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THE CHURCH OF ARGISH.
Rsumanian Legend OF . Luckless Architect
and an Autocratic King.


A visitor. while oking over some pictures
In the studio Of Re umanian painter in this
city came across the photo graph OF beau
tiful white marble church OF Byzantine
architecture. He commented upon the
oddty Of it's gracefully twisted towers.
yes, II Is a very strange church, agreed
the artist, "and the way in which II was
built. IL we are to believe the legend, is
still more strange.
That r. the Church Of Argish, situated In
tile valley of tie Argish River in the western
part Of Roumanla. II was built In 1919 by
King Nagul Bassaraba, who, In order TO
staye 81. tho vic lent death that had visited
several Of his predecessors. perhaps. had
quite a habit of building churches and
M histories.
This particular church to modern Christ
isns would seem like an attempt tn bride
Providence. Nagul. or the Black Prince.
as be was better known, before setting out
tn the crusades against Turkey. swore that
be were allowed to return unharmed, he
--ouh build the finest, not the largest. but
the fnest-church that possibly could be
built.
The Black Prince did come back safely
nom his crusade. and. true to his word,
no summoned Manole. his architect, and
commn ID him to draw up the plans. As
sccp as this was done laborers were hired,
and the ground was broken at Argish.
But things did not 20 smoothly. There
seemed to be some evil spell han gins over
tho work and the laborers could make no
progress. Each morning when the men
came to work they found the vsIls which
theI had built the day before levelled to the
ground.
when the Black Prince asked Why the
work wen. 20 slowiy and heard the rs.eoo
10 vas angry. He commanded every mn
- say ct the work both night md day
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You know what those gamecocks Of nino
are. There aren't any inner In the State.
We'll, We 60 TO church the other Sunday,
and like the fools we were we left him behind.
II makes me hot now TO think OF me tdnginR
In church about all the good things while
that young cuss was at home wreaking
devastation on my whole chicken yard.
He went around and summoned all his
cronies-and a bad lot they are, toto see
some fun. Then what does he do but sneak
out back and let every Ramecock on the
place into the big chicken yard.
@Oh, IL must have been fine! You can
imagine what those ROSTERS did to the rest
Of the dock. Why. there were enough
feathers on the ground when ! got home
from church to I'll dozen beds. And what
young roosters as didn't have their poor
little bodies all torn up were about as much
use as last years birds nest
And then. when he saw that the young
ROSTERS were no match for those fighters
OF mine, he said he had a good idea I'm.
agine good idea getting into that noodle
OF his Well, he went and got my eight
turkeys and fired them in with the roosters.
Oh. those poor turkeys! They haven't
got nerve enough yet to let decent gobblo
out OF their ripped-up necks
Uncle, says he when ! see the mus
you ought to have been here and seen the
fun! Gee, but can't those little gamecocss
6ghtr
DO you know anybody that wants .
boy7-
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. Easter time is New York's floral carnival.
All through the week. at shop and private
house. the choice Of plant or flower, the
decorations for church and house have
been the leading feature Of thought and
conversation. not only In commercial sense
but In those Of the aesthetic and sentimental
- well.
Fashion bows only to one thing-tbe
symbolic. Try as hard as II can, It will
nster Gust the favorite Easter lily from its
place IN the public regard. Enterprising
florists, now and then. seek TO boom some
particular flower, the subject of special
rare, or one which represents the long
degired novelty, but 1t is useless: the lily
holdk its place, unmoved by change and
ohAnce, and a walk through the florists
Aheps shows little diminution In it's appre-
cistion..
Tan and straight. with its delicate purity
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This pe r,icular farmer makes speciality

