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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-12
Easter Is
IS Older Than
:. Christianity

~ASTER is much older than
Christianity The very name
u by which we know the day Is
As identical with that OF the an.
Client Saxon goddess Of spring, Easter
or Eostre The Anglo Saxon name TO,
April is Easter month. Taking adva..-
tage OF the coincidence Of the Chris tiar
festival III point Of time with that OF
goddess, the early missionaries gave u
Christian meaning to the observance OF
the day, but it has ever retained its an.
cient name. Easter was at one time
called the Christian passover, because,
the Jewish passover occurs about the
same date, and the curly converts
from Judaism celebrated Easter and
the. passover as one festival
THE primitive Christians, we are
told, when they met GU this day sa.
luted each other with the words.
Christ is arisen to which answer was
made. Christ is arisen. indeed and
hath appeared unto Simon" This
custom is still observed in the Greek
church Indeed" to quote foreign
writer, "all the ceremonies attending
the, observance Of Easter We're at first
exceedingly simple, but In the early
part Of the fourth century a decided
change was brought about
CONSTANTINE. naturally vain and
fond Of parade, signalized his love Of
display by celebrating this festival
with extraordinary pomp: Vigils or
night watches We're instituted on Eas
ter eve, at which people remained in
the churches until midnight, The tn
pers, which it was customary to burn
Mt this time did not satisfy his majes-
ty. but huge pillars of wax were used
instead. and not only in the churches.
but all over the city. We're they placed
SO that their brilliancy at night should
rival the light of day
Easter Sunday was observed with
most elaborate ceremonies, the pope
officiating ut mass, with every impos
ing accessory that could be devised
Not knecling in token Of humility.
but standing erect with arms out
stretched and faces looking to heaven
to express triumphant peace, the early
Christians prayed during the fifty days
between Easter and l'entccOst. and no
songs but those OF Joy and gratitude
were heard. Between Easter and Pen
tetost the time was considered tho
most suspicious in the whole year for
AOvAmaking and marriages. and those
two holy days Were. the best on which
to baptize children
OF all the easter customs. that of
coloring and making presents Of eggs
seems the only distinctive one that has
sfnnnd u place. In our time aud country
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-12
A MESSAGE TO MOTHER.
Il Game With the Passing Of Her Dear.
Iy Beloved Babe.

Il Came With the Passing OF her Oear.
iy Beloved Babe.
1t is time for me to 90. mother: am
going. When in the paling darkness
Of the lonely dawn you stretch out
your arm for your baby In the bed ]
shall say. "Raby IL not thers"-mother
am going.
/ shall become n delicate draft OF
air and caress you. and l shall be rip
pies In the water when you battle and
kiss you and kiss you again.
In the gusty night when the rain
pntters on the Leaves you will hear my
whisper IN your bed. and my laughter
will flash with the lightning through
the open window into your room.
Ii you lie awake. thinking OF your
baby until late IN the night. ! shall
sing to, you from the stars. "Sleep
mother. sleep"
On the straying mOOnbenms shall
steal over your bed and lie upon your
Bosom while you sleep
shall become dream. and through
the little opening Of your eyelids
shall slip into the depths OF your sleep,
and when you wake up and look round
startled like twinkling tirefly. ! shall
tilt out into the darkness.
When on the great festival OF puja
the neighbors' children come and play
about the house | shall melt into the
music OF the flute and throb In your
heart all day.
Dear auntie will come with puja
presents and will ask. Where Is our
baby, sister, Mother, you will tell
her softly, "He 1s In the pupils of my
eyes: he Is in my body and IN my
soul."-From 1.-THE Crescent Moon" by
Rabindranath Tagore.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-12
e. lgla. Inv American Press Associa

1T I bad some fady calico
I'd dye YOU the ntcest egg.
Id sew it round the egg. yol
know"
Continued Grandma Clegg:
"Bnd. as It boiled. each flowel
or spot
Mould print right on tb.
sbcll.
III bunt--perbaps somewber.
I've got
Bits that will do quite we'll.
She found a stray bit Of pretty
pink.
Mitb roeebuds SO quaint and
pri1l.
But as she sewed 1t round /
think
Fer eyes grew rather dim,
But why tbis was she did not
tell.
She boiled the egg awhile.
Chen clipped the cloth and
showed the shell
Rose printed, With a smile.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-12
Warrned-ov Sensation.

