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the spot where Jesus was betrayed by Judas Iscariot, and small rock shows the place where the three disciples, Peter, James and John, slept during their Masters agony.
 The Church of the Holy Sepulehre oc-. cupies the space surrounding the tomb of Christ. This ancient edifice was begun by the Crusaders in 1180, A. D., and 1t, was largely added to at subsequent times. It forms vast pile of masonry now, and looking at it, it becomes ditf1- cult to believe that it was then 1862 years ago today that Christ arose and stepped into the open air.
 The Great Celebration.
 The most imposing Easter celebration anywhere is the one which takes place in Rome today. Travellers journey thousands of miles to see it. and what they see is practically the same celebra- tion which has been handed down for centuries by the laws of the Catholic church.
 It is one of the few religious ceremo- nials actively participated in by the Pope and the fact that he takes part draws tens of thousands of visitors to the Eter- nal City.
 The queen of festivals, as Easter is called in Rome, is ushered in by the fir ing of cannon from the castle of St. An gelo, and as early as ! a. m. carriages containing the wealthy classes are pour Ing toward SI. PeLer
 The altar is most richly decorated, and the whole vast structure is festooned with flowers embematical of the day. The lights around the tomb and figure of St. Peter blaze brightly.
 From hall in the adjoining palace Of the Vatican the pope is borne into the church under the most imposing circum- stances Preparations for this entry are made many weeks in advance.
 Seated in his lsedia gestatoria, his vestments ablaze with gold he is carried into the edifice. On his head he wears tiara-a tall round gilded cap, represent ing a triple crown, and which is under stood to signify spiritual power, temporal power and a union of both. Beside him are borne the fiabelli or large fans com- posed of ostrich feathers, in which are set the eye-like parts of peacock feathers to signify the eyes or vigilance of the church. Over him is borne a silk canopy richly -fringed.
 After officiating at mass at the high altar. the pope is with the same cere- mony borne back through the crowded church, and then ascends to the balcony over the central doorway. Rising from his chair of state, and surrounded by his principal officers, he pronounces bene- diction with indulgences and dissolution.
 Then printed slips of prayers blessed by the pope are scattered among the vast assemblage who struggle to obtain pos session of them. They are prized highly, and by the common people, if they are lucky enough to get them, hand them down from generation to generation.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-14

Let us be frank with you-you may be poor; if so, You push dollar through this Store and get it to do more for you than you'd hope for, expect That's
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-14
Made Clear at Last.

A lawyer noted for his success. on cross-examination found his match in a recent trial when The asked a long suffering witness how long he had worked at his business of tin roofing. The answer was: T have worked at it off and on. but have worked at 1t steady for the past twelve years" srr
 How long off and on have you worked at it?'
 'Sixty-five years"
 How old are you?"
 "Sixty-five."
 ''Then you have been tin roofer from birth?"
 No, sir; of course haven't"
 'Then why do you say that you have worked at your trade sixty-five years?"
 Because you asked how long off and on had worked at 1t. I have worked at it off and on sixty-f1ve years-twenty years on and forty-five off,
 Here there was a roar in the court room, but not at the expense of the wit ness, and his inquisitor hurriedly finished his examination in great confusion.- Harper's Magazine.
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from the times when Christ visited 1t. At the Gate of Joppa there are always masses of camels, merchants, peddlers and beggars. Indolence and activity rub shoulders without the usual jarring
 It is the same strange, weird Jerusalem.
 A Wonderful City.
 Jerusalem, the prize of the nations, the terminus of famous pilgrImages, the ob- ject of Roman and crusading wars; for it Assyrians, Egyptians and the world had fought; the place where the Queen of Sheba visited and Richard Occur de Lion had conquered; the home of Solo mon, of Ezekiel, of Jeremiah, of Isaiah, of Saladin. There is the Mount of Zion, the spot of Davids heartbreak; and Mount Moriah, where sacrifices smoked the Mount of Olives. where Jesus preached and Golgotha and the Holy Sepulchre, where He was buried.
 A place redolent of antiquities, city teeming with memories of the men and women of the Bible. A wonderful place, with the power to stir the emotions of a man of stone.
 Above all is the "Place of the Skull' as it was called in the earthly days of Christ, known now as Mount Calvary. From the famous Gate of Joppa it can be seen, and if we knew it's ancient name 1t would speedily be re- cognized.
 It is hill shaped like the human skull, and just beneath what might be called it's forehead are two cavernous spots which at distance resembles eyes. Not only this, but the inside of the hill is shaped like the human skull. Entering the grotto under Calvary, it is found to be 35 feet high, the top and sides being mal- achite green, brown, black, gray, white and red. It is called Jeremiah's grotto, for-it was there that he wrote his Book of Lamentations.
 The summit of the hill is just wide enough to contain three crosses, It was the spot where indicators had been slain for ages and Christ was slain as malefactor.
 Dr. T. Dewitt Talmage has visited this spot oftener perhaps than any other American divine, and when he was asked what his emotions were on seeing the place, he said:
 Howard this hill the prophets pointed forward. Toward this hill the apostles and martyrs pointed backward. Toward this hill, all Heaven pointed downward. Toward this hill, with foaming execra- tions all perdition pointed upward. Round 1t circles all history, all time, all eternity, and with this scene, painters
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NOW GETHSEMANE BLOOMS Her Soil Ever Moist With Those
 Sacred Tears. THE GARDEN OF THE AGONY Smiles to Heaven at the Kiss of Spring and
 Touch of Tender Hands EASTER IN THE SACRED CITIES. Jerusalem as It Is Today-The Footprints of Divinity Are Ineffacable-Some of
 the Grandeurs of the Celebra-
 ton in St. Peter's.
EASTER IN THE SACRED CITIES.

