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Show THE BEE. TH Published Oncc'd Week'by The Bee Publishing: Company. Application lias lton inado for ndm'ssion to tlin Salt Lako ninttor. City lostollico ns second-class SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, APRIL 9. 1898. ..... TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. Any part of the United States, Canada or Mexico, one $2.00 year, postage paid and all embraced countries England, France, Germany, 2.f0 in Universal Postal Union, ono.'year, postage paid New Subscriptions inay commence at any timo during the year. the Paper is not desired bevond the date subscribed for the should be notified byjletter, two weeks or more publishers before the term expires. Discontinuances Remember that the publishers must bo noti lied by letter wlion a subscriber wishes his paper stopped. All arrears must bo paid Telephone 651. P. O. Box 6jo. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, Sait Lake City, Utah. NOBLE WARRUn, Editor. JR., There is a lesson in the legend of Easter for all, believers or unbelievers in the Christian religion. The exquisite beauty of the idea it conveys, the suggestion of a hope it holds out, the symbol of nature it is, reminding one of the death of winter and the birth of spring, the departure of the days of gloom, the silver lining of a cloud these thoughts, associations, symbolisms, make Easter one of the grandest, most ennobling festivals in all the range of paganism or religion. The very name comes from the Anglo-Saxogoddess of spring, and it is reasonable to believe that the early Christians adapted a pagan festival to their spiritual analogy of a life beyond the tomb. Whatever may be the opinion of mankind upon the historical character of the event which Christianity celebrates on this movable anniversary, it must be conceded that the sentiment it inspires is one of hope and encouragement, an assurance of something better, whether applied to the here or the hereafter. The curious customs of Easter, the ceremonies, the observances, indicate its pagan origin as well as its Christian adaptation. And this idea of a new life, the promise of brighter, better days, the celebration of the return of spring, was found among the ancient Egyptians five thousand years ago in their story "of the resurrection of Osiris. It was found in the Zoroastrian religion which taught that every soul was liberated from its body on the third night after death. And away back in the mists of antiquity, the Hindoos held that Crishna rose from the dead and ascended to heaven, as the Christians claim of Christ. The resurrection of Adonis was annually observed by the Greeks six hundred years before Christ, and in Judea, according to St. Jerome, four hundred years after the birth of Christianity. This idea of a resurrection, whether well founded or not, crept into many beliefs and was told by many tongues. It is not a matter of Christian history or experience alone, but of various peoples of the world. In Grecian mythology in the records of Baldur, the Scandinavian, and the tradition of the Aztec deity, Quetzalcottle, the resurrection of a god and the return of spring were celebrated together, each as the symbol of the other. n . Circumstances probably compelled the early Christians to conform, in a measure, to existing customs, to follow certain forms and perform accustomed rites, in a similar manner to that of the general public, although it was with different thoughts in mind, with different emotions of the heart. They were looked upon with more or less suspicion, and every radical departure from the usual was apt to lead to trouble. Besides, they had to overcome, even among themselves, the customs and habits of the times; so they turned pagaD holidays into Christian festivals, and may have borrowed a suggestion also from the Jewish Passover, which likewise carries with it the idea of redemption, the redemption of the human race from tyranny and oppression, from misery and glooi, from sin and shame. Then could the underlying sentiment of the day bo better expressed than by a declaration of war against tyranny, cruelty, injustice, rapine, ruin, robbery and lust, such as has characterized the rule of Spain in Cuba fora quarter of a century? Let us hope that with tomorrows sun will rise the hope of a persecuted, tortured people, and that Cuban liberty will be brought to life to live Cartoonists and humorists have had a great deal to do with Easter decorations and especially those with which Easter women adorn their heads. Men laugh and joke about the matter, then frown and pay the bills. Preachers of the Sam Jones stripe rail against the vanity of womankind and the vanities of life in general, pointing for proof to the Easter hat. Still men like such adornments, or women wouldnt get them. And, while a great many sensible things may be said against the domination of style, the passion of vanity, the sisterhood of fashion and folly, men are guilty as women, not only in their practice, but in the encouragement of that feminine love of display they are wont to talk about in such a lofty way. If there is any thing in this wicked world better than another, if there is one really good being, it is a good woman. And there is certainly no better evidence of her goodness than the efforts