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The Globe-republican., 1901-04-04

Live Easter EGGS.

Sam Lee was a great chicken-f ancler,
for a small boy, and like most people
with fad had no patience with the
fads of others; SO when one day he
was telling his mother of a lovely
brood of bantams he had seen (tNot
much bigger than bumblebees, mother,
honestly, he was provoked when Grace
came in with a basket of eggs to color
for Easter. and took off his mothers
attention by her questions.
Easter eggsl" he scornfully said.
What good are they? You can't eat
EN-, You can't hatch EN-. It's all
just nOnSenSe!"
Grace retorted holly, and quarrel
seemed very near indeed; but just then
grandma snapped her fingers sharply,
in funny way she had. Mother said,
There, another thought has struck
grandma and they all laughed, and
the .war-c1oud'' rolled away.
Easter morning, when Sam came to
breakfast and found at every plate but
his a pretty nest of moss and wild flow
wouldn't have owned to feeling
neglected and left out, but he did!
More than that, the family certainly
looked al him with queer smile, and
grandma even left the table smiling
all over her face" Could it be they
were smiling at his discontinue? Sam
plucked up pride, and even was gener-
Gus enough to admire the baskets.
When he went to his room to get
ready for church, he saw the joke!
There on his gas-fxture hung two
large, handsome, egg-shaped Chinese
| lanterns, just what he had wanted
All" said Sam, there's where
| grandma's thought struck"
He started to take them down, and
| heard a strange scrambling sound
| Hastily opening them, out f1uttered a
| tiny pair Of silver bantams, and the
| fla wi
| crowed!
| ..Hurrah.'' cried Sam, as he dashed
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In went bil1y's hand. and out 1t cams
in a second, with a loud "Owl"
It's hornets or yellow-jackets
something.' he screamed. Fetch the
barn lantern. Kit, and I'll knock 'em
out.''
Kitty brought the lantern, and then
ran to the other side of the barn, for
fear of the yellow Jackets Billy held
the 1entern over his hear and peeped
in.
What did he see? Not hornets. but
pins.
He had run his hand into Egypts
own little .hidy-hole," where the sly
little rogue had laid away a whole pile
of his favorite treasures. No wonder
they pricked like hornets. But what
the queer old bird was saving them for
1 never knew.
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roll OF the time of Edward l.. which is
preserved in the Tower of London.
there is an entry of sd. for 400 eggs.
to be used for Easter gifts.
In the last few years artificial eggs
of candy, china and other materials.
and egg-shaped articles of all kinds.
have largely replaced the real eggs as
Easter gifts. The shop windows each
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TAs customs. traditions and super
stitions connected with Easter are al
most innumerable. Their origins are
in many cases impossible to determine.
because they evidently took place at a
time when the season was still pagan
in its character. Others, again. are di
recty connected with the Christian OBJ
servance of the festival. The early
Christians in many countries used to
greet one another on Easter morning
with the salutation:
Christ is risen
The reply to this was:
Christ is risen, indeed, and hath
appeared to Simon
This custom, it is said, is still OBJ
served in the Greek church
The giving of eggs at Easter. or tho
spring festival, is of the most
widely known, it is also one OF the
oldest, of the customs. From the re-
| hottest times the egg has stood to the
Eastern nations the symbol of the
universe. and its breaking at that time
has represented the opening of the new
life of the year. When the custom
was carried over into Christian prac-
tice the Easter eggs were usually sent
to the priests to be blessed and sprin-
kled with holy water. In later times
the eoloring and decorating of the
eggs was introduced, and in a royal
The Globe-republican., 1901-04-04

