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Show Thursday. March 29. 1928 THE RINftHAM BULLETIN. BINGHAlvl CANYON. UTAH l?))rTp retunn the holy day vVS'Jfl W When the glid eitth'i roundjM I vKynVtht chant th ingtli itriJT JVyS It AfchrUt bring! life eteme to men, Nf HiyyiAnd the long-dea- world again I JJo GMW In beauty at Spring! breath. WJ OM that darkling day of doom 'J the Matet laid down WAVV7 ,Hite had conquered in the rtrifeu Whote dire guerdon wai the tomb.'V Love and loyal faith had lent Yv Him who promiiedi Aa I live, " So to you I lurcly give Power to crou Death'! aea atotm-toe- t VET the iwift circling hour! Found the Joy between the tear. Wrought the wonder of earth'i yean, Worked the will of heavenly power, Warring Death and Hell in vain Truited many bolt and bar; Strong the Son of Man afat Dragged them captive in Hi! traliv CINQ, O Earth, thy long of Joy! " Nature, don thy robe of 6owerat Eatter imile from all thy boweral life'a reborn to full employ. No mytt'ry in th' aacred atory Can the Cod-Man-'i triumph dim. Whom the dcathleii angela hymn t Mortal! laud ( King of Glory! WESTERN GIRL STRENGTHENED CyTaking Lydia E.PinkKam' Vegetable Compound Manchester, So. Dakota. "I was In a terribly weak and run-dow- n condl I tlon when a friend told me about Lydla -- """""v E. Plnkham's Vega- - Is table Compound. I f& began taking It and l" i I after a short tima H hf I felt better. Wa . V" T . are a family of Ave 'f, v A " and oa 360- - ' crft arm. I X have quite a good P,, I deal to do both I doors and out At a I first I was unable to do anything and had to have a girl, but after taking the Vegetable Corn pound I finally gained my strength back and also gained considerable la weight I will gladly answer letters from women in regard to your medi-cine." Maa. Otto J. Geyxb, R. F. D, 1, Box 20, Manchester, So. Dakota. CRICAMEKY Near I.oa Annelea. Modern equipment. Uroan bnslneaa, fl8,000 a year. Include 1 acre land. Must all for 1126.000. Many other bUKlneaaea for aala. Free lint on requeat. 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In 24 hours they strain from It 600 grains of acid and waste, so we con readily understand the vital Importance of keeping tha kidneys active. Drink lots of feood water you can't drink too much; also get from any pharmacist about four ounces of Jad Salts. Take a table.poonful In a glnss of water before breakfast each morning for a few days and your kid-neys may then act fino. This famous salts '.s made from the acid of grapes and lemon Juice, combined with llthla, and has been used for years to help clean and stimulate clopged kidneys also to neutralize the acids In the system so they are no longer a source of , Irritation, thus often relieving bladder weakness. Jad Salts Is Inexpensive; cannot in-jure; makes a dellphtfut effervescent llthla-wate- r drink which everyona should take now and then to help keep their kidneys clenn and active. Try this ; also keep up the water flrlnklng, and no doubt you will won-der what became of your kidney trou-ble and backache. 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U, Salt Lake City, No. Children Cry for w'Uja:ji ia n0 ' y l - - of tying el Crlsto is beginning to be eliminated, or else performed at night, on Thursday evening. Guards wltb guns are usually posted at the cere-monies in order . to keep away the overcurlous stranger. Any one ap-proaching too close Is duly threat-ened. ISoys have taken hikes Into the mountains, to behold the spectacle of the i'enltentes whipping themselves. Muny have crouched behind s rock or a bush on a bill, watching the ritual closely, while expecting any minute to receive from their rear the shot of dreaded and doubtful "bocon rind." Such hikes provide great thrills for the youths aod also material: for a story which they can recount to their less fortunate comrades. A person not baying seen the Penftentes Is 'coo-s- i flered unworldly:wIse and a "nlnAy.": ' : Cult .Is pwlntJIIijfl. Thus does the. cult flourish In New" Mexico, southern Colorado, southern' Utah and eastern Arizona. Bui each year this sect Is becoming less and less conspicuous, withdrawing more and more Into the fastnesses of the mountains. Undoubtedly, tourists have beheld the I'enitente miniature crosses erect-ed along some highways as they have ridden over the rough, dirt roads In the neighborhood of the colonies I'lles of rocks hold these crosses They are some three feet high But the passing of the Holy week marks the cessation of their cere-monies and of I heir greatest activity During the rest of the entire year, they are peaceful people, who carry on their meager farming. As s pea pie, they are superstitious, Irnpres slonable, and are commonly known as niesllzos; that Is. half breeds of In dlnn Spanish descent hut oftener. they ore of Indian descent alone. blacksnake on his shoulders, of his remissness; the leather whip cuts the air with a sharp whistling. No Limit to - Often these rigors are not enough ; the cholla cactus, one needle of which has known to drive horses to fury. Is packed about their chests, or yet aguln, the I'enltentes walk across these with their bare feet, or fling the branches of needles on their backs The cholla needles are long and ma-lignant; they stick In the flesh as II barbed and burn like Are, working their way Inward, where they cause pustules. Imagine many of.'" these needles In one's flesh I And yet ihe I'enltentes, with zealous cries con tlnue their way to the place selected as el Calvurio, all their, pain suhju" gated by their religious fanaticism Amid loud lamentation, the pilgrim, age of tlie Cross Is enacted, the man staggering under the weight , ot Hie symbol. He precedes the group; his bnck Is now bleeding, now clptted When he reels, showing signs of being about to fall, one of the elder broth ers In rank helps him.