark blue billows of the rest HJHH less oc an chant an cndloss dirge ; and some HJHH mot death In the wilderness ulone , B With eves turned away , HJHH And no last words to say " H Some fell asleep In the blessed fullness of HJHJI honored years , crowned with the Imtnortal- HJHJ It.v of perfect lives To others , death came HJHJ suddenly , without a warning or roprlove , in HJHJ the full strength and p ' rnnoof life And yet , HJHJ nguin the passsionnto kiss of parting clung HJHJ to baby lips , while nil the world grow black HJHJ with despcrato despair HJBJ Leaves have their time to full , HJBJ t And llouers to wither ut the north winds 1 HJHJ HJHJ And stars to set ; but all , HHHj . Thou hast all seasons for thlno own , O i JHI death I" HJHJ Our hearts.aro with nur loved ones where HJHJ • they He 3'ht'y"uro sleeping on the Now HJHJ . England lilllslde , on the western plain , In HJHJ \ every valley of this land , from orient to oecl- HJHJ dent , from shorn to shore , HJHJ "Anil the statolv ships go on HJHJ To their haven under the hill , HJHJ But on I for the touch of a vnnlslicd'haud HJHJ And the sound of u voicQ that is still " | H They are gene from us forever , but wo HJHJ tiavo fultu that it is well with thorn - - - - - - - • They can return to earth no more , but wo ! ' liavo hope ; hope that soraowhoro , somehow , i in Gods good time , wo may clasp in our fond jjjjjjjjjjjjjji arms the rosurrcctod forms , and kiss with HJHJ impassioned lips the glorlllod faces of our HJHJ beloved dead Wo do not mourn for thorn , HJHJ , for wo know that ' H. , "In the city of surcease , HJHJH / There is only rest ntid peace , HJHJH From the fallings and the waitings HJHH-1 'Neath the sun HJHH And the wings of the switt years HJHH lioat but lightly o'er the biers HJHH Making muslo to the sleepers HJHJI Every ono HJHJ There ispnly peace and rest , HJHJ Hut to thorn It seeu'oth best HJHJ For they Ho nt ease nnd know HJHJ That lifo is done " H JvMGIirS O ) ? TJin It III I ) CHOSS ' . H tnt oiltictlon of This J'oworful Order m Into the Unltoil SintcH B In List Sundays issue was given a thor BJBJ ougli hlsto.-y of thu origin nnd growth of BJBJ the Order of ICnights Templar , as It Is 1 BJBJ familiarly known , up to the time of Kiii r BJBJ Darius , of Persia , and with this weak Is BJJj given thu introduction of the order into this BJH country , to bo folio.vo.t by nn nocount of the UJJ progress and condition up to the pro3ont H PJjJ Tl.o story of the ICnlgnts of the Hod 1 PjJJ Cross Is partly biblical , and partly tradl- PjJJJ tlonal Zarruhabol was sent by the council PJjH of Uo.valArctt Masons in session in Jerusa- PjJJj lorn to remind the now King Darius that the PJjB latter had vowed , if ho ever should ascend PJjH the throne of Persia , that ho would rebuild PJjJj the city mid temple and send all the holy PJjJj vessels tq Jerusalem again Upon his do- PJjJJ parture ho was presented by the Masons with PJJJJ a sword and green sash , the latter a peculiar PJJJJ marie of their contldenco and esteem To , PJJH this day green is n predominating color In HJHJI Knight Totnplar banners HJJJ When ho had reached the Persian domln- l JJJ Ions , Xorrubabcl was captured and put In JJJ chains , but declaring himself to bo a prince ! JJJ of the houno of Judah , a Freemason , and JJJ from Jorusaloin , he demanded an audlcnco JJJ with the king , This being finally granted ; , JJJ ho related to the king the lattcr's vow and HJHJf requested that the ponplo of Jerusalem might HJHj ba allowed to resume work on the temple HJHJj without Interruption from their enemies JHJ Darius was willing to grant the favor on con HJHJ dttinn that the Mnsonto mysteries were rc- ! HJHJ • vcaled to him , but this proposition was In- HJHJ dignantly rejected Darius was struck by HJHJ Zorrnbabel's Udollly , anil honored him with HJHJ presents and a banquet At the latter Darius ' HJHJ usaed the question , Which is the greatest , HHJ thostrciigtu of wine , the king or of women I" , ! HHJ The first answered wlno , the second said the HHJ king , but Zcrrububel replica that women HH | were the strongest , but that truth was nbovo HHJ On the following day the question was dls- HHJ cusjcd and when the first two had debated HJJJ their side , Zerruuabel showed that kings HHJ were governed by women ; and that women HHJv * wore the mothers of those who cultivated HHJ ] the vluoyurds Women , " said ho to JJJ the Persian monarch , have the power JJI to inaku u abandon our very country und ' rulers and muny times to forget the best HHHJ friends wo Imvu in the world , und forsaking HHJ nil other comforts of lite to die with them , HH ] Hut truth , " conttnuod the wise Kerrubabel , HHj "i above ull things ; " and ho eulogized it so HHHj highly that Darius exclaimed : Grout is HHJ truth and mighty above all things , " and lui- HHJJ mediately made good bis vow HHJ ] The secoiiddcgrcoot the Templar is known HH ] as the Knight of the Temple Its prodoin- HHJj inating colors are bluck , white and rod The history or the original Temiliars , already given , Is full of dramatic lutcmuty It la an HHJ ] interesting fact that the order had no con HV ncctiou withauclent IVoomuaons.savo that Its HJ rites uro said to have been practiced by them , HHH la the center of the usylum Is a triangulur HV' ' tubln covered with black velvet or cloth ; HJj retching to the Iloor and terminating with HHV ; silver friuce , while at the edge of ibo tabio HHJ is silver lueo Each officer , while the com hTht mnndcry S Is in session , wonrs n Jowcl , ns follows : Tno commander , n passion cross ruyod at its angles ; the generalissimo , a Hquaro surmounted by a naschnl Iambi the captain general , n lcrol surmounted bv n kor ; the prelate , n triple triangle - glo with the passion cross In each ; [ tno senior warden , u swoid of Justice m a hollow square : the Junior warden , uu caglo holding n flaming sword in its talons ; the treasurer < , two keys crossed ! the recorder , two quill pens crossed ; the standard-bonror , n plumb surmounted by a banner ; the sword bearer two swords crossed with a trlnnglo ; tno warder , two swords and a trumpet crossed upon a square plate , und the sentinel , n naked sword The third and last degrco Is that of the or der of Mnlta Its story is briar In 1043 pious merchants of Amalltn built a church or temple near the slto or the holy scpulchcr which they dedicated tJ St John the almoner Their duties were to insist the sick and needy pilgrims They were called brothers 1 of bt John , or llospltulors , nnd were 1 a long black mantle with n wiiito cross of eight points on the left brenst In the early part of the twelfth century they t became a military order , nddlng new obligations j to their vows of chastity Jn wnr they 1 were u scarlet surcoat , 'embclliihcd with an j oiiht-pointcd whlto cross Driven out of Polostlno j In 1192 , they occupied llhodos and were called Knights of Hnodes , Their pros , ent , uuino Is duo to the fact that In IS )0 ) Knt- poior | Charles V. bosUncd the Island of Malta upon them The rituius used in working these tliroo degrees are beautiful In the eurcmo Worn j the day when tha crusaders went forth to battle | in the land of the Simeon , Chrlstlun ity I has boon the very essence of Knight Touiplnristn , und this religious fcollng par mcates every line of the beautiful servlco with which ovary Knight Is bo familiar Much of It Is emblematic and symbolical , but this only adds to Its beauty Masonry is non sectarlau nnd the members or the craft nro found In every land It Is only , however , wliorothn light of Christianity spreads Its beneficent rays that Knight Tcmplarlsin llourishos also for the good of mnnkuul The llrst record of the introduction of Tcmplarism into this country locates It in Pennsylvania as early of 1791 , and in 1TU7 n grand encampment was lormed by four cn- cimpmonts : Philadelphia , No 1 ; Philadel phia , No 2 ; Ilarnsburg , No ; i , and Carlisle , No 4 ; but the history of this grand body , as well ns that of the encampments en gaged in its formation , is vague nnd unsatisfactory It Is evident this grand encampment never exercised its authority to any great extent , if ut all , ns no dinners were issued by It , nnd no record of Itsodlcors or meetings can boobtainod , anduoovldenro is presented to show that it over nftorwards held any meetings , and nnothor grand en campment was organised In lbl4. These four early encampments ceased tooxist after 1821 , nnd to St Johns encampment is traced the connecting , link tnnt binds the early history of , Tomplnrism with the present , which wns chartered by the grand encampment of the Uultcd States Juuo S , 1810 , and Is the No 1 of today , the oldest commander Knights Templar id Pennsylvania It is an interest ing fact that on'DoL'umbcr 00 , 1791) ) , a request was published in a Now York paper for KnightB Templar to ussomhlo and join In the funeral procession of Brother George Wash ington South Cnrolina commandory claims exist ence since 17M ) , having a seal of thnt date , and assorts that the conimnndory was in nct- ivo operation in 17thi. The records , however , were destroyed by tire , and the question of priority is to this day a disputed matter OIt T. The Order of Kailivay Telegraphers of North America was organlzod in Cedar Hapids , la , January 9 , 13S0. There were present tulrty-sovcn dcloiratos.lhirtcon being train dispatchers , and the others station agents and operators . Worn this small beginning the order has crown and spread uutll it now has divi sious in