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HIS LIMITATION. Mrs. Praise—Your husband Is a wonderful man In many ways. Noth in* seems to escape him. Mrs. Diggs—That’s so, my dear. He Htma to observe everything but Lent. His Preference. A distinguished eye surgeon tells a good story of his hospital days. Three Other young, newly fledged oculists and himself were chatting In their gnarters In the hospital when the con versation tur;:- 1, as was natural in poung men, upon the beauty of dlffer •nt colors of eyes. One championed ;the superior brilliancy and sparkle of the blue eye; another the depth and jflre of the brown, while the third was 'all for the clear, cool light of the lhaiel. After they had exhausted their eloquence, with the usual effect of con 'Armlng themselves In their original loplnlons, the fourth young sawbones suddenly broke In: "I don't care a hang about your blue Hayes, or your brown eyes, or your gray ayes! Just give me sore eyes and plenty of ’em—and I’ll be happy!” (sunshine. Surround the children with every 'possible cheer. . . . Smiles and ,‘leughter cost nothing. . . . Let the children have music, let them have 'pictures, let them have laughter, let Ithem have a good time; not an idle itlme, but one full of cheerful occupa tion. 8urround them with all the Aaautlful things you can. Plants jphould be given sun and air and the ■due sky. Give them to your boys and girls. I do not mean for a day or a taonth, but for nil the years. Wo can VM>t treat a plant tenderly one day fend harshly the next day; they cannot ■Und it.—Luther Burbank, In “The graining of the Human Plant.” Such lb Life. Dugan—Oh, my, oil, my! Isn't Casey put'n on g-rand airs wid his new auty itooblleT An' over In the ould counthry t dare say he went barefutted. Ryan—Faith, not bo his own ac counts. He says he had a turnout •ver there thot atthracted great at tlntlon. | Dugan—Av coorse; an eviction al hrsys does. ( Sad Case. "I hear your husband has lost his publlo Job.” “Yes." “What does he expect to do now?" “Well, he told me this morning that unless he could got reinstated pretty soon he would have to go to (pork somewhere."—Chicago Record Herald. Recalling the Fight. | "He has his father’s eyes.” "That’s queer; I thought I was blacking his.” An old toper is satisfied If he can keep his head above water. V SHE QUIT COFFEE And Much Good Came From It, ' It Is hard to believe that coffee will Pot a person In such a condition as It Aid a woman of Apple Creek, O. She Sails her own story: "I did not believe coffee caused my .trouble, and frequently said I liked tt ao well I would not quit drinking It, Wen If It took my life, but I was a miserable sufferer from heart trouble and nervous prostration for four years. "I was scarcely able to go around at alL Had no energy, and did not care Cor anything. Was emaciated and had • constant pain around my heart until I thought I could not endure It. I Celt as though I was liable to die any time. "Frequently I had nervous chills and the least excitement would drive sleep away, and any little noise would up set me terribly. I was gradually get ting worse until finally one day. It eame over me, and I asked myself what la the use of being sick all the time and buying medicine so that I can Indulge myself In coffee? "So I thought 1 would see If I could quit drinking coffee, and got some Postum to help me quit. I made it atrlctly according to directions, and I want to tell you that change was the greatest step in my life. It was easy to quit coffee because I had the Postum which I like better than ] liked the old coffee. One by one the old troubles left, until now I am in splendid health, nerves steady, hearl all right, and the pain all gone. Nevci have any more nervous chills, don't take any medicine, can do all mj housework, and have done a grea Aaal besides. “My sister-in-law, who visited m< this summer had been an invalid foi some time, much as I was. I got be: to quit coffee and drink Postum. Sh< gained five pounds In three weeks and 1 never saw such a change in any one's health.” “There’s a reason.” Ever read the above letter! A net ene appears from time So time. Tb< are genuine, tree, and fall of burnt; la teres t. _ Idle Fund. "That man has a vast fund of in formation.” "Yes," replied Senator Sorghpm; “but he can't put a dollar mark In front of it and use It for a campaign fund.” “ECZEMA ITCHED SO BADLY I COULDN’T STAND IT.” “I suffered with eczema on my neck for about six months, beginning by lit tle pimples breaking out. I kept scratching till the blood came. It kept getting worse, I couldn't sleep nights any more. It kept Itching for about a month, then I went to a doctor and got some liquid to take. It seemed as If I was going to get better. The itching stopped for about three days, but when It started again, was even worse than before. The eczema Itched so badly I couldn’t stand It any more. “I went to a doctor and he gave me some medicine, but didn’t do any good. We have been having Cutlcura Rem edies In the house, so l decided to try them. I had been using Cuticura Soap, so I got me a box of Cutlcura Ointment, and washed off the affected part with Cuticura Soap three times a day, and then put the Cuticura Oint ment on. The first day I put It on, It