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The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-04-07
CONCERNING EASTER EGGS.
What They Symbolic In Various
Countries--Blessed In Italy.

What They Symbolic In Various
countries--BIessed In Italy.
There are many superstitions in con-
neetion with Easter. and each country
has custom of celebrating it peculiar
to itself; but, while each varies, they
all unite to observe the spirit of spring
time, and all Christians rejoice that
the Lord Of life forever won victory
over death. Among the many quaint
superstitions is the old Aryan one
which typifies the return of the sun
of springtime by golden egg-eggs
being distributed at the early equinox
by priests to strengthen the hopes of
the people that the bleak. cold days of
winter might soon cease and a bright
er time ensue.
The Persians believed that the earth
was Matched from an immense egg on
Easter morning. The Aryans also be-
lieved the sun to be a large golden
egg which was constantly rolling near
er to the earth.
With the Jews, says the Delineator,
the egg became a type of their rescue
from the land of bondage, and in their
feast of the passover eggs occupied a
conspicuous place in the services. 1t
was their connection with the latter
that finally caused them to be used by
Christians the world over in celebrat-
ing Easter-the egg of resurrection
into new life-bringing a message of
life from death, as it were.
The Tyrolese Easter eggs are similar
to our valentines, for, besides being
most beautifully tinted, they have in
unique lettering notices representing
appropriate wishes for the recipients.
The priests of Italy bless all eggs
brought to service on Easter morning
and each person carries his back home,
where they are placed on kind Of al
tar arranged for the purpose, surround
ed by lighted candles and often flow
ers. Then the members of the family
and any guests abiding with them eat
these holy eggs as a safeguard against
disease and danger. They are hard
boiled before they are taken to the
church.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-04-07

facing each other, one twitching I'M
certainly, the other palely rigid; and
at one side, held screenwise, a raised
umbrella. In some ghostly way he
could see right through the latter
see the Doctors hand gripping the
handle, his own, outstretched beyond
it's edge, holding handkerchief ready
to fiutter down. A silly subterfuge
those umbrellas, but there must be no
actual witnesses to the final act Of q
"gentlemen's meeting! A silly code
the whole Of it, now happily out
grown! The scene blurred into a sim
gle figure budding down-huddling
down
Which did she lover" The major
shook his head helplessly. It was.
after all, only the echo, become all
at once audible on a shallow woman's
lips, Of a question that had always
haunted him. It had first come to him
on the heels Of that duel, when he
had stood, somewhat later that hate
full morning, holding a saddled horse
before the big pillared porch. 1t had
whispered itself then from every NOV
ing leaf. "Sassoon or Vahant?" If
she had loved Sassoon, Of what use the
letter Valiant was so long penning in
the library? Buff it were Valiant
she loved? The man who, having
sworn not to lift his hand against the
other, had broken his sacred word to
heri Who had stained the unwritten
code by facing an opponent maddened
with liquori Yet, what was there a
woman might not condone in the one
man? Would she read, forgive and
send for him?
The major laughed out suddenly,
harshly, in the quiet room, and looked
down as if he expected to see that
letter still lying in his hand. But the
laugh could not still regular pulsing
sound that was In his ears-elfin like
the voices, but as distinct-the sound
Of horses hoofs going from Damory
Court.
He had heard those hoof-beats echo
in his brain for thirty years!
(TO BE CONT1NUED.)
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-04-07
PASSOVER AND EASTER.
Why It Is That They Do Not Always
Correspond

Why 1t Is That They Do Not Always
Correspond.
Since the events of holy week and
the resurrection took place during the
Jewish passover it seems strange that
the celebration in the synagogues and
in Christian churches should not al
ways be at the same time. Some years
the times coincide. but they are often
a week apart The explanation is that
the Jewish calendar, which dates from
the creation of the world. is regulated
by the rabbis. Their system is based
on the lunar month, which is often
nearly two days shorter than the
month of the Christian calendar. Cor
rections are made, but instead Of
day such as is added in leap year
month is added, so that some Jewish
years consist of thirteen months. AS
Easter always falls on the first Sun
day following the full moon next after
March 21, this additional month in
certain years causes a variation be-
tween the passover and the Christian
festival.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-04-07

fenced them, but the sound of his own
voice. as though it had been a pre-
concerted signal, drew together hun
dred inchoate images of other days.
There was the well-ordered garden of
Damory Court--it rose UP. gloomy
with night shadows, across his great
clothes-press against the wall-with
himself sitting On a rustic-bench
smoking and behind him the candle
lighted library window with Beauty
Valiant pacing up and down, waiting
for daylight. There was a sun
lighted stretch between two hemlocks,
with Southal and he measuring the
ground-the grass all dewy sparkles
and an early robin lettering on a
thorn-bush. Eight - nine - ten he
caught himself counting the PAGES.
He wiped his forehead. Between
the hemlocks now were two figures
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-04-07
CHAPTER XII.
The Echo


