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The Hate for Kaster. 'Thirty days hath September,'* livery person can remember; But to know when Easter's coma Puzzles even scholars, some. When March tho twenty-first Is posr. Just watch tbo silvery inoon, Aud when you see it full and round, Know Eustor'll be licro soon. Alter the moon has reached Its full, Then Easter will be here, Tho very Sunday nfter In each and every year. And if it should hap on SuH lay Tho moon should reach its hoiRht, Tho Sunday following this event Will bo tho Easter brlKht. ?Boston Trv useript. EASTER LILIES. fa.? jWjSI&S EAULY 1 ,bin1i Bhe'8 q*?tc ) 31 nbove her sta tiou," eaidliti* Plant age not, always tell Mr-1. TV* v??y0l^t?i:?.\j Senmwell t c Bend lier into me, when I go thoro tc havo a dress titted. Sho has rucLl ( protty way, don't yon know, and find lovely oyo lashes, and bIio undorstandi her Lusinoss to perfection 1" "Sho is a very beautiful girl," eaii Mr. Elwood, calmly. "And sho ha helped mo wonderfully with thosi tsliy children, at the Sunday afteruooi Bcrvices. They teem to tako to her b^ instiuct." -V^oric neonlo have a way with chil <lren, taut wie. ^ ,..u,?bv,.,{?M *,sjI never could en.luro tho idea c teaching until you camo to take elinrg of our church, Dear Mr. Elwood then, of course, everything was dil fereut." Mr. Elwood smiled ft little. If Mis Flantngcnet hfttl been les9 lovoly^an <1 .apleil, sitting there, with ft Lin ribboned pug iu her lap, and tho col ored lights from tho stained gifts window making a sort of nureol around her fuee, ho might have st her down for a fool; as it wa?, ho mot tally characterized her as merely "thoughtless child." Yes, Marion Plantagenet was cei taiuly very lovely. And the reduce family of Plantagenet were reekonin largely on this innocent, infantin beauty to build up their fortune again. Mrs. riantngenet, a hatchet-fac'o widow of fifty, went around cuttin down tho daily expenses, directing tl servants to rnako Irish stews, haahc: and divers other mixtures, out o( |j( stowing them on beggars,"lakir g bi coals oil tho tiro with a pair of tongi ;- :..i~ ti.? ??i. ~? ?... 1. <111 Vt lUlli IIJU CUU IAJ lUUfl euro that no solitary cin>lcr had bcc smuggled unsifted into its depths. She studied the butcher's book, bei down the baker's account ami econ< in 1 zed in everything, "in order," f sho said, "to givo Marieu a goo chance to marry." In the article of white satin shoei cnt flowers and ball dresses, sho wi co'tnpoilcd to loose her purse string: groan as she might. And when Mr. Elwood, tho nepho and adopted son of a wealthy ol bachelor, carno to assume the charp of tho nearest fashionable churcl Mrs. Plantagenot rejoiced greatly. "It's ull plain sailing now," sh thought. "For nobody can deny tin Marion is a beauty." "Mamma," Miss Marion had eai 'I must have a new dress for Easte 1 did think ray pearl silk would d but it is too tight, and I've wo-" - -oo world do yo suppose it is to como from?" "ironytho stores, to bo surol" sail Marion, with a saucy toss of her lioad "And I've promised Mr. Elwood t. eond a cross of lilies for tho font. ! must be looking around for that." M} goodnoss mo!" groaned Mrs. riantagenet. "Do you know, child ? !<..? ?l . 1 lutjaro astiug for whito lilies now at tlio lionets? Twenty-five cents each. And thoy'll go up, of course, as Easter approaches. They always do." "I couldn't manage with loss than a dozen," said Marien, immediately. For the centre piocc, you know. I might arrangojonquils, and hyacinths, and white carnations, and those cheaper spring flowers, around the base, with plenty of climbing fern and rose geranium leaves, and violets?if violets aren't too dear." "Well, wo must contrive somo way," aid Mrs. Plantagcnet wearily. would this everlasting warfare of ways and means nover ceaso? Would the timo ever como when ?vorybody would he paid, and no army of clamoroiiH dans would louder bosicgo tbo door? i Mrs. Plautagenet hoped for this happy state of things, but it was very 1 much as sho hoped for tho millennium * ?io a vague, indefinite sort ?f way. J \ A. CUPID'8 PRANK AT Bal<l Cupid: "Now, I'll lay aslda My arrows and ray bow; To play a prank this Easter-tlde * Upon the elves I know." i "Mamma, I tell yon what!" said S< , Marion, starting from a reverie. "1 