The professional fre fighter IL too
frequently face to face with danger
to regard fires in an esthetic light,
but the feelings Of the amateur with
= passion for running with the ma.
chine" occasionally show an epicur>
can flavor. 4
While running TO IRE in q large
town in Massachusetts, one citizen
overlook another who was going In
the same direction.
20 dear!" the last gasped. quite
out of breath. II hope it's not the
stove-lining works; I've seen that
twice alreadyi'-Youth's Companion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-12

is much older than
Christianity. The very name
~ by which we know the day Is
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-10

with 4 kapu sign posted eonspicuc usly
to nctify any stray n0thersin-iaw that
they are not, wanted, is Miss Thorn
Helien's promotion scheme. and II she
is successful in getting 1t carrled out
Judge II. e. Cooper, king Of Palmyra.
will have his reign over that tropical
little island brought to sudden close.
Fer the prima donna OF the Juvenile
Bostcnians believes that Palmyra Is
an ideal site for her Honeymoon Isle :"
She would have it very beautifully
fixed up-a beautiful hotel, q wender-
full garden with long drives, and al
that sort CT rot On this island. as she
plans 1t, no enc would be allowed but
newlyweds who seek 1t as retreat
from all the cruel jests that the world
heaps en- brides and bridegrooms, and
to be cut CT the range OF old shoes
end rice.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-10
NERVOUS DYSPEPSIA.
GAS Or INDIGESTION
Each HPape's Dlapepsin' dleests 5000
grains feed. ending pll stomach &.
t- misery ID i've minutes !. =

f.l1a
Time IT, Pape's Diapepsin will d.
gest anything you eat and overcome a
sour, gassy or out-of-order stomach
surely within five minutes.
II your meals don't fit comfortably,
or what you eat lies like q lump of
lead finsypurSstoIaach,xo s II yon Aave
heartburn. that 10 8 sign Of indiges-
ton.
Get from your pharmacist q fifty
cent case Of Papess Diapepsin and
take dose just as soon as you can.
There will be no sour risings, no
belching of undigested food mixed
with acid. no stomach gas or heart
burn. fullness or heavy Feeling ia the
stomach. nausea, facilitating head
aches. dizziness or Intestinal gripping.
This viii all 60, and, besides, there
will be no sour food left over In the
stomach to poison your breath with
nauseous doors.
Pape's Diapepsin Is a certain cure
for out-of-order stomachs, because it
takes hold OF your food and digests it
Just the same as II your stomach was
mt there.
Relief IN five minutes from all stom-
ach misery Is waiting for you at any
drug store.
These large 50-cent cases contain
enough Pape's Diapepsin" to keep the
entire family free from stomach dis
orders and indigestion for many
months. II belongs in your home
advertisement.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-10
Taxi Service
Phone $500
GREENWICH OBSERVATORY HAS
ITS 239 TIL ANNIVERSARY TODAY

4 To-day all the clocks Of the impor-
!, ing in accordance 10 their distance
from the Greenwich observatory. All
the worlds navfgators are sailing or
steamfng over the seven seas on cours-
es laid by Greenwich observatory. The
people OF the United States are rising
, from their beds. opening the days
business and eating their meals &C.
cordlng TO regulations laid down by
the British astronomers OF King
Charles reign. The world Il marked
off into zones, each one OF which occu.
pies Is degrees of longitude and is
numbered according to its position in
relation to Greenwich. In the United
States four OF these zones exist, the
country having breadth OF IS de-
grees. All the clocks In zone reg.
lister the same hour, according to
regulation adopted In 1888. This reg.
ulatlon was promulgated to overcome
the II different sets of time prevail
ing in the country heretofore. Today
another mighty evolution in naviga-
ton and the universal time system is
In process. II is proposed to use the
wireless telegraph to verify time. III
Is suggested that the United States
Naval Observatory flash its signals OF
the hour to ships at sea so that the
navigator can accurately determ! n
his distance from land by setting his
chronometer. Another scientist sug-
gests that the government radio sta
tiOn at Arlington flash ffa signals RI
Eiffel Tower in Paris in order that
Europe and America can set their
clocks accurately.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-10
IAssncIated Pressl


