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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-15
The First Easter Morn.

L llC L. ~ ~ A|SASs~A 49,
fTo Richmond's beloved pastors dedi-
cate this pocT.)
Years have come and passed away,
Since the first Easter day.
Since the first Easter morn.
When Christ arose before the dawn;
When the women came around.
Standing on the hallowed sround,
For in the sepulcher near by,
Did not their loved Savior lie2
but what must bs their CONSERVATION!
When the Lord of all creation
Slept no more In the tomb,
But had risen from Its gloom;
Risen from the cold dark bed,
Now no longer was He dead,
But would pass into Galllee.
His dear Disciples there 10 see.
Nary Magdaene to the sepulchre did go
For did not she truly know,
whattthe Lord for her had done,
What victory had been won
HAD her robes not whitened been?
Fad she not been cleansed from SIM
She could not too early be
At the tomb her Lord to see.
Quickly did she go and tell,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-15
STATE CONVENTION
OF SUNDAY SCHOOLS !.
Great Gathering at Newport
Interesting Pro-
grarnl1le. III

The fifteenth annual convention Of the
Virginia State Sunday-school Association
II OF all Protestant denominations will be-
held In Newport News. April Is, 10 and
20. First Presbyterian church has been
chosen as the place of meeting though
sessions for primary workers will be
held Iii the Young MEMS Christian Ass
ISOLATION building. The convention will
open Wednesday evlning, April 49, ats
O'Clock. Three sessions Will be held
Thursday and three Friday. Special ses.,S
sions for primary teachers will be held
Thursday afternoon, Friday morning and
Friday afternoon.
Those who are entitled to votes in the
convention are the pastors in the state
who have charges, Sunday-schoolf SUE
5perintendents and all duly elected dele-
gates. Each county organizations Is ems
titled to five delegates.
The officers OF the association are a.
follows;
Professor George w, Walker. president,
Blucksburg; Mr., II. c. Marchant, VICES
president Charlottesville; Mr.. Thomas
n. Jones. chairmant executive commits
tee, slnithfield; Mr., Dewitt Crane, ices
chairman, Newport News; Mr., A, Lee
knowles, corresponding secretary. Staun-
ton; Miss Mamie II. Taylor, assistant
stanton; Mr.. William r. Wranek.
treasurer, Lynchburga Miss Nettie Ham,
ner, superintendent teacher traing da-5
partment, Characteristics; Miss Pearl
Teter superintendent primary departs
n,ent, Goshen; Miss Annie Lind Fors-
berg. superintendent home department..
doshef
Mr.. Marian Lawrence, secretary OF tho
International Sunday school Associat lon,
will he present at the convention.
+ E gt.ts
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-15
The First Easter Morn.

With hats unfurled like peacocks whirled
Before hurricane gale,
-Four maidens fair, With sanity air.
Entered the sacred pale
rho preacher calm, with words Of balm,
The sln-sck soul to soo'he
Arose and spoke Of tho easy yoke, .
OF Chrlst's 'relentng youth,
His face to me Is a mystery;
I've never seen " yet,
Hls blessed word family heard, ssy1.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-15

word numbered. Write on side Of page only.
Words spelled the but having different meanings
can be used but once.
When you have your list completed count the
words and state the number that you have Sign your
full name and address There no restrictions or
limit as to the Of competitors in family but
only one prize will Be given in family The win win
ners prizes shall have the choice Of selection from
the entire line Of Mason & Harnlin, Conover, Gable,
Kingsbury and Wellington Pianos carried in stock by
The Gable Company.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-15
Ills Business.

"There's man. said Phipps, who
makes practice of smoothing over the
defects OF poor humanity
"IIe has a hard looking face, sald
FlIpps. ..What's his buslness1
"iie's a society photographer, -e'leysr
land Plain Dealer,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-15
HO w T Q w l N /.

