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THE EASTER BELLS.
WHEN THEY FIRST BEGAN TO RING
 THEIR INSPIRING MESSAGE.

The First Church Bell Ever Maae-uow
 It Revolutionizcd Chufch Architecture
 and Implantod a New Ceremonial In
 the Rites of thc Church.
 There is nothing moro expressive of Easter joy than Easter bells. EYen more than the chaste and modest beauty of the lily, or of NcrHal flowers massed around altar and ehaneel, do their thrilling, eXult= mt tones tyBity tke eladeeme spirit of Ghristianity's chief festival, proclaining the glorious titlings of Christ triumphant overdeath, theinspiringmess of eternal liie farcYerWare. \ Eenison, & psalm of Thanksgiving, an anthem of victory, feals forth from Faster bells in every cline. cir cling the earth from pole to poleand softly flutterng hcayenWard to the great white throne
 When and where did thc first bells ring out at Eastcrtide? What manner of folk were the first worshiFers who listened with rapt attention to their commanding and elamGrous eall2 Was it in Palestine or Egypt or Greece or thu farther western countries? Many times have thoughtful Christians asked themselves this same question, and great is the number who would be glad toIno# the answer Io learn it we must take 8 laol backward over nearly 16 centuries, before the great scllisIa of 729, when the Christian church was enc and undivided
 About the year 4a1 wien .;.i-lcs wns d settlement of Boman villas in the Iuxu- riant plains of Camrania, there lived in Nola, a considerable city cf that province, l ono Paulinus, HOW a duly canonizcd saint of the Roman church. He was not only bishop of Nola, but also the abbot of aourishing community of monks, monastic life even at that carly date having ob- taincd d firm foothold in the primitive church. And he was a bishop of consider able note, whose name and fame have been handed down to Us both by history and tradition
 Besides tha6, be was 8 church builder In Nola the seat of his bishopric he erect cd q basilica, or church modelled after the style of the Roman courts of justice, many of these structures having bccn handed over by Constantine to the early Christians as places of public worship. Paulinus dedicated his hasilica 10 St Felix, in celebration of whose virtues he annually composed an ode, calling him his patron, his father, his lord
 Now, it happened that in tbc monastery ruled by PaHlinus small hand bells were rung to notify the flock to betal1c them i selves from the refectory OF the dormitory, as the case might be, to tketr lectures and 1 prayers, this usage of Che bell being de- 1 rived from the ancient Romans, who were l summoned to their public baths by these little tintinnabulators, and they were used in their public proccssions as well. Ob- serving their great convenience and noting ] further the great carrying power of their tones, Bishop PauIinUs conceived the idea of utilizing this effective instrument of sound to notify the monks and tho neigh boring worshipefs at the shrine of St. Felix of the times for holding the church serg= ices
 It seemed to him 2 more appropriate as well as D moro orderly call to prayer than manN of the rude methods then in Xoane
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DIONYSIUS' EAR.
Copyright, 1897, by the Author.l l
BY ]. II. CoNNELLY.

ICoPyflght, Io5t, by the Author.
 General Oleg Gedconoff was buoe old man. His body was immense, his limbs were tremendous, and bis head-with ifs hirsute wealth of gr.yish hair. big beard and great nustaehe-seemed simply vasr He was so large that, even at distance people felt a sensation of being iostlea if he vas in sight When he convcrsed tbo windows rst.lcd; when he sneczed peonle afar off exclaimed God bless us r and when he saored remote neighbors who knew not the cause of that awful sound loaded guns and sal up all night. In short, nature had evidently made him to be a governor, and the c2ar, in recognition of his long and gallant service in the army, appointed him to rule oyer the prov ince of Kabarla. He was styled general because that was his last rank in the army. and indeed he looked as if. hc never had been anything else, as if he had been born q general.
 Few if any persons ventured to affirm that Kabarla was not dull. But General Gedeonoff did not complain of it. He cared nothing for social life, had distractions of his own and probably would have been contentcd in any place where he could be governor. And he was q pretty good gov
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UNIQUE CEREMONIES.
DISTRIBUTING TIE ROYAL MAUNDYy'
 TO THE POOR IN ENGLAND.

