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Easter Fancies and Sentiment.

or course we are not superstitious
in these enlightened days; but there
are certain little fancies that have
been handed down to US that we OBJ
serve "just for fun" and many of
these have to do with Easter. For in.
stance, whoever would think of allow.
ing Easter Sunday to pass without
having eaten three eggs, or having
provided three new things" to wear?
Doesn't every one feel a little thrill
of gladness or sadness on Easter
morn. according as the sun Is shining
or the clouds are heavy, as indication
that the year to come is to be a gen.
orally prosperous or dull one, as the
case may be?
There used to be a good deal OF
superstition attached to the giving
and receiving of Easter gifts. but that
has practically disappeared, and while
flowers remain the most appropriate
offering, n may present anything
that seems desirable, from a pair of
gloves or a box of handkerchiefs to a
handsome piece Of jewelry. There
seems to be, however, a tacit under
standing that the Easter gift shall be
peculiarly appropriate to the recipient,
something especially desired, If it is
not at the same time symbolic of the
season.
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Uric Acid is Slow Poison

Unseen in fts approach, hard to de
tect in it's $arly stages, and crueIly
painful in its later forms, uric acid
poisoning isl a disease too often fatal
Bright's disease is one Of the final
stages Of uric acid poisoning. 1t kills
In our country every year more men
and women than any other ailment
except two-consumption and pneu-
monia. Bright's disease and uric acid
poisoning usually start in some kidney
weakness that would not be hard to
cure, if discovered early, so it is well
to know the early signs Of kidney dis
ease and uric poisoning.
When uric acid is formed too fast
and the kidneys are weakened nv a
cold, or fever, by overwork. or bv over.
indulgences, the acid collects, the blood
gets impure and heavy, there is head.
ache, dizziness, heart palpitation. and
a dull, heavy-headed, drowsy feeling
with disturbances of the urine
Real torture begins when the uric
acid forms into gravel or stone in the
kidney, or crystallizes into Jagged bits
in the muscles, joints or on the nerve
tubings. Then follow the awful mains
OF neuralgia, rheumatism, govt, sciat.
lea, neuritis, lumbago or kidney collie
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CLEVER WIFE
Knew How to Keep Peace in Family.

1t is quite significant, the number of
persons who get we'll of alarming
heart trouble when they let up on cot
fee and S Postum as the beverage at
meals.
There is nothing surprising about 1t,
however, because the harmful alkaloid
-caffeine-in coffee is not present in
Postum, which is made of clean, hard
wheat.
1.-TWO years ago l was having so
much trouble with my heart" writes
a lady in Washington, that at times
l felt quite alarmed. My husband took
me to a specialist to have my heart
examined.
"The doctor said he could find no
organic trouble but said my heart was
irritable from something | had been
accustomed to, and asked me to try
and remember what disagreed with
me.
Il remembered that coffee always
soured on my stomach and caused me
trouble from palpitation of the heart.
So | stopped coffee and began to use
Postum. l have had no further
trouble since.
"a neighbor of ours, an old man,
was so irritable from drinking coffee
that his wife wanted him to drink
Postum. This made him very angry,
but his wife secured some Postum and
made it carefully according to direc-
tions.
He drank the Postum and did not
know the difference, and is still using
1t to his lasting benefit. He tells his
wife that the coffee is better than it
used to be, so she smiles with him and
keeps peace in the family by serving
Postum instead of coffee"
Name given by the Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
Postum now comes in two forms:
Regular Postum must be well
boiled. 15c and Csc packages.
Instant Postum-is a soluble pow
der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
in a cup Of hot water and, with cream
and sugar, makes a delicious beverage
Instantly. 30c and SOC tins.
The cost per cup of both kinds is
about the same.
There's a Reason" for Postum.
sold by Grocers.
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BLISTERS ON cHILD's FACE

North Bend, Pa.-"When my child's
trouble began his face broke out in
watery blisters. If he scratched his
face would get scabs on it. We had
to keep his hands tied up most of the
time. The child's body broke out in
watery blisters and itched so badly he
could hardly stand it and he scratched
it so that it made sores and burned
like fire. He did not get sleep day or
night. The only relief he got was
when he was sitting on the floor and
he would lay his face on the cold oil
cloth.
Il took the child and would wash
him good with Cuticura Soap and then
l would put the Cuticura Ointment on.
I would leave the Ointment on about
an hour then 1 would wash him on
good with the Cuticura Soap. The
trouble lasted about three years be-
fore we used Cuticura Soap and ONT
ment. We purchased more Cuticura
Soap and Ointment and used them two
months and it went away" (Signed)
Mrs. VIM. Probst, Apr. IA, 1913.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston."-Adv.
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Bio Lax on woman,s Estate.

