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large majority the trouble of research
and serious thought is too much. This
is not strange. for wealth is god, ana
greed of gain virtue
The prophecies OF inspiration relating
to the last days of earth are being rapid
~ fulfilled. The marvellous progress of
human thought and discovery sustains
and strengthens the basis of the Chris
tan hope We learn that God has SUI
preDle love and sympathy for even the
smallest part of his creation, and all
who are alive to lOftiest desire realize
that religion is not a mere mixture or
donna and approximation. but living
power upon which all that's good in all
that's human is justly based. Is there
one here tonight who doubts that the
greatest human wisdom is found in the
attempt TO harmonic life with the
teachings and marvellous earthly career
of Christ. the only mediator between
God and man? If so. let me warn you
that all who live and teach the young by
the light of poor human reason alone are
bringing upon themselves and others
a most terrific curse Whittier inquire,
is our boasted civilization drifting? For
ward or backward? Upward or down
ward? Which way2 'Tis but the prob
mirage of earthly existence and the
spiritual realm hangs the swinging pen
dulum of human will which decides our
destiny.
To all may this Easter anniversary or
the resurrection OF our Lord be source
of our great joy and inspiration-and to
all fond good night.
In our own great age Of great ven
lures sublime expectations and magnifi-
cent results, we are confronted by the
startling fact that the masses must be
hastily Christianized or they viii
paganize our Christian civilization The
mighty predominating power Of evil. as
ever present in every phase Of life,
would overshadow and engulf even the
Christian church itself were it not for
the emulous faith. the dauntless courage.
the self-denying self-forgetful devotion
TO God and His cause on the part Of n
rapidly increasing host Of tireless work
e~s. who alone are fulfilling the highest
mission Of earth They have shown that
upon intelligent. biblical, orthodox
solution Of duty depends the issues OF n
full measure of life, happiness and con-
sequent usefulness. The most careless
thinker must observe that culture an /
religion must be landmarks. but easily
distinguished Culture is good but re-
liGion better. They must be properly
combined and utilized with vigor and
svstem) to prove effective foes of vices in
herent and the worlds besetting sins.
Both beneVOlence and an intelligent
sense of Justice by all Christian people
who care to be useful will sustain the
forward movement against vice Of every
form in all lines of Christion endeaVor.
Leaving the subject with you. l must
drop the pen and beg to remain always,
yours very truly,
WILL e. STRAWN.
Montpelier Ind, March 20.
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sThe above poem was written and read
for the F. NJ b. AS anniversary picnic,
held at Oliveton church March 10, 1894.
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is regulated, are determined arbitrarily
by the lunar cycle in the Julian oalen-
dar and the epacts in the Gregorian cal
endar. The new moons Of the eccles1as-
teal are commonly one, two or even
three DAYS later than the astronomical
or true moons; and the fourteenth day
of the moon is counted full moon, though
the opposition more usually occurs on
the sixteenth day Of the moon.
In France the year began with Easter
Sunday from the twelfth century until
August, 1864. when King Charles X
fixed Jan. 1 as the years first day In
France. Easter was first introduced by
only one day Of fasting, namely, Good
Friday After some time the fasting was
extended TO forty hours because Christ
had lain that long in the tomb. Then,
by degrees, the time was advanced 10
forty days, the dura ton OF the tempta-
ton in the wilderness. This last change
was made by Pope Felix Ill. A ID. 4S1.
The church fasts and festivals depend
upon the time of Easter, and which may
be found by reckoning from Easter They
are: SeptnageSima Sunday, about sew
enty days before Easter: SeEagesima
Sunday, about sixty days before Easter;
Quinquagesima Sunday. about fifty days
before Easter: Shrove Tuesday. that" Of
the seventh week before Easter; Ash
Wednesday (the first day Of Lent. the
day after Shrove Tuesday; Quadragesima
middle day of Lent: Palm Sunday (the
day Of the triumphant entry to Jerusa-
lem. that before Easter; Good Friday
(crucitixion day), that before Easter;
Low Sunday the next after Easter; Ro-
cation Sunday, the fourth day preceding
Ascension day; Ascension day. or Holy
Thursday, the fortieth day after Easter;
Whit Sunday Penticcst) is the fiftieth
day. or the seventh Lords day, after
Easter: Trinity Sunday is that after
Whit Sunday: Corpus Christi the next
Thursday after Trinity Sunday.
