Evening Star Newspaper, March 30, 1895, Page 13

BISMARCK’ S HOME. WHAT BISMARCK DID Prussia Placed at the Head of United Germany. BRAVING THE HATE OF HIS COUNTRYMEN Popular Approvat When His Work Was Done. BREAK WITH THE KAISER A man who brought more misery upon the na- tions than anybody since Napoleon I. Cs the madness of insensate spleen could — that his political services to the German fatherlai yastly outrank those of-any other man of this cen- tury, and that, striking an impartial balance of his. pee and his faults, ne deserves the highest s butes of hovor and of love bis countrymen can ve, 5 Two opinions of the man on whom are the eyes of the civilized world today—Karl Otto Edward Leopold von Bismarck Schoenhausen, prince of the German em- pire and ficid marshal general. Three months before Napoleon’s star set in a horizon of blood at Waterloo he was born at Schoenhausen, Brandenburg, Prussia. But eight years before his country, pros- trate at Napoleon’s feet, had to pay a nation, or even his own fellow countrymen. Austria, first, was to, be subordinated. Prussia’s rise as the head of the German empire was to come later. For fifteen years he blocked popular agitation, waiting for his schemes to ripen. After two years passed as ambassador to St. Petersburg he as sent to Paris as ambassador in 1861, and there he ma@le a study of Napoleon. He was soon recalled to Germany by the’prince regent, afterward William I,who found that his plans of a thorough military reorganiza- tion were being sturdily opposed. Bismarck was made minister of foreign affairs, with almost kingly power. Unpopular as he had been, his course now made htm almost universally detested. He showed his contempt for opposition. When the chambers refused to vote the increased military supplies he dissolved them, with the remark that the king could get along without them. The press protested; he silenced it. Four successive chambers were dissolved and the preparations for war went on. The people were wild; he was calm amid all the storm. Schleswig-and Holstein. In 1863 the death of the King of Denmark brought up the question as to the rightful ruler over Schleswig, partly Danish and partly German, and the German province of Holstein. Bismarck persuaded Austria to join with Prussia in asserting the Ger- man claim, and their combined armies wrested the provinces from Denmark. All Europe was indignant and the Prussian house of deputies refused to int money to pay the expense incurred. The chamber was dissolved. Execrations poured upon his head. This'was the height of his un- popularity. Now began a quarrel with Austria re- garding the ill-gotten spoils. This Bismarck arranged so that the other declared war. It was what he had long awaited. He had been preparing and he was ready. In three weeks (July 3, 1866) Sadowa was fought and the Austrians were beaten. Jn seven weeks the war was ended. Aystria had been humbled and Prussia held first war indemnity of $300,900,000. A few turns nephew of that same Napoleon thrice that {mdemnity and recovered the German provinces taken by the “grand monarch.” 5 Birth and Youth. Bismarck came of an ancient and noble family. While an infant his parents moved to an estate in Pomerania. At the age of six he was sent to a boarding school at Berlin, and six years Jater to the gym- nasium, or preparatory school, where he devoted his time especially to history, French and English. At seventeen he went to the University of Goettingen, where he formed the friendship of the young Amer- ican, John Lothrop Motley, afterward the brilliant historian of the Dutch republic. At the age of eighteen he began the study of jurisprudence at the University of Ber- lin. He was not distingu‘shed for regular- ity in his attendance on lectures, but readi- rank in Germany. Its territory had been increased a fourth and its population by 4,500,000, There came a mighty revulsion in public feeling and Bismarck was an idol. He was loaded with honors. Then was formed the North German con- federation, with the Prussian king at the head. Treaties of alMance were made with the Scuth German states to head off Na- poleon’s aim to divide Germany. The War With France. ‘Then began the preparation for the next great struggle which Bismarck. foresaw must come—the war with France. It seemed imminent in 1867, but was