The person making the greatest number Of cor:
rect words will receive the beautiful $500 Upright
Grand Gable Piano absolutely free.
The next eighty highest answers will each receive
credit certificate Of $roo on another piano just like
the one offered first prize, any other new piano
OF our make in wareroons.
The next $50 highest answers will each receive
credit certificate of $50.
The next $40 highest answers will each receive
credit certificate of $a5.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-15

Should you already have an instrument, the credit
certificate may be disposed Of to one less fortunate
when transfer is properly endorsed by US
Adhere to the Following Rules
and You Are Sure to Win.
Use only such words as are found in Webster's IN
abridged International Dictionaries Foreign words
names Of towns places not allowed. Do not use
letter more often than appears in The Gable Com
pany. ct" can be used once, "A twice, M" once,
etc Lists to be arranged alphabetically and each
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-15
Those hats I'll n'er forget!

Those hats I'll n'er forget!
II tried in vain TO ascertain,
/, How FIR from front l sat,
On left on right, Iltried my sight,
Above, beneath hat.
My rubber necks n total wreck,
A collars not enough;
sat In the shade Of an Easter maid,
And now wear cuff!
A HEALTH.
So here 8 Y to the, maid the pretty Dutch
maid,
With a.coireure simple Away,
She wears bonnet-no sall-boats on 1t:
May,;she live forever and ave!
And here'ee 10 the maid, the fair Easter
maid,
With a bonnet Of parachute form;
To sit behind her is gentle reminder,
or place that's awfully warm,
(Kuropntkin,)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-15
Easter Lilies.

Easter Lilies.
Easter lilies, white and fair,
Smiling at the shrines OF prayer.
Whisper In their snowy bloom.
OF life beyond the tomb.
lilies teach our hearts to know,
Iii your radiant perfection
ne should dream OF resurrection.
Dream OF gladness often sorrow,
Dream Of fairer skies Tomorrow.
Let each heart all free from malice.
Be for Hin, performed drallce,
And the souls In darkness prosac,
Hear tho message, Tile Is rlsen.'
MRS. GEORGE W. OLIVER,
Crave Va
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-15
No Ice There,

ODE bible say dat many is called, but
few Is chosen"
Yes, en- In dat connection you may
set 1t down dat what Satan is many er
you Is gwine ter fall, hut none er you
VIII be frozen "-Atlantic Constitution.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-15

Every Piano will be marked in plain figures at the
regular selling price, and not only will the certificate
be accepted So much cash on piano but the
balanceof the purchase price be arranged easy
terms desired Every piano fully guaranteed BY the
4 Cable Company and includes handsome scarf and
stool delivery to the successful competitor free Of
expense The competition will close May 19, 1906 and
all answers be delivered to The Gable Company
on 81 before that date Address all to
THE CABLE COMPANY,
.sl9 sst5 Richmond, Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-15

From Paris comes the news that the
hest people are taking snuff again, and
giving II. A llredical paper holsters up
the fad by saving that a few pnchesE =
day will guard against Influenza. fs
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-08-02
Square Sumb era.

Every boy knows that a square num-
Der Is number produced by the multi
plication of any number by itself Thus
7 multiplied by itself gives 40 as Il
result; 40 consequently Is a square
number. being termed the square root
from which It springs In high num-
bers the extraction Of the square root
Is an affair of time and trouble. and
after all the necessary calculations
have been made II may perhaps be
found that the number Is not a square
number. This unnecessary trouble
may be saved II the following lnstruc-
lions are remembered Every square
number ends with one of the figures !.
4. 8. or Q. or with two ciphers pre-
coded by one or other OF these figures
Again, every square number IS equally
divisible by 1, or when divided by 4
will have remainder of l. Thus. AS
shown above, the square OF Is 40,
which divided by 4 gives us a quotient
Il and l over; 81 again is a square
number. and It Is exactly diyishle By L
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-08-02

more women than that of any other
artist, is classed 10y all those who know
something of the amount of work she
turns out as the hardest working wom-
an In Chicago or in the world.
The fashion artist comparatively is
new employee of the engrayer, and
in no place is he paid more than living
wages His first fate Is to come In and
work without pay to learn, the learn
Ing to be accomplished without super
vision or attention.
This was the way with Miss Musgat.
She worked a couple of years putting
In checks and laces and ruffies and
everything included under the mysteri-
Gus name of detail" 1t was appren
ticeshIp, with no one to teach you-you
just learned that was all.
After Miss Musgat acquired a good
knowledge of the business she took
course at the Art institute. then worked
for a time on salary and finally opened
a studio ard started In business for
herself Since then her success has
been Recommendations Tribune.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-08-02
Overturned Boats.

