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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-22

10 be derived from merchandise so
evanescent as lilies. but the trade is
well established. and the market * as
stable aS is that of most other luXuries
and many necessities. Occasionally,
however the bulb market becomes
Overstocked. Ia that instance the sur
plus or bulbs il returned To Bermuda
and replanted Most Of the large i'm
porting houses in the American cities
have special farms in their patronage
and depend upon them for their an
uual supply \ few American firms
grow their own stoces Of bulbs on
plantations leased for a term Of years.
An important feature Of the lily trade
is the importation Of lily blossoms d.
rect from Bermuda. The possibility Of
doing this successfully was demon
strated about twenty years ago. but
little was made OF II until within the
past decade. This branch OF the bust
ness has developed recently. and it is
now estimated that 10000 boxes Of this
commodity are shipped to New York.
The lilies are shipped in the form Of
partly developed buds, each wrapped
carefully I'm tissue paper and packed IN
small boxes lined with moistcned
sphagnum. The cutting aud packing
are done Immediately before the sailing
Of the steamer. and the arrival is so
timed that 10 delay occurs in the final
distribution. These imported flowers
are used 10 supply advance orders
from churches and societies and are
mostly for decorative purposes.
There are several peculiar features
incident 10 lily culture in Bermuda.
One Of them IS the fact that the indus
try owes its present fourishing con
dition 70 the efforts OF an American
long resident there. The popularity OF
the flower was promoted greatly in
New York by a Chinese florist, the late
Nr Lee Most satisfactory Of all, it
IS practically an American industry
developed on British soil.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-22

slonal florists and even by the most
inexperienced amateur
A marketable lily bulb must measure
at least five inches in circumference.
Propagated from scaIe-the technical
name for one Of the external accretions
To the parent bulb-at least three years
of growth and cultivation are necessa-
ry before it can be marketed as a ma
ture towering bulb. Commercially the
bulbs are divided into three classes
five 10 sevenS. seven To mines and nine
to elevens. These designations repre-
sent the average circumference Of the
bulbs in inches \ FIVE TO seven bulb
should bear five or six perfect bios
SONS. A seven to nine bulb. if given
liberal treatment. VIII yield seven or
eight flowers. The largest size lily bulb
is expected 10 furnish from ten TO six
teen extra large blossoms. The prices
Of bulbs are graded according 10 their
size
The stock used to keep mp the success
sion of bulbs is derived from the small
er ones. as a rule. Sometimes, however.
it becomes necessary 20 vary the proc
ess and 10 use only the largest bulbs
for prOpa gating purposes. When that
happens the price OF mature lily bulbs
scars upward. and the supply is visibly
diminished The lily crop IS planted ia
October. and most Of the labor - pre-
pairing the soil and putting ia the bulbs
Is done by the negro farmers. who are
sometimes in the employ Of the great
lily planters and sometimes till their
own freehold fields. After the crop IS
IN little is required beyond keeping
the growing plants free from weeds.
The warm sun and the humid atmos-
pheTe are depended upon TO DO the rest,
and they rarely fail to DO their part in
the interesting process.
Late IN February or very early in
March the Bermudan landscape IS a
thing once seen 10 he remembered al
WAYS. On some Of the larger farms y
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-22

said Mr. Grumpy. This giving mon
ey TO undeserving people who will turn
upon you and rob youths wasteful-
ness on such occasions as Easter
II am glad You approve of our
cause" interrupted the lady with
voice which in contrast with Mr..
Grummy's sounded like the notes Of Il
either beside those OF a kettledrum,
because | have a case in point. l
know you for a practical man. Mr..
Grumpy. You know we give comfort
simply by comforting with and advis-
ing certain people who are in any way
troubled. made the acquaintance of
the family | have In mind through
the daughter, Alice Trainer. l didn't
tell you the name was Trainer. did /:
Well Alice came to me about love
affair. She is engaged TO young
plumber
"A plumber! They're all a set Of
thieves"
Johnny Burnes isn't, for l am his
confidant too. He only gets S15 week,
but he and Alice are going 10 be mar
rIed on this pittance. Now. don't you
think. Mr.. Grumpy. that, inasmuch as
you are opposed 10 placing flowers in
the churches on Easter Sunday. you
might give me % cents 10 go with some
other similar amounts TO get Alice
few decent clothes for the bridaiE'
As q practical man." said Mr.. Grum-
nv. I've never done any such work
and don't know anything about IT.
suppose I ought 10 so and see these
people
You'll find them
Mr.. Grumpy held mp deprecaunG
hand. I'm not going hunting all over
town. You'll have 10 pilot me-
Certainly, Mr.. Grumpy. When shall
we goY'
II have only one time TO do anything
EnoH.n
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-22

