Semi-weekly Independent, Volume 2, Number 41, Plymouth, Marshall County, 1 April 1896 — Page 6

FLOWERS FOR EASTER

bcTENT TO WHICH THEY ARE USED IN CHURCH.

Kinds of Floral Iicauties that Are Most Employed -Potted Plant the Correct Knstcr Prcscnts-SuRKestiona that May He Helpful in Various Ways,

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Variety in Decoration.

ASTER i the time

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Christ, conies ia the early spring, when nature, free J from the pressure of the snows anil frosts of winter, is making an

ffort to show her gratitude for balmy air and warm Minshiue. She sends forth her en r best and most beautiful lloral treasure, and they have the freshness and rigor of youth nnd the fragrance that ge with the first blossoms. The dainty and fragrant violet is then at its best, and the aruo is true of other tlowers that might Le named. The observance of Easter by the churches calls for the .np!oymcnt of a large number of flowers in the decorations of alrars and chancel rails. In "Waslilmjtoii it is rare that any formal design of declaration is carried out. but Binsfces of Bowers and palms are banked In profusion wherever they can be placed most effectively. The Easter lilies-ihose familiarly known as the St. Josephs ldis, 3 well as those of the calla variety-are most fluently employed, but betddei those there are used hydrangeas, IkMi of the p.uk and white variety, daffodil, rhodridendruii.. the yellow gene-sta, !ibus. both purple and white, the spirea japoiwca, azah as and tulips. Th"se, with .h1uis and ferns in pots, can be combined no make beautiful and artistic effects, and 1111 ii y church, spend a good deal of money for th"ir Easter decorations. It ii ciot uviat iu this city for the church authorities to give an order to a florist and then throw upon him the responsibility lor the character of the work. It is customary for the ladies of a church or a coiuiiHrtce of thenn to undertake the Easter Adornment, and they make their purha.se of the tb-wtrs required from many different places. Eas-ter decorations are growing each year. Th custom is so beautiful that congregations that f(.r:;:erly paid no special atteirt'ion to the observance of Easter now JrKk forward t that festival with pleasTirahht anticipation of the joyous appearance that their houses of worship will present decked in fragrant flowers and graceful palms on the day that commemorates tl.o list act in the consummation of the KcJiine of salvation. Koses are largely employed in these JhiHter deeo.-uins, although rosea are wert that are obtainable the year round. Those that reach their best development at this time are the Magna Charto. rhe ltnnif-r and the ltaroness UofhsrtuM. Then, too, there are the lilies of 1ho valley, the Scotch heather and other fluvors that might be named. All these re. employed in church decoration, either In jfits or in vases, und go to make up

tH'Hutittu Tiaruiop:ts oi coior. Tho custom of making Easter presents tins found a new avenue for the employment of flower?. The old habit of sending card is out of date, und instead the gift is now something of beauty or utility. If the former, nothing is more welcome to a lady than a b"K of cut flowers or a blooming plant. The giving of flowers at Easter lime is now very general, and its observance in this city is constantly in-r-iing. 1 'lowers are so beautiful, so pr ireful. o fragrant, so suggestive of nil t!i it is tender and refined t'hat they indiMt." the culture and good taste of the givr u well as furnish satisfaction and v!-:i-mre to the recipient. Man' a hard feeling has been softened by a gift of flowers, and many an estrangement has tx-ea hailed through the medium of roses or ;pf her flora! presents. l-'bnnerly it was in good fonn to send Hoover eillc-r liely cut in a box or arranged in a b.j'i'juet or basket. This is til's allowable, only if they are worked into a loui'iet r basket or any other set idesigu they are ornamented with bows and dreamer of handsome ribbon, the colors to lie either in harmony or contrast with The color of the flowers, as the taste of tili giver may suggest. The most elaboTato of flora 1 gifts is probably fuund in a large doi basket with great long handle, which can b" painted and gilded, so as to tieighten the richness of the whole thing. 1 Vrs bnsket is either tilled with earth or moss, nnd a border of ferns or Scotch tieather is made: then can be placed a rose bush, an azalea, a lily, tulips, a big rhododendron or a hydrangea, or, in fact, ny u'.imlMT of flower that t ha basket will ttohl, 11 with roots, and a good prospect of continuing life. Then the handle of the basket in be ornamented with ribbon in Qf way t'hat may be desired. It ia good form iuw to send a bad a pobted plant of any kind at Easter, and those who are nblo to indulge themselves teiisively in this manner leave orders for flowers to be sent to their friends, selecting roses for some, or a pot of lilies f Hie valley fur another, and palms, azeles or any flower already name for othr. A do vol idea that will be employed this year is to place bows of ribbon between tho blossoms of flowers, the color to contrast with the color of the bloom. PThesrt bows nre attached to 'long wires Hftint re wound around the branches and htilk of the plants, so that they are held Brady in place and make a very pretty fleet IVrhaps there may be svno who Ihink that the flowers themselves growing In their strength and beauty are uflicient iwithoirt the ornamentation 0f ribbon, but, as this is the latest fad, it must go with aose who desire to be considered iu the nrim. However, although this may be ip fashion, it need not deter a man whose tastes lie in that direction from sending iis heKt girl a growing flower without rny ot!her decoration than Iiis own card. "Washington Star.