relieved mo of Itching so I could sleep all that night. It took about a week, then I could see the scab come off. I kept the treatment up for three weeks, and my eczema was cured. “My brother got his face burned with gun powder, and ho used Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Tho people all thought he would have scars, but you can’t see that ho ever had his face burned. It was simply awful to look at before the Cutlcura Remedies (Soap and Ointment) cured It.” (Signed) Miss Elizabeth Gehrkl, For rest City, Ark., Oct. 16, 1910. Although Cuticura Soap and Ointment are sold by druggists and dealers everywhere, a sample of each, with 32-page book, will bo mailed free on application to "Cutlcura,” Dept. L, Boston. Troubles Laid to “In-Law.” “The cause of moro than half the family scraps that are scrapped to a finish,” says an exchange, "is the ’In law.’ A man or a woman marries some ono absolutely antagonistic to all the other members of the family, and then, putting this person on a pedestal, demands that all shall do her or his will. For the sake of courtesy, often a whole family will yield many points, and gradually the ‘in-law’ be comes more and more insistent, and so things drift along, always the one side giving in, until some straw, some trifle, will prove tho drop too much, and after that the fracas. 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In the embassies and legations at Washington are representatives of these lands In which the Easter festivities are elaborate to (he extreme, and marked by many unique customs and ceremo nies At no time In the year, it seems, do they feel their voluntary exile from their native lands as keenly as during the Eastertide, though, be it empha sized, they in no degree imply dissatis faction with the American celebration of the day of the risen Eord. It is but natural, however, for them to look back across the seas and picture the celebra tions now transpiring in their own lands. To the Baroness Hengelmuller von Hengervar, wife of the ambassador from Austria-Hungary, Easter brings to mind a picture of the quaint and im pressive ceremony, centuries old, that still marks the observance of the day in her country, and especially the scenes of her father's castle on his es tate In Galicia. "Easter is not observed with as much ceremony here ns in Catholic coun tries," said her excellency. "Easter in Poland is a great occasion. All Holy Week we eat no meat. Good Friday, dressed in mourning, our women go to church and pray for an hour. The grave of Ctirist is always represented at the church, and it Is before this that the prayers are said. Saturday, too, is spent in fasting and praying. "Easter Sunday the great luncheon or 'Swieceny,' as we call it in Polish, takes place. At my father’s castle, I rememJ her, we always prepared for more than 100 hundred guests. The table was laden with cold meats, pig roasted whole, various kinds of sausages and great cakes, or ’baba,’ which are always eaten at Eastertide. During the after nooh visitors cafi. It is the custom for the host and hostess to meet their guests at the door with a plate of eggs, when each takes a small piece, and the greeting of the day, ‘Halleluiah,’ is ex changed. "On the day preceding this luncheon the food has been blessed by the priest. As the castle is usually the center of the community, the peasants, or farmer’s, ns they wouid be called here, bring their food there. When the priest blesses the castle luncheon ho also be stows a blessing upon the food of the servants and peasants in the lower hall. During tho entire week following Eas ter Sunday visitors are invited to par take of tho cold dishes on the Easter luncheon table, which is replenished from time to time, of course. "Being a landowner, my father re ceived gifts from tho peasants at Eas tertide. One might bring his best calf, another his fattest pig, and a woman her largest chicken or duck. They, in turn, would be given presents of money, a cow, etc. "The children play with eggs on Eas ter Sunday In somewhat the same fash ion they do In Washington with its egg rolling. In Austria-Hungary the same ceremony is observed with the ex ception of the great luncheon, and al ways on Good Friday the emperor, with Ills court, attends divine service for an hour. "I miss this Easter ceremony very much indeed," concluded the baroness, "as in the 1G years I have been in America I havo returned to my home but onco In time for that ceremony. At the embassy on Easter we, too, have a luncheon, but naturally it is on a small scale.” v Easter In France Is primarily a floral one, with the flower market along the Selno redolent with the perfume of lilies and other as fragrant though less state ly blooms. Every one wears a blossom at Eastertide, and poor indeed Is the household that does not display a floral symbol of "the resurrection and the life." "It Is not one of the great celebra tions of France.” said M. de Perretl de la Rocca, llrst secretary of the French embassy. “It Is decidedly a children’s day. Of course. It Is a legal holiday and the banks, government buildings and schools are closed. There are the usual religious services to bo found In a Catholic country. The Parisian child makes merry Indeed with his Easter eggs, which