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hscated, but are bought from the Indians
et what u considered q fair eppraisement.
Thus the lands In the oeded strip of the Grow
reservation were bought by b Govern
ment at "a per acre. the money going TO
the Crow tribe. In time no doubt the entire
reservation, which ls one OF the largest and
finest In the country, will be bought and
thrown open to white settlement. Next
year the Flathead reservation. In Montana
In to be opened, and II IL thought that there
will soon be another opening. In Oklahoma.
Thus Commissioner Riohards's land force
will be kept busy.
The work Of opening q reservation is
done with a surprisingly small force OF
clerks. There were ten clerks In charge OF
the work at the Crow opening. under ". n.
Lewis. Commissioner R%ichards's private
secretary. who has had active charge 81 all
the reservation openings since the lottery
plan wen into effect. Most Of these officiais
have worked nj the various openings, a
the facility with which they handle the
crowds Is nothing short of remarkable
On the first day OF the Oklahoma registra-
ton 1880 people were registered before
8 O'Clock In the afternoon. The plan OF
registration is 30 simple that a few clerks
can handle the greatest crowds with ease.
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A SURPRISE WITH THE BUNDLE.
This Duly Delivered, the Errand Boy Dis.
cusses Literary Matters.

cusseo tAteThIy Mattorb.
He was is, perhaps, and much like any
other youth OF his age, when he came In
with the bundles. His y fell on a framed
photograph Of a man hanging on the wall,
and he asked;
who Ia thatf'
And when I had told him, he said:
Il thought 1t might be a picture Of Bry-
ant" whom, in fact, the subject somewhat
resembled,
Then the youth talked Of "Thanatopsis,"
which he had read at school when he
was a young schoolboy, and again. later,
understanding it better at the later read
ing and study of 1t. And he quoted from
~"Tbanatopsis," and compared that with
Gray's 4Elegy," from which also he
quoted. And from conversation on Bryant
and Gray the talk, With the young man
leading, drifted to other writers. and after
some mention Of Goethe he asked me II
I had read Schiller, and when / had been
obliged to confess that I had not, except
as ! had read him in quoted fragments, he
said that he had read, or parts Of It, Schiller's
Nathan the Wise" In the original German,
From that the talk, still led by him,
turned to the Russian Duma, and might
not that, he asked, be .likened to the States
Revolutionr And then he spoke Of Vol
taire, and Of whether he was net The Rsvoiu-
tons prompting spirit; and he was reading
now-producing the book. In French, from
his pooket-voltaire's Charles XII, Of
Sweden the only history, as he remarked,
that Voltaire wrote,
And 30, with other literary excursions
not here noted, the talk progressed, until
he gathered up his bundles TO depart: his
bundle carrying. It developed. being work
that he was doing during his vacation time.
until his going back to college in the fall.
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with the arguments in support OF the claims
of each. II is commended that the Church
OF the Holy Sepulchre, though within the
present walls, stands upon lam which was
outside OF the original walls, while the new
location is outside of the walls as they are
at present. Possibly future excavations
may settle the question by deter mining the
exact location of the wall in the time Of
Christ; but what matter? The two places
are not far apart, and the whole vicinity
has been hsllowed by His presence.
Pilates judgment hall, the Via Dolorosa
and the Ecce Homo arch are marked by the
erection of a Catholic convent and school for
girls, where one finds a clea nliness In strik-
ing contrast to the streets outside. The
pools Of Gihon, of Sloan, of Bethesda and
Of Hezekiah are all given a local hal itation;
the place where Judas hanged himself is
pointed out, as we'll as the cave in which
jeremiah wrote his lamentations; the cham
Der where the Last Supper was observed
Is also fixed upon, and the tombs Of Rachel,
Absalom and OF David.
SOME PLACES CERTAINLY KNOWN.
I do not know how much credence should
be given to the testimony adduced in behalf
Va . AtuCiOtb ~ w WO dIo buiC VI
the identity of a few places. Mount Zion,
upon which David built his palace, Is known;
Mount Akra can be located and about Mount
Moriah there car be no mistake. The
great bare rock that crowns the last named
eminence Is a landmark that has not been
and cannot be easily removed, 1t is now
covered by a mosque, but was once the
sacrifcial stone Of the Hebrews. Solo
mons temple was built on Mount Moriah,
and some Of its foundation stones and sub
%terrenean chambers can still be seen. In
a street that leads by these foundation
walls is the Jews' wailing place, where for
many centuries devout Hebrews, gathered
from every country, have met on each
Friday afternoon to bemoan the fate Of
Jerusalem and to petition for the ~restora-
ton OF the kingdom. One sees no more
pathetic sight in a trip around the world
than this a~ssemblage OF men and women,
some gray haired, some In middle life and
many mere children, chanting their laments
and caressing the stones which the hand
OF Solomon laid when he was building the
temple which marked the summit Of Jewish
political power.
Bethlehem Is also identified, and whether
or not the Church Of the Nativity, erscted
by the mother Of Constantine, covers the
spot where Christ was born, one can look
upon the hills around about the city and
recall that IL was here that the message.
Peace on earth. good will to mem came to
the shepherds who kept their fiooks by
night.
IN THE oARpRN. OF ~oETHsEMANE.
In the garden OF G~ethsemane, by the
Brook Kedron, one can tread the soil pressed
by the Masters feet in the hours Of His
loneliness and agony. The garden u now
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walled in and carefully kept. and its old,
gnsrled and knotted olive trees shade the
pansies which grow there in p%rofusion.
Bethpage still stands, and also Bethany,
Mary and Martha and Lazarus lived,
end, most conspicuous OF all, the Mount OF
Olives, the place Of the Ascension. From
its summit the best view OF Jerusalem Is
obtained; from that point also the eye can
sweep the hills Of both Judea and Samaria,
Inc to the east look upon the waters OF
the Dead Sea, $500 feet below.
Nowhere else can one walk amid scenes
so familiar to the civilized world as are
those Of Judea. Surrounded by paga nism
and idolatry, a little band began here the
establishment Of a monotheistic religion
and notwithsta ndins backslidings, short
comings and wanderings from tho faith
the spiritual aide Of life was never entirely
forgotten, great prophets Numbered their
warnings from these hills, great singers
poured forth their hymns Of penitence,
praise and tina nksgiving; here q wonderful
literature was developed and a history
written which was stra niger than fiction,
and here, in the fulness Of time. came ono
who was commissioned to substitute the
law Of love for the law that required San
eye for an eye and a tooth for a TOOTH
In the city of Jerusalem there arc o
60, 900 souls, and a composite popula-
ton 1t is. While about two-thirds Of the
people are Jews and the remainder divided
almost equally between the Mohammedans
and Christians, one can count representa-
tives of a score or more Of nations in an
hours walk. The streets Of Jerusalem
are narrow and crooked, and one is going
up hill or down hill all the time. The
houses, the stores, the walls. the gates and
the customs Of the people seem more Oriental
than European. There are no street cars,
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~ WILLIAM JkNaINos BRYAN.
topyrtQhi. 1908, Nv Joseph b. Botnlrs.