when a small boat capsizes,'' said
Gn old river man, "the occupants
should not try to climb aboard, but
should lightly cling to it until help
comes. Even a light canoe will in all
probability sustain their weight until
assistance arrives If they will only
cling as lightly to It's overturned sides
as possible, allowing the body to float
In the wafer, which it will do, and not
under any circumstances to attempt to
bear down upon the canoe or to crawl
upon the overturned bottom.
This is where the fatal mistake oc-
ours in nearly all boating drowning ac-
cidents. A single man with a good
sized plank IN the water can IN his
struggles and efforts to save himself
push the plank beneath the surface of
the water and drown then and there,
whereas the same plank will support
the weight of three men who are we'll
posted and cool enough merely to grasp
its edges with as little downward pres
sure as possible. A single oar has
saved many sailors life In this man
ner, which n landsman would grasp,
push 1t down In the water and go down
with it.-Washington Star.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-08-02
The GnessInE Cook.

I'D give dollar" said the man who
coddles his stomach, ito find a cook
who doesn't measure. There used to
be plenty of them. / remember the
time when half the kitchens In the land
glorled In a guesswork cook. Eating
was pleasure in those days. 1t isn't
so now. In these whirligig times every
thing has n machine made taste. That
Is because the cooks measure SO much.
Instead OF trusting to inspiration, as
the heaven born cook Is bound to do,
the kitchen queens of today measure
even the salt they put in the porridge.
No wonder such cookery lacks indiyid-
uality and is all on the same dead level
of mediocrity. Mereiful heavens. what
ails these biscuits? They're heavy as
lead"
II think the cook made a mistake"
said the mans wife. Il got new one
yesterday-one that doesn't measure.
am afraid she didn't put enough bak-
ing powder in the biscuits. New York
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-08-02

When hanging your linen to dry use
two lines comparatively close and par
allel for your tablecloths and sheets.
Throw one selvage side of your table
cloth over one line toward the other.
allowing 1t TO hang down about a quar-
ter of yard and being careful TO pin
ii a short distance from the ends
Take the opposite for your cloth and
throw 1t over the other line facing
the first line, and pin 1t In the same
manner This will form a sort OF bag
and will prevent to considerable ex-
tent the wild blowing of the tablecloth
In windy weather
After the table linen is thoroughly
dried remove 1t from the line and
prepare to dampen it. a whisk broom
Is excellent for the purpose.
Table linen, In order to bring out
the bright gloss that makes 1t attrac-
tive, should be dampened quite con-
sderably. Sprinkle the tablecloths
freely being sure that the sewage
ends or hemstitched borders are thor
oughly damp, says Woman's Life. Roll
up tightly, patting the roll frequently
to spread the dampness.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-08-02
CHEMICAL CURlOSlTlES.
Some Interesting Experiments For
Our Rows and GtrIa TO Make

Some Interesting Experiments For
Our Boys and Girls 10 Make.
Wet a large piece of blotting paper
with red litmus water and throw on
to 1t n small piece OF potassium. The
potassium will run about the paper.
and wherever it touches 1t Will leave
a blue track behind 1t, which is caused
by the formation of potash.
Cut a block of ice about six inches
square and bore q hole In 1t half an
inch wide and two inches deep. En-
large the bottom of the hole 10 form q
sort of cavity and drop Into II piece
of potassium about the size of a pea.
The potassium will instantly take fire
and will burn beautifully in the Ice,
making very pretty sight. especially
IL the room Is otherwise dark. The
room should also be warm when you
make the experiment.
Would you believe that an icicle can
fire a cannon2 Try this with a toy
one: Load the cannon and on the gun
powder on the touchhole put piece Of
potassium no larger than plnhead
Now touch the speck of potassium with
a piece of Ice, and 1t will flare up. set
ting fire to the gunpowder
Drop piece of potassium about the
size of n pea Into Il bowl of water It
will take fire and run around the sur
face of the water until 1t is burned up.
looking like some fiery serpent In the
water by reason OF Its rapid movement
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-08-02

