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CAPITA!, UTV COURIER, iA'IURDAV, APRIL 5, ,a9o
EASTER SONG.
tlKcnith Is dark, not
leaf nor blossom
Decks tin- brown
waste, tint hill
are Imm:
Loss nml regret
aro everywhere.
Air sjoeps thrro not
In' Nature's U
SOtll
Benin rvcomensn.
Homo sweet rev
lrf
Where uro our lontf Wo wander w crplng,
men run i Itli anguish ninl dlsinuj ;
Tho world Is veiled, tho skies nro lirayt
Faith In our hearts Is dead or slcoplni;;
In vnln uo watch. In vain wo pray
llnrkl 011 the leafless IhiiikIis nlxivo u
A bluebird's wnrhlo, soft ntnl clear;
lKik ilon 11' n Madu of grass Is lii-rn
Slight L'lioiut, liny hint, to inovo tit;
Yet 'tli tlm turning of tho j cur
Hero In thy xoul, thou luiMlcvhig,
Olio word forever ili.jir ntnl ueir,,
"I llvo." Tho promise stands secure.
Hero In tho halm to heal thy grlov lug.
Iloiioof tho imtk'iit nml the pure
'tis hut tii TUiiNiNQ or tiik yeah
Hrcak out, O heavens. Into nlriRliic;;
Awake nnd shout, 0 alumls-ring clod'
Hero Is thy Ufa Tho breath of God
Through earth nnj heaven In Joy Is ringing!
Hit sprlug tho cold jrny Holds hath trod.
Yo lilies of tho field, ndoro him.
Yo thot havo slept In dust and dow:
Yo faithless mortal iiplrlta too.
Bow down with rapturous song before him.
Ileliold. ho maketli all things new I
-ltoso Terry Cooko In ltaricr'H Daur
EASTER FORGIVENESS.
lOopyrlglit, 1800. by American Press Association.
WOl'LI) not llvo
nlwuy; I ask not to
stay I" quavered
Miss ICHllllOth, In
nn iiiicertnlii so
prano, hooping
tfmo at tliu sumo
tlmo with tier foot
to tlio strains 1'uter
was dm win;; from
tlio melotlcoii In tlio
llttlo parlor across
tho hull.
Tho old Dutch
clock In tlio corner
of tho Id to lion
pointed to 8. They
wero early risers ut
tho Dnrrow form.
Fivo o'clock nover found Miss Kllzuhcth or
Peter nslcop Hero It was only 8 o'clock on
Easter morning, and breakfast was over,
Miss KIIz.'iIkjUi was taking tho hut pan of
crisp Klngorbt end out of tlio oven, ami 1'eter
in his best clothes and now bluo tio was play
ing hymns ami thinking of Lucy Allen's blos
som like facu and tho soul thrilling prospect
of seeing her nt church.
A trim, spry body wns Miss Elizabeth.
Tho only remnant of beauty left her after
tho frosts of forty-IJvo years was a pair of
limpid blue eyos that looked out on tho world
so frankly that you know Instinctively that
n woman with such eyes would have thrived
upon caresos ami tender words and sho had
Bono save w lint l'eter guvo her.
"Oh, who would llvo nlwayj" 'sho con
tinued, her voice rising with an eager, falter
ing htrength as the hymn drew to a close, and
then sho stood still for n llttlo while, her lin
ger laid peiiiively on her lips.
An Easter Sunday morning of years ago
all, how many 1 had como back to her sud
denly. Thousands of yesterdays faded awny,
nml that one, glad morning enmobaok to her,
a living thing,
Sho saw herself In her cool pink nnd white
frock, her fnco, with a cascade of curls on
ooth sides, almost hidden under a shadowy
poke bonnet. Sho was standing with her
prayer hook in her liuiid liosldo nil ojs'ii win
dow; somebody was on tho grass outside, his
face raised to hors, his touch upon her hand.
Somebody elso wns singing tho hymn which
Peter w as just finishing with a long drawn,
sighing chord. Sho heard n voice:
"Tho mau who w roto that hymn was nover
In love, or ho had just been jilted; don't you
think so, Ilessl Now, wo would llvo always
If wo could sjiond our eternal llvos togothorl"
Then this somebody hnd opened her llttlo
prayer book, and with an unspenkablo ten
derness of look placed her fhiflor on theso
words la the marriage service!
"Until death do us part."
"Nover forget that, Hess," ho had said; "I
never will."
Hut ho had. oh. h had I Yours of pain
had Imsmi her jxirtion. Sho had suffered, and
through him.
