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Gilpin observer., 1919-04-17

dltar lB snowy with DlOOn6,
the font is a vase of perfume;
Fresh garlands Of eloquent bioomr
a IL the churches are decorated
~ for the festival after Resur-
4 = rection; and the lily, emblem
Of purity, sweetness, and grace COM
bined, is the favorite flower for deco
ration.
Flowers voice the essential feeling
of Easter. Each fragrant blossom Is
the fulfllment of divine promise.
For the perennial miracle of an awak-
ened earth is in full harmony with the
aspiring note of religion reiterating Its
faith in the promise of new life.
Flowers, like music, speak the Ian
guage of the heart. They are capable
of conveying the most personal and In
dividual ideals while yet appealing to
common universal vision and imagi-
nation.
This Characteristic of flowers fits
them especially both to express the
private affections of the giver and en-
rich the symbolism of the altar. A
basket or cross of flowers can say all
the heart wishes to say and say 1t
without obtruding personal feeling.
In medieval times flowers spoke a
definite language, the Interpretation of
which seems almost lost for season.
The palm, the classical symbol of
victory, was early taken as the symbol
of martyrdom. 1t was outlined on the
tombs of the early martyrs, and it was
placed in the hands of those who suf-
fered in the cause of truth, to express
their final victory over the powers of
sin and death.
Roses white and red voice innocence
and love. The Madonna was the Rose
of Sharon" A wreath of roses Is
placed upon the brow of st. Cecilia.
Roses and fruit are borne by st. Doro-
thea. A white anchor of camelias, with
its top cross, expresses faith and
hope.
The lily has long been regarded as
| expressive of purity. In Bermuda, the
home of our Easter lily. all the roads
are full of people, white and black,
carrying lilies to the churches at dawn
on Easter day. With them the door
Wuys, uituiS anu PuipitS ui uSSoAotS
and the graves are completely covered.
Each lily and each Easter flower thus
bestowed is vocal, like one Of those
old litanies that have descended to
US from time immemorial, full Of
wholesome piety and charity-com-
mon prayer to all devout souls. The
flowers are of yet older birth than the
ancient prayers-primeval litanies be-
| for ever music was.
Their eloquence is growing on M
from year to year, as we bring roses,
lilies and other Easter flowers to deck
the affairs of God, to hallOw with their
perfume and beauty the resting places
of the departed and to dedicate Oul
homes to Christ with our bright
sweet, sacred emblems.
Christ is risen! with glad lips we utter.
And far up the infinite height
| Archangels the paean re-echo
And crown him with lilies OF lightI"
Gilpin observer., 1919-04-17
Illusion Used as a Test
of Correctness of Vision

In parlor physics an Illusion is some
times demonstrated as follows: A
sheet Of newspaper is rolled up to
make tube three feet long which is
held in the right hand in front Of
the right eye which is focused through
the tube upon some distant object. The
left eye Is directed upon the palm of
the left hand. which is held against
the tube and near its peripheral end.
The two eye pictures are fused in the
brain so that the right eye appears
to see Its objective through a hole in
the left hand. This trick Is of value
in testing the eyes. II the hole is
seen in the middle Of the hand binocu-
lar vision is perfect. If seen on the
right side there is exaggerated con-
vergence; II on the left side there is a
divergence.
Gilpin observer., 1919-04-17
Fern Family Includes 5000
Species and Many Varieties

According to the latest authority.
the fern family comprises something
like 15O genera. which include about
5000 species, with varieties among the
species practically innumerable. OF
all the varieties, however. there are
only about two dozen which are com.
monty used for house decoration, and
almost all come from the Nephrolepis
family Of which the popular Boston
fern is a type. The Boston originated
near Boston. Mass, about 25 years
ago, and soon came into favor as a
vigorous plant, most graceful. in ap-
pearance, and capable Of thriving un-
der conditions found in the ordinary
dwelling. But the most remarkable
thing about 1t is its sporting" pro
clivities. 1t having, through variation,
produced a number Of ferns in form
notably different to type, over 30 Of
which have been catalOgued CONNER
cially as distinct varieties.
Gilpin observer., 1919-04-17
Ono Famous Easter Egg.

