iHE OPINIONS
la thla department we will pobllnh
rharaeter, received from sobacrlbere to tbla paper. No oonmcnioation moxum
xjntaix mors than 800 worm. Manuscript will not be returned.
A rlTATE nAILKOAD.
For the laat twenty-fives yearn the
question of railroad rat1 ha been
agitated by the people of thi at to of
Nebraska, and during that time mem
here to tha leglalattire have been Heel
ed and llllii hare been Introduced to
lower freight and pansengpr ralea,
Jlut railroad lobbyist have lieen suc
cessful In defeating every bill tending
to cut flown railroad rate until the
session of M.'l, when the iiiaalinuiii
rat bill wn panned. Peoiito then
felt a hope of relief from eatuhllahed
railroad rate, Did the j'',' K'"' M
After banging It up hi court for five
ymiri we find the highest tribunal In
the Innil nay tli nil Insula must have
a goial lnfen'st, on watered hUh U, tak
ing n a baal the reort of the repub
lican board of railroad comirilnnloner
of 1HII. i will not dwell upon Mil
Clin m It In no well known fo the
tieoplo of tfie alt, especially f tlioaa
thnt rend tlm Nebraska lnJeH'iiileiit,
Now tlm question eoinee to im, wlmt
cnn we (In to get a reasonable rate
when wn know that It Im of no kmc
fur our lawmakcra to nend any lima
In I rylng to puna railroad hills that, In
terfere with th Interest of railroad
magnates? We now tinilcrsbiiid their
mode of procedure. YYe know t,y
own noil control tlm Court. I hope
the render of h independent will
rend HenaUir Hutler'a letter, "Why
Trtintn Prosper," the Issue of Munli
10, of th Independent. Jtend It, arid
('on will shake with fear for what will
income of f lip people of IIiIm great and
wealthy nation VI n regard to rellrouda
J will only quote a few lineai
"Wlmt fln we urn today? One- man,
3, Plcrpont Morgan, representing a
foreign gold syndicate, coiiiiHined of
London Jews, owning and almoliitely
colli rolling, ii thn Nffcn of thfit (runt
'Ijrht of th hirypt nillnxil nynimn
In thla country. Tlm powerful ayMUuiN
with their tributarily, whhdi thy
diiuilnnln and control, coiiiM'InIiik
iiiorw tliiin Bfi.ooo mlli'n; (rvcrn rvcry
meana of iikmIitii triifiMioi'latlon In ail
thn jficnt iMttMiliilcil iiiwl liiijiortfliit,
ftpHlniiM or tlin luitlim, from t'lili'iigo
runt nnd aoiith,
I rcjK'dt It, rnd Hi'imtiir tlutlcr'a
letter and you will c how thn rail
rHul cortMM'ntlotiN and other trintl
liiiVB It In their jiower n levy trlbuUsI
on every iniin nnd every liwlimiry in
thin tuition, In order to enrich them
nc I v en nnd their allien.
Hut what In the remedy? You will
wiy for thn jfovernmeiit to own and
operate thn MillriMiU for thn common
(rood of thn people, mid your theory
In correct, lint, I nui n fin Id (lint, I,
with tha rent that had tha privilege
to xettb on nvei nmi'iit hind iin a
hometeiul, will In tinder the nimI Imv
forp any mieh law will proiN I'oinfreM,
Th (rovernmeiit had a dinner to buy
the I'uloii 1'neltle rallriNMl, but liiNteod
of ilolntr that, let m! NvndlcfllcN buy
It under tha iidnuuhhI ruime, of rr-nrjr
aiilntluu commit tec. Wlmt, then, me
w riiIiir to do? Hlmiilv thin: let the
people of Tcmim, OMiihomit, Knimnji,
Nplunnka and probnhly thn Ihtkotjiw,
Iniild their own railroad to the p-ulf
at a point, either tialventon or Port
Arthur. It cnn be done nud JiniHt le
done, and then we hiixe no need of
nn.v morn rnlliiNid lctflNlntiou, Ix'rnnne
Hint will tt the qucKtlon of railroiul
rat en. lint I venture to wiy that we,
In oiirh a en no, could (id uiir niln to
the nen cMiwt nt nliont one hnlf of
what, we are puylng to)ny, nml It
would Im more t htm elf iiipKirtiiif
from thn betftnninjr.