warded off through the efforts.of the powers. Fi- nally Napoleon, urged on by his advisers and the empress, declared war, July 19, 1870, the claim of a German prince to the Spanish succession being the pretext. France set out as if on a holiday trip to Berlin. The glory of the First Napoleon daz- zled the country. So confident were the French of invading the enemy’s country that it is said no maps of France were furnished the army. The German army knew more about the country passed over than the French themselves did. On the German side everything went like a great machine. On the French all was haphaz- ard and confusion. The French forces did not reach their own border. The German army drew a cordon around Sedan, vhich fell with a loss of 150,000, Napoleon being among the prisoners. Metz surrendered a few weeks later, with 173,000 men. Paris was soon invested and capitulated after a siege of four months. France was com- pelled to give up Alsace and Lorraine, taken by Louis XIV, and pay an indemnity of nearly a billion dollars. William Crowned Kaiser. On January 18, 1871, King William was proclaimed in thé palace of Versailles Ger- man emperor. Bismarck’s task was done. He was handsomely rewarded, made a prince and appointed chancellor. He set about establishing the empire on a firm foundation. He drew Austria and Italy into a triple alliance and announced his ly passed the examinations and became a government departmental clerk. While a “~ BISMARCK policy as one of peace. He lightened the burden of direct taxation, introduced a pro- U3 Sky AND HIS DOGS. : university student he was more celebrated as a swordsman than as a scholar, and in three terms fought twenty-eight duels, recelving in one a wound in his face, the sear of which yet remains. He was a leader in the celebrated drinking bouts, and was known to empty a quart measure of beer or wine without removing his lips from the mug. Enters Public Life. Three years in the departmental service were as much as he cared for, and he en- Usted in the landwehr, a sort of militia. For eight years he led the life of a country squire on his father’s estate in Pomerania, a leader in all sorts of outdoor sports, for he had splendid health, and a fine physical frame. He was an excellent horseman, as he was a swordsman. In 1847 he married, and for his wife he ever had an unswerving love and admiration. In that year he ap- peared on the stage of national politics as a member of ihe Prussian house of bur- gesses. This was a time when the rights of the people were being agitated. Mutterings ol the storm of 1848 were to be heard. Democracy was becoming a familiar word. Privilege and prerogative was questioned. It has been said of Bismarck that he view ed the nineteenth century through mediae- val eyes. At any rate, he acknowledged al- ance only to his king and his country. In 1, at the Frankfort parlia- scheme for a German empire, be- $ proposed that the people rep- parliament should offer the cause it Tesented in crown to the King of Prussia—an offer, he claimed, which could be made only by the various German sovereigns. He was ever an ultra royalist, his idea of a united Ger- many being a solid nation, gathered around the Prussian throne as its nucleus, an arm- éd camp around a citadel throne. Bismarck's Task. Germany then consisted of thirty-nine ates with varying interests and clashing ambitions. The task was to weld them in- to a harmonious whole. The young militia Meutenant took upon himself this task, re- tective tariff, provided state insurance of workingmen against accident, poverty and old age and nationalized the Prussian rail- ways. His scheme was imperial socialism in principle. Emigration fell off from 250,000 in 1879 to 92,000 in 1890 and to 74,000 in 1892. Numerous were his reforms. He made constant demands for the increase of the peace establishment of the army, hold- ing that to be prepared for war was the best means of preserving peace. The Kulturkampf. After the war with France he entered upon a conflict with the Vatican, which finally resulted in a papal victory. In 1873 the Falk or May laws were passed under his direction, whereby many Jesuits were banished and several Catholic bishops were imprisoned for diobedience and sehools and churches were closed. The struggle has gone down into history as the Kultur- kampf. The