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The Falls City tribune., 1910-06-24
Conformity of Type.

The great law of confirmityto type
maintains throughout nature. Like
begets like. The good mar out of
the fullness of his good treasure soWs
good seed and an abundant harvest
of good is garnered. 1t is the enc
my that sows the seed of evil and
a crop of iniquity is the inevitable
result. Tares in the human character
are lot there by accident. Plan and
law govern both good and bad qualit-
les in character just as definitely as
they control the issues in the physi-
cal universe. Where wheat is sown
les are scattered there will be a
plentious display of this harrassing
weed. The human heart is an acre.
Like the fields about us, it is capable
of growing good and bad. Like the
soil in the fields it is susceptible of
cultivation. There are varieties of
soil Just as there are different kinds
of seed. The individual is RESPONSE
BILE in a large measure for the condi-
tons of the soil in his heart garden.
He is also very much to blame if he
care.essly sleeps away the hours of
his opportunity and the enemy, al
ways alert, plants his garden spot
with noxious weeds. CAS- a mar
soweth, SO shall he also reap" Or
better, "as a man neglects to SOW,
SO shall he reap. The harvest of our
life will be the mature fruit of our
sowing. 1t will be true to type, "by
their fruits, yeshall know them" oh
what will the harvest be?
The Falls City tribune., 1910-06-24
The Cigarette.

You smoke thirty cigarettes
Yes, on the average"
The Falls City tribune., 1910-06-24

You smoke thirty cigarettes a
day?'
Yes, on the average
You don't blame them for your
rundown condition."
Not in the least, | blame my hard
work"
The physician shook his head. He
smiled in a vexed way. Then he took
a leech out of a glass jar.
Let me show you something" he
said. Bare your arm"
The cigarette fiend barred his pale
arm, and the other laid the lean,
black leech upon it. The leech fell
to work busily. Its body began to
swell. Then all of a sudden a kind
of shudder %convulsed it, and it feel
to the floor, dead.
That is what your blood did to
that leech," said the physician. He
took up the little corps between
his finger and thumb. Look at it,
he said. "Quite dead, you see. You
poisoned it."
Il guess it wasn't a healthy leech
in the first place." said the cigarette
smoker sullenly.
Wasn't healthy, eh?' Well, We'll
try again.
This time the physician clasped
two leeches on the young mans thin
arm.
If they both die" said the patient,
'Ill swear off-or, at least, I'll cut
down my daily allowance from thirty
cigarettes to ten
Even as he spoke the smaller leech
shivered and dropped to his knee,
and a moment later the larger one
dropped beside it.
This is CHASTITY" said the young
man. 81 am worse than the pesti-
lence to the leeches."
1T is empyreumatic oil in your
blood" said the medical man. "All
cigarette fiends have it."
Doc" said the young man regard.
ing the three dead leeches, thought
fully, 81 half believe you're right
School Journal.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-06-24
Modern Sorcerers.

Simon 'the Sorcerer" vas the
idol of the Samaritan people. His
magical art seemed to fascinate them
and they were ready to believe any
thing of such a wonder-worker. Too
clever to permit them to penetrate
his tricks, he led them to believe
they were wrought by super
natural power. This talented impos-
tor was almost worshipped by the
Samaritans at the time the apostles
visited that country. Then, as the
record in Acts tells us, when the
Sorcerer saw the apostles imparting
The Falls City tribune., 1910-06-24
Eriedhof And Gottesacker.

The above are the terms frequent
ly used by the Germans to designate
the resting place of the bodies of
the dead. The first comes nearest to
mean a garden of peace, and the
second, Gods acre. From times inn
memorial the cemetery has been
counted hallowed ground. During our
recent Memorial and Decoration ser.
vices our minds were directed new
to these sacred spots, not only of
the soldiers graves, but because of
the interest the public have in them.
Our larger cities and towns usually
are strong enough financially to
have the cemetery we'll kept and reg
ularly moved, and have all around a
becoming appearance. How different
the smaller towns, and many of the
country grave yards appear. They
are allowed to grow up into a per-
feet wilderness of grass and weeds.
Since these last named are nearly
all under the care of the churches,
it would seem hat there could be
an annual cleanup day" and these
country and village cemeteries would
be much improved in appearance. 1t
certainly reflects great credit on a
community to see the resting place of
their dead well kept; the church in
which the living worship God, in the
best of repairs.
On the other hand to see the Gem
etery fences down and the inside a
verits BILE wilderness; the church
painless and faded the siding full OF
woodpecker holes; and all around
the picture of neglect and careless
ness. How wrong! We can but agi.
tate along this line. We are sure
there is room for much improvement
all over our country. How many
a church III our country waits fol
the painters brush, and still more
/ cemeteries for the day that the
cleanup party" does their work"
The Falls City tribune., 1910-06-24
THE QUIET HOUR