-- Once attain i Ing the spot chosen as Calvary el Crlsto Is usually tied with ropes to his cross and raised Indeed, what s spectacle; the sky lowers like a cloud ed opal, and Ihe raw, penetrating breeze fans the trousers of the Pen I tentes. These people believe that had wenther Is synonymous with Holy week, that the weather must be bad because It Is a time when every on mourns. And still they worship, oh llvlous of the cold winds, lifting theli cries and chants, whipping vigorous ly. Kl Crlsto hnngs until he no longer shows much sign of life and then Is taken down, wrapped In a cloth and carried sway. Deaths Not Uncommon. Formerly, nailing the victim to the cross was quite common; death came also us often to their ranks. The corpses were ferreted away and proh ably burled. But noHiing definitely has ever been proved against tlie cult; In tlie past, rumors have circulated about this I'enitente or that not be-ing seen after Holy week; men have been known to die from the excessive fanaticism of r licit ritual Now. the news that one of them has been killed during the crucifixion spreads now. one has died fro.n exhaustion and too rPrormis self-tortur- but these stories are short lived. Should a I'enitente betray his brotherhood then the pen ally Is to be burled alive t'onse quently. no one has ever talked However, al present, tlie crucifixion is more guarded and merely takes the form ot lying the victim to tlie cross with ropes. Kven now. the spectacle Weird EasterJC Rites CiSj of the Penitentes With tlie approach ot Holy week the i'enltentes forsake the role of stu pld peons and once more take up their yearly scourging. Aftei the passing of Raster, because of the rigors, each brother has accomplished one more act to he used, for his sal-vation, has taken another step' that should bring him closer to heaven. All the year around, the I'enltentes are Indifferent Mexicans, living In their adobe huts, which they have made with their own hands, existing in a land of mannnn. sometimes rais-ing Utile fields of stunted corn, or chill eppers. or Mexican beans: sometimes tending their few scrawny chickens or goats. They are never hurried, never do anything, yet hnv little time. If anyone asks them for something they invariably answer. "Hay poco tlempn" "1 have ll'ile time." Thus theirs Is a life of poco tlempo, except during Lent. ' Rarely at any other time during the year do the I'enltentes become active. If they do. It Is on All Souls' day. two days after Halloween time. Thm they make a procession to their ceme tery. whipping Ihelr backs ns they go Occasionally, when one of their broth erhood has died, they convene at his house to hold prayer, chanting n strange. Iltanylike song, praying late Into the night for the departed soul Lenten Observances. All during Lent, though. the hold secluded praying, going in small pro cession's In tlie night. Indulging In some self-flayin- hut It is Holy Frl day which awakens their zeal to the highest pitch. Raw, bllstery winds ot March or April blow, swaying the hlacklsh-gree- pinion trees dotting the region where the I'enltentes live; the land has been picturesquely named the Saiigre de Crlsto range blood ot Christ by the Spanish explorers he cause of the d rocks on rocks showing a ferric composition. On Friday afternoon the I'enitente nrotlierhood bold the greatest of hell spectacles. They have been (laying themselves off and on all during Holy week ; their hacks are masses of con genled blood and outraged Hesh Nev erlheless. they begin aguln with a up meiited fervor short ly nfter noon coining out clad only In trousers and heginiiiiig the big procession ; the en Hctlng of the Crucifixion Grewsome Ceremonies. One of the I'enltentes is chosen to take tlie part of el Crlsto and carries tlie cross, s heavy, crude symbol which he usually can hardly drag, staggering under tlie weight Behlmt him come the others, the singers and those who Hay themselves with whips made from the yucca or "soup-wee- The plant Is common throughout the Southwest and bears long, fihrcus blades; It Is used by the peons to make crude soap; the tough blades are also used as twine. Usually, those scourging themselves tnke ine step forward and then pause, bringing dowu Ihe cutting fibers of the whip upon their already much hlevdjng backs with a dull thwack. The rhythm of the chain aids their regu-larity ot motion, if any lag in his fervor of laying on blows or shrink under them, then a master In chnrpe will remind hliu, by bringing down a Apple Monumtntt A well-know- monument to apples, In tlie form of a pillar, was erected In 1805 at Wilmington, near Lowell. Muss., to the lliildwln apple, Tliere U also a tablet In the town of Onondaga county, New York, on tlie original Kile of the I'rlnifite ap-ple tree. Another monument In New York n the monument to tlie Northern Spy, erected In at Iiloomlleld. The Wealthy apple Is commemorated1 by a uioniiineiit at Icelnlor, Minn. This was unveiled In .lime, 1012. The dust of twenty centuries lias blown In upon the little garden where Joseph, and Nlcodemus, and others, performed a very solemn and a very sorrowful duty when