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THE- AN EXCELLENT ADVERTISING MEDIUM. ( - .sial Organ of Washington County. , FIRST OF ALL THE NEWS. i Circulates extensively in the Counties f ' i Washington, Martin, Tyrrell and Beaufort. Job Printing In ItsVarlous Branches. l.OO A YEAR IX ADVANCE. "FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY, AND FOR TRUTH." SINUL.E COPY, 5 CENT-. VOL IX. PLYMOUTH. N. C, FRIDAY. APRIL 8,1898. JVO. 29. EASTER FLOWERS. Th roses were the first to hear The roses trellised to the tomb; Bring roses hide the marks of spear And cruel nall9 that sealed His doom The lilies were the first to see The Ulie3 on that Easter mora; . Bring lilies crowned with blossoms be The head so lately crowned with thorn. The roses were the first to hear: Ere yet the dark had dreamed ol dawn, The faintest rustle reached their ear; They heard the napkin downward drawn; They listened to His breathing low; His feet upon the threshold fall. Bring roes sweetest buds that blow, His love the perfume of them all. The lilies were the first to see: They, watching la the morning gray, Saw angels come so silently And roll the mighty stone away; They saw Him pass the portal's gloom; He brushed their leaves oh, happy dower! Bring lilies purest buds that bloom, His face reflected in each flower. The rons were the firs to hear, , The lilies were the first to see; " Bring fragrant flowers from far and near To match the Easter melody! ""Babboni!" be on every tongue, And every heart the rapture share Of Mary, as she kneels among The roses and the lilies fair! Clarence Urmy, in the Century. ooooooooooooooooooooocoooo MARIAN'S EASTER LILY. I BY MABV E. CUIXINANE. O 300000000000 0000000000008 THERE, mamma, I've lost the prize!" said Mar ian E 1 1 w o o d , bursting into the sitting-room one bright sunny af ternoon in Oct ober. "Alice tmk Ro!)biQ9..Ton . m w jAi.m and l will never v forgive her, be cause she told me last week I may as well give up the contests as she was sure I wouldn't obtain the prize. I know Mary Brown of the senior class must have helped her, and that was not honorable, as the teacher said we -were not to receive help from any l)ody on our essays." The contest in question was for the best written essay on "Nature," and was to be entirely original. The prize to be given was a volume of Long fellow's poems, a much coveted book by Marian, as she was very fond of reading "Evangeline," and now to see it slip from her was indeed too much, really exasperating. Always having received a high mark for her essays, Marian wa3 confident in this case that her work excelled any she had previously written. Alice Rob bins, too, was also a good essayist, and the contest had been supposed to be a tie. between them. But the judge in the matter-had pronounced in favor of Alice. All this was very humiliating to Marian, who was fully conscious of her own ability, and who declared that evening that she would be even with Alice yet. Her mother, on the contrary, tried to instil into her little daughter's mind how beautiful it was to forgive and forget, and how much better it was to have that little inner voice telling her, "You have done- your best," rather than have it constantly repeating, "You have been dishonest, Marian, and your essay belonged to somebody else, not to you." But Marian could not or would not overcome her chagrin, and went to bed that night-in anything but an enviable frame of mind, declaring to herself over and over again that she would never again speak to Alice Bobbins. The next day she went to school, her ill-humor having in no way abated, and. at recess obstinately refused to speak to Alice, who, to the surprise of Marian, did not seem to be elated with her prize as it would naturally be sup posed she would be under the circum stances. The winter passed on and Easter Sfas fast approaching. To meet it the girls were 'planning for an entertainment to be held at the school on Easter Monday night, to which parents and friends were to be invited. In the preparation the girls were having a merry time, but one thing alone jarred on their thoughts, and that was the difficulty between Alice and Marian. These two girls 1CH BELI.S. "l ed ones ' i'iiout Mally as e- i. i . Mil Oil their well laid plan, entered the school room chatting merrily. In their midst was Marian, and they also expected to find Alice in the room; but lo! Alice, who was usually very punctual, was not in her accustomed place when the bell rang. All the morning the girls wondered what had happened to Alice. At last word came to the teacher that she was very ill, with diphtheria. It was very prevalent in the neighborhood and great consternation prevailed among the girls at the announcement, for Alice, with all her short-comings, was beloved by every scholar. But how had Marian taken this startling piece of news? Did