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2 GRANDEST AND MOST EBORATE EASTER SALE .
I. . ,
THE LARGES STOCK. HIGHEST GIDE MOST CAEEFULIIT SELECTED DRY GOODS EVER SHOWN IN OIVIAHAI
Dress Good. , Si'ks ' , Cape , jackets , Mmry ! Shoes
IztF =
f L : : = & OMAhL
The Grandest Stock of
7' ' HIGH GRADE
4 vi * Dress
S. Goods
- I Ever Shown n Oimtha.
Black ttUi Colored Crpons ,
1 ½ YflTd WIle , Ik flfl(1 I ILl
' voo iiiitl molinir crepoflR ,
two tonml ifrect , benttI- %
ftil comtiittIons ) ror Fprlng
ivult , worth $1.50 a yard ,
go In our caster sale at
8c a yard.
Worth 1.&O a ynid
5 pIcce all wool French
Jacqtrnrds , bUteks anti co1
01' $ cotch tvoeds. heav3f
sv)111 ) cordS In' black nnd 9c
* - iIk end mohair nOvelties ,
richly Illuminated I1tt 11g.
tires , actually worth $1.25
ft yard , on i'alo ror Mon.
day at COo a yard . Worth 1.25
" I D peceI fnnc rnohnr anti _ _
NOVELTY lJIT1LS ! ,
In two and tIirc.toned
colorings , browns , blues.
greenhi and checki navies
and i'ed aIuc 75Coa L
a1o at
Worth 7tc
Black Nohair Brilllanhines
in plaIn flfld small .flgured
fancy xnoIiur , also plain
Ficlllt1nI. which is o much
In demand for skirtH. go 7
In two lots at 4o and ? 5c
per yard , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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All the choots nnd iiIc .
v mixed \VOttj NOVELT1E ,
. . in new spring designs , de
p. belges. checks and Scotch 5c
1' ' plaIds , actually worth 9c
t yard , on ai ( or Mon.
Clay Ofl bcrgainuareat
2ia ; a yard. . . . . .
, Worth 59e
IMPORTED' Tt1CLI q
/ILL WOLCffA'LI3 '
rhes ar all ncw choice
] , r.ttorTIs. tliJ mnnIner'i
itylca and actually worth , ,
a yard on sale ( or
L ! dontlny only at 12lfc a
'ard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Worth Oc
An ttbo1uto complete now hue of
SILS
2 ; pieces black '
GIOSERAIN
and black
TAPPETAS
actually 'vot'th 59c a yat ,
for our Entnr saLe at 2c
per ytt d.
Worth I9o yard
100 pIeces of ALL SILK
INDIAS , extra wide black
and colored brocaded ,
chcck and plaids and
stripo& in Wash Silks , all
24 lucltea wIde , worth 75
a yard , goes at 29c a yard.
Worth l c yard
All silk fancy Taffetas , 1
yard wide black Chlnaa ,
colored Gros Grains , worth
$1. a yard , go at just one-
half price , 50c a yard.
Worth $1.00 yard
The greateat asoortment
in flue Persian and Dresden -
den Silks for waishi and
trimmings. worth $1.75 a
yard , for Monday only at
980 a yard.
Worth $1. 75 yard
Black i3rocaded Satins ,
an all silk fabric , vory'de- .
sirablo for skirts and
drcscs. usually sold for
2.t3O a yard , on sale at
$1.25.
Worth $2.SQ yard
Extra heavy black Satin
DucIieao. heavy silk back ,
very wide and extra heavy
Gros Grain Silk , 24 inches
wide. apecial price for
Monday , t)8c ) per yard.
Yard
CAPES
/1'
A full hue of Ladies' Capes. in all aorta
of material and plain satin , clay dingonals ,
silks fancy velvet lined throughout , em-
broiclored with beada and jet , trimmed with
lacea and ribbon , ntin stripe nnl chiffon ,
actually worth p to $12.&O , go in 2 lots at
$2.98 $4.98
io3 Imported Capes , ranging In price from
$15.00 to 25.OO ; these are aamplo aarments ,
no tvo alike , all of them silk lined through.
out spangled , open work and lace trim-
mefl , every 01)0 of them a style of lt own ,
and on sale at
rl.50 s
Ladles' Sep3rate
SKIRTS
Ladies' Separate Skirts , in English Serge
black SlclIlnn , flgured l3rilllnntlncs and
Lizard Cloth , navy blues and blacks , all of
them full width velvet faced ,
$1.50 $ , 2.5O , $3O8 $ , $7.5O $
Ladies' LaEniclerect
Shirtwaists
Ladles' laundered Shirt Waists , madras ,
liercaies , grass linen and Perlan effects ,
extra full sleeves , high collars , worth from
SSc to $2.50 , on sale at
49c and 98c each
apocryphal stories about Christ's death-
Abgar , Veronica and Dysmas.
