The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-06-15

A Mysterious Masonic Missive Which Puz-
zIed Post Office People-News for odd
FelIows, Rechabites, and Independent /
Mechanics.
The following Masonic bodies meet upon the |
evenings of the ensuing week:
LodgeS - Masonic Temple = Benjamin Is.
French No. 10, Monday, 10th; Pentalpha No.
%, Monday, 10th; National No. IL, TUESDAY,
18th: Washington Centennial No IA Wednesday,
18th: La Fayette No. 10, Thursday, 18th; Lebanon
No. Z, Friday, Goth.
A. A. S. r. Sanctuary, 1907 G street-Cathe-
dral: Osiris No. 26, Wednesday, 18th; Blue
Room: Columbia No. 3, Wednesday, 18th
Masonic Hall. Nineteenth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue-Hiram No. 10, Friday, Goth.
Masonic Hall, Virginia avenue-Naval No.
4, Thursday, 10Th.
Masonic Hall, Georgetown-Potomac No. D,
Masonic Hall, Uniontown. Anacostia No. 81,
Monday, 10th.
Roudt arch Chaptcrs.-Masouic Temple -
La Fayette No. 3, Tuesday, 18th; Columbia No.
l. Wednesday, 18th.
Masonic Hall, Virginia avenue-Washngton
Naval No 6, Tuesday, 18th.
Masonic Hall, Nineteenth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue-Mount Horeb No. Z, Thursday,
10Th.
Communicates knights Templdr. - Masonic
Tempe-Columbia Noe, Friday, Goth.
Masonic Hall, Georgetown-Potomac No. 3,
Wednesday, 18th.
Ancient a;,d accepted Scottish Rite.-Sanctu-
ary, 1907 G street-Mthras Lodge of Perfec-
ton, Tuesday, 18th.
Anacostia Lodge will confer the second degree
Monday evening.
Potomac Lodge No. will confer the second
degree Monday evening.
Osiris Lodge No. 26 will confer the third de-
gree Wednesday evening.
Columbia Lodge No will confer the first
degree Wednesday evening.
Hiram Lodge No. 10 will probably confer the
second degree Friday evening.
National Lodge No. 10 will probably transact
routine business Tuesday evening.
Mount Horeb Chapter will confer the Most
Excellent Master Thursday evening.
Potomac Commandery No. will transact
routine business Wednesday evening.
La Fayette Chapter No. will confer the
Mark Master degree Tuesday evening.
BENJAMIN B. French Lodge No. Is will confer
either the second or third degree Monday even
ing.
Pentalpha Lodge No. 90 will confer the first
and probably the second degree Monday even
ing.
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Lebanon Lodge No. Z will confer the third
degree Friday evening. The second is due and
may be substituted for the above.
The celebration of St. Johns Day, which will
be commemorated by the several communicates,
as announced in this column, should also be at
tended by Master Masons in general.
On st. Johns Day, June "a, the several com
manderies of the city will attend divine service
at the Dunbarton street Methodist Episcopal
Church, where they Will listen to to an address @ by
the Rev. Sir Knight NJ. b. F. Rice. The COM
manderies will be attended by military bands,
and will march to the church in body. The
services will commence at 7:3O o'clock.
The usual amount of activity has been dis
played at the Scottish Rite Sanctuary during
the past week. On Wednesday evening osiris
Lodge No. 26 conferred the first degree in the
Cathedral, followed by Harmony Lodge No.
II on Thursday evening with the same degree
Tuesday evening Evangelist Chapter of Rose
Croix occupied the Cathedral and worked the
eighteenth degree of the Rite, and on Friday
evening Mithras Lodge of Perfection conferred
the sixth, seventh, and eighth degrees The
latter body will work the ninth, tenth, and
eleventh degrees on Tuesday evening.
An extremely interesting event is about to
occur in Columbia Commandery No. 2, which
will meet with the appreciation and merit the
appreciation of both the older and younger
members of the organization. Among the
former who attended the famous prilgrimage
of this commandery to San Francisco in 1883,
the incidents of one Of the most enjoyable of
the many Journeys which No. 2 has ever taken
will be pleasantly recalled by Past Commander
Abner T. Longley, who was the Eminent Com
mander during that year, and 1t Will be eX-
tremely gratifying to them to learn that the
next lecture in the historic course will be de-
liyered by him, in which he will review the
events of his very important administration.
The lecture will be illustrated with series of
stereoptican views of the cahons of the Colo
RADIO and many other points of interest visited
by the Templars. The date for the lecture will
be announced shortly, and it is needless to say
will attract universal attention among the mem
bers of the commandery and the Sir Knights of
the sister communicates.
The local mail has for the past week been bur-
dened with quantities of misty-looking docu-
ments, which, but for the modern postage stamp,
might have been taken for pieces of the wrap
ping of an Egyptian mummy or aged rolls of
papyrus bearing the signet of some ancient king.
These antique missives have caused the utmost
eXcitementin postal circles, as their timeWorn
appearance denoted that hitch had occurredin
the delivery of a very ancient mail-pouch, and
the heroglyphics which covered them in the
widest confusion served but to heighten the
mystery, and the most inquistiye of the postal
authorities were obliged to confess their inabil
ity to fathom the meaning of the strange and
somewhat awe-inspiring documents. 1t is only
fair at this juncture to explain that Almas TEN
pie, Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine, will hold {
special meeting for work on Monday evening
June IL, and have been sending out notices tC
that effect. The initials j. ii. o. appearing
upon every one of them will be recognized by
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