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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-03-24

thinking off beautiful Easter card which
sbe knew she would be sure to receive.
AL Of them had been talking Of the beau
tiful eggs Of every imaginable color
which they would have that morning.
Grandma" said Tommy as he quit
pinching the cats ear for a moment.
did you love Easter when you were q
girlY'
Yes. indeed" said q gentle voice.
Tell us of the happiest Easter you
ever remember" said Nellie as she
glanced up.
Grandma sat looking dreamily out of
the window for q few moments and
then said:
Il will tell you about my Easter
across the ocean,"
Nellie climbed upon her knee. and
Mary crept up closer. while even Tommy
forgot to tease the cat, and it jumped
down and scampered under the bed.
Well" said grandma, lit was many,
many years ago that l lived as the hap
piest OF happy girls in the beautiful
Zillerthal OF the eastern Alps. Poets
may rave over Switzerland. but people
cannot know what real beauty is till
they have seen the mountains and val
leys of Tyrol. had been left an orphan
when only 4 years old and had been
reared BY my aunt and uncle and treated
Is one OF the family did my part Of
the work about the house just as the
other girls-my cousins-did, and hay
ing known no other home was Just as
happy as they. We lived we'll, for my
uncle was in comfortable circumstances,
q. in fact, all the Tyrolese are. but that
a'd not prevent us doing the work that
u a part of every Tyrolese family, and
there were few girls in all the Zillerthal
who were better judges of good wool
and fax. or who could spin and weave
faster or more neatly. than l. In the
summer of my 18th year I met Wilhelm
Constantz. who was two years older
than /.
For a week | had wondered how he
looked. He vas the son of our near
nelghbor and friend, but l had never
seen him. for he had spent all his life
away from home except the two years |
nad been in Germany. For four years
past he had been in the wonderful city
OF %lnnspruck, with it's deeply learned
people, and since he had come back with
nls diploma | knew he must be very,
very wise. So wise did | think him that
! was really afraid to meet him, and
when | went up on the side of the noun
tain back of orr hOnso and ca11od the cowa
tne echo Of his mellow voice, which came
across the valley. caused my heart to
peat with q strange trepidation."
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-03-24
II ANGELS TOUCH.

Copyright. lSGa.l
Tho earth In peaceful slumber lay.
Resting bcforo the break Ut day.
An, mists with dewy breath
Softly EMBODIED Held and hill.
10 silent was the land-so still,
II seemed o world Of death,
But when the morning conquered night
There stoMi an angel In the light
His TACO was sweet and mild.
Alas. for summers gone." men said,
The earth Is cold, the flowers are deadr'
Tho angel heard and smiled.
And tenderly no laid his hand
Upon the sod, and all the land
Trembled with sweet surprise.
Each slurnhering bud burst into flower,
And mother birds. in leafy bower.
Choed joyous melodies.
Tho sod TO fragrant violets turned.
All the fair colors Of heaven burned
Upon tho blushing earth.
And from the worms brown shroud there
came
A butterfly. with wings afiame.
Rejoicing In new birth.
Then INT men the angel said:
"Behold the world SO thought was deadl
Why will We blind your eyes2
There is no death. What seemeth such
Waits only for the Masters touch
In glory to arise!"
HELEN =. CoNANr.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-03-24
EASTER NESTS.

