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, 1918-03-28

calendar was reformed under julius
Caesar, the year was made to begin on
the first day of January. After the
adoption of Christianity in Europe, the
date of the beginning of the year was
changed to March in most countries, so
that Easter became recognized as a
New Years day. The reform of the
calendar by Pope Gregory, in 1852,
again changed the day on which the
year began, although in England it
continued to begin on the 25th of
March until the adoption of the new
style" there in 1852.
Christianity found Spring festivals
already in vogue in heather Europe,
and to these oldtime festivals many of
the customs and superstitious rites still
connected with Easter are clearly
traceable. The name Easter, given to
the day by the Teutonic nations-the
Roman nations have retained the old
Hebrew name, pascha, under modified
forms, as the Jour de Paques, of the
French-is derived by Bede from Eos
ter or Ostara, the name of an old
Anglo-SaXon goddess, in whose honor
a Spring festival was celebrated.
Grimm was unable to find any mention
of a deity of this name among the an
Client Germans, but from the fact that
the month Of April still bears the name
ostermonat Tin Old High German os-
tarmanoth), he did not doubt that such
u goddess, probably 'the divinity of
the radiant dawn" had been known
among them. The old Oster festival
was clearly Of a solar character, a eel
ebration in honor of the birth or the
regeneration of the sun of the new
year. This is made evident, aside from
the known character of similar festi-
walls in other parts of the world, by
, 1918-03-28
RECALLED DAYS OF YOUTH
Middle-Aged New Yorker s~uccumbed
to the Almost Forgotten Fascina.
tion Of Coasting.

Riverside drive on a winter day with
snow everywhere aplenty.
Between the drive and the river
there are many places that make good
coasting; there are short, gentle in.
clines that r nice for small children,
and then there are longer, sleeper,
more varied slides that suit the bigger
boys better.
At a slide of the latter description
halted a father and mother with their
s~ix-year-old son, who had his sled
along.
"There's a good place." said father.
TOO steep, isn't it?" said son.
mo. I'll show you"
"And with that, his boyhood days
coming back to him as he saw the
boys sliding, father seated himself on
the sled and a moment later away he
went.
Presently he was back again at the
top of the hill ready for the next slide
and from now on carrying his son.
at seems to be as much fun for
you as it is for john" the smiling
mother said.
sit is. I am going to buy a sled for
myself tomorrow" said father.-New
York Times.
, 1918-03-28
EASTER SUNDAY
new YEARS day
Originally Marked the Beginning
of the Twelve NOTWITHSTANDING
Festivals in Vogue Long
Pa Before the Time of
h~ Christianity.
By REV. ARTHUR HOLT.


" ASTER Sunday was formerly
- equivalent to New Years day ;
though not the first day of the
year 1t was the day on which
the opening of the year was celebrated.
Historically the Christian Easter is
simply a continuation of the Jewish
Passover, which was celebrated on the
14th day of the first month of the Jew
fish year-that is, on the day Of the
first full moon next following the day
of the equinox. 1t has been questioned
whether any special observance of this
day was practiced OF enjoined by he
apostles and the early Church Fa-
theirs yet the words of st. Paul Il Cor.
6:7-S) seem to sanction II they do not
recommend an observance of some sort
and foreshadow the thought which
came finally to underlie 1t: For even
Christ u passover is sacrificed for
us. Therefore let us keep the feast,
not with old leaven, neither with the
leaven of malice and wickedness, but
with the unleavened bread of SINGER
ity and truth" According to the Jew
ish tradition, the Passover commemo-
rated the passing of the Angel of
Death over the houses of the Israelites
in Egypt, the doorposts and lintels of
which had been sprinkled with the
blood of the paschal lamb. The Chris
tians, in adopting the festival, gave 1t
n new significance. Fol them the Saw
Tor became the true Paschal Lamb, and
resurrection on the third day following
the Crucifxlon.
The proper day for celebrating East
er was one of the questions which the
Council of Nice "a. d. $3.50 was called
upon TO decide. BY the Eastern Chris
tlans 1t was Mt that time celebrated on
the same day as the Jewish Passover,
without regard to the day of the week
on which It might fall. Among the
Western Christians, who held that the
crucifixlOn occurred on Il Friday and
the resurrection on Il Sunday, there
had arisen n custom of celebrating
Easter on the first Sunday following
the 14th of the first month, and to this
custom was given the official sanction
of the council. Furthermore, the rule
then established for fixing upon the
proper Sunday was designed partly to
prevent the possibility of Easter ever
falling on the same day as the Pass
over, but the rule has failed on several
occasions to prevent this coincidence,
and at rare intervals the two festivals
came together.
Changes in Calendar.
The old Roman year, like the Jewish
year, began in March, when the sun en-
tered the constellation Aries. When the
, 1918-03-28
Advisory Board on Farm produet,

