ORIGIN OF EASTER EGGS.
There fell from heaven one day.
long, long ago, an egg of immense
size. It rested on the Euphrates,
where doves descended and hatched
it, when out from it arose in splen
did beauty Easter, or Venus, and
that explains why eggs arc a favor
ite food during the festival of this
lovely deity. When the early Christ
ians made their way north, conquer
ing for Christ, they preserved this
feast, but changed its application.
“We will maintain your celebration,”
they said, “but it shall henceforth
mean the resurrection of Christ.”
And that explains why it is that
this joyous Christian festival bears
an old heathen name. Similarly with
the egg. It was retained as a
symbol of the day and is thus used
to the present time in many lands.
CHAS. CHAPLIN’S LAST PICTURE
In the last part of November
Charles Chaplin released his last
comedy to the Essany Company.
This picture is called "A Night in
the Snow,” and is considered by
many critics as his best. This big
comedy is on the way up now
and will soon be seen here at the
Dream. It may be some time until
we have another Chaplin as there
has been no other Chaplin’s put
out since then.
In place of the Chaplin comedies
the Dream will show the great
two-reel Keystone specials that are
the best on tbe market today.
Watch for the date of Chaplin’s
last comedy. (adv.)
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BORN AT SULZER.
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Copstad of
Sulzer are the proud parents of a
twelve-pound boy, which was bom
to them recently.
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The marks of matches struck on
walls may be cleaned by applying
the cut side of a lemon. Then rub
the place with whiting, and lastly
scrub with soapy water.
A NEW PROFESSION.
(From Life.)
“May I have an hour or so of
your time ? ”
It was a pleasant, soft-voiced
gentleman who spoke; it was the
very audacity of his request that
arrested the attention of the man
of business, who gasped;
“An hour!”
“Yes, sir. Permit me to recline at
ease in this chair. Don’t be alarm
ed. I’m not a book agent, nor an
insurance man. I’m a nonefficiency
expert.”
"Non?”
“Yes, sir—non. You’ve heard of
efficiency, haven't you?”
“I’ve heard of nothing else. Look
at my filing system.”
“Exactly. Well, I teach the oppo
site. §how you how to waste four
or five hours a day in the most
delightful manner. Restore all the
inherent poetry and sentiment in
your nature. Let you do as you
please with your time and your
business. Make you feel as if you
didn’t care a hang whether you get
the most out of yourself or not. New
idea. 1 guarantee to "keep off all
the efficiency experts who have been
showing you how to run your af
fairs. Shall I stay?”
The tired business man went over
and put his arms around the strang
er.
“Stay,” he said
“Stay,” he whispered. “Come and
live with me.”
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HOW' TO DRY AN UMBRELLA.
When you come in from the rain
put the umbrella in the rack with
the handle downward, beaucse when
the handle is upward the water
runs down inside to the place where
the ribs are joined to the handle
and cannot get out, but stays, rot
ting the cloth and rusting the metal
until slowly dried away. The wire
fastening the ribs soon rusts and
breaks. If placed the other end ■
up the water readily runs off and j
the umbrella dries almost immedi-!
ately.
ALLIES WORRY OVEE
LACK OF SHIPS
CONDITION IN FRANCE A?;
ENGLAND IS NT
ENCOURAGING.
BERLIN, April 18.—From ‘Pali
comes the cry of lack of merchant
ships and the fact has been worry
ing the shipowners both in Fran
and England. One French authority
says: “It has no sense to .
arc masters of the sens and
Germany is blockaded. What \v::l
be our position when the war
over? The number of ships th
allies will then have lost will i.:'
far and away greater than that of
Germany, uness by some means -
another we can either destroy o
capture the German fleet.
"The war will surely bring furth
er considerable losses to the Frc;-k
and English, and in face of th h
the German merchantmen are >
because no submarines threaten.'
This statement is a strong cor
tradiction of statements made V
Lloyd George and Asquith. Th
have staid the loss of ships is
significant, yet they "cannot l'-H
orders because of a lark of me
chant ships.” During December, V.
