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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-04-09

The fat red-and-white nan kept
walking up and down the aisle show
ing people where to sit, and finally he
sat down in the pew directly in front
of Helen. II thought he used to be q
rusher, but l wasn't quite sure,"
Helen told the egg.
The long prayers did not seem half
as long as usual, for it wasn't hard to
kneel when you could put the egg
down in a dark corner and see it gilt
ter as you turned it around. The Or
gan pipes lost their old time fascina-
ton, and Helen hardly realized that
the rector had begun to talk before
she heard him say: Now to the
King"-and they all jumped up.
And the egg However in the world
could it have jumped right out of her
hand and into the fat mans pew? But
it had, and there it shone as brightly
as ever If she could only snatch 1t
| up quickly! She leaned way over to
make the attempt, but every one else
was sitting down. "Sit down, Helen"
whispered grandma, sharply. and in
the blindness of humiliating tears
Helen sat. Visions of disgrace rose
up and threatened to overwhelm her.
To have one of the ''rushers" come UP
after church and say: Madame, Is this
your egg?" and grandma would say:
why, no." and then she would have
to say: please, it's mine!" and every
body would know that Helen Gardiner
had brought an egg to church! oh.
why hadn't she been born heather.
| SO she wouldn'. have to go to church
IN Easter. but could stay at home and
! roll eggs without waiting until next
day! But, most bitter thought Of all,
maybe grandma would not let her
have the egg again after the rusher
man gave it back, and she couldn't
roll it even next day.
Freely ye have received, freely
give" the rector vas saying. Give
what wouldn't she give just to get
the egg back without grandma's knowl-
edge? Perhaps when the man got
up He was getting up! OF course;
he always passed the shiny gold plate
and 1t was time to get her money out
of her handkerchief But why did
grandma's figure stiffen in a sudden
dazed comprehension as she gasped
in dismay, and why did people litter
in that disconcerting way? They must
surely have seen the egg in the fat
mans pew. Helen dashed the tears out
of her big eyes and looked at him as
he marched in blissful ignorance up
the aisles with the other ushers. What
was that awful glittering mass OF
ruin on his broad black back? oh. II
was, 1t was!
, "Sit down." commanded grandma,
| fiercely, but the tragedy was too great
, my egg! my lovely egg!" screamed
, Helen. HE sat on it! He's-he'l
, spoiled it,"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-04-09

chance to blossom on Our Lady's days
(such as the visitation, the assump-
tion, her birth, baptism, purif1cation).
There are lady's slipper, lady's mantle,
lady's fingers. lady's smock, lady's
begins to bloom in July, the feast OF
visitation, and is at full bloom at az.
sumption in August.
The lily was first found in connec-
tion with the Virgin in the story of
her ascension to heaven, and 1t orig.
mated probably in the second century.
| According to this legend, 1t was three
days after the burial of our Lords
mother that the apostles visited and
opened her grave and found it filed
with fragrant, spotless lilies. Since
then these matchless flowers have been
called Madonna lilies" or flowers
of the Virgin" The common white
lily of our gardens, that blooms In
July, and is the sweetest and most
graceful of all flowers, might we'll be
called holy" No one seems to know
its origin. 1t is never found wild in
Palestine, nor can we find just where
1t grows without culture. But We see
1t in the faded pictures of old italian
masters and Netherland painters,
made long before the discovery of this
New World.
Nearly all of our great poets have
praised this flower. Chaucer and
Spenser speak of it as a mystical bios
som In their far-away gardens and
lady's bowers. Shakespeare It was
who first said: ITO gild refined gold
and paint the lily" and these lines
I from one of his sonnets tell truth
that can never be forgotten:
For sweetest things turn sourest by thalr
deeds;
Lilies that tester smell far worse than
weeds.
Milton loved the lily and always spoke
of 1t In connection with the rose-as
did also Swinburne when he talks oi
Tine lilies and languors of virtue;
TIE roses and raptures of vice.
ADG Tennyson says of Mauds garden
that 1t was
Fairer than aught in the world beside
All made up of the lily and the rose.
Dear old Herrick, that sweet singer o.
spring. has one lily thought that is like
sigh:
But vanished man.
Like to lily lost. never can bloom anev
, Or bring his days to see a second spring
Shelley has the lily in his wonder
, full garden along with his sensitiv,
, plant Wordsworth often praises II
Burns mentions 1t frequently. Tenny
! son has lovely lily thoughts; but ou
, own Longfellow draws the pretties
5 picture of maidenhood-
Bears Fly in thy hand
Gates of brass con not Withstand
= One touch of that magic wand.
James Russell Lowell always come
r near to the heart of things and left u
b more than one sweet lily poem and a
J. lusion, and our minor poets all tel
: their love for this perfect specimen @
: natures handiwork.
I "Our Sweet VIII Shakespeare" wa
a born in April, and it was of April
Q flowers that he sang most freQuentl
y and most sweetly.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-04-09

