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Show THE BEAVKtCOUNTY TT"ITLY PRESS, BEAVETl. CTAI. fellies asfef Ecfe V V 5:.(vvvv. V- i.U-- i -' ,' 1 .;y f . - ..AIT ASTER Is celebrated all over "the world, though not by all the world. d About if the people ot sytH ' 1 I the civilized world will observe the day as a commemoration of the resurrection ot Jesus of Naza- I .rem wnicn is to say umt nooui d of the civilized world Is Christian. Roughly speaking, there are about 505,000,000 Christians nd about l,U82,m(XX) luns. The Christians are thus classified : Roman Catholics. 278,800,000 ; Eastern churches, 120.000,000; Protestant churches. 171,0S0,00a The axe thus classifieds - Jews, 12,205,000; dans, 221,825,000; Buddhists,. 138,031.000; Hindus, 210,540,000; Confuclnnlsts and Tuolsta, 300.830,000; Shin toists, 25,000,000 f Anlmlsts, 158,270,000; i one-thir- ' , one-thir- non-Chri- , 15,280,000. st Toe Greatest Naos to Coody-Un- d '. . The Christians may be geographically classified ... thus:Homan Catholic, 183,700,000 ; Eastern Europe churches, $8,000,000 ; Protestant chvrches, 93,000,-000. - - ' Asia Roman Catholic, 5.500,01)0;" Eastern churches, 17.200,000; Protestant churches. 6,000.- ls.IU.-- r .., s vuuiuut mi 4,uuu,uuu ; bnciieni churches, 3.800,000; Protestant churches, 2.750,000. North America Uoinan Catholic, 36,700,000; Eastern churches, 1.000,000; Protestant churches, uuiunu n-- 65.000.000. South America Protestant 400,000. ' Oceanlca -- Catholic. Protestant Roman churches ,t - 2,00Q,00Q; South America, 35,000; Oceanlca, 25,000. , Another geographical classification Is this: Europe Christiana, .other 74,700,000; faiths, 14,050,000; 888,810,000. total n Asia Christiana, 2S, J00.000; other faiths, 63,KO,(X)0; total, 892,. i 200,000, i Africa ' ; Wi , Christiana, -- ,050,000: other faiths, 140,871,000; total, 158, 821,000. , - 1 bad-lac- J North America Christians, 102.700,000; other . faiths, 10j285,000; total, 112.935,000? V 8outh 'America Christians. 88,600,000; other faiths, 1,400,000; total, 58,000,000. Oceanlca Christians, 12,700,000; other faitha, 12,020.000; total, 55,625,000. It may safely br said that the allied Christian aatloaa. will celebrate Easter this year with un-osual solemnity. The life Immortal la a comfort, tag belief Just now, when the world has been brought face to face with death by the great war aa never before. Pmhahlv alui It will h reliv. brated as usual In Germany, for the Genus ns make, much ado over Easter. Easter In Russia. . Even In distracted Russia Easter will be observed, for the Greek Catholic church makes much or the celebration and taster observance la a part of the national life. Certainly Easter of 1018 was observed as usual In many parts of Russia, a " I Hrvlu .1. wfJ? weu unuer IZZ " letter way. . Here ll a bit or description iroa written from Kief In 1918;, "Easter is the greatest festival of all the year; Infinitely more to than Christmas. At 12 o'clock we drove out to the 'Larva,' the oldest monastery and the richest In all Russia. Can yon Imagine wall and - huge courtyard surrounded by a Immense covered gateway, groups of large white ' buildings all ablaze with light, with the anow for background ; the center budding the church, doors open, the Inside lotted by a thousand can dies, and the chanting of 100 priests. In the open courtyard were thousands of soldiers with uncovered heads, each bearing a lighted candle. To the right stands the bell tower, a wonderful structure over 200 feet high. At the stroke of 13 the most wonderful bells In Russia peal forth aa yon have never heard bells In America. Thousands of voice cry fbrlst la risen,' and the priests come forth and march around the building." ' fa the days before the great war no festivals In n Europe attracted so many foreigners as the in Rome of the holy week.' It was not ; tnusual fpr more than 10,000 visitors to be present, a large proportion of them being English and Americans and also Protestants. Doubtless there will be many visitors this Easter season. Easter Sunday Is the culmination of the ceremonies. The pope himself officiates at high mass In St. Peter's with the most gorgeous rltuaL It la after he extends his blessing that the' papers containing pray-- . era