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crabbe sIames RischIe.

IF Governor Richie had kept out
Of the fight for prohibition enforce
ment act in Maryland just one day
longer he would not now be confront
ed with the tangle in Hartford coun.
ty." said George W. Crabbe Sunday
in an address to the congregation OF
Clifton Avenue Methodist Episcopal
Church on behalf of the Antisaloon
League. Of which, he is superintend.
ent. we had told him that unless
Maryland should have a suitable
statute he could expect just such oc.
currences as that. He would not heed
us and now he has his hands full OF
trouble
Mr.. Crabbe alluded to the ruling By
Judge Harlan. of Hartford county, in
which Il was held that the State po.
lice have no authority for making
arrests for violation of the volstead
law.
Governor Ritchle said that he had
no comment to make on DIR. Crabbe's
remarks.
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WEEK APRIL /
Maryland Farmers to Get Bene-
fit Of Free Analysis
Call Issued For samples-innovatio
Projected BY University OF
Maryland Experiment
Station.

College Psrk.-The week Of April 4
has been designated as "S0iI Testing
Week" in Maryland by the soil depart.
meut OF the University Of Maryland
Experiment Station and by the county
agents During that period every
farmer in the State will have an op-
portunity 10 secure free soil analysis
showing the lime requirements of any
fields which he desires to have tested.
From the experiences Of last year
the specialists of the soil depart
ment are able to poisIt out a number
OF rather common mistakes which
farmers make in submitting soil
samples. For instance, last year
some samples were received, packed
in muslin bags from which the tags
had been torn in the mail. To cor
rect this the specialists recommend
that the number Of the field from
which the sample is taken together
with the sender's name and address
be written on a slip Of paper and in
closed with the soil. Just last week
Eve samples of soil carefully pack
ed in baking powder cans arrived at
the Experiment Station The lid Of
the box in which the samples were
inclosed, however, had been torn
and with 1t went the name and ad.
dress Of the sender. II the name
and the address of the sender had
been inclosed with each sample Of
soil. the specialists would still have
been able to advise this farmer of the
results of the tests.
Another rather common mistake is
the packing of wet soil in paper bags
or cardboard boxes. Specialists point
out that this should never be done,
and that the soil either should be
dried or packed in tin cans or cloth
bags, Specialists also suggest that
if the soil is thoroughly mixed half.
pint Is a sufficient quantity for test,
ting.
The following directions should be
taken In taking soil samples:
With spade or shovel dig square
hole to the depth of about six inches.
lay piece Of clean paper in the bot.
tom OF the hole and then shave thin
slice from one side OF the hole, allow
ing the soil to fall on the paper. Lift
the paper and soil, slice from the hole
and proceed to another place in the
same field and repeat the operation.
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.otss ngsan. 50 shall you die anu rise
TO lite again"
The rabbit, however, thinking II
would be a good joke on the people
of the earth, reversed this gospel :;
What he said to the people was: Like
as die, and live no more, so shall ye
all die and be no more alive" The
people took this gospel very sorrow.
fnllx.- which amused the rabbit, and
he went back to the moon god and
boasted of what he had done. The
god was so infuriated with his mes.
senger that he threw hatchet at him
and split his lip wide open, and that,
IL you would like TO know. is why the
rabbits lip is slit.
In certain parts Of England. parlicu.
larry at HaIlaton, there was an old
custom Of celebrating Easter Monday
with a ehare pie scramble" and bottle
kicking" This celebration begun with
procession leading to the house of
the rector Of the parish and consisting
Of two men abreast. carrying sacks
with cut-up pies inside; three men
abreast. two carrying wooden bottles
filed with beer, aud the third a large
dummy bottle that was TO be kicked
about; one man, carrying q pole on
which was fastened hare In a sitting
posture, and. last of all, band OF
music. The band was followed By
all the people Of the parish who could
walk. The dummy bottle was kicked
into the neighboring parish, where II
was burned, or drowned" after which
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time because their parents had no
nome and we're too poor to buy a hen.
The children grleved over this at
FIRST, and then decided that tEey would
stop grIeying and pray. They prayed for
Easter eggs, prayed earnestly and fer
yently. On the night before Easter
they made nest for the eggs they so
confidently believed the morning wouid
bring. When they awoke the next
morning they ran to the nest. and
there. sure enough. lay three lovely
eggs, and sitting back of them, very
proud of himself, was a big white rab-
BIT. the very rabbit that had laid the
eggs.
But the Easter rabbit is far, far
older than this tale, and the myths
about the rabbit, many Of them sssocl-
ating the rabbit in one way or another
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Baltimore.-A competitive exhibit
by local farmers organizations will be
held in connection with Timonium
Fair. A building will be erected by
the directors Of the Maryland State
Fair and Agricultural Society Of Bal
timore county and the exhibits are to
be displayed in booths to be designed
and erected by the competing organ
izations. Ten prizes, ranging from
$500 to SITS, will be given and the
Judges will include farm crops ex-
pert, home economies expert and a
person qualified in Judging originality,
architecture and attractiveness. DUAL.
ity is to count As per cent. variety, 25
per cent. and arrangement, products.
attractiveness and general affect, 80
per cent. oaly local organizations can
compete.
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Baltinore.--Shall Baltimore drug
gists fill prescriptions for beer. And
/ II SO, shall they serve the amber, foam
topped fluid at their soda fountains
These are questions which will come
up for settlement by Baltimore drug
gists at special meeting to be held
at The Emerson The questions were
raised through the ruling of former
Attorney General Palmer, that beer
might be sold on prescription, with
the added suggestion, made after he
had retired from office, that beer
might be dispensed at soda fountains
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INSULT
4 OFFERED ALLIES
thousands Hear Horrors on
Rhine" Meeting Denounced
PERsHING AssAILs HYPHEN
Lauds Loyal Observation-Disclosures
Read From Harding, The C. A.
r. And United Confederate
Veterans.

