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All business intrusted to his care will receive prompt and careful attention. je 7-lyr f S. THOMSON. VV Attorney and Counsell or at Law. Office; over Post Office. Will practice in Sampson and ad joining counties. Ever attentive and faithful to thb interests of all client!. je 7-lyr E - if iri.Mni li. Attorney and Counsell or at Law. Office on Wall Street. Will practice in Sampson, Bladen, render, Harnett and Duplin Coun ties. Also in Supreme Court. Prompt personal attention will he -liven to all leal business, je 7-lyr J TJltANK liOYETTK, DX.S. Dentistry Office on Main Street. "uCT Oilers his services to the people of Clinton and vicinity. Everything in the line of Dentistry done in the best style. Satisfaction guaranteed. WrMy terms are strictly cash. Don't ask me to vary from this rule. je 7- lyr Unpen)'. This is what you ought to have, in IV. ct, you must have it, to fully enjoy life. Thousands are search ing for it daily, and mourning be cause they find it not. Thousands upon thousands of dollars are spent annually hy our people in the hope that they may attain this hoon. And yet it may be had by all. We guar anty that Electric Hitters, if used according to directions and the use persisted in, will bring you Good Digestion and oust the demon dys pepsia and install instead Eupepsy. We reconmied Electric Bitters for Dyspepsia and all diseases of Liver, Stomach and Kidneys. Sold at 50c nd SI. 00 per bottle hy K. H. Holli day. Druggist. Never put iron or steel hits in a horse's mouth in frosty weather with out first warming them. They will take the skin off the horse's tongue. Dumb Animals. Now, (Jive Attention ! To the piirilicalion of your blood, for at no season is the body so susceptible to the benefits to be derived from a good medicine, as in March, April and May. Hood's Sarsaparilla is the people's favor ite spring medicine. It stands unequal led for purifying the blood, airing scrof ula, salt rheum, etc, regulating the kid neys and liver, repairing nerve tissues, s-trenmhening and invigorating the whole body, as well as checking the progress of acute and chronic disease, and restoring the alllicted parts to a natural, healthy condition. If you have never tried C. I. Ilood&Co's iaraparilla for your "spring medL-ine," do so this season. All animals can bo made happy or miserable by the way in which you talk to them. Dumb Animals. A Scrap of Taper Saves Her Life. It was just an ordinary scrap of wrapping paper, but it saved her life. She was in the last stages of consumption, told by physicians that she was incurable and could live only a short time; she weighed less than seventy pounds On a piece of wrapping paper 3he read of Dr, King's New Discovery, and got a sample bottle; it helped her, she bought a large bottle, it helped her more, bought another and grew bet ter fast, continued its use and is now strong, healthy, rosy, plump, weigh ing 140 pounds. For fuller particu lars send stamp to W. II. Cole, Drug gist, Fort Smith. Trial bottles of this wonderful discovery free at It. H" Holliday's Drug Store. The parson said : 4 4My text to-day is, 'Thou shalt not steal,' " and then lie proceeded to declaim a sermon we had heard before. ,:IIow to Cure all Skin Diseases." Simply apply "Swayne's Ointment.'' No internal medicine required. Cures tetter, eczema, itch, all eruptions on the face, hands, nose, &c, leaving the skin dear, white and healthy. lis great heal ing and curitive povrcrs are possessed no other remedy. Ank yoiir drug gist for Wayne's Ointment. "Did they treat you cordially?" "Indeed, yes. Why, about mid night her father came to the head of the stairs and called down to know if I wouldn't stay to breakfast." Munsey's Weekly. lOU THE 1ILOOI), SLs""' 1Ittl,lia UKOWN'S IRON BITTERS. cures quickly. For sale by all dealers in Medicine. Get the genuine. Enthusiasm is the genius of sin cerity, ane truth accomplishes no victories without it. It probably hits every man at times how many of his acquaintances make first-class strangers. VOL. VIII. A Forum of Public Opinion, THE OPINION OF THE CAU CASIAN'S HEADERS ON THE VARIOUS TOPICS OF THE DAY. W- ofl r thit :oliuun to our n uder in vhili to IU-u. topic of inti-rot and jirotit tO till-Ill. Monetization of La ml. hy a collaro. The introduction into the Senate by Senator Vance of the banking Hcheme advocated by the Farmery' Alliance is only one evidence of the trreat dis satisfaction that is felt with our present National banking system. The farmers propose, in