neurly every state nnd territory , there being 154 local divisions , with a total mem bership ot 15,000. The order has adoptoi the following do- claration of principles , which are strictly ad hered to : That no member shall use his inffueuco for the purpose of croatlng a strilto , nnd nny member so doing shall bo immedmtoly ex pelled from the order That the habitual use of intoxicating liquors shall bo a bar to membership That no member shall teach the art or tolegruphy to any person without pormisslon from the superintendent or chief operator under whom the member is employed , and the consent of the grand chief telegraphers , attested to by the grand secretary and under the scat of the grand division That every member of thisordor shall hold himself in duty bound to recognize nny other member in good standing as a brother , and shall not traduce or slander His character , or wilfully defame him iu any mannc , and snail protect the interests of the company employing him , notifying the superintendent or chief operator of nny danger against the interest of said company Should it coma to the kuowlcdgo of any member that any other member is conducting himself la a manner unbecoming a brother , which will bring disgrace upon the order or the company , it is his duty to pro Ter charges against the brother at the llrst regular meeting of his division , and notify his division superintendent That the order is a benevolent organization founded on naught but the purest nnd sincerest - corest motives ; its aim is to allcvlnto the sufforincs of a brother , succor the unfortu- natc , zealously wntch at the bedside of the sick , soothe the dying pillow , performing the last sad rites nt the gravn of a Brother , offer oinsolution to the nfllicted nnd caring for the widow and orphan Ilavluir these principles iu view , they will endeavor to exompllfv them bv practical tests ; nnd if it shall sue cessfully carry out this object , they will feel that their mission has not been In vain A. D. Thurston , who has been grand chief telegrapher since the organization of the order , was the originator nnd founder of the Order of Railway Telegraphers , and it Is duo to his energy and ability that the order has reached its present prosperous condition Ho dovotns all Ills time to the interests ot his pet project That ho has succeeded Iu a wonderful degree is evldouced by the phe nomenal growth of the order in the short tunc which has elapsed slnco the organizn- tlon , Thurston division No 2 of tills city was the second division organlzod , nndnowrom- prisos'Z' members ltwus organized July 11 , 1330 , ono month nftor the meeting at Cedar Hapids , nt which the order took shape The ofllcnra ot the local division nroasfol lowsV. : . It Chock , gonorul agent of the I ) . & M. ut South Omaha , past chief tola- gruphorJ ; II Flanagan , ngent of the Chicago cage , St Paul Minneapolis & Omaha , chief telegrapher ; J. Q. Gnss , secretary of the ngent of the Union Pacific transfer at Coun- ell Ul'ifTs , assistant chief tolegrop'ior ; K. C. Maucrmn 1) ) . & M. headquarters , secretary and treasurer ; J. Tracy , Omaha St Louis nt Council Bluffs , senior ; C. II Cartnell , Chicago , St Pnul , Minneapolis Si Omaha , Junior ; N. E. Travis , assutant chief operator Union Pacido headquarters , inside sontlnal ; M , II Drown , Union Pacific headquarters , outside sontitoi The locul division piys a weekly sick benefit - fit of 17 , and there is also uu insurance do- pai tment under the direction of the grand division whereby a member may take out a policy of $1,000 , payable ot death icorx * . Jnn Hus lodeo , No 5 , composed outlroly of Bohemians , is almost at a standstill us far ns Increasing Its momusrshfp is concerned , sThis ledge was organized with the under standing that it would bo allowed to use a Uokomiun ritual , After the ledge was Insti- tutcd , they applied to the grand chancellor for u ritual in their natlvo language and , the members state , Grand Chancellor Love promised thorn from time to time that they should have the ritual but it failed to materialize At ) a consequence , prospective mombtrs withhold their upplica- tlon uud a general foallug of discouragement pervades the cntira membership There is a ilodgo of Iiohemiaiis in Chicago which was granted a special dispensation by the su > preuie ledge to use a Uolicmian translation of the ritual und it was thought by Jan Hus lodge that a copy of this might be obtained , but it was aftcrwurds learned that the dls pensution has been granted the Chicago nlodge with the understanding that no coplos , were to bo made or allowed to go out of the i possession of the lodge It will , therefore , bo necessary to obtain special permission from tha supreme chancellor far Jan Hus i