are thrown' down from his balcony to be scrambled Jfor by the congregation. T ; Jerusalem, the Hety City. The celebration ef tWe Easter In Jerusalem will probably be noteworthy. It Is the flrat Enster In aeven consecutive centuries which finds tFe holy city permanently frred from tto misrule of the Moslem. Mohammedan misrule and oppression had their beginning 13 centuries ago, but the Cm- -' saders held possession of the city twice once and agnln under Godfrey of Bouillon (1009-1187- ) - The British, ununder Frederick II (1229-1244der General Allenbr, were In possession t Buster of 1018, but fighting was going on in all the surrounding region and the fate of the city was still . ; , in the bulance. , la nonnnl times business in Jerusalem come to i! Mop at the Easter senson and religious Interest. It Is a Is the dominating The Mobnm-m- i Mrt of fourfold celt'brntlon. duns contribute by holding a pilgrimage lo the t(Hub of Muses. The Jews celebrate the pnssover. ' -- . ' 40-fo- , cefe-oratio- . .cere-monlj- crally bas to bava ': a packara wortby . R?t.ff if k v .. ' ) O A 71 tsf 7i VOr In toe world oat- - ys - s - The Jews are thus distributed : Europe, 9, 250,000; Asia, 500,000; Africa, 400,000; North America,. 3CJOO.000; Roman 8,200,000; churches, 4, 600,000. Catholic, year for the reason that it commemorates the re orrection of Jesus. In the words of Paul, "If 1 S II- Christ be not risen, then la. our preaching vain and your faith Is also vain." "But," he says, "now is Christ risen from the dead and become the first frolts of them that sleep." Which Is to. say that . ; t the Christian religion stands on the resurrection of Jesua. - , -i '"rT,v fPagan. Bits Survive, .. But the Easter season is observed by millions who sre not even nominally Christiana. They do not, celebrate the resurrection of Christ, but rather the end of winter, the approach offspring, the beBoth the Greek Christian and, of life in nature after the long sleep of Latin Christian churches hold - - ginning winter. . Celebrations of this kind antedate re-- . elaborate i celebrations. One of corded history. When Christianity cams Into the la 'the most striking ceremonies world the Christian church adopted and modified celebrated by the Greek church such of these pagan rites of celebration as it could In the Church of the Holy Sepal not abolish. Thla accounts for the many Queer cher and la locally called "Mirrites of the Christian observance ot Easter In acle of the Holy nre." The en various parts 6f the world. They are pagaa rites thusiasm la so great that at that had their-origiIn the remotest past, and celebrations hundreds ot several ' v - worshipers have been crushed to ' have been (modified by time and. custom and a changed meaning, , . . : death. 7 , Thus the parade of fashion to Easter morning v . The essential features of the church services In the large American cities had ceremony are the reception and. Ita origin ages ago in the superstition that failure : dissemination of the "holy fire." ' '.The to wear at least one new piece of clothing would ' Are Is kindled to the holy ; bring during the year. The use of the . out st'pulcher, and,, passed ' egg as a symbol of new life Is fa? older than Chris""through an opening; made for tianity. The' Easter rabbit Is a survival of an old, the purpose in the aide of the holy tomb. It is old superstition. The use of flowers aa ah expresthen mads use of to light candles with which every sion of rejoldng Is probably almost as old aa man worshiper Is equipped. , The Intention Is to symhimself. The paschal candles are In another bolise the descent of the Holy Spirit The candles form the bonfires lighted by our remote ancestors are kept as sacred relics and are relighted only at to celebrate the arrival ef spring. " "'"..' 