lit Harrison Prcss-Juurnal IULKISOX, NEBRASKA Issues of the same paper at the present jfiie man who forged the name of ) time. Five columns of matter per'aln Morgan to checks knew now to' j lng to foreign countries are printed lodge working a blind lead. Yes, time flies. The first babies who Were named after G rover Cleveland are nearly old enough to vote. The 400 survivors of the Society Is lands who swam four miles through a raging sea deserve to be called "The 00." , "Eat a lemon" is the advice now be- hig freely given. If you are despond ent it will give you something else to think about We wonder what that grim and brave old salt, Admiral Cervera, thinks f our handling of our naval heroes By this time? Be it noted with unfeigned surprise that it was a Frenchman whose cour age failed him when his duty called him to publicly kiss a woman. "It's the storm that makes the mar iner," but the $10,000,000 set aside for K new naval academy indicates that Uncle Sam's money helps scne. The doctors having told Xing Ed Ward that he eats and dr'.nks too Baui h. the king may feel that he must Inake a change perhaps of court phy sicians. John D. Uockefeller, Jr., says he wes $300,000. Why shouldn't a man with his wad pay up and find out how food it feels to be square with the world? Foreigners should always remember Chat this country's attitude with re gard to the divine right of kings is the same as that of Ireland concerning the snakes. According to a Berlin editor, no Eu ropean power recognizes the Monroe doctrine. Speaking precisely, that is true; but they all respect it, which is Just as good, and better. A man thinks he has discovered how to make a palatible food out of corn talks. That ought to be easy after others have succeeded in making shav Ings and sawdust so pleasant to take. The Russian army is said to be ready tor whatever happens in the Balkans. And the Russian peasant continues to go stoop-shouldered under the burden which this constant readiness imposeB. Baron Avebury is given credit for coining the new word "manywhere" la hi latest bok. Perhaps some gray haired Scotchman who learned the word on his native heath when he was a lisping Infant will smile at this. A New York artist has lauded Tweed because be had imagination coupled with dishonesty. We take it for grant ed that the artist has Imagination, but twe dislike to infer from bis praise of dishonesty that he possesses Tweed's -combination. "fln Minnesota a member of the State Senate has been trying to pans a bill .Imposing a fine on any. person with a sjreak heart who indulges in kissing. St la the fellows with "weak hearts" who do most of that business, and it doe not seem fair to select them for exclusive taxation. Chicago used to boast of its youth; but according to the executive commit tee of lta historical society the city prill be a hundred years old on Aug. 1, OB which date In 1803 Lieut. Sweareu gen established Fort Dearborn at the mouth of the Chicago river. There is some historical confusion as to the date and circumstances of the settle ment but we all know that modern Chicago dates ouly from the fire, and Its achievements since then have been great enough to satisfy any one. General Booth of the Salvation army Cively Announces the purpose of that ttrprialng organization "to go after the millionaire of the United States ad, enroll them as members." They hero not usually been considered prom ising revival material, but perhaps the Sort to reach them baa not been made fa Jut the right way. The millionaire aa aa active member of the Salvation army osjd not be out of place. The sjaalltioa which have put him In the feoaltlon ho occupies, or kept him there ft the formative work In building his tartan was done by others, are very iom which it may be assumed make for success in the kind of General Booth wants done. ; It bo longer possible to doubt that Ctffdtjr la the power of the immedl tt fataro. When the census of 1000 taken the electric motors in use aawafaetorea la the United state ttwd only three hundred and tier 1 O a anil bone-power. Hi nee then CmK It., Katie canal has been which produce lifty-sevsn tone-power, and a hundred 1 twaaty thousand horse-power has adJof to th capacity of the XI S faZa pat at Canada la treading cat hosts f th United States, 2 Cacara fans It la building two to fxataw a aaadred and sixty ZZZl torn pswsr. and at Saalt y