brief, that the government shall establish ware-houses throughout the country for the storage of their products and upon such storage to issue certi ficates equal to 80 per cent of the value of the products de posited which shall circulate as money. In effect it proposes to make the annual products of the country the basis of its currency. The essentials of a paper currency are safety and flexibility. The holder of a promise to pay must knmv that upon demand aru1 without trou ble or expense it will be re deemed. Our present currency has this qualify in a very hih degree, a ten dollar bill is never protested. But it is totally wanting in the second requisite flexibility. The volume of currency is changeless without regard to the needs of the peo ple. It-knows no law of supply and demand and has become in the hands of the bond-holders and national banks, a mighty engine of oppresson. It is also so contrived as to concentrate itself around the large financial centers. The people need, de mand, and will have a change in our financial system. The basis of our present sys tem is coin. This is safe, which is good; but the supply, inflexi ble and irresponsive to demand, wh ch is bad; and easily con centrated, which is the worst feature about it. Cannot some better system be devised? The farmers surely need relief. Suppose two youirg men entering upon life with just 1000 each. The first invest his capitol in a stock of mer chandise and buys and sells and gets gain. The second invest his capital in a farm and at once finds that he cannot do anything for want of capital. The former used his stock of goods as capital with which to trade and gain an increase. The latter has nothing he can use. His capital Is locked up inland. What he needs and what the country needs is the monetiza tion of land and this can be easily accomplished by making land the basis of banking. A proper banking system baeed upou the imperishable value of land would have all the ele ments of an ideal currency. It wrould be safe, more so even than gold could be rendered flexible and could not be con centrated, bu1" a currency, upon such a basis, would of necessity be diffused throughout the country. Suppose a dozen men in Samp son county are desirous of for ming a bank with a capital of 300,000; why not let them purchase 100,000 m State bonds and deposit them as security in the State treasury. Then let them pledge for the redemption of their notes 200,000 in im perishable real estate. Then suppose they issue in bank note3, to circulate as currency, 300,000. Vhy is not such a plan safe and practicable? The bonds would be good and no President or cashier could run away with the land, and under a proper system of inspection and management such a system would be fully as safe as our present National banksysteo. This would be the monetization of land and would place the greater part of the banking capital of the country in the hands of the farmers instead of, as now, having it locked up in Wall street. Uuder ?uch a sys tem money could be easliy bor rowed at five per cent. The stock holders in the bank would have invested only 100,000 and 5 per cent on 300,000 in equal to 15 per cent on 100,000 to which add 4 per cent interest on the State bonds arid the stock holders would receive on their investment 19 per cent and at the sam time lend money st 5 per cent. Such, Mr. Editor is a brief outline of a system which we believe will bring relief to the country more quickly and surely than any thing else. .NOMINATi: 31 HX Who are Known to Faor the Legislation Desdred by the l'eople. The Daily State Chronicle says: People are already talk ing politics. This will be a notable year in the political world of North Carolina. We have to elect : 1. A Chief Justice and an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the State. 2. Superior Court Judges of the First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh. Eighth, Tenth and Eleventh districts. 3. Solicitors in all the twelve judicial districts. 4. Nine members of the United States House of Representatives. it. Fifth State Senators. 