His Holiness Che Pope still V ashes ths
 Feet of Twelve Poor Old Men-s solemn
 Observance Of Eastertide at the Vatican.
 i Touching Ceremony.
 Nowhere is Raster celebrated with moro pomp and ceremony than at the various courts of the old world, even Che Protes- tant rulers retaining many of the quaint obs@Vanccs chat originated in medieval times with thc fathers of Che Roman Cath ollie church. ~lhus in England tho old GUS tom of distributing to the poor what is known as the royal maundyn takes place in Westminster abbey on each Thurs day of holy week. on which day the off cial celebration of Eastcrtde may be said to begin ail over Europe Royal nageants of hundreds of years ago are dimly sug gestcd when tho bishop of Winchester clad in his episcopal robes and acting in his capacity of lord high almoner to the queen. attended by tho tlean of Westmin- ster, as well as by Che chapter and the choir of the abbey, and escorted by n com pany of yeomen Of the guard in their quaint costumes of the reign eg King IIen- " VIII, marches tip the nave and enters the choir el the grand old fane Seated in rows on either side arc the persons cho- sen as recipients for Che royal bounty As soon as divine service Is eeer and Che anti
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Love,a Resurrection.

 Oh, chime of sweet St. Charity, Peal soon that Easter morn When Christ for all shall risen be And iii all hearts new born
 James Russell Lowells
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nearer or I0fGlcf IFOlA Lnc equinox,
 In she Elayer book of the English church the following is given as a rule to find Easter Easter day is always thc first sunday after the full moon which happens upon or next after the 21st day of March, and if the full moon happen upon Sun day Easter day is the Sunday after
 About the year A. F. los q controversy arose as to the date of Easter which divided all Christendom. This difference arose originally between the churches of Asia Minor and the then so called churches Of the west. the former insisting on keeping Easter the sjirie day as the Jews kept their Passover Toward the end of the century the discussion became SO violent that Victor, the bishop of Rome, issued an apostolic canon decreeing that if any bishop, priest or deacon celebrated the holy feast of Easter before the vernal equinox, as the Jews do, let him be de- posed ?
 In the fourth century matters had gone to such t length that the Emperor Con- stantinc thought it his duty to allay the | controversy So he got m ecclesiastical canon passed that Easter should he ob- served on one and thc same day, but the controversy continued until 4. D. 6G4, when Oswy king of Northumbria, deter nincd to takc the matter iii hand and called q confefcncc. tt which he himself presided. ] Colman, bishop of Lndisfarne, represented 1 the British church, while Agilbert, bishcp l of Dorchester, headed the Bomish party. i After much discussion the king finally de ] cided the question i'll favor of the present existing method of keeping Easter, and from that day to this the datc of Easter i has depended upon the moons changes. All the movable feasts and lasts of the 1 year aepeati upon Easter. The nine Sun days before and the eight after depend upon it, and form, as it were, q sort of body guard to this queen of religious festivals.
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efn0r, since he never went out of the way to do any mischief knowingly in his off eial capacity, and was really kind hoarted His only fault was that he econfided too i'm. plieitly in 2 sort of factotum named Boris Ra2in and delegated to him at times toe much authority. That however is one of those things which right themselves even tnally. as they did in this instance very finely
 The generals distractions. to which al- fusion has been made, were, IS he pcrsuad- ed himself. scientific. Aseycryb0dy knaws. the newspapers of Russia are permitted to publish almost anything except news, and one that came every week from St. Peters bnrg to the governor of kabarda gave much of its space to scientific expert ments Under Che head of "Fleetrieity ie taught 9hGw to m&llea battery with q shaving mtg and a very little howerBot:' inder" Acoustics, 2@ @howtomakean .Eoli- an harp with threads in q Window:2 under Chemistry, ' how to make crystals of rock salt; under Natural Philosophy. D how to balance a fork on the edge of a wineglass; under Magic "@ kow 10 cook an omelet in a hat and so on. And the old general amused himself by doing all those things The one that pleased him most was how to reproduce Dionysius' ear 1t cost him q good many ruhles to fix up q pretty little room SO that he. at his desk in another apartment 50 feet away, would hear even it whisper in that reproduction of the fahlcd chamber of the Syraeusan tYrant Luckily he kept the knowledge of his triumph 10 himself and the one person who aided him. his charm ing adopted daughter Maria, thc child of 'r1 in his arms on the battlefield, Eequcathed her to his care.
 Only one thing troubled the goed gen erai-hc vehomently suspected his nephew, Vladimir, and Maria Of emplating marriage, to which Inc would iaYe offered no objection had they asked his permission before falling in love with each o;hcr, but which stirred all his antagonism when he deemed they had ignored him.
 If such important matters, he said to himself, are to be settled in my own household without my consent CT even knowledge God knows into what disorder and riot the rcstof the province may plunge without even athought ef ne. IL will be quite forgotten thai 1 ann governor "
 And he grew exceedingly impatient, for thc time was short for a certain programme Ee had outlined to himself
 My dignity" he reflected. "will not lermit me to ask questions l must seem To discover the situation l5y accident Then ] shall be furious and punish them by a little wholesome te1ror-ahe of being sent 70 her agonizing cat of an aunt, he of be ing shipped off for q years journey. But at our Easter Sunday feast l will forgive ihem and announce the betr3tEal. Yes, hut it is Good Friday alrSady, and know nothing yet of the atTair--oiiicaliy.
 Just then Marin roked her pretty head ia at the door eff his study, where lle sat smoking, and said ti1AidlY aad hesitating lgt May talk a littl2 to yoa, dear father, ot something priyate.''
 Aha" hc thought, ''tho sweet child comes to confess. l shall tc god to her. Now l will not even shake at her that efisly terror, Aunt Anastasia. And, to
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At the I.oerding uelise.