m t won't say a word to old Seam well about this dress. Hor prices are so g( > exorbitant! I'll co directly to little n< ) Eunice Forry." j lc i "And who is Euuice Ferry ?" said c< 1 Mrs. Plantagonot, opening her hided tl s bluo eyes. n "Don't you know? I'm sure I ^ 1 must hnvo mentionod her a thousand 31 3 times. That littlo sowing girl who fits *] 0 me so beautifully. She is Mrs. Seam- h 1 well's forewoman or sotnothiug. I f dare say I can mako a special bargain with A to get mo np a gown at somo * what. s of the regular price. Of v ' course the prouts wu. ??n uo ucra'. y Old Seamwell wouldn't like it if 6he i ' 0 kuew, but nobody is going to tell her. ^ ? I'll go I hero to-morrow, tho very first * ^ thing, before Eunice goes out; after- 1 ^ wards I'll go to church. Mr. Ellwood t 1 ;s likes us to bo devout." ^ "It's an excellent idea, my dear !" ( * e said Mrs. Plantagenct, who caught ; r ' eagerly at everything that involved " !S tho saving of money. . c o it c t Early as Marion Plantagonct rose ' ^ from her downy pillow the next morn- j ing, Eunice Perrv was earlier still. | The morning services in tho dimly- ! ^ r lighted church were very dear to her. i , They seemed to shield and sholter her " from all tho pricks and arrowo of the day, and tip to this timo she had not missed one. ^ She lighted tho lire, put over the colToc-pot for her old aunt's breakfast, " tidied up tho room, and bofore eke 10 went out, sprinkled a little water over ! felJWinjg'ftieir*superb scrolItMH whito J 3* velvet in the windows that fronted to i s tho east. 9 I "There will be thirteen," said she, to herself, her cheeks flushing with natural pride. "Thirteen! I didn't | ^ think when I planted tho roots in the lall how bplcndiJly they would grow ' and thrive ! Ob, you darlinfts, I could ] ^ kiss you, if I wasn't afraid of spoiling the whito purity of your hearts!" There is no accounting for the freaks i ' of tho flower world. Those liiies had is ^ blossomed royally out in tho sunshine i of those low,little three-story windows' when, perhaps, beneath tho arched I crystal roof of a steam-heated oon.servutory they would have put forth nothing but leaves. *? Did they know how Eunice loved | Q them? Did they feel the magnetic current of hor liquid hazel eye every time that she looked at them? Who could answer? Not Eunioe, certainly. r> She had been gone some time, when 0f Miss Plantagenct hyflRJr&nd sounds, r *?. -cueus which are inseparable from v 11 a tenamont hnnu.> o-i_ .i .. uuij mo Old nil nt ! v was in tho room, moving loiaurely ' ft I about as who pat uway tho remains of ' h hor frugal breakfast. ' ii a Marion opened tho door, and camo [ b 1 in without tho preliminary coromony \ of knocking. According to hor plat- 1 fd form, tho poor had no feoliuga that it tl was neccessnry to coault or regard. "Is Mios Perry at homo?" paid she. li "(>ood gracious, what bcaatifnl lilies! m Where did you bay thorn, my good woman?" Old Mrs. Perry smiled complacent- sh ly. "Wo didn't buy thorn," said she. dr "Knnico has grown thorn herself. My ! m< niece, Mips!" with a little courtesy. i ric "How much are they?" said Marion, ' ogi greedily. | HWi ! "They are not for sale," said the old wo annt, with rather a frightened air. 1 "Ob, bat I must hare them !" said the Marion,smilingly arrogant. "They are str< just precisely what I want. Saoh a too perfeot shape?so nnasually large I I " dare say sbo'd sell thorn all for soron* coir ty-ttvo cents ; for of coarso thoy can be " of no use to yoa here?" with a scorn, tore fnl glnnco aronnd the room. Did you " ^ay she was out?" he c "She has gone to church," said Mrs. you Perry, who instinctively approached will i step or so noarcr tho lilios. "Jf you , wile vaut to see her, she will be at Mrs. j St f 'Who'll plok with mo to win or loso] Vjj Iu wheedling tones he beg*; jM Of all ho met dodo oould refuso? H Ami Cupid won their eggs. & snmwtill's rooms at nine o'clook t iu orning." eB In her own mind, Marien Piama? onet abaudoned tho idea of the dr#M t once. Sho could make her vu? it suit do?or else the despisod peartjj olorod silk, perhaps. And, after &U; Here was scarcely time for the propM lakiug up of an Easter costume; fttfd harke & Seabury were advertising ome very cheap ready-made sutk rom Paris. But tho lilies