The record in the size and cost OF
Easter eggs was broken by one given
some time ago to a famous Partisan
actress by one Of her admirers. On
Easter morning an immense van rolled
into the courtyard OF the house in.
hablted by the actress, and on the van
rested gigantic egg made Of wood
and decked with velvet. At the first
moment the astonished lady did not
know what to do with this amiable
gift, but soon she noticed in the EGG
door, and, upon opening 1t her eye
fell upon a carriage with two fine
horses and coachman sitting motion
less on the box.
Gilpin observer., 1919-04-17
Hints for the
Poultry Grower

Young chicks should not be fed for
from "a to SO hours after Matching, and
viii not suffer If given no food until
the third day. The yolk Of the eggs,
which is absorbed by the chick, fur
nishes all the nourishment required
during this time. It is this provision
of nature for the first sustenance of
the chick that makes 1t possible to ship
newly hatched chicks considerable dis
tances.
After feeding is started it is advis-
able to feed the chick five times
day, at equal intervals. and alternat-
ing a mash Of soft feed. such as john
ny cake, with hard grain or scratch
feed.
"A model variety ration for very
young CHICKS" said John L. Prehn,
extension poultry husbandman for the
Kansas State Agricultural college, ''is
a scratch mixture composed Of five
pounds Of cracked corn, three pounds
Of cracked wheat. two pounds of pin
head oatmeal, either hulled or rolled
oats. If corn is not available, cracked
kafr or rolled or hulled barley may be
substituted. Feed this mixture, scat
tered in chaff. morning, noon and
night.
"For making the johnnycake. use
five pounds Of cornmeal, six infertile
eggs, and one tablespoonful Of baking
soda. Mix in enough milk to make u
stiff batter, and bake 1t well.
"Instead Of the johnnycake a mix
ture Of dried crumbs with hard boiled
infertile eggs, making about one-quar-
ter Of the mixture of the eggs. may be
used. Rolled oats may be used In
place of the bread crumbs. Feed this
in the middle Of the forenoon and aft
ernoon for the first ten days or two
weeks.
"When infertile eggs are not avail
able use double the quantity of baking
soda, and add half pound Of sifted
beef scrap. Infertile eggs are those
which have been tested out from sit
tings or from an incubator.
"Some tender green stuff should be
fed to baby chicks after the first week.
When a regular supply in quantity is
needed 1t is usually most convenient
to use sprouted oats"
Gilpin observer., 1919-04-17

without the shedding of blood there
is no remission of sin? The un-
dimmed hope that triumphs over the
battle roar of the artillery of the
nations. Did not Moses endure the
thunders of the mountain of revela-
ton sustained by the still small voice3
The undimmed hope cannot be chal-
lenged by the despair Of suffering. Is
not humanity told that inasmuch as
he suffered being tempted he Is able
to succor those who are In any trou-
ble1
Across the horizon of Easter pass
the phantasmagorical figure of hate
and carnal ambition, and the myriad
crimes against humanity that lie at
the door of the nations of spoilers.
Yet the hope of humanity is un-
dimmed. The hope that triumph over
event and through event reaches to
the eternities is the Easter hope Of
glory, and Of goodness, and Of grace.
Jesus, the first fruits Of them that
slept, has risen, and points to the
eternal hope of humanity and the pro-
visions of the grace of God that bring
redemption both to the individual and
to the race. The open tomb Is the ST.
lent testimony to the risen and glori-
fed Jesus. He sits Mt the right hand
of Jehovah, who In turn looks upon
the petty'wars Of princes and will hold
In derision they who lift themselves
up against the government Of his son.
Gilpin observer., 1919-04-17
General Foch Born in 1851,
Near the Spanish Border

Ferdinand Foch was born at Tar
bes. France. near the Spanish border.
In 1851. He was a subaltern in the
Frnnco-Prussian war in 1870. and in
1871 entered the Ecole Polytechnique.
He served as an artillery officer until
1854 when he entered the Ecole de
Guerre. Twelve years later he re-
turned to the school as an instructor.
In 1907 he was made brigadier gen.
eral. He served in the war until April,
1917. when he retired from active serv-
fee to become adviser of the war coun-
I'll, and was appointed generalissimo
Of tho allied forces March 20. 1918.
Gilpin observer., 1919-04-17

