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EJZT 11 'H 'm ' THE 'HKD CLOUD r.HIIW. FRIDAY, AIRHi, 1.M. 7 mi vKi a ' k! -VXlteSSK J .'.. l. V-'v . ,. S ""Mm y m 6.h R THE EASTER CHIMES. A Talc from tlia niisslm or KuvclrnKo. I . finT WAS tho nlRht . I. . . tjll'cforc the Kaatcr 'UJ'JSilf'tlo villnKP by the . w'! 'iff niurmiirltiK cieek itj iJ was half lihldcu In ljBmtfjNty t,l mystical, va Wi&'V'"1 I pory, stnrry Bloom In sprliiRtlmc. The nolchhorliiK wood llung; blackest shad ows on the fields beside It. AH was silent. Tho vlllago slumbered. Hours passed, and lon before the night was gono Its still charm was broken. Lights began to glimmer In tho windows of cottages whose wretch edness was disguised In the bewitching springtime gloom of night. A gato creaked. The tread of a foot was heard here and tlicri'. Moving figures, darkly outlined, emerged fioia the shades of the wood. A dog hnmed, and then an other and another. Then a horseman clattered along the vlllago street. A pissing cart groanod and creaked under Its early morning burden. Tho darkly outlined figures Increased In number. The villagers be gan to gather in their church to bid welcome to the sprint; holiday. It was a quaint llttlu church. It stood upon n hillock in the middle of the vil lage. All at onco it:; windows glowed dimly among the shadows. Then their brightness increased. The church wa3 all alight. High Into the darkness overhead reached tho old belfry tower. Its top was lost in the azuro gloom. Then the rickety belfry stairs began to creak. Old Michclch, tho bcllrlnger, was clambering aloft. Soon his lantern hung In tho bell window, shining like a new star in the sky. It wnB hard for tho old man to climb those steep and crooked stairs. His old eyes no longer served him, and he, llko they, was worn out. As ho climbed, ho pondered. It was tlmo Indeed, ho thought, that he should rest. Rut Ood would not send him death. Ho had seen his children burled. He ,ud slood by tho open graves of hla ftairi(7chlldren. iio hnd followed tho f iilil to their Inst resting place. He had THIS JlELLRINGEIt WAS CLAMUKIt- 1N0 ALOFT, followed tho young there, too. Hut Htlll he lived nnd lived. It was hard. Many n time hnd ho welcomed tho Easter morning so many tlme.i that ho could not recall them nil. Ho had even forgotten how often in later years he had hoped for death In this samo old belfry, as now ho hoped for it. And yet this enrly morning God had brought him there onco more. It was not yet tlmo for him to ring tho merry peals and the old man totter ed to tho belfry window and leaned out over tho railing. Iielow him in tho darkness ho could dimly neo tho neg lected graea. The white wooden cross- iHjl ' "JtfjMt'1 ''- -.t -V V ''. , -'" " X f. r7 ''i&i(wTOJrra$S& '1 J I .-,Sli Hf H . Iil!'l,"- " , iii J 1 , 1 t: iVST- 'MfJS'lm h i . " wJ&$ lETlff Ml -' i , , . 'i wtf IlWi - ivm: :V1ik I MULCT? lrj-v-'W V l.l.l- . s AV .li 11 y tl IIVYV KIMIr&? Z' a" . .. Wf;; ?,' ' ' ' ' ' - f . es at their heads seemed to be guarding them with their wldustretrhcd arms. Here and there a few birch trees bent naked branches foilnrnly over tho mounds anil the aromatic odors of their young buds arose on the silent air to Mlchclch'n nostrils. They bore to hhn a talo of tranquil, eternal sleep. Where would he he a year fiom that moment? Would he be there again? Would he have onre morn climbed Into that tower under the clamorous copper bells to awaken tho blumberlug night with their sharp, resounding strokes? Or would ho lie out thoro In a dark corner of the cemetery with a white cross guarding his everlasting sleep? God alone knew. He was ready to din but in the meantime God had brought him into tho belfry once more to wel come tho Kaster morning. "To tho glory of God!" His old lips repeated tho oft spoken 113 SKIZED THE BELL ItOPKS. formula, and tis old eyes gazed into tho deep sky auovo, burning with its millions upon millions of stars. "Michclch! Oh. Michclch!" The voice came from below. It was the old sexton, who had como from the church Into the graveyard beneath the tower and who was gazing upward, with