German children probably enjoy Eas-
ter more than those of other nations, be-
cause for them the element of mystery
that adds 81 much zest to the pleasure
of the Christmas stocking is brought into
play. Nests of tinsel, artificial flowers
or some other attractive material are
filled with eggs, candies, cakes or other
goodies and hidden away for the chill
dren to search for. These nests are gen.
orally surmounted by a rabbit made of
candy, cake or any of a hundred mate
rils dictated by the ingenuity of loving
parents. The Easter rabbit is a very old
German institution and probably y sur
vival of the heather days when the hare
was sacred to Eastre. the goddess of
spring.
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Next morning was Easter morn. OF
course we were all up long before sun
rise, for no n in the Tyrol would miss
seeing the sun dance on Easter"
"You don't really mean to say that tho
sun dances?" asked Nellie. looking up
into grandma's face.
did you never hear of the sun dane
ing on Easter NORM" asked grandma in
return. why, the children of the east
ern Alps from early infancy are told Of
this, and it is said that the season of Lent,
with its penitence and sorrow having
passed away, the sun on Easter morn,
starting a new year full of hope and
promise after the washing away of sin,
rises 81 full of happiness that it dances
for joy.
ION the morning | mention my uncle,
as soon as he knew | was awake. called
me into his room and told me Of Will
helm showing him a copy of my fathers
will. He said he had not known of the
strange request it contained, as he had
seen it nor heard it read, but had
merely been told of its provisions by the
notary. and while he was amazed be-
You'd expression, yet having learned his
dead brothers wishes he felt it his duty
to carry them out. and hence withdrew
any opposition to my foolish desires"
But did the sun dancer" asked Nellie.
1T certainly appeared so to me that
morning" said grandma. When went
out of doors, the sun was just rising over
the top of the distant mountains, and it
danced and danced so that l could scarce
ly see it when l first looked at it. and my
eyes filled so full of tears with unspeak-
able happiness that | finally couldn't see
it at ALL"
"Ohi You mean it looked like it was
dancing because you were crying" said
Tommy in disgust.
And when the Tyrolese musicians,
singing Easter hymns, came past our
house," continued grandma, II knew q
voice and a either before they came in
sight. They came up to the door, as they
always do, and we joined in the chorus,
and to me the flowers that decorated the
singers nev looked so beautiful. The
guitars and the zithers, with human
voices, never blended in such exquisite
melody, and the lovely Easter carols
never before seemed to have such q
grand yet tender meaning"
Ibid you have any colored eggs?"
asked Tommy.
"Oh, yes, and to the children who came
along with the singers we made Of
fering Of Easter eggs, which my aunt
poured into their baskets, and to the
older ones we made other little offerings.
Each one gave some little Easter offer
ing to some one else."
"What did Wilhelm give your asked
Nellie.
IA little jeweled heart which he said
represented his own"
"And what was your Offering to him2"
asked Maggie.
Myself" was the reply.
'Oh, l thought you married grandpa"
said Tommy. land his name was Helm
rich"
His first name was Wilhelm, my
dear" said grandma as she wiped her
spectacles. REBEcCA BEEMAN.
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xe0, Guo AuApuOSAI lcAAO" udo COAO
me- said Uncle angrily. and | at once
forbade him ever coming hear here or
speaking to you again. ! have already
selected your future husband. There is
no better man in the Tyrol than Caspar
Rechtmann, and his farm on the other
side of the village is as lovely a piece Of
land as there is in the whole Zillerthal.
Who is this Wilhelm? What can he do?
A spoiled child, rendered useless by in
dulgent parents! An idle minnesinger
who knows only how to troll Tyrolese
love songs to silly girls and waste his
time hunting the red deer and the cham
OILS when he should be garnering grain
like an honest farmer. No! The tin
king sound of his either and the twang of
his guitar may turn your foolish brain.
but they cannot affect me.
The broad acres Of my friend Cas-
par and the gold in his strongbox will
insure you q prosperous life and a secure
home. And besides | have given him
my word, since your father. relying upon
my good judgment, left YOU'VE me in his
will to be reared as n of my own
daughters. have spoken. You may
go. And | left my uncle's presence al
most wishing | could die"
"You didn't desert Wilhelm, did you.
grandma" said Maggie as the color
ann and went.
."Children in the Tyrol do not lightly
disobey their parents" said grandma.
with q smile, land while ! might not
have felt my duty go so far with uncle
the dying wishes of my father | felt were
sacred. think | must have wept all the
nights and most of the days for the next
week, and one morning as | went to call
side of the mountain butt
"Wilhelmr" exclaimed Tommy, and
did he have his gun and pistols, and q
horse to carry you away"
mo, dear" said grandma laughing;
'he was almost as downhearted as L.
And l told him about my fathers will.
and he babe me hope, for he did not be-
lieve it. and he would find out. And so
| felt hopeful. for | knew that Wilhelm
was very, very wise. since he had been
among the learned men of lnnspruck.
Next evening he met me, and his face
was wreathed in such happy smiles that
my heart leaped for joy. And he told
me he had seen a copy of the will in the
hands Of the notary who held it, and
that while it did say for uncle to bring
me up as n Of his WI daughters it
especially sa,d, But when my daughter
reaches womanhood's estate l desire that
her choice of q husband shall be free and
untrammeled. so that in taking the one
great step in life she shall follow only
the dictates Of her own heart. And
then l cried for joy. and Wilhelm insist
ed on going hack to the house with mo
and he and uncle were closeted together
for q long. long time, so long that ] went
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-03-24
THE CARS EASTER.