Tho story was an old ono. People had nl
most forgotten it. Sometimes a few of tho
oldest gossips touched iiiou It at quilting
bees ami sewing (uirtles when chatting of old
times. Thoy wondered w hat had liecomo of
that haniLsomo fellow, Dick Ask11, who had
jilted Elizabeth Darrow for tho actress from
Now York, And was that tlio reason Miss
Elizabeth had never married I Or was It be
cause, her sister dying, sho had lieou left with
all those Marvin children to bring upf Thoy
had all diod, too all except Peter,
Peter's heavy tread ujkhi tho bars white
boards roused Miss Elizalioth. She looked
up ut him. A quick sigh sent tho dream back
to tho shadows from which it had crept, and
sho was herself again; practical, kind and
nervously enorgetlo.
"Now, Peter, why don't you got your tlo
straight just for otico?" sho exclaimed, stand
lug on tiptoe and giving tho big fellow'
shoulders n twist to bring him Into a liottor
light. "There you aro now. I411111I sakosl
your hair, too, is all awry. Whatuvor have
you lieon iloin1 to yourself I"
"I iokod my lingers through it when I was
thlnklu' thlukiii' " commenced Peter uwk
wardly, his face taking 011 a deep blush.
"AVhut'h tlio matter with tho Uiyr" ex
claimed Miss Elizabeth, and then her quick
mental perception told her that Peter was on
tho brink of a confession of love. Sho whUkod
around and placed a chair before him.
"Sit down, Peter Marvin," sho said, point
lug to It Ilko a judge Then sho took a seat
opKslto him and smoothed tho creases out of
her apron.
"You don't need to tell 1110 who It Is. It's
Lucy Allen, that's who It Is. You don't sii
pov) I haven't seen j oil caslili' sheep's eyes at
her this last throe mouths, though I've kept
my knowledge to uijself. Ilitvu you asked
her? Tho ideal It's ueai ly killing to think of
you dear, dear -but huo yuu asked herf
t
n J $ I' HI
ifill
lr iir
A lump In Peter's throat threatened to
strangle him 11s ho answered snsuiodlcallyi
"last night-singln' school as wo wero
n-walkln' homo" -
"Yes, I know I" Interrupted Miss Elizabeth
sharply; "moonlight -tho gate well, what
did sho say I"
"Sho Mid Just 'V"
"Oh, she dull nml didn't lose tlmo about
It, I'll wager (lirls nowadays do mor'ii half
tho lovo making And what did you suyi"
Petor turned a deep, slow scarlet.
"I didn't say nnythlng at first,"
"What did you dot"
"I didn't think I could, Aunt Mz, but I did.
I I 1 can't say It nohow," ho wild, looking
every w hero but at Miss Elizabeth's face.
"Peter Marvin," sho exclaimed, a pitiful
bleak In her voice ami her eyes wide and
humid; "did ) cm kiss her?"
"Yes, I did," ho said, 11 llttlo hit frightened.
"And did you tell her you'd lovo Iter's long
us you lived I And did you say nothing in
the world could over inako you forget her I
Did you I"
"They lw tho very wonl., Aunt LIzT'ox
clnhucd Peter, wondering eyed.
Miss Elizalioth started from her chair, and
Hinging her thin uriiis nrounil his neck kissed
him for the Hist tlmo In years.
"Oh, Peter," sho soblied, and ho thought
her sweet eyes looked for all tho world Ilka
net forget-me-nots; "don't fail her. Itotruo
to her, Peterl lie true to her."
"I will, Aunt Liz," ho said, softly.
An hour later the brown pony was liar
nossod to tho phaeton nml Miss Ellzalieth, by
Peter's side, was whisked along the curving
roads to tho llttlo church two miles distant.
Oh, how fair tho world wast Across tho
rolling meadow h a light breeze cotirtesled, tho
blue sky was reflected in every llttlo mhj1 of
water, and tho budding pastures sent up that
moist, sweet, earthy smell lielonglng to the
spring. Sho was very proud, very contented,
f ',VrWg8M'i r
I iUlfc'Sy 'IV
:'i-ni flH'lr
UNTIL tinATH DO OH PAHT.
Ir mind busy with pictures of tlm coming
nnrrlage. Ah, It wns something to walk
Into church behind a prospective bridegroom.
Sho almost felt as If she wero going to bo
married herself. Her llttlo rnrl:i hnd taken
m a now slgnlflcaiico. Oho sang tho "Holy,
.oly, holy," with a feeling of elation which
almost took her oil" her feet, and exchanged
Easter greet'ngs qulto gayly with tho num
bers on tho ehvrch porch
"1 know all about It, dear," sho whispered
to tho blushing Lucy. "Como mid take ten
with us ami we'll talk it ovor."