time and not one of the laggards that
make nuiSances OF themselves by in
terrupting the service. But Miss Bon
ny remained to crack the other eggs
and found them also full OF gold pieces
Then she ran after Mr.. Grumpy. who
had 10y this time got half ii block
away.
Miss Bonny was one Of those people
who can divine what other people want
and more especially what they don't
want. She knew instinctively that Mr.
Grumpy would not like TO have her
refer to the egg matter. so she said
nothing about it, talking only about
what deserving people the Trainers
were. Suddenly she was surprised at
her companion stopping at flower
store He went in. purchased a large
box of flowers and directed them sent
at once to the church to which he and
Miss Benny were going. When they
entered the Gothic door half an hour
later some young girls were placing the
flowers among the others with which
the church was decorated.
Thus il was that by sunshine meth
DDS Miss Bonny converted Mr.. Grum
AAN lAOAL lis tPk'VSAA4oh AZ CNti AAA4AS
that he did not approve-and he ap-
proved OF nothing-to a valuable mem
Der OF society. ready 10 give literally
and fall in with church observances,
especially with Easter Sunday. which
became his favorite holiday. Notwith-
standing this change inwardly, Mr..
Grumpy is the same outwardly.
Though Miss Bonny has had the care
OF him as his wife for years. he kicks
rs hard as ever. Mrs. Grumpy has
the tact always TO ind an excuse for
his kicking and doesn't mind il IN the
least so long as be does exactly what
she wants him TO do. and that is give
her valuable assistance for the Sun
shine club
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-22

Miss Bonny, figuratively speaking,
had thrown a lasso around Mr.. GrUm-
my's neck and led him not like a
lamb, but like a wild bull that had
found a master, though still FESTIVE, to
the humble home of the Trainers. He
had no fancy for looking over the fam
lily condition, though that was his os-
tensible purpose. He simply intended
to be with Miss Bonny, but when he
beheld Alice Trainer and saw she had
very sweet face and was devoted to
her invalid mother lie was interested.
When he left Miss Benny he gave her
the - cents she had asked for, and she
appeared as pleased a if he had given
hundred times as much.
do you intend going to church Eas-
ter SundayT' asked Miss Bonny.
Church? No. Why should l go to
with me"
There is Miss Grumpy"
HIN. / wouldn't mind going if you
would permit me to-
With pleasure
Easter morning was bright and
balmy An hour before church time
Mr.. Grumpy called ON Miss Benny
and asked If she would 90 with him to
the Trainers. as he bad an egg for each
member of the family. Miss Benny
assented. and together they walked TO
the Trainers home. From the mo-
ment Miss BOnny entered the sunshine
of her presence infused itself into the
mother-the father was dead-the
daughter and little Tom. Mr.. Grumpy
gave them each an egg, and Miss Bon
ny noticed that the hand receiving it
sank as If under "A weight. Taking
Alice's egg, Miss BOnny tapped an end
on Il table and cracked it. exposing
something very like sunshine. 1t was
certainly as yellow as sunshine. for ii
was gold. Indeed. it was gold coins.
The shell was full of them.
or course there was fiutter and all
eyes were directed TO Mr.. Grumpy, who
turned his back. gruntinG that il he
was TO go to church he would be on
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-22