she mu?i ave! "Wo aro very old friends, Mis< 'erry and I,'* said Marion, tnrnini ?ith a hard, polished smile to tho <jH foiuan. "And I'm quito sure thai i., t ha l f.d-ou ? fancy to tejl ilies she would bo glad to give -tnefc 0 me. I am Miss Plantagenet, one ol drs. Scamwell's Lost customers, yov mow, and a word from me would dfsaiss any of her workmen. Here is t lollar. Of eourso the ilowers uren' vorth that, but I have a horror of an] ncanness. And now if you'll get m< 1 piece of pupcr to wrap thorn in, I'l sut tho lilies at once," So, nolens voleu-, Miss Plnntagene larried off poor Eunice's whito-soule< larlings iu a piece of tissue-paper euviug her crumbled dollar-bill onth viudow-sill. "A capital morning's work," sai< Marien to herself. On Saturday morning the exquisit much of lilies arrived for the font vith a card on which was scribble ho prettiest of messages for the roc or* , He looked at them with admiration "I never saw lovelier lilies iWm fifta'tufal'sequence of ideas, he addet ;o himself, "I wonder why Ennic Perry has not sent the flowers tha ?he promised?" Eunico camo into . her prayers tha ['aster Eve, pale and silent, with eye lids jnst flushed, as if she had been sc ;rotly crying, but bho brought n lowers. rlho rector perceived in an instan that something was wrong. Sire was stealing quietly nwny.whe; lio c?mo out from tho robing-rcon door and intercepted her. "Eunice," said ho,gently,separating himself from tho crowd of young girl who came thither to help arrange th sbancel, font and rails with leaf ua< blossom for tho morrow's joyful fas tivity, "don't go. 1 want to speak t you." "About the flowers?" said Eunice lifting her soft, shy eyes to his. "Cfc Mr. Elwood, I am so aorr^r I But-^ they were taken away." rifl "Tak$*? ies, said Eunice. "Miss pJan agenet oame to our house, while ros gone, and carried them aw?? /I rithont leave or permission. She left dollar for them. No monoy woulo avo bought them of me, after watchag the earliest buds swell into loom." "M i.ss Plantagenet," ho repeated, owly, as if in thought. "Are these owera yours, Eunice?" Ho took the stately cross of callages from tbo centro of the white arblo font. Eunico Perry clasped her hands. "Yes," she said ; "they aro mine. I oald know thern auywhero." "I thought so," said Mr. El wood, ily. "She sent them here this irning. It is tho old story of the ih man and the little ewe-lamb over sin, Eonioe. Bat do :.ot wesp: th? eetest lily that erer Mu .aied is sot rfch yonr teMi." 3e walked home with her park of way, and when they pa need on the ok comer neareet her home, he k the little eold band in hie. 'Ennice," he eaid, "I wish 1 could < ?fort yon." < Ton hare comforted me," she at- i d. If I could make yonr life easier I" 1 xolaimod, earnestly. "Eunice, do t think that I conldf 8weet one, c yon lot mo try? Will yon be my a ?" I a ho wocoi his wife, and so bo won ! a het? on Easter Ere. And, as he after- < ward told her, he never knew how well , he loved her until he saw her orjing over those mute, magnificent Easter lilies. As for Marien Plantagenet, she gained her lilies, but sho lost the man she loved. The callas were not snoh a bargain after all I For, if Marien had ever oared for any one, it was for Mr. El wood. But she failed to peroeive that her mistake was rooted in selfishness. People never see NHe straight where their own follies a*o concerned. And Mrs. Plantagenet, poor soul, is as far away from her millennium as ever! Easter Song. ? , [T Awuuvn, 8wwi uvwvrc; snow 1q tlm vall-ys hns molted at la-r, 'JAnd tho dosotato night of tho year is past; iTho Ice-ohains are broken, the robins are W singing,? d Awake to tho call of the Easter bolls rlngj ing! I Awaken, O heart! frtn bondage of sin thou hast slumbered so |^riso in thy beauty and rapture of soug. 