laws were subsequently modi- fied, and at last, in 1893, were repealed. Bismarck warred also on socialism—that is, on all socialism not directed or initiated | by the imperial throne. He regarded it as the same as nihilism and anarchy and all sorts of repressive measures were adopted, It is not strange, therefore, that Vorwaerts, the Berlin organ of the socialists, should now speak of him as the “man who brought more misery upon the nations than any- body since Napoleon I.” Nor is it strange. that the socialists and clericals shoyld combine and vote down a resolution to congratulate him on his birthday again ar- riving. Men have memories, Break With the Young Kaiser. With the death of Emperor William I, March 8, 1888, virtually ceased Bismarck’s labors. The young William II, who as- sumed the throne at twenty-nine, wished instruction from no one, and with such a nature it can be seen that Bismarck could not work. Bismarck was accustomed to carrying the burdens of the empire. The young kaiser was self-confident and eager to assume personal control. He declared that rights claimed by Bismarck were an ®ardless of the objections of duke, king or encroachment upon the prerogatives of the sovereign. Bismarck resigned March 17, 1890, and five days later went to his estate, at Friedrichsruhe. The resignation was ac- cepted, and Gen. von Caprivi became chan- cellor. Bismarck was created Duke of Lauenburg and given high thanks and commendation. There was a_ feeling througout the empire that he had not been treated justly. To allay any suspicion of “discord between himself and Bismarck the kaised invited him to visit him at Berlin. Bismarck obeyed, and ah overwhelming demonstration was made at the German. capital. The kaiser received him most cordially, and the whole affair created a happy im- pression, and since then the venerable statesman has resided on his country estates, seeing few, but treating those whom he received with the frank cordial- ity which has ever characterized his friend- ships. When he went to his son’s wedding in Austria the entire country through which he passed arose to do him honor. Removed from the heat of strife, where his biting sarcasm, his masterful will and his indom- itable perseverance made him a foe to be dreaded, the people look now only on what he accomplished, and to them he is the | “Grand Old Man of Germany.” ———- -eee-- —__ HALLELUJAH HARBOR. A Floating Polyglot Settlement on a River in the Pacific Northwest. From the Tacoma Daily News. Situated in"the west channel of the Puy- allup‘river is a small settlement called Hal- lelujah Harbor, and it is-here the scow dwellers of the city hold forth. Hallelujah Harbor is distinctively a Tacoma institu- tion. Every seaport city, however, has similar districts, though in nine cases out of ten these scow dwellings are the habita- tions of a very dangerous class of citizens —robbers, plunderers, river pirates, smug- glers, the outcasts of society and Jawbreak- ers generally. But this is not true of Hallelujah Harbor. Here the scow dwellers are mostly honest- hearted bachelor fishermen or laborers, who find in this locality a home free of rent; where the tread of the pompous “copper” is not heard and where the form of the tax collector is rever seen. About seventy-five scows, and miscrably gonstructed cabins securely perched upon heavy legs, constitute the village of Halle- lujah Harbor. To become a member cf s0- clety in this quiet town there are two requi- sites: First, the new comer must own his little shack; and second, must have sense enough to strictly mind his own business. There are no credentials required as to race, sex, color or previous occupation. Sunday is a big day over at the harbor. The folks do not boast about their church- ue proclivities. They prefer to stay iome and do a little laundry work; to sew on a few needed buttons, and loaf and smoke during the afternoon. It was this careless spirit that a few months ago induced several of the Salva- tion Army soldiers to take up their abode in the midst of what was then known as Scowville. Even the enthusiasm of the ardent devil fighters, accentuated by the big bass arum, and the shouts of glory from .he army lads and lassies, could not wake the “wicked” fishermen from their lethargy, and. the recruits wera finally call- ed home. From the