are generally painted a vivid red. For the richer children are eggs of chocolate and sugar, either solid candy or hollowed out so as to conceal pretty favors In the form of small toys. Flowers, of course, are to be seen everywhere." In Italy, Easter Is quite the most Im portant religious festival of tho year and a time of public and private re joicing. At Rome on Easter day and for several days afterward, religious processions are to bo seen on the streets. Dignitaries of the church, clad in gorgeous raimnet, march from Church to church, blessing the baptis mal fonts and rekindling the altar Arcs that were extinguished on Good Fri day in memory of the death of Christ. A most unique cuSlom marks the ob servance of holy week in Florence. Italy. The chances are that It will be discontinued in a few years, for re cently It has been marred by the deaths and painful burnings of several of the spectators. "At noon on Saturday of holy week," said one of the secretaries of the Italian embassy, "a ceremony called tho ‘scrop plo del carro’ (the explosion of the car) takes place in the Ptuzzo del Duo mo Just in front of the Battlstero. It is In fulfillment of a provision in the will of the de Pazzi family, an ancient Florentine household, certain members of which brought flints from the Holy Land with which to kindle the lire on the altars at Easter. “The ’car’, which resembles nn altar, and is nearly as large as a small frame house, is drawn to the square before the cathedral by a team of white oxen, where It is filled with flreworks and decorated with flowers. A wire is stretched from the car to the altar In the cathedral. At the conclusion of the service, a wooden device known as a 'dove,' traveling over the wire on a wheel and bearing a slow fuse. Is lighted from the sacred lire on the al tar. It rushes down the wire to the ear tilled with combustibles. The explosion that follows Is a wonderful pyrotechnic display. Tho peasants in und near Florence attach considerable Import ance to the explosion of the 'car' and especially to the uninterrupted descent of tho 'dove' down the wire; if every thing transpires without a hitch, they consider It an omen of plentiful crops tho rest of tho year.” Abounding in quaint customs and Btrnnge ceremonies, Mexico upholds her reputation in her unique Easter cele bration. The day Is a day of ven geance—not upon the living, but upor the numberless Images of Judos Is cariot, the betrayer of Christ. All ovei the country countless eltlgtes of Judas 1 are made, generally .in peasant clothes and ropes are fastened around theli necks. Amid the hoots and Jeers ol the crowd the linages are swung alof and hung. As they swing to and fro | stones and knives- are hurled at them ’ set In the provinces the ilgurea an riddled with bullets until they are lit erally cut to ribbons. Sometimes an Image Is stuffed with confections, clg areis and trinkets, strung aloft and ex ploded from a fuse running to the ground. The contents are scattered in the explosion, of course, and the grown- j ups, as well as the children, scramble for the flying gifts. “The ceremonies really begin w-lth Thursday evening of holy week." said a secretary at the Mexican embassy, “when the ‘vista de la slete casus,’ or the calling of the seven houses or churches, is held. The populace on this occasion visit seven or more churches —there must be seven at the lowest— and pray. All the churches are deco rated and there Is considerable rivalry as to which has the most gorgeous al tar. On the afternoon of Good Friday there Is a service called la slete pala bras,' or the sev^n words, referring to the seven word3 of Christ on the cross. All women attending this service are dressed either in mourjilng or in som ber colors. In the evening, attired In the same manner, they attend a service called ‘pesame,’ a service of condolence and mourning. “Op Saturday morning the 'Gloria’ service Is held, after which comes the hanging of the effigies of Judas In the afternoon the people at tend the theaters or a bull fight if the weather Is not too warm for the latter. On Easter day proper, the celebration is almost entirely religious one. According to the Baroness de Bode, a sister of Colonel Baron de Bode, mili tary attache cj the Russia nembassy, Easter Is the holiday of holidays in her ! country. "This is partly due to the fact that Easter Is the first celebration of the 1 spring season,” said the baroness, “and the warm weather naturally draws peo ple to the out of doors. “On Easter evo In Russia there Is a church service held, which begins a few minutes before midnight and con- j tinues for half an hour. In the coun try, even among the peasants, where i th ecustoms are more strictly followed, the people wear their best and lightest I clothes, | . servlce comes the Easter 1 kiss. I riends kiss three times, first on ■ one cheek, then on the other, and the j I last time on the other cheek again. This represents the joy they feel on account j of the Savior’s resurrection. The cus- \ tom is sometimes continued for sev- I | ftral days, and the peasants often kiss j those whom they havo Just met. ‘•Following the half-hour service there is a night mass held, the only ono during the year. This is not usually I over until 3 