'jBHso in the gladness of nature's adorning,? J.jCotno forth in thy strength on this glad B Easter morning! H ^ ?Rose Hartwick Thorpe, in Domorest's. Moaning of t lie Faster Egg. As Easter reprceeutsa new birth into | .tho best life of all, it is easily seen how Btho pagan idea that the egg was tho Mfrnrirrrrrr ~~f "'i-kindu of l\fo should Bfccccma puriiicl in tho min Is of the pTRmstians, and accepted as tho typical i offering of good wishes and emblem* p atic of pleasant hopes between believers , of tho glad Easter day. Tho egg in somo form or other litis been the unk questioned typo of the new life from j tho very dawn of the Christian ore. ^ In Russia as early a9 158.) eggs cola ored red, typifying the blood of Christ j shed as an atonement for our Kins, were the most treasured of oxchanges ^ ' of Easter. Every believer went abroad j at this season with his pockets well supplied with Easter eggs, as tho society man of to-day attends to his ( well filled card case. \V lieu two Rusj i siaus met for tho lirst tiino duriDg tho I Easter holidays, if they had not met | on tho day itself, the belated Easter compliments were passed, first by ^ solemnly shaking hands in silence; ( then the elder (or the younger, if he outranked tho elder) would Bay, "The ' Lord is risen," and his companion ' i would reply, "It is true then they Easter emblem, and oxchauged eggs. ^ Tho Syrians believed also that the gods from whom they claimed descent were hatched from mysteriously laid eggs. Hence wo infer that our present ' custom of offering the Easier egg emblem has tbo heathen legends for its 0 1 origin; in fact, all our most precious j festivals como down from similar ' | sources, but purified with t'uo light of Christianity.?Cbautauquian. n a The Moravian "Way of Celebrating East?r g One of tho most significant nr.d pic8 tnresque celebrations of Easter is that 0 of tho Moravian Christians, of whom j there are many congregations in tho United States. At Bethlehem, I'enn., and other towns where Moravians abound some musicians with brass in* i, struments go at earliest dawn to the rpof of the ohurch and play music - fid. The people immeSrate/^'ijo^a n to the ohuroh and begin tho service of the day , most of it being musical. At a given signal the entire congregation 1 rise, and, preceded by the ministers , and trumpeters, leave tho church and t march to the cemetery. In Moravian I cemeteries all the gravestones are alike?small, flat slabs laid upon tho graves, "for,"aay the simple, literal people, "in the gravo all men aro equal." Tho procedure of the servico in bo nmea that tho mnsioo-praycrfal rejoicing readies its highest expression just as the san rises. A Belgian Faster Tradition. The offering of the Easter egg is also nn ancient and popular tradition of the Belgians. It is customary there every Sunday for the voung men to xohange boquets of flowers with their flanoees, but at Easter time those gifts are varied by eggs colored and having inscriptions on them nmilar to the pootioal lines one flade ra obeap < holiday oonfeotioaery. Among the J wealthier el as see ia Bolgiam, mm ia Paris, oggs adorned with beaalifui miniature portraits were eaebaogod. Flemish chronicles relate that ander the reign of Maria Christian Easter ?ggs to the value of twenty feaoee vers often distribnted. E This expensive adorning of the faster egg has loet its popularity, and o-day the eggs in general are simply | olorod by boiling or staining. They lso axe to he given and exchanged by dnlts, but are colored for children's j m musement and pleaeuro. I fXNCIENT AND MODERN ATHENS. { I riic City Ih Nearly as Populous Now ua Kvcr In Its History. Ancient Athens spread round the Acropolis, especially on the lillls facing the south, which are now uninhabited. J The new town lies to the north of the antique citadel?an extension of the cluster of houses already existing tit the foot of the rock when the war was ended. Two main Intersecting streets were laid out?Aeolus street, starting from helow the Aeronolls and running northward, and Hermes street, leading from the royal palace toward the Piraeus. The capital was thus designed to He in the valley between the Acropolis on one side and Mount Lycabettus on ( the other. No ambition of future de- | velopment is traceable in the original plan. The ground chosen and the width of the main streets tend to show that the founders of the new city little dreamed of its rapid extension. Squeezing herself out of her narrow confines, the city has gradually scaled the foot of [ Lyeabettus and spread beyond the valley on both sides, principally in a southwesterly direction. If the extension had been in a straight line toward the sea. Athens would now bo Hearing a junction with tiie Piraeus; but both towns, | as if avoiding each other, extend in parallel lines, and one must look to a probably distant future for the day when they shall lie eonuoeted by rows of houses, instead of the long walls of aueient days. The fashionable quarters of the capital are to be found in the new additions to the primitive plant?the Neapolis. as it is called. Large thoroughfares have there horn opened, tine buildings erectid, both public and private; an.'