\k imWm immmf mj§ WMPW if M I': pp H WpffM /:% { i <i ' ok ')' • } v • r;^ V; ✓ M ' -^~-~T~ —' - C |g nV-j S' ' >£3 TRADITIONS VM HAY e. A SPRING opening everywhere! l\ In the shop windows,an open- / —\ ing of delicate fabrics sprigged with flowers that might make nature envious; of airy, fairy hats, trimmed in stolen bits of rainbow; of irresistible sugar eggs, chocolate rab bits and vellow-down chickabiddies. In the fields, an opening of leaf and blossom and a meadow lark's song. In the churches, an opening of a tomb and an angel of life in place of the dead. The opening of human hearts in love toward God, man, and the lit tle sparrow; the opening of hands •outstretched to the unfortunate and the sinning. It is Eastertide. While tlie resurrection from the •dead is the pivotal belief upon which the whole Christian faith turns, the word Easter is of pagan origin, Eastre being the Saxon name of an old Teu tonic goddess who was the personi fication of morning and spring. Like wise, in many of our Easter observ ances Christianity has laid its im press upon old pagan myths and cus toms—the joy in the new spring life that, leaped so high a flame in the bonfires upon the hillsides now stead ily gleaming in altar taper, and spring flowers once faily gathered for out door festival song and dance now reverently crowding the churches. Our own earliest, recollections of Easter are flashing memories of thwso Jirst. Easter eggs—red, yellow und glorious royal purple—that rolled out •of fairyland into everyday life to mystify our wondering eyes with their strange beauty. And hv a happy coin cidence, the egg is the oldest of the symbols connected with Easter. In fact, if it were an aspirant for mem bership in some glass-case society of antique superstitions it could trace its geneaology back to ancient Persia and Egypt. The Persians, looking upon their new year—which conies -on the 12th of March—as the renewal of all things, celebrated the festival by exchanging colored eggs. The Egyptians considered an egg a gaered ■emblem of the renovation of mankind after the Deluge. From them, the Jews adopted it for a sign and sym bol, it now becoming the triumphant type of their departure from Egypt and intimately associated with the feast of the Passover, eggs always being on the table with the paschal lamb. The Christians, loving the dear ■old family traditions, naturally gave the egg a place of honor in the cele bration of the paschal lamb, the Easter egg being a most fit emblem of the Resurrection, "the rising up out the grave, in the same manner as the chick, entombed, as it were, in the egg, is indue time brought to life." The pretty custom of hunting for Easter eggs originated in Germany, where the eggs were lilddsn in tho tall grass by mothers and pet aunties, and eagerly searched for by all the excited youngsters of the family. In the Bristol museum, Ihere is a Ger man print representing three hens up holding a basket with three eggs bearing the emblems Faith, Hope and Charity, with this legend in German: "All good things are three. Therefore 1 present you three Kaster eggs. Faith and Hope, together with Char ity. Never lose from the heart. Faith to the church; Hope in God And love Him to thy death." In Russia, Faster eggs are ex changed even by the dear dignified grown-ups. Faster morning, a man goes to his friend's house and greets him with: "Jesus Christ is risen." The friend answers: "Yes, lie is risen indeed." Then they kiss each other on both cheeks, exchange eggs, and drink brandy. Of course, everyone knows that the Easter sun, the world over, dances in the heavens If sleepy-heads will only get up early enough to see it. In some places in Ireland, there is a great clapping of hands at midnight, Easter even, happy laughter; and the cry: "Out with Lent!" Then all is mer riment for a little while, until the members of the tired household go to bed —only to rise at four o'clock that they may see the sun dance. In Scotland, the sun whirls like a wind mill and then gives three leaps. One of the prettiest traditions is that of the Easter hare. The hare has long been the symbol o£ the moon. It is a nocturnal animal, feeding at. night. The female carries her young for a month, representing the lunar The Triumph of Life Over Death By Rev. Henry Clinton Hay. (Of tlio Sweden borgian Church.) resurrection means that £% his earthly body. That the man lives on after the death of