Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-12

| Four strong brothers then seized him,
and with . toss placed him with bis
stomach on the top Of shigh stool and
told to strike out TIE delusion was
so great that the poor victim would
kick and paw the air, and make the
most ridiculous exertlons imsgins BILE.
Although II was o dry bath, the
new hedged brother had to be put
through the drying machine. This
was o high, narrow box-just high
enough and wide enough for q man to
stand upright In. When he was In
three Stats we're inserted to keep him
In position while he was going through
the drying process. The box vas
hung on pivots between two upright
bars, and had attached to the side .
crank, by which 1t could be readily
and quite rapidly revolved. And this
wss only n Of the little trials which
the ambitious seeker after the mys-
teries of Malta had to undergo. He
wal whiried round and round perpen.
diculsrly, head wei heels aud heels
over head, first quite slow and then
with gradually increasing speed, until
the breath of the human propeller
gave out. The frightened fellow was
then removed to an easy chair to take
. rest, while further questions were
propounded to him, and the sonorous
''Re-c-o-r-d I'll" resounded through
the hall after each OF his an
swers. he was then told to prepare
for the trough and rugged road" He
wss placed an all fours, and, by prod.
ding from the rear, forced to crawl
through q long iron boiler, on which
the men were hammering; thence up q
rough incline to the top at q pedestal
twelve or ffteen feet high, from which
he was showed Into q large blanket
mado Of sail cloth, with hand holes
for ten men on q side. Then he was
sent flying to the ceiling. Down he
would come and up he would 60 at the
rate of thirty times In sixty seconds,
and such q shaking up as the poor fell.
low experienced cannot be realized by
these who have not been similarly
favored.
And thus the "~initiatlon" continued
until the of the lodge were
exhausted, one grand sell following
another In rapid succession, each one
more stupendous than the one pre-.
oeding. Finally, as Q grand wind.up,
the candidate was informed that, in
view Of the fact that he had suffered
so manyindignities and passed through
such q trying ordeal, the lodge had
decided to confer upon him the honor.
ary title Of G. R. j. A., judge, or
colonel, or general so and.ao having
resigned the position In his favor.
With a lengthy and forid speech
from the master of ceremonies, and q
deal of adula,ion and mock tokens Of
respect from the now unmarked mem.
bers Ct the order, the candidate was
presented with his credentials, which
It was made obligatory upon him
should be immediately opened and Ok
amined. Hastily the ''great seal" of
the order would be broken, the GER
t~ificate taken from the envelope and
opened, when the victim would dis
cover the picture of q jsckass In bold
relief, with various accounterments
and accomplishments, and would
pocket his credentials and bis ohagrin
amid the roar of the f%rolicksome gang
that surrounded him.
This expose could be greatly ex.
tended, but enough has been given to
let those In Louisville, who were mem
bera of the mobile ORDER" know that
one OF the g r. j. AS has been
"giving away" their cussedness.