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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-22
Some Legends of Lilies.

The lily is regarded as saint among
flowers, and the reason lilies are largely
used in the decoration of churches is not
only because they are the most perfect of
floral types, but because of their symbolic
meaning.
One beautiful old belief about the lily re-
lates that the candidates for the Virgin
Mary's hand, after having sought the
Lords blessing. each left his own staff in
the temple in the evening. The next morn
ing the dry rod of Joseph was found green
and bloSSOmed with lily flowers
Another pretty legend is that Mary on
her way to the temple plucked a lily and
upon pressing it to her breast it became
white. Lily of the Virgin" Madonna
flower and several other mystical names
were given to the lily and have reference
to this legend.
A German belief points to the Hartz
mountains the birthplace of the white
lily. beautiful girl named Alice was car
ried off by a wicked lord. Just as he
reached his castle the guardian spirit of
the place wrested the girl from his arms.
On the place touched by the feet of this
Innocent maid sprang the white lily. This
story is believed by the peasants of the
HartZ mountains, and every year hundreds
of them make a pilgrimage to the castle
to behold the dazzling beauty of the flower
that fourishes there.
Another German legend runs this way and
of Gethsemane was full of flowers of all
kinds, and among them none so lovely as
the splendid lily, with her clustering bells
proudly upright. 1t was evening, and the
Lord came to walk in His garden. AS He
passed along, each flower bowed before
Him, but when He came to the lily her
naughty head remained erect, defiant in her
conscious beauty. The Lord paused and
looked at her for a second. She braved
the mild eye of reproof. then slowly bent
her head, while bushes swept over her,
Still the Lords gaze rested on her; lower
sank her head, deeper burned her crimson,
then tear after tear welied up in her lily
cups. At this the Lord passed on. When
morning came all the flowers lifted their
heads-all but the lily, that once was white
queen among them Her head remained
bowed in shame. To this day she bushes
over her sin OF vanity and the clear crystal
tears of repentance still sway in the cups
of the flower that refused to bend before
the Lord.
Another legend connected with the lily is
supposed to be thousand years old, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-22
Insects That Love Heights.

ION peaks where even bird life ceases.
said an Alpine traveller, land the eternal
snow seems to have frightened all life away
l have always found insects. No matter
how high 1 might climb in those awful SOL
itudes beetles and other bugs could be
seen The beetles dwell under the rocks
and in holes in the earth. Their wings
circumscribes their wanderings and they
generally stay In one place all their lives
Even on the ice fields. where there is not
single outcropping of rock, but everything
is white and frozen, there is a great six
legged insect of cylindrical shape and coal
black in color. 1t seems to be as comfort
able in the snow as other insects are in a
flower garden"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-22