1 - HE lily has long been the rt.Sur.
rection flower OF the Christian
churches. 1t i 4 distinction
based entirely on its beauty
u and adaptability Al vcgeta-
Die growth is symbolic of the rcsur-ec-
ton. The plant which springs from Il
Tiny poppy seed is more mir;tulouSly
50 than that which comes forth from
Il more promising bulb like The lily.
The stately flower is also the symbol
of martyrdom and virginity. The early
Christian painters, 10 whom the world
Is indebted for 50 many of its theolog-
zeal traditions, are probably rcSpou> 81
bic for that.
one Of the most exquisite of tie
monlliSh legends * 10 the effect that
the lily is one of the flowers which
changed their color on the morn OF
resurrection day. Is it not true. these
gentle SOphiStS ask that The saviour
himself declared that even Solomon in
all his glory was not arrayed like one
Of these Originally erect and re
splSnGent with color. ii bowed its state
~ head and put aside its gorgeous raj
ment. retaining only its sweetness.
known in the American market as the
Easter lily is variety of the Lilium
longihorum. named harriSii. from its
originator and first cultivator. 1t is
so easily cultivated and may be ship
ped so successfully that its propa CATION
has become great Industry III certain
favorable locations. notably in Bermu-
ia, which seems to be peculiarly adapt
ell To its production in unlimited guam
titles. Lily growing IS now the chief
business in Bermuda. and the frostless
and humid island is II level stretch OF
lily fields. There are more than 200
farms on the island which are devoted
TO the cultivation of this fragrant crop.
The major part of the industry con
sists in tho raising and exporting OF
bulbs. These are shipped TO all parts
of Europe and America. and they are
easily brought into flower by profes-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-22


without saying OF where dmpes
The aucy
n herself
I'M
IN And directly in
there who knew
i'll through the
church,
of
w.;
herm a. aoodby: will
IM n complaint
lV rhinG of for the
o
has mi in
member the
Keep wandering
ha
007As why there is the bell"
MANI through
WV wall aisle with there
suite her
And right into
a
month
4 put
I'M
believed
tered
would miss 1T then
gentleman
In in
fathers pew?
n BIBLE lay hand. which he
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-22

m n r. GRUMPY stood looking
lhlIH out OF his window, remark
lHnU ing TO himself that the
IINIIi weather was beastIy. Mr..
u IL II Grumpy was a testy bach
tlOr Of forty. who lived with his maid
Ell sister. aged sixty. He had accumu-
lated a snug fortune and. not having
anything else to do, occupied his time
In what is facetiousIy called kicking.
He kicked at the weather. the party In
power, the trusts, the trades unions,
and he had just been kicking against
the churches for celebrating Easter
with what he termed lot Of fiummery
because Miss Grumpy had asked him
for donation to buy flowers for the
church.
This is Mr.. GruInmy, believe. said
CHEEKY voice behind him. Turning,
he saw lady, aged perhaps thirty,
looking at him with the most beaming
cOuntenance lie had ever beheld She
smiled with her mouth. with her eyes
indeed, it seemed 10 Mr.. Grumpy that
she smiled from the crown Of her head
to the sole of her foot,
Like any fair lake that the breeze is upon
Hfiiti II DEtdhs INTO ulIupieS anu lalb0 rs
in the sun.
Yes. 1 am Mr.. Grummy." said the
bachelor
And ! am Miss Bonny. Your sister
told me that / would find you here, and
l came in to see you on little matter
the nature of which l will explain to
yOu before entering upon the matter
itself. ! am member Of the Sunshine
club"
Il wish your club would improve the
weather" grOwled Mr.. Grumpy, but
with less acerbity than usual
Our work Is TO try to make people
comforta BILE. We visit the sick and
place flowers by their bedsides. We
endeavor to find out peoples especial
wants and supply them. In short, we
are charitable association. dispensing
our charities so as TO give the greatest
comfort and pleasure"
''NOw. that's what | call practical"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-22

Services in the various churches will
be held as follows tomorrow:
Trinity Episcopal church. Nineteenth
street and Sixth avenue Rev. 5. W.
Day. priest in charge. Services at
and 1O:45 a. m. and 7:3O p. m.
Trinity chapel, corner Seventh street
and Fourth avenue Sunday school at
2:3O p. m. Even song at 7:45 p. N.
Swedish Baptist, corner of Twenty
first street and Fifth avenue. Preach
ing at 10:45 a. m.
Emanuel Baptist church, 447 Fort
fourth street; Rev. H. W. Reed, pastor
Preaching $3.50 p. m.
Mckinley Baptist chapel, corner
Tenth street and Sixth avenue. Preach
ing by the pastor. Rev. J. W. Crush
shon, at 1920 a. n. and 1880 p. N.
First Baptist. corner Third avenue
and Fifteenth street; Rev H W. Reed,
pastor. Services at 1O:45 a. m. and
1870 p. m. Sunday school at 9:15 a. m.
German Lutheran, corner Twentieth
street and Fifth avenue; Rev. c. A
Mennicke, pastor. Services at 10 a. m.
and 1880 p. m.
German Evangelical. Ninth street,
between Fifth and Sixth avenues. Rev.
Ed E. Klimpke, pastor. Sunday school
at els a. m. Services at 1870 a. m.
and 1880 p. m.
Grace English Lutheran, corner For
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-22