All tho way homo sho hummed snatches of
hymns and laughed merrily nt Peter's un
couth Jokes. Sho was teasing I1I111 in her
high sweet voico as ho turned tho phaeton in
"Dill TOf KISS IIKHf" "VIM, I DID."
at tho gato and drow up a few yards from
tho kitchen door Then sho saw thoy wero
not alone.
Something was huddled on tho lower step.
Gradually as thoy approached It took form,
and she saw an old man sitting in tho sunlight,
his head supjiorted by his hand.
"Well, I declare!" exclaimed Miss Eliza
beth; "and tho key under tho mat. If he'd
only known ho wouldn't havo left a thing,
meblo. You go 011 to tlm stable, Poter; I'm
not afraid; I'll sponk to him."
Sho walked nimbly up to tho despondent
figure nml touched his shoulder.
"What's tho matter?" sho asked, with a
touch of Impatience.
Tho mau raised his head and looked nt her
with a far olf, dazed expression. His face
was palo and refined and lioro marks of ro
cent illness. Ho was pitifully thin and thero
was the suggestion of a life's disapjiolntmont
in his glance. Ho seemed unable to sjieak.
"Aru you slckl" sho oskod ogahi, and hor
voico was klnJer; tho dovellko softness had
como buck to hor ejes.
"Only tired," ho ausnrcrod, and his sad eyes
looked at her quietly, intently.
Miss Ellzalieth felt uncomfortable. Ho did
not look like a trump, although ho was mis
erably jioor. His voico was soft and pleas
lint, . Why dlil that strange, exultant chill
creep through her blood? What if his eyes
wero gray and pleading Ilko a well remom
bored nlr which had made sud havoo of her
foolish heart I Hut there was a something
elso about him, Miss Elizabeth could not tell
what there was a something.
"You'ro an old fool, Elizabeth Darrow,"
sho said inwardly, and llounced into tho
house.
Ily and by Poter apeared.
"You're not golu' to leave hhu sittln' thoro
all day, I hojief" iiskisl Peter hi what ho sup
K)sod was a whisper; "Luey'H Imj along Vo
tou this afternoon. Why don't you gho him
some gingerbread and milk. Aunt Liz, mid
let him go 011?"
Tho man outside hoard him.
"Don't mind me," he said, staggering to his
feet; "I'm going now. I only wanted to rest
a little; and the place looked so pretty."
Ho leaned weakly against tho wooden st
and lifted hi torn lint witli a dUtliictivo
grace ami courtesy. There isulmost us much
ludlWdimllty 111 the way a man lilts his hut
'v'jjK
ox In his handwriting or footstep, and tlio
ease and freedom of this oor w letch's ges
ture sent another premonitory thrill through
tho little spinster watching him.
Sho darted down tho steps nml took hold of
his sleeve us ho turned uwuy.
"Don't dare go. It's Easter Sunday nml I
couldn't have It on my soul to treat any ono
so on tho Iird's day. Como in nnd liuvoyour
dinner."
A sigh trembled over tho limit's ll. Ho
hesitated ami looked at her.
"That's good of joii; very good of you," ho
said gently, and followed her In.
At dinner, however, ho scarcely touched
"the food.
"You're III; that's what you are," mid Miss
Elizabeth. "Where do you come from?"
"I've Ihh'ii everywhere," ho answered, "1
have 110 home; I've Ixvu a rolling stone."
"I reckon jou'vo been to sou?" quorlod
Peter
"Many, many .times. Pvo lieou In every
country oil tho globe. Had toglxo up when
I got sick. I left tho hospital three wis-ksago,
and I'm making my way buck to New York."
"Huo you no fi lends nora wife?" uskod
Miss Elizabeth.
"My wlfo tiled llvo ears ago; I inn qulto
alone."
"Alone," sho echoed, "and you scarcely
nblo to stand."
Sho leamsl over nnd whispered something
to Peter, then said aloud: "If you like I can
give you a place to lie down In. Mehbo you'll
icol mom chlpjior in tho morning. There,
you needn't thnnk ma Taln't nothing to
snk of."
At twilight, whllo Lucy and Peter were
singing hymns In tho parlor, MIm Elizabeth
went up to tho vacant, cobwphh attic used
only ns 0 storo room, mado a comfortable bod
on a cot and then called to tho strangrr to
como up
"YouM hotter ho downjiow. You look
faggrd out," sho said briskly; "ho careful to
put your candle out when you're ready for
bed."
Tho wavering light played with picturesque
elTect 011 the silvery hair lying softly against
her brow. Her brave, self reliant little llg
uro caught 11 mysterious chsrtii from the
ilmdows piled up liehlnd her.
"Walt plouso wait n moment," said the
stranger, In a weak, choked voice, as sho
turned to go. "Will you shako hands with
mo? Thank you," ns she gavo her hand gen
tly ami womlerliigly. "This day has lieen of
pure gold. You're 11 gixxl woman. Your
charity does not sting."