0 One hundred ani twenty members of the North Carolina House of itepresentatives. t. All county officers. The Legislature to be elected will be charged with the im portant duty of electing a United States Senator, as Senator Vance's term expires March 4th, 1891. The importance of this elec tion is evident from the above list of officers to be elected. The outlook is particularly promising to the Democrats. The Republicans, except locally, seem to have no life. In that lies our chief danger. The Democratic party succeeds only when it is "scared," and puts out its strongest men. The ap parent weakness of the State Republican party may cause Democrats in the districts to be indifferent as to the strength of the nominees. That would be a fatal error. There never was a timo when the party needed to exercise such care in the personnel of candidates as thi& year. The people are thorough going Democrats, but they will not support b id men for office. The Democratic party has al ways been invincible in this State because the character of the nominees has been such as to disarm all suspicion or criti cism. This year there will be need only to nominate men of character and integrity. More will be demanded. They must be men of known character, and men known to favor the legisla tion desired by the people. Hone? t men must and will be nomiuated, and the definition of an honest man will read:. "One who faithfully represents the interests of the great body of the people." A DESEKVKO ANSWER. In debate in the Senate the other day, Senator Sherman ask ed Senator Eustis, of Louisiana, if he did not know that the 15th Amendment would never haye been adopted but for the fact that the laws or the Southern States practically deprived the negroes of their rights of citizen ship; and that otherwise recon structions would have rested solely on the 14th Amendment. In replying Mr. Eustis said: "It has been my honest convic tion that all the reconstruction measures, all the Federal legis lation, and thr Constitutional Amendments, were adopted by the Republican party with the single object of Africanizing the South .and maintaining and preserving their political supre macy Ycur pretence now is that the negro was armed with suffrage to protect him in his rights. That is a mere pretence. He was given the suffrage to beat down those terrible "rebels," to punish them, to degrade them, and with th hope of establish ing on a solid basis the Repub lican party in the Southern States. That is my opinion. What I consider the gretest crime which has ever been com mitted against civilized com munities has been committed by the Republican party of this country; and if you today stand aghast and appalled, as I know you do, at the results of your work and feel like apologizing to the country and to yourselves for having committed such a monstrous crime against the civilization of the South, I as sure the Senator of Ohio that I will not by any answer to that questiou help him out of any such difficulty as that." The Spring: Medicine. The popularity which Hood's Sarsa parilla has gained as a Spring Medicine is wonderful. It possesses just those elements of health-giving, blood-purifying and appetite-restoring which every body seems to need at this season. Do not coutiuue in a dull, tired, unsatisfac tory condition when you may be so much benefited by Hood's Sarsaparilla. It purifies the blood and makes the weak strong. Violet: "Ma, how do people know it's a man in the moon?" Mother (sadlyj: "Because it's always out nights." CLINTON, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL WOMAN'S SPIIERK. i)i:i:ss. It I ev-ry woman" duty, tir.t to hcrw-lf, K'i:niiil lo l r f-miilr. mi. I thinl t.. .:. i..t- t.. j appear ru-at, attrartif anil to an al v:ititair I : .. ... . . :i I ill i ' i ity p.',II,. Mrs. Cleveland, attending the reception given by ex-Mayor W. It. Giace of New York, was dressed simply in afternoon calhng costume, and the repor ter say that she never looked better and was the most charm ing woman present. 4 ft Two Tyqes of Women. We said last week that wo could best judge a refined wo man by the details of her dress, by her neck and wrist wear, her gloves and shoes. Having uoti ced these points we can learn something further by noticing the uriy different women wear their dresses. One will put on a new gown and be instantly at home in it, while another a-ill look as if her gown did not belong to Ler at all. We all know these types of women. The former looks well in wdiatever she puts on, forgets her clothes, which aeem a part of her, and is graceful and charming; the latter looks uncomtortable m a new gown, is conscious of it and herself, and is perpetually smoothing it down here and spreading it out there. Some womeu know how to wear thoir gowns and some do not, and style or the want o! it has a good deal to do with this matter. Ask any woman which she would rather have, beauty or style, and nearly every one will