his hands shading his blinking, tear molstoned eyes in vain effort to mako out the form of tho bcllrlnger In tho darkness overhead. "What do you want?" answered old Mlehelch, bending over the railing. "I urn heie. Can't you see me?" "I do not see," cried tho sexton. "Is It not time to ring? What do you think?" noth gnzed upon tho stars. Thou sands of God's lanterns were blinking at their from tho firmament. The night was waning. Mlehelch thought. "No. not yet," he said. "Wait awhile. I know when." Hut it was tlmo to salute the Easter morning. Old Mlehelch gazed at the stars onco more, nnd then arose. Ho removed his hat, crossed himself nnd gathered up tho hell ropes. A moment more nnd tho night nir shivered under tho first resounding stroke. Then camo tho so:ond, tho third, tho fourth. Tho lightly sleeping Easter air qulveied with the Joyous music of tho shouting, singing bells. Then the bells cnsel. Tho solemn service began In tho church below. In bygone years Mlehelch had always gone down to tho service nnd stood In a corner near tho door, praying and lis tening to tho music. Hut It wan hard for him to do this now. He felt tired. So ho sat down on tho bench beneath tho copper hells and listened to their waning resonance. Ho thought. About whnt? Michclch himself could hardly answer tho ques tion. Ills glimmering lnntern scartoly lit up tho belfry. He could not make out tho droning bells. They were lost In darkness. Krom the church below his old enrs caught tho singing now and then. Tho old man's gray head sank upon his chest. Disconnected scenes from the past swarmed in his mind like bees in tho hive. "Ah!" ho said as the music of tho Easter hymn drifted up Ihe towsr stairs, "they arc singing the troparlon." In his imagination he anng that hymn, again a youth, In the old church below. Tho little old priest. Father Naum. many jvars dead and burled, onco more was Intoning the end of a prayer, while children's voices united In the responses. Hundreds of peasants bowed nnd arose llko corn beforo tho wind. Now they crossed themselves devoutly. The old faml'inr faces wore of thoso long since dead. There was thn stern vlsjge of his father. There stood his elder brother at tho old man's side, sighing deeply and crossing himself again and again. Theie ho himself htoo.l, young, healthful, strong, joyful, full of expectation of a life's happiness. Where was that happiness now? Tho old man's thoughts flickered up like a dying llame. Recollection illu mined all the nooks and corners of i!s life. And all ho saw was endless, ceaseless, merciless labor labor fur be yond his strength. Ho saw sorrow, too much sonow and suffering unutter able. " Ah. where Indeed was that happiness of which he had dreamed? The burdens of life had wrinkled his young face, had bent his powerful back before the time had come. They hnd made tho Joyous boy sigh as his elder brother had sighed. There on the left, among the women of the village, with her head humbly bent, ho saw his sweetheart. Sho was a good woman. May the peaco of God be with her soul! Oh, tho pain that sho had suffered! Want and work anil woman's woes hnd withered her glowing womanhood. Her eyes hnd grown dim with years and weeping. Tho shocks and bllgnts of Itfo had painted a dull flight upon her comely face. Ah, wheio was her happiness? God had given them one son, their joy, their very soul, and he was ground to his death by men's Injustice. Tho picture broadened nnd grow vivid In tho old man's mind. Ho saw standing In his pew thn rich enemy of tho family, bowing his head to the very ground, glossing over ih his prayers tho wrongs of tho widows and orphans whoso lives he had blighted inhlssclftsh greed. Mlehelch felt his heart grow hot within him now, as It had done then, while- the dark faces of tho holy TJX !? Mi-?1 SK.