Now let. wn compnre the tute on
corn, n the Mnple priMluct of Ne
hrAHkmfrom Shtekley, Fillmore coun
ty, Nclinwka to tlnlvciiton,2H t'entn jmt
i'iM) poiiinU; to New York City, 3",
cent )er 1U0 pound; to ltonton, 40'
ccntN 't hundn'd poiindm. From the
nlHive, nnd thn followlnif n'lnl Hn
pntch from ('hlentro to the (Jhdie-lVni-wmt,
yon will iin.lllv w thnt the
I i ul f ci'tnut In the uhlpplng point for
onr prnln:
"t'arefnlljr prenml table of the
eiport uhlpmentN from thn vnrioiiM
niiMiiM in 1hl country nhow eoncbi
lively thnt New York lin lout lu
nrvfitiKW a the lcndlnir evport point
for (rraln. "n corn shipment Hnlti
miM'e Im run far alien,! of It, nnd New
Oilcnmi i not far belt! ml It, It now
dfve!oMi thnt New York Is nl In
tlanirvr of loin(T tin mipivmatv a the
rirt point for piiMon.
Annoiinet-nieiit wn mnde tility thnt
Homn of thn hviye p Vlni tlrni of
till ltv have U'unn khippinif pcioin
tivna and i Wlnu innne proilni'ln fmin
t'hivK to I'oit Arthur, l'rvi, tU the
lMcin tiivnt et,rn nnd the Kan
Ml t I'V. l'tttKtmiK iiii.l lUilf tivrt.ln,
and that thry will continue to do o n
mo n Ion it RM thev cn e feinit 7',
to it rent on h ii pniil on
lhrint,'H hl potent front t Mi'nr to
i'Mricn rntl. Ibe utrnioKhlp ln
tneWier, Mhhh IM from ISnt Ar
thur tot, CAttle.1 S,iM ton of put W
tiiM bouitn product, fully one hnlf of
whUhcAom fen t1tictrvv, It lo
Knd a pi1 of Itn lit! i i v" lrr
pntktle of rtottr, inenl, c.tlo .!
lltrr, Ihn iemMr t Winl for
iiiritktol nn.t U the trt of ttm ISnt
Arthur I tux VtUnti? t,-itu'c to Mil
UitrnUr toiln,, l.llv ti.p Will folloM,
i hit -mg i, krin (V ttrv f .ml It
lHtpiailil to l,li pi.v il,m l Nr
N Xiuk to l'"ii'iiii ort. lim
cVtt tni ot In Kit feH 1 1 ir
to r iV l tr4,ittiit t twlk
KipHviu ii Npn Ymtk ilt ht
Tl prio ilon !! M iif ho
ptttn I v..l. KV to !" put down
J. i, e'tdn t ! f.r (iWi vmim4
It lt.t in tiol loi IK t kli n o p k
tetf lnwiw ill lr lrtiv l n.l Kan
t tl m i! t i tK , ti. tnne
rtr( in IK mt, Kan t ut V a
ttvt k.lM of t nr. n.t Ht
H en H ti potul ' I fl '
K I (xf fion tkt vt ilim t tti
I Hnt m ikr
I nui klro to NrW ik Ik lM
tmt w klnf ti I'ftktiM t I o crel
an t th troKt trntt from Vc
t'eik to J. tttmHiit U t crttln, man
iHf ft throiifk rn f t Vink Hi
,..4mti fit K e Mn IK tntv fr,w
Knnnnn t tty tn tUf In contn
OF THE PEQPLE
eommnnloatloDe of a worth and suitable
which, If abled ti the rata from Chi-
ciio make tha through rate rrnn
Kiwikii (,1ty n New York 7' mt.