lodge to make a translation of the ritual , and this Grand Chancellor Mucfarliuid has ; apromised to apply for soou There Is a ( lis- f g' ' We will make Special Low Prices on Steinway , Clnckering' , Knabe , Vose and - g v < < , ] > &p other first class Pianos and Organs Conie and see us before purchasing * . n3t J ? * B * MAX MEYER & BRO 1 CALL ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT . I ONLY Sl FEW DAYS BtJBliMtiLIISr I , IN WHICH YOU CAN BUY AT I The l finest Diamonds , Watches , Solid Sterling Silver , Clocks , Bronzes , Gold Jewelry of every description , Gold H Headed Canes , Gold and Silver Head Umbrellas , Opera Glasses , Leather Goods and hundreds of other articles * suitable for HOLIDAY GHEFTS - Also Staple Goods for housekeepers , such as Rogers Triple Plated Knives , Forks , Spoons , Carving Sets , and Quadruple Plated Hollowware , A ! I * I GO MM LIT OB RESERVE TO THE fflEST BID ! ! These i goods are all STRICTLY FIRST CLASS , bought for the Finest Retail Trade , before we de cided to discontinue this branch of our business Many Very Elegant Novelties , in the way of Fine French Clock Sets , Piano Lamps , Onyx Tables , and other Art Goods ordered several months , ago from Europe tor our Holiday Trade , have just arrived and will have to be SACRIFICED along with the rest ol the stock Come Early and Get the Best j h french Autioneer \ ' MAX MEYER & BRO , 16th. aiidFarnaiii Sts Three Sales Daily , 10:30 : , AM , 2:30 : and 7:30 : P. M. position on the part ot the supreme ledge to druw the line on the matter ot translating too ritual into forolsn lar.RUagcs , ns there nro now nuthorizott translations iu tha Gor man , French and Spanish lantfuaBOS , fcut as there is already ono case In which the ritual is used in Uolicmian it would scorn that the granting ot this prlvllogo would not bo con trary to the conservativu pol'cy of the supreme - promo lodge Supreme Representative J. S. Shropshiro has been nnpointod general attorney of the Union Pacific railwuy company lor Montana , with headquarters at Uutto City , and left for his now residence early in the week Mr Shropshiro will bo Nobraskj's ropresenta- " tlve in the supreme ledge for two years moro and will bo a candidate for oQlco in the supreme promo ledge at its session in Milwaukco in July next Morning ledge No SO , ot Norfolk , elected the following officers at Its meeting on Wednesday ovaning : H. Gorecko C. C. ; D. Rocs V. C ; P. C. Storv , P. ; J. W. Rose , K. H. S. ; W. N. Huso , M. F. ; S. S. Cobb , M. E. ; P. L. Estabrook , M. A. The following officers were elected at the last ' meeting of Aurora lodge C. C , George 13. Williamson ; V. C , Harry E. Metzgor ; prelate , Robert Lamout ; M. of P. , Victor SwansonM of E. , Robert Wuddlo ; K. K. and S. . Uolovan Hates ; M. of A. , VV 1. ThroidkiU It was decldod to have a public Installation of the olllcers-eloct on January 0 , lSOO , at which time there will bo a ball and bammot , given by the order Enterprise lodge No 79South Omaha.was honored bv a aolcgatton of vUlting brethren from OmahaTuesday evening The following visitors woreproseiit : Messrs II Perkins , E. H. Wood , It R. Patton , C. Reynolds , lidward Olsou , Henry Carter , M. Campbull , C. 0. Carrier , John Wldonor and C. L. Howe A. pleasant tratornnl ovomug was spout nnu an excellent lunch added much to the onjoynie nt Pythian ledge elected the following odi cers nt Its last meotlng : C. CA Wirt ; V. C , Knccht ; P. , J : P. Conto ; M. of E. , W. W. Scott ; M. nt P. . C. Novo ; IC R. and S „ O. N. Hirliett ; M. at A „ H. Grcelin . Sparticus lodifo No 118 of Plum Crook , elected the following oflicors Wedneday for the coming year ; P. II , GtlmorcC C. ; G. It Darr , V. CA ; C. Max well P. COS ; Kinney , P. ; M. W. Stuclty M. of P. ; P. L. Temple , M. of E. ; John UillospioK R. & S. ; W. II Hamilton , M. at A. This is a young lodge , having boon organlrod only last July , It now has about fifty members , and is stoaaily increasing , and promises to bo the largest order In the city A division of the Uniform Rank will be organlzod soon , S. of St G. On Saturday , Nov S3 , Shakcspoaro lodge , No 317 , Order Sons of St George , elected the following officers tor the ensuing term , nnd they will bj instituted by the D. D. W. P.V. . R. Adams at the next mooting ! Worthy president , Charles Hill ; worthy vice president , Prod G. Hobdcn ; worthy treasurer , Robert Skotchloy ; worthy secretary - tary , James Douglas , 810 South Twelfth street ; worthy messenger , William J. Ilronton ; worthy assistant secretary , Arthur Hurt ; trustees , Harry Morton , James Sfrjblltig nnd Charlds Copley The prosldont-oiect has tilled the appointive olllces as follows ; Worthy chaplain , Joseph Dove ; worthy instdo sentinel , William