Easter Sunday in Jerusalem! Almost irresistibly these words carry the thinker back more than 1900 years to that little city of Palestine where the world greatest tragedy was enacted, and where a miracle occurred which has no counter part in the history of the universe.
 There is an indefinable something about the place which takes hold of the emotions of the visitor and fills him with awe as he looks reverently at the ob- jects which witnessed his last walk to cruel death, and again at the spot, marked as the place of the glorious re- surrection.
 There are houses there more than 20o0 years old, and some of their walls of stone were passed by that awful process sion struggling along to the Mount of Calvary. No art of the word painter can picture the halo of deep antiquity hang ing over the city. The solemnity of it's age the grandeur of it's associations cut
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-14
THE LITTLE WOMAN.

Don't talk to me of Olympus maids. "Diyinely tall or fair;' or Cleopatra'S S. imperial form, Or Junos stately air; Those mighty danes. with redoubted names, May erst have held their sway; '"Tls the little woman-bless her heart Who rules the world today. With her wilful, witching, winning ways; Her artful. artless smiles Her airy grace and fairy face, Her wisdom, wit and wiles; She mocks the pride and she sways the She bends the will of man. AS only such a despotic elf A little woman-can. Though her pathway leads through the She always finds a'light; Though her eyes be dazzled by fortunes
 rays,
 She's sure to see arightl Though her, wisdom be of no special Her logic, just because-' The first has settled kingdoms fate, The last has made it's laws. Iris the little woman who goes ahead When men would lag behind; The little woman who sees. her chance And always knows her mind; Who can slyly smile as she gives the word To honor, love. obey, And mentally add the saving clause In little wOman'S way. Would the diamond seem such a perfect
 gem
 If it measured one foot around? Would the rose-leaf yield such a sweet
 perfume,
 If 1t covered yards of ground? Would the dewdrops seem so clear and pure If dew like rain would fall? Or the little woman seem half so great If she were six feet tall? Iris the hand as soft as the nestlng bird That grips the grip of steel; Tfs the voice as low as the summer wind That rules without appeal And the warrior, scholar, saint and sage May fight and plan and pray The world will wag till the end of time In the little woman's way.
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A Magnifying Show Window.

