The bicycle policeman will find him self entirely eclipsed when the auto mobile policeinau appears. Three German courts recently de cided that if the Berlin police should judge auy particular color scheme of a house to be improper or too gaudy | they could order the painter to change «t A regular business, carried on in France by Indies of the highest stand ing, is to secure rich American brides for penuiless men of title. These matrimonial agents receive fees when they are successful. Siberia hereafter will not be such a bad place togo to as most of the. towns in that couutry have arc lights for street use and incandescent oues for houses. A large majority of these people have jumped over one lightiug era, at least, for they have hever known •;as as an illuniiuant. There is no curfew ordinance in St. Louis, but many of the owners of mills and factories have agreed to have their factory or mill whistles blown in the evening to warn children when it is time togo home. The whistles are to be blown at eight o'clock in the winter and at nine iu tho summer, aud the plan will be con tiuued iu operation for a year. , A prominent New York life iusur auce company, upon petition of a large number of the heaviest insurers iu the United States, has consented to keep a separate class of total ab s aincrs who may hereafter take poli cies in the company, and give them at tbe end of their dividend period the benefit of any better mortality among total abstainers thau among the gen eral class of assurauts. In a reeeut address in Brooklyn, Charles W. Price stated that o\er J0,000,000 had been invested iu electric lighting in the United States and that the total horse power re quired in the electric lighting of Greater New York was not than 200,000 horse power, aud that in the last 13 years, since the birth of the electric railway there had been an ex penditure of more thau $1,700,00), 000, aud that now anyone could travel by electric cars from Paterson, N. J., via. New York, to Portland, Me., with oaly three insignificant interruptions, which collectively amount to less than 1 j miles, Wesleyau university is threatened with a peculiar dauger. Women were let in some years agj, and they multi plied so rapidly that the alu uni fear that it will end in thj transformation of the institution into a woman's col lege. The percentage of women rose from seven to 23 in 10 years, a rate of increase which in about 15 years from now would bring the number of wom en up to that of men. Coeducation is seen to be safe only within certain arithmetical limits, and the Weslevan alumni have done educators a service iu deliuing the danger line at 23 per cant. Above 23 per ceut. wo.neu be come terrible toman. He begius to c/.it lectures and to blush furiously when he recites. Perhaps the only way out of the difficulty is the organ ization of a separata womau's college within the university. You never cau be sure that women will keep below 23 per cent. Ingoing to college, as iu shopping, they defy all numerical re straint. The remarkable growth of the can ning industry in the United States was shown by facts presented at the recent meeting iu Detroit of the three associations of canners. In 188"> there were only about 100 firms in this country engaged in the busi ness of canning goods. Today the manufacturers of canned goods are loca'ed all over the laud, aud are over 2000 in number. Each year the Amer ican canners "put up" as the house wives would say, 6,000,000 cases of tomatoes, 5,500,000 of corn, 2,000,- 000 of peas,and 10,000,000 of peaches and other fruits aud vegetables, mak ing a total of 23,500,000 cases of all kinds. Estimating the average price at $2 a/'ase, the total output would be worth $47,000,00f>. The packers es timate their profit at 15 per cent, of tbe selling price, at whi-li calculation they would pocket $7, 000,000 a year. The outlay of the packers is mostly in the raw product and labor. A fac tory costing SIO,OOO, including ma chinery, might have a capacity of 30,- 000 cans a day. There are on the av erage 100 hands employed at each canning factory, or 200,000 iu all. Addiug to thin 250 or 301) firms mak ing machinery and suppli >s and each employing about 50 hands, would give a total of 215,C0 > people who derive their living from this industry. Al lowing S4OO a year for each hand, man, woman and child, there is a total of $80,000,000 a year paid out iu wages. ALL IS WELL. Q -m: HE clock strikes twelve, jf,Tti® year is at its sprint;, ,—And o'er lier callow brood the thrush JifflEi Folds close a sheltering wing; cST While through oar sottage wludow pane :U, ifa A msonbeain struggles wild, rW" With silvery torch to guide the dreams VtO Wo* Of mother and of child. The clock strikes twelve, Tho clock strikes twelve. The year is iu its prime, The hour Is dark and still; Lo, Youth and Love stand 'neath tUe stars Long shadows lie athwart the tombs To hear the fairy chime. In the graveyard on the hill. The gleaming dew like music drips A frost is blighting leaf aud bud, From glud red roses sweet— But spares yon lilies white,, Alas, that life should be so full, Whose pale, pure faces turn toward dawn, The winged hours so fleet. Aud wait the Easter light. —Eva Kathabise Clai-p. '^ALSEP/ (Tills little legend, by Canon Chrlstophor S'-hmid, Is supposed to have been written to explain tlie origin of the custom of dis tributing Easter eggs. It lias been adapted from the French of H. A. Gtuber.) 