-SiLASM s , i HAD 1' ALLEN HELPLESSLY, 'mages on tho nltar frowned sternly upon man's snuosss and man's Injus tice. Hut iril this was long, long passed. All this was tnr away in the old times. And now all tho wide world for him wns this dark tower, where the wind sighed gout,ly among the swinging boll ropes. "Let God Judge you! God will Judge you!" whispered tho old mnn, thinking of his enemy. Silent tears ran down his cheeks. "Mlehelch! Ah, Mlehelch! What Is tho matter with you? Are you ableepV" MWs&JkMmMc3i wm Q. The voice came fr.im the churchyard without. "Good God i" cried the old man, ie menilierlng the fui titer duty that awaited him. "Did 1 ically fall asleep?" He seized the boll lopes and pulled Jhem with skillful hand. Ear below the people swarmed tiom the church as ants swarm from the ant hill. Golden standards teared theiu helves In the air of the unborn E.istcr morning. I'onnlng as a eioss, the pin cession began 0 move aniiiud tho church, nun. I Joyful riles of "Chi 1st has risen from the dead'" Thn wordi. wint to the old bellrlng- ers heart .uid glancing out he viu exalted In spirit. It seemed to htm that the waxen randies that the people bni blazed with suddenly Ineienscd bril liance lu the gray daikuess. that th throng turned more nnd more swiftly, flint the standards waved the more Joy ously, and that the awakening wind lifted up the Joyful chorus fiom below and turned it to the hell's biazen peal. with a sweetness supeihiiman. Never did Mlehelch ring tho bells with such Joy and spirit. It seemed as If his old heart had been welded Into the dead copper of those bells, which laughed and sang and wept at the entianclug melody that rose io the stats aboe. And the stars seemed to fairly blaze with Joy of It as the music poured upward Into heaven and fell backward to caiess the eailh. What a hymn of Joy It was tjbr belli pealed foith. The great iMssWufoned tho sky with the grand brazen cry ol "Christ has ilscn." And the tenors struck to their henits, shouted Hanoi ously. "Chi 1st has ilscn!" while tin; clanging sopranos, as though fearing their lesser olres should be lost to the grand chorus, hunledly. like gleeful children tijlug to outstrip each other screamed a thousand times, "Christ ha risen!" And (hiit sad old heart forgot Itf cates, its soi rows, anil Us Insults. The gray bellrlnger heard only (In brazen music, now singing, now weep ing, now floating to tho starry sky. now sinking to the wretched earth: nnd It seemed to him that he was suriounded by his children and his grandchildren and that these were their happy olcc the voices of old and young to gether pouring out in one grand chnrm a hymn of Joy and rapture. So the old belli Inger pulled the mpex with strong, nervous arms while tears poured down his cheeks nnd his heart ran fairly over with u happiness he had never known before. And below the people listened, nnd they said fa each other that Mlehelch had nevci rung so wonderfully before. Th"ii suddenly the great bass bell hesitated -and was silent. Eor a mo ment the others sang tin unfinished, un certain harmony. Then they, too ceased, and there was silence save for the low, sad, trembling droning of their stilled but still resonant throats. The gray bellrlnger had fallen help lessly on tho bench beside the rope.i, and two tears silently rolled over his palo cheeks. Send a substitute! The old boll ringer has rung himself out. For Kaiter. H1SE! This day shall shine for . evermoro, To thco a star di vine on Time's dark shore! Till now thy soul lias been all glad and gay; Hid it awake and and look n' Grief to-day! But now the strea'm hns reached a dark, deep sea; And sorrow, dim and crowned, Is wait- I113 thee. Each of God's soldiers bears a sword divine; Stretch out thy trembling hands to-day for thlno! Then with slow, reverent stop and beat ing heart, Emm out thy joyous day thou must depart Anil, leaving all behind, como forth nlone, To Join the chosen band around the throne. Raise up thlno eyes! He strong! Noi cast nway The crown that God has given thy sou' to-day! i:wtr IlnriM. About Easter time hares am nimnai aa common as eggs lu thn shop win dows, and many boys and girls may wonder why this Is so. It is plain why tho egg should bo used. Tho llfo which conies, after so long a tlmo, from the lifeless-looking egg, makes It especially typical of tho resurrection. It in nni so clear what tho hare has to