she makes, ingenious, studious, and some times at to appear beautiful in her face, sore figure and attire. From the standpoint of narrow, selfish man this would seem to be for herself alone. It is not so. Her dressing is a tribute of loyalty and affection to others, an effort to retain the admiration and the interest of the sterner and far more fickle sex, to rivet the pride of possession or relationship professed by husband, brother, lover or friend. She doesnt always know that she is actuated by such motives, for it isnt every woman who is acquainted with herself, but it is the underlying incentive to personal decoration nevertheless. Men who claim that beauty unadorned is most adorned should have lived centuries ago. They are out of date unless trying to be pleasant and polite at a swell ball. In the light of modem progress and the dark of its concealment they preach a false doctrine against which every Easter gown and bonnet is a protest not always mute. Let us cease to grumble at the way of the Easter woman. Let us learn to look upon her as a with a sympathetic in her bosom. Let us consider the Easter bonnet as a tribute of womankind, as womans appeal for that admiration which inspires men, more than almost anything else, to be faithful, to lead upright, honorable lives, in order to be worthy of association with good women. In other words, let us be philosophical. Experience has shown the futility of protesting. Then we should Jearn to look upon what has been called an expensive folly as a blessing in disguise ; and while the disguise may be perfect, let us greet the inevitable with a smile of welcome and say something or other in its favor. self-sacrific- e, self-sacrifici- fellow-creatur- e fellow-feelin- g The Queen of Spain has d President McKinley at every turn J the road. When she appealed to tke powers, first the military, then the financiil powers of the old world, she knew exactly wlnt she was doing. When she asked for delay h r request was echoed by the money powers if Europe, by the money powers of Amer. ica, and complied with by the president of th s great republic. It is believed that ti e truce .s being used with advantage by those who, for financial reasons, are using every means possib e to avert a war. Inducements are being held out to members of congress to make concessions necessary to secure peace. Arrangements are being made to pay Spain a sum of money for a relinquishment of her claim on Cuba, enough probably to satisfy the claim this country may And the present for the loss of the Maine. queen, herself, is hard at work trying to make an impression on Mr. McKinley and gain sympathy among the crowned heads. She has relieved her cabinet, for the time being, anyhow, and has taken entire charge of the affairs of state herself. She shrewdly reasons that concessions may be made to a woman that would be refused to men, that interest will be enlisted in her management of the matter otherwise impossible to awaken, that even congress will trust her although it has learned to distrust the perAnd her jured government she represents. scheme has worked the president anyhow. First he asked for 24 hours ; then he wanted 60 hours ; then at his urgent request congress gave him until Monday ; the message would not be ready before Wednesday he announced ; then he said Thursday ; now it has gone over until Monday again. The president is filibustering, evidently trying to avoid war at whatever sacrifice of national honor and It is not for the sake of his party nor because the people endorse I j his policy, for but one class of his constituents favor peace at any cost they are the bondholders, the money kings, the Shy locks of Wall street. But congress may yet force the president to act, in which event there will be war next out-genera- h re-echoe- d self-respec- t. week. Poor Brann is dead. Hypocrisy has won another victory. Truth wears a a band of crepe, and candors head is bowed. It was a most dramatic life he lived; a tragic death he died. And, whether his genius was perverted or his energy misdirected, none who knew him will deny that Brann had both. He was a master of powerful rhetoric, a juggler of epithets, an original thinker, an independent man. He despised sham and never lost an opportunity to puncture the bubbles of pretense he saw around him. He fought against error and wrong in whatever guise he found them, whether in the modest garb of religion or resplendent in the glory of a successful politician. His command of the English language was greater than his command of himself ; and when he saw yice or imposition at work he threw off all restraint, paid no attention to the warnings of discretion, but buckled on his armor and plunged into the fray, j It was in defense of virtue, in the protection of I ignorance against craft, of innocence against f lust, that he became involved in the difficulty which finally resulted in a duel and double death. I A young colored girl, away from home and friends, was ruined by a professor of religion, it j was alleged. Brann fastened the evil doer to his pen and turned him about as on a spit, roasting him before the fires of indignation. It mattered f nothing the wealth, strength or position of the one he attacked ; it mattered as little the humble f station of the one whose cause he championed, i ; |