8 situated in a little mountains a small cabins in which lived a number of families who were veiy poor but good aud respectable. The inhabitants of this little valley had some gardens where they culti vated vegetables and a few tields where they raised grain to make their bread and a few cows and goats from whom they got the milk to make their butter and cheese. The men aud women were very industrious, and the little childreu helped their parents by taking care of the goats and cows on the mountain. One day a little girl who was tending some goats ou the mountain came running down to her mother to tell about a beautiful lady v. ho had just arrived on horseback on the moun tain, accompanied by a little girl and a little boy aud a man, evidently a ser vant. The lady was very tired aud had asked the little girl for some bread aud milk for her children, who were hungry and thirsty. Tho mother prepared some milk, bread, butter and cheese aud with her husband and little girl ascended the mountaiu aud found the lady and her children sit ting ou a rock. The little boy and girl were as beautiful as their mother, aud all three were haudsomely dressed. The ladv accepted the bread and milk with many thanks, and when they had satisfied their hunger and thirst the lady begau to question the poor woman and her husband. When she learned that the village was in habited only by peasants she seemed greatly pleased aud said that she would rest there a while to recover from the fatigue of crossing the moun taiu. She iuquired if there was an unoccupied house to be obtained, and on learning that there was one she went to look at it, aud declared it to be quite convenient. The necessary arrangements were completed iu a short while, and the lady and her children with the servant, whose name was Kuuo, took possession of the house. One of the young girls of the village, named Marie, was found willing to take service with the lady, and when they were settled in the little house litr mistress said to Marie: "Here is some money. Go and buy me some meat, batter, cheese and bread." Marie answered: "Madame, it is im possible to buy any meat, for we only have meat in the winter, when the men kill a bear." "No meat." said the lady; "that is terrible. Well, then, go buy me some that I may give them to my chil dren." "Oh, madame," said Marie, "you surely would not be so cruel as to take the eggs of the poor little birds that sing so sweetly." "No, 110," said the lady; "I asked for the eggs of the hen, not the eggs THE BEAUTIFUL LADY AND HKIi CIIIL DIIEN. of the birds that siug in the forest." "Madame," answered Marie, "I do not know of the eggs of tbe heu of which yon speak. We have no hens." The lady was greatly surprised, but as hens came from another part of the country she saw that it was not easy for the poor people who had never left the little valley to procure auy hens. As it was impossible to obtain either neat or eggs the lady and the children had to be content with bread and milk, and after supper that eveniug madame called Knno and said to him: "To-morrow morning take the horse, cross the mountain and goto | the city tliat we ««w on our wav hither and buy me the necessary tilings that I have marked on this list. Buy me also some hens and a rooster." Kuno did as directed aud arrived home at a late hour that evening, bringing with him all sorts of useful things; but the children of the village were particularly curious about a cage which he carried aud in which were some extraordinary looking birds. Kuno put the cage on the ground, opened the door and out walked the rooster, followed by the hens. The lady gave some grain to the rooster and hens and as they ate it the chil dren looked on with admiration. Their astonishment was increased when the rooster begau to crow, and the next morning when they saw the large white eggs that the hens had laid their admiration was beyond limit. The lady was so good and charitable that all the people iu the village learned to love her. She gave food to the poor, visited the sick, consoled the atUicted and all the summer, winter and autumn - 'l' hjk 0?% /. .