This particular farmer makes a speciality
! Of raising very fine chickens, more for his
| own anus ment than anything else. and
along with the m he keeps a few game
cocks OF course. the gamecocks are for
his anus nent. too, but that's another
matter altogether
Yes, ! have some gamecocks,' he said
the othr dey. what Ia mol IT. eve rybody
in the whole town knows IL low. II all
Ct Inc tlcut through that young f. low.
He isn't TO very young, -ithr-gut ~ he
turn Il 10 along with turning tricks on HE
poor, old pAtiv,s.
sWh ho HI rm d that vi as mighty fond
OF my his ard chickt rs he ss.io he'd like
TO hlp n,e Il Ike care OF TN m. i began
right away to tear the worst and hit the
ri il on the h d that time, too.
Nothing would do but he had TO take
a hand in running the incubator. l had
about 800 OF the finest half game and half
Plymouth RoC.i eggs in the machine the
other day that were ever laid by any hens
on earth. wouldn't have taken 81 900 for
well. I 60 away one day to see a friend,
and the young cub he invites some of
his young rascal friends around to see
how my Incubator works. Somehow he
got the idea that the eggs were not hatch-
but turn on the heat full blast to see wat
would happen. That kid, he wasn't
around when they were passing out brains.
! tell you.
We'll nothing happened that he could
see, and pretty soon he got tired waiting
TO see the chickens hop out.
-'Guess Ill pinch one OF the eggs, aid
he. and see II can't help one Of the chick
ems out
He did and OF course the egg was as
hard a. a rock. Couldn't be anything else.
All Of the rest Of them. were, too. The
whole 800 were baked silly. And then he
said he was sorry.
Il made him sorrier, you can bot. But
thrashing doesn't do his kind any good
Some doctor ought TO take out his brains
doctor got ready to put EN- back II wouldn't
mako such an awful lot Of difference as
know Of.
But you haven't heard the worst ret.
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THE SUN SUNDAY. ;'AIftYE ~, 1908.

I = J." .
- n tie Socisty for the Prevention % Cru.
city TO Ducks ought 10 b around making In.
quiriee - 70 the amount OF destruction going
on amid these fluffy creatures.
Travelling about from shop to shop. In
this glory Of Easter decoration. one IL struck
BY the fact that nowhere are the feminine
finger and fancy apparent. Flower would
seom TO be one Of the materials to which
the woman breadwinner would naturally
turn, but In no florist establishment La her
def touch apparent. Men are there labos-
tously tying bows Of ribbon, arranging color
schemes which make the truer artist gasp,
80 crude are they and so impossible. Them
IL great opportunity for the enterprising
woman In this field, and surely every woman
is an artist when IL comes to the arrange
ment of flowers and the mingling OF colors
and tints. The Japanese have recognize
the fact that the arrangement OF flowers
IL an art In itself and special courses Of
training are taken IN it, Surely the Oriental
would protest against some Of the so-called
artistic arrangements which spoil the beauty
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and severe strength. Il might be called tn
Gothic flower. 20 much does II suggest the
pointed arches. the simple lines, the certain
spiritual loftincss OF design Of that archi-
lecture. II is the most emblematic OF all
flowers, and by popular desire holds its
rank to-day, as II has for years. the favorte
for ecclesiastical use.
The Bermuda lily. which has been a
favorite 80 long. IL practically superseded
At present by the Holland lily. These
names do not imply that the lily h brought
direct from either place; Il u the bulb that
IL imported. and the flower IL raised
in New Jersey, Long Island or on the Hvd-
son, where well-known florists have q cir
establishments. The larger number Of T. Q
florists now superintend the growth and
cultivation Of their own products. calling
upon wholesale dealers only In time Of need
70 supplement their orders. or to secure
some new flower which their own green
houses do not afford.
For a time the florists tried TO bring the
Bermuda lily from the fields direct; 1t was
picked in the half-opened bud and reached
New York on Saturday, but this scheme
did not succeed. The flowers arrived too
often in a semi-dilapidated condition, and
now the principal Bermuda trade is with
private Gus omers.
The Holland lily seems TO hnd favor with
many importers. owing, II Ia said. to its
greater delicacy Of outline. as the Holland
tulip still ranks its competitors Of other
countries. Yet, while the lily still holds
FIRST place, there Is a diversity Of taste in
regard to the second flower and fashion for
home decoration Social intercourse is
many sided
Generally speaking. the scarcity OF
flower at this particular time is what gives
IL value yiolets, roses, lilies of the val
.ey, always favorites with the conserva-
tive minded. are no longer demanded by
the ultra smart SET who demand the
unusual In flowers as 10 everything else.
For these the shops afford a carefully Sc
lected choice Dr
According to ons Of the best; known
florists on Broadway. the blue hydrangea,
that Of the soft dove-lke tint. with silvery
suggestions. like oleuded effects In paint
ing, Is the -one- and only Another.
equally well known. admitted that he
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had had constant calls for the crimson
rambler. that gorgeous Towering plant
that seems a cross In color and design be-
tween a rose and q geraniun. II the ap-
pearance of his establishment is q cri-
terion OF this demand, New York houses.
on Easter, will exchange their usual color
less decorations for the exotic look OF q
tropical forest.
In still another place visited II was stated
that the demand was for the yellow flowers,
particularly the acacia and the genesta,
which. with their clusters and stalks Of gold
give the appearance Of sudden bursts Of
sunlight in a room, and, even on the dark
days, whatever light there may be seems
to- gather in their petals.
Among the novelties In flowers IL the
Manila heather, or. as the botaniste would
say, Ponduhds drartes. This plant, which
resembles in shape and height the Scotch
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the commonplace interior Of a ground floor
q bewildering maze Of perfume and color.
One feels as II one had wandered mis-
takenly into the land where the rainbows
are made or where the lost sunsets had
IA ken on another. newer form.
Said a japanese student once Of the
Yello wstone canon. "A million sunsets
are dissolved ON its walls; they are the
colors of all the yesterdays He might
have said it. too. with truth. Of one Of these
Easter floral displays. Surely nothing more
gorgeous can be conceived.
As the frame TO the picture. 80 IL the
flower holder to the flower. In their special
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EARLY ONES AT THE LITTLE CHURCH AROUND

