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The Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1905, 1905-04-22

Longfellow said, "Ah, what would
the world be to us if the children were
no more?" for in their hearts ARE the
birds and the sunshine, IN their
thoughts "the brooklet's flow" III
Florence there stands in the museum
one of the best sermons in stone the
world has ever enjoyed. Frozen mn-
sic" indeed are these exquisite Sing
inc Children" of Della RObbia.
Just off the Via Proconsolo, in Flor
ence, that city called most appropriate
ly the Lilly of the Arno,' is narrow
street wherein is located the Bargeilo
This building is veritable casket Ell
closing priceless treasures; very
sermon in stone, this mass Of carving,
this play of light and sunshine over
the old columns and courts. StandlnS
here since before the memory OF man,
history tells us it was erected for the
chief MAGISTRATE of Florence and was
renovated in 1873.
Pass through the court to the stair
way and loggia where Dante walked.
Here we come to the superb Hall OF
the Judges, and find that for which
we seek-the Singing Children" OF
Luca Della Robbia. These exquisite
carvings were executed for the organ
loft of the cathedral. The choristers
now rest in this magnificent hall. The
figures of these animated children are
an interesting study, separately or II
groups. The merry faces; the dancing
bodies; the eager fingers holding the
choir books or instruments OF music;
the parted lips singing praises to the
Lord.
Serene in the rapturous throng,
Unmoved by the rush of the song,
With eyes unimpassioned and slow.
Among the dead angels, the deafness
(Children) stand listening GREATNESS
To sounds that ascend from below
From the spirits on earth that adore,
From the souls that entreat and implOre
In the fervor and passion of prayer;
From the hearts that are broken with
And weary with dragging the crosses
Too heavy for mortals to bear.
The creator of these exquisite cary
ings was Luca Della RObbia, born in
1888 in Florence The world rolls on,
leaving behind a wide track of his
IOIy. IlSlG III C1AC pOoCOAoA WY, CAN
quietly flowing river, the beautiful
Arno, rolls murmuringly by this treas
ure-house on this narrow street, this
home of the Singing Children" With
in, near the blue arch of heaven, the
singing and dancing and playing girls
and boys lift up their silent timbrels,
as they have been doing during these
centuries, as if in Easter rejoicing.
The world rolls on, up the slopes of
progression, and the world of art fills
with pictures of beautiful children.
good to look upon. Madonnas and
the Christ child, playing children and
singing children, mirthful children and
sorrowful children. Truly, what would
this world be without children!
The Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1905, 1905-04-22
Games to Be PLAYED With Eqqs.

egg football" will be found to be
an entertaining way to pass an after
noon when several children are gath
cred together First small hole must
be pricked in both ends of the egg
shell and the contents blown out Of it;
gently and steadily SO as not to break
the shell. This, of course, cannot be
done if the egg has been boiled. Then
long table is marked out with white
lines, gridiron fashion. The goal posts
are erected at the table ends, made
of crossed pieces of wood if the occa-
sion be a formal One-twO books
standing five inches apart will serve
admirably for an impromptu game.
Choosing sides, the children try to
send the egg between the goal posts
by blowing it across the table, the
scoring to be counted by the number
of lines the egg passes. 1t will be
wise to establish Quick-handed mem
Der of the party at each end Of the
field to stop the egg in case it is
blown off the table, otherwise the
game is likely to come to sudden
end.
The Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1905, 1905-04-22
A Wonderful Discovery.

Broadland, S. Oak, April 17.-Quite
a sensation has been created here by
the publication Of the story of G. w.
GRAY. who after special treatment
for three months was PROSTATE and
HELPLESS and given up to die with
Brights Disease. Bright's Disease has
always been considered incurable, but
evidently from thestory told by Mr..
Gray, there is a remedy which Will
cure it even in the most advanced
stages. This is what he says:
81 was helpless as little babe. My
wife and | searched everything and
read everything we could find about
Bright's Disease, hoping that | would
he able to find a remedy. After many
failures my wife insisted that should
FRY Dodd's Kidney Pills praise God
for the day when l decided to do so.
for this remedy met every phase of
NV case and in a short time | was
able to get out of bed and after few
weeks treatment was a strong, well
man. Dodds Kidney Pills saved my
life"
A remedy that will cure Bright's
Disease will cure any lesser Kidney
Disease. Dodd's Kidney Pills are GER
tainly the most wonderful discovery
which modern medical research has
given to the world.
The Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1905, 1905-04-22
The Russian Festival.