New York.-General John ]. PERISH
ing, speaking before a crowd which
packed Madison Square Garden at
one Of the greatest patriotic demon
strations here since the signing Of the
Armistice, bitterly denounced persons
Of foreign birth who seek the free.
dom Of this country to spread "polit-
icsl and warlike propaganda" to
weaken the ties OF friendship between
The United States aud her allies in
fhe late war.
The meeting was held under the
auspices Of the American Legion and
Dther patriotic societies as a protest
against the recent mass-meeting ar
ranged to voice objection to the pres
'euce Of French colonial troops in oc-
cupied Germany, described as THE
Horror on the Rhine"
Fifteen minutes before the meeting
was called to order by Col. Frank
Galbraith. Jr., national commander Of
she American Legion. the Fire De-
partment officials ordered the doors Of
the Garden closed More than 1900
persons were then packed into the
structure, while thousands swarmed
around the building, frantically en-,
deavoring to enter.
General Pershing, paying tribute to
fnrafxn=b0rn citizens who served
under him in the Philippines, Mexico
and France. declared It was entirely
proper that foreigners should cling
TO the folklore. literature and music
OF their native land, but he assailed
those who seek to dictate American
questions and political policies by the
standards OF their countries.
1--WE have no quarrel with the
American OF foreign birth" he said.
1--WE want them to know that Amer
icanisTn is an inspiration. that II is
something spiritual. goal toward
which we aim. But we do object to
the foreign-born citizen who attempts
to decide an American question for
foreign reason. whether he be of
German lineage and proposes TO de-
terrnine an American policy because
Of German prejudice, or whether he be
Irish, Italian. Hungarian or Russian.
who seeks for similar reasons to de-
eide American questions.
81 bitterly resent the abuse Of
American citizenship or residence FOR
abo xur1o.o - naIfttoaI - xror1fk a
propaganda in foreign countries.
TN America there can be no place
for those who while claiming equal
citizenship with us and enjoying its
privileges under our flag yet continue
their allegiance to another country.
There can be no such thing as dual
citizen ship in America. Under no
CURSE can this country be made the
hraadfn0 rlacn NJ iutriguar
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there is no parting again. no sorrow,
no loss, no pain.
Compare this hope with all other
hopes that man can have. and they
sink into insignlfcance.
If the sons Of men believed that
this life were the only life they could
ever know, if they believed that the
grave is the end and that when they
were laid away with the dust from
which they came there would be N,
awakening, not only would the dearest
hope they could possibly have be taken
then from them, but the world would
then become Il place unfit for hablia.
ton.
Without the hope Of resurrection
from the grave man would surely slnl.
at once to the low level of the beast.
But that this is not his belief. and
that man has, instead. a firm and q
full hope to live again, is wha. makes
Easter the one great joyous day of ali
days.
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Easton. Frederick Thorn. aged 81
years, died at the home of his daugh
ter, Mrs. Frederick Dietert, OF general
debility. Mr.. Thom came to this coun,
try from Germany with his family in
1884 and settled in Talbot county, buy
ing small farm in Chapel district
near Longwoods. on which he built o
wheelwright and blacksmith shop ano
carried on business there for mum
ber of years. He is survived by -four
children, one son (Herman Thom, Of
Hurlock. Dorchester county,, and
three daughters tMrs. Richard FEEDER
Of Baltimore; Mrs. Edward Ingerman
Preston, Caroline county. and Mrs
Frederick Dieter, Easton. with whom
he made his home).
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How did the rabbit get into the nest
Of Easter eggs? OF all the curious leg
ends the centuries have gathered
about the Easter season none are more
widely circulated than those having to
do with the rabbit and the Easter eggs,
Easter eggs are seen all over the Chris
tian world on Easter Sunday, and
wherever the eggs are there is the
rabbit also.
Just where and how such total
abstainer from eggs, such clenrly
non-produeer of eggs as a rabbit, got
mixed up in nest of them the bIog-
raphers Of neither the hen nor the
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In the extreme southern part Of
Texas the possibility of producing
good lily bulbs would secm very en-
couraging. At Brownville, Tex, one
can see In the old Spanish gardens
very healthy Easter lilies in bloom
during the first half of April. The
growth Is very strong and absolutely
free from every trace of disease. II
would seem as II lily growing in that
section of the country would be sat.
lsfactory.
Next in popularity with the Easter
lily In its season come the lovely
white and yellow narcissuses and jon
quIls, while the fragrant hyaclnths
and freesias also take prominent part
in the floral gIorihcation of Easter.
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Elkton.--John Brown and Lewis
Brown, both colored, who were ar
rested in Philadelphia some weeks ago
for robbing and assaulting Charles
Rumbin. day track-walker on the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad. near Childs
station. on Christmas eve last. were
convicted in Circuit Court, and each
sentenced to eight years in the Peni
tentiary. After assarlting Rumbin. the
negroes robbed him of $4s5. carried
him back into the house. placed him
in bed and locked the door.
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IMPORTANT news
QUICKLY TOLD
Happenings In Various Sections Of
Old MARYLAND
NEWS ITEMS FOR OUR READERS

