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Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-03-31
THE VIOLET GIRL.

h Tiny Joe Told Little Nell About
Easter and Its Flowers.
"Violets, sweet v~iolets; who will buy my
violets2'
A chorus of voices in wild confusion called
upon the passers by to purchase the punches
of spring flowers that had sprung up after
the winter snows to greet the glad resurrec-
ton feast.
They had taken their stand outside Covent
garden, these poor women and girls whose
bread depended upon the sale of their violets.
1t was growing dark, and Easter eve, too,
and this was their last chance. If the flow
ers were not sold before they went to their
wretched homes, they would be lost, all dead
and withered before Monday morning.
There Vas a girl who stood among the
crowd, holding her basket in her hand, but
not opening her lips, not joining in the gen.
eral clamor, only leaning against TIE wall,
and looking so pale and wretched, it went to
ones heart to think that there was such
misery in the world as was written on that
fair young face. For it was very fair, in
spite of the tale it told of poverty and want;
there was something in the girls whole APP
pearance different to the people among whom
she was standing, something of refinement to
which they were strangers, N which they
could not understand. They ran after every
n who passed, screaming, vociferating,
entreating; she stoodin her place, not speak
ing a single word, only standing there with
that look of mute entreaty upon her Door.
thin face.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-03-31
THE SUN UPON AN EASTER DAY.

"The matter of fact is an old, weak super.
stitious error, and the sun neither plays nor
works on Easter day more than any other.
1t is true, it may sometimes happen to shine
brighter hat morning than any other; but
IL it does it is purely accidental. In some
parts of England they call it the lamb play
ing, which they look for as soon. as the sun
rises, in some clear or spring water, and is
nothing but the pretty reflection it makes
from tie water which they may fnd at any
time, If the sun rises clear and they them
selves early and unprecedented with fancy"
The folly was kept up by the fact that no
one could view the sun steadily at any hour,
and those who choose TO look at 1t or at its
reflection in the water saw 1t nprsssntly
move as they would on n other day.
Again, from "The British Apollo,n 17O8, a
supposed question to the sun himself upon
TIE subject elicits a suitable answer:
y. Q.-old wives, Phosbus say
That on Easter Duy
To the music o. tn spheres you do caper;
II tbs fact sir, be true,
Pray let's the cause know,
When yca have any room in your paper.
A.-The old wives get merry,
With spiced ale or sherry,
On Easter, WHICH makes them romance;
And wbilss 10 a rota;
Their biains whirJ about,
They fancy we caper and dance.
Brand says he heardsof whena boy, and
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-03-31

on to speak of Good Friday, when Christ was
nailed upon the cross, so that he might take
us all to live with him in heaven; he told of
all his sufferings, how he was laid in the gar
den grave, and then came the story of the
Easter joy-how he rose again from the
dead, and how he has gone back to his place
In heaven to ask God to take us there because
he DIED for us, ''and oh. Nell, = said Joe, when
he had ended his wondrous tale, s'never mind
how poor or how hungry we are, and what
pain we have to suffer, SO long as we think
OF all that Jesus bore for us, and remember
the Easter Joy, how he rose again, to show
us that after we was dead we should rise
again also and live with him for ever in the
beautiful city where there's no more PAIN"
Nell, who had listened to the story In
breathless establishment, said: s'Can we go
inF' and the boy, in reply, led her up the
stone steps and through the vestibule into
the brightly lighted church.
There We're flowers, beautiful flowers, sur
rounded by numberless lights. There were
violets, her own ~yiolets, around the chancel.
There were bright hymns, more beautiful
than the flower girl had ever heard in her
life. Everything seemed to tell of the Easter
gladness.
Nell understood little of the sermon, but
all seemed to speak of the same thing, and as
She wished to know more about it she de-
cided she would go to school the next night
and begin to learn. And SO she did, proving
long before the year was out one of the most
dlhgent of the many pupils who attended
the night school.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-03-31

