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which he opened without difficulty He erawled through She aperture and soon found several pots of beautiful Easter lilies in bloom, On leaf torn from his blankboos he wrote few words of ex- plantation to Squire Wymple, leaving the note on the shelf from which he took the flowers. A few minutes later he was hurrying toward his buggy carrying four pots of Easter lilies. As he approached the road he was aston ished to see two vehicles instead of one. Jn the second one sat a man, who called out to Sid:
 "Is this Mir. Venner?"
 Tt is. An, Mir. Macgregor, is that you? Beautiful night for drive, eh ?'' Sid coolly placed his property in the rear of the buggy-box.
 "What have you there?" asked Mac gregor, with an attempt to appear un- concerned.
 "The Easter lilies promised to get for Miss Lloyd" replied Sid, as he stepped into his buggy and took up the reins.
 twill you sell them to me-"
 "Hardly."
 q suppose I can get some where you got those?"
 "You'll have to ask the dog. The peo- pie who live here are not at home, but the dog and I are old friends. Good night, Nr. Macgregor.'
 He wheeled his horse round in the road and sent him flashing away at his best speed toward StilivilIe.
 Long before church time the next morning Sid called with carriage for Helen Lloyd. He had the lilies, and he took her to the church to dispose of them as she saw fit. T had to com- init burglary to get them" he told her, "but I could do even that for you, Miss Lloyd"
 After that it was easy to reach an un- derstanding. They were entirely alone in the church, and the nodding palms and graceful Easter lilies were dis creetly silent about the little scene that was enacted in their shadows,
 And to think you were jealous of Mir. Macgregor!" pouted Helen, after it was all settled. Foolish mani"
 And when the Easter anthem was sung by the choir that morning Miss Lloyd's friends remarked the unusual power and feeling with which she rem dered those passages expressive of great joy and exultation.
 A few days later Sid Venner received a letter from Squire Wymple, in the course of which the squire wrote: You are welcome to the flowers, of course, but who is MT. Bruce Maegregor? A gentleman of that name hunted me up Sunday morning and wanted me to is sue warrant for the. arrest of Sidney Nenner for robbing a greenhouse. Think of that I had to tell him that I was the victim. and you privileged character
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AN EASTER GREETING
BY ELISA ARMSTRONG


 It was Easter day and Ethel had >, dropped in to ask her dearest FaSs to go for walk; she was now wa+ob; : her make an elaborate toilet aad ; casionally casting dissatisfied plano ut her own apparel.
 Dear me, don't you think ;t h., very much like rain?" she asked olas ing out of the window.
 Not at all; those are onlv w,. clouds. Isn't my hat beauty9 do, believe anybody has as pretty a cna
 "Ah-er charming. By the wavI suppose l shall be thought quite ciety girl; you know the swellest na pie always wear old clothes on Easte,
 Indeed? It's very nice to wear | clothes to-day if you have the coura1 1 haven't myself-Fd hate to know t5 people were saying that it was becal l could not afford new ones."
 q never thought of it in that Iiol Besides, Harold Closefystte saysbe d1 hate to see a girl think of notbjno I dress; it shows such a lack of inf lect..
 "H'm; I suppose he prefers should think of nothing but him.
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TAe moonbeams touched the cedars tall That stood by Jesus tomb. All faintly, as the candles will
 That light a spacious room; While here and there a lonely star
 Looked earthward through the gloom. A hush was on the darkened land,
 4 calm lay on the sea, A silence fraught with meaning vague
 Of miracles to be: And loosed from midnight's failing grasp The wandering winds went free. And when the roek-bound sepulchre
 In darkness stood alone, With trace of moon and waning star
 Across it's outlines thrown, Nor door was seen, but in its stead
 A rough-hewn. mighty stone. But when the dawn-burst filled the skies And night was changed to day, flash of mystic wings was seen
 Within the morning gray, The angel messenger who came
 And rolled the stone away.
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and walked toward the house. A EIg watchdog came bounding toward him, barking yiciously.
 Down, Tiger; downl Don't you know me, old fellow? Come, Tiger"
 In an instant the animal began to express his joyful recognition of val ued friend by wagging his tail, whining and jumping up and down round the newcomer. Sid went to fhe door and rang the bell. There was no res .,onse. After trying for IS minutes to rouse somebody he was forced to the conclu- sion that the family was away from home
 Here's a go!" growled venner.
 But after minutes reflection his face frightened and he made his way to the large greenhouse at the rear of the dwelling. He examined the door by the light of the lantern and found it sc- curely locked. Fortunately. however, he discovered slidirx panel of glass
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BIBLE MANUSCRIPTS.
Discoveries of Ancient Writings During
 Recent Years.