Of many flowers In tho shops.
The young man who sends an Easter ofier-
ing TO hts fair one needs to have a pocket
book well lined The fashion Of sending
the D 1t ed plant instead Of the cut flowers,
WIFI IN IL now aim vet universal, entails added
expense, for the simplest potted plant costs
to ESQ for a plant two or three feet high
In willow basket tied with wide streame re-
Of ribbon A beautiful spirRa in one es-
tablishment was listed at $35, Crimson
Rambler AT $50 and dozen stalks Of Holland
lilies for e35.
Many private residences are entirely
decorated by the florists for Easter, while
many Of the fashionable churches on Fifth
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and American heather. has been cultivated
from the plants imported from the Philip
pines and is only now. after three wears,
ready for the Easter market. II has flower
somewhat resembling the arbutus, a little
larger and little more delicate in tint, the
green having the thorny, spiky appearance
Of ordinary heather; its beauty is rather In
suggestiveness than in reality, an interest
attaching TO the fact that our new posses
sions In the Pacific are sending their mite
Of field and garden for our selection and
praise.
The orchid is little popular at this season.
In some way, there seems little connection
between the holiday which layman az well "a
churchman is celebrating, In appearance
If not in spirit. and the flower which re-
minds one Of the abnormal and animal In
the vegetable world. A few varieties are
seen, notably the cattieya from Brazil, whose
purple petals and decorative design appeal
10 a few-abnormal as the flowers them.
selves.
Great plants Of the fowery spirea tied
with broad. white sash ribbons, a rousb
estimate giving the amount OF ribbon to a
plant as five yards for a plant three feet
high; the bougianvillier with it's indescriba-
BILE color. cross between amethyst and he
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All down tho ages Adams have been given
their Ewes. Easter howers-what a picture
1t would make IL we could see them!
In our grandfath rs time, thu bashful
youth pick d IN" first rude fow,r Of the
. ason, or n rhaps rin d a primitive hot
house and having disarrang his trophies
in tn" form Of an awkward. wood n looking
bouqu t, pr sent d himsL II at his ladys
door with his proposal in his hand. Pic
ture him, II you can, mod, st, shy, with
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would creep over them. and when they
awoke they would find the wall. which
they had built levelled to the ground as
before
THE Black Prince was very angry. He
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seasons retuTn and the stone vas rolled
back from the door Of the tomb?'
.Of course, Of course
And the h art he bent nearer IL
white lilies and the blue typs. II the
the rock Of mat. riaiism and sifshn. e.
is tn re an Easter for that? Is there
a n SURF ction for the living as well as fos
the d. ad. for life. for hopr?'
sOf course she murmured.
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the hands Of the florists, who send their men
there about II o'clock on Easter ev. n and
give them instructions to have everything
In readiness for the sunrise service. Hun
residential and church decorations and
neither time, expense OF material Is spared
to make q worthy showing.
Tho florists plao n - mble clearing
hous during Ea ster week. Over and ov, r
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and 70 keep watch on IL. This was done.
The wives, and sisters and mothers Of the
laborers brought their meals to them. and
they did not leave the place either by night
or by day.
'But even this did not break the smell,
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Hotrops: poinsettas, scarlet a. giri'e hps;
gsraniums vivid and vital; fnasses OF arbu-
tus. the New England flower. sign OF the
departing snow. with III tdelicafe fra
GRANGE; ar1nfuls Of American Beauties: the
stately Lonqa forum: Parma violets: yellow
and white jonquils from Virginia, make OF
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design OF Roman chsyiots which In min
fashionable shop. These chariots are the
exact form In miniature with which the
cifcusgoers are familiar, and she who has
participated In one Of the box parties may
be reminded Of the ioltty In her Easter
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FAD BOY ON A FARM.
He Makes Experiments WITH an Incubator
and Some Gamecocks.