affectionate butt he then and there gave to
his mistress Knocked her gorgeous new
hat over her eyes and pushed her up
against the stable wall. To save her hat
from an even worse fate. Elsie seized 1t
with her hands and quick a wink the
hat was off. She then placed 1t carefully
Gus true) on Il newspaper that lay upon a
shelf over Billy's stall. Just then Snuggle
the Angora kitty, pounced into the stable
and Elsie had to stop and have a little
romp with her. In the midst of this the
dinner gong sounded, and in order to more
quickly reach the dining room Elsie ran up
the steps which led to the laundry, and by
a still shorter cut over the covered passage
way reached the dining room just as the
soup was being served.
Mother, seeing the little girl come down
stairs, concluded, of course. that she had
been upstairs to put her precious hat away
in the wardrobe. After asking how Mamma
liked it the conversation drifted on to some
thing else. and nothing further was said.
When Elsie remembered where that hat
reposed at this moment she felt sinking
OF her heart. She comforted herself how
ever. with the thought that the newspaper
was clean, and that it was way out of
Billy's'reach. She determined to rush out
to the stable the minute dinner was over
and rescue her new possession from any
possible danger. Wouldn't it be lovely If
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er's room aGm!ring it. And no wonder for
1t was dainty enough to please a fastidious
little princess. The big, fiariuS brim was
faced with soft pink chiffon shirred in
the tiniest of rows. and around the crown
were masses of pink and blue ribbons
crushed into rosettes that looked more Ike
rose petals than anything else. This was
how the hat looked the Sunday before
Easter; remember this picture. for it viii be
necessary to compare it with another Qess
pIeaslng) exactly a week later. If only
Elsie had been as careful she was vain,
there never would have been any cause to
write this story. but she was not.
oh mother dear, it's beauty. The
pTettiest hat / ever had Such a treat after
that heavy beaver I've been wearing all
winter. Can't l run over to Nanna's and
show it to herr" pleaded Elsie. Mamma was
Elsie's grandmother, and also a second
mother to her. Fortunately for Elsie she
lived around the corner and for her grand
child was friend as well chum. AS soon
as Elsie received anything new she would
dash at fun speed down the stairs and
abound to Mammals, that she might enjoy
the pleasure with her.
OF course the new hat hadn't received
half enough admiration until Mamma had
added her share. Mother gave her consent,
but warned Elsie to be very careful not to
held the hat with her hands and under no
consideration to take il off until she got
back She also reminded her that il was
but fifteen minutes until dinner time.
Yes, yes. I'll remember all these things"
said the excited little girl I'll be back IN
ter minutes. and l wouldn't touch this
beauty with my hands for the world. for
you know. mother, my hands always
sticky. whether | eat candy or not
Your natural sweetness ooznS out" said
mother. but run along or Mamma will have
TO walt until after school tomorrow"
OFF flew Elsie. looking quite like a pic
ture. II the opinion of her mother is to be
believed. Her eager little face all gladness
her eyes flashing and her cheeks flushing
beneath the soft pink brim of her fine
Easter bonnet.
SO far all was we'll Mamma admired the
hat enthusiastically and Elsie sat down to
tell her The news OF her school day-how
she had missed in spelling, been kept in
for whispering, and how Janet Lee had in
vi,td her 20 an Easter egg rolling the fol-
lowing Saturday. Mamma did so enjoy these
condolences She would have liked TO keep
Elsie an hour, but the big clock in the hall
WarninGly chimed out SIX. Elsie for the
irst time remembered dinner. She had
oVcrstayed her time. and hurrledly kissing
Mamma goodbye. she started home In
ing her house by the front door. she took
short cut. This cut proved to be the I'M
kndest cut OF all 1t led across the alley
which separated the two residence streets.
and 10y going through the stable the rear
OF ElsIe's lot one reached the laundry and
thence the house. In the stable lived Billy
Button. the goat. Elsie found him busiy
engaged chewing his hay. but seeing her
and being a polite goat, he turned to give
his mistress what he considered a hos
pilable greeting. Now. Billy was not as
gentle as a lamb. He was rough and given
to butung, like others of his kind. The
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The Story Of the Fox and the Hare.
BY c. L. pRosTE.


