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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-03-26
CASTERS MESSAGE.
Il Teaches Us to Rise Anew From Our
Selfishness and Sin.

IL Teaches Us to Rise Anew From Our
Selfishness and Sin.
This, to my mind, is the message of
the Eastertide:
We may interpret the resurrection In
dozen different ways; we may be-
lieve or not believe that this miracle
took place as reported in the gospels.
But that Jesus was never slain by the
soldiers Of Pontius Plate, but lived
to rally his disciples after the agony
and terror of Golgotha, to capture Paul
and lead him over stormy seas and
desert wastes for the preaching of his
word, to call 1.-THE glorious company Of
the apostles, the goodly fellowship Of
the prophets, the noble army of the
martyrs" in all ages and places into
the service of his kingdom; to speak
to us today as he has spoken of old
time unto the fathers" and to ''chal-
lenge us to live and die for him and
his great cause of righteousness"-ali
this is as certain as that his body was
nailed to the cross of Calvary. After
the crucifixion, as before, Jesus was
alive. He has been alive in every age,
even the darkest, that has succeeded
upon the hour of this mortal agony.
and he is alive today more truly and
wonderfully than he has ever been be-
fore in human history. OF this we can
be sure,
But what about ourselves? Are we
also alive-alive as the eleven were
alive when they reassembled in Jeru-
salem and gave themselves anew to
the kingdom Of God on earth? Have
we arisen from our selfishness, cow
ardice and sin to meet the risen Christ
and pledge our hearts to his, or are we
dead, as dead as Judas when the first
Easter dawned upon the world? This
is the question which this latest Easter
puts to us. 1t is not so much the res
direction Of Jesus as Of ourselves
which need concern us.-Rev.. John
Haynes Holmes, New York City.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-03-26
DANCING IN CHURCH.
Forms a Part Of the Easter Services
In the Cathedral Of Seville.

W tu0 NdtueQFaI OF o0viII0s
This cathedral at Seville has the dis
tinction of being the only church in
Christendom where dancing forms any
part of any ceremony or service. Here
dance called the Dance of the
Seises," is performed before the high
altar during holy week. 1t is in imita.
ton Of the dance of the Israelites be-
fore the Ark of the Covenant, and even
in Spain is of very ancient origin. I'm
agine the cathedral on such an occa-
sion crowded with people, seated and
standing. In front Of all the others are
several rows of priests and church dig
nitaries, all in gorgeous vestments,
who inclose fair sized open place
before the high altar. A piece of car
pet covers the marble floor. on either
side of which stands row of boys from
eight to twelve years of age. dressed
like Spanish gentlemen Of the middle
ages, with white stockings and large
plume in the hat. At signal from a
priest the soft music of violins breaks
the profound silence of the church and
the boys proceed to execute several
pretty and graceful figures. Later they
join in gentle and harmonious song,
which in the obscurity Of the vast ca
thedral sounds like choir of angels,
and finally they accompany dance and
song with their castanets.
Two centuries and over ago an arch
bishop of Seville desired to put an end
to this ceremony, thinking it unbe-
coming the church and the Master in
heaven. But the people Of Seville
thought otherwise and were deter
mined not to give it up without strug-
gle. The case was finally appealed to
Rome. The pope of that day, think
ing to appease the people of Seville and
at the same time put an end to the
dancing, gave his permission for the
ceremony to be continued on condition
that the dance should be given up as
soon as the suits, which the boys then
had, were worn out. What resulted?
The suits have never been worn out
From time to time they have been
skillfully repaired with a piece here
and piece there, and now, after two
centuries, the suits are still as good as
new, and the dance is still given.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-03-26
EASTER--A PROMISE KEPT.
ST. Hmbrose.