"Yes, Mir. Jones, at'this Easter sesisoh I always provide for the inmates of my humble home .a diet largely of eggs-not from motives of economy ,tisyou iiisinuate, but because of their appropriateness to the season. r
 'sYou can't convince me, madam that last Easter's eggs arc appropriate this Easter's dinner. That's all I'm kicking about
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tar when the candles are lighted and the priest blesses the cakes. Then and there in the holy presence you will promise to be my wife If you do not, you know what I shall do. .
 T do not. .
 T shall send Feodor Danilov to Siberia. "
 T do not believe you. You cannot. He is guilty of nothing. The governor will not condemn him without reason.
 ''The governor! 1 can wind him about my finger Reason sufficient will bo found y
 ..I shall go to the general and tell him all.''
 Tt would do you no good. I shall sim ply whisper to him that Feodor is a nihil- ist and show some proof l have ready. Then, pfwit, our little brother Feodor will go to Siberia for life. And it will be you who have sent him therc by refusing me
 The girl burst into tears, and he glided away, turning back at the door to hiss to her, Remember at Easter maths you save or ruin Feodor. ; Presenting himself in the govcrnor's study for orders, as was his daily duty, Boris found thero his mas ter and Maria, who frequently served as the general $ confidential amanuensis. She was writing, and the general made him a sign to wait a moment. In d few mo mcnts she stopped and gave to the old man what she had written. He read it over, smiled, put it in an envelope, which he SC cured by a great blob of wax stamped with his own seal and then gave it to Boris, saying pleasantly, Keep this carefully and bring it to me tomorrow after the Easter lnatin service.
 'a The last glorious chords of thetripmphal Easter matin music floated away loYer the heads of the congregation efowding the church. Worshipcrs exchanged the kiss of peaccn ard the salutation Christ is riseni'' Candles lighted at those upon the altar spread their flame to others until | everywhere were the twinkling lights. The priest bestowed his blessing upon the cakes offered by the devout. The joyous turbu- Ence prevailed which distinguishes. the 1 observance of this the greatest festival or the Greek church.
 Threading his way through the thfong, cursing in his heart those who detained ain at every step with their salutes, Boris Razin sought Natalia. At length he found her, not before the altar, butt the door. going out.
 1 "Christ is risenl' he proclaimed, plac- ing himself before her.
 ssHe is risenln she responded, submit- | fing with . shudder to his kiss of peace. z .Natalia, what is your answers he
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An Easter Controversy.

x THE history of the Christian
 church there has never been any difference Of opin : ion as 10 why Easter is obsery- cd, but there has been a good deal of controversy as 10 when it should De kept. This was perhaps because Easter is one of tbe movable fcasts and not fixed to orc particular day like Christmas.
 Easter day moves backward or for Nf5rd according as the full1noon next after the Vernal c q uin OK falls
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Obvious.