Germans sank twenty-four ships nr
gregating 116,789 tonnage, and tT
were besides a nuitiber of shi
blown up by mines and sum
collisions that are not counted ;
the twenty-four.
Naturally the allied powers, no
being able to compete with the G
man submarines, would have s”h
marine warfare by Germany al>.
ished.
When scissors get blunt sham
them by opening and moving b.r '
wards and forwards on a piece o'
glass. This will sharpen the blur:
est of scissors.
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All kinds or commercial prh
ing dene at the Progress!'-.'-?.5'
vviy.v-- v.v* srr.f r asS’N
p ' . i' WEDNESDAY
I ~ •1
. he i h -Teacher Association of
ioieUi! iil give the following
•iiiestday evening, April
w : •?':« D'uft—Helen and Ever
j' ' eff fkuip.
—. Cafi ■ t -Mis. K. It. Tinkham.
The Monarch of the
V.,' . . • -Mr. Osborn Williams.
•Yin- Worth of Edu
• Yv. II, W. Michener.
* (fMe.Mr. R. Ray, ac
by Mrs. Elliott.
. i n of books for the
if and good pictures for
e ■ it of tire school rooms,
at the last P. T. A.
•!! be appreciated and
. Ui enkftdly accepted.
Program Committee.
• P . KNOW WHERE
FRED W. WARD IS?
Won t somebody find Fred W.
i take him by the nape
, v, hick his pants and
.gud < heme to his little girl.
•She v.-rites.
Ketchikan Alaska.
Fcic I am going to ask a
■ l Will you please give
:■■■':-• ’ to :i newspaper reporter.
. I my papa. My papa’s
■ ■ ; •( .! W. Ward. I heard he
word to V.iska, but where, I do
V i!! you please help me
] am only a little girl.
. 1! * ■ thankful if I can get
my papa iwiek.
man fiv.. feet eight and
a l>al>’ oh,-h 185 to 1 DO pounds.
” b — a;l ihoulders and dark
’ -liming gray. Light
" dark red mustache,
imie.tt oblige to you.
Yours truly,
: d UNIT A E. WARD,
' ".h St. Tacoma, Wash.
1’. ' ■' :sc let me know if you
fmd him
: cldom scores a hit if
.-elf at a man’s head.
F. C. HAGIUARA HAS
RETURNED FROM VISIT
F. C. Hagiuara, the long time
restaurant keeper in Indian town,
who left here somg six months ago
for a visit to his native country,
Japan, returned a day or two ago
and has reopened his place of busi
ness again. Mr. Hagiuara says that
he cannot live in Japan any longer
and prefers this country to any
other. He is glad to be back. Ja
pan, he said, was not talking war,
as a matter of fact, the country is
prosperous and the people seem
to be well satisfied. ■
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THE MYSTERY OF DREAMS.
Just as sleep is a natural phe
nomenon of life, so dreams are a
natural phenomenon of sleep. Doc
tors say that the longest dream we
ever have—even the dream that
■seems to carry us through several
days — perhaps occupies no more
than a single second!
Some authorities maintain that if
any one of our dreams were to
last longer than a single second we
should die. Other authorieties are
convinced that we do not dream at
all when we are asleep, but only in
the fraction of time when we are
(as Shakespeare has expressed it)
“ ’twixt sleep and waking."
It is also argued that dreams are
nothing but distorted ideas and
images passing through the drowsy
mind, and being no more than ex
traordinary variations of things that
have happened, or of things that we
have thought, or read in our wak
ing moments, they can have no
possible association with our fu
ture. But, on the other hand, .dreams
have been credited with prophetic
meanings since the days when the
world was young; and dreambooks
are still published and purchased
and consulted.
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LOST—A bspwn sample leather
case, containing papers. Case bears
name of I. W. Collings in large
letters. Return to Progressive-Min
er office and reeive reward —I. W.
Collings.
ST. JOHN’S CHURCH
DAILY BIBLE- READING.
Topic for week: Faith in Our
selves.
Romans 10:1-13.
