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
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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 <ut.
ministration; and were I to commeuct
my administration again, witli the knowl
edge whlob, from experience, I hnvi}
acquired, the first question I would as 4
with regard to every candidate ror olTlcc
should be: "Is he addicted to the lire o'
ardent spirits?"
A CuluHnl Blunder.
Perhaps the most colossal blunder mnde
fn our military affairs has beeu the tret:
Uso ot liquors 111 the army. One who goes
into tho service of a railroad Is required
to be utterly abstinent. He may drink li
quors after lie leaves the service, not
while in the employ of tlie railroad. It
ought to be so iu the army. Vet we hear
very bad stories of the prevalence ot in
toxication lu our Philippine army, and tho
great change lu.Manila is the vast iucreast)
In tho saloous. Nothing else has so in
jured the American cause In tlie Philip
pines, and the blame Is OL the highest of
licers iu commaud. Cieueral Kitcteuer
would not allow a drop of Intoxicating li
quors with Ills army In the Soudan.—New
York ludepeudeut.
Tlie Crusade la Brief.
Every moderate driuker could abandon
the Intoxicating cup If lie would, every in
ebriate would if he could.
The time is coining when no official can
with impunity Iguote the growing senti
ment iu favor of temperance.
Arrangements have beeu made by tem
perance people iu New York toseud a coffee
wagon to all night fires and to serve hot
coffee, free, to the tlremeu.
Recently in New York a certain trades
union issued a uoticeto Its members waru
lug them that they would forfeit all claim
lo sick benefits If they were found frequent
ing iiquor saloous while ou tbe sick list.