K. Edghill ; nutsldo sentinel , Charloa Harrup , worthy assistant messenger , P , Kitcuiug- man Shakespeare ledge isonjoyingqultoa boom in momborshlp , aud several ether applica tions are now being considered , AH Eng lishman who want to fraternize with brother Englishmen in a good social and beneficial orgauizatiou should lese no time In applying to the secretary for the necessary applica tion Planus to become members of the order of the Sons ot StGooruo. . Lincoln nnd Platthtnouth arc about to start now lodges ot this order Urother W. M. Tavlor n machlne&t in the Union Pacific shops , has boon transferred tea a similar position for the sauio company at Armstrong , ICun Saturday evoninc , the ISOtU ult , about ona hundred and fifty members und friends of Shukespearo lodge No 817 , met at their hall , 13U Uojglaa street , and Intoned to a Una literary and mu sical programmeMr. . Charles Hill pre sided The progrnmuie consisted of songs aud recitations Some of the perforators do servo especial mention Mr H. Blaok'a Imi tation or leading actors and Mr Hodgett's Widition ot The Moneyloss Man elicited muoh approbation from the audience Miss Armstroug presided at the piano Refresh ments were served after the completion of the programme , followed by dancing , The following members had charge of the enter tainment : Charles Hill , II Evans , John Stribling , W. U. Adams , W. R. Edghill P. Kitchlngman , T. StriDling , A. Hurt , Prod Holdou I , Joe Dovo.t William J. Hronlon , II Morton I and John Douglass A. 4n. o. ii North Platte council of the Ancient and , Honornblo Order of Homosophs will hold their ' annual colouration at North Platte , January 1 , 1890. This order dates It origin back to the time of , Romesls III , king of Egypt ' Ages prior to the birth of learning , away back ' in the early twilight of tradition , the ancient i Egyptians erected on the shores of the \ Mediterranean a great stone shaft to the . memory of Moncs , first mortal king of Egypt For centuries It hold its mute vigil as se cret ' keeper of the ages Upon its smooth Burfoco i was graven the laws of prehistoric man , the priticipios of human wisdom , the history of ruined nations and oxtlnct people , The conturlos which passed in possession beneath its shadows heeded not its silent laws or attempted to decipher the meaning or Us hieroglyphics It remained for Hatno- sis HI , in the first year of his reign , to gather about him a. select council of the wisest mon ot upper and lower Egypt for the purpose of translating the language of the shaft This council was known ns The Sonsof Ra , " and composed of 300 of the most learned men of that ago After the work of a llfo-tlmo , Ramcsls , in the eighty-second year of his age , was gath ered to the bosom of Isis , nnd the task of the Sons of Ra" left untlnisbod Thereupon , Ainunrn , chief of the council , decreed that this bodv of sages and philoso phers bo thereafter known nB The Council di Homosophs , " nnd was divided into three invlslons called schools " The wisdom of Amunra led lilm to boiiove of the prime law of nnturo , which Is the cor ner stone of the order , nnd that the futuie of the human race depends upon a strict ad- heron co thereto Ho therefore proceeded with bis counselors to translate the hiero glyphics and was rewarded baforo his death by Hading the Hey to the language of this si lent monitor , and succeeded in obtaining thereby a full explanation of a certain great princlplo which was established when the foundations of this world were laid and the stars sang together on the morning of crea tion tion.This This princlplo the A. H. O. H. has sought to perpetuate It has withstood the test of time anil the storms of aires and though our language should become us dumb and meaningless - ingless as the hieroglyphics which mark tbo tombs of ancient Egypt , tbo order Is pledged to preserve and maintain It , i. o , o. i- ' . ' Brother Thomas Hamlin of Kcystono lodge , No , 155 , left for Syracuse and New York city last Wednesday , where ho will spend some time hi visiting friends und relatives , Norfolk ledge No 40 elected the following oftlcors at its last.mrtetmir : J. S. Dart , N. O , ; John Oesterllng V. ( i. ; C. E. Doughty , treasurer ; George N , Beols , C. P. W , Mar quardt and W. H. Lftw , trustees The olec- i tlon of a secretary wa s postponed until uoxt ledge night , The regular olectian ot officers for the an- suiug term occurred Tucsduy ovonlng in the Chadron ledge 1W.L The following were chosen : P. M. Mprrltt , N. G , ; AUrod Lewis , V , G. ; P. GPoll , , secretary ; George II Willis , treasurer ; r . fiuauco comuntteo , U , Lowontbal , J , U. Wjlis | and Ira Longcor ty , Duuglitern , ill Jtebekuti , Ruth lodge , No 1 , gave a very pleasant sociable