do with Easter Sunday. Easter Is u feast reculatml in- im moon. That Is, it Is appointed by tho cnurcn mat Easter should fall "upon tho first Sunday after tho first full moon which foil upon or after the vernul equinox." Now, tho huro in tho nnlmnl which the ancients considered snored to the moon, nnd proper to bo used at all feasts regulated by thn moon. So among tho old customs which have been handed down to us from thn nhi old days Is that which still uses tho haro as wen as the egg in tho pretty fanci ful decorations suitable for our great spring festival. Easter Sunday. No greiter thing can bo done than to love God uud keop his command incuts .1 1 at Russia's mmy. FAVOR OFTHECZAR'S PUR POSES SIGNED. n lniiiirliinl Milium- I lit- l.iiriiic:ui I'imiTH llimrl the I i-tif ll.irlmr lnni; llii' CoiM iiml llriliiliil Other I'rhllti'i In Itrliirii fur Mil of Chilli In Wur. SV I'uwiimii. March ".u The North China Dally Now prints what, is said to In-a ttanslatioti of a ecret tri-iity eiitcied into between llussla and l lilnu. The treaty allows Utislu to use any of the harbors along tho roast of Cliinii to iiinliillo fleets there in, buy coal nnd supplies, recruit forces in Chinoc territory, buy horses, biro eoolleu, cte liusslii Is to have the lite of I'orl Arthur us n winter harbor, but If complications with other powers should arise, Russia may use any other port on the coasts of Klang Sn mill I he KMiing lu return, llussin is to help China m enso of war with other powers. l!u.s- sia will bo permitted to build u ornnoh or ihe Siberian railway through Miinchurlu, the line to be coii trolled jointly after fifteen years bv China nnd Kiinsin. At the end of thu'l time China is to bo aljoweit to pur chase Russia's share of thn branch road, in order to protect this load, liitsila will bo allowed to hold one of the islands near Tullewtm. Russia will also be allowed to fortify points In Chinese territory opposite-' vlaili voslock. If litishia and .t.ipan should come to blows. Kussia Isirlven tiermis- slon to attack the frontiers of Coren. by the way of the Ynln river. China will open her markets to the sale of Russian goods, mid Russia will lend sovcrnl hundred otllccrs to t i i til about Mio.ooo ChlncM troops Among tin piicngrrs on the steam er Coptic, which arrived from Yoko hama and Hong Kong, was Field Mat, .slial Marquis Vmnagiita, who com manded tho Inpatirse forces during the war with Chlnu. He is on his way to Moscow to attend the coronation of the c.ur. as the representative o( Japan The cltiens of Corea are greatly ngltatcd over the enforcement of tho order for cuttinirof queues. They ex tremely hate thn liipuucso nnd fre quently attempt to assault ibeiii. February fi a party of Japanese troops mid telegraph workmen were attacked by rioters between Chun Yang and t'hol l.yotig aud one sergeant was lulled, (lite coolie tied hack to Gcnsau wounded, but the futcof the six others was not ascertained. On the receipt of tho report Sub-LIouteumil Taul, Willi forty men, west to' the spot, and, it is said, fought the rebels In the vicinity of Choi Lyong. The American minUtcr has fre quently advised tho nuw Co re tin cabi net to refrain from committing atro cious cruelties. Despite this advice, tho latter actively set about t tie task of arresting those regarded as the par tisans of Tal Won Jim mid of Japan, anil was going to put to death eight men who hud been arrested. There upon the American minister so stren uously objected to these measures that bo declared he would pull down his Mag and withdraw from the country unless those persecuted were, moro leniently treated. Tho cabinet was forced to suspend the arrests and the eight prisoners are likely to now lie spared. Three liuiiiired, Chinese were killed by the explosion of n luugazluo at tached to tho fort at Kiting, China, February !M. The explosion, accord ing to tho mail advices, was thn work of mutinous soldiers, 'who wen- pre paring to join secret society rebels lu the attack of the adjacent town, but whether by carelessness or Intention is not known SOUTH AFRICA UPRISING llir Mulnlirliil mil