“The word is nigh thee, in thy
mouth and in thy heart; that is,
the word of faith.”
St. Paul knew what he was talk
ing about. It is unnecessary to go
to some distant place in order to
find Christ, neither up into the
heavens nor down into the depths.
Christ is present with us, now and
if we acknowledge it, all the help
he can give us is ours.
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To freshen a carpet sweep it
with a broom previously dipped in
salt and water. Shake the broom
well before using it, for it is needed
damp, not wet.
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Job printing neatly and prompt
done at the Progressive-Miner.
HOW TO TEST AN
OVEN BEFORE BAKING
Test your oven before putting in
the cake by throwing on the bottom
a spoonfull of dry flour. If the
flour takes fire or quickly turns
dark brown color the oven’s tem
perature is too high, and you should
allow the oven to cool a little. If
the flour remains white after it
has been there a few moments the
temperature is too low. If the oven
is of the proper heat the flour will
slightly brown and look a little
scorched.
Remember ladies that you should
see the new suits and coats just
arrived at the Tongass Trading
Company, before you make your
Easter purchases. They are the lat
est in every respect. (adv.)
The Daily Progresive-Miner de
livered 75 cents per month.
At the GRAND
\ Wednesday and Thursday, April 19 and 20, 1916 |
FUTILITY OF REVENGE
A two part feature from the story of Stuart Payton, with
Dorthy Phillips and Aiexand er Gaden playing the leading parts.
THE HOLE IN THE GARDEN WALL ,
Featuring Rupert Julian and Elsie Jane Wilson, and a little
_child will lead them.
An Animated Weekly
Containing zoological specimens from South America; motor
cycle hill climbing contest; visiting Chinese merchants, and war
scenes on the front, with man y other events of interest.
L KO KOflEDY
Hank man could not es cape jail, so he took the jail with
(him.
Master Key Episode No. 5, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
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I We have the honor to announce that after a thorough in
vestigation of drug store conditions, we were selected as the exclu- ■ ,
sive distributors in this locality, of the I -
SAN-TOX j
Public Service Line f
MORE THAN 100 RELIABLE T* 1
TOILET ARTICLES AND REMEDIALS |
This famous line of dependable toilet articles and remedials
can from now on be secured from us, with the absolute guarantee
of money refunded if not perfectly satisfactory. You should in
vestigate this service at once. . i'
This is only another indication that we merit your contin
uous patronage.
Our Jewelry Sale still continues and at the prices at ||
which we are disposing of these goods, you cannot afford to
miss taking advantage of it. We have no Jeweler with us
now, and those having work left with us are requested to
call and take it up.
RYUS DRUG CO. 1
Established 1901. , Phone 39.
i ADVERTISEMENTS
ev, line of Millinery be
laewhere, Opened on
John Koel’s building
Printing Office.
; : . PATCHING & CROSS
adv.
TOP —A two room cabin
•! .1 ■ <>n Stedinan Ave.; City.
'0 foot front by 150
Vy l or particulars apply to
T.’r.d” I’.;; Young. Adv. tf.
vin.’r furs and get the
1 price for them
I Gil run re adv.
NOTICE to the PUBLIC.
i’; Mer, the Skating Rink will
he opened to the public every day
and evening of the week. Saturday?
; after.', jens and evenings will bei
for the children and beginners
■" ■’ i-ning for whites only. I
■ • afternoon for children,
j tf MANAGER.
FOUND A TROLLING BOAT. <
Near Mountain Point last Friday. ,
| Owner call and identify same.
-Jimmy Williams, Mountain Point '
near SiBfmahi
KETCHIKAN ;
public library and
K . HEADING room !
* 0 A. M. to 10 P. M.
MR'S.' J. 6. THOMPSON !
I
Librarian
j 7 off MILLINERY i off f
I I on H
Thursday g
Friday |
Saturday ff
We will offer you any Ladies’ hat in the store at a discount of tj
25 Per Cent I
We have a few nice ones in stock but it pays to «
come early w
STOCK J. R. HECKMAN & CO. SERVICE I
The Department Store „ V