TOPE that springs eternal in the
human breast does not de-
pend upon the latent fatalism
In humanity for its justifica-
tion-such a hope holds no key to
event. And without this key hope is
hut in reality a hopeless expectancy.
Events. governed by that outstanding
law Of reprobation by which degen-
eracy and decay follow all things in
the mutable course Of nature, would
bring mankind back to the stage of
savagery and leave to him naught but
the material environment of his imme-
diate activities. Events must be con-
quered, regulated, subordinated, con-
trolled. even glorified. Hope springs
exultant In the human breast, because
there is something that can certify to
hope. This Is the divine spark in the
human breast. becoming in many
cases a luminous ray that shines up
on the entire pathway of life. 1t was
fitting that when the women came to
the tomb early upon the first Easter
morning they should find that an an
gel was the announcer Of the victory
OF hope over the most malignant ad-
verse event of experience-the event
of death. Nor is 1t strange that the
consciousness of this victory for all
men has transformed. human life and
causes the Christian to take on u glory
of effulgence that is to be derived from
nothing else.
That Sure and Certain Hope.
If there were no resurrection from
the dead then were we, of all men, the
most miserable, wrote the apostle
whose life was luminous with the
light Of certified hope-a hope VIC
torlous over events that drove him for
ward in his missionary itineraries
throughout Asia and into Europe. Ma
ture was turned to by him to disclose
the analogy for the open doors of the
tomb; scripture was likewise turned
to, and his own knowledge of the res
direction Of Jesus was, last of all,
called into play in order to point his
marvellous discourse upon the resur-
rection Of the dead. Nature, revela-
tion and personal testimony all give
the same account that death is robbed
OF sting and grave Of victory. Easter
is precious to human kind, because It
teaches that all things may be con-
quered by hope that is based upon
living faith in God and his good pur-
pose to give life rather than to de-
stroy, to impart blessing rather than
to withhold, to grace human life and
to wipe out the disgraces of human
failure.
The undimmed hope of humanity in
the final triumph Of the good is based
largely upon the testimonies to the
triumph of the ineffably good one
over the might and dominion of death.
Faith has garlanded hope; thus graced
1t scorns to consort with fatalism.
Faith has given Of Its precious bios
SONS for the decking Of hope, and 1t
will not companion in the dark with
mere material destiny. The skies look
down upon the rlven tomb. The open
tomb reveals the glorifled angel. The
angel discloses the fact of the resur-
rection of the dead. Event, direful
and universal event-death itself-tes-
tiles to the power of the undlmmed
hope Of mankind made precious
through Jesus.
Hope Eternal.
The undimmed hope cannot be
clouded by the shedding of blood. Did
not the old law that pointed to the
stricken form of Calvary say that
Gilpin observer., 1919-04-17
WHAT MAKES A FRIEND.

The first person who comes in
when the whole world has gone
out.
A bank of credit on which we
can draw supplies of confidence,
counsel. sympathy, help and
love.
One who combines for you
alike the pleasures and benefits
Of society and solitude.
A Jewel whose luster the
strong acids Of poverty and mis-
fortune cannot dim.
One who multlplies joys, d.
vldes griefs, and whose honesty
is inviolable.
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Gilpin observer., 1919-04-17
Marrying First Cousins.

Marriages between first cousins is
forbidden in Alaska, Arizona. Arkan-
sas, Illinois, Indinnn, Kansas, Missouri.
Nevada. New Hampshire. North Dako.
ta, Ohio, Oklahoma. Oregon, Penpsyl-
vania, South Dakota. Washington and
Wyoming.
Gilpin observer., 1919-04-17
No Reason.

No Reason.
"Are you inter-
ested In enthus-
iasm, madam"
II really don't
see, professor, why
I should be any
more interested in
youth in Asia than
in old age In
China"
Gilpin observer., 1919-04-17
Polish.

PoIlon.
"Y ur speech
seemed to me to
lack polish"
II hope 1t did"
reptile d Senator
S org h Il IN. "Tve
been called a
smooth article e.
long enough. ]
want to treat 'em
rough"
Gilpin observer., 1919-04-17
SPRING SMILES
The. Resemblance.

The Resemblance.
Customer-You told me that horse
you sold me was like lion.
Dealer-Well, didn't you find him q
roarer?
Gilpin observer., 1919-04-17
That's II.

That's II.
Customer Tin music seller's)-Iw want
copy of the "Stolen Rope"
Asslstant-I am afraid don't know
Of such song.
Customer-Why. 1t goes tum-tum.
tumpty-tum.
Asslstant-Oh, you mean the Lost
Chord"
Customer-Ah that's it!
Position.
~ understand you have a number
of the old masters In your gallery"
"Gallery?" echoed Mr.. Cumrox.
Nonsense! I've got 'em right down
In the front row."
Gilpin observer., 1919-04-17

Quite So.
Don't you think the judges man.
ner is rather dogmatlc?"
"Well. 1t is what you might call
sententlous."
Gilpin observer., 1919-04-17
Flowers Express
Essential Feeling
Of Joyous Easter

'The altar is snowy with blooms,
The font Is a vase of perfume;
On pillar and chancel are twining
Fresh garlands of eloquent blooml'
Gilpin observer., 1919-04-17
Robins.