they tenderly spiced the body of the Nazarene, wound It In white linen, reverently laid It away In the hollow of s roik, and sealed the tomb with a stone that was to remain until the angels rolled it away to flood the world with a new light. . - Many books have been written about what happened In this little garden; the logic and the eloquence of the world's wisest men have been piled around even some Of the minor incidents of the story as we repeat It today; philosophers have dug Into It; science has cut Into It with the keen est of its lances,' but the light and beauty of the story, with its sacred Implications, with Its promise of the silvered cycles thut, unbroken, numf run on unendingly, remain unmurred by the bitter bickerings of these two thousand years. Even now humanity Is surging rest-lessly In Its quest for happiness. It is not In wealth, with Its evil vanities and coarse ostentations; It Is not In power, with Its unensy crowns and wasted opportunities; It Is not In fame, with Its broken dreams and fading rainbows; and yet, humanity, still fickle as moths, continues to pile Itself around these wasting cand'es. still unmindful of the very nearness of the thing humanity craves mont. Happiness is In the great quiet which had fallen upon Joseph when he begged Pllnte for the body of the Naz-arene, In the spiritual awakening which men and women experience when they gather In the quiet places of this earth, where voices are low and tender, and where lights are soft, and where music Is gentle and soulful In Its reaches. The winds of the marching seasons have scattered the leaves of the little garden of Joseph's time; the rocks are worn by the elements; the lines are broken and changed; the land scape Is different; the paths are burled; but the meaning of what hap-pened here Is a priceless and endur-ing human heritage, a radiant hope ever growing In Its beauties. Evidently Was Hungry i Albert I'.rown, a down-uud-out-walked Into a restaurant at Mourn Cnrmel, 111., and asked for a handout Two persons who heard Brown's storj agreed to pay for all he could eat Brown made away with seventeen hamburger sandwiches, nine cups ot coffee, sevpn slices of bacon, two pin's of milk, three oyster stews, six Jell rolls, two cans of beans and si glasses of wnter. Procession "You have a gi't followln-r.- .."I hope so," answered Senator Sor-ghum. "But that following Is coming nlong pretty fast with Ideas of Its own. Sometimes I am not sure whether I am being followed or pur-sued." Easter Custom Gives Privilege of Kissing Public :ove-niakln- an old time Lust-er custom. Is still a feature of the holiday In varl- - ous parts ot tlie country. On the ' first Tuesduj aft-er Raster, the young men of Hunger fo r d, a small town on the borders of Wiltshire and " Berkshire, may safely kiss every Exchange Not luaiden , Robbery' meet This prlv-ileg- e bus been handed down since John o'Ga tint's day, and the men are expected to give an orange In ex-change for the salute. Many years ago l large , sura of money was bequeathed to the town authorities -- of Sinedgute, In. York-shire, on condition that every Easter the Interest on the money was dis-tributed among poor people who wished to get married but had not enough money to buy the necessary furniture. It some parts of the country girls have an Easter test that Is supposed to Indicate Ihe Identity of their future husbands. The test consists of select-ing :in onion to represent each of the eligible 'men.' All the onions are then placed in the chimney corner tt. force their growth. The fiist to show signs ,f sprouting Is considered to rcpre scut the lucky man. Londm Tit-Bit- s Easter Lily Blossom Unknown to Palestine It Is wholly uncertain wliut (lower Jesus had In mind when he spoke of the "lilies of the field." whlch- -t hough they toiled not, neither did they spin were adorned more beauti-fully than Solomon In all his glry. Certainly he was not speaking of any blossoms of the type now represented by what Is called the. Easter Illy, be-cause no sncb lilies were known In the Palestine of His day, all of them being exclusively of eastern Asiatic origin. Of these lilies there are mony varieties, ns everybody knows, the finest of them all and the one gen-erally grown nt the present time in tlie greenhouses of this country be-ing a native of Japan Lillum longl-tlorum- . ' A similar lily, though of a different variety, is the Lillum candidum, or Madonna lily, which is so called it Is the flower that Is supposed to have been presented to the Virgin by the Angel of the Annunciation. One finds it thus depicted in one of the most famous paintings of Mtirillo. EASTER MORNING fef; rn NbHHMv. ... ' rrfnii i .waw What could be more In season than this spring maiden with her Easter symbols. Origin of Colored Eggs ' The custom of having colored eggs ai Easter time seeing to have a heath en origin. Easter time was tlie time of the ancient spring festivals that marked the return of the warm weather, with flowers and birds and animal life revived. The egg from which a live bird may emerge is a most fitting symbol of this spring awakening. The brlglx colors with which eggs nre decorated symbolize the hues of the Easter sun. also tlie universal Joy at this time after the whiteness or grsyness of wmter. Tlie Easter rabbit bits a Oermaii origin, and Is the result of an attempt to ac-count to children for the presence of tlie colored eggs; of course every child knows that hens do not lay such decorated eggs. |