Hagerstown.-Joseph B. Kretsinger.
aged n. farmer Of near Smithsburg,
died at his home OF Brights disease.
He leaves bis widow, sister (Mrs,
David Rowe. Mount Morris. III, and
the following sons: Victor. at Sam
uel. Idaho; oryis, Republic, Ohio;
Charles. Williamsport; Bernard. this
city; Frank N. and Joseph. Smiths
burgl, and daughter (Mrs. William
Barkdoll. near Smithsburgl.
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Elkton-oscar Legg. aged 2S years.
Of Millington, died along the Elkton-
Chestertown State road. He had been
III and was being brought to Union
Hospital here for an operation. He
was apparently none the worse for his
trip until after the machine passed
over the Sassafras River bridge when
be suddenly became very quiet and an
examination disclosed he was dead. He
is survived by widow and one child.
Coroner McGraw, Of Elkton, gave a
certificate of death from natural
causes
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tality. In 1t life lay dormant. An In
sensate thing, a mere object, It had
the power to become a living being.
To the early Christians the egg SYM
bolized the resurrection. Because Of
this, and also because eggs We're looked
upon as meat, Roman Catholics of
Italy, Spain and France were formerly
forbidden to eat eggs during Lent. AT
ter the fasting was over, eggs were the
first meat to be eaten. Every Easter
table held eggs dyed red, to represent
the blood of Christ. and piled In pyra-
mids at various points Of vantage
along the table. Before the eggs were
broken they were blessed by the priest.
A special blessing for the Easter
eggs was given out by Pope Paul V,
who sat in the papal chair from 1905
to 1921. This blessing, which is still
used by many Roman Catholics, is:
"Bless, o Lord. we beseech thee, this
thy gift of eggs, that 1t may become
q wholesome snstenance of thy faith
full servants. eating it in thankfulness
to thee on the morn of the resurrection
of our Lord"
Greek Catholics believe that eggs
laid on Good Friday have within them
their own blessing, and that he who
eats them as his first food on Easter
Sunday viii be blessed throughout the
year. They, too, hold that the egg
is symbolical Of the resurrection.
But all Of these eggs are the fruit
of the hen, she that cackles over her
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Why All Mankind
Halls the Morn of
the Resurrection