say style. Beauty fades, but style lasts as long as life. However, if a woman has neither she may acquire a cer tain ease and grace by forget ting her clothes; some women impress us with their clothes, and others with themselves. After woman has put on her gown, attended to all its details and knows that her toilet is complete and perfect, let her endeavor to forget all about it. When we go to balls and recep tions we do not want to make the acquaintace of a Parisian toilet so much as of the woman inside of it; but often the clocnes impress us much more than the wearer does, and she will not let us forget the clothes for an instant. Clothes play a very important part in life we all know; but if a certain gown attracts us, it is because the taste of it is so perfect that we expect the wearer to be per fection. Fashion Notes. We draw following notes from a half a dozen fashion books for April A novelty in rings consists of a plain band of silver, set with five couch shells. One ot the new spring shades is called Aubergine, and is the purple color of egg-plant?. Vevet ribbon is a very fash ionable trimming. Rows are sewed above the hem of full plain skirts, and lengthwise rows trim the side of slightly draped skirts, each row either beginning or ending iu a large chou. Black bengaline and surah gowns are made up in combina tion with gay bcotch tartans, or else the many blue and green plaids, with . their white and yellow bars. Gowns of black lace over deep yellow silk are a very fashionable combination; they are frequently elaborated by stylish corsage decorations of gold galon. Black canvas grenadine, wide enough for the length of the skirt, are bordered near one sel vage with metallic, stripes of copper, gold or silver. Ihese are one of the novelties of the season. Costumes with 3kirts and sleeves of velvet are very popu lar again this spring.The velvet skirt has an over-drapery of some woolen material, shorter on one side, and open either in front or on the side. The new green3 this season are either bright prairie and poplar shades, or the grayish shade and stem greens, and "dome green," with much blue in it. Young girl3 are fortunate in that Fayhion decrees that their gowns shall be plain in design. Thev maybe entirely of brocade or of far more suitable fabrics, such as emuroidered mull, gauze, crepe de chine and silk tulle, but the dresses must be severely simple. Till: TA11LI1 fr whi h health an-l happing l- r.ii mon- j than on the iruont r in w hu h food i r.it-d." Varify of Preparation. A troublesome question witb house-wives and cooks is what to do with cold meats. We answer, make hash of it. Hut you say that the men are tired of hash and are sure to soon grumble at 'warmed up" dishes. But stop my dears, let us see if the fault is not in the propera tion of the.e dishes. Both housekeepers and ordi nary cooks make a mistake in doing hash always exactly in the same way. It is very nice, indeed, minced finely, seasoned with salt and pepper, and put into the oven until browned to a crispness; but it is just as nice in half a dozen different ways, so whv make it a wearisome re petition by always serving it the same fashion? One time use a little mace and butter to season it, besides the salt and pepper, and before removing from the stove stir in enough water to make it moist, and do not put it in the over to brown and crisp. Another time use a bit of grated onion (if you are sure th men like them) for the seasoning and cook it so dry that each morsel of potate and meat is severally browned. This is an excellent way when the quantity of meat is small and that of potato large; you can also sometimes serve it this way with ihin slices of bacm, crisped to a nicety. Another time brown it in a shape on a platter and serve with poached eggs. Another, moisten with mushroom catsup, instead of water, and when chopping the potato chop in a can of mush rooms. Still another, cut off the end and take out the seeds of large-sized tomatoes,' fill the aperture with minced meat and potato and butter, salt and pep per a i seasoning, and bake in a hot oven. There are seven changes which may be rung on the one theme and still keep it the good old-fashioned dih. By this means tho grumbling men will cease to grumble even if they are served witli has't twice a week, for i could not then come on in the same form twice a month. It should not then be scornfully spoken of in the household as a 'warmed up breakfast,'' for it is worthy of the name "made dish," and the housekeeper who has