Discoveries of Ancient Writings During
 Recent Years.
 The oldest manuscripts of the Bible are not those of the Old Testament, but of the New. The earliest New Testa- ment text dates from the fourth cen tury, whereas those of the Old Testa- ment are not older than the ninth cen- truy.
 Thus the oldest eXtant manuscripts of the Hebrew Old Testament are 500 years later than the earliest manu- scripts of the Greek New Testament. One eminent modern writer declares that all the existing Hebrew manu- scripts of the Old Testament descend from a single copy made in the reign of Hadrian (A. D. 1o2-117), at the time of the great persecution of the Jews by that emperor.
 Some memorials of the greatestyalue, completely reyolutionizing all pre- vious knowledge of the conditions un- der which written documents were pre- pared in remote ages, have been dis covered within the fast decade or 50 tby the merest accident. Of such nature was the discovery of the Tel-el-Armana tablets, nine years ago.
 These were found by an Egyptian woman in 1887 among the ruins of an ancient temple, between Memphis ara. Thebes. They are of clay and contaui the engraved correspondence in the Babylonian tongue (the language of di- plomacy at that age) between King Amenophia ". of Egypt and his vassal princes in Palestine. The tablets be- long to the age of the Book of Joshua, and in part relate to the events recorder therein. It is quite probable that the original editions of the earliest books of the Old Testament were written on clay tablets similar to these.
 The history of the text of the New Testament has it's romantic incidents as we'll as that of the Old. The story of Tischendorf's discovery of the Codex Sinaiticus is one of these. Fifty-one years ago, in the course of his travels in the east, Tischendorf put up for the night in the monastery of St. Catherine, at Mount Sinai
 While taking a look through the li- brary he noticed waste paper basket containing leaves of the most ancient Greek writing he had ever seen. They were part of the now priceless Greek Bible. This Bible is, unfortunately, not perfect, because many of the leaves. before Tisehendorf discovered it, had been used by the monks of St. Catherine to light the fire.
 After great trouble and expense Tisehendorf discovered the whole of the uneonsumed portions of this important document, which frequently contains the New Testament intact. As soon as the monks found out that it was valua- ble they raised such disturbance that the czar of Russia had to interfere be- fore the precious document could be secured. It is now in the imperial li- brary of St. Petersburg
 An earlier Syriac manuscript was dis covered in the monastery by two women travellers a couple of years ago.-N. f. Journal
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popular Verdict to Be Rendered.