Thn tirodiieta can Im ahlppeo frmn
KaiinuN City by wny of J'wt Arthur
for 43 cent, a fllfferniica In favor
of tlm lattw rout id 31! cent,"
Thn next (pieatlon li How can a
atat build a rallroiuiy i nam ixn
witltlriK for month for om one U
hrlnftf the queatloii ln-.fore the iiooplo,
Im-ciiiim! It In a very Important one,
and cNpeclally have I been waltlnjf for
Hon. Warwick- Huumiera, a i wwer
ataiid that he oiu'a innIn the re
miirk. nfl-r beliiir amith by npfKiliit-
meiit of the governor, Infortmu
tlon on t he aubjects I He romi muat.
l. loillt If I have to build It myanlf."
In nrder U briritf thf matter nil for
dlMciiHH on I will tflve my Idea ami j
l,i,in other w orcMciit iK-t-U-r one.
1 will t'onflna myntdf Ut our own. atafu
of Ncbnwika, I am mire mat, very
Ij.wi.kIiIh In which the rallroiwla will
run through will donate the rlRbt of
for the trarka and all land iicwl-
ivl for depot, warehouaea, awltchea,
4,h.ni.tor. tU. Then let the atnto i-u-
Inhiture next winter ao iimeiio our
a , . .
hiwa. or If nwl lie, our coimtiwitloii,
that will ba IcKlNhiture the pow
er in appropriate the amount ticcee
miry build and npilp a railroiul
through tbla alafe from north to
Mouth, io IntcrHcct with a raid built
by the people of Kanaaa, Oklahoma
and Texna.
The next nueatlon In: What Minn or
immev wimi i It reoulre w nulla ami
tupilp a nil I roii d throiiirh the ata of
Ntthraaka? Kxiierienecii ruiiromi men
iiiihlnacd by ncIUhIi motive, chilmthat
a prairie ata-M Ilka NeliniNka, wit n few
atreitma w iirid((e, n raiiriMMi can ie
built and eipilpiied lor 110,000 per mile
and a the tete from north to aouth
la StOO iiiIIcn, It would cimt the tax
pnvera of till lilwiiit 12,000,000,
about the iiinoiiiit our republican
Mate oHlcliiln have npproprlatcl for
their tiwn jinb out of the atnte tmwi-
ury iluiliitf the laat alx year. Two
million ibilhir In a blir hiiiii, but I un-
ilemtand that in about, the amount of
tnxea we pny lu Oil atnle In one year.
Ho If you aiiould pay It In one yenr,
which will not be required, you may
Mlmply have to pny a double tax for
one year, , Figure wlmt you aell of
corn or wheat lu one yenr and ace
the flift'crcnce you pny In freight ami
whnt you Miy for lumber, which lu
MiH'h ciino could be boiifht from the
jfreiit pinerleN of Hie mnith, nud you
will find thin difference will hriiifr you
more than four time the tax you pny
lu one yenr, and you hnve the licne
(It of every year to come, bcttlde the
value of the railroad projierty be
lotitfN to you. '
Now friemlN, dbuiiN fhU mutter
with your nelyliliont and through the
pren. Hrluir forth your proj Mini tlon
nud we will accept the, bent one, lt
noine one call a mcctiiijr nt Nome con
venient time and place, ami let every
county lie reprcNcnfed. We have no
other alternative. It can lie done ami
it muni lie done. Court ami railroad
mnjrnnte defy tt. I-t n nhow to the
vle (?) men of our Ntiprcmn court
thnt whatever they know they do not
nnderntand what i Jit and fair Imv
tweeu the eope of the ntnte of Ne
hriifcka and the riillnm.lH. One tiling
I cnn not underntaml in thnt when the
riillrond pleaded liefnre the Hiipirme
court "thnt they could not ha ve a ren-
nonalile profit if the maximum rate
cane wn toiNtaineil." How inn they
uUe nwny ho many fre' kimhh? It
look like iliwriniiniil ion when one
pcrnon Hy for hi ride and another
ride without iieylng. 1 there no law
t ntop it, ninl If there U, let It. lie en
forced. Ni:i,S ANHKIiSOV,
On g, Nclinikkn,
p(it ctnoi nlrliKiid nhnll cmfwhm
Yon will find the data nt which your
anharriptloa riplmd niarkml on this
wnek'a lnnn of your paer. Taka notion
of it and if you am io arreara you ahoold
mak a pny men t lit one.