''FA'f W. 'Nf
CopyriOhi IN Grent Britain All Rights Rsserrfd.
We were agreeably surprised d. In Jerusalem
and Judea, but disappointed to learn how
few Protestant Christians visit this city,
which may, without improperly, be styled
the Christian Mecca.
Possibly the wretohed harbor at Joppa-
II harbor it can be oalled-may brighten
eome away, for when the weather Is bad
passengers are often carried BY; yet 1t
does seem that there should be more h
1000 a year from the rich and numerous
churches Of Europe and America, More
than 90 900 pilgrims visit the Mohammedan
Mecca each year. although the Moham-
medans are poor and the journey Ia dlf-
ficult. Port Said is only 1856 miles from
Joppa and Alexandria less than 800 miles,
and more than 90 1000 persons disembarked
at these ports last year. >
Making a liberal allowance for Egyp-
tians returning from Europe, for immi-
grants from Europe to Egypt and for in
valids visiting Cairo in search OF health,
It 10 still true that many times as many
20 to the Nile az travel to Jerusalem, and OF
the less than 1000 tourists who visit the
Holy City less than a thousand continue
their journey to Nazareth and the Sea OF
Galilee. The number which / mention
does not include the Greek Catholics or the
Roman Catholics, but 1T is an outside esti-
mate Of the number Of Protestant Chris
tians. The railroads which are. building
and the carriage roads in process Of con-
struotion will make travel easier and may
increase the number in the future, but 1t is
difficult to explain or to understand why.
so many have come near to and yet passed
by without seeing the places made familiar
to the Christian world by the books Of the
Old and New Testament. W.
THE LANDINo AT JoPPA.
We landed at Joppa when the weather
was fair, but were detained half a day that
they might "deratify the ship as tie
Turkish authorities describe rat killing
Upon the ship-a custom inaugurated after
the rat had been convicted Of carrying
bubonic plague, Joppa is on the edge Of
the Plain Of Sharon and, as ar abundance
of water car be secured at a reasonable
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no modern bookstores and no newspa pers
excepting n printed In Hebrew.