Easter morning-tho most joyous of
all the mornings of the year, the one
great day Of gladness, supreme above
a.. a.. 4Ae4r.s -z...-4ha- calendar the Morn
of the Resurrection.
And why is this the gladdest day
of the year7
1t is the gladdest of all days because
It typlfies the hope that beyond the
grave there is another life than this,
1t speaks the promise that We shall
rise again from the dust of death. that
we shall be reunited with those whom
we have loved and lost, that we shall
open our eyes In another world where
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Baltimore.-Harry Hawkins. As years
old. was found in his room at 51l
North Gay street. unconscious from
having inhaled gas. When revived by
the police. he was taken to St Jo-
seph's Hospital. where it was dis.
covered that he was also suffering
from acute alcoholism. 1t is believed
that when he entered his room he was
intoxicated and, attempting to light
his gas stove, failed 20 place match
to the flame.
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Hagerstown.-- Hall, of Le-
gore, struck his wife on the head with
dull hatchet following quarrel at
their home. The woman has a deep
cut on the head, but will likely re-
cover Hall was erecting a fence on
his property when the wife appeared
They quarreled Neighbors hearing
the wrangle appeared and saw Hall
strike his wife on the head twice with
hatchet The woman fell. Hall was
disarmed, arrested and placed in the
county jail for hearing.
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not eat hare must eat red her
ring"
At least one mythologIst mas tried
to account for the Easter rabbit in
England by making him the creature
of the Anglican goddess Eostre, whose
name, according to Bede. was given to
the month OF April. which was called
Estermonath. Grimm calls this god
dess ostara, divinity of the radiant
dawn, of upspringIng light"
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Baltimors-Refusing to impose a
penalty on James Mason, colored OF
1927 Shields alley, who pleaded guilty
70 charge of gambling, Magistrate
Chapman, in the Northwestern Police
Court, said that he would not sen.
tence the little fellow as long as the
clubs, which he says are in operation
in the district, are permitted to en-
gage in games of chance in a greater
degree. In spite Of the protest of Capt.
Charles Lastner. the magistrate dis
missed Mason.
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The weather at Easter in the olden
days was Just as much a burning
question as now. The old supersti-
ton that the sun actually danced for
joy on Easter morning held such frn
sway over the minds Of the people
that bishops ana priests preached
against 1t as n vulgar srror."
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rabbit are able
TO say. But there
he is, and there
he persists In
staying, however
inconsequent. IT.
relevant and i'm
material his pres
ence may be.
Myths of the
Easter egg are
more easily ac-
counted for. The
Ancient yp-
6ans, PersIans,
Gauls. Greeks and
Romans saw In
the egg an en-
hlem Of immor.
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bits or IL were
taken home as
trophies by the
people.
The custom fell
into dIsuse about
1867. But other
customs in which
the hare figured
were continued
10 a much later
date. one having
to do with the
hunting OF a hare
on Good Friday,
to be eaten on
Easter day. tha
alternative being
that ~he who does
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product. when
every child be-
lleves thar the
rabbit Is respon-
sIble for the Eas-
ter eggs.
Germany for a
long time claimed
that she was the
mother Of the
Easter rabbit.
She said that It
happened, 0ne
time, that the
children Of a very
poor peasant had
been told that
they could have
no eggs at Easter
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WILL LOOK THEM OVER.
pausherty To Inspect All Possible
AppoIntees For Judges.