Do you believe, A1r. Jones' that the glad Easter festival we arc celebrating was
 really suggested by the hcathen custoinss" t'Belicye itl I know it. The heathen are alive yet, too, most of cfn, making out bills for Easter honnetsn
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encopalge her, he said in tender tones that could not havo been heard farther than across the street:
 Ce;ne i'll, dear child. My heart always a'iswer' Yes to your eyes Ecforc yolu eangIle has time to asls
 K on gro very good to ile, dear father aus have never before had to come to you "ith anything like this.
 :. No, believe not, he replied know ahsly, but sone time. it comes to every
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among the various branchesof tEo church. These included for Instance, Eiiy&te noti- lcation, the strident vociferafion of the town crlor, tho striking of 3 harnlaer on q piece of inctgl, the heating of gongs or cynbals, or the hlasts of the trampet after the ancient fashion of the Greeks, tho Israelites aud the Egyptians.
 Necessarily PaIlinfs had to have IiEfilu- factured for the bAsiness in hand | bell of much greater dimensions than the little
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She looked puzzled, but went on .,A love. D fe9 inueh ID Good Goodr' he responded in an If. fectionato roar. stThat is as it sbapId Inn DO would have her. The more love rho more happiness. But why did not The ! Glinld fellow come along with voug Is he f1raitts tts'4--z He had d.forgotten ali about his programme.
 x, Mafla Was hewil0ercd. '' He come a1anoI 0h' she has not dared to say anything to nm about 1t He would break the rascals heaa' saj Then what might happen to hi1ng"
 The governor yes grew very round i and big. Delibere etely he laid his bio nine 1 on the table, ser. 'ed his chin. stared ot her and rumblCd, Whose head would he i break" 0''i0 i'e Boris, of course.
 Now, wAy the devil should Vladimir l break Boris hccd:7
 'Nladimir! What has he "a do with it9,,
 Yes that's what 1 want to knowl, You did not let mo tell you. If is l about Natalia. Boris perseeutes her. and l shc aetests him. Sho loves Feodor Dani l ioV, and Boris swears to send him to Si berla Il Aatalia does not give him up. ,
 A dangerous light glcamcd in the gen. eraI eyes, but he only said with ominous # gentieness, So he will send somebody to Siberia.. ''
 Yes. And Fcodor who loves Natalia dearly, if he knew how Boris persecutes ana IfIghtens her, would kill him. Hay ing constant access to the house on your service, Boris makes opportunities daily Tor threatening her. She wanted fo beg VOlIr f,r0fppti9a, i,3.+ fs.,,,1 .za.. 2 at her and favor Boris ?
 Aatalia is q very good girl, and I nm fond of her, but she is foolish. She was i Eet of my poor wife, who raised her from childhood and left her to my care Is if likely would give her to that ugly Tar tar faced rdseal2 She should know me better. But l am curious to hear him. Tomorrow when he comes at the usual hour for orders, let him find her in Dio= nYsiH5' ear. And she must draw him out. Yoa at tho salnc time come hero to me. But have you nothing to say to me oa your own aceaunt?@
 ''N-no, ;" she stammered blushing. But l saw Vladimir at the door and per haps he has something to say. ''
 She ran swiftly away, ard the general was still chuckling when Vladimir en- tered
 
 Boris Bazia glided stealthily along the corridor, listening at closed doors, peeping in at open ones, until he caught sight of Aatalia sitting before a window, sewing, in q small oetagonal room Softly he stepped inside and closed the door She looked up, startled.
 Don't look SO frightened, he said. grinning You need not fear q man who loves you as l dc if you will only be sensi- ble. have been looking everywhere for you "
 s.I did not wish to see you. D
 Very probably but l chose to see you. which is more important. l saw fit to re mind you once more of what will happen if you de not tororrow give me tho answer l expect.
 You will have no other answcr from me than that I hayo already given to you, neither tomorrow nor any other time"
 Listen to me, Natalia Iovaiski. You will meet me in the church before the al-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-06-10
SHERIFE,S SALE

80 49, aog CIV
BY virtue of an execution issued out of and
under the seal of the circuit court in and for
the county of Day and state of South Dakota
upon a judgment rendered and docketed in the
sain conIt on the ith day of February. 1897. in
an action wherein the Mccormick Harvesting
Machine Company is plaintiff and Frank NJ.
Sanborn aud Emma Sanborn are defendants,
III favor OF the said plaintiff and against the
said defendants, for the sum of one hundred
and thirty-one and O-1O dollars, which ekecu-
ton was directed to me as sheriff in and for
said county of Day and state of South Dakota
l have this 18th day of May, 1897, levied upon
ell the right, title and interest of the said de-
PENDANTS, Frank Nj. Sanborn and Emma San
born, In and to the following-described real
property. towit lot seven in block one in the
town of Butler in the county of Day and state
OF South Dakota, together with ali the build
ings thereunto belonging.
Notice is hereby given that I. the undersign-
ed. as sheriff as aforesaid. will sell the above
described real propert. 70 the highest bidder
Tor cash at public auction at the front door of
the court house in the city of Webster in the
county OF Day and state of South Dakota, on
Saturday, the 3rd day of July, 1897, at two
o'clock y. M of that day. to satisfy the said
together with the interest and costs
thereon.
Dated this 9th day of May. 1897.
ANDREW A SANDyIG,
Sheriff OF bay County, South Dakota.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-06-10
sHERIFF,s SALE