^ . ■<* THE HAItE AND THE EASTEIt ECSG. (Wo have crown so accustomed to the appearance of tlie hare and the egg at Easter time that we forget to wonder at ttieir rathor strange association. According to a German legend, A noble lady, who wished to make tho children seaside to tho beauties of nature In the spring, conceived the Idea of hiding dyed eggs in little nests along the lanus and hedges and starting the children on a search for them. She took her own two children and the children of tho poor cottagers, and great was the delight when her pretty treasures were discovered. But great was also'the wonder as to how those flue eggs were laid, when it happened that a hare, startled by the many voices, ran out of one of tho bushes, aud a little boy cried oat, "It must bo tho hare!" So ever since the hare aud the Easter egg have been Inseparable.) lived in the village. She bail now many hens and consequently a num ber of eggs which she gave to the sick, showing the women of the village many ways of cooking the eggs which they found delicious. The liens were a source of great amusement to the chibb en. The poor people in the village -were so obliging that the lady determined to give them couie pleasure and as they worked every day with the ex ception of Sunday, she selected the festival of Easter and prepared a feast for that day. With the assistance of Marie she made a quantity of good things to eat and then colored a large number of eggs. These were colored red, blue, green, orange, lilac, and in fact all the colors of the rainbow and were intehdeA as a surprise for the children of the village. Edmund and Blanche took charge of the village children and brought them to a little woods at the back of the house where they were shown a number of little nests of moss—one for each child, Wheu they opened them they saw five colored eggs in eaoh nest. On each egg was a sentence or two of writing, containing some good advice for the children and they came and showed their treasures with much joy to their parents. When all bad said goodby a poor little boy, a stranger, came to the door aud said that he was very tired and hungry, and was on his way to visit.his mother, who was very sick. He had a little money whioli he was trying to sava for his mother who was poor as well as sick. The lady invited hii« into the bouse and after giving him a good anpper prepared tone provisions for him to eat on the way home, gave him a piece of eohl for hia mother and ales three colored eggs, 011 one of which was written: •'ln Go A put tliy confidence and tliou shalt receive assistance." The boy, whose name was Fridoliu, set oat for his home, across the moun tain, and tad not gone far when he saw a horse standing near a ravine, but without a rider. The boy looked into the ravine and saw that a man iu the dress of a cavalier lay there, who looked as if dead. He examined the mau and found thut he was badly hurt, but not dead. He got some water for the knight, who asked if he could give him anything to eat. Fridolin said that he had eaten all the provisions g /en him for the journey and only had the three colored eggs for his father, mother and sister. The man said, "Give me t.ie eggs and I will give you some gold," and Fridoliu gave him the eggs aud he ate two and told Fridoliu to keep the third. When, however, the mau looked at the writing ou the third egg, he was greatly surprised, for he recognized it as that of his wifj. He bad been obliged to leave his family and goto war at the command of his king, and an enemy, taking ad vantage of his absence, had attacked his castle, driven his wife and children from home aud burned the house to tho ground. When he returned from the war aud found his home iu ruins he at ouce went in search of his wife, whom he feared was in the power of his enemy. He learned through Fridoliu that she was safe and Jwliere she was staying, and determined togo to her at once. He traveled as a pilgrim, for fear that his enemy might hear of him, and reached the little village in a short time. His children met him, became very friendly with him, but their mother, feariug that the pilgrim might be an euemy iu disguise, was fright ened until her husband threw off the pilgrim's loug cloak and discovered himself to her. He told how he had been able, through her kindness aud charity to the poor little Fridoliu, to find her, aud she, iu turn, told how the brave Kuno had takeu herself and the children irom the castleby a seciet passage. The Chevalier Aruo, for such was the name ot the father of Edmund aud Ulauche, was touched by the story of the kindness of the poor village people to his wife and children. The chevalier aud his family left the'next day, but they never forgot the poor people in the valley aud each year distributed among them a quan tity of Easter eggs and the custom ex tended from country to country until uow it is known iu all the countries of Christendom. Where* Easter Lilies Come From. Few people who see the multitude of lilies used iu the adornment of churches will realize what has been the labor of bringing these lovely (lowers from the places where they were grown, or even what care has been necessary to force them into bloom for this time of year. America uses for all kinds of decorations, but especially for Easter, toa times as many lilies or flowers as any other country. A florist has been heard to say that this is not au "imported fad," but au original one. The lilies that are peculiarly Easter lilies are in bloom in their native soil in Bermuda at this time of year, aud yet there, iu the land of flowers, an American woman was astonished a few years ago to find that no flowers were placed upon the altars of the churches on Easter, although