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AT THE TOMB
OF: THE SAVIOUR
T 11A SHRINE,
not a cite," eall
Dr. ao.nre Duet -
:man Nee, In
egrakin ; of Jae us.
eairen. "Tile
ceol o: Moslem,
Cli riot Ian nid
Xow are ttirtild
Ripon Jertertleee
at Fleeter, for
te
or le the cell -
of their meet
r leered a sewer.),
tIone, To the
efeeleen tire silty
sauctined, not
onlY ael the holy
place made tea-
_ . ced by baying
held David, Bre'ornon and Sams, all
revered lir the forowere of Mahomee,
but it ev,als from here, the Rite of
the Temple of Solomon, Where now
ettuede the lemma "Dome of the
atoek," that Mehemet was said to
bavo amended -to Heaven. To the
Chriettan it is oanetified by the m-
colleatton that in jeruealein 'Testis
oddit)' of the Seene, As tire prow*,
elon 'tame along, some Indian der-
vish in it may be going through
hie antics, swaying from side to
' Cale as heworks banself into a,
, frenzy, or . another panes along
with a dagger thrust through both
cheeke, skewerwise. Titer° le tile
green banner of Mehemet and tite
military band of the Jerusalemt
garrison ell mixed up with tire
rabele 'Ault tonne tias procesoloni ,
which le neither impaeleg nor ina
pressive, but all the more (sure
-
"While tive feast NebY Id011ea le
movable, like Bluster, it often co-
ilicictes theroWitlia and Good Friday
le the (ley for ail kinds; of proces-
sions In Jerusalem. In fact, all
Holy Week might be called moo:m-
elon week. in the they of Oirriees. -
Whet with the fifteen to 'twenty
tbousand Russian Cifrietien .
grims that eome to "Jertierilein at
1 thief season, theten or fifteen thou -
and Christlaus of other national-
- leles, . the titeuettads of eloolems
come for Neby Monate and the imit- ,
Wesel the last week or His life, and I
that there Ile Wee crucified and rose dredo of Jewe. Irma all over the'
world come to celebrate the Pass-
! over, Jerusalem is overflowing With
1 people and the excieement Is eon -
etant and widespread. •
from the dead, To the Jose it la holy
13e0ause it was not only the capital
el the Pouthern lengthen of Juhtle
but there wail the Temple of Solo-
mon, the wander of the anelent
World, for the restoration of which
the orthodox Jew prays especially
on tee Passover."
These are the reasons assIgned by
Dr. Niel for the overeretvding of
jelelealem, which, was -forced upen
tee noticewhen he was present In
ghat ettY, in Eaotor time. Dr. Niee
telle our readero hdo experienees
"While there," added Pr. Nies,
"efre. 'Nies awe I were invited Int
a Jaw to be present at the °Melva-
, :lion of the entrance of the Feast:
of Puesover in the !emote of an-
other poor Jew. It was in-
tereeting in limey ways, but I
could not 'help noticing the half a I
deti
4en rowls roosting on 'a stleic knit
at my elboW In the chief room of
whi e pails:tee lets festival of Easter. the !muse. Tbe .- ceremonial wee
In the atoly CIty, , 1 sinsple, but much like that to be seen
"To tuiderstand tho erowde tout
follow the clew of the varlo1b3 cele.
br.a,tion‘s ta.k:ng lila-43 at this thee,"
sail Dr. MOS, "It Is necessarv to ie -
!itemiser that the -population of Jeri -l-
ateens .is. heterogeneoute Thera are
Within itie wails Pellabren, Arne%
Grorki, RuesionseJews, Englaaa Ger-
mane, French and Amerleane. In .Te-
zees:teem tire a number 'of Catholic
Churches prererelhe theorganize-
-S.4On or the apostolic an:cession. De -
vides time Catholics represented hy
the Praftelecan monks and the Dom-
inleane there am. the Greek Catim-
li.e, M tronites, the Syrian, or &tee-
filte Church; the,.Ceptie ana Abye-
sinian,- the A.rmenlan; • the Russian
Church and the Gorek Merck proper.,
foe -though the Rueseleet-Citurch claims
Ito lie Greek the. Greek _Church pro-
per le separate and distinct there-
_ front. There are Separate patrie
arebe, eaehope.and privets.- for •eacle
or these denominations, ane the re -
every Detest rum e high between them.
• The Original Grrek.