than the defined tjnts Of the passion hover.
Melting to the eye in its juiciness and deli.
cacy, yet firm in its pure outline and
rounded finish, it bears the same relation to
That chosen type of the great Suffering, that
peace bears to passion, or that promise bears
to prayer.
Soon the aspect of tho flower changes. As
though over the well spring of its et~ernallife
hangs some ruthless power forcing it back
into darkness, before an hour has passed, we
can see that its newly found vigor is fading
away. The pulsing light at its heart grows
fainter and fainter-slowly the petals raise
themselves, to drop wearily side by side upon
its bosom-and finally, its beauty vanished.
Its strength exhausted, it hangs heavy and
brown upon its stem, waiting for the touch
that alone can waken 1t again.
This rare botanical wonder, blooming ono
moment before admiring eyes, and next lying
dried and s~hriyeled, is not without Its Legend
airy interest, though the odor of its oriental
history has, by this time, been neary blown
away by that sharp simeon of investigation,
which has already whirled 30 many pretty
fables and theories into oblivion.
TIL story of the resurrection flower. "a
given in 1856 by the late DIR. Deck, the
naturalist, is us follows:
While travelling o. q professional tour in
Upper Egypt, eight years before, engagedin
exploring fer some lost emerald and copper
mines, he CHANGED to render medical service
to an Arab attached to his party. In graft.
tude the child of the desert formo,.y pre-
sented to him this now called "Resarrection
Flower" at tho same time enjoining him
never to part with it. Like the tabled gift
of the Egyptian, it was supposed to have
'magic in the web of itm The doctor was
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-03-31

I PLAYING WITH PASCH EGGS.
Of ostrich feathers. in which are placed the
eye like parts Of peacock feathers to repre-
sent the eyes or vigilance of the church.
When in the church he rests under a rich
canopy Of silk.
The pope, after officiating at mass at the
high altar, is borne with the same
to the sound of music, back through the
crowded church to a balcony over the central
doorway. There, surrounded by his principal
officers, he rises from his chair of state and
pronounces a benedicticn, with indulgences
| and absolution.
The crowdo of people who witness this most
imposing of all the ceremonies of Rome at
this season is immense. Below the balcony
ct which the pope appears to pronounce the
benediction is the densest crowd, which
watches with upturned faces the falling OF
the papers containing copies of the prayers
that have been uttered, which are thrown
down into the midst of this restless multitude
by the pope and his assistants. This being
jubilee year these ceremonies commemcrat-
, ing Easter week at Rome are Of unusual
magnificence.
All the movable religious feasts are regu-
lated by Easter day. Easter Sunday this
year, in consequence Of the lunar movements,
falls early in April, and as a natural result
Itiioleiiiuo was cartier LuuU uSuai. LII OC-
CURED Feb. 2, and tie wholesale dealers in
candles throughout Christendom prepared,
as usual, alarge amount of candles for the de-
mand arising from. the religious occasion.
The deyout of the Catholic church, from
the richest to the poorest, make an offering
of candles at their respective churches ON
Candlemas day. Some Of these candles are
very elaborate, being made by hand and
composed of pure WAX. Some made for the
high altar III stte cathedral and other
churches in New York cost, with their elab-
crate Communication, from $3.50 to, $500 each.
Persons of moderate means offer candles lees
expensive, but even the poorest of the eoa-
gregation present a candle made of pure wax
These candle are blessed on Candlesnias day,
and all the devout are presented with o
blessed candle TO be used on special occasions
in their homes. To be denied one of the
blessed candles by the priest is punishment
which il regarded in q sarious manner, and
the refusal is only made when the applicant
has offended the avs of the church Candle-
mas day is, therefore, one of the solemn
events of the ehnrcbs and is uenaily observed
strictly By ,lH true Catholics.
VI ThL fE.I 4L III 49, ~ 49,
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face.

