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1WJ'wwp,,,MljrEN fi i" THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELO, rNT'SATUftDAY, APRIL 4, 1914 EVENING EDITON. . K rv I V'- I i i . .-- . .i . ... i -i . i O Thooghts For Easter Because lie lived tins world begins to live today, niid of its spiritual birth this day is the anniversary. Edward Everett Hale. A legend of the Greek church tells us that our Lord used to feed the robins round his mother's door when he -was a boy, moreover, that the robin never left the scpul chcr till the resurrection and at the ascension joined in the angels' song. Across the sea the light brought joy to many a ship, and, glancing on the shore, ten thousand spires flashed the glad illumination and trembled to the rolling organ beneath that sounds forth the Cliristinn's exultation. It is the Lord's day and the annual day of resurrection. Jlcnry Ward Bcecher. There are great merits about Easter as an annual feast day. It says to us: "Put on your best clothes, think your best thoughts and be as good and happy as you can. The Lord of Christendom is risen. The spring is coining back. Life begins again in the fields and parks and gardens. Let us be grateful to our Maker for life; let us rejoice in the present all we honestly can and take as hopeful a view of the future as common sense permits." Edward S. Martin m "Times and Seasons." 1 The Meaning of The Resoffrectiomi f By Cardinal Gibbons. , The resurrection of Christ is the most signal and splen did evidence of his divinity. It is the keystone in the arch of faith, as it is the most brilliant luminary in the con stellation of Christian festivals. A certain enthusiast named Leberaux once submitted io Talleyrand a project he entertained of founding a now religion and asked the French stateman's views as to tho feasibility of the undertaking. "You will certainly suc ceed," replied Talleyrand, "and your name will go down with glory to posterity if you fulfill the conditions which I nronose " "And what are they?" eagerly inquired the nronose A J. -.'- - . - visitor. "You must first suifer, be scourged and crucilied and then rise on the third day. Do this and your success is assured." This reply extinguished tho zeal of tho would-be reformer. The moral of the witty Frenchman's remark is that as Christ alone, after entering the portals of the tomb, returned by his own power to life he is with out a rival. He alone has made good his claim to found a now religion and to merit the supreme adoration of man- Jund. 2? rom-rton sCatiSPr aPlarP' &njgbftfHoffm jw Tfx &JiaUoo$3olson 0 1914, by American Tress Association. Brown, barren fields and leaden shy, inhere Jvcntcn days drag ged slowly by, Hnd death bad moched at f altb; Novc sunglow on the east ern bills, JNtew grass blades, Ulfcs, daffodils, for Jvovc bas conquered Death. EASTER CELEBRATIONS. How the Holy Day Is Observed In Va. rlous Parts of the Earth, Tho greatest Hauler celebration is at Jerusalem. Jerusalem nt Hunter In crowded with pilgrims. Tho hlstoilo Church of the Holy Sepuleher la tho center. According to tradition, thin church contains Chrlst'n tomb. Groat an It Is, It Is too nnmll for tho Kastcr crowds. Nowhere In all tho world Is there so cosmopolitan an Kastcr gathering. Nowhere else la Caster celebrated wllli such Impressive pomp and core uionlal. Jerusalem Is tho historic city In which Christ's spiritual embassy bo Kan. All tho churches of Jerusalem are crowded nt Knstor, the crowning glory if the religious year. lu Itoumaula, Christian women dls tribute cakes marked with tho symbol of tho cross lu tho prisons. Silver clarions herald tho dawn of Kastcr lu Horllu. blown by trumpet ers lu tho Imperial palace tower. Kull dress uniform is tho order of the day, and the German emperor and empress attend public services. At tho courts of Italy, Austria, Spain and Portugal Caster day is tho occa tdoii of a state banquet and a military display. JAJMHKIt INDUSTRY TIIHIV- 1XO IN KLAMATH FALLS KLAMATH FALLS, April !. Workmen are busily engaged