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Passaic City record., 1898-04-09

or brown. The lips and ears are red.
The hair and beard are of fine cotton
glued in position. A cord tied to a
splint, slipped through the hole
through which the egg was blown,
suspends these curious heads.
A nameless bird is seen in figure 2.
The egg shell body is tinted brown.
The neck and head are of pasteboard
glued to the body and likewise tinted.
Bright beads are glued on to serve as
eyes. The feet are of bent wire. The
wings must be of sufficient length to
insure a firm support. A wonderful
comb, tail and wings are of gorgeous
feathers glued in place. The feathers
are frightened with touches of gold
and silver paint. This bird always
proves great success.
Figure shows mischievous Dame
Grundy. The head is an egg shell
properly marked. The body is an
English walnut on which the head is
made to rest by means of sealing wax
or drippings from wax candle. The
arms and skirt are of stiff paper.
The little gossiping dame is gowned
and capped in tissue paper. She may
be made to stand by spreading the
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In some parts of England boys go
about begging eggs to play with. The
game consists in two boys holding one
egg each in the palm of the right hand
and striking them together. To the
boy holding the egg that resists the
shock belongs the spoils.
A game familiar to Americans with
the Easter eggs is the eggrolling sport
on the lawn at the White House III
Washington.
In the Tyrolese Mountains bands of
children go about singing Easter
hymns and receiving in return for
their music baskets of eggs.
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An Easter Custom Abroad.

In Bavaria and the German Catholic
countries there is custom similar to
that Of Italy of taking baskets of food
to the churches to receive the priestly
benediction. The bottom of the basket
is covered with white linen cloth on
which are laid freshly boiled smoked
ham, some dboiled colored eggs, a
piece of horseradish, salt, pepper,
etc. The servant girl or the daughter
of the house carries this to the church
to be blessed by the priest during
early mass. On their return the
breakfast table is laid with the con-
tents of the basket and the family par
take of hearty breakfast, eating first a
small piece Of horseradish to stimulate
the appetite. No other food is touched
until that which has been consecrated
is all eaten, not crumb being allowed
to be wasted-even the eggshells are
conscientiously burned. Many are
superstitious enough to believe that
eggs laid ON Monday and Thursday
have certain healing qualities.
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Easter Fast in Asia Minor.

In Asia Minor fast is kept through
the whole of passion week, terminating
Easter morning. when all go to church
and listen to a long service. The
young men meet outside the church
and make great noise firing off their
rifles and pistols. They then make q
large bonfire, at which an image repre-
senting Judas Iscariot is nailed to a
cross and burned. After this they re-
turn to their homes and breakfast, the
principal dish being red-colored eggs,
which they exchange with the words
"Christ is risen"
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EASTER FLOWERS.

The roses were the first to hear
The roses treIlised to the tomb;
Bring roses-hide the marks OF spear
And cruel nails that sealed His doom
The lilies were the first to see
The lilies on that Easter morn;
Bring lilies-crowned with blossoms be
The head so lately crowned with thorn.
The roses were the first to hear:
Ere yet the dark had dreamed OF dawn,
The faintest rustic reached their ear;
They heard the napkin downward
drawn;
They listened to His breathing low;
His feet upon the threshold fall.
Bring roses sweetest bu is that blow,
His love the perfume of them all.
The lilies were the first to see:
They. watching in the morning gray,
Saw angels come so silently
And roll the mighty stone away;
They saw Him pass the portals gloom;
He brushed their leaves-oh, happy
dowerl
Bring lilies--purest buds that bloom,
His face reflected in each flower.
The roses were tho first to hear,
The lilies were the first to see;
Bring fragrant flowers from far and near
To match the Easter melody
s'Rabbonil'' be on every tongue,
And every heart the rapture share
OF Mary, as she kneels among
The roses and the lilies fair!
Clarence Urmy, in the Century.
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THE MEDAL OF HONOR.
Greatest Prize Which the United states
Bestows Upon Its Soldiers.