The czar kisses the cheeks Of his court
iers, and they i'll return kiss his majesty's
shoulder as being Il little less familiar
salute. Everybody kisses the hand Of
the czarina, and she kisses her relatives
and friends on the cheek in return. and
then every man. woman, priest and
child present kiss one another, exclaim-
ing between the smacks, Christ is
risenl" He is risen, indeedw
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-03-24
CURIOUS CUSTOMS IN LONDON.

CURIOUS CUSTOMS IN LONDON. :
Many quaint methods were devised by
the founders of old English charities for
promoting happiness among their bene-
ticiaries at Eastertide. Good Friday and
Easter customs in this old country are
numerous and curious. For instance. in
London 60 of the youngest boys of
Christ's Hospital school attend divine
service ut a church in Lombard street, in
the midst Of the great banks, and after
ward receive each a bag of raisins, one
new penny and one bun at the old priory
church in West Smithield, and 81 wild
W each pick up a new sixpence from a
tomb in the churchyard, a custom that
is said to be 500 years old.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-03-24

In Pepys' DIARY" written in 1854, I
find several mentions of Easter Sunday
and services ut church, and the dear old
gossip says next to nothing of Easter
bonnets-the nearest approach to it be-
ing where he says, my wife dressed her.
self, it being Easter day." and speaks of
her wearing ''her new gown, which is in
deed very fine with lace, and this morn
ing her tailor brought home her other
new laced silk gown, with q smaller lace
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-03-24
EASTER AND THE PASSOVER.

The paschal solemnity among the Jews
was their principal festival, as is Easter
among Christians, and is considered to
have been Il prefguration of the Chris
tian feast. The Jews celebrated the day
on which under the guidance of Moses
they were delivered from the bondage Of
Egypt. Christians celebrate the day on
which under the leadership of one might
Ter than Moses they were liberated from
the bondage of sin and death and IRE
stored to the glory Of the children Of
God"
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-03-24

expected until the latter part Of April
they did not wear their garments until
then, and as Easter is a great holiday the
women by a natural transition wore their
new things OF that day as we do on the
Fourth of July. Little by little the habit
spread. and France took it up. l find as
proof Of this in an old French book Of
fashions, "There may be danes who
now refrain from wearing their new
bonnets for the spring until Easter Sun
day, as until then the weather is unset
tied"
And in that same book l find an illus
tration of a bonnet of the most fearful
and wonderful shape, described in these
words, I'm this bonnet art makes wealth
ashamed"
In this book, which is cabinet des
Nodes" published in April, 1856, is first
mentioned the Easter bonnet, as "a black
chapeau a la Maltaise. It is bordered
with a ribbon IN diademe; the crown
surrounded with a bunch Of rose colored
Grape, forming several knots: aigret
formed of black cocks plumes and one
large tuft of white plumes." With this
is worn a large gauze fchu, trimmed
with Il scalloped rufie. Bouquet of roses;
hair hanging behind a la conseillere.
with a curl on each shoulder"
The remarkable hats published here
with are from the papers of the period
viz, 1885, 1856 and ireland with them
are worn the robe en- fourreau, the robe
en- chemise and the redingote a~justee,
and keen eyes a find many points of re-
semblance to u present modes.
Icannot leave the Cabinet DIES Modes"
Of 1886 without making one delicious ex-
tract, which proves that the gushing
fashion writer is not of modern growth:
"Our merchants Of fashion make the
past and will make the future centuries
ashamed us they will necessarily degen-
crate, because that is always the fate Of
that which has reached perfection"
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-03-24
HE BABE ME HOPE"