Abgar , surnamed Uchome. or "the Black , "
Is said to have been amlcted with leprosy or
some other terrible disease. lic' had spent
Iit money in vaIn upon physicians , and hearing -
ing of Clirlt's miracies and of the persecution -
tion lb was undergoing at tile hands of the
Jews , ho sent an embassy to him. It was
composed of thc. "Greeks , " who , as St , John
tells us , besought Philip to procure an IntervIew -
vIew for them wltli Christ. They were the
bearers of a brief letter , in which the king
bogged Jerus to liCal him , and to share with
him the beautiful city of Edesta Chrlet sent
back to him a letter , and , according to some ,
a likeness also by which Abgar was healed.
To the Possession of this miraculous picture
was ascribed the deliverance of Edessa from
a terrible besieging host. A church at Genoa
still claiino to possess this likeness among its
treasures.
Tim legend of Vcronica is told in many
forms. The name is I'3111 to be a corruption
of Bercalce , but is more lilee)3 ) a transposition -
tion of the two wordu Vera icon , or "true
likenesa. " She is generally identified with
the woman whom Christ healed of the issue
of blood. In one form of the story , she aska
Christ , on his way to crucifixion , if she may
have a llcturo painted of him , and lie presents -
sents her with a linen cloth on which is the
Image of Ills face , In another , she pities
Christ when , bathed with perspiration , lie
sinks to the ground , and 'she presentj1lm
with l1er handkercliier t wipa ills face. Ho
uIs it , an4 for a reward , miraculously Impresses -
presses upon it a lIkeness of file fcaturei.
The scene is one of the seven late inventions
known as "The Stations of the Cross. " The
napkin is supposed to constitute the piot
precious of all relics in the treaeury of St.
Pctcr' at Rome ; atid one of the most prom.
meat of Ilernini's colossal etatucs near the
altar represents Veronica "waving an enor-
menu marble pocket Jiandkerchiet. " A for
the relic itself , the only layman who was al-
IOWOl to see it close , among the bishops who
celebrated the pas.lng of the dogma of Papal
infallibility , says that nothing is vIsible on
it , uniee it be a sort of black staIn , In the
general liape of a head. The woman whom
Christ healed ad the is3ue i said by some
of the fathers to have reared a 8tatue at
Panous , commemorative of her miraculous
cure , which was destroyed by the Emperor
.lulian , because he regarded it as a dangerous
evidence of Christianity , It is now eli but
certain flint Ibis supposed status of Christ
and the woman was really one erected by
the Emperor hadrian with the title of "To
the Savior , " or 'I'rotector , " and that. the
woman reprents the literary genius ot the
city. The complimentary title of Soter , or
Savior , was otten conferred on ejilperora by
grateful cities.
As regards the names adopted in those
stories , they are generally corruptions from
some well known word. Now th& soldier
who pierced Christ's side with the spear
is usually called tinglnus , end he too Is
represented with his spetu In St. l'etor's.
But Longinus is probably a Latinleed form
from the Greek word for Javelin ,
The persistent robber-robber , not thief.
Is tim proper translation of the Greek word
fiPplied In the Evangelists to the two male.
factors-Is sometimes called simply Sane'
tus ilonus Latro , "St. the Good-robber , '
but in early legends h0 is calied Iysrna.
or flenis , lie Is connected with the Holy
Family in their flight into Egypt , during
WbICbr h * tOtCtSd theta iroin bLing m'j-
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; - - - - - - - . ia
Thousands of ladies eaw o'aiew Mlllln-
cry Inst week and only exprssJons of delighted -
lighted surprise were .mnde ; noequal display -
play of trimmed hats. was ever Shown in
this city before. New shapes added every
day.
Trimmed Bonnets , Hats arid
Turbans. oxciusivo styles , from 1
$1.50 to $15.00
Children's Spring Huts , from SQe to 3 50.