With separate silver organization
 in the field there will be less tempta tion to seek to conciliate the silver ele- ment by compromising on the money question. There is no reason to sus- pect that the new party will draw much more heavily from one of the old or. ganizations than from the other. Anc both the old organizations will be bet. ter off and more efficient as servants oi the people without the free silver mer who at present belong to them. 1t is fortunate, too, that the new party is to stand fairly and squarely for inde. pendent free coinage at the sixteen tc one ratio There are no dubious utter, ances in the declaration of principles The faith of the party is pledged to the doctrine that this government can by legislation add 50 cents worth of value to the so-called silver dollar, or sub tract 50 cents worth of value from the gold dollar Thus, with a separate party organization and a clear and un' equivocal declaration of principles there is hope that we may get de, cisive expression of public opinion or the money question at the approach. ing electicn-Indianap News.
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Just as the town clock struck nine Sid Nenner, seated in a piano-box buggy behind quicI-stepping horse, went spinning ont of Stillville along the road leading eastward. Fifteen miles to Princeton" he unused, with grim smile. "A drive of 30 miles be- fore I sleep. But I happen to know Squire Wymple has lot of Easter lilies on his place, and 1 must have them at all hazards. Wonder if Bruce Mac gregor will dare to follow me. saw him watching me as I drove out of the stable"
 Sid. it need scarcely be said. was over head and ears in love with Helen Lloyd. His suit had seemed to pro- gress favorably enough until Bruce Macgregor appeared on the scene. Then there was change. Macgregor was the city cousin of Alice Hartley, and Alice was the particular friend of Helen Lloyd; so it was but natural that the young man and Helen should be thrown much together. Tn fact, he all but monopolized that young lady's society. During the entire period of I4ent-a most propitious season for cozy tete-a-tetes-he had been Aliee's guest and Helen's devoted slave. Sid had sternly held himself under control as he watched his own chance of hap piness slip away from him. He was stunned, crushed, humiliated and in the bitterness of the disappointment could not understand that he was real ly to blame for the coldness that grad ually came between him and the girl. He had no doubt that Macgregor and Helen were infatuated with each other.
 It was a surprise to him when she spoke to him in the old familiar way tonight. 1t made his blood jingle. One thought was uppermost in his mind now. He must get the Easter lilies. He must show Helen that obstacles were not to be considered by himwhere her wishes were concerned. Squire Wymple, the justice of the peace at Princeton, was his closest friend, and he had often been the squire's guest at his pleasant home just outside of town. It was nearing midnight as Sid approached the Wymple home stead. The house was dark and appar- ently deserted.
 "All in bed, I suppose" he unused, as he reined up at the roadside and jumped to the ground Carriage gate locked. I'll just hitch here and walk to the house."
 He took a lighted lantern from the buggy, passed through a small gate
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into a garden of flowers, palms and growing plants. Sid Venner, the pop ular young lawyer of Stillyille, stood in the shadows apart from the group, neryously pulling his mustache and looking somewhat out of sorts. He started and strengthened up as man and a woman entered the church and came down one of the dimly-lighted aisles. The lady-a tall, beautiful girl, with reed-like grace of movement was in advance. As she passed close to Sid she recognized him and stopped.
 "Oh, MT. Venner, isn't it a shame ?'' she broke out, in a charIningly impul- sive way. "The Easter lilies ordered from the city did not come. 1 am so disappointed, and mortified, too, for all the other ladies have furnished some thing for the church decorations, and 1 promised the lilies, you know, and now I can do nothing at all. Mir. Macgregor has been searching the town for flow CTS, but can find none. Dear! dear! Ii one of you gentlemen could get some Easter lilies somehow-somewher would-well, I'd be eternally grate- InIl HIS udIl-ldusS AioAi N~~'t 't>~&@N ing outburst was addressed both to Sid and her stylishly-dressed escort, who had stopped just behind her, but 1t seemed to the lawyer that the appeal was specially directed to him. His heart was humping like trip-ham- mer, but he spoke quite calmly:
 "I shall be glad to win even your grat- itude. Miss Lloyd. l will get the lilies for you"
 "Oh. will you truly? Can your
 .'I can and will"
 You need not trouble yourself, sir, spoke up the other man. in voice as cold and cutting as steel. "lf Miss Lloyd wants Easter lilies will get them for her-provided they are to be had"
 The significance of the tone and words was not to be mistaken. There was moment of profound silence; then Sid Venner, with admirable self control. said:
 ..I have given you my word, Miss Lloyd. My offer has no proyiso at tached to it." He smiled audaciously in the flushed. scowling face of Bruce Macgregor; then bowed easily to Helen Lloyd. as he added '.The lilies will be here in good season. promise you. Rnt to fulfill my mission. must be of at once. Good night" He strode down the aisle to the church door. and was 0nns.
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MEANING OF EASTER EdI