There n a ffrmcr up in westchester
county who wishs that there wrmt any
such men,ber Of the human family A. the
nephew who is 40 bad that he can't be kept
In a boarding school and has TO he sent to
tho country TO learn how 10 behave himself.
He has Just such nephew stopping with
him
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III, quser poey,. his attitude Of expectancy.
hall afraid, half cxpectant, for the SPRING.
time was In his W ins
Then. picture his suco ssor, the Young
man OF to-day. who = phon, the florist
70 send the latest thing to such and such
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an address, have It done up ssmartly, you
know, and send the bill to the club Yea
VIC are told that simplicity IL now the vogue
II will be a long time before we learn Row
to be simple even In cowslip time. when
hedges sprout.'
There Is a story told somewhere OF q man
and maid, the maid just from the con.
vent, the man, q man OF the world who mad
lived. as the saying is. They wcrr walking
tog' tier after the Easter service at fash-
ionable church.
DO you b, Il. We Il" he asked. AL that tn
preacher said?"
of course and sh~ looked shocked.
THAT the flowers bloom again. and ths
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A GOOD THING.

German Syrup is the special pre-
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quickly cures Coughs, Colds and all
Lang troubles Of the seve~est natu1a,
removing, as it does, the cause of the
affection and leaving the parts IN a
strong and healthy condition. 1t is
not an experimental medicine, but
has stood the test of years gIN q
satisfaction in every case, which its
rapidly Increasing sale every SCISSOR
confirms. Two million bottles sold
annually. Boschee's German Syrur
was introduced in the United States
in 1868, and is now sold in every
town and village in the civilized
world. Three doses will relieve any
ordinary cough. Price % and Is cts
! For sale at GoIdsboro Drug Co.
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Letters from
.0Ille1 ri

Cured by ihc use Of Kodol are received daily.
Their troubles nearly ali begin with indiges-
ZION or other stomach disorder.
If the food you eat fails 10 give strength
20 your body. II Is because the juices Sc
creted by the stomach and digestive organs
are inadequate 70 transform the nutrient prop
erties of the food into blood. That is
indigestion. The system is deprived of the
amount OF nouyishnent required to keep up
the strength. and the result is that one or
more of the delicate organs gradually grows
weak. and then weaker, until finally it Is
diseased. Here a great mistake is made.
That of treating the diseased organ. Tho
best doctors in the land make this very
mistake. Why should they It is so easy
TO see that the trouble Is not there.
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ouicker Than Thoughx.