Two hundred and thirty-nIne years
ago today the foundations we're
laid for the Greenwich Observatory,
which gives the world It's standard
time. A year later II was completed
and approved by King Charles II. It's
erection marked new epoch in the
worlds navigation. Before its estab-
llshment a nayigator's voyage WEE q
haphazard and exceedingly dangerous
undertaking. The astronomical tables
by which the navigator figured his po
sItion in midocean were so cratic at
that time that "a chip headed for the
Virginia Colony in the New World
was just as liable TO land on the coast
Of New England There was no uni
versally accepted first meridian OF
longitude by which the navigator
could sail his course accurately until
the early explorers adopted their own.
The Latin nayigators used the Peak
Of Teneriffe in the Canary Islands
until Richelieu called a scientific con.
gress in Paris in 1880, which decided
upon the island OF Ferro az the first
meridian. This island remained the
guiding mark for the Latin races for.
many generations. The English-speak.
ing races established Greenwich time
and Tsred an. One OF the first acts
OF the first royal astronomer was to-
all the known statistics relat-
ing TO astronomy and to work out a
reliable table FOR mafiners. Then II
began TO set the clocks OF England and
The Colonies
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-10
RULES FOR SHIPS
fssff +
IN CANAL FRAMED

WASHINGTON.-Ru:es and regula-
tons for the operation and navig ton
of the Panama canal are provided for
in an executive order just issued. Gen.
orally these are framed upon the regu-
lations in force in the Suez canal and
the 500, though there are new fea-
lures made necessary by peculiar To-
cal conditions. 800.
One is the limitation of six knots per
hour imposed upon the speed of yes
sells in the Culebra cut, and it is even
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-10
PRiMA DONNA WOULD
GUST KING COOPER.
/, RULER OF PALMYRA

A beautiful tropical island. distant
from the common traffic of business,
an ideal sort Of pace for newlyweds.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-10
JOHN SMITH: No wonder it's up

JOHN SMITH: No wonder it's up
hill work to secure recognition OF
Hawaii in special federal appropria-
tions for education, when such a
journal as Leslie's would give the i'm
preston that Hawaii owes its free
school system to the United States, as
it does in the captain of q picture Of
the graduating class of 1914 of Nc
Kinley high school. saving 1t shows
how the educational advantages con-
ferred upon the Hawaiian Islands by
the United States are being taken ad l
vantage of by all races.H The only
relation the institution mentioned has
to the United States is the statue OF
President Mckinley in front Of it.,
which was erected by local subscrip-
tim 80 - -. - Z
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-10

required that In approaching turns yes
sells shall maintain the lowest speed
that will keep them under Roadway.
In Gatun lake, however, in the, 1000
foot channels, the speed may be as
high as Is knots: in the 800 foot chan
nels, IL knots and in the 500 foot chan
nels, 10 knots,
Everywhere else in the waterway;
in Mirafiores lake and locks, and in
the entrances to the ports, the six
knot rule Erevailes.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-10

you have HOME COMPANY in a
strong position to handle your bust
ness. This means that the money Is
left in the Territory to be invested or
loaned out. ...s..- .s .t.....
There is every reason why we
should do a large business and with
your help build up large Company
We need your business to make q
good showing for the year, and when
placing INSURANCE. remember the
HOME.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-10
WRITES FURTHER To
ATKINSON ONNEW YORK FIGHT