/ spiritual power and healing, as Jesus
had commanded, jealous of these new
rivals, he instantly offered to pay
them to teach him what he conceived
to be the secret formula by which
, they touched the souls and hearts of
men. Peters reply must have aston
ished him. lie spurned the offer.
THY money perish with thee he
said, because thou hast thought
that the gift of God may be purchas-
ed Thou hast neither part nor lot
in this matter, for thy heart is not
right in the sight of God
Today the Sorcerer has his antitype
in many American communities. We
! are living in a time that surpasses
all others in the number and boldness
of the spiritual impositions. On ey-
! cry side, we see or hear vulgar offers
to impart the gift of God" for money
A writer in the Worlds Work has a
very timely article on this topic, in
which he unsparingly exposes these
mercenaries. He finds that all yer
the country the Holy Spirit is made
| a subject of trade and barter like
; worldly merchandise, and that the
divine power of healing body and
soul is trafficked in as one would
sell meat and drink.
Moreover. these spiritual traders
have a tariff of their own, by mean
of which they undertake to sell sal
walton at fixed rates. There is sharp
competition among them and they do
not scruple to cry down each others
wares, after the manner of peddling
tradesmen. Those who conduct these
businesses, in advertisements that
bear all the earmarks of the auc-
t%ionCer, describe their power iii the
cure of blindness, deafness, doform-
tiles, etc. Just as the Master did"
This reference to the worlds Redeem
err in a catchpenny advertisement is
the last limit of impious mendacity.
1t is difficult to understand how any
sane and we'll balanced person could
be deceived by such transparent
quackery; yet the business is APP
! parently profitable, Like Simon of
Samaria, they prey upon the igno-
rant and the superstitious; but they
fairly outclass the Soreerer" at his
own game in their wildly eXtrava-
CANT claims and their spiritual preten-
lions. They are probably within the
law; for ours is a land where such
outrageous absurdities may flourish.
But only fer a while, for these are
] among the short lived ephemera of
the present stage of intelligence and
religious development, and will soon
I pass, leaving not ever a trace. The
worst feature of it is that good, sim
pie, but ov~er-credulous people are fire.
q~uently found among the victims, and
these have to pass through a bitter
experience before their eyes are OPP
ened and they com back to their
right Observation-Disclosures Herald.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-06-24
The Child.

O C.'.ld, who art manhood's crown,
The gateway of glory is far
Toward which Thy star leads on,
But always we see the star.
Soul-weary, we yet can pray,
Strive sternly to follow the light,
Who know, at the end of the way,
There are angels who sing in
the night.
o holy Jesus; the Dove
OF good will, of peace, Thou art;
The ideal beauty of love,
The promise of spring to the heart
White Babe of fair maiden-mother,
All souls were reborn at thy birth,
Gods son, but our human Brother,
Restoring lost Eden to earth.
Hail, Lord of millennial years,
OF homeland, faiths home divines
Dim eyes, long aching with tears,
Laugh, love-stars, meeting thine.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-06-24

The saddest songs come from those
who are never happy unless they are
holding down the solo parts.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-06-24

You can never grow the flowers of
grace by sowing the seed of gossip.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-06-24

