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, sciousn in the I if from heart the trees mo: upward. in The tiny 16 together i limidly an: >ly green. 8 or on the 1‘ maple tree hears a vc seen, cam skies. bid! higher, at mnke :ms' Certain flowers and plants have al- ways been set apart as sacred things. .nnd from the very dawn of history we hear or ? flower-decked altars and wreaths of sacrifice. The heathen temples were adorned with earth’s fairest blossoms. Scattered on the al- ters. and twined around the brow of priest and acolyte. The amount); bloomed in deathless beauty upon the Olympian heights. the myrtle was be- loved of Apollo. the rose, the lily, the mistletoe were favorites of legend and myth. The flowers once sacred to Freya, the spring goddess of northern rmytholosy were chosen for their spot- less purity. in form and color, And when heathen myth gave place to Christian truth. these sacred tmunres were transferred to the Virgin, and be came symbols of the queer. of heaven. So it is that in every: story of saint. or mndonns We and either the lily or the roseâ€"the lily with its fragrance,~ its bending; bowing, waving bells. seems to whisgzer of purity and worâ€" ship: the rose. with its faint and tar- awny. odor. which seems to hint at eternll hope. One mightalmont'nll a. garden with flown‘; all named for the! Viv-Grin Mm. 2m: :‘gllv became that . Out on the o'd arbor. the rough and scraggy grape lne is sending git little grsy tendrils. reaching fa er toward heaven and away from the earth that hides its foothold. How blithely does nature echo forth her yearly message to every waiting heart -â€"her message of resurrection, joyous activity. ' high-mounting aspiration! Her myriad voices cry through every sense. to touch and penetrate the spir- it with gladness and good cheer. New readings from the Gospel of eternal hone are seen on every side, in the growth of plant. the unfolding of leaf, the blossoming of flower. The woods are full of these shy 'spring darlings- violets, dandelions, adder's, tongues. spring beauties“ bluebells and many a nameless wildlinz all hurrying gayly to deck the earth and celebrate the Eastertide. upward. or on tl: hears a higher, tassels telling of new horizon. The tiny leavee. closeâ€"clasped together timidly apart, to grow brave- ‘ly green. and ileum their col- maple tree in the yard now I i seen, calling from the» blue’ skies. bidding it come up! make answer in the green! I growth and broader In these sunny ,., lays lite grows re-' orient from the dust, a latent con- ‘ sciousuess of ‘wings stirs in the. buried seed, and as 3 if from very gladnese of heart the up in the naked trees mounts upward, ever into the golden light. in the bud, flutter e passing breeze. The voice out of the un- and gladly does it and shining leaves, Madonna Lilies' ~ and Other F 10“ ers ' That Are S9crec "on mmzmumopyrlgm. by Underwood 2 Underarm: '»' u “Every day is a fresh beginning, Evgry‘day is the world made new” “Our Sweet Will Shakespeare" was born in April; am; it was or April's towers ‘that he sang most frequently tad mint sweetly. Shelley has the lily in his wo'nder- tui garden along with his sensitive plant, Wordsworth often praises iti Burns mentions it frequently. Tenny- son has lovely lily thoughts; but our own Longfellow draws the prettiest picture of maidenhoodâ€" ‘ Bears 3 lily in thy handâ€" Gates of brass can not withstand One tom-hot that magic wand. Jnmes Russell ' Lowell always comes. near to the heart of things and left us' more than one sweet lily poem and al- h! in, and our minor poets ‘all tell their love for mu pertect specimen of untu‘re' a handiwork. “weds Milton loved the Ill) and slways s; m} of it in connection with the rcseâ€"â€"as did also Swinburne when he talks at The lilies and languorsldf virtue: The roses and raptures of Vlvn. And Tennyson says of Maud‘s garden that it wasâ€"- Fairer than aught in. the world beside. All made up of the lily and the roar. Dear old Herrick that sweet singer of spring, has one lily thought that is like u sigh: * Bu; vanished man. Like :6 a lily lost. never can bloom anew- OI: [wing his days :0 see a. second spring. Nearly all of our great poets nzr" praised this ‘ flower“ Chaucer axd Spenser speak of it‘as a mystical bins 30m in their far-away gardens 51nd lady's bowefs. Shakespeare It was who first said: "To gild refined grid and paint the lily." and these lines from one of his sonnets tell a truth that can never be faxgotten: For sweetest things turn sourost by t‘: z I deeds: Lilies that tester smell m- worse than The lily 'was first found in CO‘nllO’: lion with the Virgin in the {for}; of her ascension to heaven. and it orig inated probably in the second cenluty. According. lo this legend, it was tlllcx days after the burial of our Lord's mother that the apostles visited and opened her grave and found it filled with fragrant. spotless liliesi Slmc then these matchless flowers have benn called “Madonna