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with grange blossoms. Why should
5he .ot go through with her share
If the program, too? She would,
She must.
Again that organ, it rose once
more to its stern roll of denunciation
and Miss Weyman. as if she had done
4 guilty thing. Ooked a~pprehensively
at the calm pure face OF her sister,
All, but those two were made for each
other, and il it we're not for the high
sense of honor that kept they LOYAL
minds untainted even by the thought
that things might be other than they
were, they would be s~weethearts even
nov. Sh. reflected that herself and
the man in Il e choir were of exactly
the same g and that the time would
come when she would be no longer
see what he had missed to make his
lire complete She loved him. but did
ne love her as a man should love the
woman be marries; as be could love
Grace if he were free to do so? She
looked up again into the choir and
sought the smile she loved SO well.
She studied the smile when it came
as she had never studied it before.
and as the big organ pealed out the
opening passages of the TIE Deum,
she bowed her head in her hands for
a moment, to fight back the tears
that sprang to her eyes as she silently
made her Lenten sacriiice.-Los An
opleS Times.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-01

Quaint Easter Customs s
a~r~~1N~~1N~~1r~G

n universal Easter rejoicings in
olden times We're not all because OF
the great event which Easter com
menaorates. Old records show that it
was often because the long forty
days fast was over with a return to
solid eating once more-not only to
solid eating, but for the time to much
feasting
A~nclently the paschal or Easter
season extended from the Sunday be-
fore until the Sunday after Easter
proper. On the Holy Thursday be-
tore, called Maunday or Shere Thurs
day, there We're services ommemora
tive OF Christ's washing the disciples
feet. The Pope at Rome, the arch
bishops in various countries, and the
mOnarchs in England even through
E~lizabeth's time had teet washing
services, the necessary accompani-
ment Of which was the giving of food
and money To the poor.
On Holy Saturday and Easter eve
the services vary in the different
churches. That in the Greek church
lasts all night. There are great
crowds in the church at Jerusalem,
though a large admission is charged,
who are there to witness the fire
descend from heaven into the sepul-
cher and to light their candles by it.
The Easter feast in that church is the
Q important OF the year. Lent over
the ovens are crowded with prepare
lions for b%anqueting. Every house
is fragrant with the odor of pies and
baked meats and everybody is in
festal array. A great many visits are
paid.
On the last day of Lent everybody
IN Rome PUSHES to the Vatican. In
Italy the "sepulchers' in the churches
are watched night and day by people
clad in deep mourning from the dawn
OF the Holy Thursday till midday on
Saturday, when the body is supposed
to rise from the grave. The resurrec-
ton is announced by the firing OF can
non, the blowing OF trumpets and the
ringing of the bells which from the
preceding Thursday have been care
fully tied UP to protect them from the
power of the devil.
The ceremonies of Easter day It.
self are grand, long and many featured
throughout Catholic C~hristendom. but
a%nciently these were barely over be-
fore secular performances began.
For many years, and perhaps even |
to-day, the first dish brought to the
table on Easter day at Queens col
lege, Oxford, was red herring fixed to
resemble a man, put astride a corn
salad, riding away on horseback. This
is said to be a remnant of the old
pageants which were exhibited IN the
popular rejoicings that Lent was over. |
Children in England. as at Wash
ington. go out and roll eggs on a
lawn or in a field, some rolling them
like bowls, some throwing them up in
the air like balls. The chief glory OF
a paste egg to a boy who wants to !
win the championship in hard hitting |
is its hard shell. One who wishes to
gain a conquest with his egg chal-
lenges a companion to give blow for
blow. He is victor whose egg stands
the attack, and he goes ON ~challeng.
ing.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-01
Earliest Christians Celebrated Easter
With Prayer and Sacrifice.
ITS ORIGIN AND DATE