Now | have given you the best synop-
sis OF Easter that | am capable OF. and
I trust that those who read the same
may he benefited thereby. Mr.. President
YOU have my hearty support in excluding
politics from the page. for IL tbs detri-
mental TO the interest of the church to
have il introduced there 1t would also
be detrimental TO the interests Of the
II. l. G.
I am longing TO know why Jessie
Clyde" and Farmer Boy. No. l. don't
visit the page in these last days 1t is TO
be hoped that YOU have not courted the
disease Of DOn-interest in the club and
allowed the cruel meshes Of despondencv
to claim you as it's very own. Let each
member exercise their better judgment
by sending in contributions as frequent
as convenient. 'ADNANCE''
Eagletown, Ind. March 2S
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than 1 can do, even IL were systematic
with MY work But all this does not
interest,". anyone and / only write il as a
sort of an excuse for duty neglected.
Invalid John" wrote a good letter on
Charity" and hit me a slap at the
same time. Thank you. John; I will do
as much for you some time.
! really do not know what to write
about; every subject seems TO be ex-
hausted. ] feel ashamed of my POOR lit
tie letters when I see such deep-thnlSing
letters as have been on the page lately.
Dear Aunt Sue / have not forgotten
YOU Your letter shall be answered soon.
Also. Mary Of Campaigns and cal
leo Bits 1 am going 10 send a little
story TO the page as soon as 1 get ii
all copied a story that was printed in
1854 1t is entitled ''The Husbands Pres
emit. II is a fine story.
/ must beg 10 be excused as I have
other duties TO attend to and you know
the Old adage. DUTY before pleasure, -
and as 1t is cold and windy, with indica-
tons of snow. l must bid you goOd-by
and be going you all know cold wealth
er is very injurious to
PEACH BLOSSOM
Box ASS, North Vernon. Ind March 80
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EASTER AND IT'S MEANING.
A Contribution by advance on One
of the Great Yearly Festivals.

Contribution by advance on One
of the Great Yearly Festivals.
To the II. l.. C-After reading Sister
"Sappho's" letter of the Sth ult., con-
signed to the junior members. and care
fully rejecting over its contents, have
decided To contribute a few lines on the
meaning of Easter. However you may
be assured that feel my inability to do
the subject justice. yet 1 will do the best
1 can, ever hoping that II may interest
some one.
Both the eastern and western churches
considered that Easter has a two-fold
meaning the Staying Of the Lamb of God
and His resurrection. This distinction
between the day on which Christ was
crucified and the day on which he rose
from the dead caused the controversy
between the above mentioned great
branches of the earthly church. The
Jewish Christian observed the day that
the Jews kept the passover or the four
teenth day of the Hebrew month. Nissan
or Ahib. corresponding TO our March or
April, as the resurrection took place just
after the passover: the Christians OF the
west ia remembrance that Christ rose
on Sunday celebrated Easter upon the
Sunday following the day observed by
the eastern church. After several CEN
turtles OF .disputa ton and many councils
of the .Church this question Of the correct
day for celebrating Easter was brought
by the Emperor Constantine before the
council Of Nice. a. D., 325 From then
to the present day Easter Sunday has
been on the same day everywhere,
Namely the first Sunday after the full
moon. which happens upon or next after,
the 2fst Of March: if this full moon
comes upon Sunday the Sunday fol-
lowing is Easter Sunday BY Constan-
tines arrangement Easter may come as
early as March %. or as late as April
% When Pope Gregory XIII introduced
his calendar. \. -. 1852. that made neces-
sary some changes the church authori-
ties decided TO regulate the time OF
Easter by an ideal moon whose move
ments were arranged TO follow within
two or three days those of the real
moon. The new moons % the
ecclesiastical calendar. by which Easter
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PARLIAMENT OF RELIGIONS.
The shintOism of Japan as Contrib
uted TO the Club by MAUD Maple"

Dear Friends-Our present sketch Is
that OF Shintoism. the oldest religion of
Japan. and was represented in the par
lament by the Right Rev. Bishop Renchi
Shibata, the president Of the Jikko sect
Of Shintoism Of japan.