mastered made dishes may indeed feel that she has climbed the moun tain top. This is but one of the most common ways of mak ing made dishes given as illus trative of the uses of other seasoning that salt and depper. The above is simply one illus tration. In a similar manner a dozen or more changes, pleasant to the palate, could and should be made in the preparation of other, almost every dish. Take an inventory of your kitchen closet and if it does not contain a dozen or two different kinds of seasoning, make haste to supply them and see th?t your cook uses them. But remember that it is variety and not quanti ty of seasoning. Many cooks make a mistake in over season ing. Every Day Recipes. Of tho making of many receipts there is no end, but the experienced housekeeper will delight ia the opport unities afforded her by The Caucasux's weekly visit to place new toothsome and palatable dishes before her faniilv and friends. EASTER CAKES. Take one pound of flour, half pound of butter, half a pound of sifted sugar, the yolks of two and the white of oue egg, cinnamon to taste. Mix half the butter with the flour, sugar, and spice; melt the rest of the butter and mix it with the beateu-up eggs, then mix all well together, roll it out thin, cut into any shape you like, and bake in not too hot an oven. por ovei:s. 3 cups of milk, 3 cups of flour, 3 eggs, and a little salt. Drop into hot fat and they will pop over. They are very nict. i MUFFINS. 1 cup of flour, 2 cups of corn meal. Butter the size of an egg. Sweeten and salt to taste. 1 teaspoonful of soda, 1 cup of buttermilk. SPICE CAKE. 1 pound of flour. h pound of sugar. pound of butter: 4 eggs. 1 cup of sweet milk. 2 tablespoonf ul of baking powder 1 tablespoonf ul each of clove9, cinnamon, and nutmeg. 3, 1890. Our Farmers Column. SOM ETHIXG ! N TK 1 i KSTI N I TO TIIOSK WHO TILL THK SOIL. "Tlu-re u no maU rial pro r- that U wrll bawd and fx miaix nt ithoiit sxrb ttllursl The lmr4ifi. The unprecedented agricul tural depression and the great injustices done the American farmer was the condition very ably and forcibly portrayed by Senator Voorhee of Indiana in the UniUd States Senato recen tly. In conclusion lie said: The remedies to be applied were: First, ta iff reform; se cond, a full supply of legal tender money; third, the free coinage of silver; fourth, the suppression by law of gambling in tutures; fifth, a liberal policy of pension.". As to hiH second remedy we would say the we ajjreo with the National Economist that we need not only a sufficient volume of money, hut that volume must be flexilbt.A volume to control and ex pand according to the de mand made by tho existance of marketable products. This done and no law would bo necessary to bring about the 4th remedy. Then gambling on tho products of the soil would be impossible. What he means by "a liberal policy of pensions" we do not know. But one thing certain is that the piesent policy is al ready too liberal liberal to absurdity. For twenty-five years the northern soldiers, many unworthy of the name, somewho never smelt power have been fed at the public crib,a crib whose stores wo have been taxed to furnish. Yes the southern soldier who had all his property destroyed, haa not only been living without a pension, but ha? been toiling to feed the men, who, in many cases, were too cowardly to fiirht us. Is it not time for the South to call a halt on the pen sion business? One Meann of Keluf. The Richmond Times says. "The poorest people, that is those who have less ready money with which to supply' their daily wants, are the larger land owners, who have no other resource but their lands and are dependent on hired lab. r or tenantry for its culti vation. This is a gloomy pic ture, we admit, but it is a true one, of the class to which it refers. There is, however, an other class of agriculturists wTho notwithstanding the depressed condition of the markets for all farm products are prosperous contented and happy who re alize annually . enough irom their operations to supply their wrants pay all expenses and have i little left to lay aside for a "rainy day." This class i. composed almost, if not entirely, of the small land owners, men who have had the wisdom to see that idle land is wors than dead capital, and are careful to invest in no more than they can judiciously use, who curtail the acreage for cultivation, make at home all the manure possible and concentrate it, and last, but by.no me.tns least, who plant no more than they can thoroughly cultivate, dispen