M IIOOl, FCNHM DIsm nSFMFNT
Oftlce of the Kcpiililicnu Kvivutiw
( omniittcc iif State lloiue Fuiidn, I, in
coin, Nell., ,Un, Imih.- Mr. .1, VV.
,loluion, SiN'tvtnry-Treninirer. - Sir:
You will nt .tour earlient convenience
plrnne tiHinouit to thin com mil lev ii
ihlrtilid Itenilml nlnteincut of the flu
nncinl iIikImiih, 'infill of jour office,
(oinitioif State .loiirnnl ItVmn.)
Thin iimthiinl ivpiet I mn.le for the
l-nn thnt it i very Important tlml
the ftiiniicinl ivxmn n of the ctmmit
tee nut W nceiirnielv etimntixl, The
lime wan, n )ou know, when thin w
ttot ncccnuni v, Imt it tin now Invomr
n iinH'rtive tKHCkkilv . tiu moM
U'iu'llll minii'c tif fnliil (kt.tte hoime)
a tv now In the hmnW of the 'p.i
It ! not ilrflnltrlv known wlmt tlr
railrond :oi,l will in 1 1,,. urM
( iii'lflij,-n lhrie (, howrtrr, n ni
unr thnt thry me tnakiuir otritun
to the itrmo p'p- Wf h(H tht Von
will tvnliite the iuit tnncti if nmWln(.'
thin ilrpnitncn from fmnnr euolooi
io.HHttll)U, f. M H ,
I involit, lv, tit. ',( tt-
to illi h Mtf lloue FtunU I ve n
I nv t ouiitot i. r, t o'ii ii men In coin
l-l" C With )'l liS'ftlt l-o t I
hnvwith tahniit l. .It'lail the il.n of
r s I ti, ,f t,i i.fttie for tr
Inn tP ncl liij 1 hcr U no .lata
in thin ofrt.- for ter pil.-r to,
rt rtkpvt Ifnlit , Jttt
t .MTt to-it lt- rifhlh i oinui m l
Hirnl, tt no.
tnl t, tA, rinUH,l,.",l o,ti
-V''-I nin I !. to t.ii ll, ln.l
.any Tcorlc Cannot Drinl
folnt ft ftkgkt. It po4Ml Itt-att !
leuMialrink 0rat'O yeapkHMa
an4 awf bin ft Ion. I'tw tirnin tt o)
el UnttUl II ftarWkn ftl
kMlft, tt hnofca ft4 taataa hkataa
Hnnt toffo I or arvo w,n, yg
Ctpla fti aniUen tlema-O nt tka pf
t drink, ktafmna paetffVftiaft. tW
a tn( Koj ont nnw t o.fty , 1
1 U piaM ol t dW ll ftal 8V
annointed bia wounded aonl and put
a new ribbon In bia bonnet, $20,00".
Anril IB, Cleaned the ear of John
V. I'., Jlalaaro'a aaa, renovated bin
voice and ahod hlrn, 914,640.
May 2. decorated John'a ark, wbite-
waahcl hi golden calf and oiled hi
tonirue. IIO.IMX).
May W, wlulfratwl the aulphur of
hade, hyponltied ine aevn, cnpjieo
hi dawn, put an extra curl In bin tail
and dlamomla for til crown, 914,000,
June 3,cntrll(iitcd U) Macua A. Ilan
na fund U) buy the keya to the bot
tomlen pit, fletliron aateit and proa-
tltute hla lin pa, 9100,000.
June 4. wanlied rontlua Itoaa'a acr
varita, t(H:UHHt'A their lnu and put
carmine on their :hcka, 915,220.40.
June ja.relwrdenvl the robe of John
IT, P., Jlahiam a allverino, (Jntcrnation
ill), for hi front face, and d I nl 11 fee ted
hln former ouaru-ra, 910,000.