Washington. Twenty-four repre-
sentative producers of farm products
and livestock have been named to
form the advisory committee recently
authorized by Secretary Houston of
the Department of Agriculture and
Food Administrator Hoover, and which
will hold its first meeting here March
rs. The list Of committeeman includes
Marion Samson, Fort Worth, Tex;
George c. Roeding, Fresno, Cal; G.
W.. Hunt, Logan, Iowa; and John
Gra'tan, Golden, Colo.
, 1918-03-28
Bows Wanted to Be Sure.

It'll give one of you boys a dime to
carry my bag to the station" said a
~cross-eyed man, pausing before three
ragged little fellows.
(Which one, mister?" piped the boys
In chorus.
"You," said the cross-eyed man.
(which one?"
"You."
There was a pause. Finally one lit
the fellow said Fair do, mister; close
one eye and look at the kid you want
will your"
, 1918-03-28

many of the ~observances which it be-
queathed to Easter. Thus it was for
merly n custom all through the north
of Germany, on the night of Easter
Sunday or the third night following, to
kindle bonfires on all the heights, af-
fording a magnificent spectacle, when
these fires were to be seen here and
there over miles of country. This Gus
tom had become simply a mode of
merrymaking, but it is held with plaus-
Utility that originally the bonfire was
symbolical of the new fire that was to
warm the earth and quicken it into re-
newed life after the cold embrace of
winter. ,...,. p
Ancient Popular Belief.
Another indication of the ancient
solar character of this festival is an
old popular belief, said to survive still
in Br%andenburg and Saxony, that the
sun at the moment of rising on the
morning of Easter gives three joyous
leaps, that he dances with youthful
joy. This curious belief was not con-
fined to Germany. In the middle dis
tricts of Ireland, according to Brand,
IL "uo SptLhlAS IIuoI-
er eve in merrymaking and carous-
ing-watching the pot boil, the con-
tents of which were to break the long
Lenten fast, yet must not be touched
before the growing of the cock-for
the whole company of jewellers to go
out just at daybreak to see the rising
sun take his three Easter leaps. Sir
Thomas Browne, writing of popular
errors, mentions thus quantity the ex-
istence of this belief in England: 1--WE
shall not, l hope, disparage the resur-
rection of u Redeemer, if we say that
the u doth not dance on Easter day;
and though 1 would willingly assent
unto any sympathetic exultation, yet
we cannot conceive therein more than
n tropical (lgurative) expression
Perhaps there is no more striking Illus
tration than this of the power of an
inherited belief to live on in spite of
the testimony of all experience against
1t. In SOM places, apparently as an
alternative for giving up the belief
wholly, 1t was held that in order to
witness these three leaps one must
look, not ut the sun itself, but at the
reflection of it in u pool of clear water.
AS a last resort, to save the belief, the
sun might be made to dance. Brand
could recall that when he was a boy
he had seen "a vessel full of water set
in the open air, In which the reflected
sun seemed to dance, from the tremu-
lous motion of the water" If the
mountain will not come to Mahomet,
then Mahomet must go to the noun
tain.
Among the customs handed down
through long ages and accepted by the
Church were those of Easter eggs and
the Easter tale which the preacher told
from the pulpit, in lieu of u sermon,
connecting 1t with Christian reminis-
cences. Later still there were in Ger
many dramatic shows, named Oster-
spiele, executed by twelve performers,
one of whom, apparently, was the
leader, and represented Summer beat
ing Winter out of the land. The dances
and sports prevalent at this season in
Germany among the youths and maid
ems appear sometimes to have been
marked with something of the loose
ness characteristic of the floral games
in Italy.
, 1918-03-28

Kansas City, Mo.-Butter-Creamer,
Ing, 32hc.
Eggs-Firsts. 34c.
Poultry-Roosters, 1sc; broilers, 240
, 1918-03-28
A Minor Role.