Bishop Shibata was. I think. the most
peculiarly and deliberately attired figure
on the platform. Although among other
foreign-robed personages. vet he looked
far away in his pontifical robes. Insu-
lated he seemed as he sat there wrapped
in mis- rich Japanese silks of many colors
and doomed 70 the silence Of a foreign
speech. He reverently carried in his
hands what appeared to be a decorated
paddle. symboIizing some sanctity I'M
known TO me. But when DR.. Barrows
read for him his great paper on Arb
tration and Peace" that embodied the
latest and highest thought of Christen-
dem, expressing such sincere desire for
fraternity, good will and peace among
all men-such feeling as shall bring all
hostile nations into peaceful relations by
way OF perfect Justice" that vast audi
ence forgot the priest as they beheld the
man Looking beneath the silken vest
ments they found his kindly human
heart and expressed their joy in great
wave Of applause. which proved too
much for him 10 handle with his eccIesi-
astlcal paddle and yielding to sponta-
neous impulse. he dropped his paddle and
reaching out his nOn-ofIiciaI hands to-
ward his brethren and sisters in true
brotherly love. he found that he had not
hands enough.
The following I quote from his address
on the Shinto religion:
II feel very happy 10 be able to attend
this congress of religions as a member OF
the advisory council and to hear the
high reasoning and profound opinions
OF the gentlemen who come from various
countries of the world. AS for me it
will be my proper task TO explain the
character of Shintoism and especially of
my Jikko sect.
The word Shinto or Michl
comes from the two words, Shin or
'Kami.' each or which means deity. and
to or 'Michi' way. and designates the
way transmitted to us from our divine
ancestors and In which every japanese
f. bound 10 walk. Having it's founda-
ton IN our old history, conforming 10
our geogra phical positions and the dis
position OF our people. this way. as old
as Japan itself came down TO US with
tts original form and Will last forever.
fnseparable from the eternal imperial
house and the Japanese nationality.
According TO our ancient scriptures
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In unity there is strength. In con-
geniality happiness.
TO encourage and circulate pure liter
AZURE IS to mutually aid each other 10
a higher and better life
OFFICERS.
President-W. S. Kokendoffer. Monte
First Decentralization y. Clark
box 90. Danville. Ind
Second Observation-Disclosures Sarah
Taylor, Arcana. Ind.
Recording Secretary-Miss Dora wen
ner. Pleasant-ave.. indianapolis. Ind.
Corresponding Secretary-Miss Mary
J. LOudenback. lock box 10, Westville, q.
Treasurer-Aiiss Jennie Rhodes, III.
Recovery. o.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Robert n. Moulton. Wintersville. Ind.
Miss Mary E. Swain, COS Nermilion-
St. DanVille. III.
]. F. Unger, Peru. Ind.
Mrs. Minnie Webb Miller. Altoona
Kas
William E. Fulk. Decatur. Ind.
OBJECTS.
Sec > of Art. / of Constitution-The
objects of this club shall be 10 establish
sociability, strengthen good morals IN
society. increase a desire Tor mind I'M
provement and literary attachments and
TO extend the work of reformation
MEMBERSHIP.
Sec. ] Of Art of Constitution-Al
persons of good moral character. who
are interested in the objects of this or
ganization. and are willing 10 work in
accordance Herewith. are eligible to
membership.
Sec. 3. Art. All members of the II.
l.. c. I'm good standing shall share equal
" in its benefits and privileges, and it
shall be the duty Of each member to
seek. by example by word and by pen
TO promote the objects and interests of
the club.
Sec. : Of y-Laws-Members changing
their place of residence shall notify the
recording secretary Of such change.
GENERAL.
Sec. 10-It shall be the duty Of all Of
fcers TO report to the president, from
time TO time, or upon his request. the
progress of any business before them.
or o. the condition Of their respective
offices. and shall advise him Of all mat
ters pertaining TO the interests or wei
fare of the club.
We urge the host Of readers OF this
page. who are lovers of truth, To
acQuaint themselves with the objects and
merits of the Howard literary. and lend
us your aid by Joining the club Adj
dress the corresponding secretary. with
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ly upon it's merits and principles for
success.
Members only are entitled to the rare
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All letters for publication must be
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only. accompanied by the writer's real
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Members in renewing their subscrip-
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Prompt action guaranteed. Dues for
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THE TOPICS.
Program for the Minute Corps for the

Month of May.