"The first robin is not necessarily
a sign OF oalmy sunshine"
mo" replied Senator Sorghum; "es-
peclally not II 1t II . round robin"
Gilpin observer., 1919-04-17
OF HOPE
Casters Teaching Is the Dis
peIling of Gloom From the
Hearts of Mankind.

r TOPE that springs eternal in the
human breast does not de-
pend upon the latent fatalism
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-20

were not in the Tiger lineup, having
been suspended on account. Of their
row with Umpire Nallin Wednesday.
Harry Heilman listed the ball into the
bleachers in the seventh.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-20
SHIFT HI ATTACK.

The most fragrant fault with the
Memphis chick Is that Chief Cy Bar
ger falls I'd shift the attack Of the club
Elberfeld, Johnny bobbs, Carlton Moles.
worth and others among sunland lead
ers are always crossing up'the opposl-
ton, the Tribe follows the same sys-
tom day after day, using ~antlquated
plays that every player who knows his
baseball a 3 cs Is acquainted with.
getters In baseball, We have beer In
Memphis " years and as yet the
squeeze has been pulled off at Russ.
wood only once or twice. Kid Fiber.
field depends on II to a great extent
and gets results.
The hlt and run Is another play
which Is very productive, but Il Is but
rarely attempted by the Tribe. When
a batter leads Off with a single or gets
on via a walk, the next batter bunts,
This Is invariably the rule, and oppos-
Inc clubs know what to expect when a
They can't 90 wrong, for the next bat.
ter Is going to bunt or die In the at
tempt. The only way he will hit the
ball ls to fall to bunt In two attempts
In the Sunday Jane with Little ROCK
at Russwood a Traveller got aboard the
batter attempted to bunt the ball once
and on the next pitch he took a health,
cut at the ball and lined a hit.
OF course, hitting the ball with no.
BODY zone sometimes results In a twIr
killing, but when the batter delivers
there will be two runs resulting, wher
otherwise there wouid have been Blu
one.
A little change In the attack wouIdn'
hurt the Tribe at all, and we have
nunch that II would 90 a long wa,
toward adding to the strength Of thi
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-20
CASH
ALREADY IN
FOR BOUT
Tex Richard Says There VIII
Be $4,000 More Shortly
Plenty of Seats Available.

TOLEDO. June 20-With the heavy
weight championship contest between
Jess Willard and Jack Dempsey set for
decision two weeks from today, Tex
Richard. promoter Of the match, an
nounCed today cash receipts now in de-
post in Toledo banks totaled SAYS, 900,
which assures financial success for
what probably will be the greatest
sporting spectacle in modern history.
This sum does not take into account
money paid for tickets in agencies IN
other cities, nor the tickets held in res
ervatiou for which certified checks
have not been received. Probably an-
other $3.50, 900 is tied up in ticket res
ervatiCns. Six clerks are working l5
hours daily sending tickets by regis
tered mail. but Promoter Richard does
not expect the e~leventh-hour rush to
develop until the latter part of next
week.
There gre plenty of choice seats
available Rickard said today, despite
the tremendous advance sale. A great
many reservations are being Temporal
rily held up pending definite ruling from
the railroad administration in regard
to the operation Of special trains. | eX-
poet a favorable ruling in this regard
within a day or two. We have taken
the issue direct to Washington for a
decision
Tomorrow will end Dempsey's en-
forced vacation. The challenger, kept
idle since Sunday, except for two rounds
OF boxing yesterday. because OF the
cut over the right eye, viii resume work
with the gloves tomorrow and his
workouts will be Of the %stiffest charac-
ter,
willard said today his training had
reached the point where the amount
of work he accomplishes each day IS
entirely dependent upon the amount OF
punishment his sparring partners can
aSsimilAt,.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-20
Pitchers Help Good Work.

Hugh Canavan is one of the leading
lett handlers of the league and Is n hard
assignment to handle. He Is not only
a good pitcher, but a hardy wielder OF
the stick, and always does his share
with the b%ludgeon any time he pitches,
Goodbred, a big spithaller, and Roy
Fentress, another moist-ball hillman,
have at last found themselves and are
performing well. Goodbred IL Il hard
luck pitcher and the club never makes
any runs when he works.
The Memphians got started on the
upward trail on their way home recent
ly, when they won three games in n
row from Atlanta. They then took the
New Orleans Pels into camp in n dou-
ble-header, and having discovered that
they can play ball, they have been up
and doing ever since, They made a
wonderful record during their late home
stay, coping every series from visiting
teams.
The entire team IL on its toes fired
with the determination to show that
they're not n~ever-wases, and that
they'll make some of the teams that
kicked them when they were down live
to regret 1t, The club actually Is
counting on winning the pennant and
the PLAYERS study the percentage table
every night to see how many games
they are behind the leaders. The home
patronage Is great and baseball Is maxi
ing a grand comeback in Memphis, H.
financially as well as in the standing OF
the clubs.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-20
RUDE PULLS BONE PLAY
AND FAILS TO WIN
2S.INNING GAME,