UNTRII/I1VIED !
A dozen great tables loaded with thc
very newest st1es and prIcesthat astonish
the trade.
IO ( ) dozen l'ANOY STRAW SUAiES. !
blacks , browSs , butter , , invie , '
grcon' , usually tI.23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Neopolitan Panr ' Straw and Miland
C
2,000 TRIMMED HATS AND BONNETS ,
the cxact oopies of $ .00 hats , trlmmtigs
and material are exactly the same , both
here tr your inspection , on sale at $3.53.
$1.53 , $3.05 and $6IS.
PLowEis. ; . -
American bctutht , , rubber strn ,
VlUlUtS , corn iiowcrs. buttar cupp
iiiti ( lfli.SlCS , jill iruiorIel.1lovt3rs. , C
itOcartons of flowers , value 23lrubbCr
stems , far this nie , per bunch. . . . . . . . . .
boys iflIs
For Easter
-I Boys' strictly
. all wooi
f : jersey Sailor
! : (
Sizes 3 to 8 ycar
- : $149 $
250Boys' Strictly MI Wool
Iiiiportecl Casslinere
Reefer Suits
with large embroidered collars
$ u itT LlJ
. Boys' Coinbhrntioii .
cTTT"1 - Two
- I'alr Pants
Tiio best wetritig hleIth'ever nindo ,
Two (2) ( ) Pairs of ounts with each suit
$1.59 .
. Boys' strictly all wool
. .
4 10 t4 yours
about Joseph of Arimathea , or various appearances -
pearances of the Risen Christ unrecorded
in the gospels. I must , however , mention
the stories of Christ's descent to the underworld -
world so familiar from such pictures as
those of Fra Angciico , Albreclit Darer and
Bronzlno.
LEGENDS OF THE DESCENT.
We hear Sn tim gospeh of Nicodemus that
while all the saints were rejoicing over the
promised resurrection , Satan , the Inher-
ltor of darkness , caine and said to 1lales
"All devouring and insatiate one , hear my
words. One who calls Himself the Son of
God has just been crucifIed ; but I know
Him to bo a man , for I heard him say ,
'My soul is very sorrowful qnto death. '
Keep I-Jim safe , He has done me much
evil. "
"Is lIe so powerfuh ? " said Ilades.
"Then woe , woo unto' thee ! "
"Art thou so afraid , all devouring and
insatiate fladesZ" said Satan. "I got him
crucified : do thou hohd him fhrrnhy , "
"Inheritor of darkness , son of perdition ,
Devil , son of hlades , (10 not bring Him
hitter ; for lIe raised Lazarus , and if thou
br1nges Him hither none of the dead will
be heft to mo. "
While they wore talking a voice as of
tliundr cried , "Lift up your heads , ye
gates , and the King of Glory shall come
in. " Then Satan went to oppose him ; and
linde-s said to his demons , "Socuro fIrmly
the brazen gates , and the Iron bars , "
Therefore ahi the saints and patriarchs
began to taunt and reproach ilados , say.
lag. "Vhera is thy sting. 0 death ? Whore
is thy victory , 0 Hades ? "
Then the roico came again , "Lift up your
heads , 0 , ye gates , arid the ICing of Glory
shall come in. " " \VJio is this King of
Glory ? " nshced Hades , and all th archangels -
angels and angehe answered , "The Lord
strong and mighty : the L3rd mighty in
battle. " Instantly tue gates vere burst , and
the iron bars crushed , and Satan was bound
by the head , and delivered to tIm angels and
consigned to the custody of hlades till the
second advent. But Christ took Adam by the
hand and raised him , and Adam hissed 1)15 )
hands and feet , Then , turning to the rest ,
Christ said , "Come with nie all ye v1&o died
through the tree which ho touched , For behold -
hold , I raise you all up again through the
Tree of the Cross. " Then the whole rejoic.
Ing throng entered Paradise , vhcro Enoch
and EliJah met them , and they wore joined
by thro crucified repentant robber , who boo
a crosu upon his shoulders.