Easter Is promise fulfilled. 1t
stands pre-eminent as a season Of re-
newed hope, endowed with a stupen-
dous significance to Christian people,
symbolizing an open door to immOr-
tality through which mankind catches
glimpses Of life eternal.
Through ages of doubt and idolatry
the people looked for coming Saviour,
and even through the agony of the
crucif1xion Jesus promise to his fol-
lowers permeated the darkness, illu-
minating the gloom with the hope of
his resurrection.
Back through the vista of time: The
betrayal of Jesus. The crucifixion.
Darkness wells the face of the earth.
The burial of Jesus. The stone rolled
back from the sepulcher. The resur-
rection. Angelic sentinels stand guard
at the deserted tomb Of the risen Lord.
Mary Magdalene seeking the Lord.
Christ's admonition and divine assur-
ance, Fear not" Calvary interpreted.
Death TRANSPORTED. Life eternal.
Christ triumphant.
Winter, with her hoarfrOst and bit
ing winds, throws off her icy mantle,
and nature substitutes brighter garb
of vivid green, and the celebration of
the resurrection of our Lord is ushered
in by the gladness of spring.
Joy, joy, joy; come, come, come; re-
sound the melodious voices from the
sonorous threats of the church bells.
The hospitable church door stands in
willingly open to admit the motley
throng, vending its ways to the sane
tuary, from whose bedecked interior
the queenly lily and stately palm nod
a welcome to all. The atmosphere pull
safes with rejuvenated hope.
The organ throbs with joy and thun
ders forth her welcome to all in a glad
anthem of triumph. The subtle per
fume of fora envelops all in com
memoration of Christ's glorious resur-
rection, while worshipers join with
the celestial host in a triumphant
chorus "Christ is risen! Hallelujah!
Hallelujah! Christ is risen"-Carrie
Adele Van Wickle.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-03-26
Easter.

Ring loud and clear your bells for
Easter time,
Now quick, now slow;
From sea to sea catch up the happy A
chime;
Bring all the flowers that blow
For wreath and crown an offering pure
and sweet
Christie rising morn to greet.
Ring long and deep your bells for suf-
fering borne
With patient grace;
Bring purple pansies, leoIors that are
worn
Best with a sorrowing face,
And weave with pine and cypress and
young moss
The embIematie cross.
Ring soft and slow your bells tender
kneII
And softly weep;
Bring amaranth and stainless asphodsI
In memory Of that sleep
Which wrapped the world in three
days ashen gloom
While no was in the tomb.
Ring, ring your bells across the happy
land
This Easter morn!
Christ sits in heaven at the Fathers
hand.
Bring blossoms to adorn
A conquered death, whose victim has
arisen,
A grave which is no prison.
Juliet Marsh lsham in New York
Times.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-03-26
RESTRICTIONS SIGN.

It is told of the great Teacher that
he was approached and told that if he
would but manifest sign to prove his
divine origin he would be accepted. He
replied that II the signs and miracles
which were in evidence all around
were not sufficient no others would be
given.
1t would seem that then, even as now.
man in his egotism demanded more
proof Of a self evident fact. Today our
scientists are trying to explain the
phenomena which surround us, and
the more they try the more do they
demonstrate their own gross ignorance
to every one but themselves. We boast
that we are the masters Of electricity.
yet no two Of even the most advanced
of our scientists are agreed as to the
nature, origin or final destination of
our so called servant.
We build structures which we fondly
believe will endure for all time, and
we boast that we have studied and
mastered the natural laws, so that we
can defy nature herself, and in that
moment nature stirs, takes an extra
long breath, and these mighty build
ings crumble into dust, and mans
works disappear from the face Of the
earth.
1t is well that we should have days
like this of Easter to check us for even
a moment in our headlong course in
pursuit of the more sordid things of
life. Such days are in the nature of
resting places where we can refresh
ourselves with the purer, clearer air of
better things and gain strength. hope
and new life from the realization that
there is something more in life besides
the sordid daily routine, the struggle
for the few dollars which are essential
to the continuance of the inestimable
privilege Of toiling and sweating from
one day to another.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-03-26
A LEGEND OF EASTER.