1t rarely happens in Great Britain
that a woman has the disposal at her
death of more than $4,000, 900, but the
eighth millionaire estate to be pro-
bated during the present financial
year is that of a Miss Easton of Fell
ing in Durham and Layton Manor in
Yorkshire, who died at the age of
ninety-ive. Her estate is valued for
probate at So 1898, 800. The duties on
this will amount to more than ST.
$500
The only other cases recorded in re-
cent years of women who disposed at
their death of estates ove $5,000,0 900
in value are Mrs. KyiiaGds, widow of
a Manchester warehouse Cwner who
left $17,243,460; Mrs. Lewis-Hill, wife
of Captain Lewis-Hill and widow of
Sam Lewis, the famous West end
money lender, who left $5,759,865;
Baroness Won Hirsch, who left $780,
100000; Mrs. Alexandra Rail-, who
left $5,050, ITO, and Miss Ellen Morri-
son, who left $11,739 .645.s.
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VENICE DREAM CITY
Approached by ViaduCt Over Two
Miles of Breezy Sea.
Dwelling Place Of the Doges Has
Kept Its Medieval Aspect Albeit
Its Comforts Have Kept Pace
With Modern Progress.

London.-Venice is the dream city
of the world. You cannot imagine it
before seeing it and after leaving it |
think it must be hard to believe in its
existence. Travelling, while probably
the best brain stimulant and mind en-
larger known, is apt to spell disil-
fusion most Of the time. Foreign
places, after all, are amazingly like
home; foreigners seem to be just
plain human beings doing common
place things in queer ways and the
wonders" we have anticipated with
excitement from childhood dwindlel
dolefully on being visited.
The only scenery l have found
which exactly conceded with my pre-
vious fancy is in the Highlands Of
Scotland, and the only city thus far
which has surpassed my fondest ex-
pectations is Venice.
In these days you usually enter a
town by that most depressing of back
doors, a railroad yard, hemmed about
with dingy traffic and squalfd build
ings. Venice is approached, not
through desolate wastes of J"improved
real estate not through the CRIME
of manufacturing suburbs, but by a
viaduct, across more than two miles
of breezy sea, on whose horizon
seems to lie some fair mirage in the
form of a city-a jewel city set clean
cut in water and Light. Suddenly the
sea is blotted from about you by a
wall. You are ia a railroad station.
Just like other railroad stations"
you a cyntcally to yourself, and
drift toward the exit to find a cab.
You step forth and, presto! the dream
begins-cr at least it did for me. OF
course, / had heard there were canals
for streets and gondolas for transpor-
tation in Venice, but without just real
izing what this meant. Here before
me was a beautiful sweep of green
water which l knew, by the handsome
stone fronted buildings that bordered
1t opposite, must be the Grand canal.
Here at my feet was a fleet of the
most graceful small boats ever de-
signed, long and black and narrow,
each with the scimitar like sword of
medieval Venice decking it's prov,
each with a sunburned, picturesquely
dressed oarsman at it's stern.
Quietly, with none of that clamor
usual in Italy, l was motioned aboard
n of these fairy craft, my baggage
was slowed forward and l was pro-
PEELED in silence through shadowy
lanes of limpid water to my hotel,
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Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
entrance are sellers of beads, evil
eyes and various souvenirs made of
olive wood.
Once inside. n finds armed Mos
lem custodians, who are necessary to
keep the peace between the jealous
Christian pilgrims from various parts
of the world, some of them half
starved fanatics, who have sacrificed
everything except life itself to get
there. And here one finds hanging
any number of beautiful metal lamps.
The Greeks are allowed a certain
number, the Armenians so many and
SO on.
Almost as OOH as the guard is
passed the large stone Of Anoint-
ment" is reached. On this the body
Of Jesus is said to have lain when it
was anointed by Nicodemus. The prin-
cipal part Of this building is the TO-
tunda of the sepulcher. The chapel
of the sepulcher is about six feet each
way, and very low, 43 precious lamps
s LIOm tu0 C6IlluS. IL Is u0r6
on the split marble slab, which serves
as an altar, that the members of the
Catholic church (Latin, Greek, Arme-
MAN chiefly, or their friends, have
blessed rosaries and crucifixes. 1t
is entered through the vestibule called
the Angels chapel. The vast and
dim church is explored by the pains
taking visitor with guide, lamp and
opera glasses. 1t varies from the fin
ished, marble-faced and much deco
rated parts to others that suggest
dusty store rooms in neglected at
tics.
In 1894 the site known as the Gar
den Tomb was purchased for $40, 900
by Church of England people, this
body believing it to be the site of
the entombment. 1t is a beautiful spot
with quantities of fragrant rosemary
wands forever swaying along with the
r~osy-fruited racemes of the pepper
trees. 1t is very near to Gordon's
Calvary, which is best seer from the
entrance to Solomon's quarries;
though just outside the Damascus
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tors from whom l received only tempo
rary relief. / decided to give Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a fair
trial and also the Sanative Wash. Ihave
now used the remedies for four months
and cannot express my thanks for what
they have done for me.
eff these lines will be of any benefit
you have my permission to publish
them. - Mrs. SADIE WILLIAMS, ass
James Street, Elkhart, Indiana.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots andherbs,
contains no narcotic or harmful drugs,
and to-day holds the record of being the
most successful remedy for female ills
we know Of, and thousands of voluntary
testimonials on file in the Pinkham
laboratory at Lynn, Mass, seem to
prove this fact.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia e. Pinkham'S Vegeta.
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to Lydia e. Pinkham MedicineCO.
(cOnfidentiaD Lynn Mass, for adj
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman.
and held in strict confidence.
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Trained.