The story is supposei to ho tohd by the
two sans of Simeon , Icarinus and Leuclus ,
who have been suffoed to see these things
that they may be then raised from the dead
foi' the purpose of narrating them to the
world ,
Let one conclude by pointing out once more
how soyereign is the sancity and slmphlclty
of scripture , when we compare its majestic
narrativw with these wJid apocalyptic Inventions -
tions , By the article of the creed which says
that Christ "descenihed into hell" was meant
only what scripture tells us , that lie was
truly dead and burled , and that Ills soul
passed , until the resurrection , Into the hiab-
itatlon of departed spirits , This much was
necewary for our comfort , that we ) nlgbt
not fear to enter that Dark Valley hlcb has
been illuminated for u by the footsteps o
the King of Kings , Anything more that
this Is only sbdoaed forth in this dimmest
possIble N57 10 that puago Qt 'eLVr (1 (
EASTER
KID
GLOVES.
1,000 pairs Easter Kid
Gloves , 75e a pair , in-
chuding 4-button , now tans ,
graya , browns and blacks ,
and S-button white chew-
l , nIl elletldld qualities
ahid worth $1.50.
Worth $1.50
At $1.39 we will sell for
Easter all the fInest KID
GLOVES , including the
very best French makes ,
I ! ) all shiadcs for dress and
evening wear , the very
latest caster novelty , every
pair warranted.
Worth $2.00
: t,000 pairs real FRENCH
KID GLOVES , in hook and
button , nil colors and
white : every pair var-
ranted and fitted tp the
hand if desired , worth
$1.75 , for 08c a pair.
Worth $1.75
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Umbrellas
A usefuh Easter gift , choice of hadie' or
goats' Umhjrelhas , made of silk serge or
taffeta silk , and very iiobby handhea , and
worth up to $3.50 , they go ill three lots , 53c ,
$1.49 and $1.53.
0809 I949 SLOD
Easter Fans
Easter Fans , 500 veryjirotty , jind paintCd
China edik , chIle 5uzo an feather Fane ,
with caiVed hni 1Pno sti lm , _ the regular
price wouhd ' ? up to $2.bO , chthlce 9O and
SEC each ) ; no two alike.
69c 98.e
Peter iii. 15.20) ) , which tells en that by the
Spirit lie departed and preached te the' ' spit-
its in prison , which in time past were disobedient -
obedient , when once the long suffering of
00(1 waited in tue days of Noah , There is ,
nothing which scripture less encourages than ,
the temper of prying curiosity which would
fain fly on tim waxen 'lngs of human incapacity -
pacity into those ineffable 'secrets of the
Deity , which nero only not revealed to us
because they pass man'o understanding , and
have no bearing on our eternal woe ,
VERY JEV. F W. FARRAR , D. D , ,
Dean of Canterbury ,
OLD FOR'S' A'I'IcINSON.
Early lII.diry ( , fZII'iOhieeI' LLLter
, lCnov , , us Poi' ( Vsilhioiii.
FORT ThOMAS , ICy , , March 25-To the
Editor of The Bee : Several yej ago I
Cilflied from an Omaha paper a bJY inter-
eating account of tim Fort
Calhoun by the late ( hoporal tAtJfq'p ,
5 , A. Quito recently , in
of his old letters I found ! evcralSffr toUi )
upon this eamo stibjpct , and as they have
never been published and may prove of interest -
terest to some I send you some extracts , The
hate getieral vas my granilfuthier and at the
time of the erection of old Fort Calhoun , or
Fort AtkInson , as it 'aa ahao caILlho was
the colonel of the regiment to whIch I now
belong.
It is a matter of historythat Genoai Atkinson -
kinson vas moved with his regiment , the
Sixth Infantry , from northern New York to
Jefferson barracks , MIL'oourl , for tb9 purpose -
pose of ascending this Missouri to tue mouth
of time Yellowstone , This expedition was
called tIme Yollowetono expedition , After
making the settlement at Council Bluffs Ccii.
oral Atkinson returned to St. IouU , for time
purporo of obtaining supplies , and it was at
this time that the letters ( roni which thio
following extracts are made were written :
ST ! LOUIS , Mo. , lee. $ , 1819-Oil y arrival -
rival hero tIle let of June I found frommi the
bad arrangements of tim contractors nothing
in readuners to commence the 'ong ' Ipafcb
that lay before us , nor was I able to make
arrangements to justify a movement before
time 5th of July , and then trammeled with
three steamboats , which nil faijed zftor pass.