The Russian Easter, with it's festival
joy, comedies with the beginning Of
spring. So very early is it-for that
latitude-that on the preceding Sun
day, Palm Sunday, pussy willows are
used instead of palms, in every Rus
sian dwelling, from the emperor's pal
ace to the hut of the poorest peasant,
simply because they are the only plant
which shows a sign of life in that land
of the far north. Easter in Europe
corresponds with the Easter of the
western world occasionally. Gradual
ly it falls a week later, though occa-
sionally the interval is much greater
Russia still uses the Julian calendar,
which is now Is days out of reckoning
with the GregOrian calendar used by
the nations of the west A move
ment is on foot to provide an entirely
new calendar, which the Russian
mathematicians and astronomers
guarantee shall be far more accurate
than the GregOrian, and run for CEN
turtles without the need of a seconds
correction. AS the Gregorian calendar
emanated from Roman Catholic
sources, they will have none of that
But something must be done; other.
wise, say the progressive scientists
who favor the change, Easter will
eventually fall in July, Christmas in
the spring, and SO on.
Easter is the grand festival of the
Russian year; therefore, for weeks be-
fOrehand' every one is busy with the
sort of preparations which people in
America make before Christmas. A
gift, be it only gaily colored egg, is
almost obligatory, though all gifts are
known as eggs" The grand feature
of the day is, of course, the church
service. In fact, the church festivals
are also the national festivals Of Rus
STA Though the emperor is not, as for
eigners imagine, the head of the
church,; and almost every function"
in court or private life, begins with
a religious service Of some sort. About
the only exceptions to this rule are
balls and theatrical spectacles. The
mathis service begins at midnight, and
is followed by the liturgy. The usual
service in the middle of the morning
is omitted, and most people are in
their beds, recovering from the open
eyed night. Naturally, the most mag
nificent celebration is at the cathedral
I.of the Winter Palace, in ST. Peters.
| burg, where the presence of the en-
peror, empress and all the court in
full dress and uniforms adds to the
magnificence Of the service as spec
! tacle.
The Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1905, 1905-04-22
Picture EuuS,

Dyed eggs can be prettily etched
with penknife by any one that
knows how to draw Rabbits, chick
ems, faces, fairies-there is no end to
the list of things that may be scratch
ed upon the hard colored surface
with a sharp point. A fortunate little
girl of Philadelphia once owned an
egg upon which the whole Easter
story of the bunny had been illus
trated by penknife etchings. You
know the Germans believe that Bunny
lays the colored eggs we have at Eas-
tertime.
Easter eggs may also be pretti.y
decorated, even if there is no one near
clever with brush, pencil or pen
knife. Copy the design desired for
reproduction from book or magazine.
using a piece of tracing paper. After
the egg has been boiled hard, cover
it with the latter, under which has
been placed a piece of carbon paper,
such as stenographers use in copying
letters, care being taken that the
black side of the carbon paper is
against the egg. Trace the faces or
the egg, guided by the lines drawn
upon it. Even hair may be furnished
by pasting white wool, the frayed ends
of rope or horsehair upon the eggs.
Neckwear appropriate to the character
should be cut from paper and pasted
on the end of the egg.
The Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1905, 1905-04-22

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y | dreaded the approach OF my menstrual
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tally

The miracle of the rejuvenating
spring had been witnessed by many
thousand generations before men
dared claim as a certainty the great
hope which. its parable inculcated-
before the human soul dared boldly
believe that it was itself as deathless
as the germ Of life slumbering over
winter in the buried seed.
Since the Conqueror of Death, by
the triumph which the world is to-day
celebrating, certified the validity of
that belief, the season in which Ma
ture annually illustrates the appoint
ed victory Of life over death has be-
come the most significant of all festi-
walls. At Christmas the world is glad
as children are glad-With the uncon-
sidered glee of youth. At Eastertide
it rejOices as men rejoice in the pres
ence of deliyerance from fear-with
recOllected voices and bOsoms girr
with thankfulness.
The austerity of the earth and sky
prepares to yield to the conquering
sweetness of spring Already the
winds caress with an unfamiliar soft
ness, the earth beguiles with a dimly
green prophecy or vernal loneliness.
Nature is timidly yearning heaven
ward. But the hymn of awakening
life is not mere telluric nor aerial-it
sings out in the souls of men who
have considered the mystery of life
and its persistency under the sod and
through the chill of winters appar-
ent death. To such Easter Day-set
in the midst of a season which wit
nesses, as far as anything earthly can
fact; coinciding with the ancient fes-
tiyals which celebrated the immemOr-
ial human hope Of immortality, dimly
adumbrated in the dramaturgy Of
Greek, Scandinavian and Aryan; but
consecrated newly to the rising from
the tomb of the Man of Galilee-to
such Easter Day stands for the chief
est affirmation of religion, the most
consoling and heartening thought that
mind and heart are justified in enter
tanning. That life does not shudder
and perish at the grave; that beyond
it somewhere in the warmth of Gods
sun and in the benignity of His near
er presence human spirits shall still
etherealized, made holy-neither phil
csophy nor religion has another teach
ing so solemnly precious as this.
The Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1905, 1905-04-22