Tho undercurrent of feeling in Ills tones
electrified her ami sho wvnt away trembling.
What wits thero nliout this homeless ono that
made her think of one dead to her tlo so many
yours I Miss Elizabeth Is-gan to despise her
self us n soft hearted old fool.
llisltimocamo and sho nml Lucy sat for a
while by her window looking up at the clear
sky where tho largo stars burned, shedding a
halo of star dust on the world. Then her
thoughts went back to him. Was ho asleep?
No, imjiossihlo. Ho was doubtless wonder
ing wearily where ho would drirtou tho mor
row and how It would nil end.
Suddenly sho and Lucy looked at ouch
other with startled faces. What was that
sound? They listened ngniu. A stealthy
footstep, a voico ami a llttlo vibration us
something fell.
"He's not asleep lit nil I" she wild In nil ex
ciUsl u hisier. "What'shedolngnow? Iwnsn
fool to let him in, mobile. How do I know tho
mini's not a thief? Thero don't you hear
him ssnking? He's let in an accomplice while
wo wero downstairs. Oil, what a fool 1 wusl
I'm going to get Peter I'll show him we're
not so green either."
"I-t mo go with you," chattered Lucy,
taking hold of Miss Elizabeth's skirts, and
without making a sound they erupt through
tho dark hulls to Peter's door.
In u few moments ho Jolmsl them, carrying
a revolver and a caudle. Miss Eliznlmth with
a stout cano followed, nnd Lucy, trembling
w Itli four, kept close by her side. When thoy
reached tlio door leading Into tho attlo Miss
KlijllK'th pushed Peter aside.
"Lot me go first. I'll fueo him," she said
In nu Indignant whisjier.
(she paused and lient her ear forward. Yes,
thero was tho sound again, and his caudle
was still burning, as sho could see by the
thread of light stealing under tho dixir. She
turned tho knob quickly and the trio burst
into tho room without any sort of warning,
unci saw not u pair of thieves plotting a rols
bery but tho stranger sobbing liko a child
over a llttlo book pressed fervently in hit
hands.
"What is It? What's ho got thero?" asked
Peter.
Miss Elizabeth knew. Her face grew w hlto
as the kerchief around her nock. It was n
llttlo time stained volume of Uoldsiuitli'i
"Vicar of Wakefield," which her old lovei
had given Iter In tho enrlv dujs of their
courtship, ami It hud lain for i.mny yours It
tho uttic with babies' cradles, toys, clillilreu'i
useless little garments unci other dusty
tokens of tho past. She looked ut tho thin
wnn face on which the candlelight played
it was turned from her now In shame.
Sho stood erect, her eyes misty ami ques
tinning, her hands folded tensely licforo her
"Is it Dick?" sho nkod.
"I meant you should nover know," tho old
man stammered, and she saw the tears stea
from licuoalh his lowered lids.
Why did sho not hate hiini Why did sin
almost forgive him without question? Tin
why or wherefore wns past her knowing
She only knew that tho sight of him moves,
her deeply
Hut sho struggled against tlio feeling that
well nigh overmastered her, nml the prido of
a stanch Now England woman Hushed hoi
cheek. No, sho could not forget tho bitter
ness of the past.
Sho felt tho warmth oozo away from hei
her heart. Sho became his judgo, and nil tin
details of her unhappy pnst rose ono after 1111
other us witnesses against him. When sh
sjioko her voico was cold, nnd Peter had
never Ix-foro seen such a bright, stem light
in her eyes.
UK I.KANKII UKAKM AOslNNT TIIK WOOnK.s.
II 1ST
"It's time wo were all asleep," , he Mid.
"Put away tlio book, Dick Aspell Wliut'i
done i done, ami there's no uo shisldmg
tears o or It "
Sho liurriisl away, Peter and Lucy follow
ing In wondering ileucu.
And was this tho end of It all? And did
Miss Elizabeth, strong In her pi Lie, see her
old lover depnrt next day without a pangl
Ah, not so easily are old inemot les forgotten
nnd put aside. Lucy had iidlm i-eiiieiiibrnucn
nfferwniil of waking several times and see
lug a lonely figure sitting thoughtfully by
the wliehiw through the long night and In
tho gravnessof the dawn.
When nt length Miss Elizabeth rose and
looked In the llttlo mirror she shrank buck
with a startled sigh. The wvicv had winlsliod
from her face. The Interview w itli her heart
in the still watches of the night had given a
new, stormy depth to her ees and left new
lines of puiu ulsiut her mouth
"Shall I let him go without a word?" she
thought. "It's only what ho deeies nnd
tulkln' 'II do no good. I'm not ono ' the kind
of women who thrive 011 cruelty nml deceit.