ing from 100 to 400 miles UI ) the river , and
for this freight , of which I hia o procure
keel boat transportation , altliobghi in a
wiidcres , , country , hiwever , thanks to
good fortune , everythIng hiss been accom-
phishod relative to the contemplated part of
time expedition for the winter season , and
I believe the government and the nation will
bo satisfied with it , On the hat of October
we reached time Council Bluffs I good health
and spirits , in the neighborhood of that
point ( a mnilo above ) we have erected barracks -
racks and in their construction a defense
against any force. Our position is health.
fui in tIme superlative degree ( as 1mm the whole
Missouri country ) , affording tine fIelds for
cuitivation and excellent range for stock antI
oyery other requisite for comfort and hap-
piness.
Near tIme Council Bluffs we hiavo a fine
lake , abounding in flab and wild fowl , The
country Is covered with groume aqd turheya
and monie doer. Indeed , the atamion , as well
as the ivhoh. Missouri countty , is the macat
IntereeU4m aa 4elijhtfui p&r of the CQUn-
1WI'4. ( lI UI. ( IrISLICS ,
14MtMittl'i.iIl kItIICrIIII ) :
. . . .
r..i."z.1vti11ii7 chinch tm1i , and II
. pucketh
MEN'S ' SUES
Ilhmcut . . . . .
131 S 85 worth $3 17' ' . ! :
$ $ 2 . 5 0 worth j/
LADIES F'LIIE ShOES
Like cut. jJ .e _ _ _ _ _
n worth I '
LsLJU $4.00
worth
3
I $5' 44
Buttoner
or ,
lace 4.'a , f'
.
.
. : LADIES 20th
. CENTURY , TAILOR-
! IADE SHOES
: TONORR0WY$3 $
Chi1d' , Mi Infants' Shioo' , '
worthitli ) to $3 , go at
50o ' 750 81.00 81.26
: TREMENDOUS SALE WET DEY GOODS in BASEMENT
% 1 This is the entire stock of the Wellingtbn Dry Goods store , 27 and 29 Thomas street , Nw York , sold to us by the urid9rwrjters. Everything pe rfect except the 50,000
: pieces of Summer Wash Goods and Dimities , Wich } are now on sale in our base ment.
15c Wash Goods 33c yard kinds of Twenty-Five Cent All the Forty Cent qualities in Iooo IMPORTED .
All the fine Wash Goods LACE CURJTAI&
Imported ; Imported Wash Goods . .
Iiiiported. ILa"wiis 5 CORNERS , ,
. such as 4o.incll Organdies , imported Chambrays - ' including best grade Imported Lawns. - I Worth up to five dollars a pair ,
, All new and stylish patterns. imported Challies , Fancy Lawns , Silk Striped. . Imported Percaics. Corded Linen , Colom'Tash Goods , 2 '
; ,
t Inpoi'tcd Duck , Plain Black Brocaded French 'ubrIcs , ' 15c and
25o
- Worth Fifteen Cents a yard-VERY WET. Mousseline ; all go at 5C yd Fancy Colored Ft'pnch S3tccn , &c each
t LECENOS OF' TIlE CRUCIFIXION
&
Inttrcsting and Valuable , Though of Little
, . or No ilistoria Weight.
t CONTRASTED WITH TIlE TRUE WORD
Sinaple MsmJesiy Gaisis Mitch ha'
lJouiiisirIsii ) ivi ( It ( lie 'I'L'lVIiitie'N ( Pt
, the Apocr'pJinl hloohes-Origla
' of Sumac ot 'I'Jteso 'l'nles ,
( Copyright , 1830 , by P.V , Farrur , )
- . It would ho wholly oat Of phace to enter
Itero into learned dlsquisitlons about the date
of different apocryphah documents , or to in-
t itiiro as to the exact ago of various traditions -
tions , My object is rather to mention a few
legontls about the death of Christ , and Ills
descent into Ilades , arid lIla reatirrcction , of
vhich one or two in their earliest form are
. . . traceable ts far back as the second century ,
.