Outlimtk Ottliic lie t'lilrtlly HrrloiM -.Si-ttlrnt lu I'crll. Cai-i: Town, March .id. The situa tion in .Mutubololuud, where tho na tives aro In rebellion, is most serious, though tho prompt action of the llrit ish and settlers is having u good effect. Tho gravest fears are entertained for tho safety of I.OOD settlers, mainly women and children, in tho lager4it , the vicinity of which u strong force of Matnboles has been reported. The settlors have only sulllclent provisions to last them a short time. Onu of the gravest features of iho uprising is that tt is now admitted that the native police huvo been In duced not only to take part in thn rebellion, but to Induce the various tribes they were supposed to control to also rise uguln.it tho whites. It is estimated that in this manner 700 well trained fighting men, armed with modern rifles iiml well supplied with ammunition have gono over to the enemy. For obvious reasons the au thorities are withholding many facts connected with the uprising, which thero Is no doubt Is far moro serious thun ut first believed. Dispatches from Huluwayo to-day announce that Frederick C. Selous, tho explorer, who loft that town yes torday nt the head of n strong detach ment of volunteer police, met and en gaged tho enemy, killing a largo number. Five troopon, were killed. Captain Sprockles, on Thursday, it Is announced, met nntl lopulsed n strong body of Matabelesund Inflicted great loss upon them. The troopers escaped with only a few men wounded. A t'lilcucit t'luli AliolUhrn t tin Color I. Inn. Chicago, March .'10. Tho Hamilton club has added the numu of a colored man to the list of its mombers. It Is tho first of tho loading mnti's organi zations in Chicago to abolish tho color line. Ttils especial honor wus con ferred upon Adelbert 11. Roberts, a Champaign, 111., March 3d. .Tho Champaign county grand jury, which indicted John I'. Altgeld, governor of thu Sttito of Illinois, and the other members of the board of trustees of the Illinois iriiiverslty, for non-com-pllunco with thu law requiring tho United States Hag to be floated over nil public school buildings, also brought in indictments against Rev. Father Wagner, pastor of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, and Rev. Fred Verchnhmi, pastor of St. Peter's German Luthorun Church, tor failure to comply with thu law in not main taining tho United States flag over their respective parochial schools. AS JOE MANLEV SEES IT Itreir Miimtqrr I'rnlliN Mnjur Mi'Klnli-j'ft IX full. WisinvoTo.v, March .in -Mr. .7. II. Mauley sent the following telegram yesterday to the MasMieliiisotts Re publicans "At the eloM of j, our convention tliora will Imve been .I'.H delegates elected Governor MelClnlev will have ti.'-' delegates, provided .you assign to Ititn the entiredclegatlon from Wiscon sin, liiiliann and Minnevitn Ittit tlieru should be taken from this number twelve delegates from the . Stale, who have declared stneo their election In favor of Mr. Reed, mid us thev were, not Instructed they should be taken from t.ie MelClnlev column anil placed lu Mr. Reed's This gives Governor McKlulci l.-.ti ilclegiitcN, Mr. Reed 7a. Governor Morion ill, Senator Allison Jls, Senator Qua.i '.'tl, .Senator ( ulloni 1": contested, HI You will see that this gives McKin ley I'.p delegates, against L'lt) antl McKliiley delegates. t ' The situation Is precisely as It wan Vwrnty years ago. You will mucin ber that thiei' mouths before the con vention met nt . Iiiciutiati we were, s confident of Mr, Maine's uciqiniitlou. lie stood then as the apostle of pro tectlhn, but ho lrul opposed to his nomination, Senator Conkllug of New York. .Senator Morton of I ml iann,; Sec retary Htistow of Kentucky, Governor Hayes of Ohio, antl Governor Hurt ruiift of l'eniisylviiitla. Wo felt so sure or Mr lllulne's nomination that, wo regarded It as settled, mid yet ho wan defeated in the convention, and the M til nil man went down before thu Ohio governor. "History will repeat Itself at NU Louis. Governor McKliiley Is, and will be, the leading candidate in the convention, but he will have opposed to linn as ti c.iudltliilu Governor Mor ton of Now York, Senator Allison of Iowa, ruator Cullom of Illinois, .Sen ator ljuav of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Reed of Mulne. You wilt find that thn tables will be turned, mid thn Gnyeinor of Ohio will go down beforo tlin'mmi from 'Maine. (Signed l "J. II. Manlky." '...