last Saturday night in their ledge room The ledge 'wn3 filled with members ot the order and thf friends and an excel lent progjuitno was rendered The Seventh ' ward band was press nt and furnished some good musiu A piano duel by Misses Nettle Wood and Edith Stuht was loudly applauded , us was also a recitation by Miss Clara Smith of South Omaha The Zlthor club , composed of seven ladles and gentlemen , was next on thO'programme and furnished most excellent muslo Then allowed a song by six little girls ; recitation , by Mrs Shcr&on ; character dialogue Dy Misses Nclllo Wright , M.vrtlo Miller and Mabol Owens ; recitation by Miss UarbaraJIyman of South Omaha ; song by Mr Kitou ; recitation by Mrs Shorson ; and a ' trio by Messrs Wherry , Eaton and Ivelloy I'lio programme was followed by a short In termission during whiph rufrcsmouls were served , and the uveulug's entortalumoat closed with a dance Nobles or iIn MjhIIo filiiine El Jcbul Temple , Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of Denver , will hold un annual session Dacembcr 9 , 10 and 11. llio 9th will bo devoted - voted to business , election ot oflicors , etc ; the 10th to work , and the 11th will witness a grand ball and banquet tondeicd to visiting nobles and their ladies It A. V The grand chaotcr of Nebraska , R. A. M „ will meet in annual convention at Fremont at a p. m. , Wednesday , December 11. The grand council of Nobraska-Royal and Select Masters , will hold its annual assembly at the same place , beginning at 3 p. m. Tues day , Decombsr 10. It is expected that tno general grand master of the United States will bo present EDUCATIONAL Educational gifts , on tbo average , amount to about $5,000 per annum in this country It is proposed to establish a med ical college in connection with Cornell university , to bo located in the city of Now York Tbo students at Cornolt have rocolved cir culars recently from a company in TIQln , O. , offering to furnish thorn with essays and Orations on any subject at a price varying from S3 to $ i5. The National Educational association nnd Council of education will hold their next an nual convention at St Paul , Minn , July 4-11 , 1890 , nnd It Is expected that 20,000 teachers from ull parts of tbo union will bo present A series of importunt experiments have begun at the experiment furm connected with Rutgers college , tn ascertain tha comparative worth of different breeds of cows , the quantity and quality of milk given , etc • JTho nttonannco at Weslcyan university is larger this year than over before In its his tory The now president , Rev U. P. Raymond mend , is having admirable success It is proposed to erect agyuiuaslum at au cxpensu of $50,000. A literary club has been formed among tha members of the faculty of Princeton collcgo , who tench in the various departments of lit erature The club is the outgrowth of tha library meetings held bv Dr McCosb , at which papers upon philosophical subjects uero road The latest critic of tha schools affirms thnt the child and the scnool suffer materially from the nervous strain of monotony It is not necessary that wo Bbould accept this charge in its universality in order to improve t o conditions radically There are few things so much to be feared in school lifo ns lack of varloty Thn supreme court of the Unltod States nt Washington has postponed , until the hearing on their merits , the motions to dismiss or affirm in tha enso of Cornell university ngalnst Willard Pisk aud others The effect of the decision is to postpone the final deter mination ot the case for about three years The state ot Indiana is trying a very novo ! experiment In the wav ot securing books for tbo public schools Tbo nctual cost of n schoolbook in paper and presswork und binding is an insignificant Item , aud if n largo number ot copies uro sold the cost of each copy is but slight 'Ihostato has tukon advnntatro of this fact and has made a con tract with a single syndlcato to supply ull thu books for Its public schools In this way a reduction of CO per cent in the price of hooks has been effected Mrs Lclund Stanford , in an Intorvlow , elves many facts hitherto unprlntcd in re gard to plans for thu now university at Palo Alto Sbo says the same attention will bo given to girls as to boyB , nnd it Is her pur pose to have an art training school , Ilka the Cooper institute , where girls who have a taste for designing umv sccuro instructions that will cnablo them to earn a good living If they thou wish to study higher art , they will huvo means to support themselves The American Secular union , Philadel phia , a voluntary association having for its object the complete separation of church and Btute , in practice as well as in profession , and la uo way committed to aay system