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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-04-14
Old Easter Customs
Many Of Them Still in Vogue

NM ANY curious Easter customs and
H\V( superstitions have come down t.
u V IL us from the old Saxon celebration
of the day. One is that the sun dances in the
sky on Easter morning, and in Devonshire,
England, young girls still get up early to see
the planet skip about. Ii an east wind is
blowing on Easter morning it is a custom in
some parts OF Germany TO draw water and
wash in it, thus avoiding all danger from
the east wind during the coming year. In
the county OF Sussex, England, the peasants
believe that if the sun shines on Easter day
it will shine, ii only a little, every day in the
year: if it rain, every day will see rain. If
only a few drops. In Continental Europe
the peasants formerly celebrated the day by
putting robes on ore OF their number, crown.
ing him with tin crown and saiuting him as
king.
In Russia the feast is celebrated on Easter
eve. All night long the streets are brilliant
" lighted and crowded with people in new
clothes. At midnight mass is said in all the
Greek churches. Russians call Easter
THE Opener of the Gates of Paradise"
InGreece men and women greet each other
with a kiss, exchanging red eggs and the
customary Easter greetings.
In Rome, naturally, the celebration of
Easter is most splendid. Formerly the pope
himself said mass in st. Peters, The day
was ushered in by the firing of cannon. st.
Peters was brilliantly lighted and splen-
didly decorated, and the Papal guards, in
full uniform, formed a double line from the
altar to the shrine of the apostles. At nigh:
st. Peters was lit by hundreds OF thousands
of tiny oil lamps. Later they were extin-
yuished and as many basins of golden fire
were lit at the same time. The cercmonie:
have lost some of their splendor in recent
years, but are still magnificent.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-04-14
Easter Egg Rolling
A Washington Pastime

~ L ALL American cities Washington,
t\S the nations capital, is the only one
w which has a distinctive Easter cele-
bration. How and where the Easter Monday
egg-rolling originated, no one now living in
Washington can tell; but that the beautiful,
slopes OF the white house grounds, where the
annual event occurs, give it inviting encour-
agement no one seems willing to dispute.
With every year the crowd of youngsters
engaged in the harmless sport has increased,
and the egg-rolling has finally grown to the
Importance Of a festival. The public schools
are closed on Easter Monday, and thousands
of children swarm about the enchanting
white house grounds. These are prettily di-
versified with little hills and Intermediate
valleys, and on the knoll above the steepest
Of these grassy slopes the children gather.
Baskets and boxes are quickly emptied, and
the sport of rolling the colored eggs begins.
1t has no apparent object, unless it is to test
the strength OF the egg shell and see how
many times it will 60 humping over rough
places without breaking. Some OF the little
tots try to roll their eggs against others to
see which will break; others run after their
eggs as they roll down, to catch them before
they reach the bottom, so that they may not
break. But they are not long-lived. Even
the hard-boiled egg has its limit Of eudur
ance. Before long the first corners have seer
the best OF their colored treasures broker
and scattered over the grass. But the new
comers constantly bring a fresh supply, anC
keep things rolling
A view of this pleasing scene leaves g
never-to-be forgotten impression on tn,
adult observers mind. In every direction
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-04-14
Enster sund.y In Mexico.

In Mexico Easter is an agreeable era from
which people like to date. 80 many years
last Easter" Three casters ago" are the
common expressions everywhere. The eel
ebration begins on Faster eve. The Plaza
Mayor is crowded with booths displaying
every conceivable holiday ware. Tallow can
dies with shades of white paper burn on
every booth. Boys go winding through the
crowd selling little cakes ike sepulchres,
crosses and crown OF thorns. The wild gay
ETY. is intense.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-04-14
AN EASTER SOLO
BY Manda L. Croker.
TIVE SANG for years at Joy Memorial,
III but one Sabbath morning people
Ii Ii missed him and they never knew
why or whittier he had gone.