Eggs have always been symbol of Easter. By the Egyptians { were held as a sacred emblem of renovation of mankind after the4 uge. To the Jews they were emld attic in many ways. They ada them to suit the circumstances of t| history, and were considered tyI of their departure from the laIas Egypt. Eggs were ssso used ins feast of the Passover.
 Easter day is celebrated in theI ent by various sports and festiYi' One of these sports among the q tians of Mesopotamia commences Easter day and continues for 40 d It is the original Easter sport fo in rural America. 1t consists in b' ing" with one another. The egg first breaks is won by the owner of one that struck it. Another egg I once pitted against the winning and the game continues until ti is but one unbrol1en egg, that one ming all the others which have | cracked.
 An emblematical print is employe an Easter gift in Germany. One of most unique prints of this ehara is preserved in the British museum represents three hens upholding a. ket in which are deposited threet ornamented with designs illustra of the resurrection. Over the ce' egg is the "Agnus Dei," with chf representing faith; the other eggs cmblems of charity and hope.
 In Russia the men call at their ne bors' houses early Easter morning. after exchanging the salutations of day, exchange gifts of eggs. Thepf of the parish is presented withBa egg by each of his parishioners peasants on Easter day, and fors q or four days after, carry one of 2 eggs in their hands as a token o1 resurrection,
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AN AFRICAN PARROT.
Eighteen Years Old and Yet Shows No
 Signs of Age.

Signs of Age.
 Our parrot was the present of kind friend in the summer of 1877, hav- ing been brought from Africa only few months previously. Her plumage is the same in color as were her prede- cessors. She was, when she first came, evidently young bird, ant has grown since we have had her. In spite of her Is years there is no sign of age about her; she sings, dances, climbs and whistles with all the vigor of youth, and though perhaps smaller than the other two birds, is quite as noisy. In many ways she is, however, very differ ent from them, being, for instance, much more shy in the presence of stran- gers. before whom she will very rarely talk at all, and is more curious in her habits, taking great fancIes to some people and decided dislikes 70 others.
 She has an unpleasant habit of some times wishing visitors good-by when she does not approve of them. She also, if she cannot get what she wants. gives angry whaelIs and double knocks upon the tin floor of her cage. Noth- ing appears 10 delight her more than mischief. She positively revels in it, and to get hold of anything she ought not to have is unmixed joy. Evidently the bird has been at soms time very cruelty treated; for many months she was terrified at the sight If a man or boy, and for years broomstick was an object Of horror to her. Since getting over this fear she has shown a decided liking for the sweep and the eoalman, and the latter has left the house with the bird wishing him pleasantly good- by, and affectionately requesting him to kiss her, which gives rise to the ques- tion whether she may have had, in her African past, kind negro friend. Any, enc who has ever had opportunities of studying the parrot tribe must have been struck with their extraordinary gift of memory, so long ago observed by Plutarch.- Chambers Journal.
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for himself, he has no thoughts spare on any subject"
 You think so? But then he doess call upon you often enough for yo, really know him. Do you know, d I'm really uneasy about your he'd you look so sallow"
 Pm glad to hear you say that, de for you always think differently fr anybody else
 T don't know about that-sol times I fear lest my opinions are those of the majority"
 You wrong yourself; you are qs original, dear, almost eccentric, fact. We'll, I am quite ready now, glad you like my hatl'
 ''Yes, I forgot to tell you, did I I that our cook has one just lil1e Doubtless we shall meet her this afi noon. Shall we go now?"
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As an outcome Of the conferen

....As an outcome Of the conference between the leading silver men of Den yer and Colorado and the president anc members of the finance committee o. the American Bimetallic union Colorado has pledged herself to respond gener ously in a financial way toward the work of education and organization prior to the holding of the national bi metallic convention in St. Louis July 22. It Is believed $25,000 will be raised in this state Denver Dispatch.
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SusDtcfouB.

What did you say that young mans lame is ?" asked Mabers father.
 MT. Isaac Oliver Upton," was the reply.
 ''Hn! begin to understand
 ITO understand what?"
 "A remark that was made about Mr. Upton. l was told that he seldom wrote his name in full; that he nearly always used bis initials. .'-London Tit-Bits.
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A DIFFERENCE IN TIME.

'eFhere." said Mrs. Uptodate, twisting about to look over her shoulder at her Easter gown, my mind is at rest; it is perfect!"
 What is perfect2' growled her hus- band mot the coffee we had at break fast
 'It seems to me, Henry, that you are not in a it frame of mind for Sunday,
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AN EASTER MISSION.
BY J. F. HENDERSON.

T WAS the night before Easter. A beYy of young
 a n d middle-aged
 women, a few of t h e m accompa- nied by male es- corts, were busy in g themselves about the altar of St. Marks church, t r a n s f or ming
 that portion of t h e sanctuary
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It is when our budding hopes are nipped beyond recovery by sone rough wind that we are most disposed to picture to ourselves what flowers it might have borne if they had four iAhed. Dickens.
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Her Reasnn.