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The Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1905, 1905-04-22
Something Doinq Right Away.

ooh, DEAR" said Mrs. Spider to Mr.
Spider, looking down from her web on
the shelf of the dry goods store. /
am afraid that we have got to move"
whats the trouble now, dear?" ask
ed Mr.. Spider in surprise. I'VE nave
lived with this kind storekeeper for
many months
eyes, dear, I know we have" said
Mrs. Spider, with a sigh. "But he has
begun to advertise"
The Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1905, 1905-04-22
An ECO Radish.

Radishes do not grow from eggs,
you say. Oh, yes they do, at Easter
time. Take a red egg and paste upon
the large end some leaves made of
tissue paper that has been crumpled
in the hand. Care should first be TAX
en- to cut the paper into the shape of
a leaf. Take small piece of worsted
or cotton, dyed the same color as the
egg, and paste it on the small end OF
the egg, twirling the worsted round
and round in the fingers to make the
long end of the vegetable.
The Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1905, 1905-04-22
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

bv local applications as they cannot reach the dis
sod norton of the ear. There is only one way to
cure deafness and that is by remedies
Deafness Is caused by al in1amed condition OF Ihe
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this
tube is infamed you have rumbling sound or Inn
perfect hearing and when it is entirely closed Dear
taken out and this tube restored to It's normal cond
tion hearing win be destroyed forever; nine cases
but an infamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We viii give One Hundred Dollars for shy case OF
Deafness Caused by catarrh) that cannot De cureo
nv Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars. free. =
F. j. CHENEY g. CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
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Viii Meet in Heaven.

A lady of Somerset bewailed the
loss of a somewhat ill-bred but ex-
tremely wealthy neighbor, who had
been very liberal in his help to her
country charities.
''Mr. x. is dead" she said. He was
so good and kind and helpful to me in
all sorts of ways. He was SO vulgar,
poor dear fellow, we could not know
him in London; but we shall meet him
in heaven"
The Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1905, 1905-04-22
The Present Rate Law.

The duties of the present Interstate
Commerce Commission are to correct
all determinations in railroad rates.
If it finds that an unjust rate is in
effect, the railroad is notified. If it
declines to change it, the Commission
can bring suit in Court and if the
Court decides in favor of the Com
missioners' finding, the railroad must
obey, or it's officers may be brought up
for contempt of court and summarily
dealt with.
The Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1905, 1905-04-22
Without the Pale.

"You insist on everybody having a
square deal?"
eyes, sir. Everything and every
body"
"How about the Standard Oil COM
pany?"
ooh, well, we might give them lit
tie the worst of it."-Houston Chron-
icle.
The Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1905, 1905-04-22
EnnshelI Boats.

An exciting Easter regatta may be
held by marking half shells with any
name that shall please the owner
thereof, and setting it afloat in tub
of water. Start them all together, and
see which child can blow the bobbing
little boat home the first
The Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1905, 1905-04-22
The Bill.

Knicker-Didn't the doctor build
you up?
Bocker-Yes; but he seems to think
he built a bank.-Harper's Bazaar.
Loves but Once-Unless.
She-Woman loves but once.
He-True, unless she has anotner
hance.-Philadelph Telegraph.
The Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1905, 1905-04-22

Miss Fluffy made quite an inn
preston at the reception. didn't /?
Everybody seemed to be talking about
me.
Candid Friend-They talked still
more about you after you had gone
The Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1905, 1905-04-22

If could only acquire nice pile OF
money I wouldn't do thing but travel.
Skemer-Yes, but maybe the police
wouldn't do thing but stop you.
The Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1905, 1905-04-22
Milton,s Tribute to Good Books.