, but others are nQt older than tim Middlu
Ages , and others may be no more than curL -
L'ent folllore , which originated in the inmai.
p L , , , , , zmatiois f the peolPIe as they thought about
1 these ) neat sacred subjects , 'rhey all bohoeg
I to tltit class of iitc'raturo which tIme Jews
1 call 'hlaggadotim , or , coihcctiveiy , time hiagga-
dulj ! i1any of them wemo never intended
to ho accepted as literal facts , but mather as
dim ppasibihitics , or as moral conceptions
enshrlncd in allegoric tales , and intended-
thought often most unsuccessfully-to bring
cut deeper or fuller meanings than lay on
time spriaca of the sacred narratives ,
We imittet cay of these legends that , although -
though tit mucim diveraifleti anti Interpolated
documents in which some of them still oxlt
simay to traced 1)00k in their simplest oiighnai
p. . form to tIme days of Justin Martyr , ft is
exceedingly doubtful whether they idreserro
- for us even ne grain of genuine history
among their ofen ( crude inventione' ' . "Time
, Gospel 'bf Niodemnus or Acts Cf Pilate , "
'which , in itis crigsmal shahie , is one Cf time
chdeat of tIme apocryphal booko of Christ ,
makes laigo Use of tIme four evangelists , but
many of Its original touches are Ignorant ,
IflpCibO ) , and aelf.cantradietory , It aerves ,
55 do the apocryphal stories Cf the Infancy ,
to ihiustrto tIme immeasurable superiority
of Ike sacred narratives , but it is far less
: , lmerotical mid iuerilo tbmaa some of them ,
Auth $1 $ Thuat not be thought that these ftc-
tiii are wholly beneath our notice ,
' Fuelber , any one who Ia entIrely Ignorant
of Ibeao legends , which had such universal
- V gus and were accepted as true in the
Middle lose halt tlhe meaning of
5gilO of the most striking productieus of
geniu in mediaoya art.
It Is natural that the Imagination of memo
' Should have been haunted by tIme cross , To
the ancient t3rceks entI Roman ; a cross was
the onost loathly and abhorrent of all object , :
it was the torture implement ( or time orst
tmf criminals , and the gibbet for the vilest of
. ah&yea , 11 summOned up pielura so ixmtoiera.
blo that Cicero said it should be kept from
tliti sight , and even iron : the thoughts , of all
good citizens. No wonder that the cross was
"to time Jews a stumbling-block , and to the
Greeks foolishness. " Who could have
dreamed that God would give to the doctrine
of the cross so stupendous a victory over all
time combined strength , contempt and fury of
thmo world that , before three centuries were
finished , it should have passed from a symbol
of abject and degrading anguish to time most
revered enrichment of banners , amod the most
glorious symboh upon imperial diadems ? The
discovery , or , as it. is called , "The Invention
of the True Cross , " by St. helena , the
niother of Constantine , was an event surrounded -
rounded by a halo of sham miracles , and can
hmzrdly be accepted as history unless it represents -
resents a deliberate fraud practiced on tide
cre.iulity of the British queen. hint it shows
how immense was the vepration which hmad
been attracted to itseit.rAy the once detested -
tested emblem ; and we trace time same thing
In tilt , legend of "Dysmas , " time converted
robber , as told in one of the recensionmm of
thmo gospfi of NicodemUaf Ilaampeara to the
Patmiarcims , whom ClmrIe.4yd just liberated
from imadea , as a very to'rtchmed mann , and
the- holy fatimers said to him , "Wimo art thou
having the aspect of a rubber , and wlmat is
time cross which timou bearest on tIdy mmlmotmld-
era ? " lie tehhs thou of Christ's pronmiso
to hmlm on tim cross , and that as he ap-
proaelmcd Eden "time flanIl ; &vord , seeing
tIme sign of tIme cross , opened unto me , and
Michael time archangel bade inc wait here a
little for our forefather Adam and the
righteous. "
FANCIES AI1OUT TIlE CROSS.
There are inammy popular ( snobs about
thu cross. Ono says that it WAB made of
four different kinds of wood ; but , folklore
says that it YU immade of aspen wood , and
assigns that reasomi for the ghastly amid
perpetual shIver of time aspen's leaves.
Again we are told that when Adam was
driven from h'armuhiso ho still possessed
One seetl of ( ho Tree of Life. which bad
been brought to himn In time bill of a bird ,
110 planted that seed , and from it grew
time tree of wlmi lm time cross was tmltinmately
lii ado.