Easter comes to April-s tryst.
With a garland on her hair
And q gown OF silk and Vair.
On her breast amethyst
FASTENED in a silver twist,
With pale cowslipS faint and fair.
In the rosy breast-kaots there
Fresh from off the rainbow stair
Shine her little feet, made bare
OF all shoes. for she has found
COO green earth is holy ground
delicate and debonnair
W1ndffoWerS. of coming ware,
with faint sweetness take the air.
After her the blossomed pear
rings It's flowers, the vetch and tare
know her, even as the rose
In its bud her passing knows.
Dreams her look of love and care.
And. fast-shut. more lovely grows.
TIL June gather it to wear
After her the West wind blows.
Companied with flying mist.
Fearless of their human foes,
Comics shy and timid does,
Ewes and lambs beside her pace.
Looking in her lifted face
All things in her sweetness share,
Keep her here fortnights space
Seven days we see, of grace.
Easter in this earthly place
P Easter. kindling grass and clod
With the eyes that have seen God
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schooIboy-. Tribute to Burroush.

SchooIboy-s Tribute Burroughs
How close that veteran friend of
birds and animals and trees, John Bur-
roughs, gets to the heart of mankind
is illustrated by letter which he re-
Gently received from a schoolboy. The
letter, printed in an article by Cliff
ton johnson in Outing is as follows: Il
recently got one of your books through
the mail, marked 'second-class mat
ter But it isn't second-c1ass matter.
I have read it, and it is f1rst-c1ass mat
ter. The binding and get-up may be
second class. but the matter is first
Glass; The boy wrote to John Bur
roughs as he would write to airy other
boy friend whom he considered had
been dealt with unjustly. He had read
the book. and he knew and wanted to
assure his friend that what he wrote
was drst-c1ass matter in spite OF what
any postmaster general said.
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darkness
follow Thee
inn
o
the brigh Hef
heart. reJoice1 Art blinded
He in sin
suffering
o
Homeless knew the darkened
o.
And ve the Ea ster SOM
bird awning
praise Droion8!
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OOI IL CANT WITH A LOUD --OW. -
bur l rather think he knew as much
about the nests they did.
Egypt was a sly old fellow He
liked buttons and pennies, but he had
the greatest fancy for pins He would
pull them out of every pin cushion in
the house when he could get chance,
SO you might search through room
after room. and not come across
single pin. Nobody knew what he did
with them all He was fond OF eggs,
too, and 1 am afraid this the rea
son that the children had such long
hunt for them. and found SO few
At last they climbed up the long lad
der into the NOW. The hay was piled
almost to the roof and covered the
windows. 1t was so dark that Nanny
and Kitty were a little bit afraid, but
Billy went first, houndering along in
the hay, just as you wade through a
snow drift
Guess there are nests on this beam -
said Billy. "but it's so dark 1 can't
see- I'll feel"
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Children'S Easter

1t was the Saturday before Easter.
and the children all ran out to the
barn to hunt eggs, with Egypt, the
tame crow, hopping after them. Nan
ny was sure there must be several
dozen eggs in the hen house, Billy
thought the haymow was the best place
to And them, and Kitty said she had
seen old Topknot flying out from Dob
bins manager. Egypt said nothing,
The Globe-republican., 1901-04-04

TWENTY EIGHT LILIES HE SAID
the display in the window, the golden
daffodils, and shy blue crocuses, pure
lilies of the valley, Haunting tulips,
starry jasmine, and cool green ferns
forming a tender background for them
all. The attendants were busy when
they entered. The girls stood back OF
a high rubber tree admiring some rare
chrysanthemums when the door was
flung open and a gentleman came in
He was of medium height and had a
kind brown-bearded, thoughtful face.
Not noticing any one in the store he
went directly to the counter To a
man at that instant disengaged he
gave his order.
''Twenty-eight lilies" he said Eyes
like those. Have them tied with
broad white satin ribbon. Send to this
address,
And he laid a card and bill on
the counter. An instant later he had
received his change and walked out.
The girls stared at each other
That gasped Brunette, was Char
lie Everett"
Yes I know murmured Mary
Before she could put out her hand
to stop her meddlesome friend the
The Globe-republican., 1901-04-04
Occasion Il Tricky