in got tlng the sawmill of the Algona Lumber Company, In Klamath Falls, in shape for tho season's run, which will start noxt Monday or Tues day, The. box factory is also being repaired. EASTER EVE. I imw two women weeping by tho tomb Of opq new burled In a (air ween place Bowcrcd with shrubs. The eve retained no trace Of auRht that ilay performed, but tho faint Klonm Of flylna duy won spread upon the sky; TIio moon wn broad and bright above the wood j , The dlMnnce aniinllpil of n multitude; Muslo nnd shout nucl mingled revelry. At length ennio gleaming throueh the thicket nlmdo Helmet nnd cncuo, and n steel armed hand Watched round tho sepulcher In solemn standi Tho nlslit word passed, from min to man convoyed, And I could sen thoso women rUa nnd go. Under tho dark trees moving nnd nnd slow. Uonry Alford In Knusas City Star. EASTER BUNNY IS OLD. Not a Frisky 'Youno Animal, but One with a Very Ancient History. Next to tho Kastcr eggs tho bunny maintains Its place as tho ttturlCastw novelty. To Hud out Just how the bun u) emtio to he associated with Kastcr one looks away back to antiquity, for the hare or rabbit lias had unusual slgnlllcaiice to many peoples. In ancient mythology tho hare's con nection with tin moon wan well estab lished. Hindu tradition tells us that while ludra was djlng of hunger tho hare tlucw himself into the lire In or der that tho god might bo provided wllli a meal. For this snciillco ho was translated to the moon liy tho grateful ludra. In ltuddhlst legend we again tlud him sac rificing himself In order to piovldo food for the hungry. Hero again ho was translated to tho moon, wheie tho Hin dus, Japanese and Chinese still n fleet to hco him lu tho well known spots on tho disk. Tho Chinese ntlll. nt their great moon J festival of the Viieplug, exchange cakes of various sizes with relatives and friends upon which are stamped fig ures of hares crouching among tho tieos. I lu Norse mythology we had bunny! figuring as the train bearer and light hearer of Freyja. the goddess of tho moon, nnd also Identified with tho Ito man goddess Venus, whoto festival was held at the beginning of April. Freyju has also been Identified with the Anglian goddess Kostro or Ostara, from whoso name wo derlvo our pres ent term of Kastcr. Ancient records will show that In tho seventeenth century no Englishman thought Ids feast complete unless on Faster day he ate a lino big hare killed for tho occasion. Tho haro by reason of Its connection with the moon became lu a seuso tho herald of a new life, the springtide. From these several causes It has como to be associated with tho anniversary of Christ's resurrection, nnd thousands of children too young to appreciate tho blessed truths that Ho at tho base of tho faith will nevertheless rejoico over novelties In Faster bunnies. 4mH 4.4..4.4. .. $..). 4.4 $, 4. 4..4.4.4.., AN EASTER v - DPITMiniM i 44. 4. 4.4.4. 4.4. 4. 4..4. 4.4. 4.4. 4... HIGH In the church amphithea ter hung the choir loft, nnd at It rail that bright Faster morning stood tho church quartet. Tho organ pealed forth the strains of the opening anthem one of those dlvlno compositions of Mozart which make tho pulse of tho righteous bent more quickly and cause tho ungodly to think anew nnd after It had been sung tho singers took their seats, separat ing, tho two higher voices to the right, the two lower to tho left side of tho organ. Hcrr Stclubuch, tho orgnnlst, retired behind the organ, drawing from his pocket as he did so a copy of a Sun day, newspaper. Ho was musical editor of tho sheet nnd hastily scanned 1U pages for an article, "The Decline of tho Fugue," which he hud written tho Friday pre vioustolling far into the night that It might bo concluded in time for tho is sue of Sunday. Tho pastor began his Kastcr sermon, but the singers paid small heed: each was busy with his or her own thoughts. In the eyes of Mnteel Stuart, the con tralto, ennio 11 faraway look as sbo sat besido her giant huslmud, tho basso. She was thinking that but three short years before she bad gone from