Hcjt,, )H, rcanl mated the fliniic oft he
popocrnt a puriraK;ry( out it waa a 11
,!),( 11 ricil looae the devil dogN of war,
March 4, 1807, replumod and
ed the wIiik of Joe and (leue'a (ruard-
Inn niicl and tiimmed hla hoof, 111,
040.80,
June 10, aervlcea ami money paid In
India If of Joe and ( Jeiie 1 11 endeavor! nir
to quiinh the lire of hell and IhiiiIhIi
the torment of me worm mat, 01e1.11
not, (one-half of original fee, $:)5,000)
l7,f.00.
Nov, 10, put a alone in Jlerod 1'ow-
el'a aliu, gall for hla atornach and ex
tended hi breech cloth, 94,200.
I lee, 14, two extra !il(or"ra to atnnd
between Joe and tlen and the fur
nace. fXii.OO dlacount 50 per cent) $:i.00,
Hooljied the paraou'a meek aplrit, Iml-
hiated hln wounded piety, put a tall 011
IiIn roonter 11 ml done other odd John
for the Fifth dintrlct Htalcaninu, 9'l(-
oi:j.ro,
Total, iWiMXM.KO,
JO,
lly Jomilhaii HlKtfltiH.
Juat try a lOe - x of Caacarola, the
fluent liver and oowd regulator ever
made,
Kdjtor Independetit.
1 notice for the puat two iiioutlia 1 11
your valuable oiiimt name of candi
date for governor tbla fall, any of
which In my entimatlou would make
model governor if nominated and
elected. Hut Mr. Editor, thla In an
agricultural nlate, and why not give
iin a friinier for thla ihinIHoii, one who
In thoroughly eouictcnt and If nomi
nated could carry the ntate ny sii,i)oo
at the coming election. My bunlne
la Miicli'lhat I have been In over twen
ty countle wit hln the hint three
monlliN ami have In-cii InconNiiltiition
with aoiue of the lending fanner and
biiKlncNM men mil they all are of the
name opinion that we Nhoiild have a
farmer and IhihIiichn man io bend our
ticket, ami nay Junt give tm (a, Point
ier, he II I In the bill iin farmer and
IhihIiichn mini.
J. W. MAIIKK,
Humphrey, Neb., Marcii 27, IHOH.
SMALL HAPPENINGS,
V. W. Crnmb of Fal rlmry wn In
Lincoln thin week.
limine county ha 1110 i 11 cxpcrlcnccil
a ncwNiaier rhnngit. 1). .1. l'oyntcr,
the ex-couufy frceNiitvr, ami ,1. r.
Halrd, ex-deputy county clerk, have
lionulit the Alliion AririiH and Hhlde
and coiiNoliihited the two plant ami
will proceed to turn out a paper re pre
Hcnt.imr the la'nt Internet of I loom-
county, the ntate of Nehrnnka, and
(lie I nil 11I HtatcN 11 1 large.
111' llllllllifj, ,.,,11.111,
raiH't triiHt ha liecn formed. If, ought
''I... ,... II. ...... It .... v
IO lie pill, IIOW'll. I IIIN Kll(,'trCMIM HUM
the cracker front in pelting in ita
work. It ought to lie cracked.
I'he ntate com cut Ion of t he Hople'
lairty of I'cniiHV Ivanin w ill be held nt
WitlinmNirt on Wiilnctulay, April 27,
s)H, for the pnrpoRc of adoplmir n
platform nnd placing in nomnation n
ntate ticket.
The populint ntate convention of
South Dakota ha been cut led to meet
at Aln-rdeen June 22.
Mark lliinnn in verv much interented
in Ohio coal utincM. It in announced
that them mine have received a gov
ernment oiiler for '.'.Vi.ooo ton of coal
to lie delivered nt Kev Went, Alnbnmn
eon I In jnnt a goml and many lnimlnsl
mile nearer hey Went, bit:. Mr. Hnn
nil In reported it petting ,ne dollar n
ton more than the Alabnmn article
wn offered for, and the trovernment
pnvn the iliffcrenee in freight.
