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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-02
The Primitive Easter.
Phila delphia Press.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Among the early European races
the vernal equinox was greeted with
great rejoicing and mystical rites, SYM
bolical of the return of spring. This
equinox occurs on or about the 21st of
March and was without doubt the
period of the primitive Easter.
De Gebelin states that it was cele-
brated in Egypt. Persia and Syria by
the lighting of huge watch fires and the
distribution of colored eggs.
In India the Parsees still exchange
red eggs, on their spring festival, ac-
cording to Schwartz, who adds that
the occasion is .traceable to the earliest
ages
This giving of eggs typifies the birth
of life in that which is apparently dead,
as exemplified in the return of spring.
The Christian fathers adopted it in the
East, as they had done the celebration
Of Eostre in in the West, and made it
one of their paschal observances. 1t
still flourishes in the Easter egg of our
own times.
When the Celtic races left their
cradleland in Chaldea and journeyed
toward the setting sun, they carried
with them the worship of Bel, god of
fire, whom many great doctors believe
to have been that sun itself Twice a
year, on the vernal and autumnal equl-
noxes, they kindled monster Bel fires
in honor of this deity. The autumnal
fire was in thanksgiving for the har-
vest, while that Of the spring was in
tended to propitiate Bel for the coming
year. Both these feasts were called
.Bel tinne," or flame of Bel" At the
Spring bel Time games of all sorts
were INDUCED in, and an immense pro-
cession of men. driving before them
their focks and herbs passed between
the fires lit by the Druids.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-02
The Date of Easter.
From the Chicago Chronicle.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
Why Easter, unlike Christmas. should
be movable feast has often been ask
ed, but it is not so readily answered.
To have the date of Easter Sunday
fixed definitely so that its place in the
calendar year or so years ahead could
be stated as exactly and readily by
people in general as that of Christmas
would be a convenience. The majority
of even Catholics and EpiScopalians
have at present but indstinct and prob
ably inaccurate ideas as to why Easter
is celebrated on such or such date
and are content to leave the time of
its celebration to be announced by the
calendar makers
Aside from saving the abtrusa, calcu-
lations employed in determining the
Easter date there would certainly be
advantages in having the entire Chris
nan world celebrate the Easter festival
upon the same date, and Pope Leo
Nil. is said to be about to take ehe
initiative i'll the matter by fixing the
time of Easter, after the present GEN.
fury on the third Sunday before the
spring equinox. provided the Greek
church will adur, this reckoning along
with the Grcgorian calendar, thus
bringing the TWO great divisions of the
Catholic church into uniformity as 10
the feasts and festivals of the Chris
tian year.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-02
Easter at Washington.

Did you ever see an Easter egg roll
ing? If not, and if you ever happen to
be in Washington on Easter Monday.
go to the white house and you will see
one of the funniest sights your eyes
ever looked upon. Early in the morning,
almost as soon as the sun is fairly up
happy, laughing children commence to
come in streams to the white house
grounds. Rich and poor, high and low,
all come. Each child carries a little
basket containing lunch and the beauti-
fully colored eggs that always accom-
pany Easter. At o'clock the big gates
are opened and the children rush in and
the fun begins. Sloping mounds or hills
are chosen, and soon the rainbow hued
eggs are tumbling, rolling, humping
down the hill in all directions. On &C
count of the shape of the eggs you never
know just where they are going to land
and oftentimes collisions occur. There
is band, too. that plays for the chill
dren, and altogether it is very happy
occasion. And none are happier than
the street Arabs who stand on their
heads, turn handsprings, wheels and
perform all sorts OF marvellous feats for
the reward of eggs. All these children
are allowed to come into the East room
of the white house and shake hands
with the president of the United States.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-02
A Big Easter Egg.