lst pub June l0-5w
ny virtue OF an execution, issued out of and
under the seal OF the circuit court in and for
the county OF Day and state of South Dakota.
upon a Judgment rendered aud docketed in the
SAID court ON the 18th day of March, 1895. in an
action wherein the Mccormick Harvesting
Machine Company Is plaintiff and Ingebret
shelly defendant, in favor of the said plaintiff
and against the said defendant. for the sum of
one hundred and sixteen and l5-IO0 dollars.
which execution was directed and delivered To
nae as sheriff in aud for the said county of Day
J nave this 18th day OF May, 1897, levied upon
all tho right. title and interest of the said de.
%iendant. l%ngebret Shelly, in and to the follow.
ing,described real property. towit: the south
haif tfl on northeast quarter (h) and north
haif OF the southeast quarter Cal of section
Tour a. la township one hundred aud twenty
llaU) OF range ffty-eight 1851.
Notice Is hereby given that /, the uniersign.
ed. as sheriff as aforesaid. wall sell the above
uescrioed real property to the highest bidder
Tor cash at public auction at the front door al
the court hoHse in the city OF Webster in the
county OF Day aud state Of South Dakota on
Saturday, the 10Th day OF July, 1897. M t,va
o'clock p. m. of that day, to satisfy the sn,d
exeeution together with the Interest aud cosfs
thereon, 1850
Dated this 18th day of June, 1897.
ANDREW A. SANDyIG
Sheriff OF Day County, south Dakota.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-06-10
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE
SALE.
- - Al "a -

- HAp IhU9 49, 81 July >
Default has been made in tae conditions of a
mortgage or trust deed containing Il bower of
sale mace by Charles Z. Lamke to l.. 5. Orms-
by trustee and WI Telford beneficiary. dated
the nth Gay OF August, 1888. aud duly recorded
on the 18th day of August, 1888. in book 10 of
mortgages, on page $50 10 S&s, in register of
deeds records OF Day County, territory of Da-
kota, now state of South Dakota, for the
southeast quarter of section seven in township
one hundred and twenty-five north. of range
htty-eig!t west 9th Il. NJ. in Day County. terri
tory OF Dakota, now state of South Dakota,
upon which there Is due and unpaid at this
date i've hundred and eight dollars aud thirty
fonr cents GS+uS 34-lC0) for principal and inter-
est. and the further sum of thiTty-fye dollars
anu ten cents (S33 t0-IU0) for taxes necessarily
paid By holder of said mortgage or trust deed
upon SAID premises and interest ON same, and
the further sum of twenty-five dollars attorney
fees, and for the recovery of which no action
or proceeding has been instituted.
Notice Is hereby given that said mortgage or
trust deed will be foreclosed by a sale of said
real property at public auction by the sheriff
of said Day County at the front door of the
court house Tor building used for court house)
IN Webster. in said Day County, state of South
Dakota, on Saturday the 10Th day of July, 1897,
~ ten o'clock IN the forenoon. to satisfy said
Indebtedness and the expenses OF foreclosure.
SAID mortgage or trust deed was by instru-
ment III writing duly assigned by said f.. 3,
Ormsby trustee and w. l.. Telford beneficiary
TO Elias Sliced on the 2lst day of September.
lcyJ, and the assignment duly recorded In the
office of the register of deeds Of said Day
County, on the 10Th day OF April, 1897, in book
" on page iUI. and said Elias Il. Reed Is now
present owner aud assignee of said mortgage
Dated at Aberdeen, South Dakota. this 18th
day OF May, 1897.
ELIAS b. REED.
%, !. Assignee and present
aDerueen, south Dakota, owner OF said mort
at'oihe9 ior assignee gage or trust deed.