o’clock in the morning. From the church the people return j home and have what Is really an early ! breakfast, but which is more like a feast. They eat hard boiled eggs, pa sc ha and ‘coolitch,’ which form the features of the repast. ‘Pascha’ is made principally from cottage cheese, while ‘coolitch’ is a special kind of bread. Of course, other things are served as well, as the Lenten fast Is joyfully .broken. And In regard to the Lenten fast we are also more particu lar than in some countries, for, besides abstaining from meat, we do not eat eggs nor drink milk. "TVin puotnm a# l.t_t_, • The custom of kissing is also ob served In the court. Easter day the em peror receives the members of his household, his bodyguard and represen tatives from the officers and soldiers of the regiments stationed in and near St. Petersburg. These he greets with tiie Easter kiss, while they greet the empress by kissing her hand. The em peror also presents small favors in the shape of eggs to those present. “Easter day is a pleasant occasion for the children. For two or three days preceding we dye eggs for them, much as is done in this country. Easter the children roll and play with them. It is also the custom to exchange eggs, and many people carry a few with them to present to their friends after the 1 church service. The children play with their eggs for a week after Easter and the customs are more strictly followed sometimes longer. The 'pascha' and ‘coolitch’ are also eaten during the week after Piaster, and always served to vis itors who may call. It’is also a custom to greet friends Easter day with 'Christ is risen from the dead.' To that the friend replies either in tho same wav or exclaims, 'Yes, verily. He Is risen.’ ’” Another phase of the Russian cele bration of Easter is to be found not in Russia, but in Palestine. Thousands upon thousands of pilgrims, chiefly from Russia, but also from other parts of the world as well, assemble on the banks of the River Jordan on Easter morning to bathe in the same waters in which the Christ was baptized. As the rays of the rising sun gild the tops of the mountains of Moab a shout of “Hosanna” bursts forth with one ac cord from every throat, followed by the cadence of sweet and solemn song. Bap tismal robes are donned and more like a crowd of pleasure seekers, they rush Into the stream. The Russian govern ment has erected hospices for the pil grims all along their line of march. Easter In Jerusalem is a great oc casion at the Church of the Holy Sepul cher. The day before the ceremony of the descent of the holy fire is cele brated. All lights in the church are ex tinguished at a certain hour and the worshipers stand praying that the holy tire be sent down from heaven. Two high priests go down into the sacred sepulcher; suddenly lights appear in the tomb and other priests hand down candles which are returned to them lighted. These candles are then carried to the various churches in the citv to light their altar candles, qnd, In fact, there have been instances of their hav ing been carried all the way back to Russia by pilgrims, for have they not been lighted from the holy fire sent down from heaven! On Palm Sunday a vast service is held in the church at the conclusion of which the worshipers stream forth Bhouting "Hosanna!" and waving their palm branches. Easter In Germany is a solemn but happy occasion. Elaborate choral serv ices are rendered in the churches and in tho homes as well. Indeed the sing ing of the Easter carols is a matter of grave concern, for they have been re hearsed for weeks before. "It is a children's day,” said the Countess von Bernstorff, wife of the ambassador from Germany, “and in familios where there are children a party is usually given for them. If Easter falls during warm weather the eggs are collected and hidden for the children out of doors, or. If the weather is too cold for that, indoors. Egg shaped boxes are made in Nuremberg, aiul Inside of these come all manner of toys for children. “Among families Easter Is generally a day of reunion, and while there is no visiting among friends, the family gathers together. Sometimes friends send floral greetings in the shape of Easter eggs entirely ot natural flowers. While this is the custom in the greater part of Germany, there is a solemn ceremonial performed In Bavaria, when ' the prince regent, who is a Catholic, i washes the feet of 12 old men on Good , Friday.” ! “The observance of Easter in Costa L Rica is entirely a religious one,” said . Jd'le- Marla Calvo, daughter of the min is,ter from Costa Rica, "and there are s few customs of Interest, outside of those connected with the church. On Palm Sunday morning, when the celebration begins, there is a procession formed of the dignHiaries and congregation of the church. Along the line of their march the way has-been strewn with palms. Small floats are carried and a figure of Christ. The floats show angels, and the prettiest children to be found are al ways seen in the procession; they are always beautifully dressed, their silk robes and shimmery wings and crowns forming an attractive picture. The pro cession ends in front of the church, where hymns are sung. “On Good Friday there is another procession. This time, however, there are no