The story runs that when Adam
felt death approach he called his son
Seth to his side and .bade him ask the
archangel. the keeper of the garden,
for balsam that should save him
from death
1.-THE time Of pardon is not yet come"
said the archangeL -Four thousand
years must pass. But as token that
his future pardon is assured the wood
wherein redemption shall be won shall
grow from Adams tomb"
He then gave three seeds to Seth
and bade him place them in his ia.
theirs mouth when he died. Adam died
three days later. Seth obeyed the d.
rections of the archangel. and the place
Of his fathers sepuIcher was Golgotha,
where in course of time three trees
grew from the seeds. One was cedar,
another a cypress and the third a pine.
1t was with bough from one of these
trees that Moses performed his mira
cles in Egypt, brought water out of
the rock and healed those whom the
CSAp CbaS hhu pICLcu LII Lie WllueIHeSS.
After time the three trees incorpo-
rated themselves with each other and
became single tree, beneath which
David sat when he bewailed his sins
In the days of Solomon the tree had
become the finest of all trees, so was
cut down to assist in the building of
the temple. But magic seemed to have
taken possession of the wood, for
nothing which it was wanted to serve
for would answer until at last Solo,
mon cast the tree over Cedron SO that
all might trample on 1t as they crossed
the brook.
There 1t was discovered by the queen
of Sheba, and she, recognizing its vir-
tue, had it raised. 1t was then buried,
but the spot where it lay became the
pool of Bethesda and healed all the
sick who focked to it. When the time
Of the crucifixiOn drew near the beam
Of wood rose to the surface and was
brought out of the water, and when
the executioners sought for beam for
the cross they discovered this and
found that it fitted their purpose. SO
the prophecy was fulfilled.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-03-26
Easter influence In Greece.

The influence of the church is strong
ly felt by the common people of Greece
They keep its long fasts religiously
and for fifty days before Easter eat
neither meat. fish, butter nor eggs, but
live on figs, olives, bread and wine.
On the Friday before Easter funeral
services are held for Christ in all the
churches, and at the close of the serv-
ices the congregations go out to bury
him. Brass bands play slow music as,
at military funerals, and the process
sion carries black banners, crosses and
other emblems of mourning, while
great multitudes follow bearing can
dies
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-03-26
VICTOR HUGO'S EASTER
HOPE.

I feel in myself the future
life. I am like a forest once
cut down-the new shoots are
stronger and livelier than
ever. I am rising, I know,
toward the sky. The sun
shine is on my head. The
earth gives me it's generous
sap, but heaven lights me
with reflection of unknown
worlds.
You say the soul is nothing
but the resultant of the bodily
powers. Why, then, is my
soul more luminous when my
bodily powers beg in to fail
Winter is on my head, but
eternal spring is in my heart.
There l breathe at this hour
the fragrance of the lilacs, the
violets and the roses as at
twenty years.
When I go down to the grave
I can say, like so many others,
ssI have finished my days
work" But 1 cannot say, 81
have finished my life" My
days work will begin the next
morning. The tomb is not a
blind alley; it is a thorough
fare. It closes on the twilight;
it opens, with the dawn.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-03-26

stepped peas fried in butter. with pep
per and salt. and eaten on midlent or
mothering Sunday. as the fourth Sun
day In Lent is sometimes called. Palm
Sunday Immediately precedes Passion
week and is so called from the
branches of palm trees strewn in our
Saviours path at the time of his tri-
umphal entry into Jerusalem.
Pasch eggs are Easter eggs boiled so
hard that you can play at ball with
them, dyed with various colors and
often having inscriptions or land
scapes traced upon them.
Easter eggs symbolic the resurrec-
ton. AS one old writer says, "As the
bird imprisoned within the shell comes
TO life and liberty at the appointed
time, so did our Saviour on Easter
morning burst the gates of the grave"
The eggs were at first dyed scarlet, in
memory Of the blood Of Christ shed
upon the cross.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-03-26
In the Tvrol.

In the Tyrol the Easter festival is
one of great ceremony. During the
Easter holidays bands of musicians
visit every valley, singing beautiful
hymns to the accompaniment of their
instruments as they pass along, men,
women and children joining in the
chorus, bearing lighted torches Of pine
wood
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-03-26
Easter In
Various Lands

~ N nearly all Christian countries the
recurrence of Easter has been
celebrated with various ceremO-
MES and popular sports and OBJ
servances.
In the Netherlands, or Holland, a
country famed for its flowers, especial
~ tulips, blossoms play large part in
the days celebration. For days before
the holiday the Dutch canals bear on
their placid surfaces many barges
laden high with fragrant and snowy
masses of bloom.
Some of the Easter customs in the
various countries are curious indeed.
In the north of England you may still
hear the old rime:
It'd, mid and misera,
CARING, palm and Pasch egg day.
The first line refers to Christmas, the
Epiphany and Lent. Carvings are
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-03-26
Easter Day,

The brook has found it's voice again,
The lark has found the blue.
The crocus bud has found the SUM-
The sun has found the dew,
The butterfly has found the light
The grass the green Of May,
And Christians all find joyous life
On holy Easter day
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-03-26
The Easter Text.