The hare was leaning against a fence
when he saw the fox approaching. who
winked at him us If to say: Wait for me;
1 want to see you'll
But the hare shook his head and started
to run. for he was afraid of the fox and he
thought 1t was one of his tricks
Then the fox called: 'Heigho. Mr.. Hare;
don't run away; l won't bite you, l want
to nave little talk with you
The hare stopped and looked around sus-
piclousiy Are you in earnest" he asked.
YES said the fox, putting his right
fore-paw on his heart, in dead earnest"
Whereupon the hare turned about and
they sat down together on log.
DO you see this new cap and this
satchel?' asked the fox.
I do, said the hare, and he shifted at
the satchef to find out if it was crocodile
or calf leather.
And do you know why I have put them
on?' asked the fox.
Il don't, replied the hare who prided
himself on always speaking to the point.
Then I'll tell you.' said the fox. Il am
going to make a trip around the world on
my bicycle and l would like you to go
with me-
The hare was very much surprised for,
you know. a trip around the world on a BIZ
cycle takes rather a long time and is
therefore a serious matter SO he thought
some time, maybe five ten minutes, and
then he said. III run and ask my wife
and if she has no objections III go with
you.
"All right" cried the fox, Shaping him
on the shoulder Il shall wait for you
here"
Mr.. Longear ran as fast as his four legs
would carry him and after a while he came
back on his bicycle He had put on a soft
hat with a long feather and Satchel hung
from his shoulder.
"Hurrah." cried the fox. Il see you are
going along.
Yes" cried the hare, rubbing his paws.
my wife said l was old enough to Judge
for myself. So / just took my bicycle,
packed my satchel put on my Sunday-go-
Connecting hat. and here L am, ready to
start"
''Hurrah," cried the fox again, and then
he fetched his bicycle and they started.
1t was a warm day, and although they
travelled in the woods much as possible,
both of them perspired very freely and telt
sorry that they had not taken more hand
kerchiefs along. Their faces looked as II
they had just been bathing, and were now
waiting for mother with towel.
In the afternoon they sat down under
far branching oak and rested awhile. They
drank from spring which they found
nearby, and ate lunch from their satchels.
The fox ate a piece of baked goose with It
sweet potato and the hare ate some cab
bage ard bacon. for he belonged to the F.
F. VS..
Then they rode on till the evening. but
when the sun had nearly disappeared the
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ground Then he saw the whole pack
jump on his friend and in a half minute
the poor fox was dead.
The hare cried bitterly when he saw
this for the fox had been very kind TO him
on their trip. and they had had a good time
together. He was very tired, but he was
still more afraid of the dogs. so he got on
his bicycle again and rode off as fast as he
could The wind blew his hat off. but he
did not stop to pick it up. I'd rather lose
my hat than my head" he said, and rode
on.
1t took him two days and two nights to
reach home, and when he at last arrived
he had Il high fever and had to stay in bed
a whole week.
And he never again attempted to go
around the world on his bicycle.
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An Easter Tidbit.
BY MINERVA SPENCER HANDY.

Easter tire was at hand. and the very
air bristled with murmurs of chiffon,
wreaths of daisies and rosettes of ribbons.
The girls at school talked more about these
things than they did about long division.
and even the girls In Sunday school whis-
pered to earh other. This is the last Sun
day l shall wear this old felt hat" Per
haps they expected the dummies 10 bring
new hats. for every child. rich and poor.
seemed to expect to find one in her bed
room in time for Easter Sunday.
Elsie Grey was not different from the
rezt her mother had promised her that
81" should have a new hat for Easter
Lest there should he some delay at the
last minute. the pretty new hat was safe
ly delivered at Estes house week before
il was needed.
it was the prettiest hat Elsie had ever
owned W hen it was lifted out of its It's
sue paper wraTpings Elsie danced UP and
down ard nirouetted all around her moth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-22
If You Were a Puppy.
BY HARRIET NUTTY.

By HARRIET NtTIY.
| know little puppy dog.
Fitz lingo is his name;
From dawn TIL dark
That dog viii bark,
on Sundays just the same.
But when you think of puppy dogs
Its all that they can DO.
And ! aver
That If you were
dog you'd how-wow. too.
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straight on, while the hare turned to the left.
riding along the creek. When he looked
back after a few minutes he saw That the
dogs were all following poor Mr.. Bushytail
and were rapidly gaining on him. Mr.. Cot
tontail Iongear stopped on hill where he
could see the chase, and the tears came
into his eyes when all at once ne saw
one of the dogs jump up at the bicycle,
bite the fox in the leg and pull him 10 the
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ment without a murmur, which she did.
Mother decided If Elsie's hats had to
serve two purposes. as coverings for her
daughters head and food for Billy, plain
straw sailors were plenty good enough.
Such hat Elsie wore uncomplainingly,
even when spring had merged into sum-
mer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-22
The Jingle Land.

BY HAKKIET NUIT4.
In the land of Jingles.
Where everything must rhyme,
The dogs and cats. and children, toe
Must have a merry time.
The bears will never eat you up.
But hug you just for fun:
There's never any work to do,
But all the work is done.
The swallows and the humming birds
Just have lovely time
In the land Of Jingles,
Where everything must rhyme.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-22


/ Nv whole Is an article of furniture; behead
and am powerful.
p Nv whole is fresh; behead me and | am a
story: hehead me again and II beverage.
; Ny whole is to look fixedly; behead me and
am a weed: beEead again and,I part of
verb.
4 Nv whole means dismal: behead me and I
mean last; behead me again and l part Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-22
UUMBLED ANIMALS.