• "Tto ceremonies at Easter in the
Cattolle charchei are much mkci
1,1.oso to which we are itecustom•ed
In An.erica, rigid therefore liek any
&litchi! • interest for the visitor, but
rtith Greek's observe Easter in the an -
(Aosta oviginal faellioit, refusing to
accept the ClatIto:la ritual. The Greek
taturelt creauplee 0. commanding po-
cition at. Eauter ; the other cleat•ches,
'such as Vic Armenton and Coptic.
tot l harmony with it, celebrating.
Baster. at the thee set by the Greek
Church, not that of the Latin.
"Title yenr; for in sta nevelat Int Su us
day of ilia Greek Church correeponds
.Ny101, tito Easter Sunday of tho Latin
that sthe • Greek Easter
*trade hot oecui untilil April lee-. . It
itometimes happens that Easter of
/the Greeks is an entire, month later
then .that, of the Catholic, Churele
and ,.whijo•the lotting ate, rejoice.%
eon. the Peteet of the Reeurrection the
preeks are plunged in the depth
of the obeervance of Lent.
- • "Tito preaerninanee of the Greeks
Jeruealein Is chiefly due, notenere-
ely ees tho preserve-OS:Mot ancient eta=
edition's as te thee ceremoninde cop-
!.Iitected with Lent and 'Easter,' but
.ito the actual possession of the
eliltaidlisairealfa 1101Y‘itaitlelike,re 'Wee'
'eentral Chreetip,n .serine „of all eerie-
.-salette It.wjtl pe remembered that
during tho Crusades the Catholic
.ichurelt gainedpoescosion of the
-01nrecii ef the ,Holy Sepulchre, ex- ,
seielfing tho Geeea Oberon., which hied
see long': held' title -Sheltie,' bat after
:the tire, :Meek took platte in ties
'church in 1808, the Greeks turned
.the tables on the 'Western Church,
and mince that time the Catholics
taveshad few, pvivilegea. ,wItian the,
• edifice. The Coptic Church lia,e se -o
esured the right. to uee sow.: of tire
Corner,s! of the beilaieg As chapels.
"Coincident with the Eater Fes- '
eontintfed Dr. elieo, "the Ma -1
hammedame also celebrate a feast
called NebyDieuma the Prophet
Moaes.. It Is eittinie4 that this feast
oval deyised at the close of the ern- ,
elides, and has been observed for'
Sive or six hundred years ouly, as an
offect to the Christian Easter. The
',Floats saw that the Christian] pa- I
grinee crowded' Jerusalem at Rioter
end -they .feared ewe?. :•antiellosiem
outbreak, eo the feast Neby Motitia
ware devised.- , Tt is a pilgrimage and
feetival in honor of Moses, which
Starts in ' the shaee of a prooeosiort
wideli leaves; elte movettie, Slionie of
the Rook,' on the eite of the an-
' dent temple, and proceeds to a
Moilent shrine on the edge of the
&widen, weer° the body of Moseeis
mower to rest: This Is near the I
OM Sett, Opelitteite Mocha Nebo,'
where Moses died, according to the
Biblical narrative. ,
"There is no hiotorical basis for
the isuggestion that the tomb of
Moslem la Ir.:levered by the Moslem.
shrine, for curiously enough •the
efoliamineelane themselves etate
that their authority tee the selec-
tion of this spot as the tomb of
Moses rests upon the vision of a
Greek monk, Who claimed that in
his drealn Resale the angels bear
the body of Moette from itet Jtkkten
.tomb on Mount P,`Obo to ,thier spot.
on the Weatern ilide of the Sortie*,
where the Mahatamecln,n Ines -tate 'nate
Kandy. •
• "The feet of the slight historical,
basi dor this itrIne delve not, litetve
ever, influence the Observance sef
the feetiVal Neby Mountie Willeit is
obserVed With great solemnity by
the Arab. Leaving lernstilein, they
march to !the shrine, about it (Titre
journey, and a .sattek le spent In
the feetivitiest connected tvitie the
pilgrimage.The sight of the pro -
as it starts from Ionian, -
tem is etratige if not impreeelve.
A Conausing Itabble.