When the major entered his ROOM
Jereboam, his ancient body-servant,
was dawd1ing about putting things to
rights, his scanned visage under his
white wool suggesting a charred
stump beneath a crisp powdering Of
snow. "Jedge Chalmahs done telly-
foam ter ak yo' ovah ter Glahden Hall
ter suppah ter-night, suh," he said.
Tell him not tonight, Jerry" said
the other YEARLY. Some other time"
The old darby ruminated as he
plodded down to the Doctors tele-
phone whit de mattah now? He
got dat ar way-off- yondah look ergen."
He shook his head forebodingly.
/. The major had, indeed, faraway
look as he sat there, heavy lonely
figure, that bright morning. It had
slipped to his face with the news Of
the arrival at Damory Court. He told
himself that he felt queer.
Suddenly he seemed to hear elf1n
voices close to his ear:
Which was it she loved? Valiant
or Sassoon?"
It was so distinct that he started,
vexed and disturbed. Really, it was
absurd. He would be seeing things
next! "Southall may be right about
that exercise" he muttered; "I'll walk
more" He began the projected re-
form without delay, striding up and
down, the room. But the little voices
presently sounded again, shouting like
gnomes inside hill:
Which was it? Valiant or Sas-
soon?"
Il wish to God l knewi" said the
major roughly. standing still. It ST
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-04-07
EASTER fEsTlvITY.

Something new" is the key
note of Easter.
Each guest must bring some
thing new.
1t matters not what the new
thing may be.
The originality and fertile
brain of the guest decide the
problem.
Each endeavors to secure some
thing unknown to the rest of
the party.
One may describe a new in
vention; another tells about a
new dish.
New styles of hairdressing may
be displayed; a new book may be
discussed.
Some will choose to wear novel
articles of dress; others will con-
coct new jokes.
New games, new tricks, new
music. new Rotations, are all
included in the program.
The idea may be happily utiliz-
ed by arranging that the 'some-
thing new" shall be represented
by each guest (by pantomime or
otherwise), the others to guess
what is the new thing that is
represented.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-04-07
A Whole Week of Easter.

The Easter fetes of the ancient
church lasted through Easter week.
but after the eleventh century they
were limited to three days and later
still to two. While they lasted the
courts of justice were closed and slaves
were manumitted.
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CHAPTER T-s Valiant. a rich So
Giety favorite, suddenIy discovers that the
founded and which was the nrincinaI
source OF his wealth. has failed.
CHAPTER II-He voluntarily turns
over his private fortune to the receitta ar
for the corporation.
CHAPTER III-His ent,ra ra,.,,,,
possessions consist of an old motor nar
white bull dog and Damoryt court a
neglected estate in Virginia.
CHAPTER Iv--He learns that tb,s a.-
cate came into the family by rovaj grant
and has been in the possession of the
Valiants ever since.
CHAPTER Won the way to Damorv
court he meets Shirley cambridge an an
o. ouTn l,L- t beauty, and decides that he
CHAPTER Wan old negro tells Shir-
ley's fortune and predicts great trouble
Tor her on account of a man.
CHAPTER vII-Uncle Jefferson. an old
negro takes Valiant to Damory court.
CHAPTER vIII-shirley's mother. Mrs
cambridge and Major Bristow exchange
That the major, Valiant's father, and a
man named Sassoon were rivals for tIe
band OF Mrs, cambridge in her youth.
Sassoon and Valiant fought a duel on her
account In which the former was killed
CHAPTER IX-valiant finds Damorv
court oVergrown with weeds and creep
ers and the buildings in very much
neglected condition. Uncle Jefferson and
ms wife. Aunt Daphne. are engaged as
servants.
CHAPTER X-Valiant explores his an
Sestral home. he is surprised by fox
hunting party which invades his estate
He recognizes Shirley at the head of the
party.
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SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER TAsS'S- Valiant. a f1ch M.
Giety favorite suddenIy discovers that the
valiant corporation, which his father
source of his wealth. has failed.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-04-07