Mrs. Cobwigger-Have my bonnet finished in time, and be sure not to send the bill before Easter.
 Milliner-What makes you so partic- ular about that. may ask?
 Mrs. Cobwigger--I don't want my husband to break the resolution he made me not to swear during Lent.-. Judge
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These free silver fellows. prosp

....These free silver fellows, prosper ous under present laws, but eager ts precipitate business panic by enact ing 5o-cent dollar law, remind us of thx shoat that used to scrape the hair al off the ridge of hia back trying to crawl under the fence in order to get out of c rich pasture into mud-wallom. Chi cago Times-Herald.
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Higher Thoughts.

She-I must have new dressi
 He-Do you think ofanythlng) than dresses?
 She Yes; Q new Easter bo| Texas Siftings.
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Leading Questions

Miss Oldgirl-W What did you
 your Easter bonnet? Miss Caustique-I'l1 tell you sou'I tell vo,sy uge.-Town TOP
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wILLIE,s IDEA oF EAsTH

Willie, do you know what the season is especially noted for?
 "Yes'm; it's the only season. year when the hens lay colored q Brooklyn Life.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-11-18
what Could sze Expect

About five years ago, in tie
vicinity of Billing gate Market,
there was cookshnp which was
generally patromized by coster-
mongerS of the lowest class, who
received marvellous basin of soup
in the winter for the small SUN Of
one penny. There was only one
thing The shopkeeper had to COM
plain of, and that was being in
tested with mice.
One day when he was not in
the very best of humor a rough
looking coster came running up
to the counter and, holding up q
good-sized mouse by the tail, ex-
claimed:
"Look ere, guvnor, l found a
bloomin' great m ouse in my soup!"
well, what of IT." bawled out
the enrAged soup man. What
dyer expect for yer penny-a
bullock" -Sp,re Moments.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-11-18
NEW YORK GoLD BUGs.
nc. Jones TaIks of hawaiian BoHds
and the ElectiOn.

ana tue btecttOH'
Hon. p. G. Jones of Hawaii,
who was a member of Qaeen Hill
uokalani's last Cabinet, afterward
Minister of Finance under the
Dole Government. and now one OF
the Council of State, is at the Oc-
cidental, according to The Call Of
November 9Th.
Mr.. Jones went East some
months ago with the view of
placing S3,OOO,OO0 worth of Gov
eminent bonds at 4 per cent in
terest The Government had been
paying per cent, and it was pro
posed to refund the debt, SO that
the new arrangement could be
made, as Eastern parties stood
ready to take the bonds.
When Mr.. Jones arrived, how
ever, he found such excitement
over the pending election that
nobody would invest in anything.
81 found it impossible" said he,
"to accomplish anything what
ever. 1t was useless to try, and
as a matter of feet j only did try
it with one man. Then | gave it
up. In New York, Boston and
Philadelphia not capitalist
would touch anything. Massa-
chusetts gold bonds had to be
placed in Lond@a.
"The people on the Atlantic
sea-board were boarding gold,
There was such stringency that
no one would listen to anything
"But now that the national cleo
ton is over, it is different thing
and l am assured that the bonds
will be taken soon. My own opin.
ion is now that we are on the edge
of great boom. Large orders
were given to manufacturers con-
ditioual on the election Of MI
Mckinley, aud now that he is
elected these orders will be filed
l was in New York when the par
ade of 10000 men occurred, IL
which each man were gold bug
big enough to be seen across the
street. 1t was an imposing scene
speaking Of the gold bugs re
minds me Of when, some time be
fore the election, manufacture
went to his men aud told then
that if they could think of any
way the factory could run they
could 90 ahead aud make all the!
could out OF it. One of then
thought of these gold bugs anC
tho men turned to and manufac
tnr'd them till they had mad
$4,000. 1t was very luck,
thug tor them.
81 always felt that California
would vote right in the election
/ am satisfied now that times vii
not only speedily become prosper
Gus, but that we shall have such
period of prosperity as perhap
we have not known in many years.