the worshipers could look out through open doors and windows to whole fields white with lilies, and to hedgerows showing a wealth of blossoms. Many of the lilies used in the United States have in former years come from Bermuda, having been sent as buds packed well in moss. When putin warm water these buds will qniokly open, and thns qnantities of iilies are obtained with little trouble. Flower* are grown from the bulbs. ArtUtic EMler Gifts" Chickeus, eggs, Passion flowers, lilies and hot cross buns seem distinc tive emblems at Easter, each with an origin in some ancient sacred rite or custom connected with this fostival. Many simple gifts cau be made into appropriate Easter offerings by decor ating them permanently or temporar ily with one or other of these or mak ing the articles themselves fac-similes as far as possible of the nbovo items. The hot cross bun pincushion is what many people term "cute." It is Jk — 'I'LL I tj/l. / WOT CROSS BUN T.INKI-T TRA;t made the size of the "real old Chel sea" hot cross bun, about six inches across, and composed of a foundation which is cut from muslin iu two sev en-inch diameter circles, sewu round and stuffed flat to shape of bun. The top cover is of cream satin, slightly scorched, or it may be tinted with the brush, cut in a larger circle than the cushion, the edges gathered and drawn underneath. Lineu may be used in stead of satin. The cross is made by sewiug through the cushion at the proper cross lines a fine silk cord or narrow ribbou, being taken over the stitches, the ends taken iu a very largo J^S^stanOlHlJ needle to the underside and secured, or, if ribbon, they are turned in and sewu down. When nil large stitches are made ends and raw edges are hid den uuder a circle of muslin or silk underneath. Another useful toilet trifle is a hang ing or standing egg cushion for hair aud hat pins. The standiug basket is made of a basket, of cream or white shade, in which an egg shaped cush ion, stuffed with curled hair and cov ered by veiling or other net, is placed. This basket is improved by a little shot pad, to weight it aud make it stand more firmly. Tf a hanging cush ion is preferred, a large cream or buff cushion is made, just as for the basket, but it is simply provided with a loop of ribbon at one end. Kgg-Hailing 011 the. White lloiifie I.i\wn. Christendom liaft three great fes tivals, Thanksgiving or harvest-home, Christmas, and Easter. Easter is a survival iu the Christian Church of the Jewish Feast of the Passover— still observed by orthodox Hebrews throughout the world. The Anglo- Saxons had a goddess of spring, Os tara, and they marked the fourth mouth, Ostara'B month, with feast, and song, aud pagan rite of worship. In fact, all the old heathen mythol ogies show that the awakeuing of na ture iu bursting blossoms aud soug of birds was greeted with joyous re ligions ritual by these blind peoples' feeling after the true God aud tlia truth. They celebrated the awaken ing of the earth; Christianity cele brates the resurrection of mau. ~ I. 7 J. KBB-ROUINO OX THE WHITE HOUSE LAWN —EASTER MONDAY. For children in Washington, there is the anuual Easter treat of egg-roll ing ou the lawn at the White House. Egg-rolling on pullic greens is a cus tom borrowed from Europe, where Easter games on parks aud commons is childhood's aucient privilege. Our President and his wife show the little folks some attention, and altogether the small American is a person of for tune aud consequence on Easter Mou day. An Karly liar Designation. Easter Day was known for a time a? "the Sunday of Joy." There were sports and dances aud farcial cxhibi tious, oven the clergy at times recit ing from their pulpits stories aud le gends of such nature as to induce hearty laughter iu their hearers. To such an extent were celebrations carried, however, oue of the earliest and most successful of the sixteenth century reform moverueuts was di rected agaiust the abuses of the day. " ' " jjHj^ "COMING KARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH." THE GREAT DESTROYED SOME STARTLING FACTS A3OUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. An Astounding Slate of Aftalrs Kxlst* I i the Philippines—Tlie American Sol cilery Are Making it Saturnalia »112 Al cullulllin —lilH|>|||(|,||T KVCD to NHIIVHU. Considerable Interest lias Ijeeu aroused recently on the subje.