In scores of pictures of time crucifixion the
reader will have observed a skull hying at
the foot of tIme cross , No doubt. this is
an allulon to time fact that time low rounded
bull on wimich time cross was erected was
called Golgotha-in its Latin tori ; Cahva-
riumu , Calvary , a word wimich does not occur
in time English bible-or "time hlaCb of a
skull. " But legend regarded tills skull as
the skull of Adam , anml said that when
a atrcami ; of Christ's blood triclciod down
time cross antI touched It , Adam was raised
fmnmn time dead. This legend as connected
withm time "erse of St. Paul ( Ephm. v. 15) ) , in
wlmclm ! lie quotes the words :
"Awake , tlmeo , thou that elepest ,
And ( rain limo death arise thou ;
And Cimrist shall dawn upon thee. "
The Greek is elmytimnllcal , and by many
lisa been regarded as the rarl.cst extant
frmmgmnent. of an > ' Christian hymn. Oilgcn
ImlemItluns an interesting rcading , "Awake ,
Adam that alcepeat. " Thmfa is the origin
of tIme legend , and in old pictures tile
shook of blood is paiqted on tite cross ,
flowing frommi time feet of Ciii lbt , a'id it
wtmnds lute a crimnson thread round time
skull of the father of our race beside Its
feetThree
Three peraonag'es play a part in time
derod by his companions. But even In
those days he is said to havo'sltown a' nier-
itotious disposition because , iiio Toblt , ho
buried the poor. In the Lati'n gospel of
Nicodomus we read that , with his cresson
on his shmouhder , he caine to' time gates of
Hades , and Satan opemed thQ door a little
way for him , and let him iii ; - and. lie an-
nouqeed to the demons ; that thmo Lbrd was
immddlatehy at hand ,
LEGENDS ABOUT PILATE ;
Pilate naturally plays a rgo part in
these hlaggadothm , As far back as the days
of Tertuhhlan we find the confident ( and not
unreasonable ) stateniontjbmat Pilate 11am ] dls-
patched to time Emperor Tiberlus an eflicial
account of time trial and death o Christ ,
flocks were current in tIme' early eenttmrles
professing to be these "Acts iaf Pilate. " In
course of time , hegend became busy with
his name , To lila wlfom\va .asoigned tide
name of Claudia Procuhim , in , the treatise
known as "Time Paradosi f Plhate , " Imo is
said to have been trIed by,2imesar , condemned
to death : for imaving failed to save Jesus
from the Jewem , in spite oftbenany ; protests
which Imad attended time rlmmi and crucifixion ,
One of these is nnrrateh In the gospel of
Nicodemus. It is said ( lint when Pilate sent
a crusoe to arrest Jesua , the officer was so
struck with awe that ho spreAd a robe over
the ground for Him to tread upon ; and that
as lie entered ( ho practorium ( he 8oman
standards bowed themselves to o Him how-
ago. The Jeosw accused time Roman sohdicrs
of collusion and then Pilate laIe them try
to hold the standards themselves , They set
aside twolve'of timeir strongest hon for time
task , but in plte of au their efforts tIme
standards bowed themsalves again. Caesar
condemned Pilate to ho beheaIed , 'and the
unhappy governor prayed to CbTIst. Then a
voice came from heaven saying 'that all generations -
orations of the Gentiie shmoui4 call him
blessed , "And the praefect cqtoff ( ho head
of Piiato , and behold an angel of the Lord
receiveti it. Amid when lila wifcm'jPiocula saw
the angel coming anti receiving fda head , she
also , being filled with joy , fotthwithm gave
up tIme ghost , and was buried itb her hmus-
band , " P
'Aimothmer group of legends v very dif.
ferent. One s that Pilate paseeoed the
seamless robe of Jesus , and that while ho
wore this , the emperor couldlot condemn
hind to death , however often ' lie tried ted
d so , lie therefore commdephed him to
perpetual imprisonments awl ) then Pilate
stabbed himself with a dagget , ' ills body
was attachmed to a hmt1g c tbnband flung
into time river , where the demonma contended
for it , and raised ouch frigjmtftmi torme , timat
the Romans took it to Vleomimt amid sunk It
In time Rhino , It was thehoo 'moved to
Locanla ( which seems to be oeant for Lu.
eerie ) , and was flung into amcuntain pool ,
it is only in living mnemoryf4 hmat a Swiss
cure by actual experiment vetthrew the
local superstition that if an one throw a
itone into that dark tarn terlbie storms
would arise ; and till recent , ) ' ( ( moe , , the
peasants believed that theh1ghatly former
or Pilate wee' often seen Iiovring about
the mountain , and washing Jt 5hamls with
a discontented air. All tbis'fjlpCaitzatlon of
the iegond is , imowever , 4uoniy to the
amythology of misinterprps.ed' language ,
Mount I'ilato imas no connection' with time
unhappy procurator , "Pilate'l is 'here only
ft corruption of l'lieatu , , or the mountain
that nears the cap ( pilemmm ) of clouds.