The Semitic always took his re-
ligion much harder than the Aryan,
and the spring celebration of the lat
ter took the form of feasting, dancing
and having fun. while the former had
a sacrifice and an ever-growing
ritual to be observed. From these
earlier Semitic ancestors the Jews de-
rived their feast Of unleavened bread,
the sacrifice of the Paschal lamb and
other o~bservances of that season, the
origin of the custom being forgotten
in the legend of the Passover.
The earliest Christians, being them
selves originally Jews, continued this
celebration with a new significance,
the death Of Christ being to them the
sacrifice of the Paschal lamb. When
the celebration was taken up by the
non-Jewish Christians, they made it a
point to get IS far away as possible
from everything Jewish, and made it
purely a celebration Of the Resurrec-
ton. without reference to the coinci-
dent Passover. They determined.
furthermore, that the festival should
fall on the Sunday following the ter
mination of the Paschal feast. but it
vas several centuries before the au-
thorities at Rome decided upon the
basis of calculations for the deter
mination of the full moon. upon which
Easter depended.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-01
Naughty Girls Phiiosophy.

former Gov. Gage of California has
d NIUE daughter Of whom he is won
uFouSiy fond and of whom h< never
tlres or talking. She is the little lady
VINO chrlstened the transpacifc cable
"hen the American end was laid with
hluch ceremony in San Francisco.
mere IS one of the stories the former
governor tells, but always when the
subject OF it is out Of hearing:
one day he had occasion to reprf-
mand her for some trivial offense. and
said:
MY dear, where do you think you
VIII go when you die if you persist in
beng naughty"
without a moments hesitation and
~ the most matter-of-fact way came
the reply:
don't know, and neither do YOU
any n else. It's enough for God
70 know without me bothering nv
mead about it."-New York Press.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-01
PERFUMED LAMPS AND RINGS.
They May Be Used as Means of Dis.
injecting Rooms or Cars.


The use of perfume as a disinfectant
is we'll known, and the scented
dandy" has perhaps more hygienic
wisdom than his ]detractors give him
credit for. 1t is he who is trying to
revive the use of the perfumed foun.
tain ring, an article de luxe which
may either be used as an ornament
or as a means OF a pleasant disinfect.
ant in stuffy underground trains or n
insalubrious districts.
The ring is an ordinary gold one
fitted with a ball at the back. It is
filled by pressing the ball nearly fat,
and dipping the ring into a cup oil
scent, when the elasticity of the ball
draws the perfume into the interior
till quite full. By the least pressure
the wearer of the ring can cause a
jet OF scent to shed it's refreshing
aroma any moment he pleases, and he
may thus act as a benefactor or q
nuisance to those in his vicinity.
The perfume lamp may also be
used as another pleasant method of
disinfecting a DON A ball of spongy
platinum is placed over the center OF
the wick, and is fixed in its position
by a thin glass rod, which is inserted
into h wick. The lamp is then filed
with any scented spirit, and VIXEN
lighted is allowed to burn until the
platinum gets red hot. The flame is
then blown out, and a pleasant odor
fills the atmosphere.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-01
A Lenten Sacrifice

There was an accusing voice in the
swelling notes of the big pipe organ.
Peal upon peal of ~denunciation rolled
out into the dim-aisled church and re-
verberated back from the vaulted cell
ing, all it's solemn impeachment seem
ing finally to center itself liz the pew
occupied by the stately Miss Weyman.
She trembled under the stormy ar
raignment. She looked back over her
life with a shudder and realized for
the first time its utter selfishuess
There were no crimes of commission
upon her spotless life, but what had
she done to make the world brighter
or better? Nothing The answer
seemed to come in mighty anger from
the big organ, rather than from her
inner consciousness.
Bred in luxury and reared in idle,
ness, what had she ever accomplished
with the ten talents that the Master
had given her? Her charities? She
a given much out of her abundance,
but she had eve given SO much as
a crumb of bread that meant sacrifice
OF one moments comfort. S~elishness,
selfshness, s~elfishness. 1t was the
keynote Of her life-and the whole
message of the big organ thai morn
ing.
The Il presently shot through a
great stained glass window that cast
a food of golden light athwart Miss
Weyman's pew, and that same mo-
ment the thunderous rebuke of the
organ ceased, and in it's place came a
strain Of pleading harmony and then
a sweet, clear note OF humble praise
with q sorrowful undertone that car
ried with it a suggestion of the agony
OF the cross.
She glanced up and a bright smile
from the choir turned her cheeks
afame. There was her guilt of sell
fishness! She realized now that this
was the thing that had lain dormant
upon her conscience for so long. And
there must be her sacrifice! She
turned faint and almost cried out at
the thought. He belonged to her!
He belonged to her! For five long
years they had been as good as be.
trothed and for two a she had
worn his ring. waiting, waiting until
his pride should be satisfied with the
measure Of success he had set him
self to accomplish before marriage.
And the time had almost come.
Two years. But in that time her
younger sister. Grace, had suddenly
bloomed into womanhood! She turned
suddenly to the sister at her side
She, too, was looking up into the
choir and exchanging a bright smile
with the handsome young bass. Grace
turned at her sisters movement and
met her eye with a calm, steady paze
in which there was no ~concealment
then smiled at her with the perfact
understanding Of true s~isterly affac.
ton.
Miss Weyman caught her breath
with a sigh of relief. There was M
dlsloyalty there. she knew. She re.
hected with a pang that these two
young people did not know their own
secrets as yet. They might never
know 1t! He would, In his simple
honor, go calmly through his pro-
gram and marry her when the time
came. and Grace would deck her hair
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-01
The Oldest MARRIAGE Proposal.