II pwdaiia twenty thou- . a to CZaa to Imagine what i as wO enow. aai it C3 fcr sa at I the past five years U the enlarge j inntnl outlook of the American peo ple. To realize bow grout this change is, it Is necessary only to study the Hies of any large newspaper of a date previous to the Kpauisb-American war, and then to compare them with the now to one printed a few year ago. The change also manifests iiaelf in the editorial pages, where public events in foreign countries aud the purposes and bearing of foreign policies are discuss ed With a minuteness which shows that they possess a genuine interest for American readers. And it shows itself again In " the position of the foreign news the "display" which the edi tor gives it, and the headings under which he sets it forth. This enlarged horizon Is the corollary of the indus trial and political expansion of the United States. To build bridges in In dia and railroads in South America; to feed an army in Africa and place one of our own in China; to co-operate with the great powers of the earth in :i military expedition, and to contend with them successfully in diplomacy; to assume the guardianship of Islands on the opposite side of the earth and on the other side of the equator this is to learn geography, and to learn it effectively although, it may bo, expen sively. Nor is the process of educa tion ended. The cable which will con nect the old East with the new West has already touched Honolulu on its way to Manila. Great steamships are building for trade with China and Japan, and others already ply between Atlantic ports and the West Indies. Re ciprocity treaties are pending, and questions of international finportaticf are under consideration. He was only ten years of age, but hi was a hero. While playing on the rail road at-Madisonville, Ohio, little Mars Shawbcr was run down by a train and his lower limbs were crushed into a pitiable mass of shredded flesh and bone. The boy's first thought was of his mother, and he said to those who tenderly picked him up: "Please don't take me home. It will worry mamma." The sorely wounded little fellow knew his mother bad many worries. She was a poor woman, and care had made life's burdens heavy for her to bear. He knew her anguish would be greater than bis, and he sought to shield her. That alone stamped him as a heroic soul. But there was more. When the boy awoke to consciousness he was in bed in the little home. The surgeons bad done their ghastly work, and there were pitiable small blotches of blood on the white counterpane. For the first time he realized his legs were gone. But he did not flinch! This lad of tender years bad kept in his heart a pathetic secret. He bad mapped out his life's career, summed up In a resolve to go to school another year, and then go to work to "help papa and mamma." Now be had lost his legs. But that made no difference. And here was the greater heroism: Lying in his bed, the strip ling commander readjusted the scheme of his campaign. In the battle if life bit regiments had been flung back by the enemy, battered, beaten, but unwhlp- ped! As calmly as Napoleon rearranged his lines in the teeth of defeat he made a new alignment of bis forces. Think ing" it all out, he said: "Never mind. mamma. 1 will get well and I will n able to work, for I have my bands left!" O, ye who murmur when the march li long, or when a redoubt is to be taken where is there a braver utterance? Not that of Cambronne when the Englist begged him to surrender and he flung tbe word "Murde!" at them and died fighting, the last of the old guard; not Curtius at the bridge nor I.eonldas at the pass. And then the lad began to fight death with only a broken sword and a boyish smile. But the shock had been too great. Smiling, he died, mur muring as he went that he would be able to work, as "he had his band left" Died, did we say? Can such t dauntless, tender Bpirit ever die? The True Nelson Attitude. In a speech made by Lord Wanvlci at a banquet In England last fall, he quoted a letter from Nelson, which was published to the world for the first time. It was written to the Lord Warwick of Nelson's time in reply to one which suggested a new piece of armory. The significant phrase in thf original letter was underlined with a dash, and is a characteristic of self revelation. . Mcrtcn, Sept. 3, 180.r). My Dear Lord I feel very much obliged for