The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-07-16

The Persians, compared with their
neighbors, the Turks and Egyptians, are
a lively people, but we would call them
quiet, and even sad, because their gayety
Is so different from ours, and their man
ners are more grave and dignifed. Bur
they are fond of amusements. and one OF
their early festivals II the Feast Of the
Roses which takes place during he
Rose season, which is June, July. and in
deed h greater part Of the summer.
will try 10 tell you something about II.
The climate being very warm, the peO-
Pile live much out OF doors. and during
this feast tents are pitched very one
wears his or her p~rcttiest dresses. and. a.
all Eastern people are tone Of bright col
ors. the scene l. a very gay one.
During this festival every thing beto-
kens mirth and enjoyment. The cymbals
and lutte are heard from morning TN
night. the story-tellers recount their NEST
beautiful tales. AMI the d~ancing-girls dance
for hours az a time. Then, when the
night comes. and the moonlight covers
every thing like a silver cloud. the people
stretch themselves on their soft carpets
and listen 10 the songs Of tho nightingale
and soft serenades on the women's lutes.
In some parts OF Turkey whole fields on
roses are cultivated. from which the Turks
make the famous ..attar OF roses which
j. so fragrant that "A vessel or any thing
touched with a drop Of IL seems never 10
lose the smell and the HindoOs scatter
r~OSe-leayes in the water they drink 10 give
il a pleasant appearance.
There are more than two hundred kinds
of rOSeS, and they are ofall sizes. from the
tiny -PIcayune rose sO-callcd because II
i no larger than a five cent pieoa-whi4h
in the South. j. called a picayuDe-t0 the
immense cabhagc-rOse: ~ all shades oi
color, bright yellow, pink. red. and almost
black. The Rose OF Damascus, or damask
rose. j. the one first brought 10 this coun-
Try, and i a very deep red. with a strong
perfume. Then there are uhe Egyptian
sea-roses. tea-roSes, rOck-ro-ss. which
grow in dry. rocky places. where no
other flower can live n the Alpine
rose. growing by the eteraal snOw-drit,
of the Alps.
Roses are hardy plants, and viii live a
long time. ii properly cared for. There i.
a rOSe-tree in Germany. hich h known
TO be- eight hundred years old, and it j.
still hlOssOming.
We All know and love the pretty moss
rose. with its NOISY, green veil that gives
It such a shy. modest air and the TIA rose.
which. IN the South and West. grow on
large trees. The writer had, in Aer garden
in Arkansas. one which grew 10 b. over
seven feet high. and would bear as many
a five hundred blossoms at once.
But there is one rose more curious than
al the others the Rose OF jericho. IL has
another name which botanist. call il. that
j., Anasfafica. a Greek word. meaning
resurrection and the Arabs call II the
symbol OF Immortality. because h comes 10
life again long after il has seemed 10 b
lead. IL lives in the hot sands Of the
Desert OF Sahara. and when the dry season
comes il withers- folds It's lraVes. and
draws up it. roots. like little feet. into a
light ball. and the winds OF the desert
carry II unul II reaches a moist soil, AMI
then. we are told. X drops. axes root. .
it, leave become green, and It's blossoms
open. a delicate pink.
There j. a flower in Mexico, known as
the Resurrection Flower. which IL very
much the same. IL may be carried about
in your pocket for A year and more. and
vet, when put into a saucer Of warer. in a
7 few hours will blossom out A. bright and
fresh a If IL had just come u Of the
garden.
When the Romans conquered Britain.
more than eighteen hundred years ago.
they introduced many curious customs
into that country-among others, that OF
carving the figure OF a rose on the ceilings
Of their banqueting-hslls. or suspending a
natural rose over the dining table. With the
Latin motto. " Sub rosa. written shove
II, to Indicate that whatever was -ad there
among friends. or. under n rrss-fur that
was the meaning Of the word-sh0uld
lot ID. repeated. the white ro>e being the
symbol Of silence.
The rose il the national emblem Of En-
: gland. az the thistle j. o. ~ bfiand. and
I, the shamrock. or clover. Of Ireland. Ev-
: cry one who has studis 4 history knows ~
the Wars II the Rose. in Englan !. when
: the two rival families OF York and l. "a
. caster fought for the English crown. the
: house OF York having for ifs tatgc the
white rose. and the house Of LmcA-ter the
ned.
Z Many Of my young readers have heard
Of the language OF flowers. in which peo-
Die can hold conversations witt each 9th
: er: for Instance A white rose y the en-
I blrm Of silence. "A withered rO>e 0i any
: color means. Let US forget; and ayel-
! low rose . Despair and so on. A rose
! handed 10 a person means one thing when
. banded upright, another when 10 posi-
ton i reversed. With it, thurn- II has a
I certain meaning; without them. still an
other. Among these T. astern people
! the Persianz. Turks. and Hndpos This
I. language OF flowers is so perfectly under
I Stood that. by means OF a bunch OF Their
(. ~iavorite roses. long conversations may ~
. carried on without a word being spoken.
Thi- suits these people, who 10 not hke
! 10 talk very much. but who are neyertht-
!, less. A very romantic. dreamy AMI prrtit
! race.-Li(y De Sosia Wood. N n Niehot~'
for July.