sing, as far as possible, with hired labor to do it. Is it not then the part of wisdom for the the lartre land ownpr to recognize the fact that the cultivation of large areas of land under the present system of lbor almost invaria bly entails loss? That to retain it idle and uncultivated, brings annually a debt in the shape of taxes with scarcely ever any compensatory return in the enhancement of its value, and that the only scape from the horns of the dilemma is to sub divide the large tracts into smaller ones, containing from one to two hund-ed acres, and sell tliem off to industrious and enterprising men, on long credit, it necessary. Thus, and thus only, iu our judgment, will tha agricultural condition of Vir ginia be improved, and the ma terial prosperity of her people generally bo promoted." These sensible views, so clearly and forcibly expressed, and so evidently founded upon long and discriminating obser vation, under exceptionally favorably circumstances, are entitled to the thoughtful at tention of every farmer in N.C. as well as in Virginia. No. 25. Fart Frrt I When I tx'iTAn gardouln- for market, my land was joor, and I had little moans for buying manure. I rakd lavc4 and rich woods-arth and envred it wdl with loam until faijf when tht piles wr0 udl-ro:td! They were tliurom.t(1 with one-third their bulk of htaM manure. 1 have never nvii better effects from any fertili zer. Thr practice ha- Immuj kept up, evr-epting that inst.vid of rotting the leaven I have used them for bedding Uok. Four year.- avo I began to bur ffirtilizars and bed my stock with straw, but I have round to my sorrow that I have ceased to mike as fine vegetables as when using leaves. I do not recom mend farmers to neglect re gular and pressing duties to gather leaven, but to economize, broken days and odd time?, during fall and early winter, when work for men and teams is not pressing. T. 1). B. .Milking is not very nice work for a woman, but if cows could veto there would be a large majority in favor of women doing the milking. They don't kick nor swear, and whether you believe it or not, wo believe that a decent cow despises a profane man. Western Rural. A resolution has been adopt 3d by the Virginia .Legislature requesting the representatives in Congress from that State to aid tho passage of the bill be fore said bodj authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to loan money to farmers at 2 per cent interest. The men who make the moU money from farming are not the ones who work the hardest or the most hours alone, but those who in addition manage with tho greatest wisdom. An excited horse is like an excited child. We have seen a child scolded and 'jawed" un til it could not comprehend what was wanted of It. WHV W03IHN 31 A UK V. There are all sorts of motives that actuate women to marry. For this act her reasons aro more numerous and unique than for any other. The best and most excusable reason is being so much in love that she feels urable to live without the man she earns for. When this kind of affection assails her .she might as well go and marry, says a writer m tho Chicago Herald. Marrying is the only thing that will make her a use ful and rational membrr of society. When a girl marries in her second season, the man may bo pretty sure of her whole heart. It always seems a pity for a woman to fall in love so young, though. In marrying at nine teen she gives up four r five years of perfect freedom and unl nmpereil plersme. One can be inamed for a long lime, but; four or five years ate ill lhatj are socially accorded to young ladyhood. These years, with their f reedo ji and opportunities for travel and reading, are not to be scorned. They often give the strength and ex ei ience up on which i formed the success of a lifetime. Every man and woman should belong entirely to hemself for at least fou. years of lies perfect physical and mental maturiiy.Oneshould know one s strength and one's weaknesses before asserting the one or resisting the other a gainst a fellow-creature. Then in marrying a young girl a man seems to take more risk and more responsibility than he does in marrying orn between twenty and twenty-five. Between those ages a woman's social aims and worldly ambi tions become decided. Ia the spring: Months. Nature should bo asHted when the system is changing from the full habif or the winter month to the lighter diet of the warm season. Nothing doei this as well as S. S. S. It stimulates the sluggish blood and rids the system of heaviness and the feeling of languor. If there is poi son in the blood, it generally shows itself in the spring, and this in the season to help nature to diive it out mul be cured. S. S. 8. Ileautiries'the skin and makes the complexion rosy ami healthy. S. S. S. GiveseLif-ticity to the step and buoyant spirits. S. S. 8. Makes the feeble and deli cate strong and robust. 