Eclipses, And An Eclipse. . I
On September 21 there will be a total j
eclipse of the sun, to which the astron- ,
omers of the world are looking forward
with intense interest.
Everyone knows, of course, that an
eclipse results from the intrusion of
the moon between the sun and Hie
earth, which cuts off the light of the
ffun. It is an interesting and important
coincidence that, although the di?
ameter of the sun is about four hundred
times as large as that of the moon,
the sun is also about four hundred
times as far away as the moon?sometimes
a little more, sometimes a little
less. The optical result is that the sun
and the moon appear to be of about
the same size in the sky. Since the
orbits.of the earth and the moon arc
not circles but ellipses, the distanco
from us to the m?on and to the sun
varies. When the moon is near us it
appears lai^er nui iu me vye,
but to the instruments of astronomers.
Its disk is then a little larger than that
of the sun, and if it happens to get
exactly between the sun and us it cuts
off completely the light of the sun and
so causes a total eclipse. If the intrusion
takes place when the moon is
farther away, its disk appears smaller
than that of the sun, and causes the
"annular" eclipse; that is, one in which
n ring of sunlight surrounds the disk
of the moon.
Mathematical astronomers have so
long and so closely studied the motion
of the moon and of the sun?or rather
the motion of the earth round the sun
?that they can predict eclipses with
extraordinary accuracy. Thev can tell
us the width of the zone of totality,
which on the average is about one
hundred and fifty mile9; the prcciso
seOond of time at which an eclinsc will
begin and end at any given place; and (
for how many seconds the totality will
last. No total eclipse can last more 1
than three minutes. The shadow of
the moon sweeps along its path with
the frightful velocity of something like
a thousand miles an hour.
Astronomers have learned many other
curious things about eclipses, as for
example that, if there has been an
eclipse on a particular day, there will
be another eighteen years and eleven
days later. It may not be total and it
will not be in the same place, but it
will be an eclipse. Another remarkable
fact is that an eclipse of a particular
kind repents itself five hundred
and twenty-one years later on the same
day of the same month,
i l-veryone who has seen a total eclipse
of the sun recognizes it as one of the ,
most impressive ar.J awe-ihspiring
spectacles that can be conceived. No
wonder, then, that to the superstitious
J unlearned peoples ot ancient times
; eclipse portended frightful things!
! :t had been a frequent occurrence, |
?' ~ !"car might have worn oft, but on the i
. ge more than three centuries an*]1
1 i'f elapses between two opportuni-r
' 'o see an eclipse at the same place. |
interval is often much longer, i
was an eclipse visible in l.on-'1
do i 1715, but there V.aJ. been no-oth-!
cr eclipse visible thc-e lor more than
si>- hrnJred years, ar.J there lias been
nor.e since.
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Lily of the Scriptures.
If Jesus never saw an Easter lily,
what was the flower to which He referred?
Some had thought that it must
have been the lily of the valley; but
it does not grow in fields. Much more
likely does it seem that He meant the
calla lily, which was cultivated on a
large scale in Egypt <and probably in
Palestine > thousands ot years ago.
The Egyptians grew the calla as a
foodplant. It develops, underground,
fleshy tubers that somewhat resemble
potatoes, though more elongated in
shape, ^i'ith preliminary boiling, they
may be cooked for the table by frying
baking, or in any other way that potatoes
are cooked
A healthy man is a king in his owt
right; an unhealthy man an unhapp;
slave. For impure blood and sluggisi
liver, use Burdock Blood Bitters. Oi
the market 35 years. $1.25 a bottle.
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A The legends say children were first X
Q To be abroad that Haster day Q
(J? When morning out of darkness burst, V1
pj And angels rolled the stone away. X
Q For children's hearts are quick to feel Q
V The deadening pall of mortal pain, 0
a And children's hearts arc first to heal x
P When light and comfort come again. q
And they had loved the Lord Christ's face, V
a And on His knees had laughed and cried, !k
And heard Him say the heavenly place Q
O Is where all child-like souls abide; Q
X And they had often heard Him tell X
Q Strong men by pride and greed defiled Q
Q That they could never please Him well ?
X Till they were humble as a child. X.
X And they had heard the talc that grieves X
* All little hearts: how One so dear ?