Were you V e %patroness at a soci.
ETY. AFFAIR." mo; Pm always one OF
the patronized.
, 1918-03-28

New York. - Sugar - Centrifugal
6.OOb; fine graduated, 7.45.
, 1918-03-28

Too many men are incapable OF DC
ing their W thinking.
, 1918-03-28

New York.-Cotton-March, s4.O5;
December, 30.S6.
, 1918-03-28
ID AND l.
Dry Hides.

Flint, butcher. Id. ............. 23
Flint, fallen. Id. 81
Flint bull and stag, b........... ~
Flint, culls and glue. lb......... IL
Salt hides. &c to &c Id. less.
sailed.
, 1918-03-28

Duluth:-Linseed -$4.G6@4.35; NAV,
$780, July, $4.2S, asked; October S3,7b'
, 1918-03-28

Green Sailed PeIts.


Wool pelts 80
Short wool pelts ...... 2S
Butcher shearlings, No. 1..... 20
No. 2 murian shearlings... 10
Bucks. saddles and pieces at value
, 1918-03-28

There are several versions of the
connection of the hare with Easter,
but the hare custom is exclusively pa
gan in origin and has nothing to do
with the Christian festival. In the East,
the hare played a part In the mythical
life and adventures of Buddhs. In
fact, several hare myths come out Of
India, the great reservoir Of religious
symbolism.
, 1918-03-28

Acc. "~
EGGS Firsts, 34m3bc. ordir,r,,
$40 34c.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Michigan and
Minnesota bulk, sI1bGI 9ns atttN
sacks. S1.2O@ 1.25. "i'to'
Poultry-Roosters. young, csc.
Chicago Grain and Provision PrIccs
Ghlcago.-Corn-No. 3 yellow. SI.681
MS; No. 4 yellow, $I.483I.65. ''V0%
9atsmNo; 9 white, 9SA Qs4c; stand
Rye-No. 2, S2.S3.
Bnrley-S1. 1T q21O.
Tlmothy-$5. 90 10000.
Clover-$2S.O 90 0Bl.O 90,
LeTd-$26. 20.
Ribs-S24.27@24.77.
, 1918-03-28

Eggs.

Eggs, graded No. / net, F
q. b. Denver. .35
Eggs. graded No. 2 net, F.
q. b. Denver. ........... az
Eggs. case count, misc.
cases. less commission. .s.75 91O.OO
, 1918-03-28
Colo.-Tungste

Boulder. Colo.-Tungsten conoen-
trates, 60 per cent, $20.00@ 1880 per
unit; crude ores, 60 per cent, $22. 90 a
$500; rs per cent, S12.OO@l2.5O; 10 per
, 1918-03-28

Creameries, ex. LIST grade. lb... A
Creameries, ed grade, lb.......41 @42
TroSess Qa0
, 1918-03-28
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.


Bar silver, S9Ac.
Copper, S23 12h.
Lead, $7.25 1850.
Spelter, S7.45.
Tungsten concentrates. per unit.
, 1918-03-28
Fruit.
Vegetables.

Apples, Colo, new fancy. box. LOO a 2.5C
fears, COLO. .......-....... 500
, 1918-03-28
HAY AND GRAIN MARKET.
OF. o. B. Denver. Carload Price.)
Any.
q U o N s
Buying Prices-per :

hungarian patent, IS lbs. sacked,
subject to discount. .......... 4.s5
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21
HUN TRENCHES HELD
 BY J. $. SOLDIERS
LARGE NUMBERS OF THE ENEMY RIGHT OF AMERICAN SECTOR.
PATROLS ARE KEPT BUSY
German Positions Have Been So Un- comfortable at Several Places They Are Now Trying To Regain Foot
 hold By Connecting Shell Holes.