a voice whisper, "Now you are revenged; she cannot eclipse you now at the enter tainment?") No, the better nature of Marian as serted itself on the instant, and a great wave of sympathy stole over her, and she uttered a short ptayer for Alice's recovery. Then she vowed to herself that if Alice were to be able to come to the entertainment she, Mar ian, would procure for the occasion the handsomest Easter lily to be found, and present it to her in atone ment for her past harshness. At home she entreated of her mother to be allowed to go to see Alice, saying that she feared tier dear - Companion might die and spend her Easter in heaven. To this her mother sternly objected, pointing out the risks her darling would run of getting sick herself. "I think, though, you might write her a nice letter," her mother said, "and ask her to forgive you." And the next morning Marian did, after listening to the church bella from her open window, and how happy Alice was when she received the glad message. Crying with joy, she made the resolution when she ended its reading that' she would con fess all, and give up the prize which she had so dishonestly won, and give it to Marian. "Two days more, and it will be Sweet presence of our risen Lord, Brood over us to-day, And let us feel the living word Thy wondering disciples heard Aloiig Emmaus's way. Easter Monday. How happy I am," exclaimed Marian Ellwood excitedly, as she waved a small envelope over her head. "I have just received this note from Alice Bobbins, and she says the doctor told her yesterday that she would be well enough to come to our entertainment." Alice and Marian had at last become fast friends. The old love for each had returned once more. Alice had confessed everything; she had told how Mary Brown, being in a senior class, had written her essay for her, and that she in turn had copied it, and passed it on to the teacher as her own. For all this she begged of Marian to take the book. It was her due, she said, but Marian was too loyal to her friend to hear of such a think. Both attended the enter tainment together and it passed off pleasantly. After it was over Marian presented Alice with a magnificent Easter lily. It was a token of love and forgiveness, she said, and it proved, as the years went on, a sym bol of pure, true friendship, which, it is safe to say, will last with each for the other until death. Boston Bou quet. An Easter Custom Abroad. In Bavaria and the German Catholic countries there is a custom similar to that of Italy of taking baskets of food to the churches to receive the priestly benediction. The bottom of the basket is covered with a white linen cloth on which are laid a freshly boiled smoked ham, some hard-boiled colored eggs, a piece of horseradish, salt, pepper, etc. The servant girl or the daughter of the house carries this to the church to be blessed by the priest during early mass. On their return the breakfast table is laid with the con tents of the basket and the family par take of ahearty breakfast,eating first a small piece of horseradish to stimulate the appetite. No other food is touched until that which has been consecrated is all eaten, not a crumb being allowed to be wasted even the eggshells are conscientiously burned. Many are superstitious enough to believe that eggs laid on Monday and Thursday have certain healing qualities. ThelrU h Prefix "Ogjja." The prefix "O" before eo many of the names of Irish families is an ab breviation of the "ogha," meaning -randhiid. EASTER EGCS IN MANY FORMS. Dainty and Amusing Trifle With Which to Celebrate, Easter has become almost equally with Christmas in many families a day of gladness and gift giving, and .while the custom .should never be allo wed to become a cause of expense ill to be borne, it is quite possible for every body, high and low, to bring a little good feeling into the household by simple remembrances ail around. Countless are the conceits and none are elaborate. In the simpler forms the eggs are swiftly colored in rain bow hues with aniline dyes, then daintily etched with a sharp -pointed knife; or they are coated with metallic paints; or they are frosted with dia mond dust. For decorating by what ever method the eggs are either hard boiled or the contents are blown by means of a tiny hole at either end, and then finished with narrow ribbons for hanging. But it is egg caricatures that delight the; sage and the dunce. and amaze the little ones. The egg is blown and the shell cleansed and rubbed with benzine. Figure 1 shows the general style and features of two extremes a sage and a dunce. Success depends upon the markings in sepia, which are few, but striking. The eyes are either blue Beceptive hearts give Thou to each, Nor let our eyes he blind To find the, lessons Thou wouldst teach On Life's rough highway, in our reach, And take them as we find. Jennie