His Wife, met our maid Anne just
now on the street and she pretended
not to see me.
Her Husband-You ought to point
out to Anna the improperly of such
conduct.
His Wife-But how can 1? You see,
she had another girl with her, and it
was quite evident she didn't want her
friend to know she was working for a
woman who wore a two-dollar-and-a-
half hat.
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CORN CAN BE GROWN
ON CANADIAN PRAIRIES

Manitoba is now commencing to
produce considerable corn, chiefly for
feeding purposes. In some cases,
where the crop can be matured into
the dough stage, silos could be used
and would be a profitable investment.
According to the Farm and Ranch Re-
view, a correspondent visited a field
Of cor in southern Manitoba on Sep
TENDER %. The corn then was IN
touched by frost and it stood on an
average eight and nine feet in height.
The corn had developed into the
dough stage, and the crop would easily
exceed 20 tons to the acre. At many
experimental farms, the same favor
able showing of the corn crop has
manifested itself. At the Brandon ex-
perimental farm this year several va
~rieties, all very good yielders, matured
into good silo corn.
Considering the success with which
corn can be produced, and the advan-
tages to be gained by so producing it,
should not it receive the serious at
tention Of the western agriculturist?
Corn is successfully grown in the
northern part of Minnesota in SINH
lar soil and under the same climatic
condition, and there does not appear
to be any reason why like results
should not be secured in western Can
ada. 1t is the opinion of many Ameri-
can farmers of experience that the
corn belt is extending northward. The
prairie provinces must gradually take
up with mixed farming. More stock
on the farms must be raised, and in
consequence farming must to some
extent be diverted from grain growing
to other necessary crops. If crops
suitable for wintering cattle and espe-
cially dairy stock are to be grown,
why should not corn be one of these
crops? In Ontario and in the United
States we find it forms the main bulky
food for wintering beef and dairy cat
tie. They would not be without this
profitable plant. In fact, since it's in
PRODUCTION almost twice as much stock
can be retained on the same amount
of land, besides considering it's great
value for keeping the land clean.
Some may say that many crops that
a be grown in Ontario and the
States cannot be grown here, but not
so with corn, even now we find scat
tered fields Of corn in Alberta and
Observation-Disclosures
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Easter, the thoughts of the Christian
world, as we'll as the steps of pill
grims, turn Jerusalemward. And of all
the places Of overwhelming interest in
Jerusalem those connected with the
crucifxion and the resurrection are
of the most vital and compelling in
terest. The various sects have shed
blood following their arguments over
sacred matters hereabouts, but, &C
cording to the gui&o-book. the Church
of the Holy Sepulcher covers the ira
ditional spot of both. Reached through
narrow, crooked, non too clean
streets. this church fills the visitor
with mingled emotions. Squatting on
the stone-paved space before the south
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The Reason.

