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I giving day was invented as a substitute
! But nowadays nearly all the sects unite
in celebrating both, Easter and Christ
| mas.
This day is also the Jewish Passover
being the 18th day OF the month Nissan of
| the Jewish calendar. The festival is one
is observed seven days. During the first
| and last 1t is expected that all believers
will refrain from their usual avocations
The intervening time Is to be considered
in a certain sense holy although ordinary
business can continue. The use of bread
and beer and all articles of food in
| is forbidden, and all vessels used in cook
/ ing, are carefully purified The emanci-
/ patton of the children of Israel IS OBJ
served with appropriate ceremonies, and
| a portion of the time IS given I'D to a
reading of the Talmud. and portions of
| the Old Testament referring to their de-
| liverance from Egyptian bondage. All
social distinctions are laid aside, and the
| family domestics participate in the cere-
monies of the households to which they
belong, For Bible references to this
festival. see Exodus. xii, 1-51: xiii $40;
xiii. 14-19. and xiv, 1926; Leviticus
xiii, Ala: Numbers. TX, LA; Deuter-
In the Greek church this is Palm Sun
day, the date in Russia being March So
| April IL is the anniversary of the birth,
| in 1777, of Henry Clay, an eminent Arneri-
can statesman and orator. born in Hanover
| county. Virginia. He began life in pow
| erty, but by dint of hard work he rose to
| leadership. His adopted state of Ken
| lucky sent him to the United States SEN
ate in 1906. and from that time until his
death, in 1852, his life, talents and time
| fare of his country He was thrice
! candidate for the presidency, but his ad-
herence to principle, instead of party, cost
him the necessary votes to elect. When
warned by friends that his compromise
| bill would lessen his chances for the presi-
dency. his reply was. II would rather be
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ridge, a political opponent gave the key
| stone to his character in proposing the
| following inscription for Clay's tomb:
| Here lies a man who was in public life
! for fifty years, and never attempted TO de-
ceive his countrymen."
| April 10 is the anniversary of the birth,
ferson third president. This date is new
| style, and some biographers adhere to the
| old style date Of April 2. AS author of the
party leader, he exerted a greater in
| fiuence upon the institutions of America
| than any other man, except Washington.
This day Is also the. anniversary of the
Of the famous New York publishing house
Of Harper Brothers This date in 1907
was the birthday of Seth Adams, inventor
and maker of printing presses.
April IA Is the anniversary of the birth,
at The Hague, Holland, in 1929, of Chris
tan Higgins, who as the discoverer of
Saturns rings, inventor of the spiral
spring used to regulate the balance of
watches, and the first to apply the pen
dulum to the measurement of time;
Philosophers of all nations. This date, in
1873 is the birthday Of Junius S. Morgan,
partner, of George Peabody, the banker.
and father of John Pierpont Morgan. and
| founder of the banking house of which
the latter is now the head.
E
April Is is the anniversary OF. the open
! ing in 1915 of the first deaf mute school
in America, at Hartford. Conn, by DR.,
THOMAS Gallandet. On this day, in 1S43
Henry James Jr.,-=the novelist and critic
was born. On this day Henry John
| following the death Of President Lincoln
which took place at 1922 a. M, this morn
| ing.
| April 16 Is the anniversary of the birth
in 1897 of Louis Adolphe- Theirs, eminent
French historian and statesman. His His :
| tory of the French Revolution" is one Of
| the greatest historical works of the age.
After the surrender of Paris, in 1870, he
was elected the head of the provisional
government. and in 1871. after the restora-
ton of order. he became president of the
! French Republic. This date, in 1862 is
! noted. as the anniversary Of the abolition
Of slavery in the District of Columbia, the
! first step to the emancipation proclama-
| ton later which ended slavery in the
| United States.
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| April II is the anniversary of the birth
, In 1906, at Charleston, 8. c., OF William
| Gilmore Simon, who was one of the most
! successful of Southern writer's. and as
novelist, contested the palm with Cooper
| He was also a poet of merit. and vol
luminous writer on general topics This
date, In 1916, was the birthday of Samuel
A. Allibone, the well known compiler Of
| dictionaries of quotations On this date
in 1887, ]. Pierpont Morgan was born He
| inherited fortune and>is the head of the
| greatest banking house IN America.
April 1S is the anniversary Of the ride
of Paul Revere from Boston. to warn
| the patriots of the coming of the British
troops to seize their stores at lexington
which resulted next dag in the battle
which practically tnauguFated the revolu-
| ton On this date. in T1S47 the battle of
| Cerro Gordo, Mexico, was fought, and in
1861 the first Union volunteer troops en-
| tered Washington.