the favour of your letter, and although I am not a good Judge of mechanism, yet I dare say your In vention for making cannon range their shots farther than at present will an swer your expectations, and on shore, in particular, it will be most usefnl. Woolwich Is the only place where such an experiment can be plainly, tried by scientific men. On board ship -ur wish is to get a close as possible to the enemy. I always endeavour to in culcate the doctrine, "Get close, and you will be the TictoT."' ' ' How They ClcJeKj. . "How did you come to re-elect that man who was so generally suspected of Irregular method?" "Well," answered . Farmer Corntos sel, "we figured It out and concluded that he ought to be pretty comfortable and aatiaaed by this rime.' th' that It 'ud be bettor to let him hang on than turn tbe offlc orer to some one that would com In fresh and hungry." Washington Star. , Ijoatfoa' Poverty. Thar ar la London 300,000 banian beings who bar to subsist on food that fall far abort at th dietary r far arlaaa bnsato and 19,000 ha as THE ORIGIN OSTEKA, THE PAGAN E Iff iff eSpfe ASTERTIDE, the oldest church festival, comes down to us from tbe ancient Hebrews. With them, however, the time wag not associated with the death and resurrection of Christ, but with the season of the year when the earth puts forth its freshest blossoms and the revivifi cation of nature the springing forth of life In the spring. It is from this that the Easter egg custom springs, and centuries ago, even before the birth of Christ, colored eggs were given and received by celebrants of the feast. The egg for all time has been regarded as symbolical of the spring, when the earth receives from nature Its new life. Not only the ancient Hebrews, but the ancient Persians, employed the colored eggs In their celebrations of tbe feast of the solar new year, In March. The fact that the Anglo-Saxon name of April was Estennonatb Induces some to believe that Easter is of pure Saxon origin, but Germany, where the month is called Ostermonath, seems to have a prior claim upon the word. With the Hebrews the festival was called Pasch, and the name still lives, with slight alterations, among many nations. Tbe French call the festival Paques; the Dutch term It Paschen, the Danes Paaske, and the Swedes Pask. In tbe early days of Christianity the influence of the Jewish Pasch upon the holy day commemorating the slaying of Christ and His resurrection was such that It created many bitter dissensions between the Western and Eastern churches. Finally the' discussions assumed such a threatening aspect that Polycrates, Bishop of Ephesus. appealed to Victor, Bishop of Borne, asking for a general council to decide the mucb-vexed question. Accordingly, councils met in all tbe countries, as well as at Home, but. alas, for visions of harmony, they could not aeree. They finally decided to recognize the day as their respective fathers before them had done, and no sect should censure the other for a difference of opinion. Many warm and even bitter discussions still continued on the subject of Easter celebrations, and it finally led to the great Emperor, Constant Ine, In 325, Issuing an order for the dispute to be settled by the Council of Nice. It was the momentous theme of the day. In obedience to royal command, 318 bishops and some 2,000 Inferior clerics assembled at Nice In Blthynla. The first sessions met in the church, and as the council continued its work the place of meeting was transferred to the Imperial palace, where special apartments were reserved for this august body. The main trouble was be tween the Jewish Christians and tbe Gentile Christians. On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month the Jews observed with all the solemnity and regard for tbe Mosaic law the Feast of the Passover; thus they celebrated tbe death of Christ as represented by the Paschal Lamb. The first Sabbath after the fourteenth flay of the March moon the Gentile Christians celebrated with Joyous religious services the resurrec tion of Christ. Neither sect would recognize the other's festive day. and the Council of Nice was greatly perplexed how best to please all parties. After continuing their debates, pro and con, for several months, the eccle siastical dignitaries announced that the bitterly waged war of dispute was settled. Easter Day was for all time to be the first Sabbath