The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-07-15

All the dOletul clouds seemed 10 VANISH
! out of her sky and her face was a pleas
! ant one to see as she went TO ana trO,
Frightening this thing and thatwith dainty
touches by the way. In the worried days
that came after that, when she well nigh
complained again, a memory came back
of the lonely home, of her untorgotlen
dream, and she smothered all complaints
by kissing the baby dozen times in the
place of One.-ChriStidR IF6ek1y.
Roses.
TIE 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 manners
! are more grave and dignifcd. But they
are fond of amusementS, and one of their
yearly festivals is the Feast of the
Roses" which takes place during the
rose season, which is June, July, and,
| indeed, the greater part Of the summer.
| will try to tell you something about it
The climate being very warm the peo-
pie live much out of doors, and during this
feast tents are pitched; every one wears
his or her prettiest dresses, and, as all -
| Eastern people are fond of bright colorS,
the scene is very gay one.
During this festival everything bctokens
mirth and enjoyment The cymbals and
Iutcs are heard from morning till night,
| the story y-telers recount their most beauti-
full tales, and the dancing girls dance for
hours at 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
to the songs of the nightingalcs and soft
screnades on the women's luteS.
In some parts of Turkey whole fields of
roses are cultivated, from which the Turks
make the famous "attar of roses,' which
is so fragrant that vessel or anything
touched with drop of it seems never to
lose the smell; and the Hmdoos scatter
rose-leaves in the water they drink to give
it pleasant appearance.
There are more than POO kinds of roses,
and they are of all sizes, from the tiny
Picayune rose" so called because it is
no larger than a tivC-Cent piCCe-whiCh, i'll
the South, is called picayune-to the
Immense cabbage rose; of all shades of
color, bright yellow, pink, red, and almost
black The rose of Damascus, or damask
rose, is the one first brought to this CGun-
try, and is a very deep red, with strong
perfume. Then there are the Egyptian
grow in dry, rocky places, where no
other flower can live; and the Alpine rose,
growing by the eternal snow drifts Of the
Alps.
Roses are hardy plantsysand will live a
-l6ng ting if properlyscdfetffo foifssa There is
a rose-traSG Germany whichfis known
+" ho 800 j sAsaGd ii is stilllM"sSnm-
ing. WEs
rose with its IN s en veil, that gives
it such a shy, model ksif and the tea-rose,
which, in the South aN grow .eassss
large trees. The writer n &
in Arkansas, one which over : ::
seven feet high, andswoul faalfy ?;
as 500 BLOSSOMS at offee:#
Dut tlClC ID DllC lOeSHsliio
all the others-the ROse k55f6x 1t =
has another name whichM aeal it,
that is, Aeastatica, a! !1reSH aaing
resurrection; and thesa ntthe
symbol of immorttal sbeea Re4to
life again long aft6N 8be
dead 1t lives in the hot sts 9es
Eert of Sahara, and Wlisns1i son
comes it withers, folds itslf5SsA Ns
up its roots, like little feat9 fnttl EAt
ball, and the winds of thetEteFlF h
until it reaches moist soil aSs
arc, told, it drops, takes root Ands =!
become green, and its blossoni - o.
delicS Ste pink. =
Th%eis "a flower in Mexico,aE
the Reyafeetion Flower, whie
much ti5ssame 1t may be cafr
in your eket for a year and nj
yet, wlreI into saucer of ws -
few hours Blossom out as bg
fresh as. ii 11ghalEilist; come out Oft s9
den. ~ - - zns -'- - SX$E
When tlieaRe,nans' conquered ! 8
more than 1850 years ago, they !!
duced many curious customs intd
country-among others, that of cal g s
the figure of arose on the ceiling of
banqueting halls, or suspending nat
rose over the dining table, witlAkhe atin
motto, "Sub r0sa," written aboFe it, to
indicate that whatever was said there
among friends, or u1der the r0Se-for that
was the meaning of the words-should
not be repeated, the white Gese Being the
symbol of silence. ..AE
The rose is the national embleh of En-
gland, as the thistle is ofscotlind, and
the shamrock, or clover, H.a4reland.
Everyone who has studied history knows
of the Wars of the Roses in England,
when the two rival families of York and
Lancaster fought for the English crown,
the house of York having for its badge
the white rose and the house of Lancaster
| the red.
Many of my young readers have heard
of the language of flowers, in which peo-
ple can hold conversations with each
other; for instance A white rose is the
| emblem of silence; withered rose OF any
color means "Let us forget" and yel-
| low rose, "Despair,' and so on "A rose
handed to person means one thing4Nhen
handed upright, another when its position
is reversed. With its thorns it has cer-
tain meaning; without them, still another.
Among these Eastern people-the Per-
SLAMS, Turks and Hindoos-this language
of flowers is so perfectly understood that,
| by means of bunch of their taVorlte
roses, long conversations may be carried
on without a word being spoken. This
suits these people, who do not like to talk
very much, but who are, nevertheless' IL
verv romantic, dreamy and poetic race
Ltly De Sofia Wood. IN st. Nicholas
AN English medical journal has accom-
plished what has always been thought an
impossible task-Numbering the hairs OF
the head 1t announces that there are
from 100, 900 to 100000 hairs in lady's