Thomson-Hiies. Lor brown. The lips and ears are red. The, hair and beard are ot nne cotton clued in position. A cord tied to a splint, slipped through the hole through which the egg was blown, suspends these curious heads. A aiameless bird is seen in ngure z. The eerer shell body is tinted brown. Thft neck and head are of pasteboard Mued to the body and likewise tinted. Bright beads are glued on to serve as eyes. The feet are of bent wire, xne winces must be of sufficient length to insure a firm support. A wonderful comb, tail and wings are ot gorgeous feathers glued in place. The feathers are brightened with touches of gold and silver paint. This bird always proves a great siiccess. Figure 3 shows a mischievous uame Grundy. The head is an egg shell properly marked. The body is an English walnut on which the head is made to rest by means of sealing wax or drippings from a wax candle. The arms and Bkirt are of stiff paper. The little gossiping dame is gowned and capped in tissue paper. She may be made to stand by spreading tne A NAMELESS i IED. stiff underskirt, or shoj may be sus pended by a string running from the body through the head. A right jolly little fellow can be modeled from figure 4 His body and head are egg shells. These are joined by slipping the splint yith a string in to the body shell and extending the cord up through the lead. Features are painted in grotesque expression. The hair is of cotton arms and limbs of pasteboard. . Th whole is painted a brilliant red withrimmings in gold. Pen wipers .for Jolder children are made by decorating ordinary egg shells like heads. Effy-tive models are those of a sweet facednun. a pretty student. with characteristic "mortar !toard" cap, or a dear, smiling baby in lace frilled cap. The shell head is secures OLD DAME GBUNDT. ly glued to a support of several layer of chamois or flannel. EASTER TIDE. Oh, rare as the splendor of lilies, And sweet as the violet's breath, Come3 the jubilant morning of Easter, A triumph of life over death; For fresh from the earth's quickened bosom Full baskets of flowers we bring, And scatter their satin soft petals To carpet a path for our King. In the countless green blades of the meadow, The sheen of the daffodil's gold, In the tremulous blue on the mountains, The opaline mist on the wold; In the tinkle of brooks through the pasture, The river's strong sweep to the sea, Are signs of the day that is hasting In gladness to you and to me. So dawn In thy splendor of lilies, Thy fluttering violet breath, 0 jubilant morning of Easter, Thou triumph of life over death! For fresh from the earth's quickened bosom Full baskets of flowers we, bring, Andscatter their satin soft petals . To carpet a path for our King. Margaret E. Sangster. Hot Cross-Bens. In England, especially in London, small spiced and sweetened cakes are sold during Lent. These are the famous "hot cross-buns," the best of which are made at Chelsea. Each one is marked with across, hence its name. Old-fashioned people used to eat noth ing the latter days of Lent except a cujj of coffee and a hot cross-bun each morning ; and a certain number of these were always laid away carefully, to be used for various illnesses throughout the year. They were said to bring special blessings. On Good Friday morning this cry may be heard far and wide: Two a penny buns, One a penny buns, t One a penny, two a penny. Hot eros3-buns. Easter Games. In some parts of England boys ga about begging eggs to play with. The game consists in two boy3 holding one egg each in the palm of the right hand and striking them together. To the boy holding the egg that resists the shock belongs the spoils. A game familiar to Americans with the Easter eggs is the egg-rolling sport on the lawn at the White House m Washington. In the Tyrolese Mountains bands of children go about singing Easter hymns and receiving in return for their music baskets of eggs. Easter Fast tn Asia Minor. In Asia Minor a fast is kept through the whole of passion week, terminating Easter morning, when all go to church and listen to a long service. The young men meet outside the church and make a great noise firing off their rifles and pistols. They then make a large bonfire,at which an image repre senting Judas Iscariot is nailed to a cross and burned. After this they re turn to their homes and breakfast, the principal dish being red-colored eggs, which they exchange with the words: "Christ is risen." A Substitute For Easter Eggs. In Germany sometimes instead of eggs at Easter an emblematical print is occasionally presented. One of these is preserved in the print room of the British Museum. Three hens are represented as upholding a basket, in which are placed three eggs orna mented with representations illustra tive of the Resurrection; over the center egg the "Agnus Dei," with a chalice representing faith; the