One of the most extraordinary devices for attracting custom on record was that of a fruiterer in a midland town. In- stead of the ordinary plate glass, large number of rough magnifying glasses formed the window. Seen through one of these panes, an orange looked as large as a pumpkin, and cherries as large as apples. A great disadvantage attaching to this novelty was the fact hat at the distance of few yards from the window 1t was quite impossible to see into the shop. Everybody knows that you must hold a magnifying glass very close to the eyes to see anything through it. Nevertheless, for some time, at all events. the enterprising proprietor did a roaring trade.-London Answers.
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niche in the memory which time does not efface.
 It is the ideal city of all others for the celebration of the Easter festival. Christ stood upon the hill of Calvary 1862 years ago. and looked down upon the town where he had 1abored and been betrayed. That was the first Easter morning, and since then, every year kind and loving hands, representing countless genera tions of all times, all creeds and all races, have left some token in honor of the day at the numerous places made sacred by His presence.
 Christ in the Church of the Holy Sepul- chre Is covered with the lilies which are used all over the world. The Mount of Calvary is visited by the Christian popu- lation of the town and the members of
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-14

have covered the mightiest canvases, scuptors have cut the richest marble, orchestras have rolled their grandest or atorios churches have lifted their great est doxologies and heaven has built its highest thrones"
 The Garden of Gethsemane.
 The Garden of Gethsemane, wherein is the reputed tomb of Christ, is a small in- c1-sure 160 feet long and 150 feet wide. It Is cared for by colony of Franciscan monks, who spend much time beautify- ing it. The Bible says, "In the midst of the garden was 8 sepulchre," and the students of Biblical events generally &C., knowledge that in this place Christ was buried.
 Now the place is beautifully adorned with hedges kept in exquisite order by the monks. There are innumerable beds
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-14
His Ultimatum.

And you reject my offer?" he said to her. intensely. You refuse to be the one woman in all the world to me?"
 I'm afraid so," she confessed. rather kindly, for she meant well.
 "Then I have but ouo thing to say to you, madam,"' he said, reaching for his hat.
 T am sure you have my permission to say that; what is it?"
 He drew himself up to his full height.
 "rhere are others" he replied haught- fly, and passed out of the game.-Detroit Free Press.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-14
TO THE UNATTAINABLE.

Dear how many the songs bring to you
 Woven of dream -stuffs, pleasure and pain All the songs of my life I sing to you B. And you hear and never answer again; Though no rhyme do your dear lips say
 to me, ' Yet, my poet, sweet songs you bring When you smile; then the angels play to me 2 Tunes to the silent songs you sing. All my soul goes forth in a song to you.
 All my deeds for your sake are done; All my laurels and bays belong to you
 In your name are my battles won. Just by living you make my life dear to me,
 Though your lips never speak my name; t'Tis your hands that in dreams appear .G to me
 Bringing me all I ask of fame What though here you are wholly lost 7. to me? H Though you never will know or see , Though life's pain be the worships cost .r to me,
 Am not richer than great kings be? Have 1 not you in the holiest heart of me
 You in the eyes which see you alone? . Shall not rise to your soul, which is part
 of me,
 Till you shall meet me and know your 71 own?
 -E. Nesbit in Longman's Magazine.
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of pinks and roses, and visitors are given a nosegay by the monk in attendance.
 One of the most interesting features of the place is a bunch of seven venerable olive tres, some of them 19 feet in circum- ference and so old that their trunks are kept shored up by stones. It is said that they are descendants of the original trees of the time of Christ, and are unlike all other trees of the same variety in that country
 Where Christ Was Betrayed.
 Two monuments in the garden are full of interest. One. a small pillar. marks
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JUST FOR TO-DAY.

 Lord, for tomorrow and its needs, l do not pray; Keep me, my God, from stain of sin Just for today. Let me both diligently work And duly pray; Let me be kind in word and deed Just for today. Let me be slow to do my will Prompt to obey; I Help me to sacrifice myself Just for today. Let me no wrong or idle word Unthinking say; Set thou seal upon my lips Just for today. In purgatory's cleansing fires Brief be my stay. Bid me if today 1 die, Go home today. So, for tomorrow and its needs I do not pray. But keep me, guide me, love me, Lord, Just for today.
 Canon Wilberforce.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-14

the various religious orders inhabiting 1t. and flowers are strewn upon the spot where the cross is supposed to have stood The archways under which Christ walked on the morning of the crufixion. and which are standing now and may stand for another 2000 years, are visited and pointed out to the small children and their histories told. Teaching the events of Easter time to the young of are there, and they can be seen for the trouble of looking.
 The city itself is not greatly changed
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-14

Youthful Sports in the West.
 Two malicious boys lassoed a young school mistress near Carson last Thurs day and dragged her several rods. She was severely injured.-Stanton. la. Call.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-14
soNATHA PATHETIQUE.