The Oldest marriage proposal OF
which there is any definite record il
3,425 years old. This remarkable an
cient record, which is in the Oriental
department of the British museum, is
a small clay tablet, measuring eight
inches by four inches, and contains
about ninety-eight lines Of very fine
cuneiform writing. 1t is made of Nile
mud, and bears upon the marriage
proposal of a pharaoh for the hand OF
the daughter of the king Of Babylon.
1t is a duplicate Of a letter written
about 1880 B. C..
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-01
A Little SOAP Fad.

"eie are a great many little bed
iooil iads IN country house entertain
ing mat indicate the knowledge and
sd'oir lalre OF ~up-to-date h~ousekeeD-
ms one OF these is to leave the soap
'hat Is placed in a guests room in its
wrapper, TO indicate that if has novor
peeh used. An enterprising firm Of
chemists has been the first to recox-
hlZe the fashion, and is providing it,
customers with small, daintily wrap
pea cakes of soap for the purpose. with
Its perfume indicated by the FLYER IN
'ne cover-violet. rose ,heliotrope. etc.
Exchange.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-01
Russian Tea Refreshinu,

Nothing is more refreshing after a
cold walk or drive than a glass of gen
uine Russian tea. It's effects are more
stimulating than ordinary tea, al
the slight nourishment afforded by
the cream used is missing in the Rus
sian tea. Make the tea in the usual
way, sleeping a little longer. Fill thin
glasses two-thirds full of cracked ice,
add a squeeze of lemon and a thin
slice OF the same, sugar if desired.
and pour in the steaming tea. Tho
ice should be fine enough to cool the
tea at once to the proper temperature
for drinking.-New York Post.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-01
VALUE OF MORAL TRAINING.
Most important Point in Bringing Up
of Children.


In bringing up our children, we
have learned that in regard to religi-
III matters, the sacred needs to be
diluted with the secular. In other
words, religious instruction in the alb
stract is not nearly so efficacious in
character bulldog as the making a
few principles of righteousness a vital
part Of life. Practice is better than
precept, says Good Housekeeping. My
boy quickly learned the Bibles in
functions as to kindness and gener-
osity, but when he gave ten cents OF
hard earned money to help a poor
woman, the acc made a greater i'm
preston upon hi. lature than all his
Sunday schooling. Most of us par.
ents need to realize that actions
speak louder than words-that a good
example and right deeds by parents.
the week have more effect
upon the child than church going
alone.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-01
Chiefly Amono Officers.

On a vessel about going into action
in the Civil wal a sailor was upon his
knees when an officer sneeringly
asked him il he was afraid.
mo" he said, II was praying"
We'll, what were you praying for?''
Praying" remarked the sailor.
that the enemy's bullets may be dis
tributed the same way the prize mon.
ey s.'-Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-01
The State of South Dakota.
Department of Insurance