Immediately following the fourteenth day of the March moon. Uy this arrangement the world may celebrate Easter, justly called the "Queen of Festivals," n earlv as March LZ and again It may not arrive until April Z when nearlv the entire earth Is fragrant with spring buds and blossoms. Tbe word Easter Is derived from a Pagan goddess of the earlv Teutons called Ostera. The German word for Easter Is Ostern, but some philologists maintain that both the German and English words come from the ancient Saxon word Oster. or Osten, meaning "rising." Ostera, the German goddess was credited with being the personification of the morning, and of the East,' and also of the opening year. Ostera was worshiped very generally In northern Germany, and It Is believed that the fame of the goddess spread to England, where the Saxons Joined in worshiping her. Until the begluniiig of the present century court was paid to Ostera by the kindling of great lionfires and In other wavs, and even to-day In some of the remote districts where many superstitious' beliefs are treasured by the peasantry the fame of Ostera still lives. Nell's Easter Embroidery WHAT magnificent piece of embroidery, Nell! I'll giv you $20 for it" said Angela White, is rhe bounded into the room where Nellie Vance ust In a tangle of white and rold and green silk floss, busily working Enster lines upon an immense square ! of snowy white linen. And truly, though D'a,prla' w scarf bad coat no amnll Anela was s connoisseur in srt needle- a-'-'. but she was proud of her tul rork, the piece of work In question cnt- Tlli" m,,cu b "'d "d would might have evoked a like exclsmatlon d"' nd lh" h" bsd l common wltb from one less enthusiastic; for Nellie the othfr K'rl hrT br ot u'l "1 irss so expert needlewoman, and long i ,OTe of finpr' n resolutely put sway practice, added to an artistic tempera- j from beT " thoughts of accept ins the sient, had made her s past mistress of i mon ,0T "erself, although she recog tfae art of embroidery. ' The lilies shone ni""1 ta, ,,ow ' wwM to wear with a sstlny luster sgsinst the dull her M clothes while tb other girli tseksTOUM of tb linen snd the delicate rrse cf the Issves, wltb their perfect itaadiag, stood oat Is besatlfal coo tr sat while a Grk border In doll pink sod cold completed th effect "Thanks, Aagela," said Nellie, "but I fe at an to a0 It" "Tea sOy aser rssposdsd Angela, "jast think what ye bay with OF EASTER. COPIiESS OF EASTER. $20! You could get s handsome spring cost, or the swellest kind of a hnt for Easter. Before I'd wear out my eyes and patience for nothing over such a glorious piece of work that, to bang over a church pnlpit! Com, I mnst have that for an Easter gift to Aunt Mary, In New York. I'll give you $20 If neces sary." But Nellie waa obdurate. She bad thought and planned and dreamed too long about her Eaater gift to the church to give it up in a moment. Klie waa not rich like bv cousin Angela, and even the ,,lon reaplendent In their new spring outfits. Dsys pasted on, and tb last stitch wss lovingly set In tbe altar cloth, which, wrapped In pink tissue psper, wss Is Id csrefolly away la Nellie' bare draw er. On th Karerdsy b stirs wa yaateg taiwaga ta Bridget, the washerwoman, In tesra. "Why, what is th matter. HrldajftT site kitelly inijuirt-d. "Are you in any trouble V . j "Oh. hud luck to the day I ivrr wai born, .Miss Nellie,' (Tied Bridget, bunt ing in lo loud sobs, "and shore I don't know why it's afther liviu I ara. Wid me man Tim dowu wid the rheumatism ! and tive childlier to clothe and feed, ar.d j Wily me two poor handa to depind npon, , huu toe run auc nisi wees, uuu uie iu out a dollar in me pocket, and the land lord tlirlteiiiti' to turn us out this blissid d.iy if it's not paid. Och, Imne! Och, honel" aud the poor woman covered her face with her bands and sobbed pitifully. "Who is your landlord, Bridget ?" 