During the last century the BibIa
was translated into ESQ languages. and
it is now accessible to nine-tenths of
the worlds population
The Globe-republican., 1901-04-04

year at this season testify to the In
genuity expended in devising new and
attractive objects in which the idea of
the Easter egg shall be preserved. In
Paris these Easter presents are gener-
ally given on the first day OF Passion
Week. All are emblematic OF eggs,
and are known t'oeufs des Paque."
or 'tPaScha1 eggs"
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"Oh, she cried. she is dead.''
latter had stepped to the counter and
read the address on the card which lay
there.
Just as I thought" she remarked
a few minutes later, when they were
out in the street together. The ad-
dress is Il Forest Avenue Idlewild-
That is the suburb In which his mys-
terious acquaintance of whom I told
you lives"
That number, street, place, burned in
Mary's brain She parted from Bru-
META and went home A fierce fever
OF jealousy possessed her Who was
this woman to whom he sent Lenten
lilies? Idlewild was directly south of
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-05-16
PHILIPPINE POLICE FORCE.


Washington, May l4.-An extern
sive resume of the organization and
varied conditions of the Philippine
native police force is contained in
statement made public by the divis-
ion of insular affairs of the war de-
partment. The reports recites that,
because of the poverty of the munich
palties, the Philippine commission
appropriated the sum of $3.50, 600
to provide increased pay for the body,
and offered through General Mac
Arthur, further incentive in the
way of increased compensation for
cases of meritorious and faithful serv-
ice. Late reports received at the war
department indicate that an efficient
and loyal force of native police has
now been organized, with prospects OF
further extension and increased abili-
ty. The total force now numbers g.
$40 officers and men, great many OF
whom are on the meritorious list and
receive additional pay. The body at
present is concentrated in Northern
Luzon principally, although the
Visayas, Mindanao, Jolo and South
ern Luzon have police forces of con-
siderable strength. In many OF the
towns the men are fully uniformed.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-05-16
A TRICKY BANK TELLER.
His Scheme for Making Money Led to His
Arrest.

New Orleans, May IA Samuel
Flower, paying teller of the Hibernia
National bank, has been arrested here
charged with a shortage of $36, 600.
The Fidelity & Deposit Company, of
Baltimore, is on Flowers bond for
$685. 1t is alleged that Flower,
expecting an examination, sent to an
other bank in this city government
sealed package said to contain $40, 600
and received in exchange for it $4O,-
600 gold clearing house certificates of
the denomination of 5000 each.
His cash having been counted by the
National bank examiner the evening
before and found correct, it is alleged
he returned the clearing house certifi-
Gates to the bank from which he had
received them and received in return
his unbroken government package,
said to contain $4,000. This pack
age was received by the Hibernia
National Bank from the sub treasury,
of this city, in March last, and con-
tained $4,000 in 81 bills. 1t is al
legged that Flower had preserved the
label from an old government package
that did contain $40, 900 in denom-
nations of $40 each, which he pasted
on the package, containing only
81, 900 in 81 bills, thereby making it
a $40, 900 package to all appearances.
This package was opened and counted
after his departure from the bank.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-05-16

Suburb Of Desriot Ne Seene-Blsxe Started
In Idle MIL

Detroit, May l4-Fanned by a So
miles-an-hour wind, fire this after
noon swept the west bank OF the
Rogue river in Delray, a suburb to
the south of Detroit, for three quar-
ters of mile, and destroyed over
$500, 600 worth Of property.
The fire originated in the roof OF a
saw mill. The plant has not been
running for several months, and the
roof was as dry as tinder. The build
ing was soon in ashes and the fire
swept across block to where dredge
was tied uN Despite the efforts to
save her, this craft was burned to the
waters edge. Great embers were
picked up by the wind and dropped
in several directions, setting fire to
buildings.
Delray has a small fire department,
which responded with three engines
and the fireboat Battle. Even the
greatest streams of the fireboat were
powerless to check the flames which
were rolling down the river bank for
hundreds of feet. When darkness fell
the glare from the burning poles IL
Illuminated the sky for miles. The
firemen worked on the fire almost all
night to keep it from spreading to
other property.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-05-16
AUSTRALIAN PARlIMENT.
First Under the New Federation Opened BY
Duke Of Cornwall.