CHAPTER Hills entire rar,.i,,,.
possessions consist of an old motor car
white bull dog and Damory9 court a
neglected estate In Virginia
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-04-07

CHAPTER II-He voluntarily turns
over his private fortune to the receiver
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-04-07

CHAPTER IV-He learns that tb,a -
tate came into the family by royal grant
Valiants ever since W ZIG
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-04-07

CHAPTER Won the wav n O.rro-,,
court he meets Shirley Dandridge. an an
ourn-haired beauty, and decides that he
Is going to like Virginia immensely.
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CHAPTER Wan old negro tells Shir-
Tor her on account of a man.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-01
Daddy; sBedtirne
~ The Little White
Footed Mouse Gets
Into Trouble.

vELYN had always been fond of little mice. She thought they were
SO cunning and had such appealing little ways. So daddy thought it
would be q good plan to tell the children a little mouse story for a
change.
I'm going to tell you this evening" began daddy, "abOut the little mice
who have white fest"
White feet?" cried both the children at once.
Are they only found in zoos?" asked Evelyn. o.
"Oh, no." said daddy; Indeed, no! They ar very active and are not at all
as they have a little place to dance on. The white footed mice arr very fond
Will take the deserted nest OF some bird and Ak it up a little bit and then live
In It They always pick out a nest though, that is in a bush.
THE family of white footed mice that I'm going to tell you about were
very happy, and there vas little mouse who wa the pet Of all.
One day. though, a sad mishap befel him. His sisters and brothers had
gone OF food hunting. AS he had a cold he stayed home. Toward noon it
was warm ana sunny, and the little mouse thought he'd take a nice walk.
$50 he got out Of his comfy nest and started Of. But OIL his walk he got
into a swamp. When he saw he was o. swampy ground he tried to get of it
quickly, but a each step hd Sc. further and further into II. He did not
get in 90 deeply that it was dangerous at any time, but he got in deeply
enough o get his beautiful white feet all dirty and muddy.
He was heartbroken to see his feet sc muddy, for the white footed mice
greatly admire their own feet
He reached home before his family did and tried to get the mud of.
Il was making his feet look nice and clean again when his family came
home They found him scrubbing his feet and they asked him how he had
managed to get them sc muddy. SO then he told them about his walk and
how he got into a swamp.
"Of course they didn't mind s long al he hadn't caught any more cold,
and they thought 1t vas quite a joke. He took the joke we'll and laughed
with them.
After his feet were white more his brothers and sisters felt quite
disappointed, for they had had such fun in calling him Little Black Foot
And N mad thought 1t was a very funny name to be called too!
He told his family though, that he thought he would not e o any more
walks alone 10 his feet didn't seen to know where to take him"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-01
Russians Look Like ENGLISH

H. CT. Wells. in an article IN Harp
er's Weekly in which he discusses the
racial characteristics of the English
and Russians, says:
Russians certainly look more like
Englishmen than any other people
have ever been among. They not
only look like E~nglishmen, but they
move like Englishmen, they hold their
hands and arms, and sit in chairs like
Englishmen, and their disposition in
costume is English. And the Russian
women are English, too, with a kind
Of natural freshness and an inatten-
ton to smartness that contracts vi
wildly with the French or American
women They are far more English
than American in style and carriage
and information. You can tell whether
people talking in the next room are
English or American, but not whether
they are English or Russian. Coming
to Russia as 1 did by way of Berlin
this similarity of Russian and English
was the more striking. In Berlin one
could distinguish English people 80
yards off. In Russia they are indis-
tinguiShable."
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-01
Trouble Yielded
10 This Medicine