earthly body dies is a matter of universal observation and experience; but that the man himself ceases on that account to love and think, plan and execute, in the world of love and wisdom and spiritual expression, is an inference without the slightest warraut from observation of experi ence. The most that can be said is that ho no longer appears to the senses of earthly bodies when his own earthly body is lost as a means of earthly ex pression. Hut that there is an in dwelling love-and-thought world, con stantly animating, shaping and em ploying matter and giving to it its values, is manifest in every human experience. That man comes forth from this inner world, not only in the beginning of his existence, but in every act of his Intellect, will and body, we know. It is therefore reasonable to con clude that he continues to exist in it when the body returns to the dust CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1907. cycle. Then the baby hares, unlike rabbits, are lx>rn with their eyes open, ami the moon is "open-eyed watchei of the night." The open-eyed hare— the lunar animal and the lunar fes tival, you see, for the time of Eastei depends upon the moon—became as sociated with the opening of the new year at Easter, and hence, in the popular mind, with the paschal egg token to signify the opening of the year. In Germany, the Easter bars rivals St. Nicholas in popularity for every little Karl and Gretchen knows, if a cliWd is good and obedient, a white hare will steal—down a moonbeam nc doubt —into the sleeping house, on Easter even, and lay its beautifully colored eggs in all sorts of odd places. When the myth reached America the hare was transformed into the better-known rabbit; the change due, perhaps, as a writer naively suggests, to the fact that confectioners are not 'experts in natural history." There are some superstitions con nected with Easter that it would b* wise for the reader to treasure in hia mind, so important are they in their bearing upin his health and happi ness. If the wind is in the east on Easter morning, draw water and wash in it, to avoid the ill effects of an east wind throughout the year. The efficacy of the Easter water cure is so well known in Germany that the Mecklen berg maid servants spread out linen clothes in the yard, the evening be fore, and Easter morning wash them selves with dew, rain or snow fallen in the..linen, while in Sachsenburg the peasants ride their horses into the water to ward off sickness from the poor beasts. whence it has been taken. But a body of another kind —the organism of the man himself, in his own spirit ual substance —must then be laid bare as the instrument of self-con sciousness, and of expression and usefulness to others. Eife, as we know it, is a constant resurrection. "The tomb of the past is the womb of the future." All na ture is constantly dying, the tissues of the earthly body are constantly dying, life is a continual triumph over this universal death, and progress Is made possible only by this process of resurrection. The Immortality and progress of the human soul and of human society consist thus in the Creator's triumph over death. Easter is a memorial of all this triumph of life over death, not. only in nature, but also in humanity. The germ of life in every human breast 13 thus raised up when the body returns to the dust. All that has been elabor ated within that material husk —all the love of right or wrong, of truth or falsity, of wisdom or folly, of use fulness or destructiveness —unfolds and bears its fruits, determining the man's character as an angel or devil forever. OUR SAILORS Are Landed in Two lion duran Towns. AS A PRECAUTION. Men from Ihe Warship Marietta Will Safeguard American Interests — hondurans Lose a Battle. Washington, D. C. —Blue jackets j and marines have been landed I from the United States gunboat Mari ! Etta at Trujillo and Ceiba and prob -1 ably at Puerto Cortez, Honduras, in or j der to protect American interests in ; those ports. Advices to this effect were received Thursday at the navy depart- I inent. from Commander Fuliam, of the Marietta. As yet no word has ; been received as to whether forces have been landed at Central Ameri can ports on the Pacific coast side, but undoubtedly this step will be taken if American interests are con : sidered in danger. The navy department feels that the : action taken by Commander Fullani ; brings the situation