Ont of the letters given make at least four ami
mails The letter may be used~Rlore than
once: O I I f Il g A i b T. 5 VI.
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WORD PUZZLE

FIJI the blanks with words that sound alike but
are spelled differently -- , ...-
/ Did YOU that the girls were -?
9 that the animal
8 They thought best him while out
l. Her lost the baby ed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-22

WORD SQUARES
Al Fixed 3 Period. g.. shade Of brown.
B-l At the present time =. A poem. 3. Damp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-22

DIAMOND. --.
l. A consonant in sugar" 2 Evil. 3. A very
good person. !. A sport. ; \ trouble 6. A
Junction 1. \ consonant In sugar"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-22
nnrRIE ADDITIONS.


Change the words described below ny prefixing
md aiixing the same letter.
+ Change a personal pronoun 10 vehicle
. change having power to "A book of blank paper.
3. Change i'll like manner to leisure
4 Change to listen to fish.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1905-10-26
CRAWFORD

We, of Crawford, take this oppor-
tunity to congratulate our friend
John Hall and wish him and his
fair bride perfect connubial bliss.
We trust Johns example may in
spire whole brigade of Long val
ley bachelors with the same spirit,
and for every ONE may there be
1.-TWO souls with but a single
thought; two hearts that beat as one"
Ray and Miss May Besecker have
been called to Boise to the bedside
of their sister, whose illness was
noted in this paper about two weeks
ago. (The Capital News of 23rd
inst. reports an improvement in her
condition. Editor.
L. f. Spaulding is making ready
to erect nice home on the splen-
did site in front of his present cot
tage OF course he naturally chal-
lenges suspicion.
w. H. Haskins is building a con-
venient home near Crawford. The
comforts of Long valley are con-
stantly improving.
Mrs. w. H. Doering has been
quite sick, but we are glad at the
last report she was improved.
The Patterson Co. has out four
six-horse teams hauling freight
this week.
Mrs. j. w. Downend of Center
spent part of an afternoon here
last week.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1905-10-26
TAKEN UP AS ESTRAYS.

Came to my place, October 20,
1905, seven horses, five bays, two
sorrels. They weigh from $50 to
1000 10, three of them bra nded as
followss: One bay horse, weight
about 1000 lbs, branded H E on
left shoulder, with bell on. One
sorrel about $50 lbs, branded n on
left hip. One bay, weight about
1000 lbs, branded A on right shout
der. The others have indistinct
brands. All show pack saddle
marks, and are supposed to be pack
horses from Thunder mountain.
Owner can have the above des
cribed animals by proving property
and paying expenses.
0. w. CouGHMAN, Alpha, Idaho.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1905-10-26
Contract Let to Grade Ry. Track.

Slick Bros, the Salt Lake con-
tractors, have taken a contract to
grade 6 1-2 miles of the P. & I. N.
road, beginning seven miles north
of Council. The contract calls for
the work to be finished in 80 days,
but w. B. Slick is quoted as saying
it can be done in 60 days if the
weather is favorable.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1905-10-26
TAKEN UP AS AN ESTRAY.

One 2-year old roam stud horse,
no visible brands or marks. Came
to my place, about 7 miles south of
Lardo, last May. Owner please
prove property, pay charges, and
take said animal away.
0. G. BARNES, Lardo, Idaho.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1905-10-26

Considerable shooting has been
done at swans during the past week
but we don't know that any were
killed. They are wary and keep
well out of rifle range.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1905-10-26
Local and General News