With the American Army in France. After a terrific artillery preparation large numbers of the enemy crossed No Mans Land on the extreme right of the American sector northwest of Foul. Apparently the purpose of the raid was quickly accomplished and only a comparatively small number entered our lines. Permission has not been given to mention the number of casualties.
 This raid, like most of the others carried out all the way from the sea to Switzerland, was designed to gath CT information by taking prisoners.
 East of Luneville our, patrols have explored part of the German trench, which our artillery forced the enemy to abandon. Patrols proceeded later ally until they established contact with the Germans. Our reconnais- sance and wire patrols found snipers posts, listening posts and nests from which machine guns had been firing on our lines. The artillery attended to all these posts. The German posi- tions have been so uncomfortable at several places that they now are try ing to regain a foothold by connecting shell holes. Our troops have been subjected to an extraordinarily heavy artillery fire for the last 24 hours. More than 240 shells, which made era ters 20 feet deep and 30 feet in diam eter. fell in one eection of the line. In another section batteries have been shelled heavily More gas shells have l fallen in both the Foul and Luneyille sectors, but the larger number in the l former
 The American troops in the sector east of Luneville, in conjunction with the French, are still holding the for mer enemy trenches northeast of Ba- denvillers, although the Germans have made another attempt to drive them out with artillery shells, most of them heavy and some of them of the 12-inch type. have pounded the position intermittently, but the Amer jeans and their allies have held on.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21
BOSCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP

will quiet your cough, soothe the in- fammation of sore throat and lungs, stop irritation in the bronchial tubes. insuring good nights rest, free from coughing and with easy expectoration in the morning. Made and sold in America for fifty-two years. A won derful prescription, assisting Nature in building up your general health and throwing off the disease. Especially useful in lung trouble, asthma, croup, bronchitis, etc. For sale in all civil ixed eouptries.-Adv.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21
Trust Me! Try Dodson's Liver Tone!
 CalomeI Harms Liver and Bowels
Read my guarantee! Liven your liver and bowels and get strengthened up without taking sicken-
 ing calomel. Don't lose day work!

mercury and attacks your bones. Take dose of nasty calomel today and you will feel weak, sick and nauseated to- morrow. Don't lose a days work. Take spoonful of Dodson's Liver Tone instead and you l,ill wake up feeling great. No more biliousness, constipation, sluggishness, headache, coated tongue or sour stomach. Your druggist says if you don't find Dod- sons Liver Tone acts better than hor- rible calomel your money Is waiting for you.-Adv.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21
China To Cooperate.

Picking. - China, in response to an inquiry from Tokio, has signified her intention to cooperate with Japan in the protection of allied interests in the Far East The Chinese War Bu- reau has been requested to arrange for the sending of two divisions to northern Manchuria. Japan will bear the expense pending the completion of a proposed American loan to China.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21
losn Kind's Fortune

New York-Daniel H. Holman, who was known from coast to coast as King of the Loan sharks" and who died at his home in Montclair, N j., last month, left an estate of S4,000. GOO, yielding an annual income of Sl5O.000
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21

There's no reason why a person should take siekening, salivating calo- mel when a few cents buys a large bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone-a per feet substitute for calomel.
 It is a pleasant, vegetable liquid which will start your liver just as surely as calomel, but it doesn't make you sick and can not salivate.
 Children and grown folks can take Dodsons Liver Tone, because 1t is perfectly harmless.
 Calomel is a dangerous drug. It Is
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21

Keep an eye on your flag. When it becomes torn and tattered get an other one. Meanwhile let something be done to restrain the profiteers who howl with glee as the winds whip into ribbons the banners that tell of peo- pie patriotic.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21
Liberty Loan Bonds,
report

Washington. = Favorable report was ordered by the Senate Banking Committee on a bill to permit banks to make loans on Liberty bonds not exceeding 50 per cent of their capital and surplus.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21
More Tax Certificates.

Washington. Another block of treasury certificates dated March Is, to mature next June 25 and accepta- ble in payment of income and excess profits taxes, was onnounced by Sec retary McAdoo.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21
Creei Enters Protest.

Washington. Chairman George Creel of the Committee on Public h. formation sent a written protest to Departments new policy of withhold ing addresses of soldiers in giving casualty lists.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21
The Usual Way.

Judge, I'd like to tell you joke about Mike and Pat remarked the lawyer. Tt seems Mike was visiting Pat and Pat said to Mike-no, I'm wrong there-Mike said to Pat"
 Lets get ii straight interrupted the judge. Mike is the party of the first part and Pat K the party of the second part Now go ahead. Louis vile Courier-JOurnal.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21

Unless the Russians wanted to the deposed czarina to receive the sym pathy of American women they would not have permitted the information to go out that she has been prohibited from using the telephone.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21

With more Russian women organ izing to fight, 1t is likely the men will hang around the corners and let them do 1t, if human nature is the same the world over.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21
U. S. Elier Downs One.