lie opinion has been aroused, Mr.. Har.
vey d. Human of Bingham, an indie
pendent Republican, man who sup
ported Hughes in all his efforts al Al
bany, whose record is fine on all mo-
raj questions in this state, decided to
come out and announced his candidacy
before the Republican primaries with
: straight, anti-Barnes. anti-Murphy
statement. l enclose herewith his
statement as made in the papers this
morning. This, of course, is very
serious blow to the Barnes machine.
1t, of course, means another split in
the Republican party of this state.
also enclose herewith statement
which Colonel Roosevelt has prepared
today--and which viii appear In the
papers tomorrow-in which the Col
onel says that he personally endorses
and will support Mr.. Human, and
hopes the Progressiyes OF the state
will do, likewise" -. ~. . Il.
Mr.. Human has signified his will
primaries. as well as the Republican
primaries, and IL the Pfogressives OF
the state are agreeable to this, l. for
one, believe that he can be elected
governor of the state this fall II
this should come about, it is, Of
course, the end of the Barnes ma
chine in this state and the overthrow
of Mr.. Barnes. It means victory
for the people of this state over both
the Barnes and Murphy machines,
that succeeding, as it would, the vic
tory In this city last fall. would re-
dound very greatly to the credit OF
the Progressive party in this state,
as the people of the state would know
full well the influence that had
brought about the much desired
change. ~, 2 II
Who will be selected to run for
United States senator on our ticket
in the primaries, and Who VIII be
on the Human ticket is, of
course, too early to think about. /
: A great many of our people in this
state at first blush will doubtless feel
that we have amalgamated. that we
have surrendered to the Republicans,
and all that sort of thing. Exactly
the opposite Is the fact. When we
use the word Republican" In this
state, we naturally mean Mr.. Barnes
and his machine, and this IL precisely
what the Human move has beaten in
he preliminary skirmish and, In my
Judgment, will beat In the final skirm-
sh.
We in dependent Republicans were
beaten at Chicago by Mr.. Barnes and ].
lis machine, and we. left the Repub
lean party and organized the Pro-
,ressiye party Mr.. Hfnman and a
lost of other men like him have
ound in this state what we found at
yhicago, namely, that dominant, i'm,
,roper boss-rule exists In this state,
nd new they have split, and are go
az to fight Mr.. Barnes and his ma
hine. Nothing is more natural than
hat we should help them in this kind
( great moral fight ito overthrow
lie invisible government Under Barnes
ile in New York. II we sneceed,
on, of course, realize. the vast and
benefits to the Progress
We party as a whole throughout the
1untry.
i regret that the pressure of my
me is so great that / have to send
III this memorandum In this shape,
1T am sure, as 1t is so important.
lat you would not have me delay It'll
II n~hour.
Best regards, -
Sincerely yours,
GEORGE w. PERKINS. Z
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-10
MARTIN SHERIDAN

"Turedo Is a strong cardwRhme.
I odutse all athletes to stick to
Turedo. HE the one tobacco that
DM help them. keep then, Ia tHna
preoent them from going stale.
Tuxedo Leads-5or none. /"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-10
BRONZE TABLET
KAMEHAMEHA I'll

A project which had its beginning
IN October last year win reach cui-
minaticn next Friday when large
number OF the Daughters Of Hawaii
viii leave Henoluiu for THE Big Island
en- the steamer AiauBa Lea where. ct
Keaub en- North Kona, On the drest sof
a great rock, handsome bronze tab
tetswill be erected to mark the BIRTH.
place Of KamehaIneha III fKaufkeao-
uli. =
ThelqNAnts viii serve as an occasion
for carrying cut spectacular pageant
the plans Of which, 1t was announced
this morning, are practically scolnpiet-
I'd When the Mauna I,oa arrives on
Ikailua at sunrise, the vessel will be
met by q feet Of outrigger canoes,
acting as q convoy to . large. beauti-
fully .decprated double canoe in which
the memorial viii be TRANSPORTED to
the bay sat Keauhou, six miles. down
fi1H coast Arprq1riate ceremonies
viii be conducted by the Daughters
Of Hawaii upon the landing az the
stone. assisted by delegates from all
Hawaiian societies.
The project was first given>impetus
last October whe1. at meeting OF
fbe sla1K iitefss q committee consisting
e Miss Anna Paris. Miss Lucy X. Pea
body. Mrs. Frank Pratt. Mrs. John
Ena and Mrs. r. M. Swanzy was APP
pointed to look into the matter. The
committee shortly after visited Keau.
hou and selected site for the memo-
rial tablet Tradition has It that Ka-
mehomeha III was born March IL,
1914
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-10
HOME INSURANCE COMPANY OF
HAWAII. LTD.

was born just THREE YEARS AGO.
without a dollar for organization or
promotion expenses. This company
was conceived and dedicated by its
founders to a course of business prac-
tice possible only to institutions which
place name above other considera-
tons. Backed by strong resources
and strong BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-10
aRIsekie" e Promoted.