. Athens, already the tlnest city in tile east of Europe, bids fair to become, if no stop be put to her progress, one of (lie handsomest < Uhs on the Mediterranean. I'lider King (Mho's reign progress was comparatively slow. At the accession of King (Jcorge, in the year IStUJ. tiie population did not exceed 4~.(H)0. The advance lias been more rapid since then, especially during tin- l::st twenty years of material prosperity. which has lately boon interrupted. let its hope temporarily. by the tinaticial entanglements of tlu' (rook <inventiiiont. Paring tintt period the immigration of well-to-do 15rooks from abroad has n >' boon otto of the least causes of this d >v? lopmont. In 1870 the census showed a population of nearly (54.000; in lsSO, 114,000; and to-day, judging by the vital and building statistics, the number of inhabitants, if it does not exceed, cannot fall short of 140,0110. The progress of the newly created town of Piraeus is not less remarkable. From 5,000 to (3,000souls, which had already gathered there some thirty years ago. its popuJa tion had grown to 54.000 in 1SV>, and is 1 now estimated at more than 40,000. 1 Together the two towns number as many inhabitants as they "probably pos. Messed in the fourth century It. C. The sources of information qs to the (jppylp^ion of ancient Athens are inophon giving the number of l7nndh>..c.Vs i lo,ooo, anil from a passage of A then; acus ii.dicating the proportion of slaves to fremnen at the time of Demetrius Piialerctis, it may he ealeulated that at ' that epoch the population of Athens, including that of the Piraeus, was about 1 .*-0,000. The area included within the i wall both towns seems rather to , con. r:n this estimate. Tlie surrounding country was thickly populated?much more so than/it any succeeding period; but it is more than probable that the inhabitants never exceeded 2"O,00o.? . "Public Spirit in Modern Athens," by D. liikealas, in the Century. ; The Salvation army, once the gfne of almost every tongue, is now the fad of many drawing rooms. Tim army's leaders have become social lions. This is not because the army has changed its imruoscs or methods. It is the same self-denying seeker ?>i , the salvation of the lowest poor that it was ten years ago. But the changed 1 attitude of society is on Illustration ol 1 the trvtb of the saying that "all things enrfie to him who waits." The Uoinnn ' empire crucified Jesus, and ere m.i'iT>^ years Christianity was the religion of the emperors. Across the hoard she winked at me-? Nay?do not deem her conduct free; That wink was in its proper place, For then I knew she held tin* nee. ?Chicago Record. j Money to Loan. In Sums of $800 and upwards upon Improved Ileal Kstatc in I'nion County at a low rate of interest. Loiio time and easy payments. Apply to HYDRICK & SAWYER, Attorr.oys-at-Law, 0.0m UNION, H. G Medical Card. Dr. John r^nwson can lie found at his nffiee over 7. Duke's drug ator?, night day. Calls left at Dr. Bstkea drug ttore will receive prompt afcteotteu. Dr. J. //. HAMILTON\ Physican ami Surgeon, Office No. 8, Up Staira ? ? ? liuvt lank Untitling. Union, S. C. Q (Ujiifc Unfl ^CHUMPKRT, BUTLER A McUOWAW, ) Attorneys M Law At C. C. Culp'a eld Office D. E. Hydrick J. A. Sawyer, Spartanburg. S <J., Union, S. 0 Hydrick a sawyer. / \'v Attorneys at La* Col. McKissick's Old OUiee. 11 jy^UNRO t MUNKO. ^ . Attorneys at Law, No. 2 Law Ranee g 8. STOKES. Attorney at Law and Trial Justioe, Office Rear of Court House. DR. IIARLEY B. LLNDSAY, Dentist, OlTico ovor MorchuutB and Planters bank, Muin street. ? n P TnwVQirMD W' * Asst. Atty Gen'l., Columbia, S. C Ben F Townsend, Union, S. C. TOWNSEND & TOWNSEND, Attorneys at Law, Union, S. C. Offico Judge Townsend's old stand. CAR 1 >. Money to loan on short tiino on good security. W. W. DIXON, ATTOKNKY AT I.AW. 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