But why does the civilized world
celebrate this, the principal feast of
the Christian era?
First, because the resurrection Of
Jesus Christ from the dead confirmed
the claims of his life; and, second,
because through countless ages that
the world has lasted not a single mes
sage has been brought back to US from
the grave but one-the one that he
brought to US on this day.
When the stone was rolled back
from the sepulchre door and Christ
arose, the world for the first time was
assured of the absolute certainty of
a life beyond the grave.
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why SPRING COLDS
ARE DANGEROUS
If Neglected They Lead to
Serious, Perhaps Fatal
q Results

If you get cold at this time of year
and try to "let it wear off" it fire.
quently develops into a stubborn lung
trouble, which may in turn become
chronic asthma, bronchitis or con-
sumption. 1t is important to remem-
Der that Father Johns Medicine re-
lieves colds because of it's nourishing
bodybuilding elements, which give
strength to the system and enable
each organ to resume it's normal func-
tons. Father Johns Medicine is not
a patent medicine, contains no inju-
rious drugs, but is a pure food medi-
cine, for those who are weak and run
dOWn-AdV
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All to
Jerusalem
Sacred Scenes of Crucihxion
and Resurrection Attract
Pilgrims in Thousands
at Easter Time

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NT1NAaSSNW YPICAL or the pass
ing of winter gloom
hG"NtM and of the coming
TYS EMl of summer splendor,
LGAG AEA that was Easter
MN9A/N from the beginning,
MyXMl INK the very embryo of
WFTSAAAAO nature study, the
spontaneous express
sion of mans delight in the ever joy
full and beautiful annual miracle of the
sprlngtime. "A thousand hills" in YER
dure clad, rare valleys spangled with
wee wildlings, nurtured in natures
endless chain of gardens; vast for
ests putting on robes of spring and
those trees which in their fruition Of
fer feasts to humanity, first holding
out their f1owery offerings to their de-
tiles; f1awless skies with cloudlets by
way of making the blue dome more
radiant-that was the worlds pagan
s~pringtime up to that springtime of
s~pringtimes, that Sunday of Sundays,
which we now celebrate as the chief
festival of the resurrection Of Christ
and of the Christian era.
Easter! glorious Easter! Herald
of natures year, symbol of life eter-
nal! Upon Easter all the Christian
churches the wide world over hold
commemorative services. Millions of
voices are raised in praise; millions
Of heads are bowed in worship.
In the primitive church it was one
of the special days for baptism. The
Latin name of the Octave, or the
following Sunday, Dominicus in albis,
preserves the memory of the custom
of the newly-baptized, wearing their
white robes throughout the entire
Week. Russian Christians, who now
make pilgrimages to the Holy Land,
however poor they may be, and how
ever much they may need the room
for food and extra clothing, carry with
them n precious parcel which con-
tains the white robe for the baptism
In the Jordan, to which they go after
celebrating Easter in Jerusalem. After
this baptism the robe is never put
On again until it serves as a shroud.
Going down to Jericho from Jerusa-
lem and returning two or three COM
panies of pilgrims will be met, thou
sands of them in each group, walking
single file as a rule, though some Of
them ride on donkeys. In the distance
they look like ants winding round and
round the mountain roads, the black
ness of the little line showing all
the clearer from afar, because there
are no other living things, animal or
vegetable, to break the wild and awful
mountainous monotony Of the clayey
and chalky limestone chasms and
precipices. .
However, compelling in interest
other parts of Palestine may be at
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crate calculation, there cannot be less
than so, 00D, 900 eggs used at Easter in
the capital, for, as it is always GUS
tomary at Easter, on greeting an &C.
quaintance, to press an egg into his
hand, many individuals dispose of a
hundred or more. 1t is amusing to
visit the markets and stalls where the
painted eggs are sold. Some are paint
ed in a variety of patterns; some have
verses inscribed on them, but the usual
inscription is the general Easter
greeting, "Christoe goscres," or Eat
and think of me-" etc.
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"whv weenest rhnnn

Wherever grief walks lonely in its
garden, an upward glance again re-
veals him, and there m again the
gentle question, like a soft touch on
the hearts door to invite confession.
Why should any one go uncontrolled?
To every one who grieves or suffers.
the tender Lord stands as close to-
day as he did to Mary on that first
Easter morning. And to one who
really takes the comfort that is Of
fered, there is ever after, no one hour
or day of comfort only. but a year-long
Easter.
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Had Sense of Gratitude.