"yIoLETS, WHO WILL BUT NY ~vIOLETS?'
shell, why don't you speak, why don't you
run after the gentlefolksF' said q good ma
tured looking red faced woman; "its your
only chance; I've got rid Of six punches in
the last half hour"
81 cannot, y answered Nell; 'don't asl. me;
indeed, indeed, l cannot; Ii they want the
| flowers they will come and buy them, but it's
no good to make them give their money when
they had rather keep it."
Thu woman opened her round eyes, and
looked at Nell wonderingly.
SIT you're SO mighty squeamisE you amt
likely to get on; take my advice, and don't
be silly-make the folks buy; / tell you they
won't do it without being axed-come, run
after that young swell; a bunch OF yilets in
his buttonhole would make quite a gentle
man of him.
slSo,I cannot, indeed / cannot
Every well, then, l will" and Nancy Drake
followed a young man half way down the
street, and at last induced him to buy some
Of her flowers.
Meanwhile Nell still stood in her old place,
and by the time Nancy returned the girl had
found a customer.
A little maiden, about 10 years old, with a
respectable looking, white capped nurse,
stood before her. The little lady bore about
her whole appearance unmistakable signs Of
ease and luxury.
"How much are they-the howersan she
said.
'Three pence a bunch,' replied Nell, mod
estly.
II mean how much for all of thema 1
want them for the church, You know, to put
round the altar Easter Sunday.n
Poor Nell could scarcely believe her ears
or conceal her great JOY at 50 good q piece
of luck, as she handed the flowers to tho
maid, who gave her in return more money
than she had had for many a day.
Flowers for the church, unused Nell. ~
wonder why they put them there. / wonder
what Easter means. I guess it isonly for the
quality-grand ladies and grand little girls
like the one who bought my iowers.n Thus
soliloquizing and hugging her pence and hap
piness, Nell fastened to make her way
home. But finding herself In front OF a
brilliantly lighted church, she paused to
again consider the problem that had SO pug
zled her. Tiny doe, the poor little bunch.
back, who lived round the corner from Nell's
" humble home, stood there too. Joewent
to Sunday school, he would know.
"What's Easter dayf' asked Nell, laying
her hand on Tiny Joe's arm. "Why is today
Easter eyei Is it something for the rich
people7'
Tiny Ioe's dark eyes turned wonderingly
upon the flower girls face, as he said Inn
pressively:
.It's for yoa, It's f5r ma, Ito for alp and
then he told her III his simple way OF the joy
that mad come at Cbristn,as when Che holy
child Ws4 born IN the manager; and he went
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-03-31
1t Just Suits MANY.

The Mugwumps who have become DEM
ocratic frauds and impart an extraordi-
nary tinge of to the discussion
Of public affairs, are troubling themselves
to assert that Senator Ingalls, Is sorrowful
about. his speech last week. ingalls,
speech would have been stronger IL he
had omitted q few lines, but he spoke q
vast deal of truth, and gave the senti-
ments of millions, from whom not much
has been heard for a time. an airing that
has been needed. The bungheads who
think consent to Democratic fraud is the
sweetest thing Of the age are not happy,
but the scorching paragraphs of Ingalls,
will be enjoyed in more homes in tho
northwest than anything recently spoken.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-03-31
ADEMocRATlcF FAILURE POINTED our
Walker Blaine Shows the weakness ci
the Fisheries Treaty.

WALKER Blaine Shows the weakness or
the Fisheries Treaty.
Tho New York Tribune prints a letter
from Walker Blaine, reviewing tho
fisheries treaty recently made at Wash
ington. Mr.. Blaine reviews the fisheries
question, and says Of the pending treaty
that 1t would tax tho ingenuity of man to
devise q measure less calculated to inspire
our fishermen with confidence for the
future or to allay the smarts and wounds
inflicted in the past. Three to Ave hun
dred thousand dollars per yearin RENTED
duties is not q great price for q nation to
pay which is looking around for some way
of diminishing its income and lessening
its bank account; but that is practically
what we would have to pay for the privi-
lege Of purchasing bait and ice and needed
supplies. A treaty better devised to bring
about the contentious Of 1878 could not
have been framed. American fishermen
will never rest content, and this vexed
problem will never find abiding solution
save under some such agreement as that
of he treaty of 1888 or 1854, honorably
enforced and maintained in spirit and In.
letter.
1t negotiation cannot bring about such
IN end, there are two measures that sug-
gesS themselves, prevention and persua-
sion. The means for the first are fur
nished in the resolution Of congress,
authorizing the president to intiict retaiia-
tory measures; the second is the lately
much discussed commercial union. De-
priye Canada of all business relations
with this country, or grant to her o treaty
on the basis of unrestricted interchange
Of products with the enactment and en-
forcement of our tariff laws. siMant-
testify the fisheries are for sale,n Mr..
Blaine concludes. SIS 1t for our interest
TO purchase them at such a pricef The
probable immediate answer Of the general
! public would be o negative one. = y .
A great government is bound to maintain
fits rights as a nation and to protect its
citizens in their enjoyment Of those
rights, and that unless weakly abandoned
this very question will be a source OF
fruitful dispute until # shall be satis-
factorily, amicably and definitely settled.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-03-31
AdyIce 10 Methars.