btlCti VI IN
Company'S Certificate of Authority.
Whereas. The Springfield Fire and Ma
rine Insurance Company, a corporation
organized under the laws of Massachu-
sets. has filed in this office "A sworn
statement exhibiting its condition and
business for the year ending 'cember
81, 1905, BILE to the requirements
of the laws of this State regulating the
business of insurance.; and,
Whereas. The said Company has filed
in this office a duly certified copy of it's
charter. with certificate of organization,
in compliance with the requirements of
the insurance law aforesaid;
Now, therefore, l. John c.. Perkins,
Commissioner of Insurance of the State
of South Dakota. pursuant to the pro-
visions of said laws, do hereby certify
that the above named Company is fully
empowered. through its authorized
agents, to transact its appropriate bust
ness of Fire Insurance in this State. ac-
cording to laws thereof, until the 3lst
DAY of December, \. ID. 1904.
In testimony whereof, l have h%ereunto
set my hand and official seal at Pierre,
this Feb. -, 1904.
(Seal.) JOHN c. PERKINS,
Commissioner of Insurance.
By Emanuel Hendriksen, Chief Clerk.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-01
Only to Please Her Friends.

Zach! Dat is a putiful gong, Laty
Peacocke, and you pronounce Cher
man very we'll; but Wy do you blay 70
Accompaniment in B natural?"
"The SONG is written in B NATURAL,
Herr Muller"
Zach 70, Zen Wy do you zing 70
melody in B vlat?'
ooh, really, Herr Muller! l don't
pretend to be professional, you know"
philadelphia Public Ledger.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-01
POPE sLEssEs the PEN.
says Journalist Has 4 Noble Mission
in the World.

a few days ago the pope took a styl-
ographic pen from q Protestant jour
nallsts hand and pronounced . bene-
ulctlon. He returned the pen, saying:
NO one has a nobler mission than =
journalist in the world of to-day. I
Diess your symbol of Office. My pre-
decessors c~onsecrated the swords and
shields of Christian warriors; choose
rather to beg blessings upon the Chris
uan Journalists pen."-New York
Sun.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-01
Slaves Freed at Easter.

In earlier times the Christian en-
perors at Easter gave their slaves
their freedom, gifts were given to the
poor and work of all kind vas sus-
pended for two days. There are no
slaves now to set free, but the two
last customs are still observed.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-01
Where ohnny Demurred.

Remember, Johnny" said his elder
ly uncle. that actions speak louder
than words"
Sometimes they don't" objected
Johnny. When mammals spankin'
me | can yell q good deal louder than
she can spank."-Chicago Tribune.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-01
Not Yet,

"The time has come" says a Ken
lucky preacher, when the sober man
has as much sense as the drunken
man." But, unfortunately, the time
has not come when the drunken man
feels that, way about it.-Memphis
News.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-01
SS.0T1.46
SS0.G2
The state of South Dakota.

department ~ ItlNHt ~ VI
Company'S Certificate of Authority.
Whereas The HON" life Insurance
Company. a corporation organized under
the laws Of Now York. has lied
in this office a sworn statement ex-
hibitinG its condition and business for
the year ending December 81. l9%, CON
formable to the requirements of the laws
OF this State regulating the business of
insurance. and,
Whereas. The said Company has fled in
this office a duly certified copy of its
charter, with certificate of organization:
in compliance with the requirements of
the insurance law aforesaid,
Now. therefore, /, John {. Perkins,
Commissioner of Insurance OF the state
OF South Dakota, pursuant to the. proyis-
lens of SAID laws. DO noreby certify that
the above named Company is fully en-
powered, through it's authorized agents.
to transact its appropriate business or
Life Insurance in tins State, according to
laws thereof, until the 31st day of Decem-
Der. \. u. 1904.
in testimony whereof. i nave hereunto
sci my hane and oficiSi seal at Pierre,
this 9th DAY of February. A. D 1904
fSeal) .fOHN &. PERKINS.
Commissioner of Insurance.
BY E. Hendrikseu. chief Clerk.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-01

Fcn dhe year ending December 81, A. D.
1870 OF the condition and affairs of the
HOME LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
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s., 4.p4.6,5.2 "a


50 1ni f.11 "A
OF BtSl-
THE STATE
JRING THE
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-01

Deduct amount from other
companies for reinsurance
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-01
ANNUAL
INSURANCE COMPANY

For the year ending December 81, A. D.
1903, of the condition and affairs of the
SPRINGFIELD FIRE AND MARINE
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-01

Total cxpenait11r"s @...
COMPANNS STATEMENT
NESS TRANS ACTlGp IN
OF SOUTH DAKOTA DU
YEAR.
" mole amount of premiums
received in or from the
Stat of Soath Dakota
during the wear .....-.,.
Amount paid for losses in
South Dakota during year
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Net reserve ....... ......
Losses reported and no
proofs received ..........
Premiums paid in advance.
Claims for losses resisted. -.
Dividends unpaid ........
Amount of all other existing
claims against the COM
company .-...
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24
MIR. DRENNEN'S MORNING
 MUSICALE ARTISTIC SUCCESS.