A good book is the precious life
blood of a master spirit, embalmed
and treasured up on purpose to
life beyond life.-Milton.
The Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1905, 1905-04-22

Edna dreamed last night that |
was fishing and landed whopper.
May-What was his name ?-Detroit
Free Press.
The Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1905, 1905-04-22

The grave is the common treasury
to which we must all be taxed
Burke.
The Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1905, 1905-04-22

Those who complain that they don't
get all they deserve may be lucky that
4 hey don't.
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Their Opportunity.
The important Point.

Ask Pnkhams Adve-A Woman Best Understands WmaHS
The leader., 1905-03-04

bellies their tongues.
Mrs. Jennie BeaIl Chandler was
buried at Crystal Springs, March
1. She died at Durant, where she
lived after her marriage a year
ago.
Two Mississippi saloons have
failed within the past few days,
and at Vicksburg at that. Will
wonders never ceases Clarion
Ledger.
That does sound somewhat re-
markable, and we hope it denotes
better morals and law-enforce-
ment in the Hill City; but saloon
keepers sometimes fail in business
for the same reason that some
men fail in other lines too much
John Barleycorn to keep clear
head.
John McDuffie, the popular
postmaster of Laurel, died at Hot
Springs. He was prominently
connected with the schools, relig-
ious bodies, lodges and business
organizations of Laurel and had
accumulated means by his own
efforts. He was married last sum-
mer, the second time, and beside
his wife leaves a step-son. The
body was inferred at Pontotoc,
the home of his widow.
The faculty of the Agricultural
Department of the A. and M.
College are practical as well as
scientific men. They hold their
positions because they know how
to make two blades of grass grow
where only one grew before.
They teach scientific farming in
the forenoon and practical farm
ing in the fields in the afternoon.
Every department of the large
college farm is making money.
This proves that the professors
are practical. Southern Farm
GaZeLte.
A late statement from Treasurer
Miller makes it apparent that the
State treasury will not be able to
meet all obligations in sight be-
tween this and the 1st Of June,
when the semi-annuaI distribution
Of the common school fund will
become due. One item that has
mot hitherto been taken into con-
lsideration in the debts and credit
| is the Deaf and Dumb Institute,
now under construction. This
building will cost the State about
$1OO,0 when completed, and
work is being rushed upon it in
order that the coming fall term az
The leader., 1905-03-04

plete the purchase.
The Pike county Circuit Court
meets next Monday.
An electric railway is expected
to connect Biloxi and Gulfport.
Two negroes we're killed by an
electric wire at jackson Wednes-
day.
At Summit, Davis Hinson, the
Infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. J. D.
Lea, Jr., died March |.
Bishop Galloway delivered a
lecture on civic rights at Mem
phis yesterday, by special invita-
zion.
Three boys ranging in years
from IL to Ia, who were engaged
in a dairy at Laurel, appropriated
$40 of their employers money
and skipped out. They have not
been located.
Hon. A. w. Stands, of Bates
vile, Pamela .county, was Thurs
day appointed by Che Cover
NOR a special Chancellor, to pre-
side in several cases in which
Chancellor Wilson is disqualified.
State Superintendent Whitfield
has addressed letters to county SUI
perintendents to get the teachers
Of the counties to urge school pa
tlons to be present on March 25,
when the County Teachers Asso-H
Citations meet, to hear the question
of school houses, which is the
principal topic in the programme,
discussed.
| Two legal hangings will occur
lin Madison county this month
one took place at Canton yester-
day and the second will come off
next Friday. The hemp neckties
were provided for Jim Walton, of
i Madison Station, sentenced for
the murder of his wife, and Bill
Thompson, a negro, for the kill
ing Of his step-son. The latter al
so attempted to take the life Of
his wife.
Gov. Vardaman received let
ter the first of the week from Jos.
Barker, of Fisk. Wis, an old sol
dier Of the Federal army, who is
anxious to hear from Confeder-
ate soldier with whom he swapped
canteens during the war. Barker
says that the transaction occurred
at the Chattahoochie river, in
Georgia, and that the canteen he
got from the Confederate is made
of cedar wood and has c1t info it's