Washington Attorney General
Daugherty is going to '.look over per-
sonally all possible aprointees as Fed
erai judges or district attorneys he
fore selections are made. In max
ing known his intention Mr.. Daugh-
erty said that he intended to call to
Washington each man who came up
for serious consideration in the dis
tricts and see them himself before
making any appointments.
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ASK GOVERNOR ALLEN TO PROBE

Demand For Inquiry Into Attacks On
N. p. League.
Washtngton.-Governor Alien. OF
Kansas, was urged in a telegram by
Senator Ladd and Representative Sin
clair Of North Dakota to investigate
mob attacks on Nonparttsan League
organizers at Great Bend and to clear
up charges that members OF the Amer.
IoaH Legion were involved.
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SON. q. KILLS rArHER.
Third such Case in Kentucky Within
Few Weeks.

Lexington. Ky.--A report reaching
here from the Letcher county noun.
tains says Ole Hunsueker, aged z2,
LIVING With his father. shot and killed
his parent at their home. There had
been III feeling between them for some
time. It is said, which eliminated in q
violent quarrel and the suhsecrent
murds-
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CHILD WIFE HELD FOR MURDER
Tells Police She Did Not Know Gun
Was Loaded.

Pennington, Mo.-Mrs. Luther Pay,
sens, Is years old. who was married 3
week ago was charged with first de
gree murder in connection with the
death OF her six.year-old stepdaughter,
as the result Of gunshot wound IN
the head. The child wife Is said tc
have told the Authorities she was play
ing with the lftfle girl and did not
know the gun was loaded.
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wOMAN. .. RsscuEs ANorHER.
Leaps Into psep Water And coes Not
suffer From Effort.

Jacksonville, Fla.-Mrs- James Rog-
ers, 70 years old. jumped into the
deep water at Johns Pass, near here,
and rescued Mrs. James w. Wilkinson.
who had fallen into the channel Mrs.
Rogers apparently was none the
worse because Of the exertion re-
uairsd to bring Mrs, Wilkinson to
shore
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with eggs, are centuries older than the
Easter festival.
The Moon festival in China comes
in the springtime and corresponds With
Easter. It's great holiday. Nobody
works. Everybody puts on his best
clothes and goes out for a general jolll-
fication. The elimination Of events
comes on what is our Easter, which.
as old-fashioned people will tell you,
comes "on the first Sunday after the
FIRST full moon after the 22nd of
March"
1t is on this night that "the rabbit
in the moon" is best seen. The Chi
nese, in their Moon festival. pay hom-
age to this rabbit. Their ancient relI-
glon, Taoism, taught them that this
rabbit was the slave Of genii who kept
him evefiastingly busy pounding .serbs
and drugs TO make the elixir of life.
He squats~in a cassia tree to do the
pounding, and If you will look at the
moon any Easter Sunday evening
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when the SKY Is
clear there you Ii
see Br'er Rabbit
pounding a " az.
And when you see
II, you will see a
mixture Of Taolst
belief. East AZ
rican mythology,
southern n egro
folklore and early
Christian legend
The japanese
nave a legend.
doubtless passed
)yer to the m
rom India. that
he gospel of the
resurrection was
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HARDING 70 PROMOTE DOCTOR

Marion Physician WIN Be Made BrIga-
dler-General Soon.
washingt0n.-Dr. c. E. Sawyer, OF
Marion, Ohio. President Hardings per.
ponal physician, will be made briga-
dier-generai in the Army Medical
Corps DR.. Sawyer was in the Medical
Reserve Corps during the war and he
will be transferred back to active
Service and given the rank of briga-
dier.
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Determining Easter Sunday.
Easter Sunday, the festival COM
memorating the resurrection Of our
Savior from the dead. falls on the
first Sunday after the first full moon
after the vernal equinox. In the early
days of Christianity there were dis
putes as to the proper method of COM
putting the coming of Easter, with va
riances in the observance of the feast.
until the Council of Nicaea brought
uniformity by the decree that the
method in vogue in the Western
church should be followed. Other va.
riances In the observance of the feast
followed on the reformation Of the
calendar by Pope Gregory In 1882, the
new style not being adopted at once
in Europe, Sweden being the last to
give adherence IN 1853.