"There le no semblance tee 'eider
inthe indieerimelate mob that
comae through the *Mita to the
Wales nt all kinds ef ancient
primitive InStrntrienta played itt alt
kinds of 'time tend tune. The. elo-
Itammedati pilgrim]; who have come
from A elletanee bring their floeke
of Mee% for they haVe no Money,
and they muet porteree enatip out.
lade the eity Until! they )mitee 001
their *hoop for the mtenea 10 of-
fer nt elle *Wine, and their tents
lafeld t1ok 4U to the pletereeede
•ti( e worn over. The poveity of the
men was so .great that lie told me
he hail been trying to save enough
money to plaster the inside of his
house for the last Tour years?, and
when, neon, leerlang that it would
east the large sum of $12, that
amount was fernalted bine the poor
fellow meld not get overit, Of
course the ceremonies for Which We
had chiefly come to eTerusalem at
"It wr tlite Oen well
Melt or which tile dream proceesion
Uvi
,topped no it marched, and Ur. jeree
Allah Curtin, who! attended the eere
vice with Me, euggeeted all We.
which inimediately appealed 'co me
LjZQtncorreet time: title shrine, with
its four gatee, represented. the
four quarters of the earth, erspeelaily
when takee In cennedion with the
star studded, dome everlicad, time
In Ole Paster eernionied laY Ina
dcntbted reminiscence Of ecenething
ooslille, or a Vine at which the idea
of come worship was .uppermost
the minds of. priests and davoteee.
"Hastening away, from the Coptic
Omaha" 'continued Dr. Nle, "we
went to the Church of tbe Holy Sep.
utchee to witness? the. eerenieniee of
the day ae celebrated 'Uteri) by the
Greek Church proper, Our guide, a
man of commendleg height, awe of
wine importance in the cite, bed all
Ito copal do to form:. a way fer
tle I ti itit d tl t fill d
erY corner or the huge edlnoe•
"We made our way sviell great dif-
fletaty through the mein IntildIng
to the Greek chapel, in which Is
the stone sald to be tbe 'centre or
the 'world,' and there we ;Mind the
Paarlareli of the Greek Church and. a
rettnue of Attendant priests,
inarching in otately, preeeselon
Arennd teis stone.
Waving or Palm Branches,
."Tile vestments worn by the Pa-
triarch and the prieste were the
mast ornate ,ane gorgeous Possible,
and the roeesteon which they form-
ed, made a most Imposing speetacle,
especially wben viewed in connection
with the thousands of went branches
waving In the lianas of ten thousand
wershippere packed within the
wails, withe barely. stendina root%
each person bearing acaudal, and
all the gorgeous lamps and .eandies
of the sanctuary blazing. It was a
eight not soon to be forgotten by
even the moet •eareless observer.
"Tile next eurieuely interesting
eseemonlal was that of 'Maunde
Thursday,' as it Is called. The cere-
mony of the washing of tile feet
takes place in. the large court :lout
outside the Church of he Holy Sepal-
tre, ween 1 andie isemane
elonuelery, wiach stands oppoeite
at A short dIstenee. Thousande of
pagrimr. were assembled in thls court
malty of them haveng been there from
daebreak welting to witness: the
ceremorty.,In the centre of the court,
DA the wroth Wee, stood:a Platform
about seven feet lee and 7,oine
twenty by, !Metre feet in area. Here
(Per ga ea eon let ir ne,. a
!more.
Mann
'
Ntts.
•
•
ete`
io thr uldiataaa ,111.1a,11. al...I...1 1 1
The Idary;s,at t he Tontb or Christ. e •
this time were those connected di-
reetie ewIth Easter, and we , were
more than repaid for all the trouble
by what we saw, . .
"On ethe Greek Palm Sunday we
Bemired' permissioe to Visit the Coptic
Church,- just outside the walls of
jerasalem. We were informed that
the hervIceo would begin 'ten hours'
after sunset,' and, calculating,- we
Lound" that this would be about 4
o'clock a.m. Rising at this early hour
we made our way to the Omni',
and sfound it to be a strange bulla -
Ing, modelled somewhat after that
of the lioev aephulehre, with a huge
bite dome overhead. The place- was
crowded with worshippers, standing
Or etettiehing 'belled and among the
numerous lofty pillars Which formed
an inner and an outer °trete around
the central Orin% corresponding to
the eepulehre in the church after
Which it Was modelled.
" This altar was about twenty feet
Cube., and hi /rent or it, facing the
entrance to the church, stood a
long rim' of dark featured, white
robed figures, bearing long staves
surmounted • by Egyptian crosses.
Ono ef the m,ozike started a
weird chant, In a deep, wail-
ing voice ;• then another took it' up,
andno the echoes; rolled bade from
Hie `tinge dome and the far eornera
or the structure the whole •company
of monks broke mit into tho
atriking their staves upon the
ground Mel aivaying their bodies and
Waving thole arms in a wild eestary
of deeotion.
•
, . •
• were seats for twelve ecclesiastics
and a throne for the Patriarch. .
