, 1880-08-22
what the Pageant Cost and
Where the Money Came
From.
eooond DAYS Proceedings Of the
AutI-1lasonic ConVen-
ton.
o..a;ct,on Stories About the Death Of Sir
Knight Firth, Of co1dxatsr,
Mich.
mr.fpIAR LEMONADE.

w. .,tad In the showing that to charge 50
,,,s nar seat would be ample to cover all e1-
,~os and leave the Triennial Fund Still
1;..t, nro6t. Later on, however, 1t was found |
.so, humber had taken an extraordinary sky
s.. ..ard flight, and couldn't be had under tig>
w.. ubich would be ruinous to the Com
..;raa unless they raised the price of |
"a.un.ary enjoyment TO dollar,-Wllich, OF |
cnn1se, being wise men, they reluctantly Dut
promptly did. -....
This unexpected advance In wood was so |
1pmoratizing that subcommittee was ap"
~ o,n;ed 10 investigate and report upon It,
,'ut their efforts were fruit]ess, except In as
..rtairing that there was an immense de-
nand for ligueous material Of all kinds. and
in rnany Quarters Of the city. This was the
so)s explanation to be had the whole thing
was as mysterious as detectives clew,-and
thare vas nothing else to do but erect the
seats and advance rates OF admission.
simultaneously came violent and alto
ettner awful crash in lemons,-]ust the arti-
rio above all others which the bucketrshops
WIRE bulling, In view Of the fact
that 1900 Templars were expected in Chi
caeo. whose only beverage was Lemonade, and
p!enty of it. There was no reason for It, yet
the fact ;:as tbere,-wood up, lemons down,
and even cf0SS-eJeQ mdn cou1aA ooo
Though it.
As time rolled on, and the Trfennfal with
II and the seats had been built and sold, and
knocked to pieces again. and the lemons nad
been squeezed, every one OF tnem,-anu tne
yasl inundation q Chicago nag nag feceaea; ana
awav,-why, then 1t was that the secret leaked
mt and the lumber mystery was mystery
uo longer. The fact was simply his: 1et5i-
plars' lemonade is peculiar. II is made a1ter
an old cuneiform recipe found On Syenlte
slao under I, b;c Ifpg nToves " that Ma
sonry ante-dates Adam and Eve BY
several centuries, by proving that the walls
Of Paradise were built-by masons, OF course
"a whacking long time before the bids for
the construction of Adam were even ad.
yertised- After this recipe Is now made all
lie lemonade used at T1ieunials, and so
wisely is it adapted to exigencies that even
were the Triennial after next to be given at
the North Pole, where lemons couldn't be
had for lore or money, Tenplar lemonade
could be- had in just as large quantities as
would suit the demand Upon the slab in
original hieroglyphic:
"Ku,nulansh-usar; Tscher-Yk-Ob Obblah;
Kokt-Ayi; Ooisk- i strait; Ber-And-Y ms
Udy: Tub-Eer; Zowern-Ash; Ob-Ree-En;
cef-1 uiI- 1ues-3lub. oa1ue l--ht1 Oi~Ol1o1
Uppatg;1u." This latter word is, almost
etfaced, and has only been recently deci-
p!ertd by Prot f. h Palye, or Chlcago.
After this follows the curious l.ieroglyphic
given below, whose exact significance IS not
even now Nen oenned: Lemn-aoe"-
1taa-stlk-hlnlL m x ...,x
the TempIar beverage strictly In accordance
with the above, it is known that, while the
proportion Of lemon is, very small, the
amount OF tmoer required IS enormous; anu
II vas
TEE TREMENDOUS RUsH
1e1ial which III the end so disconnected
Past Assistant Third Secretary OF the Lower
Subdivision Of the Seat Committee, and was
the Intimate cause of the eQttance-fee to the
grand stands being dollar
coming TOT to the ears e Of a TRIBUNE reporter
vesterday. he resolved to seek an explana-
lion from the first Grand Master he met. He
lad to 70 at least Quarter OF q block, how
ever, before he met one; as it was late and
there being comparatiye1y few Grand Mas
thp renor1er nT1,1o1ndad HE conundrn,n:
lis mi name Morgan9''
Then. calming down as he saw the re-
porter really meant no harm, lie said that
onlv Royal Arcl1ers who had taken the TLir-
with DeeTae in the pea-Grpen .odge. and
had thirteen titles. could be allowed to see
the transIation Of the reclne. and that the
amount Of l eoat-riding @ and , rri,diron Skipping
Necessary to take tlat degree was SO inl-
mense that but few able-bodied Te1nplars
said, those WHO are iu IN possession Of the Secret
are very, very few, lie then hastily left, to
swap cards with another Grand Master COM
ing across the street,
Having seen 4 humber of Teu,plars file in
the allev behind TTIE TR1n11SE Building.
the reporter cauglt hold Of 4 peculiar
evanescent odor Issuing therefrom, and
fieshing t establishment % T TOO " well = T known to
need description. The proprietor was busy
making change, and seven Ternplars were
sampling sll1x.rior article of marched coffee,
DO you sell Tempiar lemonade here?'
vas asked.
"0h, yesI Wlat'u you have 90 was the
brisk rejoinder.
Tenplar Iemonade,''
Certainly. What.li yo1, have P,s
"Why-er-Templar iruonade."
prietnr eeu, ea,;a5 r..a y,-1efG nno pa
limina1y glass Of ice-water-ss hut What'u
you have9*'
"Templar Lemonade,
,t"Q course.-you said that before, but
have her?-nomiua1e your pizen.''
Isis it poison ~ asked the reporter.
The proprietor leaned over the counter i'm
Messively.
Look ahere. youne man.-think I'm
r. r.