I bvo no space toe tims many legends
try I have over visited , It omihy .wants inhab.
itants to give it great importance. Thm
emigration to it is great beyond belief ala
meat. In a very few years tiio population
will ho numerous and weahthl > ' . It is a fact
that time country is settled with men of , "I
large negro and other Property and time fanm- .
ilios of chmaracter and fashion. I wisim you
were lmcro with your property in cash , Yoms
could without doubt make it ten fold in two
or three years by investing Jt in the finest ' J ;
land in time world at $2 per acre , which will
shortly be wurtlm troll : $10 to $20.
II , ATKINSON ,
Colonel Sixth Infantry ,
Another letter dated imm 1822 says " ( lire ,
years residetmco in thin country lma given mae
an opportunity of acquiring an intimate
knowledge of its cimaracter and resources ,
* * I J flfl with
great propriety say that
the Missouri region Is time most fertile and
desirable tract of country I imavo over seen
in the United States and I imavo traveled
from Now Orleans to Maine , through Canadft
to Quebec , and timrougim all time western states ,
I have no doubt timmit time Missouri alone
drains mmmore rich laxmd tlmamm Ia commtained irs
all time Atlantic states and Canada combined ,
" 11 , AT1GNSON , ?
"Colonel Sixth Infantry , "
The records of the Sixtim infantry give time
following account of the immovement of time rug-
inont from Joffereon barrmhcks , Missouri , and
time erection of Fort Cahimoun. Time rt'glndont
left time barracks July 5 , 18W , Ofl time steamboats -
boats Jefferson , Exprditlon , and Joimnan , and 0
reached Council hliulimi October 1 , after much
trouble on account of time difficulty imm nay-
igatitmg the river with time etcandhionts , W ric
was begtmmm at once erecting time himildumigu for
tlio comnmnanti , Time iiuiirligmgs consisted of
four blocks of hewed log barracks , compre-
heading eighty rooms vithm simingie roofs ,
blank iloors , ammd brick chimneys ; a strong
magazine and the best kind of wooden store-
bmousemj of anmplo else for time qmmal'termastem"s
nfl eutsistamdco c'erartnlents ; a sawmill , cara
blo of sawing fifteemj foot of Plank per day ;
and a gria mnlU timat would grind 150 bushel
per mlay , A farm was at once begun and time
first season there word raiseml 12,000 buahel
of corn , time second 15,000 and the third
20,000 , , besides ImlOro votatos than could ho
used by limo comumand , Such is a brief
descrlptiomm of time celebrated old Fort Cal-
hmoun timat was so well known in the cariy
thayu of time old army , Time regiment re- '
mnained at Fort. Atkinson ( timen so called )
until April 22 , 1827 , when four companiee
embarked Old the steamboats Raccoon , Elk
Otter , antI [ heaver , and t1ee0defl time rIver
to Jefferson barracks , Thu remnmmhnung cow-
panics on time Grenadier , Montgomery , \'Jster. .
witcim and Elk followed 0mm time 6th of Jun.
and old Fort Atklmmsomm was left ungarrisonefl ,
13 , W , ATKiNSON ,
Lieutenant Sixth Infantry ,
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Old J'COpie ,
Old people who require medIcine to reguieto
the bowels and kidneys vili fInd the true
remedy in Eiectrjo Bitters , Thu meflicij
dota not stimulate and contains no vhI.k >
nor other intoxicant , but aVIs as a bob and
alterative , It acts mildly on time etgmcb
and bowels , adding strgtim an'l givIng tonp
to the organs , thereby aiding nAture in this
periormar.ee of time functions , Elaclile nit-
ters is an excellent appetizer suit side igI5.
lion , Old people flimfi it jmmetexaetJy vl\at \
thfy peed. I'rice fitly cema.tsrpr bote ) a )
Kuhn e CQ.'ll drug m4uro ,