year OF the ADVOCATE.
Three focks of swans flew south
Saturday and some on Sunday.
Mrs. j. A. Taylor, who was very
sick last week, is recovering nicely.
g. E. Ritter has taken a contract
to carry the mail from Resort to
Warren.
H. F. Erwin, Chas. Close, Dawse
and Ted Mccall returned Monday
from a weeks hunting.
Mel Davis and son Willie of
Boulder creek returned from Coun-
Gil Monday with freight
l.. H. Heacock and l.. G. Cooper
returned from Resort Saturday.
They had been there with grain.
Road Sup. S. F. Southland has
had a force of men out fixing the
road on the west side of the river.
Merchant G. A. Powell returned
from Meadows Saturday. He had
been there for several days on bust
ness.
Luther Fulton returned from a
trip to Price valley last Friday.
He went there for a pair of sled
hobs.
j. l.. Williams and K. l.. Arnold
left last Friday to work on the
Pacific q Idaho Northern railway
extension.
w. N. Mccall, a cattleman from
Vanwyck, is the guest of j. M. Rob-
erts, 2O5 North Fourteenth street.
Capital News.
John Shredder, jr.,- of Roseberry
was here the latter part of last week
visiting his sister, Mrs. j. w. New
man and friends.
HI. A. Lee, Congregational S. S.
missionary, was here the latter part
of last week for the purpose of or
ganizing Sunday schools.
N. F. Williams and party who
had been out hunting for several
days returned home last Saturday.
They got six deer and an elk.
A. HI. Miller has returned from
Council. He had been there with
Locks sheep. Cars could not be
got at Council SO they trailed to
Weiser.
DIR. Cox of Meadows passed
through here last week enroute to
Cheney, Wash, where he will reside
in the future. -Whitebird Inde-
pendent.
A large flock of swans, somewhere
between 70 and 100, were disport-
ing themselves on the lake here last
Friday, and flew south the same
afternoon.
r. f. Auburn of Payette was
visiting in this vicinity the latter
part of last week. He is about to
have a house built on Boulder creek
and become permanent resident.
S. P. White and Jake Slower
have sold their placer mine on
Paddy Flat to j. w. Wilson, who
represents eastern parties. We do
not know the amount involved IN
the transaction.
We have the report of Dowell's
threshing machine, showing 38,198
bushels of grain threshed by it this
fall. There are four or five other
threshing machines in the valley
that we would like to have reports
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1905-10-26

E. E. Mcbride was here last Fri
day searching for a bunch of hor-
ses that had strayed away from
Powelson & Gooding's sheep camp
on the South Fork. There is nine
horses in the bunch and they have
been missing about ten days.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1905-10-26

L. Ii. Heacock left an apple at
this office that was grown on his
place here. He had one Ben Davis
tree bearing this year, the apples
on which are free from worms and
of excellent flavor. Fruit growing
In the valley is in the experimental
stage, but large number of fruit
trees are being planted.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-02-24
FUN IN MOVING PLATFORM.
Merrv-Go-RouudS Sort Of Device Gives
Patron an Exceedingly En-
ticing Journey.

New York.-The introduction OF so
many amusement parks in the suburbs
of large cities and also the demand for
fresh novelties at seaside resorts to
amuse and catch the pennies of those
on pleasure bent have opened up
wide field for the ingenious inventor.
It has been the aim of the managers
of these places to supply this demand
and they seem to have been successful,
as such devices as Down and Out"
"Loop-the-Loop' and "The Circle
Race" have been very good drawing
cards. It seems that the more danger
there is attached to these novelties the
more they are patronized.
A resident of Coney Island, N. Y,
where any number Of these devices
can be found, has invented the one
shown in the illustration. 1t is an
improvement on the circle race and
is as novel in its features. Around a
stationary pavilion slightly elevated
above the ground are built number
of platforms, preferably circular in
shape, the steps being arranged in de-
scending order from the pavilion, each
platform overlapping the next lower,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-02-24
FINNISH COLLEGE.


Educational Institution for Firms, 10.
Gated at Hancock. Mich.)
900, persons, and this showed an increase
over the year before:> Many young
men have come to the United States
from Finland since the edict providing
for the drafting of Films into the Rus
sian army for a term Of years. This
edict has probably affected the entire
populace more than any other. Aside
from this the hand Of Russia is felt more
particularly in official circles.
The salvation Of the Firms in the
United States has been that they have
not crowded about the great cities and
centers of population, but have quick
ly found their sphere of labor, and
have gone to work. Great numbers OF
them have taken up farms in the north
west and are making success of them.
Mr.. Edwards declares that there is more
energy and ambition displayed among
the Firms of the United States than IN
the motherland. He also says that there
is tendency OF the people toward self
improvement.