"Before these chief personages
made their appearaaoe, however,
every point ef • vantage was filled
With tire eager multitude. Wher-
ever a human being could etanta
eit, hang or cling and sem anypart
of the ceremonial there was that
fervent worshipper. Cc:ranting all
that were • on ' the ueighbering
lettuce tops, clinging to the facade
of the Church of the Sepulchre and
etaetling in the court -there must
have been at leaat fifteen thou-
e.ana or twenty thousand persons
present. I did .not Merely guess at
the number, but by counting theee
within a equato of a few feet and
estimating the size of the court I
arrived at tolerably exact figures.
- "At preeeleely 9 o'clock In the
metning, ainkl the wad clang of
the bells, the procession entered,
with candle bearers and crucifer at
the head. Then came the Patriarch
of the Greek Church at Jeeusalern,
wearing his nigh tiara, set with
precious stones, and clad In almost
• 1• t , 1 '
hio train wore almost as gorgeously
clad. efounting the platform, the
Patriarch fleet took les seat on
his throne until all of the ecclesias-
tics were seated. Then, rising, ire
removed tiara, crown, cope and
fit010 and stood there clad in a Ile
Inc cassock, with the cincture.
"T,akIng up the towel .from one
of the attendant% ha aloolled and
washed on foot of each' of the
twelve privets, And kissed it, when
his hand was kiesed by each of the
priests?, After all of the twelve
• Apostles of Jesus time, had sub-
mitted to the ceremony, the Patris
• arch restimee ids vestments, an
who again seated upon his throne,
Thence lie latened t ,an appro-
Prieto ?mention preAched by the
4k. rell I mamtelte.
• "The *peel:nate was most impos-
ing, and now the eceleektetical pro-
cession Wag re-formed and peesed
through the ceowete in the eourt
and 6•treets on its Way back to
the inmutetery of Gethsemane. The
basin witielt hod held the water for
the wearing of the feet was ear -
vied by the Mile of tht Patriareli
S.9 lmn Advanced, and tit hater step
he dlppod o bellquet ot newel* into
the water and senile:led it far and
Wale oVer the hetet; of the peOple.
Is each permit telt the drop Of the
consecrated Water fall on MN tae'
he Wee quick to emend it allover
his eMtlttenittleep or as far • 88 it
Would indetea. Timus COnchnled the
ittlpreeteiete eerenionial, eoteleeritted
• • "Harbarie 1 r gitsliost "
"The =Weal Accompaniment 10
this stinging consisted of a double
drum, icembitie and the clapping of
hands. After a while four priests
eetered and celebrated the mass.
They, pat off the white robes and
'donned gorgeone °nee decorated
with rthnoet 'barbaric prolusion, And
I looltea through n grating to ,f,no
the ceremeity, which consisted elect-
ly in, ealkibg ribout the Interior of
the seriee, atoml an altar
bat +Wizen' they eoticeel me looking
throtigh the grating a curtnin Was
drawn. for this thea•terions teaselnonY
Was not to be NMI bet troy one but
the four taking part in IL
"tt woo the ceremony of the bietel-
ing of the palms, end after the WACO
ot perhaps half an lionr tee four
privets again emerged, baying put
Weide their gorgeotte robes and
again donned the White garment*
bearing liege unwires of palum in atter
Therie were quirely elletrib-
Uted to the reeneMbleil nteltitude WhO
• bedight tilde eagerly.
Ittr ertestiesi of uetafe *Imhof Intuit
topple of the Bounder of the faith.
"00 Eater eve the Church of the
Sepulchre is a sighe worth seeing.
There are thenreande of pilgrim; ly-
ing in all kintle of positions about
the fleor, for it le considered the
duty of eaelt pilgrim to eleep at
least lane night In title church, and
those wife can sleep there on the
night of Good Friday deem them-
selves cipecially fortunate. Oa the
eye of Easter Sunday, bowever,
there 19 not an ince or space to
Ware in all the valid: building, and
• those wit> neat to enter quiet POP
,cgigeot.he betties of the sleeping de-
. I
"On Easter morning the church
• was peeked untll it meowed that
the ;solid stone walls must give way
before the pressule. We leol the
grenteet difficulty in making our
way Ia. There stood A group of
at to ire° of -
pel And Turkish troops about 1.1V3
eePulehre Tifs Greeks stand
In constant dread of the Russiatue
• fearing that they will emu°
day take possession of thil
:holiest or eanctuarles, and their 0111Y
recouree Is to have tile 'en:10lb
eoldiere to act both as a guard and
as police, to keep a epace clear foe
the passing of elie priestly proces-
4°""1116 le ceremony beghte In the Clreolt
P w eads o ix om. the main
corridor of the church proper. There
was an Impressive 'procession of the
Patriarch tbo Greek Church and
hie priests ana singers marching sol-
emnly about the chapel. Thence the
procession made Oa way slowly in-
to the church proper, ane marched
around the centre shrine, the eepul-
ehro itself, to the time of tile
()Salina and hymns sting by the priests
Llild choristera. At; la.st the Patri-
(troll diveets himself of his gorgeous
raiment and enters the ?threw et' the.