other eggs bearing the emblem of charity and hope. President Krujer on OfHce-Seekns. A good story of President Kruger is told in an article on "Mining and Poli tics in the Transvaal," in the National Review. Some of the President's young relations applied to him for office. He considered awhile, and said: "I can do nothing; for the high offices of the State are in firm hands, and for the little clerkships you are too stupid." An Easter Jln?le. With bits of stick and wisps of hay I've I've chosen from my Easter eggs the ones that I like bent; And now I'll get the old white hen, and set her on all sis, So she'll hiteh out some red and blue ana pink and vellow chicks. Harriet Brewster Sterling, in April St. Nicholas. SERMONS OF THE DAY. RELIGIOUS TOPICS DISCUSSED BY PROMINENT AMERICAN MINISTERS. "Peace In the Soul" Is the Title of the Kev. George H. Hep worth's Sermon, Preached tn the Hew Yi.rk Herald's Columns An Address by I), t,. Moody. "For the kingdom of God is joy and peace." Romans xiv., 17. The Bible Is the most practical book In the world. There is very little theologv in it not as much as some people think but a great many inspired bits of advice as to the conduct of every day life, as though the writer loved the men and women who would read his word and was actuated by no other motive than to help them over rough places. For this reason the Book nas maintained its Hold on mankind. It is friendly, kindly and encouraging, a book not to be read througli at a slcting, but to be taken up at odd times and glanced at just as you would look at a handful of jewels for a moment and then put them awav. I have noticed that it makes many, very many references to peace and joy not the peace of a nation, that busy peace in which we compete for personal gain, but the peace of the heart, which creates content meat and keeps the soul in poise and equilibrium; the peace which makes a man feel tnat everything will come out right in the end because nothing can come out wrong when God is guiding our affairs. It Is onco spoken of in very -jxtreme lan guage as "the peace that passeth under standing," like the peace which a sensitive soul enjoys when it gazes on a magnificent landscape, or like that which the lover of music has when he is listening to some su perb orchestra, or like that wulch a moth er has when she is sitting by the cradle of her first born, a peaco that refuses to be analyzed, but is so deep and strange that no one can describe it to a person wuo has not felt it. I am talking to myself as well as to you when I say that we could get a great deal more out of life If we were more reposeful. We expend to much energy on trivial things, things so unimportant that it does not matter greatly how they go. We allow oursolves to be disturbed by small matters, whereas the soul is big enough to look on them with iudifterence. We keep ourselves In a condition of nervous tension, which is not simply hurtful to the body but equally so to the spiritual nature. Body and soul are so closely related that over excitement of the one seems to throw the other off its balance, l'ou and I cannot be at out best until we are tranquil iu heart with that kind of tranquillity which rests on the Arm basis of faith that the angels of God are looking after our Interests and trying to persuade us to take the right road to heaven. There is just an atom of insanity in us, and when we grow restless that atom is fanned into a flame. The truly sane man is the quiet souted man. I say, therefore, since Christianity teaches a man to be quiescent, that the Christian religion wiii both make us sane and keep us so. When crossing the ocean recently our ship ran into a storm. The sea was very rough, the fog closed In on all sides, and we had an uncomfortable time. The waves were in an ugly mood, and ou two or three occasions swept the deok. I enjoyed it as little as did the other passengers and should have been grateful for a ray of sunshine. But that was not to be thought of. Sup pose I had taken ou myself the responsi bility of the situation. The captain was on the bridge night and day, but suppose I had allowed myself to wonder whether ho knew his business, and had offorod him ad vice as to the conduct of tho vessol. Would that have allayed the tempest, would It have stilled-tho'troublod waters, would it havo kept the ship from rolling uneasily? I should not only have dono no good, but should have iuterfered to my own detri ment. My duty was to keep ou my feet as best I could, not to go beyond my province as a passenger, to bear in mind that tbe captain had passed safely through a thou sand worse storms and was snowing no I anxiety about this one. It I had faith in ! tho master of the craft tlicro was no need to be afraid. Any doubt us to his ability j would at once create havoc of mind and body. My duty was to keep still and