ty-fourth street and Seventh avenue;
Rev. C. z. Hoffsten, pastor. Services
at 1890 a. m. and 1880 p. m
Swedish Lutheran, corner Four
teenth street and Fourth avenues; Rev.
]. A. Nyvan, pastor. Services at 1890
a. m. and 1880 p. m.
Zion Swedish Lutheran, 4524 Sew
enth avenue; Rev. J. G. Dahlberg, pas
tor Services at 1O:45 a. m. and 1880
p. m. Sunday school ~ $50 a. m.
First Church of Christ, Scientist.
Twenty-third street, between Seventh
and Ninth avenues. Services at 10: As
a. m Sunday school follows morning
service Reading rooms in London
building on Second avenue, open daily
except Sunday from l to 3 p. N. Sun
day subject. Everlasting Punish
ment
ST Joseph's Roman Catholic, corner
Second avenue and Fourteenth street.
Rev. J. E. Roach, acting pastor. Mass
at and 1920 a. m. Vespers
at p. m. Sunday school at p. m.
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic, Twen-
ty-eighth street and Fifth avenue;
Rev. J. F. Lockney, pastor. Mass at
s and 1920 a NJ Sunday school at
2 p. m. Vespers at 1880 p. m.
St Mary's German Catholic, corner
of Fourth avenue and Twenty-second
street; Rev. Adolph Geyer. pastor.
Mass at and TO- 80 a. m
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-22
POPE IN CANADIAN POLITICS
Plus x. Insists on Separate Schools
For Catholics

Vancouver. B. G.. April 22.-At the
close of mass in the Catholic church
here Bishop DOntenweIl said that the
pope had sent a message by him from
Rome to ask his people TO stand up
for separate schools and TO have their
children educated in separate schools.
The statement caused much comment
owing 10 the heated controversy for
and against government support Of
separate schools in northwestern Can
ada
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-22
Pastor Sentenced for Forgery.

Danville. KY, April 22.-Rev O. NJ.
Brown. one of the leading coloTed min
TO one year in the penitentiary here
for forgery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-22
Erost costs virninia 5000. co...

Norfolk. Va. April 22.-Henry Kim.
a wealthy trucker. estimates that the
damage done - crops by the late cold
snap and frosts viii amount 20 more
than 81 900 00j 70 farmers OF tide
water Virginia alone
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-22

ScrofuIa. Salt Rheum. ery sipeias and
other distressing eruptive diseases
yield quickly and permanently 10 the
cleansing. purifying power of BuTdock
Blood Bitters.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-22

/.
Er1URE and devout sat the Puritan maid in
the governors high backed pew,
Thinking perchance that the burdens laid on
damsels were more than a few,
For bright 4 crystal spring where
the pebbles lie smooth and white
An Easter bonnet would Just be the thing to
-. Give them the greatest delight.
III.
6PHOUCH feathers and flowers were then
II taboOed. being Easter. the bOnnets were
II there,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-22

st. Paurs Belgian Roman Catholic,
Twenty-fourth street and Eighth-and-a-
half avenue; Rev. J. B. Culemans, pas
tor Mass at s and 1890 a m. Sun
day school at , p. N. Vespers at 3
D m.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-22

Y NJ. c. A. building, corner of Thir /
avenue and Nineteenth street. Boys
meeting at 2:15 p. m, led by L. L.
Mcdonald, boys secretary Men S
meeting at 800 p. m.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-22
MISS BONNY OF SUNSHINE CLUB.

7copyright. 1905. by G y Lurie.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-22
An Easter 6gIooir1G.