lilies." or "flcwoss of the Virgin." The common white lily of our'gardens. that blooms in July. and is the sweetest. and mus: graceful of all flowers. might well in: called "holy." No one seems to krov its origin. it is never‘ found wifd in Palestine. nor can \ve'flnd just wirrr it grows without culture; But we a ~€ it in the faded piciures of old ltal'nu masters and ‘Netherland palmms made long before the discovery of lizfs New World“ ‘ chance to n‘wssom on uur “he: s 9.1:; (such‘ as the visitation, the assump don, her birth, baptism, purification), There re lady's slipperhl‘ady's mantle, lady‘s ngers. lady‘s smock. lady‘s tresses. Virgin's bowex‘. or clematis begins to bloom in July. the feast u. visitation, and is at full bloom at as sumption in August. Cbc North Short News-Letter The Republican members at the wtyl and means committee met to con- sider further amendments to the i’cyne bill. The duties on pig iron and wrap iron and the reciprocity clause of the cod "scheduie werethe principalitenj tending which the committee wu arsed to unite cinnaem. The paper schedule wu also under discussion (or unendinent. Thu-tun School Boy: Drown. - Kamenetz. Russia. Apr. 7.â€"â€"1‘h!r'nen school boys were drowned near new.- nlterdny u a result of the flood. that cover the country. , Chill; Hu Rulc Road. To allay the Impending excitement. the chair had the rule road for tn- tormn’tlon. Megan. Fitzgerald of New York. and- Dalzell of Pennsylvanix, both on the committee on rules. co.)- tended, that individual amendments un- der the rule could be altered. Clark Raine. Point. After convening the house took up the Payne tarii! amendment under tie order adopted. When adjourzm r it was taken there Guts pending Ilu- in. J. ney amendment from the commune un ways and means striking out the provi- sion torthe countervailing duty of lum- ber. A parliamentary snarl at once was encountered an to whether or not other amendments would be permitted under the rule. The point was mind by Mr. Clark of Missouri, the minority leader. A nu‘n‘tbef of members were immediately on their feet endeavor-ins to put their construction upon the Mr. Tawney received another set- back when the chair uverruled hm point that the De Armand amendment mu not in order bezause IL mmszc‘ red to the tree 11:: an item on which a duty wu lmpoe‘ed.. Fixea Lumber Duty. The amendment to the lumber achedule oi the Payne tar-ii! bill which was ottered by Mr. For'dney and adapted by the house strikes out the proviso in paragraph iii? 01 the Payne hill The paragraph fixes the duty on awed lumber at. one dollar per 1.00.) tact and also fixes the duty on other clone: oi.iumber. The proviso re- quires that the maximum raies pro: Vided for in sections three and tour of the bill shall be impoaed upon lumber coming from any country which fixes an export duty on lumber shipped to the United States or which in any other way discriminates against or re- atricts the exportation of lumber or other (crest products to this country. The paragraph was directed especially Wrist Canada and in case oi" dis- crimination wourd have had the ellect 0! increasing rafis. Situation Becomee clouded. The chair ruled that other amend- ments could be offered, but that the committee amendment oflered by Mr. Fordney had'preoedence. The situa- tion again became clouded by the otter- inx of a substitute amendment by Mr. Clark, who desired to speak to it. but the chair ruled that Mr. Forduey was entitled to the iloor. Mr. Fordney said he introduced, his amendment with treat regret, as the provision it sought to strike out was a meritorious one. Ageinlt the protests of Mr. 'l‘a'vne'.'. the chair recognized Mr. De Armcnzl at Missouri for an amendment as a Lllba i- iute to the ecumervailing proviso. p.” viding for -the'i'ree admission from all parts of the western hemisphere. The club ruled that. [he Pad“ 3! amendment had precedence. Mt. Tawney at Minnesota Jumped up with n substitute. Mr. Clnrk. who also clnimed the floor, was recognized. The Clark lubstitato, which was then real. provided for unending several sec- tions by placing lumber on the free Chair Oval-rule. Tawney. Mr. Tawney contended that two par- agraph: could not be covered In one amendment, And altered an entire hub stltute for the lumber schedule modi- tylng, but retaining the duty. "I am uttering the unendmeug." he deem-ed, “Ind will vote for It. but It camel me to "vent blood In doing so." Wuhinuoh, Apr. 1.â€"The ‘house natal-any ovérwhelminxiy “109084 1110 ”Many amendment to the Payne brill bill striking out the, provision (or n countervqiiins duty on lumb.r. The Turin” amendment denlgned to "dues the duty on all lumber Included In parunph 197 at the bill. except nu- lshod lumber, was lost on division, 151 to 173, puty nllgnmenu hem; badly broken. A vote by teller: on lu- de- mmd 1130 resulted ln bolus lost. 170 no 176. WINS LUMBER PflINT countervailing Duty on Lumbar I. 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