'J marriages, births and deaths. the Just hew the rabbits' managed io "get-intThe reception of the fire Is the work of the patriarch." He appears at the head of a gorgeous v Easter celebration nobody seems to be able to find out with any certainty.. Anyway,, they are procession of ecclesiastics bishops, archbishops not properly rabbits; they are hares. Undoubtedly and prlesta He leads his followers three times the association of the hare with Easter and Its around the holy tomb and enters When passing the eggs was Introduced here by the Germans, but ' doorway the' third time leaving his followers where they got the Idea Is what none of the antistanding by. Shortly after the "holy fire" appears hare been able to learn to their saUsfac-tloquarians through the opening In the form of a blazing As far as they have gone they figure this torch. Men have been appointed to snatch the way: The relation between, the moon and the torch. These light their own candles and pass It hare is fairly close.. The relation of the moon-- to on to their neighbors; every burning candle beEaster Is very Close. Gradually; in ancient times comes a train leading on the sacred fire to a hun-the hare seems to have become associated with othera, Robert Hichens' description of the " Easter and with Easter eggs, . scent is la part this: ' v';Easter anv thg Ejg. ; "It ead i;Bi. Wlth a fierce gesture aa of and sugar wltLont fresh Easter dyed laid, eggs priest; withdrew savage exultation the ' his arm from the hole and held up a great bunch would be like Christmas .without 8anta Clans, the stocking and the tree. :And the association of of flaming candles. And then delirium seized the the egg with Easter is easily explained. Many of d thousands. All the months opened to the old peoples of earth have used the egg from let out yells, shrieks snd the wild titterings of time Immemorial as the symbol of the germ of All arms with the women.' gesticulated frenzy f dd taught that the world life. The .toward the smoky yellow flames. AU the bodies an egg. All over the pagan from hatched was to to them. And get struggled desperately, cruelly world It signified fertility and, potential life. The the priest dipped his torch, and suddenly fire befixed In the place of the egg was .therefore firmly church.. The the rtlsh great to patrithrough gan Christ and antedated that long celebrstlons spring arch tore out of the, holy sepulcher and fell In The Christian church found Easter. Christian the fire the his with hands. cathedral la Greek the the egg so firmly established as an Easter symbol From the balconies near the blue that It could not be dislodged. Therefore the dome masses of candles were let down by long church adopted the egg and adopted It as a symcosda, were lighted by priests below and were bol of the resurrection. In the transition of Easter drawn p flamjng. Fire encircled the rotunda, from a heathen to a Christian festival the tradi. . . Through the glare, the three tiers of fire. col-rttion of the egg stands unbroken. When the bishops smoke, the roaring, the procession white the f eccs began, to the Christian and priests, accompanied by soldiers, by acolyte, stood for the Immaculate conception; the red for canvasses the floor banner bearers, by beating by " the blood of the redemption, and the yellow for with their staves. . . , Down the avenue 'of the dawn of the resurrection morn. banners and muskets and torches came bearded In men . It Is natural that many queer relics of ancient magnificent vestments, and while many . '.' and the gorgeous 'Armenians, almost like movegg cuKtoras should have survived, ! For instance, the rulers of way. on In of wonderful the died clad the their Jewels have ing Idols, Mrih no tenser Indulge In Easter eggs wnoiesaie, Copts and the treasury ; and the withered-lookinAfter the Eaater celebration found, its way Into astounding Abystdntans, In magenta, with partly : shaved bends and great tufts ot coarse hair, like France every hen , roost in the country .was were taken which eggs, a the largest tfeat for nightmare,'' ., people .r..hA the gaudy piippeta at a trloute io From time Immemorial the Christiana of Jera-naleLouvre there wer have observed the events of Christ's passion, high mass In the chspel of the cabinet pyramias oi giiaeu k.bm into the royal death and resurrection la complete and dramatic The verdure. chaplain,, after with linked from was and It Jerusalem, that Easter fashion, ' th persons them among distributed customs spread to other parts of the wor'd. Te blessing them, mm m """ In presence court the . earliest record of these observances la lo B85. At of the that time the Christiana strove to realize by apde-in .... tim of