to cherish tho conviction that all would be ; well in a few hours. Now tho spiritual difficulty we encounter in our lives is this subtle suspicion that after p.ll there may uot be a God, or, if there i.s, that He is not equal to tlx emer gency. That rankest of all heresies lies at tho foundation of our religious restless ness. W'o may as wail face this fact aud govern ourselves accordingly. The man who does not cheerfully meet ais fate has a lurking doubt of God's existence. He may deny it to others, but he must needs p.dcnit it to himself. He may accept the longest creed that was ever written and be orthodox In nil the details of his professed belief, but if you ooukl find your way Into his heart of hearts you would discover that bis faith in God Is a social or ecclesiastical luxury, and as such is worth very little. Did Christ havo any doubt that a legion of angels would minister unto Him in His necessity? Can you conceive of Hiai as sitting at tho window of His friend's house in Bethany on the night before the cruci fixiou and wondering if He could go through the next day's experience? Ou the contrary. He wa3 self-possessed, even cheerful, and if the opportunity to avoid the cross had been offered He would not hava used it. He knew that the Father was there, that the Father would be with Him, and that the cruel nails could not pain Him so much as a doubt of that Father's love. Wo cannot follow that example except in a far-off way. He said Thy will be dono without a tremor, but we cau say it with a tremor. The highest excellence is repose, truthful repeso of soul, but you cannot be seif-possossod until you know that you are possessed of God. The essence of religion is the soul's cousoiousness thai as its day so ahall be its strength; that God and you can do anything and bear anything. After that you wiii be at peace, quiescent and acquiescent, lie who has hold ot God's hand aud Icnowi it is the most cheerful soul this sido of Heaven. GEOROE II. HEPWOETa. DWIGHT L. MOODY SPEAKS. Address by the Evangelist at a Crowded Meeting In New York. Dwight Ij. Moody has been holding a series ot crowded meetings in New York. The following aceouat is from one of tho famous evangelist's addressesthere: "In Luke xix., 30, ia tho koyuoto of this whole meeting: 'f he Son of Man is come to seek and save that which is lost.' Even now I am cast down. A lifo-loug friend has come to me saying that his health is lost and that it is only a question of time when he passes away. I am sad, I say, yet he has the promise of a beautiful life here after. Kome.friond of yours buj lost his weaih, is reduced in life. You sympathize with him, I sympathise with him. Aadyet with all t'Jis misfortune there i a hope for a better life. "To-day I passed tho eye infirmary, across from where I am staying whero I "am told are many little ones hopelessly blind. " I cannot look at that building without a pang in my heart. A doctor told me that a mother brought her beautiful little child to him and said that tt hadn't opened its eves for several days. He looked at the littlo child and told her that it was blind. 'Yes said she, 'it'has been blind for several days.'" 'It will be blind forever,' he told her.' Then there came a wail from her heart that near ly broke my heart to hear of. Her child coul d never see its mother. Yet there is the hope that the child will be glorified in another world. "On my way here I passed the Hospital for Cripples. I could not help but sym pathize with them. And yet there is hope for these poor beings. There is the hope of another body a glorified likeness of our Saviour Jesus Christ. And yet and yet it is so hard for people to realize t hat -it means to be lost yes, L-O-S-T!" The evangelist's voice thundered as he hurled this down upon the audience, A low murmur came in recognition of its force. "What Is it to be lost! When I came to Now York twenty years a(?o little. Charlie Ross had just been lost. The whole nation was moved as it had not been moved since the war. They gave me the picture of the child, asking that I search ray congrega tion for some trace of him. Devoted friends of his mother oame day after day, search ing for the little child. Many aud many a mother wept at the thought of the anguish of that boy's mother. And yet there are millions of mothers that have lost their sons, for these sons have missed the word of God! "Again, I will tell ynu another storv. In one of the towns in "the West where I was preaching two little children had wan dered into the woods a brother and a sis ter. All day men searched for them and they wero not found. Tho day following these men could do nothing at their labor. So they formed a line a thousand of them all a few feet apart, and scoured tho woods. Then when the word came down the line that the little ones had been found safe and well, how that town was