With the Lafayette Flying Squad ron. Paul F. Baer of Fort Wayne, Ind, downed a German airplane. MT. Baer came to France in February of last year as a member of the Franco American Flying Corps.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21
HOw's This :?

We offer s1OO.O0 for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE.
 HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE is talk en internally and acts through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System. Sold by druggists for over forty years. Price 75c. Testimonials free.
 F. J Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21

Neat olive drab or khaki-colOred cloth promises to be popular suiting for this fall among men between twen- ty-one and thirty-one years of age. But there are always some men who strive to be different.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21
cnllene in St Iouis

St. Louis The Christian Broth CTS will build s2Oo,oO0 college here to take the place of the one burned in october, 1916. After the fire the college was transferred to Memphis. Tenn.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21

The hints are working overtime turning out silver quarters to meet an unprecedented demand. It has come to point now where almost every thing costs at least a quarter.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21
NothinQ Doinu,

"I see your boy has little hatchet." "Yes; but 1 fear he'll never make a president
 Doesn't he chop down your favorite cherry trees, eh?"
 No; he chops up my fayorite golf sticks"
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21
Naval Filler Killed.

Washington. = The death at Key West. Fla. March 13, of Roger Co., nant Perkins of Manchester, Vt, a naval aviation student. killed in fall, was announced by the Navy De- partment.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21

An economist tells us that "gold has sciences" All of which will not halt any of Us in our lifelong pursuit of the yellow stuff.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21

The little girl who contracts a drug ing on the stacker of the sixties who cut off his trigger finger for the same purpose.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21

Canada is going to have two meat less days week. We think it safe to predict that gout is not going to worry the proletariat much in any country for the next few years.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21
New German Mar Loan.

London. - A new German war loan of s3,750, 100000 will be issued soon. an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen says. The German war debt now amounts to s27.250, ,000."
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21
The Reason.

Grace-I don't see why Miss Homely should want to marry him, with al; her money.
 Gussle-I don't think he'd have talk en her without 1t.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21
MUCH IN LITTLE.

Cultural stations of the Tinted states bureau of fisheries produced more than 5,o00,0oo fish and eggs in the year ending with June, a new high record.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21

The leader of the mS must be a lovely sprinter to avoid being over taken.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21

Autocracy's citadel has long glori' 6ed war and now seems likely to De glutted with it.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21
4 Fair Offer.

The General-It's your turn on the treat.
 The Colonel-It would give me more pleasure being on the retreat.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21

over half of the vessels in the Phil ippine pearing fleet are operated by Japanese.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21

To divert attention from last year: straw hat. wear pair of spotles' white shoes.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21

A conscientious objector has small respect for the conscience of the na dOn.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21

No, Rafalo, there Is nothing cunning about the toothache, even If 1t is acute pain.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21

A food speculator seems to be a person of universal excoriation whom nobody ever saw.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21

Although there are now good many former monarchs, there Is still room for several more.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21

One thing that most of us might economize on with good effect is con gerSatiOn-
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21

The timber possibilities of British North Borneo are to be Investigated by an expert from the United States whom the government has employed.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21

Some of the so-called idle runors are serving very vii purposes.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21

If 1t can be arranged, a little econ uny in advice will be fine change.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21

Civilization enables a woman to wear a tailored gown and eat with fork.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21

One way to find something to worry shout is 10 look for it.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21

The virtues of men, at best, are mega. tlVe; admire woman for what she is and man for what he isn't.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21

United States Is importing lS0oO tons of Chilean nitrate this winter.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21

The rear end of an automobile lock- or of English invention is made of ground glass, on which cars number can be painted and illuminated at night by a lamp inside the locker.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21

When woman takes up the physical culture fad she is anxious either to put on fat or take 1t off.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21

Pennsylvania hunters kill 100000 rabbits yearly.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21

STOP THOSE SHARP SHOOTING PAINS "Femenina" is the wonder worker for all female disorders Price $I .oo and SOC. Adv
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21

For fighting fires in small towns q light but efficient motor-driven pump has been mounted on a carriage that can be hauled as trailer by any au- tomoblIe or hOrse-drawn vehicle.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21

Regularity is the life of business.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21
DEATH LuRks IN A WEAK HEART,

so on first symptoms use "Renovine" and be cured. Delay and pay the awful penalty. "Renovine" Is the hearts remedy. Price $1.00 and 50c.-Adv.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-03-21

Men of imposing stature often have shrimp ideas.