1t is not necessary to know all
about hell to get into Heaven.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-03-25

rather than at the season Of the new birth
Of spring.
Our own name for the day, Easter, and
the German Ostern give a hint of this other
great quarry from which we drew the material
to build the festival as we know 1t. Both
words are derived from the name Of the old
Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring. Ostara. To
the mind Of the pagan conovert it seemed his
old familiar festival, but with its meaning
broadened and deepened, and he chung to his
custom OF the profuse use Of flowers at the
feast. All were for him flowers of Ostara.
but certain ones. from the time of their bios
somlng, or from their symbolism, came to be
considered more appropriate than others. The
hyaclnth, the crocus and the violet are among
the blooms Of Easter and each wears a legend
about its rame. Hyacinth was a youth be-
loved OF Apollo, who was slain by jealous
Zephyrus. the west wind. The crocus, also.
was a beautiful boy. who had been trans
formed into a flower.
Only the daffodil, or Lent lily, and the
Easter lily have acquired a truly Christian
significance. The daffodil, coming as it did
during Lent, was considered as a sort of John
the Baptist among flowers. the herald of Joy
ana nope. some trace the derivation of it's
name to "affodile." from the old English. mean
ing ito come early" Others find the name
only a corruption Of Dis lily" given it be-
cause 1t was supposed to be the flower that
dropped from Pluto's chariot as he was car
rying on Prosperine. Shakespeare says:
Oh Prosperine.
For the flowers now that frighted thou let'st fall
From this wagon-dafodils
Ihat come before the swallow dares, and take
The winds OF March with beauty.
The lily is, however, the flower Of all flow
ers that we associate with Easter. and to get
at the root Of the reason, we shall have to
delve back as far as the foundations of the
pyramids. The lotus was the first sacred lily
Rooted IN the earth, growing through the wa
ter and called into being by the sun, it repre-
sented to the ancient Egyptian the union Of
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him exclusively. To the wholesale mart, how.
ever, come the small florists. the street ven
dors of flowers and the proprietors of those
temporary flower stands which line the prin-
cipal business streets Of every large city at
Easter time. By ~halfpast seven in the morn
ing this market is closed and the buyers have
dispersed to seek their customers with the
days stock of floral offerings.
Some idea OF the magnitude of the Ameri-
can flower trade may be formed from the fact
that more than 900 farms are required to
supply the floral demands OF New York City
alone and upward of $500 900 is invested
in the flower farms which supply the metrop-
oils alone. To carry the enumeration a little
farther, 1t may be noted that there are in
Greater New York more than 400 men and
women whose sole occupation is that of flower
vendor on the streets. Most of these %peddlers
of blossoms are Greeks. A more spectacular
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pers OF varying size.

Egyptians. 1t was but natural that in the Pas
chal lamb the Christians should see the pro-
totype of the Lamb of God whose blood should
save his people on whom its mark was set,
and this was doubly so since Jesus himself,
when celebrating with his disciples his last
Passover feast, had said:
This bread is my body; take and eat:
this cup is the new testament in my blood.
This do in remembrance of me-"
So was the feast instituted, but as a com.
memoration of redemption rather than Of res
direction. The latter Specification grew up
around it in later times and was largely adapt.
ed to this especial festival from the old pagan
customs A hint OF it may be found. however,
in that same twelfth chapter OF Exodus. where
the Lord says:
This month shall be unto you the begin
ming of months; it shall be tn. first month OF
the year to you"
In the new born year there is always a
hint of the doctrine of resurrection. particu-
larly when 1t comes. as it once did with many
nations. at the season Of the vernal equinoxes.
when
The New Year. revivtng old desires.
The thoughtful Soul to Solitude retires,
Where the white hand Of Moses on the Rough
Puts out, and Jesus from the Ground suspires.
1t is the time of renewal, of hope and of re-
joicing. All things that have in them earth
life are echoing the prayer of the poet:
Make me over, Mother April.
When the sap begins to stir.
All the pagan religions-Greek, Roman or
Gothic-were alike disguised nature worship.
And in all Of them, whether as a New Year
celebration or not. there came this festival Of
flowers, this season of rejoicing in the resur-
rection of the earth from winters death, OF
the springing anew Of grass and grain from
its grave. This Is the old pantheistic meaning
that underlies all the spring festivals. and who
will say that the Easter feast OF the resurrec-
ton would strike the spirit with the same
force II 1t came at the time OF the falling leaf
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trade in the wholesale mart
for potted plants is princi-
pally between the growers
and the small retailers-the
proprietors of large retail es-
Establishments have their own
private sources Of supply
and at Easter time the mar
ket is crowded with what
might be termed transient
dealers-persons who handle
flowers as a side line" at
this season OF the year only.
The market for cut flow
ers is at the Easter season
even buster than that where
potted plants are handled ex-
clusively. 1t is not connect
ed with the floral headquar-
ters described above. In
deed, in New York it is To-
Gated In a wholly different
part Of the city. The grow
ers and sellers have their
regular stalls in the cut
flower market, which they
rent annually. but many of
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An Irresistible Petition,
OF NDNE|