Melbourne, May 13.-The opening
of the first federal parliament which
took place at noon was most i'm
presive ceremony. The capacity OF
the exposition building, the scene OF
the ceremony, is II, 200 people, but the
available space was taxed to the ut
most. The decorations consisted OF
regimental standards, trophies OF
arms and floral festoons.
The doors were opened to ticket
holders at 9o'clock in the morning,
and by IL O'Clock the auditorium was
filled except the royal dais. This
was located beneath the great dome.
1t held single row of chairs, the
largest, in the center, being sur
mounted by a small gold imperial
crown. The whole was Overhung
with the royal standard. In front of
the royal chair was a small table,
on which was a telegraph key, by
which the Duke of Cornwall and
York was to flash the opening signal
throughout the commonwealth, when
the Union Jack was to be simultane-
ously raised in every settlement of
the federation.
The majority Of the audience was
composed of ladies, mostly clad in
|mauve colored costumes, but many OF
them were dressed in white. Bril-
liant scattered groups of army and
navy uniforms gave color to the
scene. Facing the dais was slightly
raised platform, where seven rows OF
chairs accommodated the members
of the commonwealth parliament.
The lofty north transept was de-
voted to the members of the state par
liaments. East and west of the dais
were grouped the ministerial staffs.
The remainder of the hall and the
galleries were packed with a well
dressed, earnest, expectant crowd.
A great orchestra enlivened the ante
meridian hour with operatic airs.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-05-16
SEATTLE MARKETS.

The fOllwing prices are being offered
to the producer by Seattle dealers for
delivery in round lots on the dock
and i'm the car at Seattle.
Hides, pelts and tallOw- Heavy
salted steers, over 60 lbs., INC.
medium, per h., 7c. light under 81
lbs., 61ac. cows, all weights, 612c.
salted kips, SIC; calf, &c.; stays
and bulls, 41ac.; green hides 1c. less
than salted; culls, 1c. less; grubby
hides, 11ac. less; dry hides, per ID,
12c. dry culls, 1Oc. ; summer deer
2O@25c. winter deer, dry, 14@2 2Oc.
good butcher tallow, 3@3Ac.; grease,
1K@2c.
Wool-Western Washington, clean,
13c. dirty, 11@12c. /; Eastern Wash
ington wool, S@lOc.
Live stock = Choice beef cattle,
COWS, 31lc.; steers, 41a@5c. /; choice
sheep, Sc. {; good hogs, live, 5H@6c.
hogs, dressed, 71c.; calves, live,
large, 4c. small, &c.
Live poultry = Chickens, 12@
121kc.; turkeys, 12@12hc.; ducks,
13@ 14c.
Butter and eggs-Creamery butter,
23@24c. dairy, 13@15c. ranch eggs,
1870. .,
Grain-Oats, $26; barley, $17. SOC
18: wheat, chicken feed, $l9.
Hay-Puget sound, $l2: Eastern
Washington timothy, $l6.25; alfalfa,
SO. -.
Field seed-Field peas, white, $37
oats, $26; spring seed wheat, $2O;
seed rye, so; seed barley, $lS.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-05-16
STRANGEST OF ALL FISH.

Deuizen of the Deep that Angles Tor
the Food 1t Devour'.
Most remarkable Of strange fishes is
the angler fish, whose very name seems
a paradox. The fishing fish is never
theless a reality, and stern one to all
that approach those awful jaws OF his.
With q body the color Of mud, he gen.
erally lies in the shadow of some rock
ON the bottom Of the sea, waiting mo-
tionless for the approach Of his prey.
He is provided with an odd kind of fin
lust over the mouth, and this Is held
ont in front Of him to give warning OF
the coming of something to be swal-
lowed. One taken alive was expert
mented on and it was found that ii
this projecting fin was touched with a
stick, even though the stick did not
come near the mouth, the jaws closed
conyulsively. This shows that the fin,
by some provision of nature, closes the
laws as soon as it is touched.
The mouth is tremendous, growing to
the width Of foot, while the whole
fish is only three feet long. One Of these
anglers was caught not long since and,
although it was only twenty-five inches
long, a fish fifteen inches long was
found sticking In its throat. The ang-
Ter is provided with peculiar set of
teeth. In double or treble rows along
the Jaws and at the entrance Of the
throat. Some Of these teeth are foot
long. He is not pretty fish to look at,
but he attends strictly to business and
will swallow anything that touches his
warning fin, whether it be meant for
food or not. All kinds of things have
been found in the stomach of anglers.
from bits Of lead and stone to fish al.
most as large as the angler itself. This
IA without doubt one of the most pc
culiar and interesting fish in the whole
ocean.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-05-16
KLONDIKERs IN LUCK.