COPYRIGHT. 1906. BY EMMA T. KILMERI
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-22

I'm knew what to do,
I'M For he turned to the page that he wanted
writing, Read it; its John
fifth OF two
Then. laying II carelessly down the seat the
lastly heard from the desk.
And the people made ready to stand their
feet, as singing the hymn would come next.
VIII.
n ND for this. the CONGREGATION and
I'M neither OF them could
mi / read, Il beseech thee. lady. but do not
propose q new commandment to thee.
For this is old every one knows.
That love another and she,
Determined he should outwit her thus.
Marked hers in Ruth. the sixteenth
Where thou soest 1 will 90.
And where thou lodsest l
Will also make dwelling place,
And where thou liest. lie
Teach the way thy fathers trod,
So l with thee serve thy God.
And they who claim thee near OF kin
Will not refuse to take me in"
But the blushins chit had hide her fac
blessed them with peace and srace.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-22

chit had to hide her face the minister
with peace and grace.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-22
RESURRECTION FLOWER, THE LILY.

LCopyright. 1905. hy George II. Picard1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-22

m II r. GRUMPY stood looking
| MIN out Of his window. remark
INUU ing TO himself that the
IINII weather was beastIy. Mr..
u ~ u Gr1ImmY was q fesfH hnch-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-22

HE lily has long been the resur-
rection flower Of the Christian
churches. 1t i 4 distinction
based entirely on its beauty
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-24

Portland, Aug. "a. - Immigration,
colonization and their relation to the
irrigation development of the west is
the issue of the closing of the gen.
eral meeting of the National Irriga-
tion congress today.
Address, "Irmirgation i'm India" by
William Il. Curtis.
Reports Of committees will be fol-
lowed by the election of officers and
reports of the chairmen of sections.
Tonight the delegates will be given
a reception by the commercial clubs
a paper by James ]. Hill. who was
prevented by his wife's illness from
attending. was read, in which the
lumber and cattle barons were de-
nounced and declared congress should
amend the land laws now employed
solely to increase the holdings of dis
honest men" He cited land fraud
exposures showing the result of pres
ent laws :
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-24
PE:NDLETON JAPS
WANT MORE WAR
LOCAL COLONY WATCHING
PORTSMOUTH CONFERENCES.
Pendieton Japanese say that Japan
will Gain more by Whipping Rus
saa 10 a Finish than by Submitting
10 Compromise Treaty-Celebra-
ton is i'm Progress at Garden Street
Mission as the Prospects for Peace
Become more Dubious.

The Pendleton Japanese colony.
consisting of about 25 people is in
hopes that the peace negotiations
will be called off and that the Jap
Linevitch at once, and because the
prospects of peace are growing more
doubtful every day, celebration has
been in progress at the Japanese mis-
sion on Garden street for three days.
The members of the Pendleton
colony think the Japanese govern
ment will secure better results by
whipping Russia to finish, than by
suspending the war and making a
compromise peace treaty They ar
que that the war is about over and
that one more bold stroke in Man
churia will bring full fledged victory
to the army.
For this reason they hope that the
negotiations will be broken off at
Portsmouth and that activity will
again be seen at front.
For three successive nights, as the
peace prospects have grown more
doubtful, banquets and speeches have
been the order at the Japanese home
and as the prospects become more
dubious, the celebration will become
more enthusiastic.
The dispatches In the East Oregon
ian concerning the peace negotiations
are eagerly read every evening after
the japanese section hands finish |
their days work and thus the finger
of the local colony is kept closely |
upon the pulse of the situation.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-24
WILL ASSESS SHEEP.
OF 125.OOO Head, Chelan Has But s5S
Listed.

Wenatchee. Wash, Aug. 24.-The
records of the county assessor have
been gone over to increase the valua-
tion of property, and the pages reveal
the fact that the sheep industry needs
looking into also.
1t is a matter of record that taxes
are paid on but S7S head of sheep,
while it is estimated that fully 1885,
600 head are grazed in the county
more than six months Of the year.
At this writing the foothills Of the
Cascades are fairly alive with sheep.
1t is but fair and just that Chelan
county should have at the very least
taxes on half this number. The sheep
are taxed at an average OF 50 each
and the county tax last year was ap-
proximately S5 mills. At this rate s4.-
S75 should have been paid into the
county treasury from this source.
The county officials say this mat
ter shall have their attention.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-24
Not Afraid of Open Trail.

Portland, Aug. 24.-Contrary to the
example of DR.. Charles NJ. Sheldon
of TGDe'ia, and Or. Josiah Strong Of
New York. who refused to conduct
religious exercises at the fair while
the Trail was open on Sunday DR.. A.
S. Draper OF New York has consent,
ed to preach in the auditorium next
Sunday. This will be the first re-
ligious service on the grounds since
the opening of the Trail on Sundays.