Henry U eggs were In great propriate ceremony and ritual the even's of the old sn Is tower In morn. the .i Inst acts la the life of Jesus. Each event was com- of entry, "18d for 400 utemorated, as far as possible, on the spot ot Its royal roll wit an account for ornamental' purposes tnr v. - , occurrence. The proper passages from the Gospel rgzs IU vrw ' ' " ' ' were and Easter." read said aa were appropriate prayers with the clergy and people went In procession from That the whole world associates the egg Christian the that fact ths to Gethwroaae, Bethany, by place Golgotha, Easter Is shown place same game at the sepulcher and Olivet. It was during the midchildren in Mesopotamia play th American that boys do. character of eggs the the ceremonies that dle ages Easter of "picking" ' and the .boys on girls spectacular features In England la many places changwl greatly, taking as the Washington Just, colored ,t which have persisted to the present day . "roll" their White House, grounds. This nn the .mm Tradition with more or less accuracy has fixed IIIIIUIVU v 14 by the wsyrJs quite a Dolorosa Via and the stations nf the House course White the a curioua aa spectacle la worth and .uKrn,n at which the chief events on the way to the cross .occurred. ll Is followed by thousands of visitors ' There sre many ccrlous customs thnt obtain ai on EiiHter wt-k- . Easier that have nothing to do with the day KRter Is the principal festival of the Christian , 1 ' i 1 . of ; (ts cootents ' So loci fcr IVRIGLEYS ' xtn t I toodnett la. ' Tftaff why ; a r - - I, k - '9vf ' AX A Ths FIsvor lists! t. ''.IIa Poachers Kill Off Big Game.' When tt Is our duty to do an act of Plsxah forest. United States rovern- - Justice It should be done, promptly ment preserve and one of the few re To delay Is Injustice. LaBrny ere, : maining big game sections of the country Is. about to be denuded of Its Doat Forest Cutlcura Talcum game by poachers, according to state- When adding to your toilet requisites. ments by Rudolph Dlffenbach, forest An exquisitely scented face, skin, baby supervisor, ' Poachers, usually under and dusting powder and perfume, ren cover of night, drive the deer out Into derlng other perfumes superfluous. the open or off the preserves snd then Yon may rely on It because one of ths kOl them. The number slain la reachCutlcura Trio (Soap, Ointment and ing alarming proportions. Talcum). 25c each everywhere. Adv. 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Instead of healthy, nor-mal digestion, the excess acid causes 'enDet" ftK tM,t0 pou, mass of sour, fermented , ,.,v acid-stomac- . acid-stomac- breeding ptace for sll kln.ls of germs and toxic poisons, which In turn are absorbed mto . the blood and In thla war distributed throurhout the entire body. And that la exactly why It Is that so many thousands of people eat and eat and keep on eating and yet are literally starving In the midst of make It plenty.. Their sbsolutely Impossible for them to get the full measure of nourishment out of their food. And It doesn't take long for thla poor nourishment to show Its 111 effects In a weakened, emad- ated body. Ton may say; "My stomach doesn't hurt roe," That may he true because h do not many victims of actually suffer stomach pains. Then again, there are millions who do suffer all klnda of acbea and pains bead- scbes, rheumatic twinges, gout lam- Ngo, pains around the heart and lo the chest who never dream that an add-stomac- acid-stomac- r A E add stomach la the real cause of the trouble. ' Naturally, the sensible thing to do la to strike right at the very cause of thla trouble and clean the excess add out of the stomach. There Is a quick, ' easy way to do this. A wonderful new remedy quickly removes the excess add without the allghtest discomfort it la EATONIC. Made In the form nf A nKe a bit of candy. They literally Absorb the injurious excess acid and nrrf u tway through the Intestines. of They also drive the bloat Li the - ract yon It thifth. ..t i.t JlJ.irt. i;..!- l1 Trx tl Jt 1 !iCKlrtm "?'?LJPL V'. y,"rw',w pajntil; atlackn .. T, In- ? n,r beartburn. belching, food repeating, that awful npy feeling after eating and other stomach miseries... 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