The Mivnouri nipulint (.late cotmuit
tee hnn Imcii cnlhtl lne-t at l.indell
hotel In St, I4111U. Siiinnliix, April S.
Mr. .1, M. tolihrikt hit gone to Im
pi iinl, rhnxe count v, to make nit ex
Hlt exniiiiuntiou of the Inwik of the
county I reiimtci ' for ncvrml term
pant.
Hon, .1 N. tinrtin made thin office n
hoit call while fa the t'itv hint week
He I riuphntic in hi tbt iaion mi the
Ciiltoi iiirtiou nud nav that nolli
lnh' nhoit of ploinj't ihleri eiilion mid
the bin mlion of t uta 1 an niuit the
Fluted with honor to herwlf
.vii, I Jnti, to t'ulnv. Whrn noketl whnt
he Ihtmghl of the tiolitlenl iliinlion
of the tat r ht nai.l he hn.1 U-en no
luv putii,f n Utyr crop of w het
that he ha.t it. I l.a.l i;o to hn.V. ftr
(hln tin Mia to think three I
"oiv inoiuv l 1 top of when! thnn
there I til n crop f jnitsc
ihlt. t( T toil HI) lONMIT
1 I" NT
l.t,lk- nirtklr ,.f thr Fiml eo.j
.otJtt ilili i. t of N, 1. 1 ,.,. n,r
co 1 al)'l nt the jt nrrnl Uthl i.fn.r
k Win.tr a tr..rl f .r thf rr-t trt
f !' of tl la ltur c.mt
Nt'h, tkvml ( 1 1 tr wK.t w ouVI m
jncrxl ! w ! v t 'l., S,r t
U r.t'i-a I t atrrv'nM,(i l ul h 1 hiI H
It, whin iotrle.t nc. t any ,ti,.ii
t Ihn tan.t hn.l pal frv-iH lh tfo
rhri.t ittWl UtV hHl fif .t itfttr
,n.l,i,lt.al
t.i Wink 1l thn trtMrlMrtit
thn tntrti.nr Inf.w hohI lit tvitntitv
.,i),rt Un.t (Ml t r n.icvrv .,i, H
tph rrl wtth thn r.i.i cf t;
pnttir la t.tit
EASTER HARE MYTH.
THt fUBBIT IDENTIFIED WITH THE
MOON IN 8YMB0LISM.
Vythnlof f of th Nation R parting Thin
Fnrlod Origin of Many Contomn nod
Tradition Th Moon Ooddana and
Cbnnc of .
The atory of tbe bare, or, It la told
la tbla country, tbe rabbit, who layi
tba wondorfnl Easter egg la only one
of a Dumber of ooufldonoe gamea wbioh
are played with certain aaooeaa upon
generation after generation of tberiiing
cnlidren of men.
Tbe prevalent akeptlciam of tbe age
falls utterly of tranamiaaion to the little
onaa. Every Cbriatmaa a very ImpoHai
ble aalnt with prepoatorona nocturnal
babita la Introduced Into tbe children'!
calendar of "truly people" and la bar
mon I zed by infant aopbiatry, which dlf
fnra little from rouob of tbe logic of tbe
eldora, with tbe budding theology of
tbe baby mind.
Cut of all tho queer atoriee whoae
certainty of credence la baaed on tbe
itrensth in children of tbe broad priu
olple of human gullibility expraaaod by
Uuaar In tbe atateniont that men readi
It believe tboae thinga wbioh are plena
ant to believe the legend of the Eaator
bare la tho moat tranaparent and yet
nioat auocoKuful gold brick game that i
annually played upon tbe Tittle "come
one."
Tbe common, everyday product of tbe
Induatrlouahcn la gilded with glittering
foil orboilod in aome weirdly patterned,
mondaoioue pieee of "faat color" calico
and dopoaited In all the resultant crudi
ty of ita color achame in an iinpomiiblo
neat In an outlandish plane, which only
a creature "mad aa a March bare"
would ever think of chooaiDK for a
bomeatoad alte. Tbe children then, in
willing uiyatifioation, are aunt bunting
for "bunny 'a neat" and Ita wonderful
oonteuta.