THE PROUD ROOSTER AND THE MODEST GOSLING.

A Story of Fins and Feathers.

The Kastor AVcddlnjr Gown. The material used ds white satin, heavy nd lustrous, and the skirt, which flares well,' lias a medium train, full and fanJikft in effect, but not as long os thos worn last season, writes Isabel A. Maloa lavthe Ladies IIone Journal. The fcodiced a draped ono coming to a short Kint In the front and at the rlc .and arching over the hips. Tiki' 'portion of It U outlined .1 l'4

I. Oh, the Acids were green and the skies were blue, For the spring had come again; And over the fence a rooster new, A rooster proud and vain. His coat and feathers were fine and new. Ami shone In the sun with changing hue, "Cocky, doodle, dool"

IV. Out from the house came a pret.r mall. And the rooster he turned pile; Good cause had he to be afraid. For she pulled the plumes from h!s tall. On crest and wing she made a rai l. She took every one so proud displayed With his -Cocky, doodle, doo'."

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And a little gosling with coat of yellow Stood there in the warm sunshine. And the rooster laughed nt the little fellow "Comparing your coat with mine, Yon look like a punkln ripe and mellow, Why. tho sight of you It makes me bellow "Cocky, doodle, doo:"

For feathers are style this spring, you know. And goslings they have none; And the maid bad enough for her Easter boa, When the plucking all was done. And then she let that rooster gi. Who hurried away nor stopped to crow "Cocky, doodle, doo!"

in. "Call those feathers?" said the rooster. "Yah!" And the gosllnj? hung his head; The rooster laughed like a proud Tooh Bah, As he flapped his wings nnd said: "Was that suit marked down? Ho! ho! hal In! Young feller, you'd better run home to your ma. "Cocky, doodle, doo'."

VI. Yes. a very sad roster he crept away, Bedraggled aud plucked mil hare; And. he hadn't another word to say . To 'the gosling mulm; there; "Bettor,"- ho thought, "by far to stay Modestly clothed on a bright spring day. Than to loseyour feathers so bright und gayCocky, doodle, dool"

by small pearl beads. The skirt trimming consists of wide folds of tulle draped la curves as high up as the knees, each curve being caugut by a bunch of orange blossoms. Tho very full sleeves shape in to the arms, and come well over the wrists in sharp points defined by small beads like those on the edge of the bodice. Tullo is draped across the corsage and caught by very small bunches of tho bridal flower, while a knot of tulle and a bunch of the blossoms hold up the fullness of each sleeve near the shoulder. The hair, which is arranged high on the head, is dressed with orange blossoms.

IIow shall pen of poet picture What the tranced eye may aeef "Twere, I fear, a cruel stricture. The most ardent &imile! Surely never song or 6onnet Was by any rhyme writ That could sing her Easter bonnetAll the matchless mode of ltl To the little bird like poses Of her head it adds a grace. And It doth enhance the rosea In the garden of her face. While the ribbon loop that llngera Lovingly amid her hair Makes one wildly wish one's fingers Were tho ribbon ucbtling there. There's a sinner somewhat hardened. Who has trod In saintly wise. In the hope of being pardoned. Since that bonnet met his eyes; And ttiough oft ho thinks upon It, AH his doubts will be at rest When he feels that boimle bonnet Soft against his shoulder pressed.

ORIGIN OF EASTER.