Greatest Prize Which the United States
Bestows Upon Its Soldiers.
The American Medal of Honor. it.
self of no intrinsic value and bestow-
ing no rank or privilege, has been the
sole reward of many of the most
thrilling deeds in American history.
The deeds which this medal recognizes
are not familiar to the public, but 1t
is more difficult to win than the Vic
toria Cross of England, the Iron Cross
of Germany or the Cross of st. George
of Russia, though it is hardly SO
famous as these even in our country.
The American Medal of Honor, as
all the world know, or should know,
is presented by the War Department,
and will continue to be, upon all who
distinguish themselves in action"
The order was founded by Washing
ton, so that the country has never
been without this power bestowing
mark of distinction on its heroes.
The simplicity of American institu-
tions has been responsible perhaps
for the fact that this order is not more
famous than it is. Unlike the cere-
monies in European countries, there
is no parade of troops in presenting it
and no official ceremony of any kind.
It is sent to the hero through the
mails, and the name of the man who
wears it does not appear in the Annual
Register or the almanac.
The original order was founded by
Washington in the year 1882. At
first merely badges were used, which
usually consisted of narrow piece of
white cloth worn on the left arm.
The order at that time carried with it
the privilege that the wearer should be
permitted to pass all guards and SEN
tinels as the officers were permitted
to do. And Washington added to this
order this characteristic sentence:
''The road to glory in patriot army
and free country is thus opened to
ALL"
In the year 1862 the order empower
ed to confer the American Medal of
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cause she told me last week may as
we'll give up the contests as she was
sure L wouldn't obtain the prize. 1
know Mary Brown of the senior class
must have helped her, and that was
not honorable, as the teacher said we
were not to receive help from any
body on our essays.
The contest in question was for the
best written essay on "Nature," and
was to be entirely original. The prize
to be given was volume Of Long
fellows poems, much coveted book
by Marian, as she was very fond of
reading "Evangeline," and now to
see it slip from her was indeed too
much, really exasperating. Always
having received high mark for her
essays, Marian was confident in this
case that her work excelled any she
had previously written. Alice Rob-
bins, too, was also good essayist,
and the contest had been supposed to
be a tie between them. But the
Judge in the matter had pronounced
in favor of Alice All this was very
humiliating to Marian, who was fully
conscious of her own ability, and who
declared that evening that she would
be even with Alice yet.
Her mother, on the contrary, tried
to instil into her little daughter mind
how beautiful it was to forgive and
forget, and how much better it was to
have that little inner voice telling her,
"You have done your BEST rather
than have 1t constantly repeating,
You have been dishonest, Marian,
aud your essay belonged to somebody
else, not to you"
But Marian could not or would not
overcome her chagrin, and went to bed
that night in anything but an enviable
frame of mind, declaring to herself
over and over again that she would
never again speak to Alice Robbins.
The next day she went to school,
her ill-humor having in no way abated,
and at recess obstinately refused to
speak to Alice, who, to the surprise of
Marian, did not seem to be elated with
her prize as it would naturally be sup
posed she would be under the circum-
stances.
The winter passed on and Easter
was fast approaching.
To meet it the girls were planning
for an entertainment to be held at the
school on Easter Monday night, to
which parents and friends were to be
invited. In the preparation the girls
were having merry time. but one
thing alone Jared on their thoughts,
and that was the difficulty between
Alice and Marian. These two girls
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Easter Monday. How happy I am, "
exclaimed Marian Ellwood excitedly,
as she waved a small envelope over
her head. 81 have just received this
note from Alice Robbins, and she
says the doctor told her yesterday
that she would be we'll enough to
come to our entertainment
Alice and Marian had at last become
fast friends. The old love for each
had returned once more Alice had
confessed everything; she had told
how Mary Brown, being in a senior
class, had written her essay for her,
and that she in turn had copied it,
and passed it on to the teacher as her
own. For all this she begged of
Marian to take the book. It was her
due, she said, but Marian was too
loyal to her friend to hear of such
think. Both attended the enter
tainment together and it passed of
pleasantly After it was over Marian
presented Alice with a magnificent
Easter lily. 1t was token of love
and forgiveness, she said, and it
proved, as the years went on, q SYM
Dol of pure, true friendship, which, it
is safe to say, will last with each for
the other until death. Boston Bou.
quet.
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their we'll laid plan, entered the school
room chatting merrily. In their midst
was Marian, and they also expected
to find Alice in the room; but 10!
Alice, who was usually very punctual,
was not in her accustomed place when
the bell rang.
All the morning the girls wondered
what had happened to Alice. At last
word came to the teacher that she was
very ill with diphtheria. 1t was very
prevalent in the neighhorhood and
great CONSERVATION prevailed among
the girls at the announcement, for
Alice, with all her shortcomings, was
beloved by every scholar.
But how had Marian taken this
startling piece of news? Did voice
whisper, "Now you are revenged; she
cannot eclipse you now at the enter
tainment?"
No, the better nature of Marian as
serted itself on the instant, and a
great wave of sympathy stole over her,
and she uttered short prayer for
Alice's recovery. Then she vowed to
herself that if Alice were to be able to
come to the entertainment she, Mar
ian, would procure for the occasion
the handsomest Easter lily to be
found, and present it to her in atone
ment for her past harshness. At home
she entreated of her mother to be
allowed to go to see Alice, saying that
she feared her dear companion might
die and spend her Easter in heaven.
To this her mother sternly objected,
pointing out the risks her darling
would run of getting sick herself.
81 think, though, you might write
her nice letter." her mother said,
land ask her to forgive you"
And the next morning Marian did,
after listening to the church bells
from her open window, and how
happy Alice was when she received
the glad message. Crying with joy,
she made the resolution when she
ended its reading that she would con-
fess all, and give up the prize which
she had so dishonesty won, and give
it to Marian.
"Two days more, and it will be
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Hot Cross-Buns.