-sepulchre. 0a each side Of this
shrine are two openings, something
eike the portholes of a ehip. On one
side stands a (*reek from Bethle-
hem anti on the other stands an
Irmenifin frem Dothiehem, with
their rellowere, really to snatch the
fire at the first possible instant.
• "Ilhere ea the sound of time pecu-
liar elenging, jarring beil or the
I I • • - •
'torrent t the gre: t ces
• t. tul 100 .0 ICI
beha of the neighboring eliapels and
churches which are set ringing. At
last, amid the silent suspense ana tas
•most breathless waiting :of the wor•
steppers., the Patriarch passes a
torch through the portholee on Mlle
cr sid,1 of the shrine,. thR Greek ant"!
Armenian light their torches in all
hate ante their followere lift them
00 their shoelderee and bear them
from the churcie Where horses stand
waiting; they ineatit and are away
for Bethlehem, for he who first
'readies that place evitit the fire
aeceires a prize and is acclaimed by
his foliewers.
" Within the church," concluded
Dr. Nies, "the final scene and the
grandest Is still.to come. The Patri-
arch again passes ids torch Girl:time
the openings, and in a twinkling, tee
I t seers the .ilgilt is paseed front
cno to the °tiler, and as each person
present carries a dozen candies in
his band, whice itre all lighted at
once, the whole edifice is a blaze of
liget. alio Patriarcb has uttered
the stirring words, 'Conte, take light
from this inextinguishable light and
glorify Christ, the Resurrection front
the dead,'' and the whole rotunda,
the galleries,. eyery nook and corner
of tho massive structure'seems afire.
Again the Patriareb resumes Ids
vestments, and now, amid the blaze
of light, we soo that he and \ the
priest o are clad in garb of Ached,
colorings and brightest, most gor-
geous deaoratione.
"'The processien forms again, and,
passing three or four times about
the tomb, the Greek ecclesiastics
withdraw to their chapels, only to
be succeeded by the 'patriarchs,
bishops- and 'priests ot the Armenian,
Abyesintan and Coptic . churches,
with beepers. flying, tensors paring -
leg and their fleshing raiment al-
most ,blinding the spectators as they
pass In review. The 'Arabs and
Greeks are almost in a frenzy and
tho walls re-echo with their cries of
'This is thee !tomb of kite Lord le
'This Is the!. fire, and, this is the
feast r 'Here is the tomb of our
Lord te and others of a Similar purs
port. The; cries,•uttered in guttural
Arabic or Greek, sound- strange to
western ears, but. there is ecstasy
In"e'Very tsyllaible *to him svho has
enough imaginetion to 'join in their
worship sympathetically."
The Speaker Will See to That.
—
(Toronto News.) .
Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Mr. Borden
shook bande-dordially before the open-
ing of the Parliamentary set-to. And
the .flght will be conducted with the
greatest poi!, humor and regard for the
titles of the; game.
, value, they were fa only for chit-
. ,• .
dretes playthings ; aut to become
this .eullably they had to be boiled.
Then came the next step of eoloring
to attract the eitild, the most popn
lar color being red, the sacred red
" of Rome. Then, like Santa Claus at
Christmas?, the good priest. Was be-
lieved to leave, at every door, ego
for dutirul children, which, with the
silent, churcli belle of Holy 'Week, had
been Menai in Rome by the Holy
Father. In, the Middle Ages WO flat!
the Kings of Prance enacted a tri-
bute of eggs front every province,
and glided eggs were presented willt
pomp and ceremony by King Louis
XV. to hie courtiers. Later kill we
Wive the sugar egg, the cardboard,
silver, gold, enamel -preatons mug.;
for more precious gifts. Islet of ail,
but by no wane tenet to the child,
are our beautiful triumphof orna-
mental confectIonery-the candy and
epocolate eggs
Egg Roiling.
