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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-04-11
SENTENCE OF CHRIST.
Phe Engraved Plate Is still in Existence
in Europe.

Phe Engraved Plate Is still in Existence
in Europe.
1t Will probably be a surprise 10 the
majority Of people TO learn that the
original death sentence passed upon
Jesus Christ is still in existence in the
form of an engraved plate dating from
the very day the sentence was pro-
nounced by Pontius PLATE. and which
has been retained through ali these
years as one Of the most precious Of
all relics Of the Savior.
The sentence is engraved on plate
of brass in the Hebrew language. and
on its side are the following words:
a similar plate has been sent to each
tribe"
This particular plate was discovered
In the year 1850 in the city OF Aquilla.
In the kingdom Of Naples. by scien-
tific commission that had been ap-
pointed TO search that ancient city for
the antiquities known to have been kept
there. Evidences remained that this
city had been the repository Of many
old Roman records and other docu-
ments and mementoes associated with
the early Roman empire. and for this
reason 1t was especially made the OBJ
ject Of the commissions inquiry.
The plate reads as follows:
Sentence pronounced by Pontius Pr
late, intendant Of the province Of Lower
Galilee. that Jesus of Nazareth shall
suffer death by the cross.
In the seventeenth year Of the En-
peror Tiberius. and on the 18th day of
the month Of March. in the Holy City OF
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-04-11
He CAUGHT A SPAR.

it sprinkled the feathery palms along
the brink hundred feet above.
None can live in such a sea as this"
muttered John, clutching his spar the
tighter.
On came another breaker as the lion
leaps upon its prey. The Scraps parted
as if severed by a knife. She dived
down and the next wave rolled over her
with kissing surge of triumph. A
great seachest flOated out; he grasped
it in the nick of time and spun out with
it from the deadly embrasure which
was the grave Of the vessel.
How long John Maddox floated that
horrible night he could not remember.
The tide had set toward the shore again,
and he neared a small inlet where the
current ran like a millrace Dead bod
les were strewed along the beach, and
huge, lazy cOrmorants flOated in the
morning twilight above his head, look
ing like specter vampires
He had almost reached the shore when
voice hailed him:
rs it you. sir. Mr. Maddox"
Eyes, replied John. feebly, for he was
worn out. who are you?"
Three of us, sailors all, sir. We man
aged to scramble on some rigging. Lock
out for the sharks. They're having a
fine time this morning" added the man,
with groan.
They dragged him from the chest,
fainting. with exposure and fatigue.
There stood, or rather knelt. the four
solitary survivors of the wreck of the
Scraps.
Men" said John. when he had re-
covered somewhat; 'let us thank God
and commit our comrades to His
mercy
And he repeated the words of resur.
rectiOn faith, mingled with thanks fol
their deliverance. with fervor such as
only men of their experience can appre
ciate.
The day had fully dawned. The cast.
Always spent it in burying the dead anC
building a fire to dry their sodden gar
ments.
Keep sharp lookout for a vessel
while so and hoist signal" said Mad
dock.
Hard by the sandy stretch where the,
landed was small cave, in shaly rock
That night they slept there, barring i;
entrance with timbers. AID here "
must leave the four COMPANIONS to &
back to Devon once more.
The women left weeping on Plymouth
! shore were destined to weep again. Tn
Scraps never reported at Calcutta, an
hope deferred made many loving heart
sick with apprehension. Easter Of Is;
came. but with it came no joy. raths
the confirmation Of their worst fears.
The captain Of homewsrd-bound We:
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-04-11