Are you disturbed at night End broken
Of your rest by q sick child suffering and
crying with pain OF cutting testhf Hso,
send st onos and get a bottle Of
Mna. WMsLow's SoorHrHa aYRur fol
Children Teething. Its vaius ID lnealcr.
liable. 1t will relieve she poor Little sui.
ferer Immediately. Depend upon 4,
mothers, there is no missake shout ii
Il cures dyeentery and diarrhoea, rsgu-
slatss tile stomach and bowels, cures
wind ctilic. softens the gums, reduces In
Aammation and gives toue and ercfgy
10 the whole system. Ara. WSpsloscsa
Settling 9yrtp for GadlJssa Teethins ID
~pleasantto the taste. and Is tns pTezcYip-
tion OF ono OF the Oldest pufses and
best female physioans in The United
States, and Is Tor sale BIZ all druggists
throughout thu world. Price twenty.
I've censs 3 hottle. i
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-03-31
currp,s pRANKs.

This custom of sending presents at Easter
originated in France, where it for a time was
the fashion for a gentleman to send the
younger relatives OF his fiance a box or bas-
ket of choice bonbons. From this the Gus
tom grew to flowers and bonbons to the
fiance herself, and The receptacles for the
flowers and bonbons became more and more
expensive, and finally ended in the eonceaIing
of costly presents in the Easter package. In
New York Easter cards, song books In dec
oratiye bindings, silver covered prayer
books, n articles Of jewelry, Stimulating
early spring flowers and birds are numbered
with fashionable and popular Easter gifta.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-03-31
EASTER MONDAYS QUAINT SPORTS

On Easter Monday, in ssye olden time,f
even the clergy ard women INDUCED in the
delights of ball playing. In many instances
it formed a part of the church service, Dish.
ops and deans taking a bali to church and
at the beginning of the anthem, while dane.
ing to the music, threw 1T to the choristers,
who handed it back and forth to one another
during the singing. After this service they
all retired for refreshments, which usually
consisted in a dish of bacon and tansy pud-
ding.
An old rhyme referring to these customs
reads somewhat as follows:
At stool ball, Lucia, let us play,
Forsugar, cakes or wine,
Or for a tansy let us pay,
The loss be thine or mine.
If thou, my dear, a winner be,
At.twirling of the ball,
The wager thou shalt have, and mo
And my misfortunes oil.
Another Easter Monday game WINS running
n race for n tansy cake. just why these
singular sports should nave been considered
appropriate TO the Easter festivities the wise
ones fail to tell us. The playing at bali or
running a race for a tansy cake might-vary
likely did-hnve it's foundation in q desire to
keep alive the memory of the bitter herbs at
the paschal feast, though some old writers
ignore any spiritual meaning, and one speaks
of tansy cakes in this wise;
SIN the spring time they are made with the
leaves hereof newly sprung up, and with
eggs, cakes, or tansies. which be pleasant in
taste and good for the stomacke, for if any
bad humors cleave thereuntc, it doth per-
fectly concoct them, and scowre them down
wards.n
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-03-31
THE SUN DANCING ON EASTER DAY.