time of their depart- ure Scowville has been known as Hallelu- jah Harber. ‘The cabins are mostly about 16x10 feet in size, divided into two rooms, a kitchen and bed room. The dwellers do their own cook- ing, living chiefly on bread, bacon, potatoes, flour gravy, fish and game. The cost of such a bill of fare rarely exceeds $1 a week. Some of the houses are very neatly kept, though the majority woefully show the need of the hand of gentle woman. In tis curious little city are Frenchmen, Germans, Swedes, Italians and Irishmen, all living together in perfect harmony. On moonlight evenings they congregate on one of the largest rafts, and as several of them are performers on musical instruments quite an orchestra is formed, and many a pleasant evening hour is thus whiled away. During the summer months the dwellers of Hallelujah Harbor fish, and in the win- ter they hunt. They are at liberty to go and come when they please. The waters of the sound are open to them for the ply- ing of their vocation the year around, and they live their simple lives month in and month out, perfectly independent of the great, sbig, bustling city under whose shadow they nightly rest. — ———+e. THE GOOD THAT ONIONS DO. They Purify the Blood and Even Cure an Ear Ache. From a Foreign Exchange. One of the healthiest vegetables, if not the healthiest grown, is the onion; "yet, strange to say, but few people use it as liberally as they should. Boiled ‘onions used frequently in a family of children will ward off many of the diseases to which the little ones are subject. The principal objection to the pron:iscuous use’ of this vegetable is that the odor exhaled after eating Is so offensive. A cup of strong coffee taken immediately after eating is claimed to be excellent in counteracting this effect. Although for a day or so after eating onions the breath may have a disa- greeable odor, yet after this time it will be much sweeter than before. For croup onion poultices are used with success, providing the child is kept out of draughts and a sudden chill avoided. The poultices are made by warming the onions in goose oil until soft, then putting them cn the child’s feet and chest as hot as they can be borne. Except in very obstinate cases, when taken in time, the croup read- ily yields to onions. This, although an old- fashioned remedy, is a good one, as any mother who has brought up a family of children can attest. Onions are excellent blood purifiers, and for eradicating boils or any of the blood humors are very efficacious. They are good for the complexion, and a friend who has a wonderfully clear, fine complexion, attributes it to the liberal use of onions as a food. i People suffering from nervous troubles are much benefited by using these vege- tables frequently, either cooked or raw. When troubled with a hari cough if a raw onion is eaten the phlegm will loosen almost immediately and can be removed with very little effort. Those troubled with wakefulness may insure a good night’s rest often if, just before retiring, they eat a raw onion. There are few aches to which children are subject as hard to hear and as pain- ful as earache. One of the best reme- dies we know is to take out the heart of an onion (a red onion is the best if it can be had, although, lacking this kind, any other can be used) and roast it. When soft put it into the affected ear as hot as it can be borne. Unless the cause is deeper than ordinarily the pain will cease in a very short time and will aot return. A cough sirup in which onions form an important part is made. by taking one cup of vinegar, one cup of treacle and one-half cup of cut-up onions. Put on the stove and simmer about half an hour, or until the onions are soft. Then remove and strain. Take a teaspoonful of this fre- quently when troubled with a cough, and unless very deep seated the cough will not last long. ———__ +o. __—_ An Arouser. From Brooklyn Life. “It’s no use arguing, my dear, I am go- ing to give up our pew in church. I can’t stand that new preacher any longer.’ “But, John—” “But nothing, Maria. I haven't slept a wink for the last three Sunday mornings.” +o. —_____ An Art Impression. From the Chicago Inter-Ocean. “Can you give any good reason for lk- ing these impressionist pictures?” She—“Yes, indeed; they can be hung either side up with equally good effect.” —_—+o+—_ Found at Last. From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.