America is the country of eggs. Hens
may have and probably did live in other
countries before they lived here, but the
hen and its cousin, the turkey-both
esg-laying anlmals-are the national
birds.
The statistician who tried to prove
that there We're 10000, 900 of eggs sold
last year in this country during Easter
week, had a hard task. but he succeeded
in convincing people that eggs We're
very popular.
Now the same statistician. who is an
Illinois man with a Swedish name
comes out with the assertion that If all
the eggs that are to be eaten in this
country Easter Sunday were made into
one big egg, the egg would be larger
than the state of Michigan. Stood on
one end it would tower twice as high
as the statue of Liberty; and measured
from side to side would reach across
New York harbor to New York city and
an equal distance on the other side of
the statue.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-02

Easter is a feast of flowers, and in
preparing the Easter dinner every dish
should be decorated if possible with
bright blossoms and green leaves. The
cakes should be frosted and wreathed
with smilaX and roses. The center of
the table should have a floral piece. and
q bunch of flowers with an Easter greet
ing should be laid at every plate. At
each child's plate there should be a fluffy
little yellow chicken or duckling coming
out of a sugar egg. or some other pretty
Easter emblem. and every child should
have a number Of eggs filled with candy.
Let the children help set the table and
assist at preparing the dinner. This is
a custom among the old Dutch families,
and the children are never SO happy as
on Easter Sunday.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-02
Tremendous Power of Cyclones.

Careful estimates of the force of a cy-
clone and the energy required to keep a
full-fedged hurricane in active operation
reveal the presence of a power that
makes the mightiest efforts of man APP
pear as nothing in comparison A force
fully equal to AIS coo 900 horse power was
estimated as developed in a West India
cyclone. This is about Ii times the power
that is creatable by all means within the
range of mans capabilities during the
same time. Were steam, water, windmilis
and the strength of all men and all ami
mails combined they could not at all an
proach the tremendous force exerted by
this terrible storm.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-02
Easier in the
Holy Land.

Easter day is celebrated in Bethlehem
by the believers in the Catholic and
Lutheran, the Greek and Armenian
creeds, with great pomp. Bethlehem
has now about 5000 inhabitants, all be-
levers in the Christian faith. Among
them are about 1.500 Christians belong
ing to the English and other reformed
churches. Greeks and Armenians make
up the rest.
To forestall trouble between natives
and visiting Christians of the different
denominations, the Church of the Ma
tivity, which is built in the form of a
cross, has been divided into three parts.
The Armenians conduct their devotions
in the nave of the cross, a beautiful
edifice resting on As granite columns,
the Christians and Greeks occupy the
arms Of the cross.
Easter day always brings no end of
pilgrims to Bethlehem from all parts of
the world. especially England, France
and Russia, and the natives. who make
living by the sale of souvenirs, bear
ing more or less on the character of
the place and it's holy antecedents, do
rushing trade in crucifixes, rosaries,
ETC.
Whenever we turn on Easter day in
the Church of the Nativity, we encoun-
ter Turkish soldiers. armed to the teeth,
in their picturesque, yet warlike, uni
form. They do not interfere with any
body, yet do not conceal their contempt
for what is going on, especially in those
parts of the convent and church set
apart for the Catholic and Protestant
Christians. The Convent of the Ma
tivity dates from the thirteenth CEN
tury, and is very impressive struc-
ture.
The crypt, where Christ is supposed
to have been born. is reached by a
marble stairway leading dozen or
the stairs is situated in the part of
the church forming the head of the
cross.
The lodge of the Nativity is less i'm
pressive than the general aspect of the
church would lead one to believe. 1t is
furnished entirely in Oriental fashion.
the walls being hung with carpets and
tapestry work in gay colors and of arti-
fetal designs. A hollow cut into the
rock opposite the stairs is furnished
with rickety manger. in which Christ
is said to have taken his first nap. The
spot where the Blessed Virgin lay is
marked by a star suitably inscribed in
the Latin language.
One of the queerest of the many
queer places in Palestine Is the Con-
vent of Mar Saba, on the rocks of the
Kidron, in the southeast of Jerusalem,
and not far from the shores of the
Dead sea. The convent, which dates
back to the end of the fifth century and
which is in the hands of the Greek
church, is conglomeration of detached
buildings of irregular form, consisting
of single cells, towers chapels and a
cathedral, which latter stands on a
mountain 600 feet high. The dome is
reached by terraces and steps hewn in
the rock.
The place is the Mecca of hundreds
of pilgrims, especially about the time
of Easter. From whatever part Of the
world they may come, they find ready
hospitality-at least the men do. Wom-
en- are not permitted within the sacred
walls of the convent and must take
refuge in tents or in a lonely tower
higher up in the mountains.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-02
Betrayed.