Tho aight of the egga la aufflciont
proof to the childron of tho truth of tbe
whole atory, aa Huron Munchausen do
airud tho nioon'a presence, to be to bis
auditors, after be bad recounted bia
lunar adventures. Besides, have not the
grown folks told tho tale with solemn
fauca? And if a smile should thereafter
"twitch the bearded am buab" of aman-
FKKFaKItfO TUB "GOLD BRICKS."
Iy mouth at tbe easy credulity of a
child, it might be well to remind bim
that he himself has accepted on simple
testimony the truth of atatoments equal
ly antounding. Does he not believe in
the existence of tbe "zoological para
dox," tbe ornithorhynchus, a hairy
mammal that yet lays eggn?
Tbe reason why tbe bare atory bus
oomn down to our children la that in
former generations grown peopla be
lieved in it sufficiently to perpetuate it.
Tint explanation of ita origin is mytho
logical. The symbolism of tbe egg, in
connection with tbe celebration of tho
resurrection, ia obvious. It represents
the new life, the bursting of the soul
from material bond into a freer and
higher existence. Long before tbe rise
of Christianity tho egg was used as the
symbol of tbe physical universe and the
awakcuing of life therein. As such it
waa given amoug friends as a token of
good wishes for tlm new year, which
began, as it still docs amoug tbe Chi
nese, with tbe vernal equinox.
It would seem Hint we ought to be
antlsfled with the sufficient symbolism
of thn c(j;j without running after the
bare and tracing the myth concerning
biro to ita origin He, however, ia not
a ineauinglcns accompaniment to tbe
Eir !, with whose production he is
ctvthti-d. After tho advice of tbe old
recipe, Ibnvvfor, let us "first catch our
bate, " To do this we must follow bltu
from country Io country, from America
and Knglaud nud tirrmauy through
tlreec and Kgypl to India, and cntih
bint at Inst w lure do yon supponn?
Tbe rnx.m gmldesa 1 4.tr, from w hotn
tba tin mn l.ttr Is rirmed, baa general
ly been Identified ly learned tnra with
Asinrtn, tbe I'ho uiclnu gldea of the
tuvHat, wbtMHt tmoi Is fntuiliar to Hil l
renders as Athlsn th IUr fmttval vtaa
Cflelintcd in rly spring al llm begta
itiiif t4 tb aucUni yr and tbrrnfore
mum i'htui'a pii waa also a festival
of thnt tin In la lb bauuoitlsing t thrls
tinarasl.ansanj pnaa tlia which t,k
I Ut-e ta the evangrhsalioti t4 Ibath iba
and Ihe iotie i.tir and th r?r
re 1 1. 4i w t r ulnallOed In ltvnuv
Now the double SYMiboUstN ( th pbyn
i n) and sjttilvnl rarrvlt f.a4 a
pnrniM ta tbe rhnia Ut (4 lb Ima
foii.1, Net HII uh t a w
anna and hrn J nti)iM amonnk, tmn
weald lkia, ta the titMM i4 "ll
) b4 tnonti ' thnractrfUtt.-e, t
l I the n ltmitnn f t hni,tng ht
atit trrk aUrrowd M u 1
thr f 'Oi.eJ M m4 a a I'm) la
UMUMUit pmni tbe ttninl ynt 4aiU
aa ti.a toti ta t1'
Ihm l4 nit inanthai t4 lhi claa'ttsm
ta Unl tl ao4 was al Uie annu tia
Ml alia ana f4ntun( ttn
Ihnre mi le tuv a r a4 a
litt, tk"i44 ta the an ta.'a
njra,n" ta-lag iilt vh the ".