A little boy, hearing some n remark
that nothing was quicker than thought,
said he knew better than that; Whis-
ting was quicker than thought.
Being asked to explain, he said:
'In school the other day I whistled
before I thought and got a licking for
it"-Evangelist.
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And There You Are.

The American who can't see Ameri-
can faulSs Is a donkey, and the Ameri-
can who can is no American, and there
Won are.=Lifa.
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boiled DORM.

Teacher-What is don't the abbre-
Walton OFF
Small New England Boy-Doughnut
Judge,
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A Chicago IdyA

'They say she has been very success
full in her married life"
YES. 1t has been nothing but a sue
cession Of Observation-Disclosures Free
Press.
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Or, Worse Yet, the Dispense.

Or, WOrse Vet, the D1spens0.
81 suppose there is a great deal Of
suspense in a political career?"
eyes" answered Senator Sorghum.
But the suspense isn't as bad as ths
Observation-Disclosures Journal.
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.HoHhfer.

"Why do you think he viii be a suc"
cess II lie? Has he such remarkable
ability ?"
"Cnly in one way"
asvyLat is that?"
ssWhan he feels like it, he can put on
an air Of respectful admiration that
viii make you think you are the great
est man that ever happened Chicago
Post.
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Tie Best Prescriptions for Malaria
Chills and Fever Is a bottle Of GROVES
TAsTELEss CELL TONIC. It is simply
iron and quinine in a taeteless Iarrn.
No c1re-no pay. Flee Soc.
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Great Changea.

'"That boy said the square jayved
mother with the double chin, sis get
ting more and more like you every
day"
"More like I am now" asked the
meek looking father, "or more like (
was when you first took me IL handY'
indianapolis Press.
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THE GATHERER.
SELECTED WITH CARE
FROM THE SCOPE
OF a DAYS
READING.
Ii You are Gay or Grave; In JOY
or i'm Sorrow; IN 3oubt or ssbid-
ing in faith; Ep haste or with
Time to Spare, IL is Hoped
That Won viii Find Some
thing He to Repay YOU
For the PnFVIsai OF
This CoEaanan
Dey amt no use fer ter set en- sigh
80 de station place Wen de train roll by.
De word dey'n ak you all. fer sho',
as: Didn't you heah dat whistle blow?
Hit give you warnin', low en- high,
But you let de train so skeetin' by:
Ols you IeI 0E llAIl ~ SAGGlA1 Oy
Der amt no use fer ter set en- sigh
Wen de coli wind blow FUN de frosty
sky.
De word dey'n ak you den. fer sho',
Is: Didn't you know dat win would
blown
Hit give you warnin' fur en- nigh
Wen you sleepin' under de summer sky,
But you say ter de warnin'. Pass me
byr"
Dey amt no usel But your have yo'
way
'Twell dey calls de roll at de 5edgnaint
day.
Wen yo' lamps is out en- you feelin'
mean.
VIII you blame it all on de kerosene?
Dis word you'n heah rum de robe en-
crown:
~Dis aims no place fer ter loaf aroun',
Kasa de elevator gwine DOWN.
Atlanta Constitution
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TO CURE a GOLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxetivc'8romos Quinine Tablets. This
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Mabel-Why do you wear your sword
when you call on me, lieutenant?
observation-disclosures, my dear Miss
Mabel, / am anxious to surrender my
self to you.-Chicago News.
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TO CURE COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Brono Quln1ne Tablets, All
druggists refund the money - 6 fails 10 .L.v.
E. W. Groves signature is on each box. 25c.
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THAT Seemed 90 Be II.

eyes" remarked Squildig, 81 made
myself a present of this music box on
my birthday"
Giving yourself airs eh?" added
MISUNDERSTANDING Chronicle.
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no CURE "a COLD HI ONE 4
Take Lax~at1vc'8romo Quinine Tablets. This
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Accept no substitute for Golden Med
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4 MAN CAN'T swim j j in . s a,,ss+!ss

Of his winning a race, but a question Of
being able only to keep afoat. The mar
who is suffering from malnutrition is like
the filtered swimmer. His stomach and