* A lady had been looking for a friend a long time without success. Finally she came upon her at an unexpected place. “Well,” she- exclaimed, “I’ve been on a perfect wild goose chase ail day long, but thank goodness, I’ve found you at last.” ee eee Sorrow. From Vogue. Phil—‘Would you be sorry to hear that I am going to marry Ethel?” Priscilla—‘‘Yes, indeed I should.” Phil (hopefully)—“Why?”" Priscilla- Wecaure TuKS Ethel.” Never Mind the Views. From the Yonkers Statesman. He—“My views on bringing up a family—” She—“‘Never mind your views. I’ll bring up the family. You go and bring up the coal.” CORNER STONE LAYING 8t. Clement's Mission; Brookland, to Havea History of the Society; ayia Deseription of the Building—#he Services phemorseever — Tomorrow the cornerstone of the new church building of St.,Clement’s Protest- ant Episcopal Society of Brookland will be laid. The site of this church is at the corner of Concord and"j3th! streets, where the exercises will in at 3:30 o'clock. The ceremonies will 5 mgst impressive. Archdeacon Childs will deliver the ad- dress, and the venerable Dr. James A. Buck of Rock Creek Church, of whith St. Clement's is a mission,- will spread the cement of brotherly love and affection. The mission at Brookland was founded in 1892 by Mrs. Green Clay Goodloe,. car- ried on awhile and then discontinued. The work was again taken up in June, 1803, when a number of communicants met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Car- mick, and decided to rent the town hall for a year, and hold services there, clergy- men being. secured from different churches. Among those who officiated were. Rev. Dr. Gibson, Dean Howell and. Rev. Dr. Dolloway, the latter of who was in charge of the mission for quite a length of time. During Dr. Dolloway’s ministration the ccengregation and Sunday school did very good work. E ~ The First Minister. In June,~1894, the present minister, Rev. J. T. Crowe, was given temporary work in this field by the bishop, and, at the. special request of those in whose behalf he labored, in September, 1894, he decided to accept the charge for a longer period. Mr. Crowe is a native of Baltimore, and was educated at Hobart College, at Geneva, N. Y. He _ studied theology with Bishop Paret in the Mary- land theological class and also at the New York Theological Seminary, New York city. Mr. Crowe is an earnest and able 7 clergyman, and- by his Kindly walk in life has * endeared himself to the com- munity at large, as well as to the people of his charge. Ever since the formation of the mission the most earnest efforts have been put ferth by all connected with it to procure funds to erect a place of worship for them- selves. The nucleus of this fund had been eecured, and on the first Sunday in Advent, the first day of this Protestant Episcopal year, after Rev. Mr. Crowe had‘preached a most appropriate and effective sermon from the text, “The day is at hand,” the con- gregation accepted the gift of the lot upon which the present edifice is being erected from Major and Mrs. Green Clay Goodloe. The Proposed Sailing. Steps were. at once taken toward the erection of the ‘church.’ 'Mesdrs. Donn and Peter, architects, of Washington, drew the plans, and Meesrs. ‘Burg nd Whiteside of Brookland were gi +the contract for the practical work, butpowjng to the in- clemency of the weather, gfpund was not broken until about the Ist 8f March. It is expected, however, that the building will be ready for occupancy by the 20th of May. The site, so kindly giyen by the gen- erous donor, is a-bheautiful one, situated upon a commanding knoll, and quite cen- tral in position. The structure will be 27 feet 9 inches wide and 63 feet long, of pressed brick, with a truss roof and Gothic windows,-three of which will be memorial. Mr. William Bradley of Washington do- rated the corner stone, which, with its ccntents, will be put in place tomorrow. A gift of $500 for the building fund was alsc received from the vestry and congre- gation of Rock Creek Church. The build- ing committee consists of Rev. John T. Crowe, chairmai Rev. James A. Buck, chairman ex-officio; Messrs. W. P. Arm- strong, Edward Baldwin, J. H. Small, sr., ard Dr. H. J. Penrod, with the ladies tn charge of interior