are about 700 Catholics and 400 Chris
tians belonging to the English and 9TH
er reformed churches. Greeks and Ar
menians make up the rest.
To forestall trouble between natives
and visiting Christians Of the different
denominations. the Church Of the Ma
tivity. which is built in the form Of a
cross, has been divided into three parts
The Armenians conduct their devotions
in the nave Of the Cross. a beautiful
edifice resting on forty-eight granite
columns, the Christians and Greeks &C.
cupying the arms Of the cross.
Easter day always brings no end Of
pilgrims to Bethlehem from all parts of
the world, especially England. France
and Russia, and the natives. who make
a living by the sale Of souvenirs, bear
Ing more or less on the character Of the
place and its holy antecedents, do a
rushing trade in crucifxes. rosaries, etc.
Wherever we turn on Easter day in
the Church of the Nativity We encounter
Turkish soldiers, armed to the teeth.
In their picturesque. yet warlike uni
form. They do not interfere with any
body, yet do not conceal their contempt
Tor what is going on, especially in those
| parts Of the convent and church set
apart for the Catholics and Protestant
Christians. The Convent Of the Ma
tvity dates from the thirteenth CEN
fury and is very impressive structure.
The Crypt, where the Virgin Mary is
supposed to have been delivered. and
which is represented in the accompany
ing engraving. is reached by marble
stairway leading dozen or more steps
below. The entrance to the stairs is
situated in the part Of the church
forming the head of the cross.
The Lodge of the Nativity is less i'm
pressive than the general aspect of the
church would lead one to believe. 1t is
furnished entirely in oriental fashion
the walls being hung with carpets and
tapestry work in gay colors and Of arti-
fetal designs. A hollow. cut into the
rock opposite the stairs, is furnished
with rickety manger, in which Christ
is said to have taken his first nap. The
spot where the Blessed Virgin was de-
livered is marked by a star suitably
inscribed in the Latin language.
One of the queerest Of the many queer
places in Palestine is the Convent OF
Mar Saba on the rocks Of the Kidror
on the southeast Of Jerusalem, and moi
far from the shores of the Dead Sea
The convent. which dates back to thu
end of the fifth century, and which Is
in the hands of the Greek church, is a
conglomeratiOn of detached buildings OF
irregular form consisting OF single cells
towers. chapels and a cathedral, which
latter stands on a mountain 800 feet
high. The dome is reached by terrace:
and steps hewn in the rock
Our picture shows the elders of th'
monastery engaged in sounding tn
cathedral Easter bells so called
Suspended pieces of wood of differen
thickness and species serve for tn,
bells, which are 'rung" by hammerini
the wood in peculiar fashion. simila
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-04-11

enough. she was on the quay that after
noon. not in her dream. but in reality.
Now where was John? The reader
knows more than Esther did as yet.
John and his three companions stayed
on the island for many long days and
nights, watching for some passing YES
sci, hunting. fishing. and cheering each
other with words Of hope.
The four survivors had need OF pa
thence, for more than one vessel bore
down. but they did not see their frantic
signaling. or. II they did. needed II not.
At last the neckerchief which Esther
had thrown around John Maddocks
neck was floated to the breeze at the
top Of a lofty palm tree. A vessel
bound for Australia caught sight oil II
shortly afterward, and took the four
mariners Of the Scraps from their soil
tary state.
Then followed the voyage onward TO
Calcutta and Johns immediate return
on board the first packet leaving for
England.
With this brief interlude, we can re-
sumo our place by Esthers side upon
the quay at Plymouth. She dreaded
being followed, but none had put in an
appearance from Bideford as yet. The
western sea was all aflame with the
glory of the setting sun when ship
sailed in the cove. II was strangely
familiar to her. Nay. it was the vessel
she had seen in her dream.
She turned around. Was she dream
stand in his place to you both"
ing again? There stood the harbor
master. glazed hat and all.
What ship is that?" queried Esther
in low. strained voice.
THE Vulture. Indianman, young la
dy,' he replied, and touched his hat.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-04-11

dreamed that Easter eve of love and
peace, not war; of life yet to come,
when he and Esther should walk its
f1owery pilgrimage together.
His ship, the Scraps, conveyed Brit
fish regiment to India. When he reached
Plymouth the quaint old streets were
filled with crowd gathered to see the
redcoats pass to the beach.
The vessel sailed away amid women's
sobs and mems hurrahs, and that Sun
day morning they watched her drift
until the highest peak faded against
an opalescent sky and she disappeared
below the dip of the sea.
The Scraps raced before the wind
like a bird past the Gambian coast and
lay in the doldrums in the gulf Of
Guinea, while soldiers sweltered and
swore and sailors whistled for breeze
They moved again. and when off Port
Nolloth, South Africa, a great Atlantic
gale struck her, and for two days they
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-04-11