Hut Is It Christian like to lot hlni go without
sajlng I luie no hard feolln's for what's dead
and giiiof"
After brushing her hair unci dipping her
face In a basin of cold spring wutir she felt
liotler and again took her seat by the win
dow.
"After the way I acted he'll lie sure to
creep oir early without sisilng me again," she
thought; "he's as proud In his way as I am,
and that's what I'd do in such a case "
The light streiigthemsl ami ndvnucisl in the
enst as if marking the Invisible footsteps of a
god; Peter pnHstsI whistling 011 his way to the
barn; but still ho for whom sho waited did
not como.
At last sho could bear It no longer and hnr
rled out to the ham.
"Peter, gonnd see If ho's up," she said, tr
lug to speak carelessly and with nu emphasis
011 tho pronoun.
Tho thought Mint ho might Im very III mado
hnr hsart Ix-at rapidly, but that was nothing
to the rcmorsefiil nln which shot through
herns Peter returned, swinging his hoe nml
calling out lustily:
"He's gone, Aunt Liz."
"(lonel No, It enn't bo," sho stammered.
"Dead sure," said Poter.
Miss KIijiIm-Ui went to the burn door nnd
sent her eager ujjizo over tho level pastille
lands swis-plng to right and left. What was
that dark object thn-o Holds uwuy moving
slowly by the low stono wall?
"That's hlni," said Miss Ellzalieth, cntchlng
up a sun iHinuet hanging 011 a rusty null near
by. "I must speak to him once, Peter, for
for the sake of old times,"
Sho ran down the sdibly stable path,
JuiiihsI usllghtlyusuglrl of 111 over the bars
at the end of It, ami numerous the Holds until
she wus-ouly a few yards from him. As shu
waited to get her breath she noticed how
weak he was, and how deathlike his face in
its ivory whiteness. Ho did not see her until
she stood beside hlllt,
"You might havo waited for your break
fast," she said rather awkwardly.
"Win annoy you further t" ho asked quiet
ly. "You wero far kinder than I had dansl
to hosi. Kow homeless wanderers faro at
well. I t linn k you for tin charity ) 011 gave
mo before) 011 knew who I was. I thnnk you
wry much."
After an olIYirt sho spoko ngiiln.
"I followed you Just to say that I I lioar
no grudge for what's past. Tho sermon yes
terday was about forgiveness, and I forgive
joii. This Is all I thought to say to )ou.
Hut there's 0110 thing now I'd like to ask.'
She looked uwuy from him, a piteous tremolo
in her proud tones. "Why did on do what
you did, Dick Asoll? Or why did you do It
tho way joii did? 'Twan't by no means neo
esviry to throw mo over without a word am)
sneak olf's If I'd have kept you when you
wanted to go. If you'd told 1110 you cured
more for that other girl than you did for me
unci told mo hi tlio right way, I'd have sismi
you couldn't, help our fisdlu's, unci 'twouldii'l
have Issjii Ellzulicth Darrow who'd have
made ou stuy, not if the givlu' you up hud
broken her heart, and Unit's why"
She stopHil, losing tho thread of her long
sssch in a growing Inclination to burst intc
tears.
"What uro you saying?'' asked tho man bo
foro her in a slow, amazed tone; "I didn't
think j 011 could lo so unfair You ask me
why I went 11 way when you sent 1110 ofT your
self, and In n spirit of pique I married the
woman I had Ihtii only flirting with."
"I sent you uwayl"exelalinisl Miss Ellza
lieth, scarcely behoving hor ears. "A likely
story. You mtisu't say that to me, Dick
Asm'1I. I rcmcmW everything us If 'tw on
yesterday."
"And so do 1. 1 rememls-r thd letter yot.
sent me, tho bitter lettei, where you told nit
In pretty plain terms wliut you thought ol
me. Hut ierhas that existed only in Hi)
fancy, too?"
"I sent joii no lettor,"suld Miss Ellzalietl
breathlessly, and sho stood with her eyoi
looking pnst him as if ticcriug into the van
lslusl years for some explanation of this up
palling fact. "Oh, waltl" sho cried; "I se
it all How everything Ih-coiui-s clear Oli
Dick, Dick, listen," ami sho held his arm In 11
tight clasp; "Mary you rcmcmlicr my oldei
sister, Mnryl sho nover wuntod mo to miirrj
joii. Sho thought joii would como to look
dow 11 011 me hucuuso your father hud given yot
such u good education, and she thought yot
Um w ild. When woplu Is-gaii to gossip nliout
joii unci that actress shu grow very bitter
Sho sent tho letter, and this is why I know
When sho was dying shu said sho hud done
1110 a wrong and wanted to confess. Slu
strugglisl hard to tell mo. I thought It only
tlio raving of tho fover when sho kept unit
lerlng about a letter, and Iniforo 1 couli.
make out anything at all plain she died. Oh
Dick oh, tho dreadful years that havi
(wissisl ami I nover know I"
Thero Is llttlo moro to bo said. Miss Eliza
lieth was content to gather up tho tattered
threads of her old romance, ami thero was a
double wedding on tho Juno day sot by Peter
and Lucy.