decorations, Mrs. Good- loe, Mrs. Jere Johnson, Aus. Blese Stalee, Mrs. Daniels, Mrs. on, Mrs. Gaines, Miss Bessie Baldwin, Miss Elsie Sryder and Miss Nannie Small. The trus- tees to hold’ the property until the new congregaticn is admitted as a church into the diocese of Maryland, and until a vestry for St. Clement's parish“ is elected, are Major Green Clay Goodloe, ‘J. H. Small, sr., and William P. Armstrong. se " Pasted the Labels On. From the Chicago Record. A Chicago woman who has traveled ex- tensively and who intends to make her an- nual departure for Europe in a few weeks, sent her steamer trunk to a Randolph street establishment to be repaired. The workman who was put In charge of the job was a willing soul, and he wanted to make the trunk appear as if it were new. Accordingly, he went over it with hot water and a sponge, and peeled off all the disfiguring labels placed there by the steamship companies, railways and hotels of foreign countries. He did not know that the especial pride of a traveler is the number of labels on his trunk. These labels show that he has been in London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Rome, Constantinople and Cairo, stopping at first-class hotels and traveling by the best routes. A trunk has no dignity until it is plastered over with the colored pieces of paper. The workman didn’t know that—at least not wntil the woman came in to inspect the repairs, and then there was a scene. First she screamed, and then she wanted to break down and cry. The proprietor told how sorry he was, and the workman made his frightened apology. He happened to remember that he had ‘thrown the labels into a waste basket, so he searched and found most of them, although they were rather torn and crumpled. However, he spent two hours in piecing out the labels and sticking them back on the trunk, so jst Was some balm for the woman’s feel- Ings. Now there is =e a rule in that sho; : x Never Remove a Label from a Trunk or Valise. ————_+e. Prince Bismarck en His Career. From the London Times. A few days ago Prince Bismarck received some visitors from Leipsic at Friedrichs- ruhe. During the course’of conversation at lunch one of bis guests extolled the ex- chancellor as a happy man, whereupon, ac- cording to the Tagliche‘Rundschau, he re- plied: “Seldom in my life haye I been a happy man. If I count the few minutes of real happiness which I fhave enjoyed perhaps they would amopnt tb twenty-four hours. In politics I never had sufficient leisure to be sensible of*happiness. It was an incessant struggle; .and when success came, care came with it, for it was neces- sary to hold fast and to make the most of the success. But in my private life I have had moments of happiness; for instance, in my youth, when I shot my first hare, and later on as an agriculturist. I have been happy, too, with my wife and children. To enjoy happiness one must have a particular endowment, which my old master possessed | in a high degree, namely, a mixture of the temperaments of a sanguine and of a pblegmatic man.” — 108. A Sure Sign. From Lustige Blatter. A—“How do you know that Maler has come in for a fortune?” B—“Why, formerly people always said he was crazy, now they say he is original.” HERBS AT THE MARKET. Plants Gathered by Colored People for All Sorts of Ailments. The old colored woman was almost asleep. But now and then her pipe gave signs that she was yet conscious and ready to become wakeful immediately at the ap- proach of a customer. Her stall, which consisted of a-plank laid across two boxes on the sunny side of the market house, bore a varied assortment of vegetable merchandise, with a dozen or two of eggs in a dilapidated basket. The day was raw, and close by her feet a small fire was burning brightly in a four-quart tin pall of unquestionable antiquity, the fuel con- sisting of broken bits of barrel hoops and staves. f “Yassii she said, blinking at The Star reporter. “Dis am de time ob de y’ar when de cullud folks collect yarbs an’ plants fer medicines. Dar is mo’ sale fer ’em in de spring time dan at any udder season, but we keep ’em all de y’ar ‘round fer people as wants ‘em. Dey is just as good dried as dey is fresh? “Dar'’s sassafras. It’s good fo’ de blood. P’raps you git up in de mornin’ about dis time ob de y'ar an’ you feel all swolled up. Dat means yo’ blood’s