Disputes Which Arose in tho Farly History of the Church. The observance of Kastor Is connected with the history of Christianity itself. And while there has never been any difference of opinion among Christians as to the general observation of the festival, in tho early church the Asiatics ept the feast on the day of the Jewish Passover, while tho western Christians observed it on tho first Sunday after tho Passover. Hence arose a great dispute in the second century, and Victor, the ßishop of 'Home, excommunicated those , churches Which, did not keep It on 'the Sunday. The" controversy -was brought before tho Coun-

cilvof Nice, in tho year A. D. ?,2 and it was decreed that Kastor Iay should be kept on the Sunday following the Jewish Feast of the Passover, which Passover is kept on the fourteenth day of the Jewish month Nisan. At the same time, to prevent all uncertainty, it was made a rule of the church that the full mo-n next to tho vernal or spring equinox, should be taken for the full moon in the month Nisan, and the 21st of March be accounted the vernal equiuox. Consequently, Kaster Day is always the Sunday following the full moon which falls on, or is next after, the -1st day of March. The day is still known as Pascha in the eastern church, as well as in the various churches in Europe, the English title of Easter being probably derived from the old Saxon word "Oster," spring. Some scholars have suggested that it had its origin in the word Eastre, the name given to the Anglo-Saxon goddess of the dawn. For the church took the pagan philosophy and made it the buckler of faith ngainst the heathen. She took the pagan; Sunday and made it tho Christian Sunday. And she took the pagan Eastre nnd made it the Christian Easter. Buffalo Enquirer.

CUSTOMS OF EASTER.

Its Fges and LcsenJs, with Their Origin and Significance. Ag Easter represents a new birth into the host life of all, it is easily seen h.w the pagan idea that the egg was the beginning of all kinds of life süiould become purified in the minds of the typical offering of good wishes and emblematic of pleasant hopes between believers in the glad Easter Day. The egg in some form or other has been the unquestioned type of new life from the vary dawn of the Christian era. In Itussia as early as 1T89, eggs colored red, typifying the blood of Christ shed as an atonement for our sins, were the most treasured of exchanges at Easter. Every believer went abroad at this season with his pockets well supplied with Easter eggs, as the society man of to-day attends to his well-filled card case. When two Russians mot for the first timo, during the Easter holidays, if they had not met on the day itself, the belated Easter compliments wore iassed, first ry solemnly fdiaking hands in silence; then the elder (or the younger, if he out-ranked the older) would say: "The Lord is risen," nnd his companion would reply: "It is true;" then they kissed each other and ceremoniously drew from their respective pockets the Easter emblem, and exchanged eggs. Tho Chinese claim that tho world "was formed of the two parts of an enormous egg. From the yolk of tho egg stepped forth the human being whom they call Poon-too-Wotig; ho then waved his hand and the upper half of his late castle, tha egg shell, went upward and became the cVjncavo heavens of blue, the lower half fell reversed, making tho convex earth, aud tJho 'white albumen becaruo the seas.

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A Water Uulwark. The new rani Katnbdin. of the United States navy, i ; so shaped that her deck In front curves down to the waterline, and az she rushes ahead a huge wave is raised over her bow. It lias been suggested that this wave would be a means of protection to the ship from an enemy firing at her as she approached. She lies very low in the water, and with the liquid wall at her bow Is practically behind a kind of fortification.

The Secret of the Ilird In a recent review in Science of a new book on birds it Is stated that "there is as yet no proof that the muscles of birds exert any unusual power; on the contrai.v, birds which, like tho larger petrels, have mastered the problem of sailing Hight, not only have small wing muscles, but have very little strength In them." If men of science coubl only talk with birds, as the farmer in the "Arabian Nights" did with the animals in his barn-yard, the secret of tligbt might be revealed.