"And to think," ruminated Miss Ellzalieth,
assho walked up tho aisle drus.se si In 11 rust
ling gray lopllu and leaning on her lover'
arm, "that I might not have follow eel him
if my heart hud not Ikhmi madu tender by
thinking of that other Easur morning "
Evklvn Malcolm.
1Ii Alblter of Ills Own 1'ule.
Tennyson N. Twiggs Would it make any
dlirerence if I should read this )hmui to you
or leave It hero for jou to read I
The Editor Yes; I think it would. If you
lenve It, juti'll go out of the door; but if you
read it you may go out of tho window. Lip
plncott's.
smith 11I the Hnr.
Judge What's the charge, ohMcerl
Otlloer Ho was examining dooi-s.
Judge Wliut Is your business, Smith?
Smith I 'ini a looKsnuth
JiMO -Jailer, lock-Smith up. Whoroiion
Himth iniiclo a Isilt New York Herald,
DniiCi-r Ahead.
Youth 1111 dci p, passionate, tender tones)
How can I tear injself awa) I
Young I tidy's Pa iwiulhfully) Tho tear
ing won't lw done awaj. It will be done
light hole. Wait till I 'Iik.so thedog Hos
toii Coin ier
In llir Siiiip,
"Thank hen eu' that new Insect (slwder
worked Tlio eiM-kroaeliei. alsiul the house
hinei-onieto guel at last." sulci tho landlady.
"Ye," ncontisl old Stutiliiin, "they'10 in
the soup ".Mm chant Tiuel.-i
Odd reels About r.italer.
Of council mound the festival of Easter
there cluster many queer customs, some of
which nro obsolete mid others yet In voguo
In Ireland on thn Huturduy evening Jut pro
reding Easier Sunday It Is tho proper thing
for tho Husunt's wlfo to place In the boiling
ot n fat hen unci u piece of bacon. These
must I mi cooked continuously from H p. in. tin
til the crowing of the fartnynrd cock. It Is
pci-ctuiil bad luck to touch tho savory prep
illation until chanticleer gives the signal. In
Hampshire nml Kent, England, on tlm Tues
day of Easter week, I ho seivautHof tlioprl
vnte house or Inn, as It may chiiucn, are
pihllogod to enter tho apart incuts of the
fiimllj or tho guest. They carry 11 gajly
lUs-orubsl unit chulr, In wlilch Is placisl the
person wlio Is the object of their visit. The
servants lift tho bunion 011 high, turn tho
chair nrounil nml enniol tho occupant to kiss
ouch omwif tho hearers mid disburse a fee,
The ohsorvnnco Is nu old one, the royal
1 coord of the time of Edward I showing tho
payment of a fisj by his majesty for Is'lng
"heavisl."
Of course tho egg plays a prominent part
In tho tauten season, and tho demand for it
in thoUuilisI States Is much greater than tho
domestic supply Ho thero is quite a brisk
lniMrt trade by which the follow lug coun
tries, among others, 111 o lliiauclally benellltsli
Austria, Helgluui, Central American stales,
China, tlcrmuiiy, England, Canada, llrltlsh
West Indies, Sweden and Norway Cuuuihi
naturally furnishes the largest qiiiutlty, thn
uimuiil oxHirl across tho lioi'iler lining nearly
twenty million dozen.
An Impressive and novel sight Is tho re
ligious observance of Easter by tho chrUtlan
ircsl Indians of tho uorthweit. Those who
have Ihsiii present nt their mission churches
deserllsi the cereinoul'is unci decorations us
being of Hs'iillar and utiwnulcd Interest.
The most charming foul uro of thn service
wns siscii, says ono writer, when thirteen
jouug pupils stepissl forward ut a signal,
ranging themselves in a semicircle In front of
the platform. Each recited a short lllhln
Hirtlon, the Initial letter of which he held,
and then gave tho letter to the pris-eptor,
who placisl it upon tlio arch, forming wIimi
Mulshed, "Clirir.t Is risen;" the entiio render
ing accompllshisl by pupils and teacher with
enthusiast lu delight
After this on address to the children wns
given on Christ's birth, death ami riuirrco
tlou, enfomsl by a touching allusion to tho
death of ono of their number a wek before,
who now knew more than wo nil of the glory
and Joy purchases! by our risen Saviour. Tho
class of j-oting men were greatly moved by
this sermon to thn children, nml gavo tholr
later recitation from John's Oospol In a man
ner that showisl their hearts thrilled by tho
wondrous love thnt had blessed tKeni.