In England, especially in London,
small spiced and sweetened cakes are
sold during Lent. These are the
famous shot cross-buns, % the best of
which are made at Chelsea. Each one
is marked with cross, hence its name.
Old-fashioned people used to eat moth
ing the latter days of Lent except a
cup of coffee and hot cross-bun each
morning; and certain number of these
were always laid away carefully, to be
used for various illnesses throughout
the year. They were said to bring
special blessings. On Good Friday
morning this cry may be heard far and
wide:
Two penny buns,
One penny buns,
One penny, two penny.
Hot cross-buns.
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EASTER EGGS IN MANY FORMS.
Dainty and Amusing Trifies With Which
to Celebrate.

Easter has become almost equally
with Christmas in many families a day
of gladness and gift giving, and while
the custom should never be allowed TO
become cause of expense i'll TO be
borne, it is quite possible for every
body, high and low, to bring little
good feeling into the household by
simple remembrances all around,
Countless are the coneeits and none
are elaborate. In the simpler forms
the eggs are swiftly colored in rain
bow hues with aniline dyes, then
daintily etched with a sharp pointed
knife; or they are coated with metallic
paints; or they are frosted with dia-
mond dust. For decorating by what
ever method the eggs are either hard
boiled or the contents are blown by
means of tiny hole at either end, and
then finished with narrow ribbons for
hanging.
But it is egg caricatures that delight
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ly glued to support of several layer
of chamois or flannel
EASTER TIDE.

Oh, rare as the splendor of lilies,
And sweet as the violet's BREATH
Comes the jubilant morning of Easter,
A triumph of life over death:
For fresh from the earth's quickened bosom
Full baskets of flowers we bring,
And scatter their satin soft petals
To carpet a path for our King.
In the countless green blades of the
meadow,
The sheen of the daffodil's gold,
In the tremulous blue on the mountains,
The opaline mist on the void:
In the t1nkle of brooks through the pasture,
The rivers strong sweep to the sea,
Are signs of the day that is hasting
In gladness to you and to me.
So dawn in thy splendor of lilies,
Thy fluttering violet breath,
o jubilant morning of Easter,
Thou triumph of life over death!
For fresh from the earth's quickened bosom
Full baskets of flowers we bring,
And scatter their satin soft petals
To carpet a path for our King.
Margaret E. Sangster.
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stiff underskirt, or she may be sus-
pended by string running from the
body through the head.
A right jolly little fellow can be
modelled from figure 4. His body and
head are egg shells. These are joined
by slipping the splint with a string in
to the body shell and extending the
cord up through the head. Features
are painted in grotesque expression.
The hair is of cotton, arms and limbs
of pasteboard. The whole is painted
q brilliant red with trimmings in gold.
Pen wipers for older children are
made by decorating ordinary egg shells
like heads. Effective models are those
of sweet faced nun. a pretty student.
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A Substitute For Easter Eggs.