EI but one Sabbath morning people
Ii Ii missed him and they never knew
why or whittier he had gone
She closed her eyes to take a mental in
ventory of the day, which had been a Pc
-~culiarly hard one. Soft, fluffy rings of curl
ing hair, escaping their leash, struggled down
around the patient face, now very grave.
All day she had smiled back to happy
faces drifting in and vaguely wondered
which carried sincerity with it and which
meant to deceive.
There had been an order for roses, hello
trope and palms that had quite upset her
nerves. 1t was a wedding and, somehow,
before she knew, great tears were shining
on the beauteous blossoms. Such a start as
it gave her, to be sure; but the bride would
never know.
Toward evening she had two orders for
church decorations, and one of these made
her homesick. 1t was for Joy Memorials
-chancel rail.
1t was now quite dark, and Bernice was
nodding in the little chair over by the win
dow. Joyce Carroll cut the inventory
~squarely across by opening her eyes and be
ginning again where she had left off.
Nothing but leaves; nothing but rub.
bish!" she said, taking up a whisk and turn
ing on the light.
Bernice reused up from her nap, rubbed
her sleepy eyes with her pink palms and
came over to where the meditative iorist
was putting things to right" Mamma
she yawned, "Im awfully tired cause every
body hurried so to-day. What's everybody
going to do with 50 many lowers?"
"They want them for tomorrow, the slad
Eastertime, dear"
What do people do at Eastertime, nam
sma?" But before the mother could speal
The little chatterer answered her own ques
ton. 90, l know; Auntie Farnham sale
everybody ~forgives everybody, cause Jesui
rose"
Joyce Carol stopped short in her effort
10 tie up a refractory vine. Was this a mes
sage from the Father, or only childish prat
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-04-14
His Economy.

Mrs. Murkle-John, you know I promised
to get along without a tailor-made suit il
you would get me a sealskin coat last fall.
Mr.. Murkle-Yes, dear, and it was a
beauty that | got, WASH it?
Mrs. Murkle-It was, indeed, love. Dear
me! | shall have to get a terribly swell
Easter outfit to keep folks from thinking we
are slipping backward in money matters
Chicago Daily News.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-04-14

yond the telling in the sacred sunlit
dells.
"He Is risen. He is risen" chime the tune
full Easter bells;
There is joy within the chancels-joy be-
yond the burst OF song
the halo of His glory crowns anew each
HAPPY throng.
Earth forgets the woes and sorrows Of the
Man of Galilee,
He is risen, He is risen!" sing the bells
from sea to sea;
Aye. from every lofty mountain, from the
heart OF every plain,
Voiced by millions meath the Heavens,
rise the holy chants again;
kedron sings a newer anthem through the
rose-embowered glade,
And the air is filed with music where the
cedars cast their shade;
Where His white feet pressed the daisies
in the fairest fields of earth,
And .He gently blessed the children. Easter
hath d newer birth.
Mid the beauty Of the flowers. fairer than
a crown of gold,
Lives the story of our Easter by the SER
apis often told;
We repeat with awe the anthems borne to
US across the sea.
And the sunshine crowns the ripples OF I'M
mortal Galilee;
5000
but the faithful know
From where the orient lilies in their
sweetness bloom and blow
And Oft the holy seem to hear, above the
organs tone,
The echo of His footsteps whore He trod
the path alone.
Hail the holy Easter morning with its ever
lasting cheer,
Let lily nod 70 lily. let the white rose touch
her peer;
Let forth from every steeple come the
cadence of the chimes
That spread the Easter story to the worlds
remotest climes;
No more the story OF the wood that
crushed Him meath It's weight,
No more the agony He felt beyond the
Gardens gate,
But everywhere let Casters bells ring out
so clear and free:
He is risen, He is risen" is the theme
from sea to sea.
. conscious bells that gladly tell the story
never old.
Rirg out nor cease the paeans Of peace till
all the world is told;
In the heart of every Easter blooms a lily
white as snow,
Symbolic OF the life He led long centuries
ago;
In the music from the stecples, in the an
thems of the choirs,
Let faith and hope commingle Ike bright
celestial fires
Let every heart this Easter day, no matter
where IT be.
Praise the One who blessed the lily by the
far-on Orient sea.
7. c. H~ARBArGH.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-04-14

Il don't see why you feel disposed TO trust
that man for so large an amount. He has no
standing in either Bradstreet's or Dun's."
That ma. 5e, but | happen to know that
his wife has decided tc get along without a
new Easter hat this year, so he must have
money.'-Chicago Daily News.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-04-14
The Meaning Of Easter
A Christian Feast Of Hope