A SHARP LOOKOUT FOX a VESSEL.
quay. and. from the spot where Drake
and Hawkins played their game OF
bowls, she looked. with crowd, at an
incoming ship, which fired her gun and
saluted the colors.
What vessel is that?" asked Esther.
in her dream. Of the harbor master.
THE Vulture. Indianman. young
lady" he responded. gallantiy dcffing
his glazed hat.
John, her John. The one she dreamed
dead and buried in the Atlantic Off the
African coast, stood on the stern and
waved her necke-chief.
The dream ended, and Esther once
more arose. to find herself humming a
tune. the first trill Of her once merry
voice for two years.
But it is my wedding day" And
at the returning thought her face
blanched and her music ceased. "Oh,
cannot go to the altar today" de-
clared she to herself. And through the
early hours she stole quietly away.
with a borrowed team, to Plymouth.
Why to Plymouth? Esther did not
know. or said she did not. An inde-
Unable motive power had led her away
from her plighted word. And. surely
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-04-11

those deep. winding lanes. almost over
reached with honeysuckle and WHO
brier, the delicious windings of which
seemed designed by Cupid for his de-
voices alone.
Charles Kingsley tells how GrenVll'
cousin of William the Conqueror, drew
around him to those sequestered spots
mis- trusty Saxon serfs and free Morse
rovers and dark Silurian Britons,
whose mingled blood still gives to De
vonians their brave men and beauteous
women.
Certainly John Maddox and Esther
Wooding fully sustained their native
country's reputation. Sweethearts they
had ever been since the days when they
went, hand in hand, to the white stone
schoolhOuse on the hill above Bide-
ford. And now John was first mate Of
an Indian ship, and he and Esther had
met to bid farewell ere he sailed away
on his long, perilous voyage.
1t was on the Easter eve of 1882.
Springs sweet breath filled all that
southern cline; and as the lovers nes-
tied in one last. passionate embrace,
Esther felt as she had never felt before
"a strange reluctance to let her af-
famed one go.
Il know you will come back again.
John, but do you know 1 have an OPP
pressiye dread of some foreboding
evil?"
Cheer up, my dearie, for come back
I surely shall, and. maybe, with enough
of this worlds goods to settle our home
IN Bideford"
He kissed her with a caress which
drew the whole soul through their lip.
and hurried to the distant street t
catch the stage to Plymouth.
Across the heathery hills he rode
whence had famed the beacon ligh
that told of proud SPANS dread Ar
mada's defeat. But John Maddox
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-04-11

THE BIRTHPLACE OF CHRIST.
to that employed on the so-called wood
and straw" instruments we see in the
music halls.
The place is the Mecca of hundreds Of
pilgrims. especially about the time of
Easter. From whatever part of the
world they may come. they find ready
hospitality-at least the men do
Women are not permitted within the
sacred walls of the convent. and must
take refuge in tents or in lonely tower
high up in the mountains.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-04-11
Good Friday. A. ID. 1891.

Astronomers have made the interest
ing discovery that on next Good Fri
day, April IL. the stars will be in the
same position in the armament which
they. occupied on the day OF our
Lords death on the cross. 1t will be the
first time this has happened since the
commencement Of the Christian era.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-04-11
Went Eggalnst Him.

He made bet that he could eat
A score Of Easter eggs,
But the eggertlon proved a feat.
That knocked him off his pegs.
Eggsasperated, he eggsclaimed.
With an eggspresslve smirk.
This Easter lay. which me has famed,
Is most eggs-hoisting work.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-04-11
Each "A Perfect Poem.