And now, Lawd-uh," a bit ominous-
ly proceeded square-headed Brother
Tarr, in his supplication, lin de con-
volution dat am gwine to take place
soon's | meet up wild Brudder Dingford
-sneaky scoun'rel wild side-whiskers
OATS been up-slippin' an u%p-slidin'
round muh yaller wife-be nootral,
Lawd; OATS all I axes-In do de rest!
Il has been, as you kin see for yo'-
self by de church books, a pillah in
good an efficient stan'in' for 10 desc
many yeahs, an de tudder gentleman
am a puhsidin' eldah; so l hasn't de
brazen s%tatuary, Lawd, to ak yo' to
take muh side in de battle. But If yo'
KANT help, dess hang off an be moo
trail. Git yo'se'f a comfable place in
de shade som'ers, an sed down, an
yoll see one q de peartest fights yo'
ever had de pleasure O. w~itnessin'.
Amen"
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A LITTLE THING
Changes the Home FeeIinu.

Conee blots out the sunshine from
many a home by making the mother,
or some other member of the house
hold. %dyspeptic, nervous and irritable.
There are thousands of cases where
the proof Is absolutely undeniable.
Here is one.
A Wis. mother writes:
Il was taught to drink coffee at an
early age, and also at an early age be-
came a victim to headaches, and as l
grew to womanhood these headaches
became a part of me, as was scarcely
ever free from them.
About five years ago a friend urged
me to try Postum. l made the trial
and the result was so satisfactory that
We have used 1t ever since.
MY husband and little daughter
were subject to bilious attacks, "
they have both been entirely free from
them since we began using Postum In
stead OF coffee. l no longer have
headaches and my health is perfect"
II some of these tired. nervous. ir
ritable women would only leave on
coffee absolutely and try Postum they
would find a wonderful change in their
life. It would then be filled with sun
shine and happiness rather than weari-
ness and discomfort. And think what
an effect 1t would have on the family.
for the mood of the mother Is largely
responsible for the temper Of the chill
dren.
Read THE Road to Wellville." IN
pkgs. There's q Reason"
Ever read the above Iettere x new
csc aDpears lrom tlme 10 time. They
ere 9enoooes ts0os aAA 9ull q humaa
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the three elements which. in his belief, made
up the universe-fre. water and earth. Dying
with winter, reviving with spring, it typi1ed
the eternal renewal Of life from death, the
resurrection, which was one Of the chief tenets
Of the religion OF Egypt. Throughout the east
the lotus is sacred.
Early in the history OF the church the lily
became sacred to the Virgin and in every pic
ture OF the annunciation, the visitation or
other events in the life Of Mary the lily ap.
pears, usually bearing three blossoms to SYM
bolize the trinity. AS Mary usurped in popu-
lar tradition the place occupied by Flora, by
Freyja and by Ostara, giving her name to the
month OF May, which had been theirs. SO she
claimed the flower which from ages past had
been the symbol OF life and the renewing Of
spring and made it essentially the flower OF
the church. The lady chapels," erected to
the Virgin in such numbers during the twelfth
and thirteenth centuries. are decorated with
carven lilies OF various kinds. They we're not
all OF the type we know as Easter lilies. The
lily of the valley, SO often referred to in the
Bible, was an early f~avorite. The lotus was
even used, In some OF the earliest work. But
whatever the lily might be, around it gath.
cred all the symbolism that had been associ.
ated with the name since the beginning NJ
history.
Christ. too. had used the lily to point a
moral. consider the lilies. how they grow:
they toll not. neither do they spin: and vet |
say unto you that Solomon in all his glory
was not arrayed like one OF these"
So that when we celebrate the feast n, N.
resurrection which we have built up from thu
quarry Of the Hebrew Passover, the old New
Year festivities and rites in honor OF the god.
desses of spring from Flora to Ostara. II ia
only fair that above all other flowers az tha
season we should rank the lily. heir to the
symbolism OF the lotus OF Egypt, flower OF the
emple OF Solomon, sanctiied by the words
OF Christ and carved and painted In our
churches for centuries as the flower OF Mary.
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The Easter festival Is the florists
golden harvest. The supply Of flowers at this
season is never equal to the demand. but this
only helps to swell the profits, for not only
may higher prices be asked, but there Is little
danger Of overstocking with the attendant loss
and waste that under ordinary circumstances
eat up much Of the profits of the florists bust
ness. One New York florist sells each year
more than $4,000 Easter lilies and his profits
may be imagined when one remembers that
Easter lilies are purchased wholesale at from
$40 to $l2 per hundred and sell at prices rang
ing from 81 to SO each.
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side Of the picture Is afforded by the
operations Of the fashionable florists
throughout Uncle Sans domains. 1t Is
estimated that the fittings Of the smart
flower shops on Broadway and Fifth
avenue in New York cost in the aggre-
gate more than 81 900 900 and there
are a number Of retail establishments
each of which does a business Of sew
er2l hundred thousand dollars annually
Whereas the fashionable florists,
each Of whom maintains one or more
large retail stores-and perhaps nu-
merous booths in office buildings and
hotels-have their own flower farms or
growing establishments. upon whose
yield they have a monopoly, they sell
dom require the entire output of such
a flower mandatory, Ofttimes there
is a surplus and almost invariably
there are many flowers which do not
cone up to the standard of perfection
demanded by the fashionable trade.
This surplus Is sent to flower commits
sion merchants who sell to the small
retail florists and ship extensively to
the out-of-town florists, particularly
those located in adjacent cities. In the
establishments of these commission
merchants flowers are stored for days
in great i~ce-cOoled chambers, where
glass roofs and marble walls keep the
flowers for days by reason of the cold
and dampness. incidentally it may be
noted that there is no foundation for
the cOmmcn impression that flowers
which are to be shipped some distance
must be fresh picked. On the con-
1rary. the most expert handlers of
flowers allow the blossoms to stand
fer several hours in water ere they
are dispatched to their destination.
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A Consolation,