P Was nailed upon a cross with thieves, x
q And tortured with a poisoned spear; X
Q And how the temple's wondrous veil ?
O Was riven by the lightning stroke, x
X While, mingled with the women's wail, X
O The earthquake and the thunder broke; ?
P And how black night came down at noon, ?
Artd ghosts from graves that opened wide 5
Q Skulked out beneath a blood-red moon, ^
V When He that Itvcd the children died. Q
q For two long days no Rirl or boy V
O In Galilee or Jordan plain X;
x Could lauRh or sinR, for hope and joy O]
q In every little heart was slain. Q|
* But when the earth that third day morn Xj
x Was flooded with such Roldcn liRlit Q'
K As never since the world was born O ?
O Had come to dazzle human sight, X
2 Then every child, the IcRcnds say, Q 1
X Knew that the time was at an end, 0 jnr
O Knew that the stone was rolled away, X1 ^
IAnd flew to meet the risen Friend. 0|tio
And lonR before the MaRdalcnc
Had reached the empty sepulchre, q -t
Or Peter heard what she had seen, ?! 0y
Or fleet John hastened after her, Qi^j
The chidren had Rone forth and found O hif
The Master in the Rarden walk, Olwf
And scattered Iilie9 on the ground, V'
And seen His smile, and heard Him talk. O'lig
No child was puny, halt, or lame, Oj ^a
Or hungry, or in tatters clad, R Gc
But clothed as if in light they came, O ii|
And all were whole, and strong, and glad. f0]
Q They throng along the Kedron rill, 9 _
Q They thread the city through the gates,
Q Straight up to Joseph's garden hill,
x Where He that loves the children waits. ?' 's*
g They dance, they sing, they climb the trees, {V
O They circle 'round in ring and file; q!
x They know they cannot fail to please, Oj
Q And win the guerdon of His smile. g!
Q He lifts His hand: "1 bore the pain ? is
x Of death for men by sin defiled; O; no
q I rise henceforth to live and reign x ,n
O Lord of the Kingdom of the ClhlJ." ?
x They vanish, and He stands alone; Q J'
q And when the women come to weep, ^
i he K.ti ucii ii.lines wun nnw:rs new-oiown?' q
C? The children are at home asleep. ?
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q "What makes that garden spot s0 bright?" Q no
o The learned rabbis stroked their chins; X tor
? They knew not yet that love is light, Q sci
^ That knowledge fails where love begins. Q mc
Q But somehow still on Easter morn q
? The world is beautiful again, O
O And in each child-like heart is born ?
Some yearning of good will to men q .
O Some haunting sense, some happy dream Q
? Of singing birds, of daffodils, Q j. ^
Of olive branches, or the gleam Q "
Q Of dew-shine on the Syrian hills. U'1
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A Period of Universal Joy. JAKE GLIDE'S ' !
Wars have been raged over what
should be the proper day fqr the cele- PEPTO th<
bration of Easter. Churches have (h(
been rent by differences of opinion iVlANClAN
, to how the festival should be ob-1 ;
crved. f aster has been the first day ,t |;; t||i. Sa~. #nd Tonic m
of the year, and, for hundreds of years >,y physicians for cl,
at a time, there have been not one but Thirty Years. r,
cten several Easters, each defended
pr
bv its advocates. In the controversy; There are "new styles" even in
b th sun and moon have been called medicines. A new "fad ' comes, is
ir. .0 give testimony and since those P?P"lar u'r. * vhi,e' Aand *hc" f^'s ed
r ,* , r 11 out of pubuc view. A remedy that has
t .1 0 witnesses Tailed fully to agree stood the test for thirty years must have
t' ere has grown up a difference, so, remarkable merit and cannot be called li>
that c.v:r Christian Easter might be a "fad." Such is Gude's Pepto-Man- h<
ca led the sun Easter, whereas the Ran. originated by Dr. A. Gudc -ver a Bj
c ... . , quatcr century ago, which has helped 11
IK ,r" a-vnver 0 ,L .K'w- 1 1 g ,nanv thousands of people back to good A
. ... ........ .... ......... ...o.vi v. miwuu health bv improving the blood. Pepto- fr
passover. It was indeed, according to Mangan is an iron tonic. It contains T<
i much v\ eighty testimony, a carrying iron in a special form easily absorbed
on if Christendom of the passovcr J1*' ",c " Puts color >n'" the ,l
..... . , . . . lips and cheeks and improves the en- a\
I idea. vhich the paschal Iamb c- ,jrc ^0d> b> improving and enriching
cams the Christ, or rather Christ the the blood. It is sold by druggists in ,
I paschal Iamb, in the beautiful church both liquid ar.J tablet form. If jou
symbolist.i And further back this want well strong and look
u- .1, . Hnc an-l heUthy, take Glide's Pepto- ?