ASTER, at once the
most joyous and i'm
pressive of Christian
{ e 5 t ivals, gets its
name from Osterr, a
heather go d O e 5 5,
deity OF spring and
OF flowers. The an
cient Teutons and
~Scandinavians cele-
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-04-14
The Test of Approval,

She has got her Easter hat,
And there's much delight in that:
But to her complete enjoyment twill confer
When she sees just how II strikes
The enamored man she likes,
And the woman that she hates and who
hates her.
-BrOOklyn Life.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-04-14
Natural History.

Il wonder ef dah's any troof in all dishere
talk bout a rabbit layiH' de Faster egg
said Pickaninny Jim.
Il reckons, maybe, said his mother, eau
%tiously.
'My rabbit doan' lay none
Maybe de eggs done got stole
"No, dey didn'. Is been %lis'nen' right
along an | nebber heard dat rabbit cachle
once. Washington Star.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-04-14
Early ChrIstinns' Easter.

Easter as at first observed by the early
Christians was a thanksgiving lasting eight
days. This was at first reduced to three
days. afterward to two. and finally to the
single day. Faster Sunday.
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4

Again sage men are sadly led
To speculate upon 1T;
Her bonnet is above her head
But her mind is on her bonnet.
Washington Star.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-04-14
Her Sacrifice.

He-Are you willing to give up anything
this Easter?
She-Yes; my old bonnet. - Yonkers
Statesman.
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Regarding HI. vocation.

Towne--He has been the ruination 'of
many a man. ,
Browne-Gambler or saloon keeper?
Towne-Neither. He's a manufacturer of
Easter hats.--Brooklyn Life.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-04-14

Wife-If | don't wear something new oil
Easter | won't all the rest OF the year.
Husband-For Heavens sake don't, then!
Puck.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-04-14
A Feather Brain.

He tickled his wife with a feather;
But she laughed with pleasure at that.
For it was an ostrich feather
To wear DER her Easter hat.
-Ii1Q
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-04-14
The Golden Age.

'Twere fine to live in Adams day,
When everything could please;
Then Easter brought no bills to pay,
Fol- bonnets grew on trees.
-Judge
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-04-14
A Great Sacrifice.

"What did you give up during Ient?"
twenty-five dollars for my wife's Easter
bonnet."-N. y. World.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-04-14

First Cd Duffer-I'm gong away for
Easter.
Second Ditto-I intended to go, bur my
wife's too sick to 60 with me.
First o.. D.-That's just why I'm going.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-04-14
M3MzEhHgxR
NYS1HgSYGNSS

ROM the orient, old
in story, to the
new W orld s
clearer day
Come the memories
OF Easter, ike q
chant from far
away;
With the fragrance
of the lilies OF
that cherished,
holy cline.
Where the Saviour
blessed the bios
SONS in the full
ness of His time;
There's a a be-
In tho sacred SunHS
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-04-14

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El independiente. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1894-19??, 1900-08-02

del condado de Valencia.