8. 8. 8. Is a tonic to the whole body and increases vitality. 8. S. S. Is a simple vegetable med icine, harmless to the most delicate, yet so powerful as to cleanse thesys tem of all impurities. iSJTTreatise on Blood awl Skin Dis eases mailed free. SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Georgia. Ijo-ten ?ubrrt!er In l,f,tu today. CiiiMivn's (ViitT. Nnir.nnM; intkuestiv; to tiii: Yor; i:i:aifk. or Tin: caivaman. -Aunt Marie, you hi id that ii't Sunday wa EaMer Sundiv, what d.e Ea t...- mean' The sjx-aker v&i a hUlo girl alMtit twelve years of ug with tloughtful brown eves and shinine hair. Aunt hri I niUtd up iu quirk Mirprii "Why, my de.tr, you g.i t Sunday srhxl evrty Sunday and ask inch a question? I am surprised." "No, no. Aunty; ou mUtmder stand mi.'," began Lottie, wih ing she hail appealed to her Cousin Helen instead of Aunt Marie, who always thought her que.s' ions sprang from ignoranre. But Cousin Helen had heard the question, and spoke :im with her usual geuth smile. "The fe.-tival ot leister, Lottie de.nr, was relebiated lefore the Christians claimed it as the nuMt joyful an 1 hallowed day of the year. Some ay the word Kasler i.s from the Saxoa word Oat or, which signifies, to ri-.v But others trace th word as used here to refer to the old festival of the Saxon Coddess Ostera, or Ivistio, the personi fication of the Morning, or hast. This festival always occurred in tho spring." "But, Cousin, how do we hap pen to rail it by the sam name'."' Because, Lottie, when the Christian fathers came to e a day for this commemorating of Christ being ri.-u from the dead,they found no more beauti ful time, or one that seemed ho to rejoicj and revol in tho risen Christ, a-j tho spring heason. Don't you know, dear, how evpry thing seems awakening to .-uufdiine, to lift1) and beauty. You se, those poor benighted people w ho did not know Christ, had worshipped His ineffable mercy unc uisciouly, in mvt liuS with joy and delight the awakening of the world, which is still emblematic of His hav ing risen to avo and receive the wcild." "Cousin Helen, how do you know o much?" Lottie was on a : tool looking earnestly into her cousin's face. It was Helen's turn to flush a little. "That is not an astouis!:in profundity of knowledge, Lot tie." "iNow tell mo why wo always have eggs tt 1 Aster?" "That we may attribute to a custom. They used to be called Bare, Pancli-eggs, and only the pleasure they grant you child ren seems to be their excuse for being a p.miuent feature of tho celebration. Yet the Persians celebrated vn egg fe.-tival at this tune, and tho custom seciiiM to be time honor ed. Then, too, the egg is em blematic a,'a'.n of revivified nature. A beairilul little downy thing with wings bursts fort from the egg, if it is permitted to follow it- natural course, showin.f how, in the least of things, nature and God meet to rejoic; in life." "I s!j uld think we would have piidc, blue and striped chickens, if we hatched Laster eggs," broke in Larry.' Lottie's b: other, a lad of eight, who had listened to Helen's last state ment open mouthed. "Wait and see what chickens will be hatched for you two lit tle chatter-boxes," laughed Cousin Helon. "Oh, tell ti tell us, what is going to happen," cried Lottie, while Larry looked beseeching. "So, you must wait until i-Iaster Morn i nr. Now, don't tease me, for I won't tell you any tnoie." So the child: en must fain content themselves but Lottie went about, talking of the Ulster mystery until some nj told her not "to count her chickens before they were hatched." whereupon Larry re plied, with greal indignation, that Cousin Helen had prom Fed them a pink chicken with green wing.s, and she always kept her promizes. Faster day passed, ivith its beau iful solemnities, and Lot tie thought no angel could have looked or sung more sweetly than 1 ousin Helen, as she itood in her place in the choir. Monday morning, Lottio and Lai ry were sent on a visit to a small cousin, and only got home at tw o o'clock, in time to don their be3t raiment, as Cousin Helen said she expected a few oung friends in to an Easter party. They began coming, presently, until the parlors held about ten Continued on Second Page.