Dat ooe of the euetoms dating h•om
primitive times and otia universally
followee in Se,otiand, England and
Genitally, has tree only partially
adopted here. At a time when our
forefathers were either herdmuen oe
tillers of the ground, the three cere-
monies of the Divaing or P1te, the
Peeseing of 111andage, and the Bless-
ing of the Field% -descended through
the age% and In the village mote?'
of Teutonic: eivilization WOCO getter -
41117 prnetleed hi epring at thelraeter
Fea6011,
Libations ef rIgA aim milk were
Mitred on tile' Miele ; then nn egg
luta a loaf Wore Ploughed undee to
form a *note of lifer and fertility.
In this Custom Ivo leave tir? origin of
the rolling of taster tggo.
Tn Weettpliella nt the present day •
reg eliells filled with libly water aro
•oitriel out over 1111 fell% and Welch
maka boats of their dyed
shills, the O5rt1O4' Or the retell which
do's not Ink bolter, tonealered nmet
lucky. The omit\ egg Nitrite Must be
eareledie etushee, else the witches
will melee boatof them nho, astil
evetes• Scotch nurse teaches her
elms. ge puSlt the egg remon
through the empty !retell; then elle
ormehee or burns It, otherwise the
tell epirita-witellee AUDI warlocks -
will dwell in the 1:Ouse• 'Truly, weer -
ethical elinge (Use!. '
The Hare and the Moon.
leteter la a mosithie .reakt. Mite
'atoll by the full moon, and the toile
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"Bios% 0, Lord, wo leaner. Thee,
thie Thy creeture of cage that it
May be a wiesle finsionance teeny
teleran' servants, eating it In thank-
fulness. to nee, on necount of the,
reeurrection.--Vope Paul tee laftirs •
liatiittirl for Melee!, Ireland One Seta -
The etory of Eaotee line most
turnurilyitybectivournelE,itsttletre levttotsryboortahrist
ilebeitive time% and in its trans-
itaselort to its Imo 'acquired Monter-
Las of each generation, awl front •
tee tents of ellen' we have taken
W to bo Our meet eacred festival In
the dweilinge of Althea and now
at the .opeping of the 20111 cep-
tury we find ill Canada, tho beet
reelization of this remit of BUIltittl-I
ity, where, without reelestistical
pomp or kiegle- etat', Easter, in Its
wealth of flowere anti interchange
or loving girbl, lias bNcoine a Feast I
of tho Home flii Well as of the Church 1
lir -Ol.ritinis, we havo life, joy -1
otii, happy Wes but in Easter, the!
mortal ani immortal are fio beauti- •
' fully bimetal teat our eongs of joy
eceen to be shared with the loved •
onro gone before.
• Ini tithe its timal sense, no more flt-
Tang eymbol of the Christian's Rast-
a? eould be eelected frotn Pagan i
mythology titan the cosmie ega-In I
weleit dwell.; the germ of inn Mutate 1
life; tect glint's heart, and bY wifedt!
wet; fornes1 the world. For tit., nil Oil I
of' Northern Feirope still belinve .
that a my.3ti... 11 `d elrop•pNI an egg '
ore tl.o lep or Vainteinou, who hatch-
• 0 I, It III LI,: 110S0111 T"Oill Willeil it fell
late tee weter. It broke the loe-
• re el.e11 fennel the earth, the tip;er
, Lair the eky, tip fragmenta were tha
eters, wellet the white breams the i
fun, fuel the eonk the moon. I
IEgyptinna, Persians, (Greeks,'
Inane, Onule, .Jews and Chrietiane-1
to .all the egg .has. been embolic
eut by the Chiletlan only has a i
been made a gift of love fOr.ltn,ppy i
children. - 1
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Evolution or the Dyed Egg.
In the days of the early (Introit,
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Petition of the Juoon and the hare is
very close. •
In Hindu mythedogy we find
Buddha transformed hiluself into a.
Imre so that he might feed a hungry
creature, and so was translated in
that form to theton, where he
Mei Medea,
'When Indra, disguised as a weary
pilgrim, praying for toed, raises Ids
oyes, he beheld a fire Ono which a
hare, threw tself for hie benefit, and
itt ide gratitude Indra translated the
animal te the moon. •
The Banscrit word caeris-the leap.
Ing one -may be, translated as hare,
rabbit, or the spots on the moon de -
PAM by the hare thereon,
The Carom represent the moon as
a rabbit poneiling rico In a mortar,
anti Japanese artists leant tho bare
across its tiles. In heraldry, the bore
leaping over the lion represents the
enemy of tile meta for the lion of
strength, the Sun, hence the levying.