He was content
When he sold a sonnet
And the proceeds spent
For an Easter bonnet.
AS she gazed upon II.
81 knew you'd show EN-"
Said she. that the sonnet,
AS well as the bonnet,
Is a perfect poem"
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-04-11
EASTER In HOLY LAND
PILGRIMS FLOCK TO BETHLE-
HEM AND JERUSALEM.
Ringing In the Glad Tidings o. Bright
Easter Morn-worshiping Mt the Spot
Where Christ Was Born-The Chime
Bells.

ASTER DAY Is
celebrated in Beth
lehem BY the be-
levers in the Cath
ole and Lutheran.
the Greek and Ar
menlan creeds. with
great pomp. Beth
lehem has now
about 5000 inhabi-
tants. all believers
in the Christian
faith Among them
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-04-11
AN EASTER STORY.

HO HAS NOT
heard of Devon
county? Devon
bonnie Devon, with
It's almost Italian
skies, its hay
tors" its crystal
stretches OF rolling
streams, its coast
combes. through
which the sea-foam
rushes white as
carded wool, and
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-04-11
Easter Bells.

Easter bells are ringing clear.
Winters gone and spring is here:
Each ones voice a welcome sings
To the season Easter brings.
Ring, bells, ring:
See the spring.
Easter bells are ringing loud.
Children press in joyous crowd:
Flowers and birds with childish lay
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-04-11

Easter bells are ringing low.
Sweeter' yet their measures flow.
Telling of a love that rhymes
Softly with the Easter chimes!
Low, but clear,
Casters here.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-06-05
PROFESSOR LYONS FIND.

Some Washington correspondent
with an inventive brain has given
Professor Lyons article on the
Venezuelan boundary, which ap-
peared in the ADVERTISER, quite a
sensational turn. We are not
aware that the English government
has made any attempt to suppress
the copies of the Geographical
Magazine from which Mr.. Lyons
obtained his information. The
magazine has very properly
been some years upon the list of
periodicals received regularly at
the Foreign Office. The fact that
the research which resulted in
bringing the past history of the
Venezuelan boundary to Light was
made by citizen of Hawaii, has
no particular significance except
that it proves to the world that our
officials keep in touch with the
affairs Of other countries. The
same magazine can doubtless be
found in any of the large libraries
of the States, or possibly in the
State Department at Washington.
In tracing the boundary question
back to earlier dates, Professor
Lyons finds in reliable French
magazine Of the year 1856, that at
that time the starting point of the
boundary line was about mid way
between the Orinoco and Essiquibo
rivers, whereas at present the line
begins close by the Orinoco. Get
ting control of the great tributaries
has always been one of the features
of British aggression. We can
agree with the correspondent in
one point-Venezuela is right.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-06-05
Marshal's >ale.

DY VIRTUE OF A WRIT OF EXE-
- cution. issued out Of the District
Court on the 26th day of April, A. d.
1895, against Young Lin Tai, defendant,
in favor of Lam Min, plaintiff, for
the sum of $82.45, have levied up N
and shall expose for sale at the Police
Station, in the District of Honolulu,
Island of Oahu, at II o'clock of SAT-
UkDAY, the I'D day of June, A. D.
1895, to the highest bidder, all the right,
title and interest of the said Young Lin
Tai, defendant, in and to The following
property, unless SAID judgment, interest,
costs and my expenses be previously
paid:
List of property for sale:
All the right, title and interest of
Young Lin I al. alias Young Tai in and
to the assets and property OF the part
nership firm known as the Luke ling
Wal Company, which property consists
of the leaseholds, crops, personal and
other property, comprising or forming
any part of the rice plantation situate
within the ahupuaa of Waialae, Island of
Oahu operated by said copartnership,
said Young Lin Tai being a partner in
said copartnership and owning one and
one half shares therein out of total ten
shares. A. III. BROWN,
Deputy Marshal.
Honolulu, May II, 1895. 39ss-5t
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-06-05
THAT Hawaiian life should be