The topics for the minute corps are
here announced for the month OF May
follows:
The 2d-'The Worlds Debt to the
Parliament of Religions" Lone Tramp"
The Capitalization of Women u.
Pirates"
The leth-"The Ideal Home" Hawk
eye"
The 23d-"Historical Monuments Mrs.
r. r. Smith.
The 9Oth-"Pure Literature" Sap
pho
We hope all members OF this corps TO
whom topics are assigned will find pleas
ure in giving us their best efforts, and
have their articles appear in due time.
III shall be our aim to announce such
topics as are in line with the objects of
the club and such as will be of interest
and benefit to the readers. Many OF
those topics are live questions of the
day which we would like to see other
members take up. discuss and elucidate
more fully. Yours fraternally
T. II. SWAIN,
Chairman Committee on Work.
Danville. H., April l.
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QUOTATIONS.
Some Oft Used Ones and Where They
May BE Found.
Variety's the spice of life,
That gives IL all its flavor.


xariety's the spice of life.
That gives IL all its flavor.
William Cowper, THE Timepiece."
True friendships laws are by this rule ez-
Welcome the coming. speed the parting
'Tis strange-but true, for truth is always
Stranger than fiction.
Lord Byron, Don Jaun."
Thus grief still treads upon the heels of
Married in haste, we may repent at leisure.
William Congreve, The Old Bachelor"
Men are but children of larger growth.
John Dryden, "All for Love"
Through thick and thin. both over bank
In hope her to attain by hook or crook.
Man wants but little. nor that little long;
How soon he must resign his very dust.
DIR. E. Young, Might Thoughts"
Know then thyself-presume not God to
The proper study Of mankind is man
Pope, Essay on Man"
In the bright lexicon of youth, which fate
For bright manhood. there is no such
word fail.
e. Bulwer Lytton, ''Richelieu."
I'll make assurance doubly sure,
And take a bond OF fate
Shakespeare. Macbeth"
The woman that celebrates Is lost.
Addison. Cato"
He that complies against his viii,
Is of the same opinion still.
DIR. Samuel Butler "Hudebras."
He'll hath no rage like love to hatred
turned
Nor hell fury like woman scorned.
William Congreve tine Mourning
Bride
'Tis distance lends enchantment 10 the
view,
And robes the mountain in its azure hue.
Thomas Campbell, Pleasures or Hope.
Though others purses be more fat.
Why should we pine or grieVe at that2
Hang sorrow. care will Kill cat,
And therefore let's be merry.
George Withers. Christmas"
BEN AIDNS-"
Indianapolis. March l6
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SHORT AND sW EET.
A busy Mother Has Only Time To Send
n Few Pleasant Words

Dear III. L. c. Frlends-I feel i must
not procrastinate any longer. AS l have
broken a promise to write once a mon tn
humbly beg your pardon and 1 am
going TO try and do better. but 1 find it
hard, very hard work to concentrate my
thoughts on any subject and put it on
paper while rocking the cradle with my
foot, as / am doing now.
I wonder how many mothers are men,
bers of the club. and IL all Of them have
to write as | do? "A Late Conner" do
you? 1 presume you know how it is to
be behind time always with everything,
or are you one of those systematic
housekeepers? I have two children in
school and two at home and find more
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-01-04
M'KANE CATCHES IT.

Brooklyn, Dec. 30.-The eXtraOrdi-
nary grand jury, which has been in
vestigating the alleged election frauds
in GraveSend made return this morn
ing to Justice Cullen. A big batch of
indictments was handed up. One of
those indicted was John Y. McKane,
the chief of police of Gravesend. 1t is
said that Justice of the Peace Newton
and several election inspectors We're
among the indicted
Mr. McKane having heard that he
was indicted, delivered himself up at
1910 o'clock without waiting for the
warrant to be issued.
After McI<ane surrendered, R. v.
b. Newton and Kenneth T. Suther-
hind both justices of the peace of
GraveSend, came into court. 1t was
then announced that they also had
been indicted. Col. Lamb said that
McKane had been indicted eleven
times, seven felonies and four misde-
meanOrS. The charges are conspiracy.
contempt of court, assault in the sec
Ond degree oppression and seven
charges of misconduct as Il registry
officer. Newton and Sutherland were
each indicted twice for contempt of
court and oppression
Justice Cullen fixed McKane's bail
at $4,000 and that Of the justices at
s., 900 each.