FL Hon. Salom0n Luna no as
pira Il ninguna posicion Y mu-
cho menos d la de delegado al
congreso, porque sus muchas
ocupaciones Y negocios le haeen
casi impossible dedicarse al des.
cargo de tan responsables Y ar
duos deberes. Asi mismo, consi.
dera con sobrada raz6n que sus
cuantlosos intereses particulars
Sc verian perjudicados Y desmi-
nuidos al no darles 81 su atenci0n
y cuidado personal. Por tai mo.
two, cuando muchos de sus ami
gos particulares y politicos le
han urgido que presto su nomhre
para la candidatura republican,
de delegado, acknowledgements ha
contestado que no puede acep-
tarla. Esto seria definitivo v
terminate en- otro individuo que
ell senior Luna Y atajaria final
mente los empenos de los impor-
tunos que desean nominarle. Pc
ro los republicanos principales Y
mas ilustrados, considerable que
es necesaria la candidatura deun
hombre tan prestigiado como el
senior Luna para ell puesto de de-
legado, no desisten de su resolu
ci0n para nominarlo, creyenGo
con sobrada justicia que un HON
bre tan polftieo y tan patricia
como el senior Luna tendra que
veneer su repugnancia Y aceder
Il los deseos de sus amigos Y de
SUI partido aceptando la candi-
datnra.
En- vista de estas razones, cree
mos firmemente que el proximo
candidate republicano para de.
legado al congreso ser6 el Hon
Salom0n Luna. Su nomination
sera hecha por la un6nime vota-
ci0n de, la convention territorial
republican, Y es evidente que
candidate mas popular Y mas
propio no podria ser escogido.
Su postulaci0n eXtinguiria v apa-
garia todos los resentimientos v
discordia que ann pudiesen sub
sistir entire miembrOs del partido
republicano en- algunas localida-
des. NingGn candidate que los
dem0cratas levantasen podria
disputarle la palma con esperan-
IN de exito, y la opinion mejor Y
mas acertada es que ell senior Lu-
ma seria electo por una mayoria
de 1900 4 1000 votos. Es el
candidate logicO del partido en-
Ia presente coyuntura v ninguno
de sus amigos polfticos Sc pres
taria q disputarle la condidatu-
IA, antes bien todos contribuiran
q nombrarle por aclamacion sin
un s0lOVOto Ell contra. Crcemos
que estando escogido el candidate
principal por Ia un6nime opinion
republicana, ca 10 demds no hay
obstacuIo y es propio que los
miembrOs de la comisi0n terri
torial republican, empiesan des-
de ahora 4 dar los primeros pa
sos para inaugurar la cumpana.
El independiente. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1894-19??, 1900-08-02
ANTES QUE Sc DIVIDE,

ga lsente Ell memoa hogar de baatula eiectivas
Temple de Economic Esa ena ahora dnero en- cnaouer
compra quehaga-a mas peluea afees aguas ho
pelnes etc. una moderno cuerpo al eso
achucha para ciqutu, austadoes peeos zapato que
da melor satisfaction de hechura eegante
El independiente. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1894-19??, 1900-08-02
PARA DOS SEMANAS.

I'm gran adeanto do de de hombes muchacho
para oece gande a vendeemos dos
El independiente. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1894-19??, 1900-08-02
FL TEMPO De OBRAR.
PrOpiedad de que los RepubliCa-
nos de NueyO Mexico den los
PrimerOS pasOS para
lnaugurar Ia Cam
pdTd.

Estos tiempos son de lucha,
Y contrapuestos principles
En- la arena Sc disputan
Preeminencia con ahinco;
iAlerta, Republicanos.
Luchemos por ell partido
Que en- nechos & ilustraci0n
Siempre Sc ha distinguido:
Y hallemos bajo la planta
De un voto decisive
La incapaz democracia
Gi,, tinn n; ,afn;nt;a,oo
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-07-26

tian nations then threw off all disguise;
they were frankly in the field to steal
all they could and only waited the
| moment that seemed most propitious
| to themselves.
When England became absorbed in
| its South African war it was evident
| that Russia would seize the fortunate
moment to forward her cherised de-
signs in the Far East. The press and
public spoke with the utmost frankness
of the coming dismemberment of the
great Chinese empire; there was even
speculation upon what sections Of the
country would go to England, what to
Russia, Germany, japan and France.
Each stood ready to unleash the dogs
of war, not in the cause of humanity,
civilization or Christianity, but frankly
from the same motives that actuate the
footpad. ALI of this was quite as evil
dent to the governing classes in China
as it was to the public outside of China.
To what degree the boxer uprising was
tomented by Russian diplomacy and
intrigue no one knows; that it was
largely spontaneous uprising actuated
by self-preservation, is more than like
ly. That under such circumstances as
these there should be bloodshed and
appalling horror need cause no sur
prise to anyone who has read of the
revolutionary days in civilized France.
While the world must stand aghast at
the outrageous crimes of the Boxers,
there cannot fail to be those every
where in every honest American COM
munity who will feel sympathy for the
Chinese people in the unequal contest
that they are now waging against the
organized and merciless rapacity of
the civilized nations, which are them
selves directly and logically RESPONSE
BILE for the very tragedies they now so
loudly deplore.-De1sUer Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-07-26
10. THURSDAY. JULY 26. 1900. NUMBER 5.