'Ipacnn Green, rni.ss." "And wiiat is the rent!" "' " "Tin dollars, miss," wailed Bridget. "Ob, the Blisid Vargin, and how am I to git tin dollars letwiit now anil to niorry night? And the childlier wid no breakfast." It was only a moment that Nellie hes itated. Straight to her room she went, and taking from the drawer the pi-eci"" pink parcel sh walked swiftly to her cousin Angela's home. "I've concluded to accept your i ffer, Angie," ihe suid, a klie threw it Into her lap. ' "Thought you'd come to your scne," said Angela. "S:iy. if you want u hat ten down to Stewart's and get that Krar chiffon with the violets, it's a perfW-t dream!" Nellie almost soblted as she hurried hack toward home, her purse enriched he 52.1. She made straight for Ie:nvii Gr.en's. "I've come to pay Mrs. O'Eeary's rent. Heacoii," said -he. "Will you pl.a" give me receipt V The deacon looked somewhat nhnshi-J. and niutterititf st.Tiethin apologet: !ih!:::: "heavy ex pen sea and h;ird times." made out the receipt which Nellie accepted, and thanking him hurried on to the near est grocery, where she ordered a hill of groceries to he delivered at Tim O'l.e.'iry's that cause dllie clerk to open his eyes in mild nstoiiitdimciit. She re served ?." of the nn;ney for a final call, which she paid to their own family phy sician, who, lifter likening to Nellie's story, promised to look after Tiro until he was able lo go to work again. Eight people were happy that night, and as Nellie stopped at the 0'I"ary'a next morning on her way to church and saw the children's happy faces and heard the heartfelt thanks of the lionet wom an and her helpless husband already bet ter from the little encouragement that had brightened their apparently hopeless prospects, she was more than repaid for her sacrifice. Her cousin Angela's look of astonish ment and disgust ns she entered lie church posing airily in her pew arrayed in au imported gown and artistic hat. had no terrors for her. and as the beau tiful notes of the Easter anthem row and swelled around her and she inhaled the perfume of the liliea which drifted i ACCErT yoi-n OfFER, akgie." to her from the altar, she bowed bet bead upon her hand in silent prayer at peace with all the world. Cincinnat Enquirer. The White Idly a Hyinbol. Of the many epecien of liliea grown throughout the world the white lily of the Orient has the oldest history na a cultivated flower. Its origin is Buppime-l to be in China, but long before tbe days wheu nnnalihts took cognizance of the cultivation of flowers it whs coiunun throughout western Asin and Greece. It is the lily generally referred to In the Hebrew Scriptures, although commenta tors say that "the lilies of the field" spoken of by Jesus in the icruion on the mount were the red anemones, with which nil the hills of Galilee are dotted in the spring. In heathen Asia the white lily was the emblem of purity. The Greeks bad a myth that it sprang from the milk of Hern, queen of the gods, with whom the Unman Juno was nfterwird identified. The Greeks sbo held the lily to be the hiylieKt type of purity. In the early centuries of the Christian era the new religion made this idea a little mors sublime, and the lily became the symbol 1 of heavenly purity. Thus the lily is fit tingly associated with the Krister cere monies. 1'ittshurg Iiispatch. Symbol or the Kaxler Kgjt. When the nations of the went, or Ka rope, were converted to Christianity, the sentiment of the egg was universally ae- eepted as a suggestive symbol of their faith in the risen Savior, and it has ever since remained the most favored iiftir of the Kaster fertivities all over the con tinent. 1 he children, who rule the heart and home of mankind, are doubtless re sponsible for the keeping slive of this old custom, for they love and demand the visit of the rabbit, with his nest of beau tiful eggs, on the (lad Easter mom, Just aa they love and lone for the conilns of dear Bants on Christmas eve. 'Floater In Early Kngland. The Saxons snd Angles celebrated the time aa sacred to the Goddess Ost ira, and some part of ber worship, taken over by the more austere Christiana, survives still In the springtime festivals, especial ly in the countries of northern Europe. For s Ions time the Christian Eaater was an eight-day thanksgiving, spproilmat ing tbe time devoted by the psgans to their celebration. It wss sfterwsrd cut down to three dsrs, then to two snd finally dwindled to s single day, commem orative of the resurrection. A is ugh, to be Joyous, mnst flow from Joyous heart, for without kindness there can b no true joy-Oarlyl. Tbcre la no tyrant I'k castom, and rraodom wirtr lta ad'cl ar not rsstotod. Bvs. ST. JACOBS ! OIL ! POSITIVELY CURES Rheumatism Neuralgias Lumbago DacKsch Sciatica Spf aina Bruisea Soreneil Stiffneaa CONQUERS PAIN. THE IMPRESSIONS Of A WOMAN. What a Woman Kajs Aliont Wrstcrn C uii.kI.i. Although many iim h h:ie written to this p.ipcr regarding the prosp.