A quartet of beautifully trained Indian
voices sang nn Easter song, In which tho first
minor strains tell tho sad story of Jesus' death,
followed by tho triumphant chorus, "Ho Is
not hero, hut rlsxn "
A rssrrle.
"It's very puzling," sulci a worried looking
woman to one of her neighbors.
"What Is Hint?"
"I can't tell whether Willie is corrupting
tho parrot kit whether the parrot is coriupt
Ing Willie." Washington Post.
A llonelf I'hsIiIhii.
Tnllor The fashionable spring coat, sir, haa
hut tin 00 buttons.
Old Customer--Put tho usual uumlicr.
Thoy will got down to llirtsi soon enough,
New York Weekly.
Developed.
"I never told you that story before, Jim."
"Yes, you did, Hill; but It has grown a
giHxl'.le-ul In the lust Ueu-uty years, ntnl Pin
glad to meet It nguiii. Hurier's Hazar.
All on Af-roiint of Ali-Oliity.
The Hon. William McUlnty, the prominent
Harlem contractor, was u proscrous and
happy man a few short nooks ago.
llllllEllii
(f r
1. 11.
Hut his friends got olf so many bad Jokes
about his unfortunate name tlf.t his mind
gav e way amllio tas liecomo u raving maniac.
Argosy.
Iefiirrsl,
Charllo How Is this, (ins, I thought you
wero to hiiM) a now suit?
Ous- I was talking with my tailor, and he
snj-s my suit will havo to lw jwit over until
tho March term. Lowell Citizen
On n recent visit to lowu, Mr. K. Daltouof
Ltirny, HiiKsoll county, Kansas, callisl at th.i
luborntorj- of Chamberlain Si Co., Des
Moines, to show them his six year old Isiy,
whose life hud been saved by Chamberlain's
Cough Heuusly, it having cured hhu of a very
severe attack of croup. Mr. Dultou Iscertaui
that itsuvtsl his boy's life and Is enthusiastic
in his prnlse of the remedy. Ho says It has
nil excellent reputation ill his vicinity, that
farmers come fifteen miles to his stojo for it
ami that many of them, liko himself, are
never without it In their homes. For sale by
A. L. Shinier, driutgist.
Notice of Sale hi I'lirlltlon by Heferet-s.
In the District Court of I.ancustor Count),
scomsKu
l-'iiiiule (uiiekenbiisli
bush 1
1, ot id.)
vs.
Isabella Hordimin
Notice Is hereby given that by virtue of
nu order of sale Issued out of the I)ltlct
1 our! of Ijineusier county, Nebraska, In nn
action wherein l-'ntiule (jiuiekeiiliushls plain
till and Isabella llordmiiii et it I tire defend
iiiiIn, we, the iiuilerslitlieil referees, duly up
(Milnted by sulci District Court, will oil the id
lay of April, istm, at the hour of 2 p. 111 , at the
east entrance to the Court House tin Tenth
street. In the city of Lincoln, In said county
and state, oiler for sale at public atiethni the
lollowltiK described real estate, to-wlt: The
southeast epiarter S. E. ' ,, of seetlou Niiiubi r
l-'lve '.' , In Township No. Toll liii, North of
ltlllige Nn.KIX 'll, oust ol IhcSlMll lilli I'M.
In l.iiuciiHter eoiintv , Nebraska The terms
of sale Ih-Iiik oiu-tblnl ' ,i cash, one-third ' ,
hioiiejear nnd one-third C,i In two jenrs,
with Interest 011 deferred pitjiiients at the
rule or si-veil j percent per annum, w 1111 111
prov ed security, lor sal
11 iii-ii
rred pn.v nii-iits.
JOIlS' II. MlCL. Itefi-u
J.C. MellltlDE S
Houston A llulrd, Attornevs for l'lnliitlll.
1-lw"
Notli-e
District Court, Lancaster coiini.v . Neiiraska.
lieorueW Hubble, pliiintlll,
vs.