RUDE Marshall, who pitches for
Chattanooga at times and who
merely losses the ball somewhere
In the vicinity Of the plate on other
occasions, pulled an tS.earat bone
play In the 2~S.lnnlng game between
Chattanooga and Atlanta recently,
and incidentally cheated himself
out Of the decision. The bone was
exactly like Fred Merkle's famous
ivory.
His Rubeiets pulled his memora.
Bile skull In the nineteenth round OF
the a. Shining battle, The bases
were loaded, two hands were down
and Lacey at the bat. Marshall
was on first, Higgins on second and
Demoe on third. Lacey singled to
center and Demoe went over the
plate. Higgins moved to third, but
Marshall, Instead Of going on to
second, turned from first as Lacey
got his single and raj to the club.
house.
Capt. Sam Mayer, Of the Crack
ers, noticed Rube's boner and got the
ball, threw Il to second and the
umpire ruled that Marshall had
been forced at second, as he un.
doubtedly was, as he never did
reach that bag. Marshall was In
the clubhouse when he was dragged
from under the shower TO pitch four
o innings and then cot no bet
ter than a draw,
Just what Capt. Sammy Strana
Nicklln said to RUDE Isn't available
nor would II be printable II II was.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-20
NO CHANGE IN RULES.

There will be no changes in the player
or salary limit of the Southern league
during the present season. This mat
ter, which was brought up by Presi-
dents ], A. G. Sloan, Of the Nashville
club, and J. d. Logan, of the Mobile
club, has been settled by several of the
club owners voting against any change
of the salary and player limits that are
now in effect.
Among those who frowned upon the
proposed changes were Jules Heine-
mann, Of New Orleans; Bob Allen, of
Little Rock, and Charley Frank, of At
lanta. 1t Is understood that the Bir-
change at present.
The Nashville, Mobile, Chattanooga
and Memphis clubs favored the change.
At the fall meeting the proposition will
be brought up and both the player and
salary limits will very likely be raised
in time for the 1920 campaign,
Umpire W. w. SHIRLEY, who sent in
his resignation a few days ago, has
followed his resignation with another
message stating that he has reconsid-
cred and that he desires to remain In
harness. This was satisfactory to the
league president, and SHIRLEY Is nov
working with Dan ~Pfenninger.
.
New Orleans fans failed to turn ou'
to watch the Tribe In action Thursday
evidently figuring that the PeIs wouic
have a w%alkover and that Il would b,
no contest. They probably have anoth
er think coming now after the Chick.
gave the league leaders a Iusty kick OF
the shIns.
Youth is certainly being served II
the Southern league this year. HUI
Perdue is winning games right alont
for the New Orleans Pelicans.
Jess Willard says he Is going to pe
Jack July 4, forgetting to mentor
whether he meant Dempsey or tina
500 900.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-20

year, itlet CN Barge seems 10 nave
rounded out a winning combination and
his club may yet finish among the first
four, II 1t does not give the leaders "A
fight for the top berth,
Good pitching is partly responsible
for the good showing of Memphis dur
ing the past three weeks. but the main
factor in the hot pace that has been
set Is the aggressive spirit that has
been shown on the field of late, Where
the Chicks formerly took their beat
ings as Il matter OF course, they have
changed into a scrappy ball cam, in
there every day hustling for all they're
worth in IN effort to win, They seem
to have discovered that they are not
out OF the flag hunt as they were sup
posed to he, and that with a little
winning squirt they will be right among
the elite in the Dixie handicap.
The club has been handicapped all
along this year by the lack Of a de-
pendahle catcher. as Red Smith. who
was signed as first strtngcr, has been
on the injured list practically all = a
son, Several recruits were tried for
the position, but none of them could
deliver the necessary goods until Gil
Meyers, "A young st. Louis boy, came
along, Although he Is far from a sea
soned catcher, Meyers has helped the
club wonderfully and his coming aided
the team to get out of the rut. George
'l"'h' d NrtoI"h' IL aiSp uolhs lIhe "pIN
for Memphis.
Dixie Carroll is leading the league
with the willow, and his offensive work
has had marked effect on the entire
team. Charley Frank, Atlanta mana
ger, did Memphis n good turn when he
turned over Lou glastonbury to the
Chicks, for Chris is playing wonderful
ball, hitting 1892 and going like the pro-
verbal house afire. During the recent
seCries with Atlanta, C"hristenbury heal
a double header, figuring in practically
every run that was made in the twin
| affair