An old man walked two miles
through the snow in New York city
in order to carry an egg to the head
quarters of one of the charitable or
CARNATIONS. The society had given
him a vacation in the country and a
farmer had given him two pullets on
leaving, SO he had promised the first
egg to the people who had been kind
to him.
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Another superstitlon Smashed.

A weather superstition has been
smashed by an observant New York
farmer. He once heard a friend say,
Well have more rain soon. 1t cleared
off in the night" He wanted to know
what that had to do with it. He was
told that it had a lot to do with it. He
doubted the contention, and agreed to
keep an accurate record. This he did,
and after two and one-half months had
sufficient data to prove that there was
nothing whatever in the superstition.
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Doctors Couldn't Help Her
Georgia Woman Almost GG0e Up IN Despaiy

Mrs. Sabra Burgess. Toccoa. Ga. says:
WE'VE years ago 1 began to suffer from
rheumatic trouble and kidney disease Doc
tors said my system was filed with uric acid
poisoning. The kidney secretionB were scanty
aho TOO frequent in passage and bothered me
greatly at night. Ny back got terribly weak
ano painful and there was a bearing-dOwn
sensation through my loins, As the disease
progressed, severe pains ran from my head
ana neck. down through my shoulders. into
my right side and limb. I tried almost ey-
erythlng, but nothing helped me. even six
months treatment by doctors brought no re-
IeI l was In despair. While in this critical
conoltlon, ! began using Doan's Kidney Pills
ana the relief was miraculous. By the time
l had used six boxes. all the ailments had
,ett me. That happened four years ago and
L haze Dscer suffered since"
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Grows Bio cauliflower.

Houma, LA. c. Viguerie, farmer
from the lower part Of the parish, be-
lieves that he has successfully dem
onstrated that caulilower of large
size and fine flavor can be grown in
this part of the state. He is showing
a sample head that weighed six and a
half pounds when trimmed.
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Glorious Easter Messan.

How it changes the outlook on life,
this Easter message! How differently
we look upon the i~nhumanities of this
life. the u%nfairness, the indignity, the
sorrow of it all. 1t is for such a tiny
part of life! Just the schooling
period! All the evidence shows there
will be a balancing of accounts and a
better state of things for those who
wish for it. on the other side Of the
grave.
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gate, these quarries extend under the
city to a distance of 700 feet. One
authority says that from them enough
marble was taken to build ten cities
the size Of Jerusalem. No wonder mot
a sound was heard" since all the cut
ting was done before the stones were
taken out.
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Easter Cakes.

Hot cross buns, it is claimed, are a
direct descendant of the cakes offered
by the Jewish women to the Queen of
Heaven that SO vexed jeremiah. In
this the Jewesses were simply follow
ing the custom of the Babylonian wo-
men. Cakes and libations have in all
ages been convenient and customary
offering to the deities. The hot cross
bun, then, is the lineal descendant of
the sun-worship cult of Assyria. 1t is
associated with Friday, the day of
.shtar, and Of Venus and Freya, as
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It Is but a further step to dropsy or
Bright's disease.
BE warned by backache, by sediment
lnthe hdneysecretions by painful ,seant
or TOO frequent passages. Curethe weak
ened Kidneys. Use Doan's Kidney Pills
"a medicine made just for weak kid
heys, that has been proved good in years
OF use, IN thousands of cases-the rem
cay that is recommended by grateful
users from coast to coast.
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Woman Police to Protect Women.

Rutherford, N. Following com
plants of insults to women and girls,
Mayor CUM appointed Mrs. Agnes ".
Goetchius, fifty. a marshal with full
police authority.
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Easter Zoo In Rnssia

The Easter egg plays a very impor-
tant part In Russia at this time of the
year. st. Petersburg, lying in a plain,
p%rocures her eggs from a great dis
lance, Moscow, in particular, supply
ing large quantities. On a very mod
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its name suggests. although under
modern influences the day takes on a
Christian aspect and the name Good
Friday. The idea of mourning has
persisted through thirty centuries, and
SO have the cakes.