of religious belief oi disbelief , through its president , Richard II Westbrook , offers a premium of 11,000 for the best essay , treatise or manual adapted to aid and assist teachers in free public schools and In Uirard college , and other public und cnarltable institutions professing to bo unsectarlan , thoroughly to instruct children and youth in the purest principles of < noralUy without inculcating religions aocfines Parish Priest And now , Maurice , after all I've said I hope you'll taUotho pledge und join the society Maurice ( sbooplshly ) Its hard to deny you , father , but I'm with your reverence , and av I cant como in moself , bogorra , Ill find a substitute and nobody cau say any fairer than that BURIED IN A TOMB OF LAVA The Hon Charloa Biof Tolls What Ho Saw at Pompeii IN THE CITY OF THE DEAD IJolics Showing tno tteniarknlilc Civ ilization oi' the I'coplo Who loll Victims to the Wrath or Vesuvius . Anionc the IluliiH of Poinnoii PoiiPEir , Italy , Nov 7. [ Special to Tub Heb ] I am now in the City of the Dead , " surrounded by the ruins which mark the sita of the awful catastrophe that befell the city on August 83 , A. D. 70 , when thut fearful eruption of Vesuvius , which lasted tliroo days , burled its inhabitants under lire , ashes and brimstone This city was built about six hundred years before the Christian era by au Italian colony The Romans used it ns a retreat from business and care during the time of its destruction Cicero himself had a villa here , und in it ho wrote his ofllccs bencca played upon Its streets when a boy In the year OM it was partly destroyed by the same uncomfortable neighbor The Pompoilans lied , but returned , and sixteen j ears later were buried so completely that every trace of un cxistenco of a city , and everything appertaining to liar , was lost fcr mora than a thousand years The buildings in Pompeii were generally ' , only one-story , and were almost all built on the sumo plan , The whole was covered by Vesuvius ut un average depth of ten fcctand today the rulus stand out bold on elevated ground at the foot of the monster mountain , which , atanv time , may boo fit to embrace it again with its fiery lava arms The nnnrnnfili Is thrnni/h thft Pnrfn ilnlln Marina from the side of the sea I onto rod a gate having two arches , of which the larger ono is paved with vol canic stone of irregular sizes , and the loft ono Is aimplv of beaten earth , The first mentioned gate was closed with two wooden doors , and tha last onu by uu iron railing at tbo time of the destruction of the city I ascended in going east , u stoop Incline before roucbing these gates , und for some time afterwards , but was within the products of the exhumed city as soon as I had entered the archways The first thing particularly noticed woruihonarrow sticots , which vary from twelve to twcnty.flvo feet in width The most of them huvo raised sidewalks of from ono to ubout two foot high on each side , with two and three highdnrgo , round und oval-shaped stepping stones , used by the citizens in rainy wouthor Pouutains , of u cubical shape and of lava stone , with a sqUuro oponlng of about four or five foot , stand ut the on trance ot the principal streets In some ot the streets the ancient rut , or mark ut thn wagou wheals is still perceptible The museum , which contains some of the most interesting objects as found , Is ou the right side , as you enter under the vaulted galea It contains skolctons , models and casts of human beings , including that ot a dogwhich ; were made under the direction of Senator Plovelli , who succeeded in reproducing the bodlos by filling the cavities formed by the mouldering and decaying skeletons as en crusted in the solidified und hardened ashes and valcanio mud , with liquid plaster These show the precise manner iu which the par ties died , and these models are therefore a combination of plaster and bones , the latter in the very position in which they were burled Iu tbls manner the beauty of the form , even the headdress , and in onu or two instances , the drapery ot the linen and tha rings on tbo fingers and the expression of the face is shown The houses of the rich are all of the Sumo pattern They consisted of two Inner courts , surrounded by porticoes and rooms Thu atrium was the place where the Pompelait received his visitors 'Ihe next court , "pcr- Istylium , " has a irardcn or llower-bod in tha center , These served fur private and do mestic life , und the master with his family , kept tbls open space exclusively for his own use Around tbo atrium I observed gener ally from two to three bedrooms on eltlior sldo us I entered into the bouse , from a nar row vestiblo These bedrooms were ircnor- ally from 3x7 feet to 0x8 feet iu she At thu end opposlto