Katinle llulcble, dc 1. ndnnl
To ruiilile Hubble, null n-slil, nt I f . 11, hint
! oil are heiebv liotltli'd Unit on the tilth 1l.1v
ol .liuiiiiij-y, ls's) , voiir biisband, tn-orci W'.
lltilible, II Ice I a pi-lliioii ntfiilust von In the dis
trlcl e-uiirt of l.auonaiei count , Nchinku, Ibi
ilije t unci prajer of u lili-h Is In ohiitin 11 di-vciii-i-fisim
yotiou the K-roitnd that von liav,
wllfullj nbainlonml the phiiniitl ' w Ithout
Kood cause lot the term ol two cnr lut past
mi are i'c.iiliod to iiuswi-r sit 1,1 pot II ion 011 m
Is fine Mniidiiv , the 17th dnv ot M it n ti Isim.
tii-Mi'di: v 111 mil. I-:,
.' lul llv I'oniid A Him His ttoine
DE. ROIAND I0RD,
Veterinary t Surgeon
(iindimlc o( the Royal Votctlnnry
t'olli-gc, London.
iKPliK
crrrfs--s-sv- -. yjT" .
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All Discuses ot the Doincsllrnlctl An nut
Cm (.fully Treated.
OH'tcc, Uoom T, Wcbslcr lllock,
ltfi .South mil St.,
Also ut I'ulncc Stables, M near Eleventh
LINCOLN, - NKIIKASKA.
Calls Out of the Olty Attended.
u
HPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION !
Ovor A Million Distributed.
Louisiana State Lottery Comp'y.
lucnriionilcd by the U-glshilure for IM11
ciitlomil nml Cliiirlluble imrposes, ntnl Its
rrilliehlse llincle 11 part of the present stuta
constitution in IH71I by 1111 overwholuilng sip
iilar vole.
Its MAMMOTH miAWIMJS lake
place V'liil - Annually fj tine nnd Dcccm
iicr), and Its (iiiuul .Single Number Draw
ings tukciihicc In each ol the oilier ton
inoiiths of the year, and .11c all drawn In
public, nt tlic Academy of Music, New
Orleans, 1, 11.
Famed for Twenty Years
For lutegrcty of Its Drawings nnd
Prompt Payment of Prizes.
Attritnt hi -inVim-i.-
We, do hereby certify that wo supervlso
the iirriiugeiiieuts for nil Hie Monthly and
St ml Annual UniwIiihs of The l-oulsliiiin
Wale liollery Company, iiiul In person iiiiiu-nt-o
nnd control the Drawings themselves,
and Unit the snme tire coiiducteil with hon
est. fairness, nnd In good Inllh towurdull
parties, and we iiuthorlethe Coiupnny to uso
(his oertlMoato, with fae-slmllles or our slgtiit
ures attached, In Its iidvertlsoineiits."
Jh r
Couitiilssloncrs.
We, the uuilerslKiieil Hanks unci Hunkers
will pay all prUcs drawn In tho Uiiilsliiuii
Hlulo litterlos, which ma)' bo presented at
our counters.
It. M, WALMHI.r.V. l'res't Iiulsanii Nut H'lc
I'lKUUi: I.ANACX, Pres.Hluto National ll'lt
A. IIALDWIN, Pros. Now Orleans Null Hunk
CAUL KOIIN, 1'res Union National Hank
Grand Monthly Drawing.
At tht Academy of Moilc, New OHcani,
Tociilay, April 10, 1H0O,
Capital Prize, $300,000.
1()I).IKI Tickets ut I'-ll: Halves HO:
(Jimrltrs
Tenths, f.'; Twentieths
i.iar of i-HlZKM.
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Noik Tickets draw Ini (Jupltul 1'iles uro
not entitled to terminal l'rles.
AGENTS WANTED.
MKorClub Hates or uuy further Informa
tion desired, write leitlhly to the uiiilerslKiied
dourly statliiK jour residence, with Htato
County, Htreet ninl Number. More rapid re
turn uiiill delivery will be assured by your uu
closlui; mi ICuvelope iH-urlni; your full mi
ll ress.
IMPORTANT.
Address M. A. DAUl'lIIN,
Now Orleans, Ii.
OrM. A. DAI'I'IIIN,
Wiishlimtoii, I) C
lly ordinary letter contalnliik' .Money Or
der Issued by nil Kxprcss Couipuiiles, New
Vork KxchaiiKe, Drurt or l'ostul Nolo.
Address Registered Letters containing
Currency to
NKW OHLIJANH NATIONAL HANK.
Now Orleans, la.
IU'.MF.M!li:U that the payment of tho
l'rles Is Kiianinteed by Four National Hunks
of New Orleans, and the tickets are signed by
the President of mi Iiitltut! jii whose char
tensl rlithts ure re-coi;nUed In tho blithest
courts; then fore, beware of nil Imitations or
anonymous scheinrs.
(INK DOLI.AH Is the price of the smallest
part or fraction of a ticket IHHl'KD 11V UH
In nu.v el ru wlni;. Anything in our imnie of
feree 1 for less than a Dollar Is a swindle.
LINCOLN
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