Jesus said unto her: am the resur-
reetion and the life. He that believeth
in me. though he were dead, yet shall
he live. and whosoever liveth and be-
lleveth in me shall never die-St. John
XII, %, &c
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-03-26
whv the LiIv Means Easter.

The lily is typical of Easter because
Of it's wilderness and personiication Of
purity. In its natural state it blooms
about Easter time in France, its native
home
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-03-26
MATURE herself gives to
~ humanity her choicest
treasures when she

IE0dSurO6 Wu0u SIG
clothes the world with grass
and flowers at Eastertide.
This awakening brings q
promise of beauty to last for
many months. All mankind
halls with joy the dawning Of
the Easter morn. New hopes
arise in the deep, hidden
springs of the heart, new joys
lend brightness to the eye and
color to the cheek, and new
love radiates the entire being,
working it's wondrous mira
cles upon whomsoever 1t de-
scends. The highest type Of
love is the unselfish, sacrific-
ing variety, and to attain this
unalloyed quality we must
give.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-03-26

THIS is only the Easter bunny
Big and soft and white,
With little pink nose, so funny.
And little stub tail upright
He's out on his annual errand,
Locating nests today.
Soon to be filled with eggs,
Brilliantly colored and gay
Don't forget to have yours ready.
For ON his nightly round
He hippety hops in a hurry,
And late ones won't be found.
-Rosamond M. Pent
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-03-26

Earliest Easter Hymn
ibis Is the very day of
- God.
Serene With holy light It
came,
In which the stream Of
sacred blood
Swept over the world's
crime and shame.
Oh. admirable mystery,
Che stns of all are laid on
thee,
lind thou to cleanse the
world's deep stain
He man doth bear the eins
Of men.
Wbat can be ever more
sublime
Chat grace might meet the
guilt Of time
Love doth the bonds Of
fear undo
lind death restores our
life anew.
St. Hmbrose.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-03-18

serve 10 dispel the illusion that Ala aslla is noted for gold It is not gold at all that keeps this country open. It's wood There is more wood in Alaska than in the rest of the world combined, or there was before the Davis arrived at Gibbon on September Fist last. She depleted the supplS abpCt five ,hOu- sand cords that l can positively assert to, for I lugged that amount aboard my self Aside from struggling wood piles, we had nothing to do on the trip save sleep and eat, and I cannot speak too highly of the cuisine of the Davis" Exchange.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-03-18

it were. l have found many tricks of which Jack London is entirely ignorant. have seen several dogs hitched up and started out on short jaunts about the town, either for exercise or the more utilitarian purposes of drawing water or wood. and l have become firmly convinced that, after many years of patient endeavor, the dog -musher of Alaska has arrived at point where one word from him will make the na- tive dog do just as he dc pleases; the dog I mean. In passing, l will say that mals that l have ever seen which can climb an iron telegraph pole successful 'ly. So. after 1 have been married an5 have children, and my children have children, l can take them on my knee and tell them that in Alaska l have seen dogs that have the smian monkey out -monkeyed Then, as a mode of transportation, Of course, we all know there is no other mode in this country after winter sets in, unless you walk; and l have studied this part of the dog problem exhaustiveIy and have become firmly convinced that 1 prefer to take my trips entirely dogless. If l start on a trip without dogs, l must walk, if with dogs, l must run. with occasional stops to disentangle them from the un- derbrush; also an occasional side trip of ten or fifteen miles through the brush after a rabbit that the leader has spied.
 "trom dogs We will pass to the sour dough. Not that am taxing up these different subjects according to rank, but rather according to numbers. | he sourdoush, especlany he that IS purti- cuiar indigenous lo GibDon, lnd to be Il sllent and reserved specimen. He VIII seldom speak unless you happen te meet him ln the immediate NIcIuU! ot d SdlpOii. lie N Ill lltu Itlltdl h bl tIlt Hteuess of the winter, freely give you nIs opinion of the Kaiser. Villa, Car rlnza. ct al, but of the main beaten path he IS d calm. in ms earlier days
 Ill Alaska 1 iuN estigated and invested
 Ill the sourdough to the extent of about ten dollars before l discovered that there was not enough static to run his conversational works when too far from a brass rail.
 You who have never made the trip up the mighty Yukon on the Jeff Davis know nothing of what true sport is. The wilds of African jungles can not commence to furnish a sport so thrill ling as night stalking on the Yukon. Why. we snealed lp on Wa1 and fero- cious wood piles larger than any ele- plant eXtant. \ certain thrill that is hard to explain comes oyer one IS the Davis glides around a bend at about two in the morning and quietly creeps up on the slumherlnG pile of four foot wood. These wood piles however,
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-03-18
WEATHER REPORT.