In Germany sometimes instead of
eggs at Easter an emblematical print
is occasionally presented. One of
these is preserved in the print room
of the British Museum. Three hens
are represented as upholdinga basket,
in which are placed three eggs orna-
mented with representations illustra-
tive of the Resurrection; over the
center egg the "Agnus Del" with a
chalice representing faith; the other
eggs bearing the emblem Of charity
and hope.
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Remedies For slecplessness.

Sleep with your head high.
Eat light supper before you go to
bed.
Take hot bath before you retire.
Apply rubber bottle of cold water
to your forehead.
Apply cold congresses to your head.
Apply electricity to your head.
Take plenty of exercise, and avoid
excitement
Lie with the back of your neck on
q hot-water bottle.
Have plenty of cool fresh air in your
bedroom, avoiding draughts.
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Honor was created and was amended
in 1868. In this year the sum of
$4,000 was appropriated, and the
interest of this has ever since been
used for this purpose. The American
Medal of Honor has up to the present'
time been conferred upon about 50(
heroes, many of whom are still living.
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and amaze the little ones. The egg is
blown and the shell cleansed and
rubbed with benzine.
Figure l shows the general style
and features of two extremes-a sage
and Ounce. Success depends upon
the markings in sepia, which are few,
but striking. The eyes are either blue
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An Easter Jingle.

With bits Of stick and Wisps of hay I've
made little nest;
I've chosen from my Easter eggs the ones
that like best:
And now I'll get the old white hen, and set
her on all six,
So she'll hatch out some red and blue and
pink and yellow chicks.
Harriet Brewster Sterling. in April St.
Nicholas,
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-lS1 hIsiANlND 10 1hh ol1ohoh b4l.-S'. bELl-s.
were the two most accomplished ones
in the class and to get along without
them the rest could not. But finally
at last an excellent scheme was decl-
ded on, the effect of which, it was
hoped, would be reconciliation be-
tween the friends, and it was deter
mined to try it the very next day.
Therefore it was that the following
morning the girls. eager to execute
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Kruger on orice-seekins.

A good story of President Kruger is
told in an article on "Mining and Poll
tics in the Transvaal," in the National
Review. Some of the Presidents
young relations applied TO him for
office. He considered awhile, and
said:
'sI can do nothing; for the high
offices of the State are in firm hands,
and for the little clerkships you are
too stupid"
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lERE, mamma,
I've 10 S t t h e
prize!" said Mar
ian Ell W o o d ,
bursting into the
sitting-room one
bright sunny af-
ternoon in Oct
O b er. ga Ii C e
Robbins won it,
and I will never
forgive her, be-
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The richest Princess in the world is
the Grown Princess Louise Josephine
Of Sweden and Norway, and married
to the Crown Prince OF Denmark.
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Theirs !, Prefix ssOgsa."

The prefix 80" before SO many Of
the names of Irish families is an alb
breyiation Of the 'sogha," meaning
grandchild.
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is SO nicely posed that it may be made
to sscrack walnut, and so firm that
when an ambitious man once yoked
thousand horses to it he was unable to
displace it.
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A Rocking Stone Weighing 2sO Tons.
About league distant from the
town of Tandil, India, stands bal
ancing rock. 1t weighs 270 tons and
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Sweet presence of our risen Lord
Brood over US to-day,
And let us feel the living word
Thy wondering disciples heard
Along Emmaus's way.
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MARIAN'S
EASTER LILY.
SY MARY E. cULLINANE.
crA HERE.
GY MARY E. cULLINANE.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-10-08
T0-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
Bic Fire at atlantic City.