need other faithful feathered folk min
tstered to him at the darker moment
of Calvary. Then 1t was that the
voice of the plying turtle dove grew
so plaintive that never has it re-
gained its lost happy notes. Not only
did the swallow perch on the cross and
twitter tender words of consolation,
but also in its small, sweet way al
leviated the sufferers pain by pulling
out a spine from the crown OF thorns.
And the stork flying o"er the cross
ioitered on the wing to call down:
"Stryk!" "Stryk," = Strengthen"
Strengthen"
In certain old English gardens, there
Is a little spotted-leafed plant with
deep blue flowers and red buds. called
"Mary's Tears" for in the beginning
this grew on Calvary-its flower the
blue of the Mother Mary's eyes. the
buds red as her eyelids swollen from
weeping, and the leaves tear-stained
with her grief.
And in the old English garden, too,
Is found the rosemary that puts forth
new blossoms every Friday as though
to embalm the body of the dead
Christ.
Wonderful Passion Flower.
In the passion flower the reverent
Imagination has discovered not a
cross alone, but also the pillar OF
scourging, the nails, thu crown OF
thorns, and even spots to mark the
five wounds OF the crucified body.
The Spaniard will tell you that the
aspen trembles because that was the
wood of the cross. However this may
be, there Is delightful old legend
concerning the tree out Of which the
cross was made.
Aged Adam, weary of toll and sir
and eager for death, sent to the ange
guarding the Tree of Life to beg {
boon. The messenger brought bacl
the welcome promise that Adam should
die In three days, and the added gf
OF three small seeds which were mys
teriously TO be placed under the deu,
mans tongue before burial.
From these seeds. the quaint nara
tive continues, sprang three sapling
that later united, three in one. sym
boil of the Trinity. With this mirac
ulous tree Moses and David eacl
wrought many wonders. But KIM
Solomon, his whole heart set upon tn
building of the temple. had the tire
cut down. intending II for magnif
cent beam. Strive as the workme
would, however, nowhere would tn
beam fit, and. cast aside, 1t was late
used as bridge across a near-b
stream. When the queen of Sheb
made her notable visit she refused t
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-04-09

H2adHExEd the carriage uOOr anu oS
raphic smile on her chubby face. NO
body suspected. not even grandma,
who was so busy smiling at all the
other old ladies' on their way to
church. 1t had been difficult getting
in the carriage with 1t under her arm,
and although IL was hard and seemed
to have un-egglike points on 1t, the
ride to church was not so bad after
all. And what a beauty 1t was-all
gold except the pink and blue spots.
and they had tiny gold specks on
them, too!
Luckily the egg arm was away from
grandma, SO Helen slipped the egg
down into her hand and sat in comfort,
though with some misgiving as to the
safest way of conveying her burden
of guilt into the church. One hand?
No, the egg was too big. Both hands? :?
No, that wouldn't do, for grandma's
friends were always shaking hands.
Now, if-litle girls only wore muffs at
Easter time-but then they never did,
SO why think of that? Oh, there was
Simpson opening the door! Helen
made a convulsive grab at the egg and
hooked it up under the pretty lace
ruffies; but the stealth was unneces,
sary, for grandma was bowling to
very round gentleman with white hair
that stuck up toothbrushy fashion
around his nice red face. 80 here is
little Helen! How do, Helen?" and
he briskly shook her hand Helen
pumped it stiff1y up and down from the
elbow. Oh, the egg, the egg! Why
hadn't she put it under the other arm
That regret quickly left her when
grandma took hold of the safe arm ano
piloted her by it into the church.
Helen wondered why she had never
noticed how many miles and miles o.
aisle one must travel before grandma
new was reached, while everywhere
were people staring with knowing eyes
that seemed to say, There she is
There's the bad child that takes al
egg to church," But the journey end
ed. and after a little prayer Heller
and the egg settled comfortably in th'
big new. What a relief! Well, sh,
was here and so was the egg, AM
now, when she had listened to tn
music and had counted all the -orgal
pipes on each side. she could play wit
the egg and-Helen looked lovingly a
it's gorgeous glitter as it lay ON tn
crimson cushion, not on the grandm
side, but snugly between her and tn
dark pew wall. Just think of it! Susi
had boiled II hard. and then she ha
painted the spots, and then she Ia
gilded It, aad now here 1t was
church. VINO ever heard Cf an eg
in church, A warning poke froI
grandma. who was becoming curiou
reminded Helen that her glee muI
be invisible as well as inaadibls.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-04-09