labor vote" The Governor has for
two years stated that upon the expira-
tion of his term he would resume his
position in the ranks of the business
element, and would ask for no further
political honors. The Governor is a
man of both moral and physical cour-
ful term, he has the confidence and the
good will of the citizens generally of
Missouri.
The Republicans up to this time have
made no capital out OF the strike, as
they attempted to do. The Democratic
authorities of the state of Missouri de-
serve credit for the manner in which
they have handled the trouble, and the
people are properly giving it to them.
There was never a time when the
police authorities OF ST. Louis, who
ought to know, felt the need of the
militia. There was never time when
the militia could have been effective
or of any assistance to them, and it is
generally conceded the Governor did
right in not calling out the militia, and
the designing and hysterical who have
without cause abused and slaudered
him and damaged the reputation of
their city and state ought to be
ashamed of themselves.-StGte Trib-
1'ae, July 10.
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CHURCHES:

CATHOLIC CHURCH, Arcadia College
and Pilot Knob. l.. . WERNERT Rector.
High Mass and Sermon at Arcadia College
every Sunday at O'Clock A. NJ. Vespers and
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament st 4
O'Clock P. NJ. High Mass and Sermon and
Benedictionat Pilot Knob Catholic Church
at 1890 O'Clock A. NJ. Sunday School for
children at 80 O'Clock P. NJ.
NJ. E. CHURCH, SOUTH, Fort Hill,
between Ironton and Arcadia. Rev. VIM.
LOWE, Pastor. Services every Sunday
at ii A. NJ. and 1880 P. NJ. Prayer meeting
Wednesday evening, 1880 O'Clock. Sab
bath School at 9:30 A. NJ. Ladies' Aid So
ciety, Thurs day, : P. NJ, Ladies' Prayer
Meeting, Friday, p. NJ. Juvenile Mission
ary Society at Parsonage, Saturday, 2:3O P.
NJ. Choir Practice at Church, Friday, 1880
p. NJ. All are cordially invited to attend
these services.
M. E. CHURCH, Cor. Reynolds and
Pastor. Preaching every Sunday at IL A. NJ,
aud 1880 p. NJ. Prayer-meeting Wednesday
evening. Sunday School $3.50 A. NJ. Juuior
Epworth League z. NJ.
BAPTIST CHURCH, Madison street,
near Knob ST., Rev. GEORGE STEEL, Pastor
Residence Ironton. Preaching on every
Saturday before the first Sunday of each
month at 2:30 P. NJ. and every sunday at IL
A. n. and 80 P. NJ. Sunday School every
Sunday at 9:40 A. NJ. and Prayer Meeting
every Wednesday evening at 1880 P. NJ. B.
Y. p. U. every Sunday at 6:15 P. NJ.
Presbyterian Church, cor. Reynolds
and Knob streets, Ironton. Rev. THOs. F.
MARSHALL, Pastor. Services every Sunday
at IL A. NJ. and 1880 P. NJ. Sunday School
at 9:45 A. NJ. Y. P. S. C. h., 6:45 P. NJ.
Prayer Meeting Wednesday, 1880 P. M.
Ladies' Missionary Society, last Thursday
in each month at 2:30 P. NJ. Choir practice
at church, Saturday, P. NJ.
LUTHERAN CHURCH, Pilot Knob.
Rev. j. G. FRITZ, Pastor.
M. E. CHURCH, Colored. Shepherd
and Washington streets, Ironton. e. NJ.
TONEY, pastor. Preaching every Sum-
day at IL A. NJ. and 1880 P. NJ. Sunday
School at $3.50 A. M..and Select Reading at
P. NJ. Literary every Tuesday night at 8.
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General Wood has informed the
President that the Cuban capacity
shown for suffrage and self-govern-
ment on the municipal scale has been
an agreeable surprise. Admiral Dew
ey testified. when he was at Manila,
that the people Of the Philippines were
more capable of self-government than
the Cubans. Putting together the tes-
timony of these highly respectable wit
nesses, why should we not give the
Philippines independence?