thnt church 11 bride, leaning proudly upon tils arm. And now? Yes. she was happy, she reasoned, though her stnlwart husband had, unconsciously perhaps, dropped rtnill Ifti Times Want ads bring results. IN TIIBKYIM 01 TUB CONTIIAITO A 111110111 I,OVi: LIMIT llUUNKl). those llttlu courtesies and attentions which usually play so delightful u part In newly wedded life. Not that Stuart was discontented, hut his lack of appreciation of tho con tnilto was caused by u lack of thought, no doiiut. Manlike, ho was selfish, though it must bo said of him that he had always proved what is known as a "good husband," lu tho commonly ac copied meaning of tho term. For tho llrst time in months Stuart thought that perhaps he did not place a sulllclently high value upon his wife when ids attention was attracted to tho other side of tho choir loft. Some thing unusual was going on there ap pureutly. John Craytou and Marian Oritlln weie seated together, and tho soprnno was so Interested lu what Crayton was saying to Iter that she failed to note the gazu of tho basso. Marian had known Craytou for a number of years, but had never looked upon "him as a suitor. And now as sho felt his breath upon her cheek, heard his earnest words, his appeal for a reply, sho could only cast down her eyes until their long black lashes seemed to throw a shade over her face. The tenor seized her hand nt tho con clusion of his passionate entreaty and' was rewarded by a Blight a very slight pressure, which told him thnt ho had not pleaded in vain. Then it was that Stuart placed bis great hand upon his wife's arm and, leaning toward her, whispered gently: "My darling, I realize now that I have been neglecting you, but I havo not meant to do so; It was only that I didn't think." In the eyes of tho rontVnlto a bright love light burned, and sho patted the hand of tho big basso with a loving touch. Tho droning of tho minister suddenly ceased, and the rustling of tho people below as they turned in tho pows told that tho sermon was at an end. Tho closing hymn was announced, nnd when It was finished tho singers wnlked from tho organ loft arm In arm. while Herr Stelnbuch exclaimed petulantly: "Uonnerwetterl Tho singers seem to be going to tho dogs. That last hymn was given atrociously!" Hut then perhaps Herr Stelnbuch was annoyed because ho had been un able to tlud "Tho Decllno of the Fuguo" lu his Sunday newspaper. Virginia named in Philadelphia Press. Why waste yoor energies sweepjn i u u so cost, you can procure the fo0, Time and Labor Saving Devices? wJ ime,savers)r thel)iistAottsew2 THEY ARE THE QUALITY KIND ASK FOR. DEMONSTRATION nEsk. BHmH if aKtiswV'ii'i -wilt. i n Domestic Vacuum Swfinn- lifai"' This dirt was i ui6 cue ouiu uy us umy ai , mMm $9,75, $12.00, $12.50 and a Ctejygur hmgwlgj J $14,75. mi m i f'jf Better at twice the price, ods, We have the Wizard Triangular Mop at $1.50 that gets in the corners; Wizard Round Mop at $1-,2&; 0'Cedar Mop at $1,50, ' MlAliii Dot, Miipa?" vvny i ay rnuio Johnson Gulovsen Company In our new location, we are e peclally prepared to cater to fnnitl trade. Regular meala or short or den. Open dy ud night. MEROnANT'8 OAFE. RroH(Iwy nnd Commercial Mfld FAMILY nrNNKHH Live and Enjoy Easter. Faster, glad feast of life, belongs only to thoe who are alive in soul and heart and mind. Hearts burled in graves have but little slmro iu its res urrectlug thrill. CITV AUTO AND TAXI SERVICE A now taxicab has been added tu my auto service. Careful driven Will go anywhere at any time. Stand Dlanco Cigar Store. Day phone, 78 Night phone 139-X. TOM GOODALE, Proprietor. Pictures & Framing Walker Studio - DO YOU use your telephone to advantage? j .WHY'NOW 1 It la cheaper to talk than to tflrfj We have toll stations in Coos ana wj connect with' the Bell System at Rosw Coos Bay Home TelepM Main Office. MRS. O. V. liniARGER Dressmaking nnd Ladles' Tailor ing l'rlccs reasonable Over Magnes & Matson Store I'houo H18-J. QIA IA?S?MASSS. LITY Opposite Wanco Hotel The Times Does Job aaJAL&rtJi., ..MdildnkiL -wSi. . aj) .t-.'.