In Three Movements.)
 l. (Andante con Sentimento) Moonlight-Summer- Ripping river-fragrant lane Trembling sighing-vowS-kiss- Love foreyer-Heaven-bl
 II.
 (Alle go mon Troppo) Morning-autumn-ch Flowers-favors-shoe fling Bridegroom happy-bridc fair Fitness wondrous-fortune rare
 III.
 (Rondo Capriccio.) Winter-dreary--love flown John-club-Jane-alon River frozen-lane cold Vows forgotten-story told!
 Selected.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-11-11

Scotland Republican, I: The citizens
of Iankton and several other cities have
held public meetings withiL the past
few weeks, to express sympathy for the
Cubans. sympathy is good, bat it isn't
exactly what the Cubans are most in
need of just at present. There is no
question but that this country sym2a-
thizes with every people who strive for
independence. We rejoice IN the &C.
struction Of despotlsm and in the estab-
lishment Of republics, but whether this
country should set itself up as a worlds
conservator of peace,-should become an
establisher Of republics, is a question.
II the people have not the unity and
strength to establish themselves as a
nation they could hardly defend them
selves after they were 50 established, and
in "A short time this country would find
itself surrounded 10y a lot Of petty re-
publics depending upon 1t. for protection.
The. Monroe doctrine does not bind us
to establish nations, but simply to de-
fend those already established.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-11-11
STORIES OF THE DAY.
He Was Not Too Sleepy to Beat the Rail-
road Company.

He Wa Not Too Sleepy to Beat the Rail-
road Company.
What station was that?" demanded
the passenger in the rear seat, suddenly
rousing himself. Strengthening up and
projecting his voice through the dimly
lighted car.
The conductor, who was coming down
the aisle, stopped and held his lantern
close to the speakers face.
1T was Bragdon,' he replied.
"Ain't you the man that wanted to get
off at Smallville?'
II am" rejoined the passenger. 81
asked you to wake me up when we got
there, and you said you would"
Il did wake you up"
ooh, you did, did you? How far
have we gone past Smallville?"
"Fifty-five miles
And you walked me up? Strange l
didn't know anything about it,
II shook you, called out the name Of
the station, and you said, All right
,nd reached for your hat. l supposed
you were wide awake. Several passen-
gers got off there, and l took it for
granted you We're one of them
"Well, l wasn't. I'm pretty hard to
wake up. You ought to have been sure
about it. l had friends waiting for me
at the station. It'll make an awful
muss. l wouldn't have had this happen
for 81 900"
"You can telegraph them, can't you?"
Il suppose I can. What's the next
station:'
"FlaxwOod."
Does tho next train back stop
there
eyes"
"Wcll, you give me a note to the
conductor, cant you, telling him to
pass me back to S~mallville? Its as lit
tic as you can do. 1t wasn't my fault
thatI got carried past"
The conductor scrubbed a few lines
on a piece of paper and handed it to Him.
"We're coming to Flaxwood now, y
he said, looking at him sharply. "Are
you sure your awaken
I'll get off here anyhow" responded
TIL passenger, grabbing his valise and
starting for the door, whether I'm
awake or not
AS the train pulled out of FlaxwOod
the brakeman standing III the rear plat
form of the last coach heard a voice
calling out in the darkness:
Hello, old fellow! l was afraid you
wouldn't be here to meet me: | came
all the way on a 80 cent ticket. There's
more than one way to beat a railroad,
b'gosh !'-Chicago Tribune.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-11-11

The Parkston Advance, Auditor
Nipples paper, is opening up a war on
the method by which the recent state
census was taken and compiled. There
is perhaps good ground of complaint
against Commissioner of Labor Statistics
Wheeler for the slovenly and in
competent way In which he has handled
the work committed to his charge but
why that should be a cause of attack up
on either the law or the large majority OF
the assessors who probably did we'll all
that was required of them is not quite
apparent. Officers are expected to do
their duty in all cases.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-11-11
Watertown Public Opinion, Z: 1t is