A sharp pointed implement should
never be employed to clean rings, as
1t loosens the stones. Soak them In
liquid ammonia and the dirt will be
loosened Afterward they should be
polished with a soft cloth. 1t is n
good plan to keep rings In sawdust, as
it enables the gems to retain their
brilliancy. Warm water and a little
prepared chalk are all that Is re
CURED to clean plain or chased rings.
Toilet articles, yinaigrettes and other
small trInkets may be easily bright
ened without the use of powder by
placing them in an aluminium recepta-
Gle and pouring boiling water over
them. Polishing should be done by
means of piece of clean chamois
leather, but In adopting this treatment
1t must be remembered that the silver
should never be allowed to become
furnished
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-08-02

The various forms of work which
hive taken for themselves the modest
name of handicraft have demonstrated
In a striking way the immense posi-
bllities for decorative purposes which
lie hidden in the crudest materials.
Burlap is only development of bag
ging, and many another SO called art
material" Is nothing more than a stuff
of homely origin. says an exchange.
Yet for their purposes these ruder
stuffs have In them a certain style that
the more finely woven stuffs utterly
lack The coarsest crash made can be
turned into the most artistic sort of
hanglngs by stencilng, While a dell
cate silk stuff, though 1t might be pref
tily stencied. would be utterly lacking
in character
Table covers and couch covers are
made of rough bagging, treated in a
holder way, of course. like the delicate
Mexican drawn work, the same spider
webs and butterflies woven of threads
In the open corners left while threads
that cross are drawn That same bag
ging can be stencled or motifs of 1t
in colors may be appliqued into it, each
part of the figure outlined with heavy
thread-not unlike a sort of gloritied
Irvine.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-08-02
Too Young to Marry.

The girl who marries when she Is
but seventeen or eighteen has not had
time to get TO know thoroughly all that
is included In "A good education. Is It
any wonder that when she enters on
her new life, with its thousand and
one fresh pleasures, duties and dis
fractions, she should cease to take
much interest in the work of her
school days2 Unless she Is a really
intellectual woman she as n rule, drops
out of all the literary and artistic pur
suits Of her glrlhood and becomes alb
sorbed In domestclty or in a round of
amusements, to the great detrlment of
her mental vigor, says Woman's Life.
Girls who marry very young for this
reason run a great risk Of becoming
very embarrassing In middle age, more
especially II the income on which they
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-08-02
rentinE Drinking Water.

II your drinking water comes through
lead pipes, test 1t to see whether II
contains any lead Some water acts
strongly upon a leaden pipe, and a
year or two of using such water will
bring on lead poisoning. In rare cases
the water will form a coating, which
will protect 1t from further contamina-
ton. There is more danger In warm
weather than In cold. To be on the
safe side, use this simple test occa-
sionally: Boil a quart of water away
till only gill Is left. In this put a
tablespoonful of a solution of potas-
sum iodide and let 1t stand overnight.
If a yellow deposit has formed. lead
is present In the water
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-08-02
To the Engaged Girl.

Start finding out the cost OF food.
Learn the cuts of the joints also when
certain Items of diet such as game, fish,
ETC.. are In season. Then study cooking.
Even though your lovers income may
be sufficient to provide reliable serv-
ant or servants, you should. neyerthe-
less, know thoroughly how everything
should be cooked. Then, In the matter
of Homework, master all its details Do
not imagine that because you will not
have to sweep rooms, clean silver and
burnish brass you need know nothing
of such work. On the contrary, you
should be proficient In every housewife
ly trifle or you are not fit to be an en-
ployer of domestic labor.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-08-02
KITCHEN HELPS.

Dry your saucepans before you put
them away.
Coffee grounds kept In the sink
strainer will catch grease and thus pre-
vent clogglng of the pipes.
A cloth dipped In boiling water.
wrung out and placed over fish that
has been boiled will keep it warm for
quite while.
Sprinkle a little crushed borax on n
flannel cloth that has been wet In hot
water and well soaped This will
brighten the copper like magic. Rinse
and polish.
The odor that cllngs so persistently
to a utensl in which fish or onions
have been fried may be dispelled by
placing In n hot oven for ten or fifteen
minutes after washing and drying.
II teaspoonful of concentrated I've
with a cupful of water be put In ket-
tie whose contents have burned on the
bottom and left to stand for few
hours there will be no trouble In re-
moving the burned substance.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-08-02

i've almost solved the dlshwashlng
problem" said New York housewife.
at use those lovely carved wooden
trays for bread and cake and all kinds
of dry fruit, and they never have to
be washed. I slip a paper napkin or
dolly under the bread and throw 1t
away when | am through with 1t. My
salads l serve In the shell Of grape
fruit or an orange, and | cook my
meats on plank, including fish and
fowl. | bake French pancakes on a
soapstone griddle, and In all these
ways | tighten the burden of house
work"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-08-02
SnaniAh Frfffers,