M oAOH MI k1OFHs
Sedate Miss Maggie. with a flush on
aer face, opened her book and appeared
70 be very much interested, and it de-
ce'ved every one in the room except
grandma.
Though he had been home q week"
continued the gentle voice, II had never
seen him. when preparations were be.
gun for the ceremony Of blessing the
gralnfields.'
What is that2' asked all the children.
In the Tyrol, my dears, for many hum
ureds OF years, the people have not had
= great deal to do with the outside world,
oot nave lived to themselves. untouched
oy the changes Of civilization. As a re.
suit. they have preserved the primitive
simplicity and childlike faith of genera
ons gone before, and continue to cele-
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-03-24

ton. and if any sacrifice is made in the
offering of a new suit of spring garments
and a beautiful and becoming Easter
bonnet the fair wearer will endure it
and make no sign. From a bunch of
flowers, through many phases, the Eas-
ter bonnet has passed until now it is &C
cepted as a necessary part of Easter.
a thing Of beauty and joy forever to
women. OLIVE HARPER.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-03-24
ORIGIN OF EASTER,

Easter is said to be older than Chris.
tianity. The name by which we know
the day is identical with that of the an
Gent Saxon goddess of spring, Eastre.
The early missionaries gave a Christian
meaning to the observance of the day.
but it has retained it's ancient name.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-03-24
IN L NEW YORK.

Easter in old Gotham was not Easter.
but the Paas of the Netherlanders. cele-
brated with feasting and drinking. The
chief business of Paas was fun and frolic,
and the consumption of eggs was limited
only by the capacity and endurance Of
the appetite. 1t was a Dutch feast Of
Dionysius. only the wine was schnapps
and the grapes were eggs.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-03-24

RANDMA sat
k nittin and
looking out of
the windo W.
Easter was not
far off,, and Mel
lie had been talk
ing Of her new
dress, W hic h
would be done
that day, while
Ma0oio had ho~
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-03-24
KICKING FOR THEIR LIVING.

Fun V6EIR cIV1ING.
In Buckinghamshire q village charity
was granted on condition that 1.-The in
habitants every Easter play one or o
games of ball." Accordingly every year
IL old women-the beneticiaries-are
obliged to kick q football about the vii
lage green for q time long enough to
preserve the charity intact.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-03-24
THE SPRING BONNET.
My IT USUALLY BLOSSOMS FORTH
ON EASTER SUNDAY.

Olive Harper Writes of the Origin and Ev-
pies Of the Hats Worn by Our Grand
mothers.
Copyright, 1899. by American Press Associa-
toni
Probably nine persons out of ten, if
asked how the habit of appearing in new
garments, and particularly bonnets, on
Easter Sunday originated, would speak
Of it as one evolved from a desire to
commemorate in o measure the rising of
our Lord, and to be clothed outwardly
anew as a symbol of refreshed and re-
newed faith and a sign of rejoicing. But
it is not due to that, though probably
that is the sentiment actuating the fair
Of today when they don their pretty new
clothes, and, above all, their Easter bon
nets.
To say Easter bonnet brings to the
mind the underlined sense of early spring,
blue skies, the scent of lilacs, and out Of
this dim and misty haze materializes the
image of a lovely girl with tender eyes
heavy with reverent tears, standing
mute and sweet in church. with a vision
of beauty in the form of a mixture of
lace and flowers and glistening ribbons
overshadowing her brow.
The beginning of the Easter bonnet
pure and simple is lost, for the Christian
church took its rise in countries where
women do not and never did wear bon
nets. When after many centuries wom-
en- began to wear a settled head cover
ing, ne particular importance vas at
tached to Easter Sunday as requiring
such an emblem, and it never has OBJ
tanned in any countries but France, Eng
land and America, and Of late years a
very little in Italy. This, however, has
been on account of the example foreign
visitors have set.
In almost all of the foreign countries
women wear fewer clothes than they
wear here, and the habit has generally
been to renew their wardrobes in the
spring, and as settled weather was never
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-03-24