A young woman who had been in
the habit of spending her summers in
a hill village of Connecticut recently
encountered a rural neighbor in a city
store.
"How's your wife, Mr.. Green?" in
CURED he young woman g%raciously.
why, don't you know" said MI.
Green, Il lost her three months ago."
Oh" said the shocked young wom-
an, Il didn't know. l beg your par
don, Mr.. Green, for being so thought
less"
"Well,' said the disconsolate wild
over soothingly, 1T amt as bad as it
might have been. I've got good help"
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May Make Converts Into s~anatoria.

May Make Converts Into Sanatoria.
Efforts are being made in Bulgaria
to abolish the numerous monasteries
and converts of the Greek Catholic
church and to use their buildings and
for the establishment and
maintenance of tuberculosis sanatoria.
King Ferdinand has given 1OO,O 900
franc for the erection of a national
sanatorium. The death rate from tu-
berculosis in Bulgaria is very high,
being 81 for every 10, 900 living.
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80 III al tuuI1 HeS III flOluc
y Is: : Is: {: &: +: { E: : =: :::: !: ;; : 81: !: e; e.: :; ::: i: +:
Diana once thronged. There are
marble saints that have been chiseled from
the statues of old gods and goddesses. There
Is even a Madonna that, before she was con-
verted by the powerful arguments OF the Chris
tian sculptor, is said to have been a Venus
playing with Cupid.
When one turns from these buildings Of
stone to the no less strong, though intangible,
walls Of custom in which we have housed
Christianity, there Is found evidence Of the
same process there. The apostles and the
early fathers no more appointed seasons for
religious festivals than they gave us ready
made church buildings. or even directions for
planning such structures. Every day was to
them a holy festival and any cave or howell
where "two or three were gathered together
in his name" was a temple. The basilicas and
the festivals grew together and In building up
forms and customs, as in building the
churches OF Rome. our fathers quarried almost
Exclusively from the ruined religions their
faith had superseded.
Take the Easter festival. for instance. 1t
has many sources. In the ground plan. so to
speak, it is merely the old Pascha. or Pass
over feast Of the Hebrews. as is witnessed by
the name It bears among the Latin nations
Pasques in France. Pasqua in Italy. Pascua
In Spain.
The twelfth chapter of Exodus gives an &C.
count Of the institution OF the feast, IN COM
lmemoration of that night when the angel OF
the Lord passed over the houses of the chill
dren Of Israel and slew the first born Of the