too thick. Sassafras tea’ll fix dat all right, only yo’ mustn't take too much. De bark ob de sassafras ain’t any good above de ground. Yo’ must dig down fer de root. “Anudder vallable medicine am de May- apple root. It’s equal to anyt’ing ever I knew fer trouble wid de stummick. De Plant grows in low places in de woods. De leaves am fer all worl’ just like om- berellas, wid stalks like omberella handles. “Here am wild cherry bark. It am de inner bark ob de tree; de outer bark am scraped off. Dar’s niffin like it fer colds an’ to gib a pusson an appetite. Yo’ just put a few pleces ob it into a bottle ob good liquor—whisky, ob co’se, I mean—an’ take a wineglassful ebery mornin’. “But dar ain’t no medicine dat beats cat- nip, ‘specially fer an infant baby. Yo’ take a little baby dat’s just born, an’ de fust t'ing yo’ wanter gib it, afo’ it has a bit o’ food, am some catnip tea. Some sSweetenin’ yo’ put in, but not too much. It’s fust-rate fer cramps, too. “Sassyparilla am de fav’rite spring tonic, to be sure. Fer coughs yo’ had better take some ob dis mullen. De leaves, yo’ see, sah, look sumpin’ like as if dey was made of flannel. Folks make tea wid ’em. De mullen it grows wild, an’ so does de ‘life everlastin’,’ which am also fust-rate fer colds. Life everlastin’ am a bush, cov- ered wid whitish flowers. “If dar am anyt’ing as good as May- apric root fer de stummick it am de root ol de gall-o’-earth plant. Yo’ can tell de} gall-o’-earth by de sort o’ three-pronged bud it'has at dis season ob de y’ar. De bes’ plan am to boil de root wid de root ob de Mayapple. Dat am a combination dat no case ob dyspeps’ can resis’. “It am an awful good t’ing fer de cul- lud folks dat dese plants grows wild, so’s to save doctorin’. An ole lady ob my "quaintance kin cure anyt’ing from fits to measles wid nuffin’ but a few yarbs. It’s all in de know how. It’s not only de black people dat buys yarbs an’ udder medicine plants. Dar’s lots o’ white folks dat uses ‘em. Oh, dey’s powerful good. “At dis season ob de y’ar de cullud ladies about de market gadder wild flowers fer to sell, an’ just now de spring veg-tubbles am comin’ in. Here am watercress, dat grows wild in de cornfields on de lowlands. In de summer it has a yaller flower and de seeds wat are scattered fetch up de crap in de next spring. So it costs nuffin’ but de trouble ob gadderin’ it. Dar am a sale just now fer turnip salad—turnip greens, dat is. Yo’ boil dem wid meat like cab- bage. Lots ob white folks buy turnip sal- ad. ‘Scuse me, but dar’s a lady dat wants @ bunch ob onions.” ——.__ THE EASTER EGG. The Meaning of This Emblem of the Season. Ss From the Chautauquan. As Easter represents a new birth into the best life of all, it is easily seen how the pagan idea that the egg was the beginning of all kinds of life should become purified in the minds of the Christians, and accept- ed as the typical offering of good wishes and emblematic of pleasant hopes between believers of the glad Easter day. The egg in some form or other has been the un- questioned type of the new life from the very dawn of the Christian era. In Russia as early as 1589 eggs colored red, typifying the blood of Christ shed as an atonement for our sins, were the most treasured of exchanges at Easter. Every believer went abroad at this season with his pockets well supplied with Easter eges, as the society man of today attends to his well-filled card case. When two Russians met for the first time during the Easter holidays, if they had not met on the day itself, the belated Easter compliments were passed, first by solemnly shaking hands in silence; then the elder (or the younger, if he outranked the elder) would say, “The Lord is risen,” hiS companion would then they kissed each other and ceremoniously drew from their respective pockets the Easter emblem, and exchanged eggs. The Chinese claim that the world was formed of the two parts of an enormous egg. From the yolk of the egg stepped forth the human being whom they call Poon-koo-Wong; then he waved his hand and the upper half of his late castle, the egg shell, went upward and became the cencave heavens of blue; the lower half fell reversed, making the convex earth, and the white albumen became the seas. The Syrians believed also that the gods from whom they claimed descent were hatched from mysteriously laid