completely in ; hand so far as the safeguarding of trade interests is concerned. In ad j dition to the protection given to j Americans it is felt that the action of this government will relieve foreign i governments of the necessity of tak ! ing any steps toward making a naval | demonstration. The landing of blue jackets and marines and the policing I of both shores of the Central Ameri j can republics with United States gun boats before trading vessels had been j molested or foreign interests jeopar j dized is regarded here as a diplomatic : move that will prevent any interna i tioual complications growing out of the policy of the United States not to | permit European demonstrations in Central American or South American j waters. Both coasts of the warring Central | American republics are covered by ; American gunboats. In addition to J the Marietta on the Honduras Carib ■ beun coast, which is the point regard- I ed as most in danger, the Paducah is : further south on the Nicaraguan j coast. 011 the Pacific coast side are i the Princeton, which is patrolling the j Nicaraguan coast, and the Chicago, which is patrolling the Salvadoran and Honduran coasts. Joint intervention by Mexico and the United States in the war which threatens to involve all Central Amer ican is regarded as probable by di plomatists. Managua, Nicaragua.—A dispatch received here Wednesday from the front says: "The Honduran and Salvadoran army, numbering over 5,0(10 men, at tacked the Nicaraguan positions at Potillos de Namasique and after three days and two nights of fighting the Hondurans and Salvadorans were completely defeated, leaving hundreds of dead and wounded on the battle field. The Nlcaraguans also captured many prisoners, among them being several hipli officers, besides 2,000 rifles and great quantities of all kinds of war munitions. The Nicaraguans lost many men wounded and had a few killed." . MY TYPOGRAPHICAL GIRL. '.. ike *** her eyes are gleaming, How taper is iier K "! S'o . to my dreaming Of her could I withstand! 'Ter milliner is quite ing, Without a parallel Her figure Is quite "smashing," She is my nonpareil. 'n Ijove's tergiversation She plays a eoquette's purl; In sweet ? She ever keeps m.v heart. Twonld almost drive me frantic, Quite parenthetically, June day if this Roman tic Maid set her Cap for me. -Tom Masson, in Life. Improving Some. "I'd like to know," demanded the irate passenger, "why you don't give betttr service on this line? Here I lm 40 minutes late this morning!" "We are giving better service," re torted the station master. "Last month this train was always 50 min ltes late." THE SAME OLD RAIMENT. Ella —A leopard can't change his spots. Arthur —Not even when the styles change?— Chicago Daily News. 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Also a big line it of samples. B BMMH N Avery large line ol ' FOR THE t *2 Lace Curtains that can- m ~'^ m _ £* m COMWBIM MD6IIK »< kg Art Squares and of fine books in a choice library Rugs of all sizes and select the Ideal pattern of Globe- Sfl * * kind, frotn the cheap- Wernicke "Elastic" Bookcase. est to the best. Furnished with bevel French £3 plate or leaded glass doors. |£ M Dining Chairs, I ,OB caLE ov I JuJ Rockers and GEO. J. LaBAR, * « fcjt High Chairs. Sole Agent for Cameron County. jfcvg £2 A large and elegant I————————————_J ~ || line of Tufted and || || Drop-head Couches. Beauties and at bargain prices. |*l || Q S3O Bedroom Suits, COC S4O F«;deboard, quar- CQO Bolid oak at tered cak SOU M S2B Bedroom Suits, C*)| f32 Sideboard, quar- COC IP 1 solid oak at 4)£l tered oak 4>ZO r«| Jf'S $25 Bed room Suits, CIH $22 Sideboard, quar- tflC M solid oak at 4)ZU I tered 0ak,... 3> ,D M II A large line of Dressers from I Chiffoniers of all kinds and M N $8 up. I a 1 prices. M —: J : kjj* The finest line of Sewing Machines on the market, ||g || the "DOMESTIC" and "ELDRIEGE.' All drop- || * heads and warranted. £2 A fine line of Dishes, common grade and China, in ff* *2 sets and by the piece. As I keep a full line of everything that goes to H M make up a good Furniture store, it is useless to enum- {•» N erate them all. N M Please call and see for yourself that lam telling M * g you the truth, and if you don't buy, there is no harm || done, as it is no trouble to show goods. i GEO. J .LaBAR. |j UKTDBFI.TAK.IWrCJ. *4 izzzxzzzzzzzKzzzs.-zzzzzzxsiJ 3
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