-t or tlie liquor ques tion In ournew possessions, and particularly in the resultant conditions In the Phiilp- I'lnes. The facts wlilcli form tllo basis oC iiscussion liuve beou furnished from tlmo to time by newspaper correspondents. army Minplulns, returning soldiers, and others who have been nt Manila In public and pri vate capacities. Such tales have been tolil >f the alarming lucreuso of tho drinking' habit among Americans In Maulla th:it 11 resolution has beeu introduced in Iho Senate at Washington usklug Information af the President as to the number of saloons sstnblishcd la Manila since the American occupation, by whom they are conducted, '.tie nationality of their patrons, and tho kind of liquors dlspeused. It appears Incidentally from tlie official figures of the Bureuu of Statistics that: turlug the last year there were shipped from the United States to Manila 112,-Hi) dozen bottles of malt liquors, more than 15,000 gallons of wine, 14 000 gallons of brandy and about 44,000 gallons of whisky and other spirits. That this is an enormous increase Is shown by tlie fact that our total •sports of liquor to Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines iu 18U7 was only £31.070 In value, while for eleven months of ISII3 the sxport value reached the startling total ot 1750,000. From .viint has been said above, it is evident that Manila has received iti lull share or tlie Increase, -Tile Manila correspondent of Leslie's Weekly says that .he city presents a "saturnalia of alcohol ism." "The air reeks witli the odors ot the worst English liquors"—which Indi cates that the exports from this country nro not the suui total of supply. Whole blocks in every Important thoroughfare .ire given up to long lines of saloons. Tho street-cars carry numerous announcements if the virtues of this whl-ky and the do lights of that gin, while the main news paper advertisements consists of the dis played cards ot ttie liquor dealers. Presi dent Sciiiirmau, ot tlie recent Commission, has said that nothing has contributed so much to disgust tlie natives and damago tlie reputation of the country as the Immense amount of drunkenness among the Americans in the islands. According to the statement of a chaplain of the Teunessee regiment, there were only three saloous in Manila before its surren der—retailing mainly only intoxicating beverages—but that now there are owr four hundred saloons selling whisky, most of which Is consumed by Americans. An other describes the eon litions on the trans ports to be as bad as those prevailing in the city. So great has theevil become that the .island missionaries have practically given up their work among the natives anil turned lheir attention to the deplorable moral needs among the American soldiery. if these things are true—and there 1.-; plenty of credible testimony tc warrant the assumption that tlie truth is oDly partially revealed—it does not require a prohibi tionist to point out the orylug moral uud political need tor a rudiual change which will be effective to stamp otit what must eventually prove to be the very roots ot disorder and disaster. It will bo utterly impossible for the Uulted States to retain tlie respect and oouildenae of the temperate natives it the specimens of American man hood submitted to their inspection consist largely of the members of a debunohed and drink-sodden army. Tney know uothing of Americans except what they learn by observing those who have beeu sent I hero under military necessity. They can not discriminate between American soldiers and the population trom which they aro drawn. A more civilized people would scarcely bo able to do so. Ojr national characteristics will be ju iged by the mis conduct ot those who huve gone to the islands to uphold onr honor, and who hiivo succeeded In besmirching it In tlie gutters of Manila, This is not all. The liquor habit is oue that "grows by what it reeds ou." The rapid growth ot the evil during the last year can not be farther exteuded without producing the complete demorali zation of our forces there, if not tlie utter destruction of the army of occupation. Alcoholism lu a tropical country, with Its attendant excesses, means madness and death, uud they come swiftly. The evil effects are already apparent. There have beeu comparatively few casualties in tho islands resulting from the expected mor tality by bullets on the field or battle, but incoming transports are Increasingly trelghted with the remains of soldiers who have succumbed to the attributed cause ot "disease," and hundreds or others whoso experiences have condemned them to tho living death of insauity. Who can doubt that the real cause in numberless case* rests in an over-indulgence in alcoholic de bauchery, superinduced by tho tempta tions placed within their reach? And who can doubt that the pension-rolls will bo burdened for generations with deaths and disabilities from the same cause? Let the saturnalia be stopped now before we aro more deeply disgraced and injureJ.—-au Francisco Argonaut. Jaltemon'* Test For Oltlre Seeker*. Iu view of the widespread feeling of tli» people as to the corruption of politics, tho driuking and dishonesty among office holders, we remind our readers of ihethreo famous tests wlilcli the sage of Moutlcello laid down for the office-seeker. They ought to be printed and placed lu the hands of every voter prior to every elec tion and hung up iu every ward room: ' Is he honest? Is lie capable? Is he faithful to the Constitution?" Moved by Dr. Hush's reasonlug on temperuuee, which Ills own experience confirmed, he added a fourth test. Said he: 'Tlie habit of using ardent spirits by men iu public oltlce lias occas ioned more injury to tho civil service, up.l more trouble to me, than any othercircuni stauce which has occurred iu the internal concerns ot the country duriug my