children in it. The entire spec tacle is one of somberness, as every one is dressed in mourning. Then on Easter at dawn we have the last procession. At its head are two women dressed to represent the two who discovered that Christ was risen. After them come the priests. A figure showing the resurrec tion of Christ Is also carried. There are none of the customs concerning •Easter eggs and rabbits such as there are here, and Easter Is not considered a day for the children at all.” Good Friday in Spain, especially In Seville, is the day on which the various guilds and societies and the monks ar-' ray themselves In fantastic garb and parade the streets as “mummers.” They bear before them huge standards, crosses, images of the Virgin Mary and queer symbolic devices. In other sec tions of the country the parade takes the form of a carnival of flowers; queens of the carnival are chosen, and they are feted with all the homage usually rendered a real sovereign. Vast sums, secured by popular subscription, are expended upon the parades, and the images of the Virgin, especially, are garbed In robes and jewels that cost thousands of dollars. TL>e beautiful service in St. Mark’s cathedral Is by far the chief feature of the Eastqr celebration In Venice. The worshipers comS'foTjxe church In gon dolas literally covered with flowers. The entire scene is a riot of colors and blooms. In the afternoon every one bears a supply of food to the square In front of the cathedral and scatters It broadcast to the countless flocks of pigeons that fly about the stately edi fice. In Cuba an old ceremony Is enacted each Easter day. A huge waxen figure of the Chtjst, showing the gaping wounds, Is borne upon the shoulders of monks through the open doors of the cathedral. Followed by a procession of priests bearing candles, the figure is carried down the main street until it meets a similar figure of Mary Magda lene, supposed to be hastening to the tomb of Christ after His resurrection. When the two figures meet, the one symbolic of Mary turns and rushes away to a third figure, which represents the Virgin Mary. These two figures pause a while, as though communi cating the news of the resurrection. Then they turn and rush to the figure of Christ, bowing in adoration as they follow Him back Into the cathedral amid the huzzas of the populace and the singing of sacred chants. Where Is He Risen? ["And go quickly and tell His disciples that lie is risen from the dead.”—MittheW xxviii, 7.] Lift your glad voices In triumph on high, For Jesus hath risen, and man cannot die. Vain were the terrors that gathered around tilm, And short the dominion of death and the grave; He burst from the fetters of darkness that bound Him, Resplendent In glory to live and to save, Loud was the chorus of angels on high, "The Saviour bath risen, and man shall not die." I like to think that bud and bloom And grass and leaf Are symbols of the empty tomb, Of ended grief. I like to think of Him that He Is risen here, And that His presence we may see Each waking year. For heaven Is so very far; We cannot roach The neaiest little guiding star By sight or speech— But when the day Is gladdened by This clearer blue, Then heaven is not far and high From we and you. I fain would think He breathes above The grass and trees; His heart that throbs with human love Awakens these; And lilies pure as acolytes Their censers swing, While all the moadowlands and heights Are worshiping. So In this thought of mine I find In stone and clod And hedge and lattice blossom-twined. The breath of God. And yonder in the growing wheat And fallow lands I see the path that knew His feet— Work of His hands. And so from every bird that sings I hear the voice That one supernal message brings: "Arise! Rejoice!" I like to think of Him that He Is risen here. And that His presence we may see Each waking year. —Wilbur D. Nerblt. Winter Magic. Beside your warm hearth's Sybaritic glow Through a rose-tinted glass, You watch the days, frost-stilled or wild with snow. And shiver as they pass. But firmly grasp the nettle of the cold— With all' its icy spears— And And how deep the winter's heart of gold. How kind her frozen tears. Beauty Is hers, austere or exquisite. And on the brink of speech Tremble strange joys, the winged delights that Alt Swiftly beyond our reach. She brings the rapture of her dawning The after'radiance of setting suns; Through the nude grace of branching traceries Subtly her message runs. O Winter, while the poets pipe your praise Because you bring the Spring, One lowly worshiper with joy would raise A song of thanksgiving. Not only for the secrets locked in stone And hidden in the tree. But for the charm, the wonder all your own— Your breathless ecstasy. —Ada Foster Murrav in Harper's Weekly. Some interesting experiments show ing that the yield of plants may be In creased by electricity are described In a recent official report published in Berlin. Success was also achieved in hastening the ripening of strawberries by several days, thus enabling the growers to command the highest prices at the beginning of the season. In writing Spanish It is dangerous to slur over the endings of words, as the majority do in writing English. 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