telling of new growth and broader
horizon.
Out on the old arbor, the rough and
scraggy grapevine is sending forth
little gray tendrils, reaching farther
toward heaven and away from the
earth that hides its foothold. How
blithely does nature echo forth her
yearly message to every waiting heart
her message of resurrection, joyous
activity, high-mounting aspiration!
Her myriad voices cry through every
sense, to touch and penetrate the spir-
1t with gladness and good cheer. New
readings from tho Gospel of eternal
hope are seen on every side, in the
growth of plant, the unfolding of leaf.
the blossoming of flower. The woods
are full of these shy spring darlings-
violets, dandelions, adders tongues,
spring beauties, bluebells and many
nameless wildling, all hurrying gayly
to deck the earth and celebrate the
Eastertide.
Certain flowers and plants have al
ways been set apart as sacred things
and from the very dawn of history we
hear of fiower-decked altars and
wreaths of sacrifice. The heather
temples were adorned with earths
fairest blossoms, scattered on the al
tars, and twined around the brow oi
priest and acolyte. The amarantt
bloomed in deathless beauty upon the
Olympian heights. the myrtle was be
loved of Apollo. the rose, the lily, the
mistletoe were favorites of legend and
myth. The flowers once sacred tC
Freya, the spring goddess Of northern
mythology, were chosen for their spot
less purity in form and color. Ant
when heathen myth gave place t.
Christian truth, these sacred treasure!
were transferred to the Virgin, and be
came symbols of the queen of heaven
So 1t is that in every story of sain
or madonna we find either the lily O
the rose-the lily with its fragrance
It's bending, bowing, waving bells
seems to whisper of purity and wor
ship; the rose, with Its faint and far
away odor. which seems to hint o
eternal hope. One might almost fill
, garden with flowers all named for tn
Virgin Mary, generally because the,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-04-09
Easter In the rYroi.

Children living in this province Of
Austria follow bands of musicianA
who go through the streets and up the
steep hillsides singing Easter carols
and playing on guitars. The children
carry lighted torches, and when song
Is finished run up to the doors and
knock on them. They open quickly
and there stand the housemothers
with lots of beautifully c0lored egEa
for the young people.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-04-09