-i M f Western CaniMbi. and it gre;it pol liilities, It may im! be miiiilerest !n' to give the experience of a woman Mi ller, written to Mr. M. V. Mi lmo s. the 1-,'ciit of 'the Government at lo-troit. Mich. If the render wishes to get further information regarding Yt ein Cniwol.'i it may be obtained by writing i.ny of the agent of the Gov ernment wboM" name i :itt;i' !ied to the sdvertlM'itient appearing elsewhere in thin paper. The following is the letter referred to: llillilown, Alberta, Keb. 5. 1 1.1. Hear Sir I have been here now Hourly five years, and thought I would w rite you a woman's Impression of Western ".-iri:iiI.i in Alberta. There tire several ranchers in tHis district who, in addition to taking can- of their rattle, carry on fanning us well. Their herds of cattle number from bsi to if'Ki or .'!l hind, and live out all win ter without any shelter than the pop lar bluffs, and they come In in tbe Hiring in good order. Most of the ranchers f 1 their cattle part of the time, nliou! this time of the year, but I have Keen the finest fat cattle I ever saw that never got a peck of grain only fattened on the grass, you see I have lentil, d to talk farm since I came here farming is the greatest business here. 1 know several in this district who never worked a d.iy on the farm till they caine here, and have done well and are getting well off. I think this will be the garden of the Northwest some day, and that day not very f;ir distant. There has beeu a great change since we came here, and there uill be a greater rhsnxe in tbe next :ive years. The winiers are all anyone could wish for. We have very little snow, and the climate U ftne and healthy. Last (tummer wn wet, but not to an extent to damage -'roo. which were a large average yield, and the bay was immense and farmers wore a broad smile accordingly. We have good schools: the Govern ment pays 70 per cent of the expense of education, whh b is a great boon in a new country. Of course, churches of different denominations follow the set tlements. Summer ph-nlcs and winter concerts are nil well attended, and as much, or rt ore. enjoyed as In the East. Who would not prefer the pure air cf this climate with Its broad acres of fine farms, Its rippllm: streams, its beautiful lakes, lta millions of wild flowers, Its groves of wild fruit of ex quisite flavor, Its streams and lakes teeming with fish and its prairies and bluffs with game, to the crowded nnil Stiff (state of nuclei y In the Kast? I wotilij like to go home for a visit some time, but not to go there lo live, even lr presented with the best farm In Michigan. Heautiful Alberts, I will never leave It. And my verdict Is only a repetition 0f sllwho have settled lii this country. This year, I tlieve, will add many thousands to our population. And if the young men, and old men also, knew bow easy they could make a home free of all incumbrance in this country, thousands more would havn settled here. I would sooner havo im acres here than any farm wbtre I came fnuu In Michigan; but the people in the East are coming to a knnwhd.:e of this country, ami us they do. f)ey will come West In thousands. All wile ter people hnve been arrhlng hi Al berta, ami 1 suppose in other parts t n well, wbieh Is iliinniiil, so we expect a great rush when the weather getit warmer. We have no cord famine here; coal cat! be boo-lil In the to-.wis for ?2 to ncciirdiug In d!t3tii'e from the mines, and many haul their own coal from the mines, getting It there for 00 cents to a dollar a ton, Very truly yours. (Signed! Mltsi. jnl M'EACriLAN. I'rof. TImoiiI of .Home believes he has tliesovered a kciuib for corlnR pneumonia. Money refunded for each package of PUTNAM FAl.'ELDSfi 1YH5 If unsatisfactory. Tbr; chronic borrower seldom pays a man back In bis own coin. n. Wis.!,., OooTimo STlltr for cMMrxi taSaSMttot Mr pals, cans tui rIUs. I Onions should be kept in a cool, dry plsce, but they should never be placed In tbe loebos. They will keep well If put lo paper Imga snd bung up. It Is sometimes difficult to keep raisins, Cgs and date away from an noying little ants and roacbm, nu( tj)i0 la easily accomplished by putting tlwcn In paper bag that bare been well brasbed or with strong borax water and dried before the fruit la pat In. The lltU post do hot like the bssni and win aot gnaw ttwoagh ta sack wbea tha areaarrd.