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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-01
The New Norway
Spirit in 1914

men tackled the British Lion as If
she were an equal. English cruisers
blockaded every port, n Norway
could get no grain from Denmark.
Further the crops failed, and the last
vestige Of prosperity was swept away
when a national bankruptcy occurred.
This seemed a most opportune time to
end the life of Norway as an indie
pendent nation, and January 14th, at
Kiel, The Land of the Midnight Sun
was handed over to Sweden by the
King of Denmark! And in the midst
of all this, as if nothing had happen
ed, Norway established her own uni
versity. in 1911, and three years later,
shortly after the treaty Of Kiel, repre-
sentatives from all over Norway met
and calmly put together the most
democratic constitution n monarchy
has ever had. That meant Var with
Sweden, but badly equipped and
worse fed, the soldiers of Norway
drove the Swedes across the borders
when they tried to take Norway by
force Of arms. Fortunately this war
lasted only a fortnight. So impressed
was Carl Johan, Crown Prince of
Sweden. with the valor and the deter
mination of Norway hat he advised
Carl XIII, King Of Sweden, to listen
to the demands Of Norway. And so
~ AAupEShCN Nhol Tx SODSLllultOHR
made at Eidsvold by free and patriotic
Norwegian representatives, became
the foundation for the Norway that
had been, and the Norway that was
again to be, free. independent, in
Invisible, i~nalienable, united with
Sweden under n king" The union,
then, was brought about, not by the
treaty Of Kiel, but by mutual agree
ment between the kingdoms concern
cd 11pnn &ho p cfe nf Ny0AxEyn,8. ~-rA
constitution.
So here is the answer to the ques-
ton as to what Norway is really
celebrating. 1t is the New Birth Of
Freedom, through the constitution
made at Eidsvold, and proclaimed
May 18th, 1914. ......
But it is the economic development
OF the country during the past twenty
years which is giving the real impetus
to the centennial celebration. The
White Sails of Norway have given
place to the White Coal in the tre-
mendous water power which Norway
possesses. and these in turn, harness
ed to Saltpeter plants, carbide manu-
featuring works, paper and timber
mills, are changing Norway from the
land Of fishermen, small mountain
farmers, slow and trying means of
communications and equally tedious
and wasteful manufacturing process
ses, to the land of giant industries;
quick communications, scientific
manufacturing plants. Already more
than n million and a half of horse
power has been developed, but mill
lions more remain untouched. There
is enough water power. in Norway to
run every wheel of industry of Eu-
rope, and it is being put under con-
troll as quickly and as effectively as
genius n science can doeit.
What public and private industry
has accomplished during the past 100
years this the exposition will show.
Nor could a better time have been
chosen. Prosperity abounds, trade Is
fiourishing, navigation, agriculture,
art, ~scienct, everything testiies that
tbs MaW NorRaY is no mar an anantx.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-01
FRIDAY, A I, 1914.
GOOD BUSINESS.

One Of the chief aims Of the Farm
Gers Grain Dealers association Of North
Dakota Is to i~naugurate businesslike
methods in handling the affairs of the
various local elevators. A day or two
ago The Forum published the account
OF q farmers elevator that had to close
down because it had beer so poorly
managed that the farmers were los-
ing money.
This 10 q serious and very vital
problem in running farmers elevators.
There must be system in running the
yaffairs Of elevators or old man trouble
as bound 10 make his appearance on
1.-THE Job.
L Yesterday The Forum published an
sether news item ABOUT Il farmers
~F0leVator. This time however, instead
fof ehronieiing a disastrous venture. 1t
kWas the pleasant duty of The Forum
Fe publish resolutions of appreciation,
epaased by the Lankin Farmers Ele-
Rator Co.. thanking a Fargo account
ing firm for y new system Of account
Ing that the Fargo firm has installed
TOR the Lankin company.
The North Dakota railroad commits
halon ts urging that accounting sys-
tens be adopted by every farmers
h~elevator In the state. and it was
fthrough the commissions recommen-
edation that the Lanktn ompany made
the installation. The farmers should
safeguard their interests by adopting
such systems.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-01
Remedy Used By
Three Generations
Mothers Who Took it When ChildreI
Now Giving it to Their
Children,

There must be genuine merit to an
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generations of users.
In the field of medicine none has had
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use in families is constantly becoming
more general. The reason, primarily,
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1t does not make exaggerated claims
nor use coarse language to set forth
its virtues
1t Is a medicine, but so mild and gen.
tie a medicine that thousands of moth
ers give it to tiny infants, and yet, in
a slightly larger dose, it is equally eff
feCtiVe for grown-ups. 1t is for any
disorder of the stomach, liver or bow
els, for constipation no matter how
chronic, for dyspepsia no matter how
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Thousands Of families throughout
the country are never without Syrup
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