An excellent way to use a stale loaf
of bread is to make what are known as
Spanish fritters. Cut stale bread Into
even slices. Dip each Into mixture
of egg and milk, using one egg TO a
cup and half of milk. Butter hot
frying pan and brown the slices In 1t.
Serve them hot, either with a little
powdered sugar and cut lemon or with
a bit of currant jelly. Sometimes n
pinch of grated nutmeg Is added to the
egg and milk, and as this is a sufficient
flavor when 1t is used the lemon will
not be needed.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-08-02
NJ ~ WOMAN q
G<9 WORLD q
%& NszykR
MISS LILLIAN MUSGAT.
A Fashion Artist whose Work Brings
Her n PrfncelY Income.

A Fashion Artist whose Work Brings
Her a Prtncely Income.
Miss Lillian Musgat of Chicago en-
joys the triple distinction of being the
hardest working young woman In the
world. of earning more money than
any other woman commercial artist In
the world-a much greater sum than Is
earned by any of her rivals among the
sterner sex-and of having worked her
self up within six years from nothing
week to an income that Is princely.
Only twentyfour years of age, she
learned to draw fashion pictures In an
engraving house, and now she has a
studio of her own high up In Quincy
street, where she has all the work she
can do and Is able to command prices
paid to few If any of the fashion art
lists In the world.
This fashion artist whose drawings
are seen In the advertisements every
morning In the Chicago papers and
whose work probably is scanned by
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-08-02

Absolute cleanliness Is one of the most
important things to consider. The In
fant's eyes should be bathed two or
three times day and dried with
very soft fine towel or handkerchief.
If, as is sometimes the case, the eye
lids get incrusted from cold or other
causes, great care is needed to prevent
the lashes being pulled out when the
matter is removed. The proper course
to pursue Is to battle the eye with luke
warm milk and water and afterward
apply very little pure yaseine to the
edge of the upper lid.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-08-02
Your Own Hair.

If your hair Is so thin that you can
not carry out some desired style of
colffure without the assistance of a
braid or rat. save your comblngs.
When you have collected large bun
die take 1t to good halrdresser, and
he will untangle the mass and fashion
whatever you wish, provided the guam
tity of hair permits. Then If anybody
asks you If your hair is false you may
truthfully say, 1T Is all my own"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-08-02
Poor Little Queen.

The queen OF Holland when a child
was IN consequence Of her position
shut away from many youthful pleas
ures and often denied the companion
ship Of those OF her own age.
On one occasion she was heard to
say to a supposed refractory doll,
Now. be good and quiet, because Il
you don't l will turn you into a queen.
and then you Will not have anything
to play with at air.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-08-02
In sEIF DEFENSE

Major IIamm, editor and manager Of the
Constitutionalist, Eminenee, Ky, when he
was hercely attacked, four years ago. by Piles,
bought box of Bucklens Arnica Salve, Of
which he says: alt cured me in ten days
and no trouble since Quickest healer of
Burns, Sores, Cuts and Wounds. 25c at
Sampson < Azores and 6. K. Fogg's drug
stores
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-08-02
Cleaning Porcelain.

Common house ammonia is much bet
ter for cleaning porcelain than sand
soaps. Many Of the stains on porce-
lain tubs, washbasins and sinks are
caused by allowing them to be Injured
When new porcelain Is smooth and is
rubbed with sand soaps 1t becomes
rough, and 1t Is quite impossible to re-
move the discoloration.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-08-02

In the event of the brows being star
Ing and coarse bit of mucilage or
bandoline applied at night after
smoothing them into shape will prove
effectual. Quite a bit of difference in
the brows can be accomplished by ac
centuating the upper line by rubbing
the hairs up from the bottom, or vice
versa.