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WORSHIPPERS OF MEN.
Some Heathens Whose Chief Divinity
Is Queen Victoria.

Boston Globe:-There is a sect in
Orissa, in the Bengal presidency, who
worship Queen Victoria as their chief
divinity Col. Graham also discovered
that her majesty was an object of wor-
ship in the temple of the Phodongo-
Lama, at Tumlong, in Thibet
A sect of the Punjah, worship a
diety whom they call Nikkal Sen.
This Nikkal Sen was none other than
the redoubted Gen. Nicholson; and
nothing that the general could say or
do dampened the enthusiasm of his
adOrerS. NJ. du ChailIu tells that some
of the African savages looked upon
him as superior being, and the South
Sea islanders worshiped Capt. Cook
as a deity. Even when they had killed
him and cut him up into small pieces
the inhabitants of Owyhee fully ex-
pected him to reappear, and frequent
" asked what he would do TO them
on his return.
Lander, in his Niger expedition, SAYS
that in most African towns and vii
lagos he was treated as a demi-god.
Lord John Lawrence has been wor-
SHIPPED among the Sichs in northwest
India Three years ago a man named
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FIGHTING WILD CATS.
Thrilling Experiences of Connect
cut Valley Hunters.

Wild cats are remarkably plentiful
in Connecticut this fall-big, ferociouS,
tawny-cOlOred beasts A number of
them have been securing the thick
woods about Essex village on the river
bank, twelve miles south of Middle
town, for a week.
In one night they took fifty nice, fat
hens from the Niles Andrews farm. oil
the odd river road" thirty more from
Ezra Post forty from Thomas Post,
and forty from Farmer Graves. They
have a deu in 4 cave in an almost in
accessible peak, in the midst Of the
wild mountain region, into which they
take their spOils No hunter has had
Il shot at one of them yet. They have
wrought such deadly havoc among the
Essex and Deep River hen roosts and
so badly frightened the country folks
that the farmers of Essex have hired
the famous trapper Elijah Sheldrick
to take the field against them with
traps and fOX-houndS.
Two ugly cats haunted the Businesses
of the forests about MiddletoWn, and
81 pOlt NS1C tl1Cy I1lGit OLlS VI tACI1
took Il lot of fowls out of a hennery
in the suburbs of the city one night.
These, too, had their home in a
cavern at the top of a mountain ridge.
few miles from town, and a coon
hunter, who, after a toilsOme climb.
reached the den, found more than a
bushel of feathers and chicken bones
on the floor of the cave.
A party of coon hunters bagged one
of the beasts, after a desperate rough
and-tumble fight in the depths of the
MiddletoWn woods, the other night.
There were four men in the party, and
they had two dogs, one Of them a
famous coon dog. The sportsmen, after
the fashion of coon hunters, carried
only one little rifle They came at
about midnight, following at the heels
of the dog, to the foot of a giant oak
on the edge of a swamp, in a rocky,
wooded valley, several miles from
town
The cat crouched on the bough of an
oak, fifty feet above the ground, snarl
ed at the hunters who hesitated at first
to attack such formidable game
Then an eXcitable chap clapped the
rife to his shoulder magazine rifle
and rapidly cut five twigs off the oak
without one Of the bullets touching
the beast. The cat snarled derisively.
But a cooler hunter, John Olson, took
the piece and put the sixth small lead
en- pellet in the wild cats head, al
most in his ear. Then the cat came
down out of the oak with single
spring. He shot through the air with
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Stevenson, Senator Morrill, and Prince
Galitzin.
Freddie Gebhardt, of New York,
is visiting town during the holidays
John Dolph, of Port Jervis, N Y,
is Il guest of his brother, Senator
DOlph.
Rev. William Dayton Roberts, OF
the Temple Memorial Presbyterian
church, of Philadelphia, is in town
the guest of James Norris. Mr.. Rob
erts has been called to the associate
pastorsflip of the Presbyterian church
i'll this city.
Mrs. Faulkner, mother of Senator
Faulkner, is III the city, but suffering
from ii severe cold, which will prevent
her attending her sons marriage in
January.
During new years week the Secre
t;ry of War and Mrs. Lamont VIII
have as guests Mr. and Mrs Goodyear
of Buffalo y. Y.