no modern bookstores and no newspa pers,
excepting one printed in Hebrew.
FRO JERUSALEM TO RRICHo.
The carriage road from Jerusalem to
Jericho winds around the Mount Of Olives
and down the EASTERN side Of the Judean
hills, past the Apostles fountain and
through tho wilderness of Judea. This
wilderness is not the waste that we ex-
pected to find, but merely a broken and
mountainous country, too stony to be
cultivated and fit only for grazing. At
this season Of the year the grass is green
and the ground bright with flowers.
A little more than half way down the
slope is a rest station called, In honor Of
the parable the Good Sa maritah Inn. But
TOR the mounted guards who now patrol
this road the traveller would even to-day
be in danger Of falling among thieves.
A little further on the road leads near
the edge OF a wild, deep and rugged canon,
at the bottom of which plunges the Brook
Cherith. A Greek NON stery has been
built at the place where Elijah found refuge
during the drought.
Jericho is a small village half a mile from
the site of the ancient city Of that name.
1t depends for its support upon the tourists
who visit the Jordan valley rather than upon
the cultivated area.
The Dead Sea, forty miles long and eight
miles wide, covers the de epest portion
OF this most remarkable of the depressions
in the earth's surface. The rent extends
from the base of Mount Hermon to the
eastern arm Of the Red Sea, known as the
Gulf OF Akabah. For more than 100 miles
tkio xant ~ rovtra 10 hnlouv tho laval IF
the sea, the surface OF the Dead Sea being
1890 feet lower than the Mediterranean.
As the Dead Sea Is in some places 1 800 feet
deep. the greatest depth Of the chasm is,
therefore, more than 1900 feet. The water
Of the sea is bitter and contains 20 per cent.
OF salt, or about five times as much as the
ocean. As we took a bath in the Dead
Sea, We can testify that n cannot sink
in it's waters.
The Jordan is neither as large nor as
clear as one would expect from it's promi-
hence in Bible history. The banks are
slippery, the waters are muddy and the
current is swift. It has much the appear
ance Of a creek sw ollen with rain. We tried
It's waters also, but did not venture far
from the shore. Between the Sea Of Galilee
and the Dead Sea the Jordan falls about
900 feet. or ten feet to the mile. At present
but little use Is made Of this fertile valley,
but in the opinion Of some who have in
vestigated the matter 1t could with proper
irrigation n under o just government
be made as fruitful as the valley OF the Nile.
As might be expected, the heat in this deep
basin Ia intense In the summer, but the
hills are near enough on either side to pro-
vide homes for those who would cultivate
the fields.
Looking across the Jordan one sees the
Mountains Of Moab. While the country
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Trout OF High sisrras.