There is not an important festival In the
Christian year concerning which there were
not, in the olden time, more or less supersti-
tions, and concerning as important a day as
Easter they were abundant. 1t was, In the
middle ages, a common idea that the sun
danced on Easter day. AS to the origin of
the superstition. there appears to be no def.
mite explanation. All are familiar with Sir
John Stockings nlatchiess little poem, 'The
Bride in which occur the lines:
But, oh, she dances such a way!
No sun upon an Easter day
Is half SO fine q sight,
1t is a curious fact that both Brand and
Hone, who misquote Sir John Stockings
beautiful lines, fail to credit their authorship
TO him, In fact do not appear to know who
wrote them and dismiss them with tho re-
mark that they are in IN old ballad.
In Dunton's "Athenian Orscle'' occurs tho
inquiry "Why does the sun at his rising play
more on Easter day than Whitsundayan The
question is answered thus:
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-03-31

IL Is a singular fact that OF the several
conspicuous Mugwu1nps like George
William Curtis, who made Mr.. Blaine's
nomination In 1884 their only excuse for
deserving the Republican party, not one
has yet vindicated his honesty in that re-
spect by declaring his purpose 80 cease
acting with the Democrats now that the
mar who was said to be SC obnoxious has
voluntarily taken himself out OF the list
of presidential possibilities.-St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-03-31

tory. and it has been frequently urged Of
late years that Easter should be made a fixed
festival, a Sunday late in April being cele-
4 brated, or that nearest the 9th of April,
which, according to Haydn, was the date of
the original Easter day, as Advent Sunday
is the nearest Sunday to st. Andrews day,
whether before or after. A well known pro-
fessor of astronomy III one of our leading
colleges, in reference to this subject, says:
1.-THE fact is that the date of Easter Sunday
simply depends upon the fullness of a hypo-
thetical and supposititious moon, invented and
made to move in an impossible manner by
Pope Hilarius, the supposed movements Of
which are such as occasionally to make
Easter Sunday vary by five weeks from the
date given by the real moon.n 1t is needless,
however, to say that any attempt to change
the system of fixing Easter day would be
certain to precipisate the liveliest kind of an
ecclesiastical uproar, although it might not
bring armed mobs into the streets to clamor
for .sthe stolen days. as happened with the
change in the calendar.
Easter, which is now preceded by Lent, in
early days was introduced by fasting on one
day only--the Friday in Passion week known
as Good Friday. BY AID by the time was
extended to forty hours in token that Christ
had lain that long in he tomb, and from
this it was finally prolonged to forty days
the season of the temptation in the wilder
ness. On Easter morning the primitive
Christians saluted each other with the words,
Christ is ~arisen,n to which the person ad-
dressed answered, .sChrist is arisen, indeed, .
a custom which is still retained in the Greek
church.
All the ceremonies attending the observ-
ance of Easteylwere at first very simple, but
in the early part of the Fourth century a de-
cided change was brought about BY Con-
~stantine, who, naturally fond of parade, sig
nalized his love of display by celebrating this
festival with extraordinary pomp, At the
yigsis INSTITUTED for Easter ave, Chen the
people remained IN the churches, huge tapers
81, wlx were burned; these were however,
not confined TO the churches but were
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-03-31
rHE pEnpLnxEp pRNAMrR.
the heeting hare

1t is the custom In German families on
Easter eve to place sugar and real eggs lths
former usually filed with bonbons or tiny
playthings) in u nest, md then conceal 1t in
the house or garden, in order that the young
ones, who always rise at break OF day on that
important morning, may have the delight Of
seeking and finding the hidden treasurer.
Happy the little ones who are thus taught to
associate joy and pleasure with the deepest
mysteries of that religion which among us
is too often made the harbinger of gloom
and restraint.
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Eggs as a rribute to the I,,nr.

Formerly at the approach of Easter all the
hen roosts of France were ransncked for the
largest eggs, which were brought as q tribute
to the king. AT the conclusion OF the Easter
high mass in the chapel OF the Louvre
lnckeys brought into the royal cabinet pyra-
mids Of gilded eggs, placed in baskets
adorned with %verdure; and the chaplain,
aftar having blessed them, distributed them
In the presence of his most Christian majesty
to all the persons about the court.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-03-31
"wHAr's EASTER pAYw ASKED NE1,

"nAHS EAoIAH DAFT ASKED NELL.
In this short tale it cannot be told in de-
tail how the girl, naturally quick and intel
igent, gradually rose from her humble sta
ton as a violet girl to a respected teacher in
that same school All will believe, however,
that Nell in after life never saw a sweet violet
without recalling that Easter eve when, hand
in hand with Tiny Joe, she resolved to live q
new hfe-a life removed from poverty and
fgnorance.