tread upon thlS Drldge; instead, she
knelt and worshiped, and having con-
fided to Solomon a vision she had
concerning 1t, the king at once or
dered the sacred wood incased in gold
and silver, and reverently hung over
the door of the temple. Subsequent
ly, Abijah, son Of Rehoboam. covet-
ing the precious setting, had II taken
down, and after appropriating the
metal had the wood buried deep in the
earth-so deep, in fact, that we'll
was dug over 1t, the famous Pool of
Bethesda, the tree of mercy at the
bottom giving healing qualities to the
waters. Finally, as the time appoint
ed approached, the tree rose and float
ed on the surface, and the Jews took II
and made it into the cross upon which
the Christ was crucified.
Wood Of the Cross.
AS some claim the aspen was the
wood Of the cross, others select the
weeping willow for the tree upon
which Judas hanged himself.
There is an old legend as sinister
as the fatalistic Dedipus myth that
claims that before the birth of Judas
his mother dreamed that her child
would murder his father and betray
his God for money. To prevent this
tragedy, the babe was put in a chest
| and cast upon the sea. but was rescued
and adopted by king.
According to tradition, Pontius Pi.
late as we'll as Judas committed sui.
! eide, for upon his return to Rome so
| indignant was the emperor over the
| governors actions while in Jerusa.
lem that he cast him into prison. a
humiliation too great for so weak q
spirit to bear.
Weird is the legend told concerning
the restless, tormented ghost of him
who could wash his hands but not hi
conscience of offense.
The body of the suicide was first
cast into the Tiber, but so turbulen,
were the storms that Immediately fol
lowed that 1t was taken out of the
river, carried to Gaul, and thrown into
the Rhone. Tempests were the I'm
stant result Again the body was re
moved, this time to Lake Geneva. The
same disasters in its train. Once
more an attempt was made to over
come the evil Surely, in far-awa,
mountain lake locked in the center O.
the Alps even the spirit of a PLAT,
could do no harm. Vain hope. There
arose storms of wind and rain so grea
. in fury that ftocks and herds wer,
drowned, trees torn up by the roots
and happy-hear'ed homes washed ava,
to death and destruction.
ouietins Troubled Spirit.
Then at the call of the emergenc,
came the man of the hour to answe
it, Alone he went to the lake, an,
with the sole weapons of scholar
knowledge and magic battled with tn
, spirit until 1t signifled an agreement Il
remain at peace If only 1t might hav
one day OF freedom during the year.
i The storms ceased, but long after
, ward whoever went to Pilates lake o.
a Good Friday saw an awful specie
7 clothed in red toga upon rock abov
/ the water. "the grim, ghostly figure c
} him who saw no Ill yet permitted it,"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-04-09

to an
old tradition, when
the Roman soldiers
came to the Garden
of G e t h s e m a n e
Christ hid under the
olive trees until the
treacherous plover
cried out "Buvick!"
"Buvick!" He Is
hidingl"
But II a Judas
among the birds be-
trayed the Master of
men in this hour of
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-04-09
Madonna Lilies
and Other Flowers
That Are Sacred

A In these sunny
Z ys'2ae@iays life grows re,
orient from the
49, dust, a latent con-
49, sciousness of wings stirs
~ in the buried seed, and as
V If from very gladness of
heart the sap In the naked
trees mounts upward, ever
upward, into the golden light.
The tiny leaves, close-clasped
together in the bud, flutter
timidly apart. to grow brave
ly green, and flaunt their COL
or on the passing breeze. The
maple tree In the yard now
hears a voice out Of the un-
seen, calling from the blue
skies, bidding 1t come up
higher, and gladly does 1t
make answer in the green
tassels and shining leaves,
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-10-22
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Staunton People Have Abso-
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1t is not words, but deeds that prove
true merit.
The deeds of Doan's Kidney Pills,
for Staunton kidney sufferers, have,
made their local reputation.
Proof lies in the testimony Of Staun-
ton people who have been cured to stay
cured.
William L. Rohr, 1041 Front street,
Staunton, Va, says: 81 used Doan's
Kidney Pills, and the results were sat-
isfactory. Kidney complaint was
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from severe pains in my back and
sides. STOPPING or lifting caused sharp
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little control over them. 1 tried .sev-
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no relief until procured Doan's Kid
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store. l continued taking Doan's
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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-10-22