From the National Geoarn phic M'9ji''t
The finest trout in the world, -a,, vs.
Barton W. Evermann of the Bureau "' tfn
cries. Is to be found in a little stream o. VA
high Sierras in southern Califorr' aux. w,
Volcano Creek. The trout is ndn'.' Wv
golden trout" and In beauty ul 'oioI"'
samepess and delicacy Of flavor ii has noefT.
So far as Is known, it exists only in Nth.
stream. which Is about twenty NIL n ,,n,tios
presidents Roosevelt recently called "I' KAN,
OF the Bureau Of Fisheries to tbs "iNuT
specimen. with the result that y, ~ 4,
mann was sent to California to ~ bsi
habits and environment and to SEQ N"''"'
1t might not be introduced elsewh'ir ,er d
DETERMINATION and that fishing in the -lrraa
must be prohibited by the state Of ta'loyS
for three years II the trout is 10 % "a N,
DR.. Evermann has also recommendra 'd,isl
Bureau Of Fisheries undertake the %, XIX
propagation Of the trout and cool.i,,. Il 70
the State OF California In transpiAlN n- sLJ
q numbes Of bar en- streams that Gan ur r'sN
reached.
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depth, the city is a garden. Orange trees
thrive there and the fruit is excellent. Two
places of interest are shown, the home OF
Tabitha and the house Of Simon the tanner.
the latter immortalizsd by the vision which
taught Peter the universally of Christ's
mission.
The railroad TO Jerusalem crosses the
valley OF Sharon, which at this season Of
the year is excee dinghy attractive. The
crops are growing, the fellaheen are at
work in the fields and everywhere the Wild
flowers bloom. The rose Of Sharon has
many rivals, IL the plain looked in olden
time as IL does now. The principal station
on the plain is Ramleh, through which oon-
quering armies marched for ages. From
time ~immemorial Palestine has been a prize
of war. When 1t was not itself the object
OF conquest. its occupation was necessary
to the acquiring or holding Of other terri
tory. The Persians, the g yptians, the
Parthians, the Soythians, the Greeks,
the Romans and the Turks have all over
run this countrv-not to speak OF the
numerous wars Of the Israelites and the
EXPEDITIONS Of the Crusadess From AieS-
auder the Great and CRsar to Napoleon TO
world conquering General overlooked Pal
~.stine vet out of Palestine came the
Prince of Peace.
Sot tn Of Sharon lies the plain Of Philistia,
a narrow strip OF land between the hills of
Judea and the sea, a small region, and yet it
supported a people who warred for CEN
turtles with the children OF Israel. 1t was at
GAIA, one of the chief c ties on this plain,
that Samson pulled down the pillars Of
49, A,tyl,.- nal Ital nth fhoaa ~hO ma IN
sport Of him.
Leaving the low countr y, the railroad
begins the ascent of the Judean hills through
the Wady es S,rrar, and as one Is carried
up the tortuous course Of the narrow val
ley he begins to understand why Jerusalem
wa considered a citadel. The hills rse to
n height of about 1850 feet and are so in
sG,sssible tina a small number dwelling
On top could easily defend themselves
against a much larger force. The narrow
limits of Judea impress one, hemmed in
on the west by Pbilistia, on the south by
the desert and on the east by the deep
chasm OF the Dead Sea. Its history was
developed In a territory scarcely larger
than a Nebraska county.
As we approached the summit the vine
yards appeared and the olive groves became
more numerous. Jerusalem Is beautifully
located. No wonder its rebuilding and re-
peopling 8 the dream OF the devout Jews.
many OF whom come from distant corners
OF the earth to spend their last days within
It's precincts. The present walls Of the city
are only a few hundred years old, but the
tower Of David is believed TO DO part Of the
wall erected by the great Hebrew king.
Once within the city one Is surrounded
on every hand by places that stir the Ten
derest memories. Even the uncertainty as
TO the Identification Of many Of the sites
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beyond the Jordan" plays an u~nlmportant
part In Bible history a. compared with
Judea, Samaria and Galilee, still IL has It's
Nebo, where the great jewish lawgiver
sleeps In an unmarked grave; 1t a It's
Macherus, where John the Baptist was be-
headed, and its Gilead.
Elijah, the Tishbite, came from beyond
the Jordan, and beyond the Jordan Elisha
received his teachers mantle; Ruth came
from the land OF Moab, and Job endured
his trials in the land Of US,
IMPRESSIONS OF II COUNTRY.
Space does not permit a reference to all
the places Of interest or an elaborate con-
sideration of any Of them. 1t Is impossi-
bile to describe in a few words what It re-
ouIres several days TO see, One thought
often comes to the mind as the different
scenes are visited, namely that q visit to the
Holy Land makes it easier to understand
many Bible passages and gives added
Significance to others. We have seen the
barren fig tree and the fruitful vine; we
have seen the lame and the blind and met
the leper at the gate; we have seen the tiny
lamp, such as the wise and foolish virgins
carried lamps that need often to be re-
filed; and we have seen the "whited sepul-
chres" full Of dead mems bones.' We
have been impressed with the life giving
power of a fountain in a barren land and
can more fully realize the force Of the
promise that the man who d~elighteth ain
the law Of the Lord" shall be like a tree
planted by the rivers of water"
Blu no part Of the Old Testament has
been brought more wildly to our minds
than the t~wenty-third Psalm. Life is
much the same here to-day as 1t was two,
three, four thousand years ago. and we
have seen innumerahle fiocks, and have
watched the sheep following the shepherd
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with confidence as he, staff in hand, led
them into new pastures or from hillside
to stream. No animal is more helpless
than the sheep and no guardian more ten
der than the shepherd. The sheep know
their masters voice, and we have several
times seen a shepherd carrying a lamb in
his arms. The hills about Jerusalem, the
springs, the shepherds and their focks
will rise before us whenever we read again:
The Lord is my shepherd; ! shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures;
he leadeth me beside the still waters
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Vain Appeal.
Ernm fac Chicnan Inter AeAa