tbo ontrunco of the atrium wua thu labhnlum , which was the audience aud reception room on special oqeosions Around the peristylium wore the private apartments and dining room Atthaoxtremoond of all was the Oocus " a ladies loom tor convocation Adjoining it on tbo side , or nil in ono , was the library and picture gallery , also the holy of holies , thu shrine for the housohold.gods , named Ijarariuui " Strange ns itrboenis , such a house as Just dosenbod belonging to a rich man , wus surrounded by little bhops , which communicate with the rooms This convoys the idea that rich men , owncisnud raisers ol crops , sold ami totalled their ov.u pro ductions In most houses the floors woio ornumoutod and ndorncd with mosaics , which in my bumble estimation hnvo little right to bo considered artistic productions Neither could I dUcovor nny special merit iu the frescoes ou the walls or these preserved in the museums A noteworthy plnco in Poaipali is the - : forum It is about live hundred feet long ' una 103 feet wide It serves as a publlo meeting pl.ico and lor the administration ot law It was surrounded on three sides by Doric columns of whlto marble It Is Buid that uboVo these was a second gallery with Ioulo columns The area was decorated ; with statues roproseiittug citizens It Is now ' pavea with largo murblo slabs very muoh damaged The six streets leading into it were rossed by atones to prevent chariots coming into It The Temple of Venus was surrounded by a large court frontlug toward thn Pontm , the court of which has a portico around it , formed by the broken columns of u Dorlo order In its center was a platform on which a primitive temple stood , to which a ( light of fourteen steps led , The Hasllica is opposlto the ruins of this temple It has twouty ' eight fragments of columns in it The ro- mulnmg walls uro covered with stucco The tribune , which is at the roar end of It , is about six feet high uud contains two small , rooms Onu ot the most attractive ruins hero is the House of the Tragio Poet " It received its name from n mosaic called tha Dramatic Concoi t , " which is now In Naples 1 On its threshold was a mosaic presenting a } chained dogand the words : Cava canomI" ? "Uowaro of thodogl"- shows yet some J paintings in fresco representing Apollo and Daphuc , Amazons , Vcnuscs and Loves Its pcristylo is adorned with seven mutilated columns Ciiaiu.ks IIIbif IMIM13T1HU. Speaking somewhat utter the manner of worldly men the blind chaplain , Rev Mr Mllburn , saw the caucus nominee und went him sovcral votes bettor , "That's n good text you suegest , " ra- , ' , marked Dr Prolix to ono of his parishonors % ' • Ill innku a minute of It , " Hut you'll r make an hour of it , " was the whispered ro- 1 lly ; Sunday school tcaehor ( reprovingly ) t Hoyi > , do you know what day thlsl Street * f urchin IU , fellers ! Huro's a cove as dent know what day this is Guess ho'a been out , nil night , She ( suggestively ) Hurry , Isn't that a grand picturu of tbo "Anirolusl" These < j poor peasants bowing for a minute In piayor t when they hear thu church boll thut tells 1 them it is supper time 1 The Deacon Thnt mun at the rear of the if church Just sent word thnt he'd Jlku to con " ! trlbuto The pastor Who Is ho ? The deacon - - ? con Dllbiiclccr , the button manufacturer of 5 Phlladol The pastor Shut thu box \ Dr Long How did you enjoy mv sermon toduy , Mr Knappt Mr KuappKxrollont , * doctor ; the only trouble was It was lee ' short Dr Long ( surprised ) Too short ! * Mr Knnpp Yes 1 didn't get my sloop half \ out out.Good Good Man ( to street hoodlum ) My bed , \ dent you think you would bo u happier , bettor and mora useful boy it you would become como u member of our Sunday school I * ' Hoodlum ( oyldontly touched ) Going to have ? a Christmas tree this year ? This is a negro brothers explanation of \ race colors : "Noah's sons war ull bawn ' . ' white , but when Ham saw his father lyln' . drunk ho was so mortyflod that ho turned jl black Shorn didn't feel so bad an' ho only $ turned yuller , and Japhut hadn't no shame ut - . all " -I If the children of Utah believe the teach't inirs of Wllford Woodruff , the successor of Urlghum Young and John Taylor In tbo ! * ; presidency of tbo Mormon church , lifo must l ; : present a gloomy outlook to their youthful , eyes , with smalt hope of salvation ut the end ; * for it is the deliberate calculation of this • ' . uged tcaehor that ouch person now upon tbo - curth is individually besot by 100 devils , ,4 whoso mission it is to betray him Into tor * i ment It is a matter of simple arithmetic ; 1 100,000,000,000 dovlls foil to the earth with Lucifer ; there nro 1,000,000(100 ( people on the ' , earth , which gives 100 imps to every man woman aud child * i