1 Iorsc'es Carriages. Special efforts are being made In France to popularize the use of carriages driven by small engines enclosed in the body of the vehicle. It U proposal, if the consent -of the city authorities can be obtained, to place these automobile carriages on the streets of Paris for hire at the regular rates now demanded for cabs drawn by horses. In England the use of horseless carriages on highways has been opposed on the ground that they are, In effect, "hn-omotive engines," and as sucli cannot be lawfully used on public roads without the ppei-ial authorization of an act of Parliament. Mount Washington' Inhabitant. Mrs. Annie T. Slosson has captured on and near the summit of Mount Washington insects belonging to no less than eight hundred and thirty different species. While many of these species also live in the valleys below, some are peculiar to this mountain-top and never leave it, their relatives being found only in northern Canada and Labrador, where similar climatic conditions prevail. It is an old theory that the ancestors of these Mount Washington insects, as well as certain peculiar plants found there, came down from tho north in the glacial ages, and were left behind when the ice disappeared. How Streams Itoh One Another. The Schoharie Creek, which In many I wins of the world would bo called a river, rises in the heart of the Catskill Mountains and Hows northward until it joins the Mohawk. The Kaaterskill and Plaaterskill crooks also rise In the Catskiils, but llow eastward into tho Hudson. At a recent meeting of the (Jeologic.-il Society of America Mr. X. II. Dart on showed how the two lastnamed creeks have rubbed the Schoharie of some of Us bend-waters by gradually wearing away t.e mountain slopes behind them until the watershed Inclining toward the Hudson lias encroached on that which supplies tho Schoharie.

About Urains. Professor 1 tanke has recently brought owl a new fact concerning the brain of man as compared with that of other animals. It lias long been known that the brain of a man does not weigh as much as that of a whale or nn elephant, and that there are birds and apes whose brains are heavier than man's in proportion to the weight of their lwidics. lint Professor ltauko showed at a recent meeting of the (Jerman Anthropological Society that the way to reveal the actual superiority of the human brain is to compare its weight with that of the spinal cord. Measured in this way, man's brain Is proportionately far heavier than that of any of the lower animals.

Singular Discoveries. A very strange thing happened to the Prince of Monaco's steamyacht Princesse Alice, near the Island of Terceira in the Azores last summer. Tho prince has devoted his yacht to tho study of the wean and its inhabitants, and many important facts have thus been gathered for science. On tho occasion referred to a sperm-whale, or cachalot, about forty-live feet long, was harpooned by some fishermen, ami in its dying struggles it "made direct for the Princesse Alice. If it had struck the little yacht the consequences might have been very serious, but Just when tho collision seemed Inevitable the whale dived, and coming up on the other side of the yacht, turned, upon its back in the death-agony. At this instant the bodies of three gigantic cepbalopods the class to which cuttlefishes belong were ejected from the whale's mouth. These were secured by a lat from the yacht, and Inter the bodies of a number of curious inhabitants of the sea were found in the whale's stomach. The cephalopoda belong to a new species. Other captures that the whale had made were fo Interesting as to lead Mr. J. Y. Puchanan, the naturalist, to remark in a recent number of Nature: "The cachalot which was killed by tho whalers of Tercel ra almost under the keel of the Princesse Alice seems as If It had been guided In the pursuit of Its food by a desire to devour nothing but animals which, up to the present, are completely unknown."

Home Seekers' Excursions In order to give everyone an opportunity to see the Western country and enable the home seekers to secure a home in time to connm-iieo work for the season of lStlit, the Chicago. Milwaukee St. Paul Kaihvay has arranged to run a series of four home seekers" excursions to various points in the West. Northwest and Southwest on the foMmvins; dates: March 1, April 7 and I and May at the low rate of two dollars more than one fare for the ror.nd trip. Tid;ets will he good for return on any Tuesday or Friday within twenty-one days from date of sale. For rates, time of trains and further details apply to any coupon ticket agent in the East or South, or address F. A. Miller, Assistant Cciicral Passenger Agent, Chicago, 111.

A Spring Trip South. On April 7 and 121 and May T. tickets will lie sold from principal cities, towns and villages of the North to all points on the I.oiiis i!!o and Nashville Railroad in Tennessee, Alabama. Mississippi. Florida nnd a portion of Kri;tu ky. at one single fare fur tho round trip. Tickets will be good to return within twenty-one days, on payment of .Si! to :i nt at destination, and will allow stop-over at any joint on the tJouth-boiind trip. Ask your ticket agent about it. and if he cannot sell you excursion tickets write to P. At more, Jeneral Passenger Agent. Louisville. Ky.. or J. K. KMgeiy. N. W. P. A.. Chicago, 111.

Getting Something to Eat. "Kind sir." said the wayfarer, ""if you will add "J." cents to the dime I already possess. 1 will go and got a meal, the lirst I have had in three days." "If you have a dime why don't you go nnd get something with that V" "Ali. sir. 1 require that to fee the waiter with." Harper's P.azar.

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