, rare t.me of spring's rebirth, of na- ManRan Adverytisement.. P _
' ture', o\x n resurrection, had been cele- tl .
i br.it.d in pagan lands because of that Vi'acco Regular Corn Mixture will
instinct lliat seems to have asserted it- grow big cr .p., of sound marketabl.;
self in man at certain times of the corn that will put dollars in your pockitvMr
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; and ?ivc thanks to a supernal power,, Charles Town, West Virginia.
. J invisible and all-present, for the Rreat OUR AGENTS
truths of life. HODGES-LEMEN COMFAM
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Easter's Message of Hope.
Hie very magnitude of the claims ^
immortality count for the place ^
it Easter has had in the imagina- &{g
n and the hopes of mankind. The
:adth of the claims for immortal- jjyji |-^y
is what counts for the inspirations | ) J ^
men and their efforts to do the
ngs that their best natures and ag
?hest talents propose for them. The a| Qajj an<j se|w
mder of the claims for immortality' 23 , ,
f . . ye torj, and tnree-st
counts for the power that the re-[S3
ion that teaches the immortal hope gS
s over the lives of the believers. ?
ntling and pacifying and stfmulat;
and genius-empowering, the claims A \
r immortality transcend any other "
Jtive force in the activities of man-.pSjl
id. Nothing else has equal civ-jjoP? "
ring and humanizing power, and fjp
thing else can cause men to be sat-. tea iSSSH
led with the vicissitudes of their ??
istence. "Come see the place where
f Lord lay." Such is the word of OOOOOOOOOOOCK
ith in the life hereafter to those Q
10 have affected to believe that man g I I?I /\ ^
only mechanism. But Easter ha?i O
t to do with cold reason; it has Q
do with colorful imagery. Music q jands
from the churches and poetry; Q
im the writings of the testators to ?
immortal hope, and the sons of 5c
n are bathed in a beatific glory. Q We Sell anytll
gels and men join in the Eastertide Q specialty.
:ription, and those of the wise men Q ... .
o were belated at the manget com: q WntC Of pi
w to spread their trophies at the O Charles Town
nb which has been invested by; Q
encc with its late but joyous testi- OOOOOOOOOOO*
iny to the glory of an endless life.
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The Joyous Eastertide.
Easter Sunday. marks
thful the fulfillment of divine promrecognition
of which means,
ilie resurrection of Him H P JI jrVM ll 11
two
ars ago, and wherever there are
iristians joy prevails. The flBBUKpl
is probably noticed in
circles than Christmas, although
ch day is of equal importance to
inception of HHMjiaMafilApM
e divine plan for the redemption of ItKQiiflSRWiMW
e world would seem to deserve as
eat a recognition as the consumma>n,
and yet the Christian world nkes
greater the day of the con- #-QOOQOO?OOOQC
ading miracle, and Easter is a day of X
joicing. a season for exultation and'Q C* L D
aise and thanksgiving. '? A IT5I I vvp
County Clerk Chas. A. Johnson mov- V
i this week from the old rectory, q Hundreds of r
here he and his family have been O the joyousness of J
,-ing for years, to one of the new Q
nises recently completed by Glaizo x Conventionality.
others east of Zion Episcopal Church. X Tlioro'c i Hit
T/e rectory has been taken by Rev. x uere :> d nai
B. Mitchell and family, who moved g ous collection atld
om South Samuel Street. Charley q
)wn Advocate. O nt t i i *
college graduate who had just been 0 L3U Kn/3
carded an A. M. degree:
"I suppose Robert will be looking for ? 4.
;D,? 8 HAUERSTOW1
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