used to lament the fact that the many
changes in the mansion had driven
away the spirits of the dead presidents
who liked to return to the scenes ef their
greatness
He declared that he had seen Mr..
Lincoln hundreds of times walking up
and down the stairs and gliding about
the rooms, always with that same sad,
serious expression which was habitual
in life.
Shortly after the death of Gen. Grant
he claimed to have seen him not only
at the White House, but in his own
home, where he aud Gen. Grant would
both often come at twilight, or later,
when the house was all quiet, and chat
over the affairs of the day. He also
claimed to have received bits of advice
from Gen. Grant on these little visits,
which he religiously followed.
While he was positive in his belief
that both Mr.. Lincoln and Gen. Grant
returned to the White House repeated
ly, he was also positive that the execu-
tive mansion was the scene of the night
ly wonderings of quite number of
other specters. The stairways were the
favorite points of ghostly activity,
though the rooms were by no means
neglected. On some occasions, accord
ing to the employe, the spiritual mani
festations would drive the night watch
out on the porticos with the rappings
on the doors and walls.-W Washington
Star.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-10-22
THINK THIS OVER.
MANS INHUMANITY TOWARD MAN i
ONE OF THE GREATEST OF CRIMES.

MANS INHUMANITY TOWARD MAN is
ONE OF THE GREATEST OF GRIMES.
From Golfers Weekly.
Here is story that will be of inter-
est to the humanitarian. We are in
clined to think it contains considera-
BILE amount of truth:
81 was discharged from San Quentin
six weeks ago. was given new suit
of clothes (that was branded person
all over; bat no matter about this.) I
was given clothes to cover me, S5 in
cash, and the good wishes of the ward
en- and the man who drives the van.
Very good, you say, for an ex-convict ?
Well, listen to this; On the day was
given my freedom, my picture, with
my description, was sent to every
sheriff of every county in the State:
This man is free; may be coming your
way. Look out for him. Now, there
is nothing dangerous about me, or, at
least, there never was. was street
car conductor, a decent enough sort,
when one night got drunk and hit a
man. Unfortunately for both of us, it
nearly killed him. got four years. L
paid the penalty. Should be let alone
now or not? I gave more than four
years out of my life to the State. Host
my health. For that reason, thought
that, being free 1 would go out into
the country and work there until 1 got
my strength back. From county to
county / have been told to move on. ,
The first man to whom l applied for
work gave it to me, then / took my
honorable discharge out of my pocket
and showed it to him. He picked up
cane that lay across his desk and yell
ed at me: you get out of here or I'll
| knock your brains OUT
1t is needless to draw any facile moral
| from this condition. The facts are in
tricate. The difficulties are many. A
! bitter situation faces the prisoner who
| wishes to lead an honorable life after
ulS ulScldISc. uclCdte SltuatlOu
faces the man who would employ him.
The employer knows the rule; it re-
quires some sacrifice to principle and
Humanity on his past to test the parti-
I cular case in order to avoid helping to
\ crush a man who may be one Of the
exceptions. Sentimentalism in the
treatment of crime is not to be encour-
, aged, but injustice is still worse.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-10-22
Mr.. Er1csons old House.

Go see it, it's beauty. It stands
out among all its neighbors, because
the coloring is so bright and clear.
Mr.. Ericsson painted with L. & M.
Paint and says it cost 1-3 less than ever
before. He bought only II gallons of
L. & M. Paint and gallons of Linseed
Oil to mix with it. This made 21 gal
Ions of pure paint, and cost only s1.2O
per gallon. It's as handsome as the
finest in town. The L. & M. is sold
by:
Sold by G. H. Cohlon & Son, Stuarts
Draft; J. B. Roden, Waynesboro:
Augusta Milling & Nero. Company,
Messy Creek, Va.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-10-22
vIRGIRIA RAILROADS FOR GOOD
ROADS,

vIRGIRIA RAILROADS FOR GOOD
ROADS.
The railroads in Virginia have done
good thing qy the State in agreeing
to haul all material for road building
at only the actual cost to the compan-
les for transportation. In doing this
the railroads not only aid the State
and the people generally, but they BEN
eft themselves also. Good roads in
crease farm values and expedite the
marketing of farm products, they in
duce immigration and the increase Of
rural population. They are feeders to
railroads, and it is to the advantage Of
the latter that all territory traversed
by them should have good roads. tits
strange that the railroads in the South
have not taken the lead in the matter
of good road building. Had they done
so some years ago their freight and
passenger traffic would now be much
larger than it is. Railroads which do
not do everything to encourage good
road building in their territory stand
in their own light and retard their own
progress. Their prosperity depends on
that of the people, and nothing does
more to better the peoples condition
than good roads.-Charlotte Observer.