Port Townsend, Wash, May IA
Returning Dawson passengers on the
Victorian, which arrived from Skag-
way report that the miners Of the
Klondike are enjoying the greatest
harvest in the history of the country,
owing to the abundance OF the surface
water, which is being utilized in sluic-
ing the dirt taken out during the
winter months, and the yield Of yell
low metal will exceed the best expec-
tations of the mine-owners.
The Victoria reports, considerable
excitement in the north, caused by
the smallpox epidemic, and various
settlements are taking every precau-
tion to check and wipe out the dis
ease. At Skagway a mass meeting
was held, the Indians were driven
out of the city, and strong guard
was placed around the town to prevent
their return. Nearly all sections are
in quarantine. Every stranger arriv-
ing is held up and inspected.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-05-16
THE ARTILLERY ARM.
Secretary Of War ,Wil Increase Il to Its Full
Strength.

washington, May l3.- Secretary
Root is a man to whom wide discre-
tion in the matter of interpreting and
administering the laws might have
been given. This is shown in his de-
termination to increase the artillery
corps at once to its full strength.
Congress, in its abject fear of criti-
cism, placed provision in the bill
which looked as if the artillery corps
of the army was to be increased only
20 per cent each for five years. But
the men who drafted the bill knew
what they were doing, and when it
came out as a law it provided that
not less than 20 per cent should be
raised the first year, and not less than
20 per cent each succeeding IL months
until the full strength of the artillery
was reached. Secretary Root inter-
prets the mot less" to mean that he
IS not prevented from making the en-
tire increase at once, and so he di-
rected that it should be done.
This is very good thing. No
branch of the military service needs
men so much as the artillery. The
Notifications and the equipment of
the Notifications with valuable guns
has been far in advance of the in
crease of the artillery. In the Spanish
war congress was induced to increase
the artillery from five to seven regi-
ments, and the last congress was in
duced to make the increase to 18, 600
men, but with an intimation on the
wording of the bill that the increase
was to be made only gradually at 20
per cent year for five years. Every
coast state, every state where fortifi-
cations are needed, and where they
have been erected will applaud the
action of Secretary Root, as it means
more heavy artillery, and fortifica-
tions already in place and fortifica-
tions to be erected will have artillery
placed upon them, and received the
care of trained and efficient men, a
care that very valuable defenses have
not received during the past three
years.
Another thing where Secretary
Root showed his judgment was in
constituting the stupid provision of
the Spooner amendment to the army
bill, relating to the Philippines.
There were two amendments, one pre-
pared by Senator Spooner, giving the
president authority to control the
Philippines, and Senator Hoar Sc
cured the adoption of another regard
ing franchises, which would prevent
anything from being done to improve
the condition of the islands. Soon
after the Philippine amendment was
cabled to the Taft commission, a
reply was received showing that
if it was adhered to strictly, it
would mean great hardship to the
people of the Philippine islands.
After mature defiberation the Sec
retary decided to allow the regu-
lations for the cutting of timber
which the Philippine commission
had enacted to remain in force and
not to be interfered with by the Hoar
amendment to the army bill. II
would have been we'll, perhaps, to
give the secretary some authority in
modifying affairs in Cuba, for he has
way of making such notifications
of the best interests of the government
and the people who aregoverned.