From the Chicago News.
John" she asked, did you get the
pair Of shoes for little Bessie to-day?
Poor child, she will have to so to school
barefooted pretty soon unless you at
tend to the NATTER
No. my dear" ne replied, i have
been too busy to-day to think about
shoes. | cant let such matters dis
tract my mind from business. You
ought to attend to that yourself.
After a brief silence she said:
John, do you know. Mrs. Wildman
says her husband is one of the best
bowlers in this town."
Pooh. He's nothing of the sort,
the man declared. i've been bowling
with him nearly all afternoon, and ne
simply isn't in it with me-"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-02
Of
Easier Ea&S.

The egg has always been held as a
symbol of creation. According to the
Hjndoo the world existed as a huge egg
with the power of creation within it.
The Chinese believed that the world
was formed by the separation of an
egg. From the center of it stepped out
a human being, who, by wave of his
hand, formed the heavens out of the
upper half of the shell and the earth
out of the lower half.
The Japanese held that the egg in
Guided the germ of all things, a sort
of modern evolution theory. When the
egg burst what was pure assembled and
formed the heavens and what was i'm
pure descended and formed the earth.
Egyptian temples were filled with
wings.
With the dawn of the Christian era
the egg became a symbol of the resur.
rection. Hence Easter eggs.
One must go back to the Persans for
their first observance of the egg day
Before their conversion to Mohamme.
danism the Persians reckoned the be-
ginning Of their new year from the day
in which the sun enters Aries, which Is
in March.
According to one of the ancient cos
moganies, all things were produced
from an egg, hence called the Mundane
egg. This cosmogany was received in
Persia and on this account there OBJ
tanned among the people of that coun-
try a custom of presenting each other
with an egg, the symbol of a new be-
ginning of time, on every New Years
day-that is, on the day when the sun
enters Aries.
The doctrine Of the Mundane egg was
not confined to the limits of Persia, but
was spread. together with the conse-
quent practice of presenting New Years
eggs through various other countries
Now among all these changes the
custom of giving an egg at the suns
entrance into Aries has continued. The
egg has also continued To be held as
symbol, and the sole alteration is the
prototype. At first it was said to be
the beginning of time, and now it is
called the symbol of the resurrection.
One sees, therefore. what was the real
origin of the Easter egg of the Greek
and Roman churches.
There is an old English proverb on the
subject of Easter eggs-namely: til
warrant you an egg fer Faster" In
some parts of England. notably in the
north, the eggs are co1Ored by means
of dyeing drugs, in which eggs are
boiled These eggs are called paste
eggs, also pace and "pasche,' all
derived from Observation-Disclosures
The Germans have a lovely custom of
under the bushes and in the thicket
tufts of grass; if, the weather is I'M
propitious, they secrete them in hooks
about the house, and the children have
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-02
A BoY's Wishes.

From the st. Louis Republic.
Mr.. Goodthing engaged to Johnny
sister)-Johnny. I'm going to make you
a present What do you wish!
Johnny--A box of candy
Mr. G-What else?
Tohnny-Another box of candy.
Mr. G.-Oh, wish something else; your
little stomach couldn't hold all that
candy.
Johnny-Another stomach.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-02
This Year in Numerals.

Vale mathematical professors have been
aiscussins a popular way of writing the
wear 1899 in Roman numerals According
to the present system it would have to be
written MDCCCLXXXXIX. This is be-
wildering array of figures and many of
the Yale professors favor writing it MCIM.
1t is thought that this method will be gem
orally adopted by those who have occasion
TO write the Roman numerals.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-02
Easter in Olden Time.

Easter was at one time celebrated by
feasts and games held in the churches.
These at first were decorous and useful
in bringing the congregations together
in rejoicing over the severe duties i'm
posed upon them during Lent The Gus
tom was abandoned because of the eX-
cesses, which became a scandal to the
church
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-02
An Extraordinary Tale.

From the Detroit Journal.
We have known a man and woman to
marry from mercenary reasons, and be
quite as discourteous to each other as a
man and woman married from motives
of sentiment.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-02

Easter as at first observed by the
early Christians was a thanksgiving
lasting eight days. This was at first
reduced to three days. afterwards to
one and finally TO the single day, Easter
Sunday.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-02
GRAIN Elevator Waste Being Used.