MT. Walter Drennen and Mrs John Russell gave a morning musical yester-
 day to 200 guests at their residence on
 Eighteenth street, which was not only a brilliant social event, but one of the most artistic in many seasons. The programme was charming and Mir Drennen was in superb voice. It was his first appearance in Birmingham in several winters, and fresh from Boston and New York tri- umphs, he achieved a most artis- tic success. His voice is of remark able dramatic power and he sings with fine effect The quality of his voice is singularly rich and pure. His low notes are wonderful. While MT. Drennens pro- gramme was composed largely of roman tic numbers his is the dramatic tempera-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24

III gown of white lace, the glrale oi pink satin and the bodice outlined With pale pink rose buds.
 Miss Lillian Douglass was among the admired visiting young women-her gown or pale blue crepe de chine.
 Miss Grace Hardie was beauty of the evening in white crepe de chine and lace.
 Mrs. Edward Orson Hopkins, who was with MT. and Mrs. Harry Jones, wore a costume of velvet in a tan shade. the black lace used with 1t being of white silk Mrs. Jones was in white net with accordion plaitings, the bodice having a great deal of fazzoting.
 Miss kinney's Point Venice Gown.
 Miss Lester Kinney was belle and beauty and quite the observed of all ob- servers. Her gown, designed by a French artist was of white Gauge de Paris, and point Venice, with an embroi- dery of Eglantine Fleur.
 Miss Kate Smith was among the beau- ties of the evening in an evening gown of white, with which she wore palms and violets.
 Mrs. Felix Drennen was among the prettiest women of the evening, in gown of pale green panne velvet and laces.
 Mrs. Jack Bowron was lovely figure in. point applique lace.
 Mrs. Redin wore embroidered net and laces.
 Miss Bessie Jemison was distinctively beautiful and wore one of the loveliest gowns of the evening.
 Mrs. Harding's "Rose Gown"
 Mrs. Harding wore one of the most striking gowns of the evening. It was a rose gown of white crepe de chine over pink accordeon plaited chiffon and pink taffeta. About the skirt was band of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24

ment, and his voice is well suited to heavy operatic roles. He is an exponent of Walt Whitman and Balzac, and all that he does, his work as a composer, his artistic feeling, his songs. breathe of influences such as these, and he succeeded yester- day in imparting much of it to his audi ence. His triumph was complete.
 MT. Drennen was assisted by Miss Nor ma sehoolar and by Mir. Fred l.. Grambs at the piano. Miss Scholar was in fine voice, and Mir. Gramb's work as accom- panist was artistic in every respect.
 The programme was as follows:
 Had Horse Far and High" (kor- bay), "Slumber Romance" (Gounod), MT. Drennen.
 Tn Autumn" CFranz), Why CTchai- kovsky). Miss Scholar
 "Three Roses Red" "The White Rose, 70 Mother Mine (Norris), MT. Dren- nen.
 70 That We Two Were Maying'' CNe- vin) All For You" D'Hardelob, Miss Schoolar.
 "calm as the Night" (Goetze), Miss Scholar and MT. Drennen.
 The second number in the Norris group of rose songs was repeated, as an encore, and as a second encore MT. bremen sang one of his own compositions, Turn the Light Low"
 Miss Scholar was also compelled to re- spond to an encore and sang with exquis- ite effect Little Boy Blue"
 The duet by Mr. Drennen and Miss Scholar was also repeated.
 At the conclusion of the programme a buffet luncheon was served in four courses by Mcclure, the following menu being printed on the programme: Oyster cocktail in bell peppers, saltines, deviled egg-moderne, sweet breads in cases aux champignons, Waldorf salad, demi tasse
 The house was elaborately decorated Costly and beautiful roses and chrysan- themums were used lavishly and Englisf