"The moon leaps up when the sun
dies," and Mary Stuart, when cap-
tive, adopted for her (ley* a nettea
lion with hares leaping over lam,
anti the 'motto, "Et lettere:1 ilevicto
insultant icone,"
Have You a Skin Disease? -Tetter,
Salt Rheum, Scald Head, Itingivorru,
Eczema, Itch, Barber's Itch, Ulcers,
Blotches, Chronic Erysipelas, Liver Spots,
Prurigo, Psoriasis cr other eruptions of the
ski,,—what Dr. go e 's Ole been t has done
so others it eau do for you—eure you' One
ppileui ion gives rellef.-85 cents .-87
EASTER PRESENTS.
Sugar Eggs to Delight the Little
Ones,
ly rich svitli the luaolona varnish.
'Mere a re various sixes of theme
tsLer
ee, , eneh 1tttn yo1I 01
3 el lew .sugar, eurrommnticd by a
"whito" f colorleaa sweetmeal. Van-
neellevore most of these eggs, but
Columbus' 'egg, should IL be display-
ed ateeemo Historical aociety's Ma-
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"He Is notHere; for Ho Is Risen."
eggs were prohibited during Lent,
but, though the cburch could forbid
the faithful from eating, she could
not prevent the hens precluding, so
In every household, eggs in plenty
were but worthless. Of no money
Mss Rose Peterson, Secre-
tary Parkdale Tennis Club, Chi.
• cago, from experience advises all
.young girls who have pains and
sickness peculiar to their sex, to
use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege.
table Compound.
How many beautiful young girls de-
velop into worn, listless and hopeless
women, shnply beetteme sufficient atten-
tion has not been paid to their physical
development. No woman is exempt
from physical Weakness and periodic
pain, and young girls jitst budding pito
Womanhood si.oula be carefully guided
physically as well asmorally. Another
Woman,
ilannalt it Mershon, Col-
lingswood, N.J., says:
I thought I would write and tell
you that, by following your kind ad-
viee, I feel like a flew person. I was
always thin and delicate, and to weak
that I could hardly do anything. Men-
struation vvas irregular.
"I tried a bottle of your "Vegetable
Compound and begen to feel better
right inv. I emitinued its use, and
am now welt end strong, and mete
senate regularly. Teal:mot say enough
for what your 11.1NR:eine dia for nae."
•-$5000 fotfett If original of above letter yerovin#
timing:1w rennet be produced.
Lydia, II Pinkhatmes Vegetable
Compound will curt any woman
In the land who suffers front
womb troubles, Inflammation of
thee ovaries, and kidney troubles.
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If obildreet aro erotic or fretful, or
sleepless, in ninety -Ditto Ulnae out of !
• bundred the reetleal eau be treated
to aame little tronble of the titonmeth
or heroic Remove the Image tio4
the little one will be blight, good-
• Tattered, and Wilt Sleep *Madly earl
naturally. Th.cro is juot one alwa•Yie
absolutely gate medieine for little
ones-Ilab,v's Own Tablets. In home• s
Where this meoleine le used there are
roo 6104, create °eying children. The
Tablete will cure all the minor ills
of little ones and will do it mately
and speedily -there is no doabt Omit
that, Give. the Tablets a finale trill
and Jett will be as enthuslastie about
them as othee mothers are. AB for
lestance, Afire, David Duffield, Pon-
sor,by, Ont., says 1 "Pieby's Own Tab.
lots 'saved my babyai life. They are
tVor•derful rneeicine for cleldren and
gladly recommend them to °titer
Mothers."
Your children will take this medis
eine as readily AS oantli, and it le
guareuteed free front harmful drugs.
Sold by all druggiels or -mailed at
ee cents a box by writing The Dr,
Meilieine Coe Ilronkri
Ont.
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scum, might attract some attention,
but I centkanot obtain at this Reason
the popular interest enj)yed by the
ovoid bodies of confectioners' sugar,
thickly coated with, chocolate, dark -
yen °adhere lemon or Oraege wLth
the yellow egg, strawberry or rose
flavor with your pink ono and a
faint taste of violet accomponles the
bite into a Iliac coated egg. A' rac-
ing cutter executed in white icing
is depicted 1,t the side or a slightly
flattened chocolate egg of noble
proportions. A white horse which
the horee rovers might have envied
Is tome' Wei abother egg. An
sorts of familiar emblems are 11S0t1
to ,ornnment these eggs, unless in-
deed yen' prefer to bave the Christ •
Ian name of your donee Iced upon
tho egg. -
MCICGIV, 0 0 0 0 0 ore o Cieleere0
Belle: '
Itilltdier Days,
And their chiming seems to 1;;;
Belie oil ;; •
. Easter day, • , . , e,
"Oar Hope .-Itai net within Oil
For, graTe
lo : tile SOAR -is rolled ftway.e,
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Flowero: , . .
