The Washington bee., 1897-11-27
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SECRET ORDERS.
SECRET ORDERS.
EDITORIAL SYNOPSIS.

EDITORIAL SYNOPSIS.
Upon a certain occasion during the late
rebellion 1t was necessary for certain
general to ride twenty miles in order
TO save the day For the information
Of The faithful thai general is now on
the way, he will arrive in time before
the battle is over, and the day will be
saved. 1t is cold day when we get
left.
He that laughs last laughs best. In
this day and time remember the adage
about the bull in the china shop; |
have never known it to fail. In con-
clusion be of good cheer, things will
be our way in short order. As we
said before ignorance will not pre-
dominate in this day and time. We
will demonstrate, by practical illus
tration, the force of our remarks.
GEMS FROM THE QUARRIEs.
1t is not the man that knows how to
make money that always has the best
brains. Sometimes money turns our
heads.
Brother w. P. GRAY, go, sick, at
1917 M street, northwest. Also the
brother-in-law of Brother Dennis, of
King Solomon Lodge, No. 1, at 1882 E
street, northwest.
Whenever orders neglect to follow
their platforms breakup is the result.
Sometimes if some of our Wilson's
(who know it all. to let them tell itl
would read up laws, etc, governing the
order they would be of more service
than what they are. Rule or ruin.
Acacian:-A term denoting inno-
cence.
Achad, Hebrew:-One of the names
of God, meaning the one
AT the building of the temple the
workmen were divided into classes of
10000 each Each class worked one
month cutting timber on Mount Leb-
anon, then rested the other two
months.
The temple was begun Monday, the
second day of Hebrew, month Zif,
which answered TO the 2Ist day of
April, in the year of the world 2oo2,
and IoI2 before the Christian era, and
was completed in little more than
seven years, on the Sth day of the He
brew month Bul, or the 23rd of Octo-
Der, in the year of the world 2ooo. Af-
ter the completion of the temple Solo,
mon next employed the craft in the
construction of other works, such as
his two palaces at Jerusalem and his
house of forest at Lebanon, besides
several cities. The most magnificent
OF which was Tadmor or Palmyra.
Solomon before death exclaimed:
Vanity of vanities, all is vanity" He
died at the age of 5S years, in the
year of the world 3ooo, and before
Christ 975.
Our friend at the c. p. O., should
remember that the Grand Lodge, of
which the brother belongs to, whom
he was telling the other day that The
Bee should be suppressed, ETC., con-
tends neither his Grand Lodge nor the
new faction are regular.
Owing to the fact that we moved and
have been sick, we are unable to have
a big column. We are near straight
and will commence TO impart infor-
nation TO burn. Our correspondence
has got behind, but we will catch up in
short order.
Read The Bee.
One hundred men solid in an order
are better than 800 men raising the
cold boy" about "niggerism and ras-
Cality" in general. The sooner bad
men are put out of orders the better
for the order.
1t doesn't pay to knife.
/ desire to state that there is no
split in our new faction. All are
meeting at 40 New Jersey avenue
northwest, with the exception of Jop-
po Lodge No. 4, which meets at
Green's hall; furthermore no one has
stole any money, and furthermore that
the fairy tales put out about Shields
and Seville at Providence are without
foundation