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Oct. 8.-The
American Brighton" was visited this
morning by $4,000 confagration
that ate big hole in the famous board
walk in the Immediate vicinity OF
Young's wooden pier. The ornate
front of this pier was on fire at one
time, and it was saved from doom only
by reason that there was no wind. 1t
was the most disastrous fire that has
visited this resort in years. The burn
ed section extends from South Carolina
to Tennessee avenues and territory
some two hundred feet or more in the
rear. The leading buildings burned
were: Ripple & McCann's hot bath
establishment; Whilden Moore's bric-a-
brac and art emporium; FreysiDger's
art and bric-a- brac; Fred Schwab's
Rathskeller; Young's Old Carrousel,
now known as Parker's; The Palace Car
rousel; Cuthbett's bath house; Rich
ards bath house; Cassidy's confec.
tionery; Dewey and Hobson's hotels.
The first alarm was turned in at TWEEN
ty minutes to six o'clock. Those who
were ON the ground first declare that
the flames originated in the boiler
room back of Widen Moore's art en-
porium, adjoining Ripple & McCann's
hot baths. This boiler it appears sup.
piled the hot sea water for the baths.
1t is said that residents in the imme-
diate vicinity ''sme!led fire" for hours
before the flames burst forth. Sudden
ly Ripple & McCann's big frame es-
Establishment burst into flames. The
first fire company to get into service
was the Beach Pirates with their chem
ical apparatus. The flames spread so
quickly that Ripple & McCann's was
wholly in their embrace before the
local fireman got to work. A second
alarm brought the full strength
Of the department into play. From
Ripple 81 McCann's the fire ate
path north toward the Inlet,
south toward Chelsea and west toward
Pacific avenue. Wbilden Moore, in
whose art emporium the fire is alleged
to have started, aud adjoining Ripple
Il McCann's, had valuable stock OF
imported art treasures, much of which
was destroyed. In the new Palace
Carrousel was a $4,000 organ. This
was destroyed, as was also valuable
orchestrion in Schwab's Rathskeller.
Later figures place the total damage
at S250,0O0. The fire was under con-
troll at $50 am.
Two engines, two hose carts and one
truck were sent from Camden on spe-
cial train to Atlantic City in response
to the request for assistance from the
Mayor OF that city.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-10-08

make a factional fight in the Second
District, where the only result will be
the election oil democrat. II they do
they must face the consequences OF
their action"
People from Canton, Ohio, here to-
day, say hell has no fury like woman
scorned, and that they have long ex-
pected just what happened there yes
terday. Two physicians were in almost
contant attendance upon Mrs. McKin-
ley this morning, but it is said she is net
dangerously i'll, and it was announced
at the White House that she aud the
President would leave at seven o'clock
this evening for Canton.
General Fitzhugh Lee left Washing
ton this morning for Richmond. where
he will stay until Tuesday, when he
will go to Savannah to provide camp
ing ground for his corps, which, it is
now stated, will sail for Cuba about the
first of next month, but, as announced
to-day, only rs part of General Wade's
command.
The following endorsement was made on
the Memorial bridge resolution of Rawlins
Camp, introduced at the recent G. A. L. En-
campment at Cincinnati, Ohio Endorsed
by the committee on resolutions 32nd en-
campment, from the Department of the Po-
tomac, relating to q bridge across the Potomac
in memory of General Grant. Your com
mittee would recommend that the resolution
be referred back TO the Department OF the
Potomac, with recommendation that having
full knowledge of the matter they proceed to
urge its passage by Congress. Recommends.
ton approved by the ercampment - j. L.
BENNETT, Adjutant General 1t is propos
ed by Mr.. Frank Hume who is taking an
active interest in the building of the bridge
referred to, to have circular sent to each
encampmeut in the country, requesting them
to urge their Congressional Representatives
and Senators to promptly pass the bill now
pending before Congress- Mr.. Hume is con-
fident if the proper effort is made, the bridge
TO Arlington will be an assured fact before
the flowers ia tho national cemetery bloom
inthe spring.
Clarence B. James. tLe volunteer who sd
mitted having married Miss Howell at NJ
nassas about three weeks ago when he had s
wife living in this city, was to-day held il
$500 bond for the action of the grand jury