From the Chicago Inter Oceon.
When President Hadley of Yale wal pro-
lessor Of political science there a student once
offered him q Door excuse for q bad examlna-
tion paper.
Prof. Hsdley listened to che excuse In
silence. Then he said, with q grim smile:
THAT excuse 10 about as poor a the ons
q criminal lawyer offered for his client In a
case that, had gone hard with him.
eloguently, remember that my client n hard
OF hearing, and that. therefore, the voice Of
conscience appeals TO him In yainr
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Bovine Newslets

ApTll 4.
L Haugc made a pleasant call at
the Matteson ranch.
Frank Matteson lost a colt by its
being hooked by COW.
Joe Lavelle and Roy Arlington
made a fashionable call at Il Mat
teson's, Thursday forenoon.
Immigrants are coming in fast
end are camping in wagons in or
der to hold claims on the prairie.
Contractor Mcdonald has quite
a city built on l. Hauge's ranch.
More houses and tents going up
every day.
Spring birds have come, yellow
Hammer and yellowbreasts. wood
nrckss' aud lnea,'nw!arh ,ws
waaks ago.
Several wagons of emi@rsnis
will, families stopped al Frank l)a-
venports ranch. cnroute to Prairie
Dog creek. north of Bad river.
Mr Mead is putting in full I me
living on his claim. as he sees liv-
ING ghosts appear most any old
time, But they had better no, be
too n,p,ldicsome.
The snowstorm Wednesday was
the heaviest since November. but
it did hot last. In two days the
sno" was gone. DRY creek is
] now quite damp bank fun.
II. u. L,
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Minor Mention

jeff Sage put his launch in the
water Tuesday.
II Is Ellis is building IN addition
16x3S to his barn.
Geo LaPlant is back from a trip
to ChasM1ix county.
We are having d nice gentle rain
this (Thur.) morning.
Frank Philbrick is hauling hay
over the river for E Ludlow.
The A G Maria made her first
trip across the river last Friday.
Hewitt Turner is back from his
visit with his parents near Mime
apolis.
Mrs L Bonsey and children of
Gettysburg came over Tuesday to
spend a week or more with grand
ma.
Remember Arbor Day-and get
your tree-But dig a good big
hole first, and then get your tree
ready.
Don't let the weeds, old papers
etc lodge against your house and
fence and make additional fuel for
the deyouling flames.
Mrs Flo Rhodes took a picture
of the A G Maria last Friday while
it was taking its first load OF
freight across the river.
Ed Shanbarker of Gettysburg
was over Tuesday in his automo.
bile with some travelling men, and
also again OH Wednesday.
! sshatins* ,Satsi ar Tile Wesi side
of the 'iveY appears i9 he prevent
ing oar lauhches FROM doing husi
ness. at this writing, Thursday
forenoon.
Grant Orsborn was i'm towr
W ednesday and Thursday witt
oats which he was taking over tn.
river to Posttrader Warner. lIt
has contract for delivering SO(
bu to him.
Frank .Aldrich has recently ac
quired ;,nother quarter section o.
land ON the Missouri river bottom
adjoining his other three quarters
inst below + Ricsen's. for whicl
he paid Sl5oO. He also owns five
quarters in II body on the Little
(hcvcnnp. making him pretty
comfortably fixed. as prices ar,
now going.
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Mr. Hughes returned on the even
ing train.

I1i I1uXucS IcIuIucO OH tuc cNeu-
ing train.
Prairie fires have been visible
on all sides the past week. We
have only heard Of County Auditor
lsrcen having his house burned
down, but more than II dozen Of
others have had their stock range
burned over. Among those on
the west were D Mckay, Kula (Sr),
Thompson Bros. w Foster, Han
son, and Fred Donovan.
The question is debated whether
damages can be collected off from
the party starting prairie fire.
We have heard it stated that ii
was doubtful-in most cases. 1t
certainly would be great blessing
to the country if every farmer was
required, by law or by custom, to
break and take care of tircguards
around his own property. The
"fad" would result in few years
in scores of windbrcaks which
would enhance the landscape as
we'll as the richness of the soil
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-04-12

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