ansa la the tmm " M k th a
fUaanlty a na nltae Ireit, ty the
we? the ltkl vJ aaale !, alute
wJ
waa present, and the "man in tbe
moon" reigned free of all feminine in
fluence, lie waa lord of light and of
time; Mas, the measurer, aa the San
skrit called him. When tbe moon was
waning, it was, in Egyptian mythology,
Typhon, the type of evil, whose away
diminished with tbe return of the new
moop and ended at tbe foil, at which
time a black pig, tbe symbol of Typhon,
Was offered in aacrifl.ee to Osiris, tbe
un, supposed to be bia victorious ene
my. Tbe leg of pig which is eetea in
aome parta of England on Eaater Mon
day ia probably a survival of this cus
tom, and the tradition about tbe sun
dancing on Easter morning may also be
rnminlvinnea fit tha old Eavntian
myth. It would be interesting to know
if these traditions came througn toe
Drulda or tbe Saxons. The former rep
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HUBTWO BUSHT'S KKST.
resented tho moon as two goddesaea,
Llywy and Kreirwy, the analognea to
Demeter and Persephone of the Greek,
the Mother and the Virgin, and of VI
nata and Kaden of tho Kanskrit, the for
mer of whom la connected with our
modern observance of Easter in that
sbe bore an egg, whence issues the aer
pent which, according to tradition som
mon to many primitive peoples, brings
about tbe waxing and waning of the
moon by swallowing and disgorging it.
Thla conception la not confined to aav
ages, for Musset, tbe French poet, in
bia fantastic "Hullado a laLune," apoa
trophizes tbo moon as follows:
Is It a sank Hint gnaw
Tli 7 disk f Whosn swnrt enihrno
So draws
To long mfrlglit thy fnenf
But why is tho bare rather than tbe
serpent, which ia the more plausible
egg producer, connected with the sur
vlval of moon worship at Eastertide? It
is because from tho earliest times pec
pie fashioned the epota of the moon in
the form of a hare, just aa the lnujestio
mien and rayonnant mane of tbe lion
mado bim the fit symbol of tho beaming
sun. And aa tho moon seemed to shrink
from tbo presenco of tho lord of day,
what waa more natural tbun to repre
sent it in proverb and atory as the timid
bare leaping up in tbe absence or tbe
subjugation of ita powerful enemy?
Aa tbe moon in mythology was rep
resented aa changing its sex, so its ani
mal symbol, by that mental process
which evolves fact from fancy, waa in
time thought to do so in reality. From
tbe days of Pliny and Plutarch to tbe
enpbuista and their successors of tbe
reigns of Elizabeth and James tbo as
tounding statement waa accepted with
out queation. It ia referred to in tbe
following incantation from Hen u moot
and Fletcher's "Faithful Hbepberdess,
which also connects tho hare with the
moon:
Hares that, yearly, acxen chnni;
l'roleu, altering oft ninl strntign;
Ileentn, with nlwijun three.
Let till insldon dinnum! bn.
Even in the succeeding days of dawn
lug science the author of " Vulgar Er
rors," in his chapter upon tbe belief in
thla metamorphosis, dciilea only that tbe
change occur annually and ml to it that
it may have taken place in exceptional
instance a.
Another ecological fable wbicb con
nects tho hare with tbe watchful moon,
rpy sine tnat man waa born, was
that the hare, born, unlike tbe rabbit,
with open eyes, never closed them, and
so, in tbe old medicine, his braiu and
eyea were prescribed to induce wakeful
ness. Superstitions connecting tbe bare and
tbe moon are innumerable. Tbe bare
that crosses your path 1 rings either ill
luck, as doc tbe shadow that cronse
tbe moon in eclipse-, or rise disorders
your wita, aa the beams of tbemoou are
thought to bring Innnry ty sbtuing
opou tbo unprotected f tc and brnd. lu
thin lttr rnpneity an a lountic .'linker
the flesh of the hnre wa stipponad to
induce lurlnmboly. Hut wbrthar bnl-
tern, who nr jrunl Inl for lbelr"mad
nna," bmiu no j walking tnrebenJ
d (on lh nam priin ipln tbnl sbeaumk
am rhildrrn run t rftn.i or am ren
dered "bar trniued" ty an nspecial
dirt uib puns' it Urtft carcass is a
question for autfcropology, and unitant
v4ty Hi lujlbolt ay. lodccldn.
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Complete and satisfactory replies to
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