The utilization of grain elevator waste
for sheep and cattle food has given rise to
a new industry in the Northwest. The
waste brings 81 a ton.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-02

Through days OF Lent
On sport intent
Dan Cupid fashioned arrows,
And every day
His aim, they say,
He practiced on the sparrows.
Now, days Of Lent
Myrtilla spent
In projects for adjoining
A costly hat
Of splendor that
Shed wear on Easier morning.
Thus Cupid and
Myrtilla planned
And toiled thro' L=nten weather.
Till Easter day.
s,FE When, on the way
4 From church, they came together
And Cupid laughed
And aimed a shaft
With skill and swiftness laden;
But 10, the dart
Found not the heart
But headgear Of the maiden
"Ho, no" she cried
With sauCy pride,
"You did it very neatlyl
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-02
CUPID'S WRONG AIM.

My hat was bare,
Your arrow there
Becomes it most completely"
But filled with shame
At wretchsd aim
And practice unavailing,
The pretty boy
Rereft OF Joy
Before her stood bewailino.
Then to his side
She stepped and cried,
cheer up, you silly Cupid
That Love is blind
I've heard-I find
That Love is only stupid.
your skilful eye
Did aim awry,
It's true but what of that, sir?
If you were smart
You'd know my heart
Is in my Easter hat, sir"
And Cupid smiled,
With joy beguiled,
And through the April weather
And meadows fair
That precious pair
Went Ger the hills together.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-12
SPREAD OF VENEZUELAN REvo-
LUTON.

Ponce. P. r., September 1.-The
steamer Philadelphia, Captain Cham bers.
from Venezuelan ports, trlngs news of
the spread Of the revolution and tae wan
ing strength of the government. The in
surgent leader, General Citriam Castro,
has 10, COO men under his command.
According to the same authority a
strict censorship of cable dispatches has
been established. mail matter is freely
opened and a close watch Is kept upon
outgoing passengers
President Andrada has purchased
Spanish gunboat with an equipment Of
eight guns for $685. COO
Sixty six prominent politicians. among
them Senhor Hernandez and the editor
of I'll Prsganaro, vera arrested on August
IA, and more than 500 have been taken
into custody since.
Z A ferse battle WAS fought on August %
near Barquisimeto when the insurgents
captured 2 100 government troops and SCI
cured a large quantity OF ammunition.
Senior RodriGue, minister Of the In
terror, who resigned on September 9Th.
was arrested the following day.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-12

ward one. The three new permanent
men are excellent hremsn and have long
Deem considered the equals Of any men In
tne departments in fire fighting. Again
and again they have demonstrated tfIsif
courage and their ability aud with the
ether permanent men In engine two's
house and the flns equipment that Is to
be located there when the alterations ars
complete, ward one VIII have as flne pro-
eection from fire as any part OF this city.
The scheme Is never to call both pieces
OF apparatus from the hill. One of them
wiil always remain there TO answer
alarms and no matter where the fire may
be, Munjoy hin viii never want for pro.
tection. 1t IN safe to say that no appoint
ments could have been made which would
have given more satisfaction than will
those determined upon by the board of
engineers last evening.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-12
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Permanent Men Selected for Combina-
ton Ladder Ina Ward L.

at meeting of the board of engineers
of the fire department held last evening
several changes were made In the depart
ment.
A. @. Eldridge. who has been appointed
TO drive ladder four. was given his hon.
orabie discharge from the company.
N. q. Soule was appointed a cali
member of the company to I'LL the va
cancy.
q. w. Hayes, who has been sppointed
to drive hose eight was given his honor
able discharge as member of the company
and resigned as clerk. ID. A. Conner
was appointed q member of the company
to gil the vacancy and A. S. knight
was made company clerk.
j. j. Jewett resigned as a member OF
hose twelve and the resignation was ac-
cepted. Otto Grimmer was appointed to
fill the vacancy.
The driver. captain and lieutenant of
the new company on Mnnjoy Hill were
appointed This company Is to be a
double company with permanent cap
tain and lieutenant. r. ii. Hardy was
made Its permanent captain, X. II.
Eaton the permanent lieutenant and
John @. Munroe the permanent driver of
the chemical and ladder truck. w. ii.
Morris and J. ]. Jordan were appointed
call members OF Engine Co. g. to fill the
vacancies caused by the promotions.
Ladder two on India street was
changed TO ladder i've and the new COM
bination truck on Munjoy Hill will here
after be known as ladder two.
The appointments for the new com bina-
tion company on the hill will give uni.
versal satisfaction TO the residents of
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-12
CHOSE A MAINE MAN.
Rsv. DR.. Gunnison Elected President OF
81. Lawrence University.