Floweva on Easter tauten, .
Tsiliae fair alters' adorn.
01.rist gave the world eternal life -
Wheel gave to Him the pi rein
;thorn. .
S'ong: • lete:70 I .
Lift the voice on higle • • 'I.'S'
With the Heavenlychorus ele,
'Ito songs winged messengers shall
be
That to the great whitethrone obeli
. ily.
Pralie; •
Pralie His holy name, ' "•`
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In mercy to the world He came, •
Tic took onr cares,•lle took our sins,
That we eternal life might claim.
Thanks; • Ai;
For this 'Easter day i
Thanks for redemption's open way;
nanks, praise and joy that from the
touth
Aa angel rolled the stone away- t
I
A SPRING MESSAGE. ',,11; •
To Ali Who. Are Weak, Easily Tirol
and Out of Sorts -
Spring should be the most JoYoua
season ot. the year. It is the har-
binger of •sunsbine, .a.ed Lird.1 and
flowers; it breat1ie3 or frrelom and
out-of-door nee. But unfortunately
there are thousands who ettenot en-
ter into tee ,spirit :of elm mason.
Cleso confimanort durtne Lea long
winter moneee has left them weak,
dispirited end oppres.,ed; the appe-
tite is : blool 13 siuggish
with impuritic:r ; the eyr3 lack the
lestre of heeith ; woarieese and iat-
steed° have, taken th3. :Tice o: is-
orous energy. 4' : ;IL i &eel ti
ills season by euch pecale is a
heaitlerenewIng, blood -it -Lk ne ionic
-son:retrains that. will sand, yew, rich
red blood' conoringibrouga time veins.
bring brig Van 4te 1„) th3 tya,- a healaty
• apjetite, and a el -ar• elitin free from.
all erne:Ion-4..
I!, all ter *smell tir,re 14 nothing
can 00 thir sa effect:velf and so
I'Verrronglily as Dr. WI Wiens" Pink
P 11-e Every eo4e eseetei leer bitted,
sarotigtelene 103 nerve.t, and un-
itulids the whole boay. Hero le a biti
'et etrones proot, given 1,Y Jc.:11n:
Durk°, of Elmstbile,P.r.I, v.cio saYs
"I was 1:f i no 231111b3I; 11001 si wreck
: by an attack of pacumonia, !iny
-"nortts wore ahnost p3,ralyzed, and
1eiciugh under the caro or an excel-
• lea' do:itor 1 blnt 1 wat4,bot regain.
ing my health. aly wife urged me
to try Dr. WiI lituesPink.Pilia, and I
Lave reason to he thankriii I took
her advise, for under Ode treatment.
my• eystem hae been, built up and
am again well anastrong."
I: you are at all unwell give Dr.
WI Rims Pink rill a triad., and eve
how 3.pnedi1y they Willrestore you
to health end- .strength ; leut you
must get ate genuine, wait the full
•,etame "Dr. Withers Pink Pills for
• Pall reOple'' oa theAt rapper around
(Teel box. Sold by medicine dealers
• or eent by melt ne rcy ee 110 a box or"
sit heves for $2.50 by writing ehe
De Williams efedicine Co, •Brock-
'•itle Oat.- -
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An Fasler Lay.
An Easter lily by the altar rail,
Pure, golden throated, bent with
I rag•rance sweet;
Like to an unstained soul its 'petals
pale, •
Purest of blossolus for the altar
. meet. ,
A little child that knelt beside my
knee,
Whispering a baby prayer at Ea*
ter time,
A year ago -no longer here by me- ,
Though lilies bloom and Easter
, church bells chime.
• -Judge. '
• GOLD -finished JEWELLED RING
. .
. Fil.._.EE
M Handsome BISQUE BOLLS
Also a.LOVELY BRACELET and SOLID
GI RLS! liere Is a Tremendous Bargain
,wabewo In oar factory liondreds ot big :
Stooping 'awl Jointed' Dolls thU
arrived te.m Sermeny too late tor ohr
Christmas bud& We don'ttvant to Carry
-; them over tie summer se you can have
'them Free tor a few bonne work. They
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