Nome. Alaska. March IT. 1915 Temperature--Max. 13 above. Min below. Barometer-2944 inches. Woather-Clear. Wind--North, Is miles per henr. precipitation--None
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-03-18
SOLDIER GIVES IMPRESSIONS
 OF HIS TRIP TO ALASKA

In a recent mail from Fort Gibbon, letter was received from a soldier who arrived there last summer, hay
 ing made the trip by way of St. Mich aei His description of the trip will be especially interesting to those who have ever travelled on the lower river
 The letter in part is as follows;
 "Anent the trip from Seattle to fort Gibbon, let us say that the first leg, l. e. Seattle to St Michael, was a long, ted ious exemplification of how NOT to run a steamboat The Victoria, on which we took passage, was named after the late lamented Queen of Eng land. having been built in the same years in which she was born; also hay ing been a dead one about the same length of time. For her naVigators can say they are wonders. They could spy d trough of the sea twenty miles away, and so manipulate the ship that by the time il would strike us We would be broadside, thus necessitating header to port or starboard, according to which side one happened to be on when she struck. Several passengers made spiral glides across her, to the amusement of those of Us who happen ed to be anchored firmly to something substantial, but to the disadvantage ol the performers. The wonder of il al
 W;ls that more were not injured. Finally after ten days we steamed slowly into Nome harbor. Did we unload: We did not. We put i'll the rest of that day and the night following ill cruising around Boring Sea for fear We might drag our anchors up the side of Mt Mckinley. The next day was the same also the next night. But after d while our Irish captain decided to so ashore himself, So they put off the passengers and other impedimenta and We sailed after years and years of waiting, for st. Michael. trom d distance of ten miles at sea, St. Michael is a beautiful Htuc haven. The buildings are painted white and il seems that from every gable q nag is flying. l said from ten miles al sea. After one has disembarked at the long tailor made dock, and wound his devious way up through the homespun buildings to the crest of the hill, one is prone to change his mind. The sainted Mike must have been d whale of d pre- varicator, for about all there is at St. Michael Is wind--wind and dogs. There were times during our five days stay at Mikes when we couldn't hear the wind on account of the dogs also times when we couldn't hear the dogs on ac- count of the wind; but never when one or both was not with us At St Michael 1 discovered my first peculiarity of the native dog. l discovered that the finer house you build for them the more time trey spend on the roof, bowling. Since I have been here, where I have been thrown more or less with the dogs, as
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-03-18
VERY SPECIAL OFFER.

Fof the next twenty five days Tailor made suits to order al outside prices.
 By ordering now your suit will arrive here by the first fleet
 25O the latest of this seasons samples and styles to choose from only small deposit required
 We also do cleaning, pressing and repairing for Ladies and Gentlemen
 NOME TAILORING COMPANY, Between Segerstrom and Hagen and
 Zehner's Jewelry stores
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-03-18

After you have read this paper pass il on to some one else that Is also in terested in Alaska You will be doing them a favor as Nome is destined to be one of the large cities of Alaska.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-03-18
AT THE NEW EAGLE.

Old Lewis Hunter Rye and the Fa. nous Athsrton Bourbon ~hisksys. Dis- titled spring 1904. 1905, bought in bond and reduced to % psr cent by U. .. government by the bottle or gallon.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-03-18

FLOUR lS CHEAP. Bread only 5o. North Pole Bakery and Anvil Bakery.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-03-18

Augustine and kyer ehoeolass and Butter crisp at tho Rose Candy Store.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-03-18
100 TONS OF FLOUR.

Bread only to. North Pole Bakery and Anvil Bakery.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-03-18

Tho Nugget is boosting Nome Advertise in it
 Subscribe for it Nal it to friend outside.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-03-18
A COOK WANTED

Wanted. . 0eed woman sssk for road houss. Write Mrs. Lucy Psnderersst, Marks Readhouss, Council, Alaska.