New York. September 1i.--At a meeting
of the special committee appointed BY the
trustees Of st. Lawrence university TO
elect a president for that Institution, held
in Brooklyn on the sth inst. the Rev.
DR.. Almon Gunnison Of Worcester. NJ ass,
was unanimously elected. DIR. Gunni-
son was the pastor OF All Souls church.
Brooklyn, for 10 years and for nearly 10
years he has been the pastor Of the First
Universalist church In Worcester, Mass.
He IL well known as preacher and writ.
err. This Is the third time he has been
elected az the bead Of the university. he
having declined the 1.-Two previous cleo
tions.
DIR. Gunnison was born at Hallowell.
Me, la 1874. His father was prominent
clergyman in the Universalist denomina-
tion.
DIR. Gunniscn's sohool days were PASSED
at Dalhousie COLLEGE, Halifax. N. s., and
ut the Green Mountain institute, Wood :
stock. VT. His collegiate course was at
Tufts and his Theological course at ST.
Lawrence university from which be was
graduated in 1865. His first settlement
was in Bath, Me-, where he remained
three years. being then called to All
Souls church Brooklyn. From Brooklyn
he went to Worcester.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-12
RECRUITS FOR PHILIPPINES.

Biddeford, September Ii.-Biddeford's
first batch of recruits for service In tho
provisional army In the Philippines left
this msrning for South Framingham,
Mass, where they win remain an camp
until ordered 10 start for the Philippines.
There were eight of the recruits who
were la charge of Capt. L II. Baker Of
Portland, who was In charge OF the re-
eruiting station In Exchange block from
the time 1t was opened q week ago last
Saturday until this morning when he was
relieved BY Lieut. g. e. Phtlbrooi~ Of
Portland.
The men who composed this mornings
squad were;
Louis q. Adams OF Portland. aged
% i-2; mechanic; served with the FirBt
Maine regiment.
John Twombly. Jr., of Somersworth,
n. H, aged "a; shoemaker.
Willie White Of Berwick, aged 30; shoe
tuaker.
Fred N. Spencer of Berwick, aged %;
shoemaker; served with First New
Hampshire regiment.
Leon N. Ross of Berwick, aged Is;
farmer.
Oswald Greenier OF Somersworth, N.
H.. aged 81; butcher; served with First
New Hampshire regiment.
Eugene ]. Perron of Somersworth, N.
H., aged 20; drug clerk; served with the
First New Hampshire regiment
Peter Forigher, of Portland. aged 80
years.
Lieut.. Philbrook win remain on duty
In this city for ten days and at the ex-
piration of that time will take what re-
cruits he gets to South birmingham.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-12
FIGHT IN A CHURCH.

Cambridge. Mess, September 11.--As
a result of free eight in ST. Stephens
Baptist church, (colored) here. Sunday,
i've of the church mem bers, including the
pastor, John 4. Crudup, were arraigned
in the third district court today. The
trial of tho cases occupied the court all
day Fifty or more colored people crowd
ed the court, the majority of them as
witnesses According 60 the testimony,
Crudup tried to preach from the pulpit
when three others of an opposing faction,
William Summerville, Sanford Cunning
ham and Scion Vaughan. seized him by
the collar and threw him down. Crud-
ups friend, Sydney Davis. tried to res
cue him aud rough fight ensusd in
which the pulpit was torn down. a win
dow broken and two policemen badly used
up.
The trial occupied the entire day and
large mum Der of witnesses were heard.
At the conclusion of the evidence, the
courE decided that the evidence against
Pastor Chudup and Sydney j. Davis was
not sufficient to oonviotsthem, and they
were discharged. Three other partici-
pants in the melee, William L. Summer
Vile, Sanford Cunningham and Scion
Vaughan, were however, found guilty of
assault and fined $40 each. An appeal
was taken to the higher court.