Watertown Public Opinion, !: 1t is
said -thot Jim" Matthews-why he
called JIM" is beyond our compre-
h~ension-wiil soon return to Brookings
to reside. George A. Mathews was
elected delegate TO congress from the
territory of Dakota in the campaign OF
1883, but he never assumed his office,
statehood having been acquired on the
second Of November. 1889, prior to the
assembling of the congress To which Mr..
Mathews had been elected. Owing
partly to "a factional fight IL BrookIngs
county Mr.. Mathews was not renoml-
mated by the republicans when the con-
vention to nominate officers for the state
was in session. Mr.. Mathews was there
fore a congressman without Il con
stiutercy. Congress subsequently
voted HIM pay for the time he was sup
posed to represent the territory ut the
national capitol, although he was never
formally "sworn in" Mr.. Mathews is IA
gentleman who has won many personal
frlends-and he has lost some-but
whether he viii again enter The political
arena is not yet GIvulged. 1t may not be
worth "a continental and nobody prob
ably cares IA continental-but we are con
strained to say that the writer hereof
was a Matthews man" SO long as George
was in politics. While MIR. Mathews
was lacking n some qualities which
usually characterize successful pollti-
whose personal worth is recognized by
those intimately acquainted with him.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-11-11
The Artful Alsatian.

The simple people of Alsace, who re-
tain in their hearts a strong love for
France at the same time that they are
DESTROYS not to offend their German
rulers too much, have a hard time of it
when they are brought to the ballot box
to vote FOR representatives in the Ger
man parliament.
In one election, in a certain Alsatian
district, the two candidates were Kable,
an Alsatian of Frence sympathies, who
had protested against the annexation
after the wal of 1870, aud a German.
On election day a La,sant came to the
polling place, which was presided over
by a German official. The peasant had
in one hand a ticket on which was
printed the name of kable, and in the
other a ticket bearing the name Of the
German candidate.
"Mein herr" he said to the German
election officer, will You tell me which
of these tickets is the better Cne"
The officer looked at them.
"Why, this is much preferable" said
he, indicating the Germans ticket.
"Ah, thank you" answered the peas,
ant. Il will keep it next my heart. -
He folded it carefully and pat it III
bis inside "a pocket.
"As for this other, then" said he,
with an air of putting it away from
him as an unworthy thing, Il will
leave it here
And he put the Kable ticket in the
ballot box.-Spare Moments.
The annual death roll Of suicides at
Monte Carlo mounts ON an average to
40.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-11-11
Notice Of Hearing Petition.

State of South Dakota, county OF Lske-ss:
In county court. Whereas, Conrad Bartels has
applied for q druggist's permit to cell intoxies-
ting liquors under the provisions and restYic-
tions Uf the lave Of this state governing the sale
OF intoxicating liquors, at his place of business
on Egan avenue, In the city OF Madison. county
Of Lake, and state Of South Dakota. Therefore,
notice IL hereby given, that the 30th day Of No
vember, 1895, at 10 O'Clock .. m, at the office Of
the county judge, in the city OF Madison, In eaid
county and state, has been set as the time and
place OF hearing of SAID petition, when and
where any person qaalihed may appear and
chow cause II any there be, why said petition
should not be granted.
Dated at Madison, 8. D., this 3lst day OF Oc-
tober, 1885.
County JukRe.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-11-11

the tire losses in the United States
during October took a boom, exceeding
those of the same month a year ago by
%S5,U00,0oO, and those Of two years ago by
Sl3,4ll 300. the previous nine months
of the year bad cut down the record very
materially, but October gives the ten
months of 1893 the lead of 1894. The in
dIcatiOns are that November will still
further increase this years record over
that Of last, but there is 10 likelihood
that the current twelve months can
reach the figure of 1893.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-11-11

tie indiscretion in eating, he may be able to
do nothing at all. Most cases of dyspepsia
start with constipation. Constipation is the
cause of nine tenths of all human sickness.
Some of it's symptoms are sick and bilious
headache, dizziness, sour stomach, loss Of
appetite, foul breath, windy %belchings,
heartburn, pain and distress after eating.
All these are indicative Of arrangements
of the liver, stomach and bowels, and all
are caused by constipation. DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets are the quickest, easiest
and most certain cure for this condition.
They are not violent in action.