THAT Hawaiian life should be
made the subject of a burlesque is
far from indicative of lack of
respect for Hawaii and the Hawai-
ians. Last November a swell club
of Portland, Maine, staged Hawaii
with good results, and now Port
land, Oregon, has duplicated the
SUCCESS. Though these cities rep
resent geographical extremes, two
cities cannot be found in the inter-
vening States where all classes hold
more friendly interest for this
country. There is more or less
nonsense to be sure, but it is not
prompted by ridicule.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-06-05
NEWSPAPERS AS TEACHERS.

Some idea of the wonderful
power vested in the newspapers OF
the United States is given by a
statement made by Commissioner
of Education William T. Harris in
a recent article published in Har-
per's. Mr.. Harris says: SIN a ma
ton governed chiefly by public
opinion, digested and uttered by
the daily newspaper, a knowledge
of the rudiments of reading, arith-
metic and geography is of vital
importance. An illiterate popula-
ton is impenetrable by newspa-
per influence, and for it public
opinion in any wide sense is i'm
possible its local prejudices are
not purified and eliminated by
thought and feeling on objects
common to the whole civilized
world. The transformation of an
illiterate population into popula-
ton that reads the daily newspa-
per, and perforce thinks on nation
al and International interests, is
the great good accomplished by
the free public school system thus
far. That this general prevalence
of elementary education is accom-
plished by a comparative neglect
of the secondary and higher courses
of study is evident from the fact
that out of the number of pupils
enrolled more than ninety-six in
every hundred are pursuing ele-
mentary studies; less than three
in a hundred are in secondary
studies in high schools, academies
and other institutions only one in
a hundred is in a college or school
for higher studies"
In other words about ninety.six of
every hundred pupils of the United
States complete their education by
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-06-05

means Of the newspapers of the
country. Leaving the care o.
teachers at an early age, this great
percentage of the population has
only the simplest tools with which
to work out their mental develop
ment. They are thrown entirely
upon their own resources from a
mental, moral and financial stand
point and the teacher to which
they turn most naturally is the
newspaper. What they may learn
of public affairs, what little OF
scientific knowledge they may gain,
in fact the greater part of the edu-
catien not obtained in the routine
of daily employment is CLEANED
from the newspapers. Having
started out with only the ability to
read and not having the advantage
of a tutelage which cultivates the
tendency of careful selection, these
ninety-six of every hundred simply
devour word for word what happens
to be put before them by a manag-
ing editor. Their minds feed on the
contents of the daily paper and
according to the character of the
food, the tissues of their mental
structure are strong and healthy or
rotten, degraded and diseased by
sensationalism and a low ebb Of
morality.
It's a good thing that the people
can read the papers, otherwise their
future might be one of
hopeless ignorance, but at the same
time the responsibility placed upon
the newspaper promoters is by no
means small. The enterprise that
sends reporters prying into the pri
vacy Of homes, spreads scandal
broadcast and white-washes the
dark character of political friend
or party comes nearer the teacher
who encourages his pupils to seek
immoral sources of knowledge than
else. The ''power Of the
press" is often times a source of
jest among the men constantly on
the alert to get something the other
fellow doesn't know about, but it is
a power the full strength of which
is not displayed in year or gen.
Grafton, and when the hero of a
SCOOP" is dead and gone
hose who come after him will be
.eaping the reward of the senti-
nent which such reading matter
cultivated.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-06-05

Some carriages will last long time if not exposed
the rain; Others such those make ourselves will
endure prodgous service through and and night
day People who have lived in Honolulu any length time
and using homemad vehicles will tell you that
carriages permanent such Why?
Because the wood parts of the body and wheels put
together in the climate where carriage to be used
There in this than imagine When you
the Tropics do as the Tropicans do.