Miss Clara Slimson-My milliner was
at church today.
Mr.. Slimson-Why didn't you point
her out2 ,
Clara-YouTl have q chance to know
her, papa, before the week is out.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-03-24

THE fall and winter passed away, and
spring came. The snow still fingered on
the top of the mountains, and the ice
was still locked in its gorges. It was
the closing of the season of Lent, the
time of humiliation and prayer and peni-
tential thoughts. One day I went to
uncle, who was a very stern man. and l
summoned courage to tell him of the
love existing between Wilhelm and me.
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brate the festivals and rites of their an.
cestors as they were originally cele.
brated. Two Of their most important
ceremonies are the blessing of the grain
IN midsummer, and the voicing OF their
JOY at the beginning of their new reli-
gious year on Easter morning.
when the morning for blessing the
grainfields came, we all, for miles around,
assembled down in the village in front of
the church. | found that l had been
chosen to lead tho girls, and that Will
helm was the leader of the young men.
And then for the first time | saw him
and saw how handsome he was. The pro.
cession was quickly formed. The vener-
able ~father-our priest-coming out from
his church. carried the host under n gold.
en- hued canopy. Crowds of little girls in
pure white went in front of him. We
older girls came next, followed by the
married women. and then came the boys.
young men and elders. And all the time
the procession was forming and march,
ing through the streets, out of the village
into the country, and during the chants
and prayers on the way, and in the fields
when the procession would stop and pray
ers of thanksgiving would be offered, fol-
lowed by supplications for future bless
ings. ! fear my thoughts were far away
from the religious ceremony.
And as for Wilhelm. | fear his
thoughts were equally astray, for when
ever we came ear enough to see each
other a furtive glance would show me
that he was looking at me. The festival
of the Maria misunderstanding ascen-
sion of the Virgin-when the sacred rite
of blessing the grainfields takes place
among the Tyrolese. is the great summer
festival, and the beautiful church ban
ners, the oil paintings Of religious sub
jects, the highly colored or gilded stat
ues from the church and chapels, all
carried aloft by the men and glistening
in III August sun. make a sight which
once seen can never be forgotten. But
all things come to a close, and even upon
the day of the Himmelsfahrt the evening
found me laying aside my quaint fat.
round hat and bright colored silk apron
to go up on the mountain side and call
the COWS and hear the Hunters Love
Song in Wilhelm's voice come floating
across the valley. as usual. to me.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-03-24
Her HAPPIDS7 EASTER.
4 STORY OF THE QUEEN OF FESTIVALS
AMONG I'll TYROLESE.

Copyright, 1895, by American Press Associa-
toni
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The Cowboys Racing,

FORT DODGE. Ia, June 22.-Jsmes
H. Stephens, Rattlesnake Pete and
John Berry, leaders in the cowboy
race, registered here this morning
Rattlesnake Pete first, arriving at
8:2O. Doc Middleton is back in other
race. having started from Sioux City
yesterday, registering at Galva last
evening. John Berry made start
from here at noon, taking advantage
CT the tired condition of Rattlesnake
Pete's horse. Berry is now in the
lead.
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ENGLAND.
BAYARD PRESENTS CREDENTIALS.

LONDON, June 22-Hon, Thomas F.
Bayard, first American Ambassador
to Great Britain, proceeded today
from London to Windsor Castle, where
he presented his credentials from the
American government to the queen.
Lord Rosoberry, minister of foreign
affairs, travelled with Ambassador
Bayard and introduced him to the
queen. Mrs. Bayard wore a costume
of light gray, and after Mr.. Bayard
presented his credentials she was
presented to the queen.
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Mrs. Cleveland at Gray Gables.

BUzzARD's BAY, Mass, June o.
Mrs. Cleveland, child and nurse ar
rived on the steam yacht Oneida to-
day, with rain falling in torrents.
The party were assisted onto steam
launch and landed at Gray Gables.
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