stirred. "And yet, I tell you, here are hundreds and hundreds of drunkards, young men lost in vice, lost forever, and yet this town is never stirred. Think of the young men going down, down, down, deeper into vice, while no one seems to bo moved. "Except that man be bora again he can not see the Kingdom of God. "There is not a poor drunkard nor a fallen woman that God does not want. They do not believe, perhaps, that God wants them. Go hunt them up. Telltnem the Word of God. , "A certain woman hasten pieces of sil ver, and loses one. Does she let it go? No! She get3 a broom and raises a dust and a commotion. She doesn't wait for the silver to come back. Then when sho is success ful she says: 'Rejoice with me, I have found the piece of silver.' ".There will be a great joy In New xoric when the lost are found. Luke said: 'Then drew unto Him the publicans and sinners.' It got out that Christ wanted the lost ones to come unto Him, the publicans and sin ners. Then they came. What you must do is to publish that God seeks the sinner. If there is anv one that Is tir6d of sin, I bring you good news. The Shepherd is the same.. He is still seeking you. A mother wrote to her infidel son, 'do to Moody and Sankey's meeting.' That was in 1874. He said 'Yes, and that was all she could sret out of him. He would go if it wasn'ttoo much trouble. The first meeting in Brooklyn chanced to be witnm a block of his homo. He eame. He said that he had no thought when he gave the promise that it would be so near, but it was a bore, anyhow. Next night he was con verted. 'Have you written your mother?' I asked him. 'No,' said he, 'I've cabled.' That's tho way the Shepherd seeks. v hue the Son of God seeks, you sees, too. I never knew ono that was really seeking that didn't find. I told a man . I knew that I could name the day and hour when ho would be saved. 'Ho,' said he, 'I didn't know there was a prophet in your family.' 'Neither is there,' said I. 'I'm no prophet, but I can tell.' ., 'When?' he asked. 'The day and hour when you earn estly seek God.' "God isn't going to save the man that is asleep. I saw a man at one of our meetings who stood with uis nanus In nis pootets, leaning Against a pillar. 'Do you wish to bo saved?' I asked him. 'I've no objec tion,' he answered. Seek tho Lord where he may be found. Can the Lord be found hereto-day? Come, l ask you. can tue Lord be found here to-dav?" "Yes, vej." criod a dozen volcos in re ply. The .evangelist nodded his head in pleasure. 'Seek tne Lord wuere ne may do iouna. Seek as men seek gold. It won't take long to And Him. Look at the crowd rnsnmg Into the Klondike. If men were as anxious to Ret into the Golden City as they are to get into the Klondike they would be saved readily enough. If they were a3 anxious for God as some or them seem to oe ror war just now, they would find Him easily enough. "You don't have to wait to bo saved. Pray now 'Lord, save me.' If it is a heart felt crv, you'll be saved. If out of work or discouraged, cry out. God will bear you. How do I know, you ask? Because I have seen thousands 9aved. It Is one of the easiest yet one of the hardest things in tho world to be saved. But it's easy when you once make up your mind. "Now let us prav that all in this house be saved. Let us continue in silent prayer." Kneeling, the Jevangelist lifted his face, stiil clutching at his breast the song book. Aiter a moment of restlessness, the great audience settled in a deep, intense silence. It was broken by the evangelist arising and askiug that a hymn be sung. Then ha spoke agaiu. "Coe with me'" he cried; "como and be saved. Let all that wish to know tho word of God como with me into that room over there. I will counsel with them. "If thcro is aDy one beside you that needs converting, speak with them. If thoy be timid, bring them with you. Come." Arising, the evangelist moved down from tho platform, talcing his way to the room at the rear. The crowd turned, and dozens of individuals followed iu the evangelist's wr.ke. There in that room they obtained hU counsel and cbeor. and with smiling faces went upon their ways. SHARK CATCHERS DROWNED. Four Japanese Eose Their Lives in tu Kiirf in an Exciting Hunt. Four Japanese fishermen wero drowned ne;:r Pacific Grove, Cai., while harpooning sharks. Japanese catch sharks for oil, which nets tweuty-flvo cents a gallon. Two boats went out, with three men in ouo and four tn the other. The boats wero la.-hed together with cross pieces so that they would hotter withstand the hinges oi sharks when harpooned. A school of white sharks appeared early la tho afternoon, and one. fully twenty-live feet Ion::, was harpooned. Instead of rushing out t .seu as wounded sharks usually do, this ou raado for the frhore and dragged tho bouts into the surf. Four hug rollers wer u countered und capsized the boats. Thre othoxs wero drowned.