eggs. Hence we infer that our present custom of offering the Easter egg emblem has the heathen legends for its origin; in fact, all our most precious festivals come down from similar sources, but purified with the light of Christianity. ———+e4+______ The Sure Signs All Failed. Frem the Detroit Free Press. There is a young couple in this city who can never go away from home together without being taken for a newly married pair. So they decided to ask the waiter at a hotel where they stopped what the signs were. The gentleman began the conversa- tion. “Would you think we were just married, John?” he asked, on the second day after their arrival. “Yes, sah,” said John, with a broad grin, “I spotted you as soon as I see you. I been ten year in dis hotel, an’ dere can’t no- body fool me.” “Now, John,” said the supposed bride- groom, as he slipped a fee into the wait- er’s palm, ‘just tell me what the symptoms nee “Dere’s a heap of ’em, sah,” answered John, “I hears you ask yoh lady at break- fus if she like briled eyesters, an’ you tel) her she mus’ learn to drink. her tea straight, ‘cause it was bettah, an’ you ask her whar she want to go fus; dems all signs, certain suah, sah.” “But,” said the young matron, “don’t old husbands talk in the same way?” “No, indeedy, miss—scuse me, ma’am, they don’t, indeedy. Sides yoh gentleman hand you de mornin’ papah, ’stead of read- in’ of it himself. An’ dere ain’t no gettin’ aroun’ the lovin’ looks he been castin’ on you, miss,” and John smiled with an-air of superior wisdom. “Now tell us how the old married men ecnduct themselves,” said the lady. “Deys mighty short, miss, mostly, an’ read the paper jes like dey was alone. “And the lady, what does she do?” fes waits, miss. Kind of looks tired, an’ waits, an’ look at the res’ of the folkses in the dining room. You see, miss, it’s a keap of difference, an’ taint all in the close dey wears, either, dat makes the honey- moon—no, sah, it ain’*” They did not undeceive John, and he does not yet know that for once all his signs had failed him. ———__+-e-—____ Sela Seasoned. From the Indit.napolis Journal. “Mother,” sobbed the young bride, “he is just as mean as he can be!” “No he isn’t, dear,” said the mother, soothingly. “A man can’t really develop all his meanness till he has been married for four or five years.” —_—_-+e+____ Not Just What She Meant. From the Detroit Free Press. 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Moth- ers do not know what their children are studying or what sort of a person their teacher may be, or what sort of a class room they are studying in. When Jamie complains of a pain his mother in all prob- ability gives him a dose of medicine. The idea which in all probability she preaches readily enough, that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, does not cccur to her in this connection. “All this trouble I have obviated by my plan of weekly attendance.” “But how did you get the consent of the teachers to such a proceeding?” she was asked. “I hunted for a school till I found one that was not ashamed of its class rooms or methods. Then, without giving warning of the day of my coming, I proceeded quietly to follow out my idea. Without disturbing any one, I take my seat in the room before the children begin to recite. In this way I can judge for myself who the women are with whom my daughter spends the greater part of her time. I have had no fault to find, as I expected. The principal who was wise enough not to object to my request was not likely to have incapable subordinates. “I realize that there are women who have too many household cares to give the necessary day to this sort of work. But she is no true mother, no real woman, who spends stray hours in society or at her clubs and fs ignorant the while of her chil- dren’s school atmosphere. That’s where the trouble lies—not with incompetent officials or niggardly boards. They would be im- possible if mothers did their duty.” A Witness and a Novel. From the Chicago Record. _ Miss: Northrop, the young woman stengg- rapher and typewriter who copied the al- tered specifications which cut a very mate- rial figure in the Milwaukee county alms- house “‘boodle” case, made a very import- ant discovery reading a novel, and she caused a sensation when testifying. 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