- FACTIONS IN OKLAHOMA. ItHi-.l ami MrKttitry Dlflillnc til VtnitJ of tlin llrpiilillrun llrlegatc. Oklahoma Citv, Ok., March .".0. Long before tho Republican terri torial convention, to select six tide gates to the national convention, was called to tinier to-day, it was evidect that thn gathering wool 1 provo a lively one. I'very county .hail a iiom hie for natlonul delegate. There were two decided factions on hand, one for McKliiley, the other fa voring Reed, and whntoverotlier fore cast of the convention's actions might lie inntle, It seemed positive that tho St. Louis delcgatltni would not bo solid for cither. Tlifi New llnfurm 1'nrtjr'n full, l'insui'iiii, Cn., March 30 The pro visional national executive committer of the now national Reform party bus issued a call for a national conven tion to be held in I'ltlsburg, May -5. In a declaration of principles, llm committee recommends to the plat form committee direct legislation, tho Issuance of all moin-ys, gold, silver i.ntl paper, to be legal tender and ex cbangenblu at par; the nbolitinn of the liquor trntlic, free or equal coin age of silver and gold at tho ratio of l'ito 1, mid government ownership of railroads, telegraph tinil telephone. oiticy Will lir n CjimiIIiIhUs WasIIINi.io.v, March .".). Seerotar,, of State Oluey will in all probability be a candidate before the Democratic, convention at Chicago. The present understanding Is that Massachusetts will piestiut his name and send a solid delegation for li i in. SCORED BY ROSEBERY. Lord Null hit rjr' Foreign Fotlry llcnotitio eit liy thn Liberal Lender. London, Marcn IU. Tho Karl of Roscberry. leader of the Liberal party, matin tin Important speech last night before thu National Liberal 'federation, charging tho government witii a ilcplortiblo want of continuity in the foreign policy. He pointed out tliut within Mx months they had boon on tho verge of war with the United States, and then with Germany, and now thoy were embnrklng on a war with no particular enemy. Ho passed over the black anil bloody page of Armenia, ho said, which Ihigllsii men would all look back to with sha'me and remorse. Lord Salis bury, up to thu end of December, bad displayed leanings .to tho Droi biinil. Ily the beginning of January his continuous policy, had landed Great llritain in the arihs of France, whose affections it was intended to gain by the monstrous Slam conven tion. That statu bad lastetl about slv weeks, anil then Lord Salisbury embarked in a march to the Soudan, which outrages France anil thrown Great llritain back into tiie arms of the Drelbiind l.nrd Roscbory pro ceeded In detuil to very Mrougly crltl else tho Nile expedition. Continuing, Lord Itosubery coir plalned of the indecision anil failuro of tliu government to tako tho country into its contldoneo. Ho greatly feurctl that the government was fooling it self as woll as tho country. "Wus it the time." ho asked, when wo were menaced with complications in all quarters of tho world, to scatter our forces in the deserts of the Soudan in awnr which nobody could foresee the end of. ami to waste tho money which l'-gypt needed for great Irrigation woi ks?" Tho remainder of his speech was devoted to homo politics. Workmen Object tti Chock. WksiT Hav CiTi, Mich., March .".O. Fourteen hundred men employed In f tho ship ynrd of Wheeler .t Co., stiucli this morning against thoctie:k system of payment. Tho firm gave as its reason for adopting the system tho inconvenience and danger of trans porting S-'n.o 0 ovcry pay day. free Sliver Dolegutlon. Hanniiiai., Mo.. Mnreh.Jft.Tho 10 to I nnd tho sound money Democrats mot Inst night to ehuoso dolegatcs to tho county convention. A solid frca silver delc.'Atioii was elected. f. J v . 11 Ml J i I I X, ., diiliMH tauKjanmigt ZiHH?