0IsCNte % promoted.
"Blaclkie" Of the Oceanic line, Off.
cially known as G. w. Black, mem
Der CT the stewards staff, has receiy-
ed merited promotion from second in
charge In the Sonoma to chief stew.
ard In the liner Ventura that reached
Honolulu from the coast this morning.
"Blackie," who numbers his friends
around the Pacific by the hundreds,
has st1cceeded Chief Steward Con.
guest, who was recently placed in
charge Of the purser's Office In the 81.
ezra. The new chief steward was to.
day the recipient Of much congratula.
ton from Honolulu shipping circles.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-07-31

ton a republican is billed for a short
shift. However, there is no kick on
that score, as civil service is more
honored in the breach than the OBJ
servance." anyhow. Mr.. Mckeehan
takes his canning philosophically. and
is now an avowed candidate for audi
tor of Stevens county. The writer
has been informed that as a private
citizen Mr.. McKeehan is a most active
and enthusiastic worker for civic bet
terment, and is prominent in advocat-
ing and supporting the most modern
and progressive measures for the i'm
provement of his rome town. He is
capable, energetic insistant and wide
awake, a man of exceptional executive
and clerical ability, and should he be
elected auditor he will fill that Office
in a manner never before equalled in
Stevens county, and they have had
some bright men in that department
of the court house at Colville during
the past 30 years
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-07-31
VI. Z. SERVICES

Services in the Methodist Episcopal
church next Sunday-The morning
Sunday school at 10; all are expected
to be present. The morning subject,
Winning Souls" The Epworth Lea
que at I. The topics are of special
interest and all that can should be
present to enjoy them and the meet
ing. The evening subject, The Pur-
pose OF & Great Life" Beginning
next Monday evening we will hold a
series of meetings The Rev. John H.
Dill, of Conconully, will be here to
conduct the meetings. He is a live
wire and you will enjoy hearing him
eXpound the way of life. You are
cordially invited to come and bring
a friend with you and enjoy all of
these meetings.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-07-31
IMPORTANT TO SHIPPERS
Phoenix, B. c., July q, 1914

Phoenix, B. c., July q, 1914.
Oroyille Gazette,
Oroville, Washington.
Dear Sirs. Since the OrovilleWenat-
chez cut OF line has formally opened
t.p. that territory will be looking up
this way TO b. c. as a market for their
farm produce. For information pur-
poses | have compiled list of customs
duties rates on farm produce coming
into Canada, which | am sending to
the various towns along the branch,
in order that shippers will know be-
fore quoting prices the amount of duty
their product will bear.
The writer was train agent on the
branch for a few months last winter,
and | have great confidence in thai
country and would be very glad to be
instrumental in helping the people to
extend their markets. Your own town
Oroville. certainly has great future
ahead of her and that new line is one
more spoke in the wheel, of which
OrOville is the hub.
Yours truly,
J. V. INGRAM
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-07-31
COMMUNICATED

To the Editor of the Gazette:
The article appearing in your paper
last issue regarding the public library
is upon a subject that should interest
every citizen of Oroville. For the es-
Establishment and successful mainten-
ance of public library is a laudable
and elevating enterprise in which all,
irrespective of religious creed, or par
tisan or factional affiliations, can and
should work for the common good
But, although Oroville has succeeded
in establishing small library through
the efforts of few friends of the en-
terprise, yet before the public and bus
mess men of the town should be asked
to contribute to the erection of build
ing, the library enterprise should be
properly organized so as to give it a
legal existence. We understand the
law of the state provides for the in
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-07-31
Rates of Duty Collected by Canadian
Government on Farm Produce

Live hogs, l lie per pound; fresh
meats, Sc per pound; poultry, live or
dressed, zoe per cent; preserved
meats, 2c per pound; eggs, &c per
dozen; cheese, &c per pound; butter,
SC per pound: oats, 10c per pound;
wheat 12c per pound; hay or straw,
50 per ton; potatoes, zoe per bushel of
co pounds; tomatoes and vegetables.
sc per cent; apples, 40c per bushel of
$50 pounds, usually charged 13c per
standard box; berries, &c per pound ;
pears, ounces, apricots and nectar
ines, SOC FER cwt.; melons and cantel-
opes, &c each; peaches. including
weight of package, 1c per pound; hon
ey, &c per pound.
In addition to this there is in most
every case a customs brokers' fee for
passing goods at customs house. This
amounts to % cents per consignment
on express shipments and 80 cents per
consignment on freight shipments.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-07-31
OFF THE FORCE

Fred B. Mckeehan spent Sunday in
Oroville. Up to the first of the month
Nc was at the head of the United
States immigration inspection depart
ment along the Canadian border, with
headquarters at Marcus, and the best
known and most popular official in the
service. Nc has severed his connec-
ton with the immigration department
or has been ruthlessly severed from
it. He insisted upon being a republic
can, and under the present administra.